Mortal Kombat 1 Update 1.005.001 Delivers Fighter Changes and More This June 18

PC Steam & Epic Games Store

• Added a new Graphics Setting to increase the 30 FPS lock on certain sections to 60 FPS, which is intended for users with High-End Hardware
  • The new setting to enable this is accessed via Main Menu > Settings > Graphics > Experimental > 60 FPS Mode: OFF (Default)/ON
  • Note that this setting will not affect pre-rendered movies and will be automatically disabled during Online Matches to avoid stability issues

General Fixes & Adjustments

• Fixed several desyncs that could occur during online play if the game had been hot-fixed
• Adjusted camera behavior when Homelander, Omni-Man, or Peacemaker are interrupted or hit high off screen

Character Specific Adjustments

• Main Fighters
  • Reptile
    • Fixed damage scaling on Force Ball when not enhanced
  • Peacemaker
    • Human Torpedo & Enhanced Human Torpedo now hits High
    • Reduced base health value to 650 (from 700)
  • Homelander
    • Fixed canceling into Flight when grounded more than once in a kombo not consuming Super Meter
    • Fixed Jump Attacks during Flight be able to be canceled into Flight on block
    • Fixed not being able to breaker God Complex & Enhanced God Complex
    • Improved Punching Down linking into God Complex & Enhanced God Complex from Flight when it hits opponent near the top
    • Fixed issue that could result in Homelander sliding on the ground sometimes when God Complex from Flight was canceled from certain heights
    • Fixed rare issue that could result in Homelander sliding on the ground sometimes when God Complex from Flight was performed just as flight was about to time out
    • Fixed rare instances of some juggle kombos sometimes behaving slightly differently against Homelander with specific timing
    • The following attacks can no longer be parried by Dirty Trick
      • Kitana – Fancy Strike (Away + Front Punch)
      • Rain – Tide (Away + Back Punch) & It Pours (Back Punch, Front Punch, Front Punch, Back Punch)
      • Reptile – Kneet Trick (Towards + Back Punch, Front Kick)
      • Sindel – Shear Genius (Towards + Front Punch) & Off The Top (Away + Back Punch, Front Kick, Back Punch)
      • Ermac – Dragged Under (Front Kick, Back Kick)
      • Peacemaker – Gutshot (Away + Back Kick) & Pinky Toermenter (Down + Back Kick)
      • Quan Chi – Skeleton Jacker (Towards + Back Punch, Front Punch)
    • The following attacks can now be parried by Dirty Trick
      • Ashrah – God’s/Demon’s Wrath & Dark/Light Ascension
      • Baraka – Baraka Barrage, Stab Stab, & Chop Chop
      • Havik – Twisted Torso
      • Kenshi – Quick Slice (Jump Front Punch in Sento Stance), Upper Gash (Jump Back Punch in Sento Stance), Ancestral Guard, Soaring Sento, & Teamwork
      • Kung Lao – Kung-Kussion & Shaolin Shimmy
      • General Shao – Power Strike
      • Smoke – Vicious Vapors & Smoke Bomb
      • Peacemaker – Coming Through! (Towards + Back Kick, Front Punch)
      • Homelander – Grounding Fist from (Air) Diabolical Dash & Soaring Strike from Diabolical Dash
• Kameo Fighters
  • Cyrax
    • Fixed canceling into Horizontal Kopter Chopper from Kopter Chopper not using Kameo Meter
  • Khameleon
    • Reduced pushback on block of first 2 hits of Roll & slightly reduced the pushback on block of the last hit
    • Reduced base health value to 250 (from 300)
  • Janet Cage
    • Slightly increased combo damage scaling on Hop Punch & Hop Skip Punch

That’s about it. Once NetherRealm releases another update, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.