Why does Liu Kang has no overhead attacks?

[goka9696]

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[Dante]

I think he has at least one with the Teleport variation. If you teleport and press UP he does an overhead attack. On his main default moves I don't think he has any.

[goka9696]

Originally posted by ArcaniaDante:

I think he has at least one with the Teleport variation. If you teleport and press UP he does an overhead attack. On his main default moves I don't think he has any.

Ye I thought I was going insane, why the hell doesn't he have one by default?

[123]

you can do a short hop or jump attack as well, idk if he has others

[Stanley]

Is not his forward 2 a overhead? Only played him in story, but pretty sure he had atleast one overhead, it leads to a popup, not a string (I might be wrong).

[ZenithZX]

Its intentional, they explained numerous times during the Kombat Kasts that they purposefully left out certain move heights for some characters to remove the low/high mixup that was so dominant in Mortal Kombat X. Those who do have all move heights usually one of their moves is hella unsafe or slow to make the mixup easier to guess.

[goka9696]

Originally posted by Stanley:

Is not his forward 2 a overhead? Only played him in story, but pretty sure he had atleast one overhead, it leads to a popup, not a string (I might be wrong).

The attack where he hits an enemy with nunchaks and they are thrown into the air is a high attack.

Originally posted by ZenithZX:

Its intentional, they explained numerous times during the Kombat Kasts that they purposefully left out certain move heights for some characters to remove the low/high mixup that was so dominant in Mortal Kombat X. Those who do have all move heights usually one of their moves is hella unsafe or slow to make the mixup easier to guess.

So what the hell are Liu Kang players supposed to so if say they are using a variation without an overhead?

[ZenithZX]

Originally posted by goka9696:

Originally posted by Stanley:

Is not his forward 2 a overhead? Only played him in story, but pretty sure he had atleast one overhead, it leads to a popup, not a string (I might be wrong).

The attack where he hits an enemy with nunchaks and they are thrown into the air is a high attack.

Originally posted by ZenithZX:

Its intentional, they explained numerous times during the Kombat Kasts that they purposefully left out certain move heights for some characters to remove the low/high mixup that was so dominant in Mortal Kombat X. Those who do have all move heights usually one of their moves is hella unsafe or slow to make the mixup easier to guess.

So what the hell are Liu Kang players supposed to so if say they are using a variation without an overhead?

Get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ I guess lol. There's a reason the characters who have high/low mixups are top tier while those who don't are straight ass. Kotal and D'vorah are considered bad while Erron Black, Geras, and Jax see a good amount of play in tourneys thus far.

[strike478]

Liu Kang has speedm safety on block, projectiles, good get in moves, he corner carries great.
+like everybody he has OH/Low mixup with his jumps (enemy has to guess if he will attack from the air or immediately go low after landing).
+Like evrybody he deals chip damage.

Given how hard it is to lock him down and how easy time he has locking down others he can just keep dealing chap damage and watch how enemies health melts.

[ivan866_z]

Originally posted by Dante:

Teleport variation

correct; called Dragon's Gifts (requires also Dragon Fire buff)

and dont forget all characters have HOP attacks, which are all overhead

because this is a character of strength, hard-to-react kicks, and powerful stances