How to do Special Moves in Mortal Kombat 11: A Complete List of Every Move

One of the most important aspects of any Mortal Kombat game are those special moves. This is a franchise that takes its finishers seriously, and not so seriously in the case of some special moves. Learning how to do special moves in Mortal Kombat 11 can make a major difference to your gameplay.

Out of all the biggest fighting games, Mortal Kombat is the franchise with the more focus on special moves. It first rose to prominence partially off the back of the gory finishing moves, called brutalities. However, over the years quite a few more special moves have been added. While Mortal Kombat 1 is the most incarnation of the series, there’s some really special finishing and special moves in Mortal Kombat 11.

If you want to know how to pull off these fantastic moves to end out rounds, this is how you can do each of them:

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How to Do Special Moves in Mortal Kombat 11

The primary special moves in Mortal Kombat 11 are fatalities, but it isn’t limited to just those. There are other finishers which adopt a more peaceful method of ending games too.

Fatalities are the core finishers, there’s two of these for each o the Mortal Kombat characters. They have unique inputs you’ll need to memorize to pull them off. Once your enemy is about to die, input these combos to do special moves at the end of a match.

Here’s how to do special moves in Mortal Kombat 11, for every character:

How to Mercy

When you have the opportunity to do a fatality in Mortal Kombat 11, there’s another option. Rather than brutally butchering your opponent, you can have mercy. This is actually a lot simpler than how to do most special moves. When you’re in the same situation as you are for a Fatality, you need press left trigger, hold it, and press right trigger three times. This gives your opponent a little health!

Those are all of the fatalities and special moves in Mortal Kombat 11. It’s quite a bit to memorize, so most players likely just develop their muscle memory for the main that they normally stick to. It’s fun to throw these in at the end of matches anyway though.

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