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A few characters and kameo fighters got adjustments.
The recent esports event, Final Kombat 2024, proved two things: how dedicated the community is and how unbalanced the current meta seems to be. Some character and kameo pairs dominated the competition, and many people expected the developers to react. They did that quite quickly! The Mortal Kombat 1 June hotfix was released rather unexpectedly on June 18. Check out the patch notes in this post.
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The section with general updates is pretty small. It can be summarized in three points:
MK1 character adjustments in June hotfix patch notes
This is the most interesting part of the update. Two characters got the following adjustments:
The changes are scarce, but they may be significant. Peacemaker is super strong on the esports scene, and the nerf should balance the character better. Homelander got the most adjustments in this hotfix. A notable change is that his Dirty Trick can’t parry many attacks of other characters. But it is now able to parry some new moves. Also, we should highlight an improved Punching Down linking feature from Flight into God Complex. Other patch notes describe various fixes.
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Time is needed to figure out how the June hotfix affects the game and what other rebalancing is needed. For everything aboutMortal Kombat 1, stick around on esports.gg!
