If they block high, get off a low attack. If aren't blocking or blocking low, quickly go back to the stance that starts the most damaging combo by that character.
If someone has an impaling weapon, try to impale, but if you fail the first time, don't try again. Your opponent will most likely know that you want to impale, so there is no need in trying it again.
Against Moloch, just block anything that he tries to do to you, and right after you block an attack, do a really good combo. Style branches that go into weapons are the best. If Moloch throws you in any way, roll back to get up and immediately throw a projectile. If the character you have doesn't have a projectile, or they have one that is too short (such as Hsu Hao's Kahn Klap), just walk back toward him and do the normal routine.
To get off special moves, wait until your opponent has attacked, and while they are still attacking, do your special move.
This is the strategy that I use, and it helps me a lot.

i usually get a fast hitting person like scorpion or blaze with a style that's as good as hapkido. Quan Chi's double broadswords work pretty well too. But if i can't find another way, i use raiden's nan chuan.

I use Quan chi Broad swords.(x,o)over and over.Best against Morlock

Using Kano or Jax and their quick special attacks and fighting styles. I however find that Jax's ground pound takes too much time to pull off, so I hardly use it.

theshape Wrote: I however find that Jax's ground pound takes too much time to pull off, so I hardly use it.

It's a very good move if you know when to use it. If someone is jumping toward you, get it off real fast. Most of the time the computer won't block it.

Using Scorpion's Hapkido, by just keep on pressing B or Square.

When I use Kung Lao (which is most of the time) I use the strategy 'defense is the best offense.' I let my friends of cpu attack me, block, then counter quickly. It NEVER fails, and you can unload some long combos using that method.

When I use Frost I always attack first, and then escape w/ a backflip if things aren't going my way. The opponent, friends or computer, will usualy jump after you, leaving them open to a ground freeze after the backflip.

And a little strategy I use (just against the cpu) is that whenever your opponent had their weapon out, get yours out too.

Oh and souless_one, I like your avatar, when I was new to the site I was looking for something just like that actualy...

Demiknight Wrote: Using Scorpion's Hapkido, by just keep on pressing B or Square.

Yeah, but the computer will block it eventually. And if you have a human opponent that doesn't block it, they are just dumb.

A good combo for Scorpion is Spear, 2, 3, Up+4, Up+4, 2, 3, Back+1. That combo looks cool, and it makes your "human" opponent cry. Well, at least mine do, lol.

Oh, I almost forgot. Don't EVER jump toward someone if you are close. Only if you are going to attack. My bro does it to me all the time, to get to me faster. I just do an air combo on him.

I find an effect branch style combo with both fighting styles then once in weapons mode I switch again.

If the combos aren't working to my advantage I'll toss in a special move or an impale to make things interesting

I think Scorpion is weak, so is Li mei.

Depends on how you use them.

Li Mei has good combos, but bad special moves

Scorpion is the beginners charactor, the one that is specifically designed (in my opinion) to be devastating and easy to use for people who really suck at Mortal Kombat.

krsx66 Wrote: When I use Kung Lao (which is most of the time) I use the strategy 'defense is the best offense.' I let my friends of cpu attack me, block, then counter quickly. It NEVER fails, and you can unload some long combos using that method. When I use Frost I always attack first, and then escape w/ a backflip if things aren't going my way. The opponent, friends or computer, will usualy jump after you, leaving them open to a ground freeze after the backflip. And a little strategy I use (just against the cpu) is that whenever your opponent had their weapon out, get yours out too. Oh and souless_one, I like your avatar, when I was new to the site I was looking for something just like that actualy...

thanks, but it's messing me about now.

I NEVER use combos, i prefer light-show special moves, Scorpion should spit fire during the fight in the next game

For Moloch I always use kano. get his butterfly knifes and just push back X then foward Y. and block when I need to.


For any other character I use Sub Zero or scorpian. just cuz I masterd those 2 characters right Now I am working on mastering Kung Lao.

I also usually wait for a counter opportunity. If someone seems to be exclusively blocking high, however, I love doing Raiden's back+A (XBOX) staff attack. It almost always catches them off guard and it's easy to set up a move like Sparky from that.

I pick Sonya for every character. Especially Moloch. I use her Tae Kwan Do low sweeps and kicks for Moloch. And I use her Warfare combo and other moves. I never use her special moves or her weapons and I rely on her Tae Kwon Do.

I immediately switch to my weapon style and begin hacking away.

Keith Wrote: I pick Sonya for every character. Especially Moloch. I use her Tae Kwan Do low sweeps and kicks for Moloch. And I use her Warfare combo and other moves. I never use her special moves or her weapons and I rely on her Tae Kwon Do.

Wow someone is actually good with sonya. Every single MK game I totally suck with her.

lord_of_the_strings Wrote: Wow someone is actually good with sonya. Every single MK game I totally suck with her.

I'm pretty good with every character in ever MK game.

Practice is the key.

i go with the "here birdie birdie birdie DIE FUCKER DIE!" strategy! lmao.

ahem, anyway, to be more precise, i prefer waiting them out, i used to really rely on the impale, but half the times i forget the characters have that move! so usually i never block, since theres no reason for it, i'll go in with any combo, if its a pop up i usually expand on it to inflict more damage, so its pretty much a toss up.

TakerMK....i take it you think your god at this game...i dont like the way you type how your better than anyone...

maybe you dont...

upgrade2 Wrote: TakerMK....i take it you think your god at this game...i dont like the way you type how your better than anyone... maybe you dont...

I could probably be whipped by some peeps here on the site. And everything I said was true, I'm not trying to be "god" at anything.

go in with big combos when i have an opening. back up and block then go back in. im also usually sidestepping the hole time but it works for the most part.

i ususally do what mostly all of u are saying. it should be a great time when we have all these styles fighting against each other./// but i got a question... when do you normoally use scoprions back flip... i try to use it as a counter attack and my opponent side-steps and gets me.. or i try to use it as an attack.. and it doestn' even reach them most of the time...// and also,, alot of times i would try to do the backflip.. and subzero does his forward dash.. and he gets the hit like 90% of the times.// i hardly use it anymore//