Performing Special Moves in Mortal Kombat 11

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 to do how 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:

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:

CharacterFatality 1Fatality 2

BarakaBack, Down, Back, Back PunchBack, Forward, Back, Front Kick

Cassie CageDown, Down, Forward, Back KickBack, Down, Down, Back, Back Punch

CetrionBack, Down, Forward, Down, Back KickBack, Down, Back, Front Kick

D’VorahBack, Forward, Back, Front KickBack, Down, Down, Back Kick

Erron BlackDown, Down, Down, Front PunchDown, Forward, Down, Back Punch

FrostForward, Back, Down, Front PunchBack, Forward, Down, Forward, Back Kick

FujinBack, Down, Down, Back, Front PunchForward, Back, Down, Back Punch

GerasBack, Down, Down, Front KickDown, Forward, Back, Front Punch

Jacqui BriggsForward, Back, Forward, Front KickBack, Forward, Back, Back Kick

JadeDown, Down, Forward, Back KickDown, Down, Down, Front Punch

Jax BriggsForward, Down, Forward, Front KickBack, Forward, Back, Down, Front Punch

Johnny CageForward, Back, Down, Down, Back KickForward, Down, Forward, Front Punch

KabalDown, Down, Down, Back KickForward, Back, Down, Forward, Front Kick

KanoForward, Down, Down, Front PunchBack, Down, Forward, Back Punch

KitanaDown, Down, Down, Back PunchDown, Back, Forward, Front Punch

KollectorDown, Down, Down, Down, Back PunchDown, Forward, Back, Front Punch

Kotal KahnBack, Down, Back, Front KickBack, Forward, Back, Forward, Front Punch

Kung LaoDown, Forward, Back, Down, Back PunchDown, Forward, Down, Front Kick

Liu KangDown, Back, Down, Forward, Front PunchBack, Down, Back, Forward, Back Punch

NightwolfDown, Down, Down, Back KickForward, Back, Down, Back Punch

Noob SibotBack, Forward, Back, Forward, Back KickDown, Down, Down, Front Punch

RaidenBack, Down, Back, Front PunchDown, Forward, Back, Front Kick

RobocopBack, Forward, Down, Down, Back PunchForward, Down, Forward, Front Punch

ScorpionBack, Down, Down, Front PunchDown, Forward, Back, Back Punch

Shang TsungForward, Down, Down, Front PunchBack, Forward, Back, Back Kick

Shao KahnBack, Forward, Down, Down, Back PunchBack, Forward, Back, Front Punch

SheevaDown, Down, Down, Front PunchForward, Down, Down, Forward, Front Kick

SindelDown, Down, Forward, Back KickBack, Forward, Back, Front Punch

SkarletForward, Back, Down, Front KickDown, Down, Forward, Back Kick

SpawnForward, Back, Down, Front KickForward, Back, Forward, Back Kick

Sonya BladeDown, Forward, Back, Back PunchBack, Forward, Back, Front Kick

Sub-ZeroBack, Forward, Back, Back PunchForward, Down, Forward, Back Kick

TerminatorBack, Forward, Back, Front PunchDown, Forward, Down, Back Kick

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.