Mortal Kombat 9 Shao Kahn
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He's still significantly stronger than the player and tougher to boot. He still has the stun cancel that Shao Kahn has (although to a lesser extent). And he's still a monument to failure at design.omega 616 said:
I'd much rather have a Goro that is balanced with the rest of the cast but is made very challenging with proper AI. Same with Shao Kahn. Cheap tactics should not be employed or rewarded by any fighting game characters, bosses included.
I actually find Shao Kahn pretty easy to beat, you just have to use a certain strategy on him to beat him. I found out that if you dodge his close attacks by jumping over him and quickly perform a 2-4 standard combo on him and keep doing that, he is pretty easy to defeat. now for his long range attack. His spear throw you can simply block, but I find it better to dodge it. You HAVE to dodge his hammer throw though, blocking wont help. Just beat him up everytime you get behind him or as soon as he have finished an attack. Remember to give him hell everytime he taunts you, he'll never be as open as he is when he is taunting you.
Shao Kahn is cheap yeah, but you just have to find a certain strategy on him and he should be pretty easy to defeat... Tsang Tsung on the other hand...
Shao Kahn is cheap yeah, but you just have to find a certain strategy on him and he should be pretty easy to defeat... Tsang Tsung on the other hand...
I find myself running away, waiting for him to throw his hammer or taunt.
(He seems to leave himself more open when he does this)
Attacking him and, then, getting my ass out of there.
Rinse and repeat.
I actually got him one round by running the clock out. >
(He seems to leave himself more open when he does this)
Attacking him and, then, getting my ass out of there.
Rinse and repeat.
I actually got him one round by running the clock out. >
To be fair, I couldn't abide by his ways, so I always used Scorpion or Subzero, whose moves could INTERRUPT HIM. Especially freezing. I always found it good that him and Kintaro were still freezable.rokkolpo said:
Being at this for a while, I try the usual combinations almost immediately. Many games, especially MK games, hold true to their basics. So, I'll freeze, fireball, teleport, spear, hat throw, acid spit, and whatever else before ever seeing a manual.rokkolpo said:
This is so very, very true. I fucking hated him and Kintaro in Mortal Kombat II. If anything, they're easier in Mortal Kombat 9. Still very frustrating to fight though. The best strategy I've come up with so far is to teleport, execute short combo, teleport, short combo, repeat until he's dead.FalloutJack said:
It's actually a mechanic called "super armor". It basically means their attack can go through other attacks, but they still receive the damage from your attack. A lot of characters have some super armor on their X-Ray attack. The problem is... Shao Kahn throws that goddamn stun hammer way too often, and has super armor on EVERYTHING. He isn't hard to beat (stand at full screen and mash projectiles as fast as you can), but you can't actually fight him. You just have to lame him out.sheah1 said:
I have seen people fighting him on youtube and real life and he looks easy actually. Why? Because even if you are right in front of him he will start gloating/taunting you and you get easy free hits on him and it seems you can just simply duck to dodge his spear throw projectile.
For the past half hour, I've been trying to beat this asshole with Stryker. I've not won a single round. I'm reminded of how much I want to beat the shit out of his designers.
making him hard, and making him cheap are 2 different things, the AI in MK has ALWAYS been about bullshit tactics,(false difficulty as i call it) and not a legitimate challenge with AI designed right, just to show the MK people still half ass their jobsgof22 said:
Well I won't be playing it then. I've never been good at fighting games, so if fighting games experts have trouble beating the final boss, I'll never be able to.
Good, I just saved 80$.
Good, I just saved 80$.
If you choose Tag Ladder in the fight options it is much easier to defeat Shao Kahn because even if he defeats one fighter you still have another fighter to defeat him.Lord Beautiful said:
Edit: I forgot to mention that it does not matter who defeats Shao Kahn. If you pick Stryker first and another fighter second you will see Stryker's ending even if the other fighter defeats Shao Kahn.