I know another one of her brutalites is Drone/grenade related because its called "Lock on".

Her brutatlies (i've performed two) are much better than her finishers, they're also very satisfying once you've pulled them off, its a shame she doesnt have the Kiss of Death. This could be her last game and no Kiss of Death!

been practicing with Military stance, and I can confirm that not only can it connect after D+4 but also after the drop kick! basically you drop kick and if you;re fast enough Military stance will connect and then your options are wide open. It also connects after a B+1, 4 , still trying to get used to it but Military stance is starting to weed its way in,I'm getting there but it'll need more practice! also the reverse Karwheel is an excellent safe low move it has range and it hits low, great for poking and mixing things up.

Her air game is also pretty great, drop kick, arc kick her jump kicks/punches are fast and the air throw is icing on the cake and can be used as juggle finisher.

one thing I feel Sonya is lacking in comparison to the others is her EX moves are kind of weak, its not just the armor leg grab, her drop kick has no ex version , her arc kick although faster and hits three times is also higher so unless your opponent is trapped in a corner or is in the air her ex arc kick will pass over them for grounded combo finishers. her energy rings is just a bigger pink blast. whilst others have really flashy ex moves, but its not really that big of a deal.

As for my comment earlier about demolition being beginner friendly, well its very easy to get into because SOnya is immune to the grenades she throws, so its just a DF+1 or DB+1 , placement and detonate she also has and ex three grenades options its a full screen explosion, so anybody can just go all trigger happy with Demolition Sonya, even her restocking of grenades is a cinch summon the drone to reload. ofcourse there is more to this variation but its very easy to get into, not so much covert ops where timing of reversals. military stance and figuring combos/ things out is everything.

I have not gone online yet, so I cannot comment on the netcode reports, but there is so much to do offline, and this game is so addictive.

cant wait till the rest of you get the game, its only a matter of a couple of days now! as a long time Sonya Blade fan I'm very happy with her build in MKX, it feels just right.

Darkmage41: can you post some of Sonya's combos.. Where do you think she would fall on tier list?

her combos are all listed in practice mode. I'm sure once you start playing half the fun is figuring things out for yourself and what you;re most comfortable with and then combining and mixing things up.

As for Tiers, I cant say, I know Sonya is tougher to play than the others, more effort is required to play with Sonya in comparison to other characters, her Xray is also counter based, arguably putting her at a disadvantage to to other more aggressive Xrays. She is definitely not weak in this game, but I cannot say where she is on the tier list. interesting to see how that works out.

7 more hours and i can play.
So excited :D

Oh okay, you can see the aging there.

I like that Sonya looks a bit older but i dont think that a long hair with braids suits her because of her age.

You dont see old girls using hair like that. Deadly Alliance had a better model in my opinion.

Possibly they should've swapped the hair round. Braid for young sonya. Ponytail for old?

I pray her Classic look has her high pony from 3 and 4 though.

I think they should've done ponytail and just short like MKDA or MK1 for older Sonya.

Naaaaah, naaah!
Braid on Sonya is what i always wanted to see... older or not, it suits her
Personally i hope they keep that style for a long time...

Just finished training with sonya for the last 3 hours. Loving spec ops... military stance is mix up galore. I don't know if I'm gonna use the other variations cause this one just seems to damn good. Highest combo I've done is 26 hits so far.. my girl is awesome as I expected

My favourite prefight Sonya interactions with other Kombatants are

Kano atleast five different variations and all never fail to make me smile

Erron Black keeps flirting with Sonya and she's got some great zingers.

Sub-zero interesting Banter, one of which brings up.Frost!

Jax, they're old friends and it shows, the affection comes across

Cassie mother dearest

Jaquie calls her Aunt Sonya!

Surprisingly Even though she and Cage have alot of different openings and some are Ok, overall I thought they came off as flat.

on a costumes front I wish Sonya gets some more, MilEena and Kitana are basically modelling on a cat walk with all their costumes, it's not fair.

Was playing as Sonya for over 6 hours before jumping in with others.

I tried all three variations once but stuck with Covert Ops. They're so radically different, it's gonna take time using each exclusively in order to acclimate appropriately.

Parry is powerful. You can't taste the power against the AI, who will supernaturally telegraph your button inputs on harder difficulties and make sure to hit you only after your parry animation is done; or projectile you from face-to-face range to surmount the parry lol. Online, however, I landed it often... When there was little to no lag, however. I had more than just a couple matches with severe connection hindrances. Disappointed, after I heard such promising things.

Speaking of tasting power, I felt it in Demolition... Just couldn't yet access it. There are insane setups, traps, and combos hiding there. I WILL unearth them.

My best weapon in Covert Ops for now is a 32% no-meter mid screen combo, and a second similarly damaging one that, if they're near the corner or just don't roll away, sets up them up instantly for her tricky Overhead, Low, Overhead string. The potential for rushing them out of~50% health in one assault is great.

I'll see if I can post a video of these combos and setup, if you guys are interested in adopting it.

I also encourage everyone to share what they learn and what works for them here, so we can uncover all her power!! We must dominate, and be a horrible pain to everyone else!

I've only been playing the AI, but so far I've found myself somewhat getting the hang of parries - which is handy, as covert ops truly is Boss.

Even her standard moves are epic though. Towards X (front kick?) is so epic I could do that move all day.

My reservations are gone (apart from her fatalities). Sonya is perfect.

Haven't got a chance to play the other variations apart from story mode. Still hate the drone but the grenades could be a bit of fun with work.


And she has had the single most kick ass story chapter. Sonya is an absolute demon. Edit: also, what combos for her end in POp ups? Or are her only pop ups from military stance ?

I just unlocked her second brutality in the Krypt it.cost almost 10,000 coins, it's also extremely easy to do just F+X as the last hit with more than 50% health on the last round.

Love the slow motion special effect and it's vastly superior to her fatalities,

For combos my strategy is to not extend them for too long, just trying to find the shortest with the highest damage. I think finishing a juggle with her regular throw is the best option for increasing that damage meter.

Parries are useful but only after learning to read your opponent's style, so they're very circumstancial but good to have at the same time.

Military stance has become the life blood of covert ops!

So glad everybody is.appreciating MkX Sonya so far, I'm horrified at that prospect of Cassie taking Sonya's place and having all of Sonya's moves in the next game. I hope not but something tells me her popularity will have Sonya in early retirement.
edit Also does anybody have tips for her first leg split brutality I've done it once but can't seem to do it again, I'm following the instructions less than 50% health and finishing the opponent with a 5 hit combo ending with a leg grab and nothing is happenin! Very frustrating because it's one of the best and unique brutalities in the game!

I was worried Cassie could become more popular than Sonya and Johnny and the fact she could replace them next time, but after looking at the Stats I'm sure this won't happen, the number of times Cassie has been picked is about the same number of Sonya wins among all variations, so it didn't even count the losses for Sonya, but the losses were counted for Cassie.

Johnny has been picked about 3 million already.

Where did you get the stats from?

Those Stats are in the left corner of the online menu.

I have no words to say how happy I am about this, Sonya is above Kitana as well, the only one I saw that comes close to her numbers is D'Vorah. Yes there is the Story Mode, but Cassie and Jacqui have chapters too. I took pictures in my smartphone, but I have no ideia how to place them here.

I'm glad, I'll check it out when I get a chance. hope the positive trend continues, Sonya's style is very unique in MkX! Just wish she'd gotten better fatalities and more.costumes.

I'm 95% sure that her Klassic costume is MK3 outfit.

Sonya has been played 2.500.000 times.

Kotal Kahn 4.000.000.

Johnny: 4.500.000

Cassie: 1.900.000

Kano: 300.000

Mileena: 900.000

Shinnok: 200.000

Erron Black: 1.200.000

Goro: 1.500.000

Quan Chi: 600.000

Jax: 1.900.000

Jacqui: 1.300.000

Reptile: 700.000

Scorpion: 6.600.000

Sub Zero: 5.300.000

Sonya's most used variation is Special Forces. The least used is Covert Ops.

Those are not the exact numbers, but something close to the true ones, I don't have time to copy all of them.

My copy hasn't arrived, ugh, i'm so sad, i feel like i'm missing all the fun. Praying it comes tomorrow.

Do anybody know what Sonya's brutalities are? I've only seen the scissor legs and kut throat ones from MK9.

1) leg split (one of the best brutalities in the game)
2) head knock ( comes off her f+X grab very sleek and easy to.do, love the matrix bullet time slowdown)
3) lock.on (drone related exclusive to.special forces I think)
4) Xray brutality
5)??? Don't know yet

Guys can you give me tips on doing her leg split brutality, I've done it once but can't seem to do it again.

1) leg split. End a 5 combo with leg grab must have less then 50% health
2) head kick of. Press f+x must have more then 50% health
3) garrot that. ( covert ops ) Must land a 10 hit combo and end with x-ray or d+b+square.
4) grenades.( Demolition ) Must lose one round. End with square square triangle. Grenade planted on enemy causes him to explode.
5) kamikaze. ( special Forces ) must end with a kamikaze drone attack while enemy is blocking.

We got a new Skin finally!

Motherland Sonya! the render is akward but I know in game it'll look hot! she also has a new bob haircut! very stylish!

Mileena got another one that is pretty cool Vampiress Mileena both Mileena and Kitana are sitting on six alternates!

Sonya should also be given the same treatment, we're also getting a Klassic outfit so thats five, and I hope one more that's drasitcally different and also maybe showing some actual skin! Her Shorts alternate from the last game?

Poor Cassie and Co, they're stuck with only two outfits so far.

Anyone has pics of the other Sonya costumes?

I want to see Tournament and Major Blade...

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