 Starts now Welcome to the combat cast It has been a while, but we are glad to be back to talk about Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate and the three new characters coming with that Today we're gonna specifically talk about one character in particular because here's some news We're gonna have three combat cast around Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate so to get started Let's introduce the crew I am Tyler Lance down one of the community managers here at Netherrealm Sorry Stephanie Brownback senior QA analyst Derek Kurtzik firm believer that pineapple does not belong on pizza. Oh Hey, Tyler Yeah Been looking forward to that Welcome back everyone. It's great you back doing a stream It's been a while. So glad to be back excited to be talking about Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate Before we get started today's stream can be based on And then we're gonna have two more after this coming up in the next in the following weeks and we'll explain those later So let's first talk about what we're excited about for me with ultimate is the inclusion of Rambo I grew up watching all of those movies of that genre and just having that character in in the in the cast is super exciting to Me especially because from what I've seen and everything he plays a lot like a character that I'd like him to so that's exciting. Oh Yeah, I see a lot of people literally All he's gonna do a shoot guns now. You need to pay more attention to those movies He has a knife a bow all kind of traps and stuff. It's really cool But I'm excited Oh, yeah, yeah, he's nasty up close. I am excited for rain. I always love When our artists and designers get a chance to like reimagine a character that's not in a bunch of games like rain is Only been in a couple. So it's really cool to see, you know New ways to explore his powers and his look and all the aesthetics and all that. It's neat He's it's almost like you get to put it in a way very different than like Liu Kang or Jax or something There mine would have to be the Queen Melina is coming back Cannot wait. We're gonna be running online. Melina's gonna be owning online people Melina rise up. Let's go We'll be getting to Melina in a in a future stream But today of course is based on rain And I know you all want to see and hear more about how rain plays in this game And it's gonna be pretty exciting because we have some really awesome videos to show you and Stephanie will be going through The ins and outs of how to play as rain for the most part, but before we get started on that Derek we're adding something to Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate that is So we've not done before and something that's gonna help out some players who maybe just joining the fight So tell us about that Yeah, so we've added a new online on-boarding system So for players that are new to Mortal Kombat 11 and new to the online experience It kind of explains some of the combat league aspects and the matchups and things like that Why you're being matched up with the opponents that you are Explains what combat points are for first-time first-time players So everybody that downloads the new and latest patch will have to go through the online on-boarding You will compete through three different matches against an AI It's a simulated online experience against three scorpion opponents because we wanted it to be as realistic as possible And after each match that you win you'll be you'll receive combat points after completing all three of the Tutorials or fights with scorpion You will receive combat points that can be used towards the current season and if there isn't a season active There will be cashed until the next season So you'll start off with a little KP boost and you'll also receive Some time crystals for completing the online tutorial You only have to do it one time and it's more for just getting people a better understanding of what the online experience is Sure now There's a lot of people who are gonna say like oh, but I've played 2000 games. I don't need this and maybe you don't but there will be a lot of an influx of new players playing world of Combat so you have some new opponents to fight against and if you already know all this stuff you get time crystals out of the deal So it's it's win-win really When win-win Good good good good Um So also, um, I guess we kind of want to we want to get right to the to the meat of the show Because everyone's really looking forward to seeing rain. So let's revisit the the rain trailer. We showed Earlier and then we'll get right to talking about rain. So let's show that I need neither reptile nor her mac to kill you Great job to Rigo Stephanie who else helped with that Stephanie on the trailer and Matt and Matt. So great job on that Real quick a couple things about the trailer before we get there This is a thank you to the community just recently Mortal Kombat hit one million subscribers on YouTube We got this which will be hanging up at the office soon right there. So we can get back in there I want to thank all of our fans who Subscribe to our content and watch all the trailers and talk about them Obviously couldn't have done this without you So it's just really cool wheel to put that up in the office And so all the everybody in the studio can see it and be proud of what what happened. So that's awesome Um Now we're gonna be talking about balance at a later date Probably the last stream just to keep keep getting people amped up for it Um, but I do want to say uh, Stephanie You said you saw something the community noticed you want to talk about Yes, like five minutes out of that trailer went live a few people including gur and slayer noticed Something was up with the waist and deli got off the ground and They're right. There is a change one of the changes is If you delay your wake up there used to be a short and a long delay. There's now just one universal delay. So ho Hit me uh Uh So sorry now there is just one delay you uh Delay your wake up and there's one timing. So you don't have to guess if your opponent's doing Either just getting up normally and doing a short delay a long delay. It's now just one delay And it has a Will people get my cats Come back kitty Come back kitty cat. Um, so let's get right to what we're here to talk about and that's rain So Stephanie just kind of give a brief overview on For some people might not know who rain is um or rain Is an he's an adenian and he is the son of argus who is an adenian god He's almost like the raiden of that world like a big wig in the in the pantheon And being a dummy god makes him very very arrogant He is very proud to have these god powers and he that's pretty much all he talks about is How powerful and how great he is I like how his quips are telling you to bow before his godhood and stuff. He's very into it Um, one of the cool new things in this game is he has a guitar which is an old Indian weapon It's this short blade thing you put on your like on your knuckles and it can extend into three different blades and That's new to the series previously used as sword and armageddon. This is way more interesting in my opinion And uh What kind of yeah, what kind of place are we looking at? Swaggy, I would say flashy Really cool combos more combo starters than most characters have with less restrictions. I think that's Probably the coolest thing about him awesome. Um, so we're going to actually uh show some some rain Uh videos and you can kind of talk through them and we'll uh show how rain plays So let's take a look at just rain's general fight style So to start off, we'll talk about his guitar. He uses it a bunch of his normal uppercut his jumps His wake-up attacks And a bunch of his strings you can see here. This is back to Hit confirm and then this one's really good. It's forward to it has really good rain It's got a couple options and uh, this version has a Crushing blow if it's a counter hit The main reason I wanted to show it is it's really gross to me. It feels really painful. It's cut He also uses his powers in his normal attack You can see here is his 4-4, which is like a sweet kick where he knocks you down And he has a back lever. He literally surfs on a wave And then he has this really cool back 1-4 and anything is this you can delay it and then appear on the other side of them So you can choose to switch sides or not Now we're turning his throws and this is notable because Like a few characters. He has two crushing blows one on each throw and they're done with the the standard requirement And this is one I wanted to show He actually impales their own hand Awesome So that's just his general sort of movement and fight style sort of the stuff he starts with his, you know His punch in those kicks pretty much His range is not the best the guitar is really sharp and it's great for slashing, but it doesn't have the best range It's pretty much his arm length But his moves are pretty quick. He's got some decent mids pretty fast to low. So I would say Not the best range, but pretty good when he gets up close And I think his special moves complement the fact that his normals aren't The farthest we can because he has a lot of And if you touch as you once you're basically going to uh, Prince swag town through comboville It's going to be great. It's awesome what he can connect and do. Yeah That would be accurate. Yes Let's take that segue and take a look at some of his, uh, default special moves So first up is the around the world kick I to me this is the classic thing In this game more than new things to be show that he's actually kicking you through a portal and you're coming up So the move finally makes sense Kai that sort of makes sense He also has this new water ball where he travels full screen and then captures the end of the izuna drop kind of like ridden To end your combos And it has a crushing blow if he goes full screen or if it's his armor breakers So if you're in the middle of the combo and you think they're going to break away, you can use that to punish you And lastly here he has this really cool projectile. I think this is one of the neat things about him It's a very fast Good recovery high attack, but he has two different ways to amplify it He can either let it hit stick in them then amplify And then he gets a knock down or damage Or he can actually amplify it while it's traveling and it becomes a mid So the idea would be you're throwing it. It's a high if they're ducking it Uh, you can actually amplify it right when it's over their head and it becomes a mid and it'll hit them Or you can do it early and they have to duck the whole time because they know it's coming and stuff like that And you can mix it up and I think that's pretty cool. So you get less damage, but it becomes a mid That's awesome a new a new way of using a projectile for him Yeah, and he has a pretty unique ways to also advance across screen too with the argus plunge turning into the ball And then as we'll see later as well, he has a good way to advance to get in to get to where he wants to be Exactly. So it's like I was saying hit the range on his weapons not that great But he has the special moves that go literally full screening control the screen if he wants to take a risk and do that Right And this is his evaporate where he literally turns into a pillar of water And he then becomes invincible projectiles and you would normal attack will just pass by him So you're gonna have to either hit him over to recovery or hit him as he's coming out of it Pretty awesome in control a Awesome that that water move is great. I loved it when I first saw the trailer and and yeah looks awesome Codal just gets bodied. So that was fun. Um, he's always getting bodied Always getting bodied. Um, uh up next let's let's take a look at the first variation of rain So this variation is all about his uh quantum rips into the water realm And he gets this new move it replaces the uh the bubble And it's like a big full screen. You want full screen, but like half screen slash It's got good pushback on the block when he amplifies it And he can actually do it in the air and what's cool is he can do it in two different ways You can go straight across or you can go down like a dive kick. It's very very quick And if he amplifies it gets the second hit Then he wins this portal and once he has this on screen, it'll absorb projectiles You can see Right here and the difference with the backward is he gets to move around So you can put the portal out and then you can like go behind it Advance in front and it's going to improve any projectiles. And if he absorbs it too This question was loaded and the next time he gets the slash he's going to get big damage So that's an interesting way of we've had, you know Projectile parries in the past which this isn't But it is another way of controlling how someone uses projectile against you like you're playing It's sub zero and all he wants to do is freeze you you put that in front of you You still have range of motion and he's scared to throw anything Exactly and then as Derek said he has all these special moves that have a really good range And then that compliments it he gets them to calm down and not do their zoning and then he can kind of do Slash or You know his katar katar toss and stuff like that that regulate all of that full screen space The range on the quantum slice is just absolutely ridiculous. It's like half screen almost full screen And then when you put the rift up you can try and uh Dash back and forth with the air slice as well try and get in closer So he's just kind of set stuff up just so he can get in because he has that up close game to take you to combo town Is that that's a that's a town combo town Yeah back to combo town Um, so that that's just a really good variation to uh control the other person's movements A lot of players like to be in charge of how that person plays Yeah, go to range good mobility and then he gets to regulate zoning Excellent, and I also like how we've changed I was gonna say I like how we've changed the roundhouse like he still has it But we put a little extra flair on it because he has that oh my god I can spin three times first and then kick you it's awesome Oh, the spin is so cool and then the idea of him transporting to that water world I think is really neat and to be clear. That's not the kevin costner 90s water world z Sure. I think you're aware of that Okay, I just it's interesting because I remember Maybe when I was a kid I was like does rain shoot them. Do you shoot them all the way around the world? No No, it's through portals. That's that's silly. It's a portal. Yeah, we're a more realistic rounded ink on mk now Yeah, don't be silly Let's take a look at uh the first part of rain variation two So variation two has this uh advancing palm strike and what's needed. So you can actually delay it You can delay it just a second you can delay it for a real long time and get instruction Well, we can cancel the delay and actually uh Got caught Think it out and then back dash or go in for a throw or whatever and so like a simple way to use this Is to use the abasiveness and dodge stuff and then we've punished it like knock them down Going to the palm they're gonna with their wake up attack and then boom you get them and break their ribs We all we all we've all played against people who really rely on wake-ups And that's a great way Like that It's a really good way to make to make them think maybe you shouldn't do that this time they still will But they're not gonna get hurt doing it. So yeah, so winder won't stop. We know that at least you can break his rib cage ball ball roll ball roll Let's uh, let's take a look at the end of that one Then he has this splash move and this actually leaves him standing and rain disadvantage You can use it to end strings But it also re-scans if they're in the air. So after a joker combo, you can do it and then That prevents them any knockdown at all. So This variation basically really blows up wake-ups That's good, uh Now we have There's a second part of variation too. Let's take a look at that And so this is his entire splash where he squirts this water out and this is awesome for pre-emptive Antiring if you with a jump if you think a jump's coming You can absolutely regulate the air He's been trying to use the combo So what's really cool is this doesn't conflict with the around the world too And that means he gets pretty spiny combos because you get two different combo things So there's a lot if you want to use two bars, you can really get big damage and Look really awesome, which is probably even more important than the damage. Let's be honest Always I like that there was one one move in there that actually set up the water spout Exactly doesn't happen in an entire yes one three three. He kicks you up in the air and it's like Like it was made for it. It's perfect As a player of my skill level I'm always looking for moves that make it very easy for me to do specials after them Shiva has something like that. This is definitely one of those. So that's that. Oh, yeah The reaction of the pop-up move is just begging you to do the the water So I think this variation is the the combo variation for sure like he has good combos in all three But this one to me really stands out if you if you are Someone who you have no problem using bars just left really nilly because you want to do big combos This is a great variation for you Sounds good And let's take a look at uh variation three First off this costume is awesome. I love the hood. So first you get this tattle wave, which is a really good love with great Exceptively great range with the input by the it has a hundred after frames And this is also great for people that like to duck And then he also gets the classic in k trilogy water bubble Uh, which is a high So if they won't stop ducking it You can use the tattle wave and that's going to regulate, you know mid Midscreen And the main thing about the bubbles when he amplifies it He can choose which directions are going to fall he gets four different options. So you can throw him back over his head Straight up or down and bounce. There's four different reactions There's four different ways to combo them you could throw them out of the corner You could throw them into the corner. You could do max damage You can get really good. Okay. There's all these different options for how you combo depending on how you have in the water There's no better feeling too in some of our in our games We have a lot of characters who have a move that makes the other player have nothing they can do And like doing it where like yeah, I can choose to throw you up down back for doesn't matter That's just a good feeling as a player. I think Yeah, I mean I remember as a kid playing in k1 and that spear and then you're just like I get a free uppercut like This is not the best game ever made So those are always ecologically fun Uh, I always remember putting people in the bubble in mk9 and then just teabagging which is always fun That sounds that sounds that sounds right of your alley. That sounds about right. Yeah, that sounds grand Yeah, um Let's uh, take a look at rain's fatal blow What can you tell about the into for that? What's the what's the deal there? I think the cool thing is it's pretty quick and It's got pretty good range because he holds his arm up and it's not just the arm It's like the little water that comes up in front of it Gotcha, so it's a pretty standard one the coolest in my opinion the audio at the end when it's thundering. That's awesome Oh, yeah for sure. Um We were going to we're going to show you the fatality that was shown in the trailer We have we've heard from people that sometimes maybe don't show everything on the comic I guess we might save the last fatality for later In the future. Um, but let's show the fatality right now Flopping is so good. I love it That's awesome. Um, so that In a nutshell is rain, of course, you know when you get a chance to play rain You're going to learn a lot more and figure things things out But uh, that's we're going to show you today any any final thoughts Uh on rain everyone He does have a couple moves that we didn't show That you can choose if you want. He's got the classic trilogy lifting his arm up and the lightning strikes He's got a really unique Wacky move or it's this buff and he turns it on and his dash has become faster Which is kind of a weird fun thing. So there's a couple things to look for When the game comes out His personality is probably one of the most fun for sure Because he's just a cocky asshole. I'm a fan of that and then Uh, I think you'll appeal to multiple different types of players too Like obviously you've got to get up close to do a lot of the damage and the swaggy combos But you can also do things uh and stay back with rain as well And still link into some of those swaggy combos. So I think he's going to appeal to a lot of different player types Yeah, I'm on the same page with you Derek too where it comes to we have arrogant characters in our game Johnny cage chow con. I would say but this is a different type. This is a regal Type of arrogance that I'm very excited to you know We always get those youtube videos after the game comes out where people start showing all the videos of people talking back and forth And this to me is going to be a really big one because he's just uh He's a jerk. So it's me a lot of fun to watch He's a demigod He's a demigod if only I could ever reach demigod. Um Derek For you, I think I think it's time for my favorite part of any combat cast Birthday shout-outs everybody Oh, yeah. All right. Hold on one second we've got Cordell 2505 underscore gaming brian jinn koo cheeky Zach gross steve durst Winston williams Derek Key, uh, kuhano mcpac olivia from our amazing, uh, uk marketing team angelo cruz treasure treasure trod But his name is really trover, but I always call him treasure though. He is a treasure Matt gilmore and happy late birthday to dan forden Yeah, that's basically it. That's all we got Here are the shout-outs um before we go We do want to discuss, um, some of the we've gotten a lot of things on twitter a lot of people tweeting about the How you upgrade to the next gen? And such and I have some stuff. I'm going to read while we put up some screens If you have mortal comet 11 already on ps4 xbox one Or get mortal comet 11 ultimate on ps4 xbox one You can upgrade to the ps5 or xbox series x or s version of this game for free at no additional cost Um, now if you pre-order mk 11 ultimate you'll get access to mortal comet 11 Comet pack one and aftermath when you purchase the game Now if you already own mortal comet 11 You can easily upgrade by pre-ordering comet back to to get melena rain and rambo on november 17th Now any players who pre-order mortal comet 11 ultimate or comet pack two Will get the time warrior skin pack at launch giving you three new skins dark web noob cybot halt and catch fire luke hang and blood code scarlet Now here's something i've been getting a lot on twitter so i want to explain this If you upgrade your ps4 game to the ps5 version as long as you are signed in with a playstation id the same one Your inventory rewards character variation and time crystals will carry over as well as anything purchased with time crystals Previous tower of time and crypt progression will carry over as well Store a progression unfortunately will not carry over to ps5 But any rewards earned by any sort of campaign completion will carry over Settings files and stats in your combat card will not carry over to ps5 And finally for the xbox users If you upgrade your xbox one game to the xbox series s or x version As long as you are signed in with the same xbox login all inventory rewards character variations progression Time crystals will carry over as well as anything you purchased with time crystals Now you will still need to download your local save data from the cloud Or transfer via usb to carry over custom settings or any sort of combat cast stats But that's it if you have any questions feel free to tweet us we can explain it better We uh again like I said, this is stream one of three We'll have two more the next one so far right now You can maybe put it in your counter is me scheduled for october 28th, and that will be rambo So very excited to do that The balance discussing balance and that sort of thing we'll probably do on the final one The final stream with melina so other than that Before we say goodbye any final words stefanie and derrick It's spooky season True yes, um, and I think that uh rain will make you feel the purple Pain purple pain This cost us 25 000 dollars Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. 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