


She has plenty of throws and grappling counters, so there has to be a little room for grapplingĬassie forms a heart with her hands where her opponent’s heart used to beat.Her kombos are fast and furious, so there's a little more focus on kombos than on reversals.Sonya is a brawler, (much like her baby daddy), and the increased rushdown ensures that she brings the fight up close.General Blade blasts her defeated opponent towards a waiting helicopter. Equal parts of kombos and grappling allows him to divide his attack strategy between his brutal punches and dizzying throws.Slightly increased reversal and decreased rushdown allows him to get in the opponent's face while still protecting himself.This is a slightly altered Maniac preset, which works perfectly for him.Johnny Cage poses for the camera something he never tires of. Increased rushdown makes sure she stays as close as possible to the opponent to execute her kombos and avoids being zoned.Makes room for incorporating her damaging throws with a dash of grappling.Divides most of the focus on reversalsblocking and stringing kombos together, of which Frost has aplenty.Mister "Big 'n' Ugly" is a slower kombatant (despite his shoulder charge), so the rest of the focus needs to be on reversalįrost prepares to freeze her opponent into submission.The former emperor's best kombos are executed up close, so there has to be just a splash of rushdown.Shao Kahn is a power hitter, but needs a little bit of focus on grappling to incorporate his belittling grab moves.Shao Kahn tries his best to get you to look over there! He loves practical jokes… His best defense is his constant barrage of offensives, so there’s a lot more focus on kombos while the rest is divided evenly between grappling, rushdown and reversal.Some of his best moves, which are essentially throws, are short rangedone up close (not all, but some) so there’s equal parts grappling and rushdown.He has some very damaging kombos (very irritating if he’s your opponent) that can keep you off the ground for a while, so most of the focus is on kombos.Shang Tsung dares you to fight him and his soul-skull projectile friend… Below is a list of settings for each kombatant that maximize their potential and strikes fear in those who oppose them (if only the AI's knew what fear was): They also have 4 presets to get you started, which are Maniac, Strategic, Hard Zoner and Well-Rounded (all character AI’s are defaulted to Well-Rounded). How do I use the new AI’s?Įvery kombatant has 6 adjustable AI settings: grappling, rushdown, kombos, reversal, zoning and runaway. If you really want to make the most out of it though, you need to adjust each characters AI settings to best reflect that characters strengths. It's a really easy way to earn rewards, coins, hearts and souls without having to go through the grind yourself (Need a few new skins or gear to freshen up your krew? AI battles!). One of the best aspects of this game is the ability to program your characters to fight for you via AI battles.
