Mortal Kombat Terminology for a noob

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01/27/2011 04:12 AM (UTC)

Please help im sooo bad... im reading strategy guides for UMK3 on xbox because i need help and im sort of lost.. I know obviously what HP LP HK LK sweep and that means.. but im lost when it comes to what aa means among otherrs.. would any of you be so kind to write a short post on what all of those terminologies mean to me.. You would be my hero.. thank you

•01/27/2011 05:22 AM (UTC) •

Can you provide a link to the guide you are reviewing? Some of those meanings are specific to the guide. aa I would think means anti-air, which could be referring to a standing jab that picks someone out of the air.

Hard to know for sure. Did the guide not have a legend? Post a link and I'm sure we can help you out.

•01/27/2011 05:57 AM (UTC) •

The link is:

http://www.mortalkombatonline.com/content/forum/showmessage.cds?id=57489

its on this site under the older games section..

thanks a lot for trying to help me.. i will check back later today hopefully you got back around to helping..

thanks again

•01/27/2011 05:33 PM (UTC) •

So, just quickly checking the guide, the ones that are outside of the normal HP, LP, etc. are:

aaHP
aaLP
aa before a punch or kick I believe represents anti-air, which means that you do a standing high punch as your opponent is falling in a juggle, or to begin a juggle when your opponent jumps towards you.

RH
I would think is roundhouse, which in UMK3 is B+HK

JK
I would think is jump kick, which is usually jumping towards your opponent and kick in the air. In some combos, I imagine that JK could also mean a straight up in the air kick (not angled towards or away from your opponent)

JP
Same as JK, but punch instead of kick

I think that's all of them. If there is one that I missed let me know what it is and we can figure it out.

•01/28/2011 03:50 AM (UTC) •

Thank you for the help.. SO far i knowing those terms has already helped me with a couple of human smokes juggles.. its a shame they took umk3 off xbox arcade.. not enough players to practice against....

•01/28/2011 05:12 AM (UTC) •

Happy to help, enjoy =)

•01/28/2011 09:16 PM (UTC) •

Hey i have another question if you dont mind... air throws.. im confused by how they work... i know how to perform an air throw.. but what factor determines who gets the throw when you have two players using a throw at the same time?

for example i have been using Hu smoke.. when i play jax as soon as i leave the ground i am grabbed.. is it all timing with using RT to get the throw? it seems like im being thrown and never throwing.. hopefully someone can clear this up for me..

•01/28/2011 11:01 PM (UTC) •

It's whomever gets the input entered first. I do not believe any other factor plays into it. In the case where you both enter the command on the same frame (this would be a very rare scenario), the game may use height or some other factor to determine which player gets the throw, but I think you just need to be a little bit quicker. Hope that helps.