What set the Mortal Kombat franchise apart when it first hit arcades was just how brutally violent the games were. It looks tame now, but the Fatalities of the original game were some of the most shocking things anyone had seen in a game up to that point, pixelated graphics and all. With Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm continues to churn our stomachs with some of the most disgustingly detailed ways to dismantle your opponent. Everyone loves seeing these creative ways your favorite fighter can definitively end a fight, but if you want to show off to your friends and humiliate your enemy, you have to know the specific button input to pull it off for each character. There are more that you can unlock, but here is how to perform every character’s basic Fatality in Mortal Kombat 1.
How to perform all basic Fatalities
Here are all the default inputs for every character’s Fatality on PlayStation and Xbox controls in alphabetical order, as well as what range you need to be at to trigger the Fatality. Once you have reduced your opponent’s health to 0 and they are susceptible to a Fatality, which you will know from the announcer calling out “Finish him” or “Finish her,” you will have five seconds to input the correct sequence.
Ashrah – Mid range
Down, Forward, Down, Triangle/Y
Baraka – Close range
Back, Forward, Down, Square/X
General Shao – Mid range
Back, Forward, Down, Square/X
Geras – Mid range
Forward, Down, Down, Circle/B
Havik – Close range
Down, Forward, Down, Circle/B
Johnny Cage – Close range
Forward, Back, Down, Triangle/Y
Kenshi – Close range
Forward, Down, Down, Triangle/Y
Kitana – Mid range
Down, Forward, Down, Circle/B
Kung Lao – Mid range
Down, Down, Back, Circle/B
Li Mei – Close range
Forward, Back, Forward, Cross/A
Lui Kang – Close range
Back, Forward, Down, Circle/B
Mileena – Close range
Back, Forward, Back, Square/X
Nitara – Mid range
Down, Down, Back, Square/X
Raiden – Close range
Back, Forward, Back, Triangle/Y
Rain – Close range
Down, Down, Back, Circe/B
Reiko – Mid range
Down, Down, Back, Triangle/Y
Reptile – Mid range
Forward, Back, Down, Circle/B
Scorpion – Mid range
Down, Forward, Back, RT
Shang Tsung – Close range
Back, Down, Down, Circle/B
Sindel – Mid range
Down, Back, Down, Square/X
Smoke – Any range
Back, Forward, Down, Square/X
Sub Zero – Any range
Forward, Down, Down, Triangle/Y
Tanya – Close range
Down, Back, Down, Cross/A
Cyrax – Mid range
Forward, Back, Forward, RB
Darrius – Mid range
Down, Back, Forward, RB
Frost – Mid range
Back, Down, Back, RB
Goro – Close range
Back, Forward, Down, RB
Jax – Far range
Down, Forward, Down, RB
Kano Mid range
Back, Down, Forward, RB
Kung Lao – Mid range
Forward, Back, Forward, RB
Sareena – Mid range
Back, Down, Down, RB
Scorpion – Mid range
Down, Forward, Down, RB
Sektor – Mid range
Back, Forward, Back, RB
Shunjiko – Mid range
Down, Back, Down, RB
Sonya – Mid range
Back, Forward, Down, RB
Stryker – Mid range
Forward, Down, Forward, RB
Sub-Zero – Mid range
Forward, Down, Forward, RB
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