Welcome to Liu Kang Abilities & Control Guide. Here you can learn about all his basic & combo attacks, special moves, and finishers both fatalities and brutalities.
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Liu Kang Default Abilities - Way of Honor
Liu Kang default character is known as Way of Honor.
The Character 3 default abilities are:
Ability Name | Control |
Shaolin Stance | ↓ ↓ □ |
Low Fireball | ↓ ← □ |
Dragon Perry | ↓ ← x |
Note: You can also change his abilities to the way you preferred the character to execute.
Liu Kang Guide in Mortal Kombat 11
Liu Kang has 9 abilities for the player to execute. In order to execute the abilities, you have to press the following button for each ability.
Note: All Abilities control button changes when your character moves into a different position.
Shaolin Stance ↓ ↓ □ | Energy Parry ↓ ← Δ |
Nunchaku Stance ↓ ← Δ | Low Fireball ↓ ← □ |
Dragon Fire ↓ ← o | Dragon's Gifts ↓ ← o |
Dragon Parry ↓ ← x | Kusari Slam ↓ ← → Δ |
Shaolin Vanish ↓ ↑ |
Liu Kang Abilities Stats & Detail Table
The table shows all the detail of all 9 abilities for Liu Kang.
Name | Slot(s) | Hit | Damage | Conflict |
Shaolin Stance | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Energy Parry | 1 | N/A | N/A | Nunchaku Stance |
Nunchaku Stance | 2 | N/A | N/A | Energy Parry |
Low Fireball | 1 | 1 | 17.50 | N/A |
Dragon Fire | 1 | 1 | 96 | Shaolin Vanish |
Dragon's Gift | 1 | 1 | 96 | Shaolin Vanish |
Dragon Parry | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Kusari Slam | 1 | 2 | 100 | N/A |
Shaolin Vanish | 1 | N/A | N/A |
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If you don't know what Slot(s), Hit, Damage, & Conflict is you can visit the guide about all these mechanic here.
Liu Kang Control List & Guide in Mortal Kombat 11
The list includes 4 important fighting techniques and all control buttons for Liu Kang.
Basic Attacks
There are 29 Basic Attacks for you to use as Liu Kang:
Press the following Button to activate the attacks.
Name | Button | Damage |
Power Punch | □ | 2.00 |
Silent Chop | ← + □ | 3.00 |
Low Backhand | ↓ + □ | 2.00 |
Chosen Strike | Δ | 3.00 |
Nunchaku Strike | ← + Δ | 4.90 |
Kontei Slam | → + Δ | 5.00 |
Rising Chaku | ↓ + Δ | 14.00 |
Dragon Kick | x | 5.00 |
Quick Step | ← + x | 5.00 |
Double Dragon Kick | → + x | 4.90 |
Crouching Kick | ↓ + x | 1.00 |
Shaolin Spin | Ο | 7.00 |
Chaku Sweep | ← + Ο | 7.00 |
Lotus Strikes | → + Ο | 6.75 |
Dragon's Tail | ↓ + Ο | 3.00 |
Jumping Attacks | ||
Fist Of The Lotus | □ | 5.00 |
Dragon Claw | Δ | 7.00 |
Heavy Heel | x or Ο | 9.00 |
Hop Attacks | ||
One Inch Punch | ↑, □ or ↑, Δ | 9.00 |
Flame Stomp | ↑, x or ↑, Ο | 9.00 |
Getup Attacks | ||
Rising Dragon | ↑ + Δ | 5.00 |
Game Of Death | ↑ + x | 9.00 |
Flawless Block Attacks | ||
Rising Dragon | ↑ + Δ | 5.00 |
Game Of Death | ↑ + x | 9.00 |
Throws | ||
Toward Throw | L1 + → or → + □ + x | 14.00 |
Back Throw | L1 or □ + x | 14.00 |
Roll Escapes | ||
Forward Roll Escape | → + L2 | N/A |
Away Roll Escape | ← + L2 | N/A |
Air Escape | ||
(Air) Breakaway | ↓ + R2 | N/A |
Kombo Attacks
There are 12 Kombo Attacks for you to use as Liu Kang.
Press the following button to activate the combo attacks.
Name | Button | Damage |
Total Destruction | □, Δ | 3.00 |
Twin Lotus | □, Δ, x | 5.00 |
Dark Orders | ← + □, Δ, o | 6.75 |
The Time Has Come | Δ, □, Δ | 5.85 |
Done Listening | Δ, □, Δ, □ | 7.00 |
Lost Soul | ← + Δ, ↓ + x | 7.00 |
No Loyalty | x, o | 5.00 |
A Quick End | x, o, x | 5.00 |
This Will Hurt | ← + x, o | 5.00 |
Dragon's Breath | → + x, x, x, x | 6.75 |
Shaolin Warrior | → + o, x | 3.00 |
Chinese Warrior | → + o, x, ↑ + x | 5.00 |
Special Moves
These Special moves don't include abilities in the list, there are 4 Special moves that Liu Kang can execute.
Press the following button to activate the special moves.
Name | Button | Damage |
Fireball | ← → □ | 6.00 |
(Air) Fireball | ← → x | 6.00 |
Flying Dragon Kick | ← → x | 8.00 |
Bicycle Kick | ← → o | 10.00 |
Fatal Blow
Fatal Blow is also in Special Moves but you can only use it one time per matches when your health is above 30%. It does huge damage and shows the animation of you dominating the enemy.
There is 1 Fatal Blow that Liu Kang can execute:
Name | Button | Damage |
Enter The Dragon | L2 + R2 | 32.00 |
Liu Kang Fatalities / Brutalities - Finishers Control
Finisher is the last ability that you use it to show off your character finishing your enemy in a very harsh animation.
Fatalities Guide:
- Burn Out
Control: ↓ ← ↓ → □
Guide: You need to position yourself in the close range to the enemy to activate this move.
- Belly of the Beast
Control: ↓ → ↓ x
Guide: You need to position yourself in the middle range to the enemy to activate this move.
Brutalities Guide:
There are 2 Brutalities that Liu Kang can perform:
Name | Control | Guide |
The Klassic | ↓ + Δ |
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One Inch Death Strike | ↓ ← x |
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Important:
Visiting Our Control Guide will make you understand this guide better. Since all the control on the list only portray when your character is facing right.
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