Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (Playstation 2)
From UltimateMK.com
This information applies to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance for PS2 and to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance for Xbox.
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Key
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | Attack button 1 |
| 2 | Attack button 2 |
| 3 | Attack button 3 |
| 4 | Attack button 4 |
| cs | Change style |
| sp | Special |
| u | Up |
| d | Down |
| b | Back |
| f | Forward |
| db | Angle down back |
| df | Angle down forward |
| ub | Angle up back |
| uf | Angle up forward |
| qcb | Quarter circle back |
| qcf | Quarter circle forward |
| d/b | Down to back |
| d/f | Down to forward |
| ss | Side step |
Tier List
- 1. Scorpion
- 2. Bo' Rai Cho
- 3. Reptile
- 4. Drahmin
- 5. Sonya
- 6. Shang Tsung
- 7. Hsu Hao
- 8. Mavado
- 9. Frost
- 10. Jax
- 11. Quan Chi
- 12. Raiden
- 13. Mokap
- 14. Johnny Cage
- 15. Kenshi
- 16. Kung Lao
- 17. Sub-Zero
- 18. Kano
- 19. Blaze
- 20. Nitara
- 21. Li Mei
- 22. Kitana
- 23. Cyrax
Gameplay
Side Stepping
90% of the moves in MKDA are linear and very easy to side step by walking up or down. the only moves that track by themselves are moves that have the command of up in. for example, frost up 3 launcher will track.
Universal Tracking
alright, now that you know most moves are linear you might ask how is MKDA not a side step fest? a tactic known as universal tracking. universal tracking can enable most moves in the game to track by holding up while you do the move. a good example of this is scorpions pi gua 3. by holding up while doing this move it will track 100% of the time, if the opponent tries to side step it they'll be smacked in the face. a few exceptions to this rule are move like jabs. for example, brc... his drunkin fist 2 and u2 are 2 different moves. if you try to make his 2 track by holding up then you get u2 instead so you would have to do up then neutral 2 which doesnt have it fully track 100% of the time. another exception would be moves that have back or forward commands like reptile crab b2 and b3. its easier to give these moves some tracking then moves that have up in them but it still doesnt give you 100% guaranteed tracking. again you must use up then go to neutral to make these moves track. if you do not use universal tracking then you might as well not even play because you wont hit anything but the air.
BDC aka Back Dash Cancel
in MKDA there are certain moves and strings that, while unsafe, allow you to cancel your negative frames with a backdash making the move safe or harder to punish.
PTI aka Pardon The Interruption
as most should know Mk games in general especially 3D ones have lots of canned strings that cycle through their stances, these are called branch combos or just branch for short. In MKDA you will see players poke with a branch and if its blocked use a back dash cancel at a certain point in the branch to make it safe. does this really work? NOOOOO!! anytime you block any sting barring Quan Chi's tsd 111, Sonya's tkd b4, and Scorpion's hapkido 23 you can interrupt after blocking the 2nd hit. so what this means is if the opponent tries to continue the branch you can interrupt them with your FULL branch. if the opponent tries to poke with 2 hits of the branch even 2 jabs like jax 22 and guard you can still hit them for free with a FULL branch. basically if you poke with a branch and do 2 hits and its blocked you die no matter what you do so you better be sure its gonna hit when you throw it out.
Wall Teching
when being pressured with your back in a corner or invisible wall you need to wall tech when you get knocked into it or you cannot guard the next move. when you see yourself hit the barrier hold up or down to roll off. you cant wall tech while in an air combo only off of ground hits.
Transitional Hits
ok, the topic of much controversy in MKDA... moves hitting in transition during branches making some canned strings unblockable. this is the BIGGEST false rumor i have ever heard. you can guard ALL highs mids and lows in canned strings and branches just fine. the only thing that hits are highs while you are in the process to guard a low but this doesnt apply to branches. an example would be you think brc will d4 sweep in drunkin fist and he branches with 22. the 22 which are 2 high jabs will hit you in transition to guard the sweep but this only happens if the high happens at the same time that you crouch. if you are already low blocking highs wiff all day.
STAB aka Stand And Block
this is a style mainly used by sonya and fast jabbers. its a tactic of standing in front of the opponents face and mixing in pokes, lows, side stepping and blocking, PTI baiting, etc... its one of the more effective tactics in the game especially since throws are blockable and only hit crouching opponents. i will cover this tactic better when i relate it to each character in the character guides.
Jump Cancel
jump cancel is when you quickly jump with an attack and cancel it with another attack before the jumping attack actually comes out. this allows moves to be done off the ground thus covering more ground and even making some impossible combos possible. it also cuts the animation on power ups, life ups, and taunts by 75%. an example would be kenshi's power up. you can use any jumping attack but i usually use 3 4 as my jumping attacks. the command would be uf3~ sp. by hitting sp before the uf3 comes out kenshi's power is lightning fast.
Attack Cancel
by jumping forward or backward after attacks you can actually recover faster, this also makes come combos possible that would normally be impossible. this tactic works best when used off of moves that you can bdc off of.
Life Ups
in certain styles certain characters have life ups. this allows characters to gain a small amount of life. HOWEVER, each time you life up you gain less life until eventually you gain less then 1/2% per life up.
Power Ups
in certain styles certain characters possess a power up. a power up adds DRASTIC damage to all your strikes, throws, and specials for a short period of time. however, the more time that elapses during the power up window the less the added damage does until moves return to their normal damage.
Reversals
certain characters in certain styles have a reversal. a reversal will counter any move thats not a projectile, weapon strike, or throw. a reversal catches moves on all 3 hit levels at the same time. when reversals hit they guarantee certain strikes and branches for some characters as well. be warned though, wiffing a reversal is punished by the opponents most damaging combos.
Impales
in weapon style some characters can impale you with their weapon either by stabbing or throwing them at you. when impaled you will continue to lose life for the remainder of that round. impales are unsafe unless you use a glitch impale by using the block glitch which only applies to stabbing impales.
Guard All
this is a good technique vs mid/low mixups ESPECIALLY with a slower mid. hold block and tap down then instantly go back to neutral and you will be able to block all mids and lows at the same time. this is almost impossible to do vs fast mids and lows but great vs the slower mixups.
Block Glitch
this glitch only applies to impales and to make jax's jumping ground pound inescapeable. in MKDA, each time you block moves or a succession of moves you can notice that the character will move their hands to different blocking animations. if the opponent is blocking when you are doing a stabbing impale at max range the opponent will go through a weird extra blocking motion making it impossible for them to punish the impale attempt. with jax's jumping ground pound... if you do it in close and the opponent is blocking, their character will do that extra block hand animation making it impossible to move or jump out and the ground pound will be guaranteed.
