Mortal Kombat 1 Get Unexpected New Update by Developers

Earlier this year, NetherRealm Studios announced they’re working on a new project and won’t release any new content for Mortal Kombat 1; however, they recently released a new, unexpected balance update to the game.

The new update, as revealed on the Mortal Kombat 1 official site, is titled Mortal Kombat 1 December Hotfix Notes – PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Switch | 12/15/2025, and it brings much balance for the big part of the game’s roster. Full patch notes, taken from the official site, you can see below:

General Adjustments

• Interrupting a Kameo with an attack deals 50 damage (up from 20)
• Down + Back Punch has reduced combo damage scaling

Character Specific Adjustments

• Main Fighters
• Ashrah
• Dark Mode Sins last 50% longer before expiring
• Summoning The Darkness enters duck state 2 frames earlier and recovers 3 frames faster
• Invoking The Light recovers 9 frames faster
• Baraka
• Desperate Tarkatan builds meter 50% faster and drains health 50% slower
• Kenshi
• Enhanced Rising Karma has no gravity scaling in a combo
• Ancestral Guard Cancel recovers 14 frames faster
• Kitana
• Royal Bow (Towards + Front Punch) has 5 more frames of blockstun and recovers 2 frames faster on block & miss
• Unbreakable (Back Punch, Back Kick, Back Punch) hits Overhead (was Mid)
• Head Over Heels (Back Kick, Towards + Back Punch, Back Punch, Back Kick) recovers 4 frames faster and causes 5 more blockstun with slightly increased pushback
• Li Mei
• Slightly increased the hit region on Warrior's Strike (Front Punch), Forces Of Light (Front Punch, Back Punch), Seasoned Warrior (Back Punch, Front Punch), Double Palm (Away + Back Punch), Nova Burst (Away + Back Punch, Front Punch), Rough Zuffa (Back Kick, Front Kick), Clean Sweep (Away + Back Kick), Sliding In (Towards + Back Kick), and Shin Breaker (Down + Back Kick)
• Adjusted hit region on High Heel (Away + Front Kick) when the opponent is crouching
• Slightly increased the hit region on Against The Rope (Back Punch, Front Punch, Back Kick) and Kick Precision (Towards + Back Kick, Front Kick) when opponent is in a combo
• Liu Kang
• Enhanced Dragon's Breath has no gravity scaling in a combo
• Chosen One (Front Kick, Back Punch) starts up 5 frames faster
• Nitara
• Bloody Bolt and Enhanced Bloody Bolt start up 5 frames faster and recover 5 frames faster
• Raiden
• Electric Charge passively grows over time instead of draining
• Razzle Dazzle and Enhanced Razzle Dazzle start up 2 frames faster. Hold Back Punch during startup to spend Electric Charge and reduce startup by 1 additional frame
• Razzle Dazzle deals 20 more damage and recovers 3 frames faster on hit
• Enhanced Razzle Dazzle deals 40 more damage, recovers 5 frames faster on hit, and the opponent is launched higher into the air with less pushback
• Lightning Strikes (Away + Back Punch) deals 20 more damage
• Slightly increased the hit region on Focused Energy (Towards + Back Punch)
• Electric Charge (Towards + Back Punch, Front Punch) recovers 6 frames faster and has 10 more frames of blockstun
• Double Strike (Towards + Front Kick, Back Kick) recovers 3 frames faster on hit
• Reptile
• Adjusted Enhanced Acid Spit Ball hit region to be slightly larger
• Devastating Blow Charge starts up 2 frames faster (Devastating Blow Charge maximum is unchanged)
• Dr. Wreckyl (Towards + Back Punch, Front Punch, Front Punch) and Kneet Trick (Towards + Back Punch, Front Punch, Front Kick) recover 5 frames faster on hit, 8 frames faster on block & miss
• Shang Tsung
• Snake Oil (Away + Front Punch, Back Punch) hits High (was Mid), causes 5 more frames of blockstun, and recovers 4 frames faster on miss & block
• Shang falls faster after Surgery (Jump Front Punch, Back Punch)
• Form Stealer and Enhanced Form Stealer recover 8 frames faster
• Perfect Form recovers 10 frames faster
• Kameo Kopy and Enhanced Kameo Kopy against Kung Lao, Frost, Subzero, Sareena, Janet Cage, Mavado, and Madam Bo deal more damage. Kameo Kopy against Tremor and Darrius deal more damage
• Kameo Kopy against Darrius starts up 2 frames faster and has 5 more frames of blockstun
• Enhanced Kameo Kopy against Darrius starts up 2 frames faster, has reduced combo damage scaling, has 10 more frames of blockstun, and reduced blockstun when Flawless Blocked
• Enhanced Kameo Kopy against Tremor recovers 3 frames faster, has 4 more frames of blockstun, and reduced blockstun when Flawless Blocked
• Kameo Kopy against Janet Cage recovers 3 frames faster on miss and 2 frames faster on block
• Enhanced Kameo Kopy against Janet Cage recovers 4 frames faster on hit, 3 frames faster on miss, 2 frames faster on block, has 10 more frames of blockstun, and reduced blockstun when Flawless Blocked
• Enhanced Kameo Kopy against Khameleon absorbs 66% of damage from one hit (up from 50%)
• Fixed Kameo Kopy using incorrect attack data against Madam Bo
• Smoke
• Quick Cut (Front Punch) cancel frame occurs 1 frame earlier
• Never Submit (Front Punch, Front Punch) starts up 1 frame faster
• Sub-Zero
• Lin Kuei Storm (Front Punch, Back Punch) starts up 1 frame faster
• Shin Shatter (Away + Front Kick) cancel frame occurs 1 frame earlier
• Tanya
• Guidance Charge no longer has a time limit
• Heavenly Hand deals 10 more damage. Enhanced Heavenly Hand deals 20 more damage
• Guidance adds 10 more damage to Heavenly Hand when Front Punch is held, causes 5 more blockstun with slightly increased pushback
• Boomerpain (Away + Back Punch) deals 20 more damage, recovers 8 frames faster, and the first hit has a larger hit region outside of combos
• Message From Above (Away + Back Punch, Front Kick) has a slightly larger collision region, starts up 3 frames faster, recovers 2 frames faster, and causes 5 more blockstun with increased pushback
• Answers (Away + Back Punch, Back Kick) can be special canceled in a combo
• Branching Out (Front Kick) recovers 2 frames faster on block, 3 frames faster on hit & miss, and has 1 more frame of hitstun against a grounded opponent
• Omni-Man
• (Air) Mega Clap and (Air) Enhanced Mega Clap start up 3 frames faster, recover 5 frames faster, and have larger hit regions
• Unstoppable Force (Back Punch) cancel frame occurs 1 frame earlier
• Demon Slaying Punch (Back Punch, Back Punch) starts up 1 frame faster
• Around The World (Towards + Back Punch) starts up 2 frames faster
• Satellite Kick (Back Kick) recovers 5 frames faster
• Ermac
• Slightly increase the hit region of Mass Driver (Back Punch, Front Punch) when opponent is in a combo
• Hell Spiller (Back Kick, Back Punch, Back Kick) recovers 18 frames faster and has slightly increased combo damage scaling
• Returned To The Earth (Jump Front Punch, Back Punch, Back Punch) recovers 3 frames faster
• Peacemaker
• Reduced the Eagley cooldown after Ground-Air Offensive and Beautiful Bird Bullet by.5 seconds
• Nosebreaker (Towards Front Punch) cancel frame occurs 1 frame earlier
• Peace Eater (Towards Front Punch, Front Punch) starts up 1 frame faster
• Homelander
• Enhanced Blast Off has 60 frames of armor (up from 23)
• Blast Off and Enhanced Blast Off are considered grounded 2 frames earlier, and have 4 more frames of recovery on miss & block
• The first hit of Vought Drop and The Seven Slam deals 20 less damage, the second hit deals 20 more
• Adjusted the hit region of Blaze It Up (Towards + Back Kick) to slightly reduce its range
• Cyrax
• Capture Foam releases the victim 10 frames earlier on hit
• Noob Saibot
• Embrace Khaos lasts 14 seconds (up from 10 seconds)
• Adjusted the hit region of Shadow Sweep and Enhanced Shadow Sweep to hit an opponent between Noob and his clone
• Kameo Fighters
• Cyrax (Kameo)
• Kopter Chopper cooldown reduced by 1 second
• Horizontal Kopter Chopper cooldown reduced by 1.5 seconds
• Frost (Kameo)
• Snow Flakes cooldown reduced by 1 second
• Snow Flakes starts up 4 frames faster and recovers 9 frames faster
• Ice Karpet causes 10 more blockstun with increased pushback
• Goro (Kameo)
• Raise The Roof cooldown reduced by 1 second
• Punch Walk summon recovers 7 frames faster
• Kano (Kameo)
• Knife Toss deals 20 more damage and has no gravity scaling in a combo
• Sareena (Kameo)
• Demonic Dance has 20 frames of invulnerability on wakeup (up from 11)
• Scorpion (Kameo)
• Get Over Here recovers 4 frames faster
• Stryker (Kameo)
• Stryker takes 80 damage when Rapid Fire is interrupted by an attack
• Ferra (Kameo)
• Ferra takes 80 damage when (Air) Torr Stance is interrupted by an attack

According to rumors, NetherRealm Studios’ next project is not related to the Mortal Kombat franchise; instead, it could be Injustice 3, though it is just speculation and not confirmed by developers.

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