Guide to Executing Fatalities and Brutalities in Mortal Kombat 11

<p>Mortal Kombat is celebrated for its distinct fatalities and brutalities, merging extravagant violence with a dose of dark humor. Here’s how to gain a competitive edge by mastering these iconic finishing moves in Mortal Kombat 11.

With Mortal Kombat 11, Netherrealm Studios returned to its roots, focusing on the elements that endeared the franchise to fans, particularly the infamous fatalities.

Once again, players can enjoy classic characters such as Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya Blade. The gameplay adopts a slower pace and emphasizes close combat, echoing the style of Mortal Kombat 2.

To equip you for the intense battles in this game, here’s how to unlock and execute a fatality and brutality in Mortal Kombat 11.

How to perform a brutality in Mortal Kombat 11

Brutalities differ from fatalities in that players can execute a brutality as a round or combo ender.

However, there’s a stipulation: players must meet specific match conditions to successfully perform their chosen brutality.

For instance, to execute Sub-Zero’s “Dancing on the Ceiling” brutality, players need to deliver the final hit through a toward throw while holding up.

Similar to fatalities, Mortal Kombat 11 players can find the requisite conditions for their brutalities in their selected character’s “move lists” tab.

Jacque Briggs performs a brutality in Mortal Kombat 11 — Netherrealm Studios

How to perform a fatality: Step-by-step guide

Players can execute a fatality by inputting a sequence of buttons after completely depleting their opponent’s health bar.

Step 1

Launch Mortal Kombat 11 and enter a game.

Step 2

Select your preferred character.

Step 3

Press pause and choose the ‘moves list‘ option to discover the required sequences.

Step 4

Visit the finishing moves section, where your available fatalities will be listed.

Step 5

Execute the fatality using the specific button sequence found in-game until the announcer declares: “Finish Him/Her!”

Mortal Kombat 11 controls for sequences

Fatalities involve various button sequences based on the character selected. The combinations include:

Front Punch: Square PS4/5, X Xbox One/X|S, Y Switch
Back Punch: Triangle PS4/5, Y Xbox One/X|S, X Switch
Front Kick: X PS4/5, A Xbox One/X|S, B Switch
Back Kick: Circle PS4/5, B Xbox One/X|S, A Switch

Fatality sequences can also encompass directional inputs, which can be executed using the d-pad or joystick, depending on the direction the opponent is facing.

There’s a limited timeframe in which players can perform their fighter’s fatality. If the correct sequence is inputted, the character will likely execute a brutal finish.

Each fighter in Mortal Kombat 11 has exclusive fatalities that reflect their style and gameplay. Thus, depending on the chosen character, players have numerous ways to conclude their matches in a gruesome manner.

Johnny Cage performing a fatality in Mortal Kombat 11 — Netherrealm Studios

Fatalities are the ultimate finishing touch after besting your adversary.

Complete list of fatalities

Here’s the comprehensive inventory of all character fatalities and their executions:

A blessing

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Food for Thought (close-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Back, Triangle Xbox -> Back, Down, Back, Y Switch -> Back, Down, Back, X
Rock, Paper, Baraka (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, X Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, A Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, B

Cassie Cage

FATALITY	CONTROLS
I < 3 U (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Forward, Circle Xbox -> Down, Down, Forward, B Switch -> Back, Down, Back, A
GirlPower (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Down, Back, Triangle Xbox -> Back, Down, Down, Back, Y Switch -> Back, Down, Down, Back, X

Cetrion

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Maintaining Balance (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Forward, Down, Circle Xbox -> Back, Down, Forward, Down, B Switch -> Back, Down, Forward, Down, A
Good and Evil (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Back, X Xbox -> Back, Down, Back, A Switch -> Back, Down, Back, B

D’vorah

FATALITY	CONTROLS
New Species (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, X Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, A Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, B
Can’t Die (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Down, Circle Xbox -> Back, Down, Down, B Switch -> Back, Down, Down, A

Erron Black

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Melted (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Down, Square Xbox -> Down, Down, Down, X Switch -> Down, Down, Down, Y
Death Trap (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Down, Triangle Xbox -> Down, Forward, Down, Y Switch -> Down, Forward, Down, X

Frost

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Ice Sculpture (close-range)	PS -> Forward, Back, Down, Square Xbox -> Forward, Back, Down, X Switch -> Forward, Back, Down, Y
The Cyber Initiative (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, Circle Xbox -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, B Switch -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, A

Good

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Phasing Through Time (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Down, X Xbox -> Back, Down, Down, A Switch -> Back, Down, Down, B
Peeling Back (close-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Back, Square Xbox -> Down, Forward, Back, X Switch -> Down, Forward, Back, Y

Jacqui Briggs

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Spider Mines (mid-range)	PS -> Forward, Back, Forward, X Xbox -> Forward, Back, Forward, A Switch -> Forward, Back, Forward, B
Nothin’ But Neck (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Circle Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, B Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, A

Mortal Kombat 11 fatality Jacqui dexerto — NetherRealm Studios

Exit

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Bow Before Me (any range)	PS -> Down, Down, Forward, Down, Circle Xbox -> Down, Down, Forward, Down, B Switch -> Down, Down, Forward, Down, A
Poll Dance (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, Square Xbox -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, X Switch -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, Y

Jax Briggs

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Coming in Hot (close-range)	PS -> Forward, Down, Forward, X Xbox -> Forward, Down, Forward, A Switch -> Forward, Down, Forward, B
Still Got It (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Down, Circle Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, Down, B Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, Down, A

Johnny Cage

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Mr. Cage’s Neighborhood (close-range)	PS -> Forward, Back, Down, Down, Circle Xbox -> Forward, Back, Down, Down, B Switch -> Forward, Back, Down, Down, A
Who Hired This Guy? (close-range)	PS -> Forward, Down, Forward, Square Xbox -> Forward, Down, Forward, X Switch -> Forward, Down, Forward, Y

Joker

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Party Pooper (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Back, Triangle Xbox -> Down, Forward, Back, Y Switch -> Down, Forward, Back, X
Pop Goes the Mortal (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Back, Square Xbox -> Back, Down, Back, X Switch -> Back, Down, Back, Y

Solitaire

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Road Rash (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, X Xbox -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, A Switch -> Back, Forward, Down, Forward, B
Hooked (close-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Down, Circle Xbox -> Down, Down, Down, B Switch -> Down, Down, Down, A

Kano

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Last Dance (close-range)	PS -> Forward, Down, Down, Square Xbox -> Forward, Down, Down, X Switch -> Forward, Down, Down, Y
Face Like a Dropped Pie (close-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Forward, Triangle Xbox -> Back, Down, Forward, Y Switch -> Back, Down, Forward, X

Kitana

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Gore-Nado (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Down, Down, Triangle Xbox -> Down, Down, Down, Down, Y Switch -> Down, Down, Down, Down, X
Royal Execution (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Back, Forward, Square Xbox -> Down, Back, Forward, X Switch -> Down, Back, Forward, Y

Collector

FATALITY	CONTROLS
For the Kollection (close-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Down, Down, Circle Xbox -> Down, Down, Down, Down, B Switch -> Down, Down, Down, Down, A
Head Lantern (close-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Back, Square Xbox -> Down, Forward, Back, X Switch -> Down, Forward, Back, Y

Kotal Kahn

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Totem Sacrifice (close-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Back, X Xbox -> Back, Down, Back, A Switch -> Back, Down, Back, B
Kat Food (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, Square Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, X Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, Y

Kung Lao

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Headed Nowhere (close-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Back, Down, Triangle Xbox -> Down, Forward, Back, Down, Y Switch -> Down, Forward, Back, Down, X
Meat Slicer (close-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Down, X Xbox -> Down, Forward, Down, A Switch -> Down, Forward, Down, B

Liu Kang

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Burn Out (close-range)	PS -> Down, Back, Down, Forward, Square Xbox -> Down, Back, Down, Forward, X Switch -> Down, Back, Down, Forward, Y
Belly of the Beast (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Back, Forward, Triangle Xbox -> Back, Down, Back, Forward, Y Switch -> Back, Down, Back, Forward, X

Nightwolf

FATALITY	CONTROLS
War Ritual (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, Back, Triangle Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, Back, Y Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, Back, X
Komo-tose (close-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Down, Down, Circle Xbox -> Down, Down, Down, Down, B Switch -> Down, Down, Down, Down, A

Noob Saibot

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Double Trouble (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, Square Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, X Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, Forward, Y
Split Decision (close-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Down, Square Xbox -> Down, Down, Down, X Switch -> Down, Down, Down, Y

Raiden

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Alternating Current (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Back, Square Xbox -> Back, Down, Back, X Switch -> Back, Down, Back, B
Direct Current (close-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Back, X Xbox -> Down, Forward, Back, A Switch -> Down, Forward, Back, B

Scorpion

FATALITY	CONTROLS
You’re Next (far-range)	PS -> Back, Down, Down, Square Xbox -> Back, Down, Down, X Switch -> Back, Down, Down, Y
Chain Reaction (far-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Back, Triangle Xbox -> Down, Forward, Back, Y Switch -> Down, Forward, Back, X

Shang Tsung

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Condemned the Damned (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Down, Down, Square Xbox -> Back, Forward, Down, Down, X Switch -> Back, Forward, Down, Down, Y
Shoken Reborn (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Circle Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, B Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, A

Shao Kahn

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Back Blown Out (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Down, Down, Triangle Xbox -> Back, Forward, Down, Down, Y Switch -> Back, Forward, Down, Down, X
Kahn-Sequences (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Square Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, X Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, Y

Sindel

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Scream Queen (close-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Down, Forward, Circle Xbox -> Down, Down, Down, Forward, B Switch -> Down, Down, Down, Forward, A
Hair Today Gone Tomorrow (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Square Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, X Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, Y

Scarlett

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Bloody Mess (mid-range)	PS -> Forward, Back, Down, X Xbox -> Forward, Back, Down, A Switch -> Forward, Back, Down, B
Heart Kondition (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Down, Forward, Circle Xbox -> Down, Down, Forward, B Switch -> Down, Down, Forward, A

Sonya Blade

FATALITY	CONTROLS
To the Choppa (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Back, Triangle Xbox -> Down, Forward, Back, Y Switch -> Down, Forward, Back, X
Supply Drop (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Down, X Xbox -> Back, Forward, Down, A Switch -> Back, Forward, Down, B

Mortal Kombat 11 fatality Sonya dexerto — NetherRealm Studios

Spawn

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Rest in Pieces (mid-range)	PS -> Forward, Back, Down, Down, X Xbox -> Forward, Back, Down, Down, A Switch -> Forward, Back, Down, Down, B
Unchained (mid-range)	PS -> Forward, Back, Forward, Circle Xbox -> Forward, Back, Forward, B Switch -> Forward, Back, Forward, A

Sub-Zero

FATALITY	CONTROLS
Ice-Cutioner (mid-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Triangle Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, Y Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, X
Frozen in Time (mid-range)	PS -> Forward, Down, Forward, Circle Xbox -> Forward, Down, Forward, B Switch -> Forward, Down, Forward, A

Terminator T-800

FATALITY	CONTROLS
I’m Back (close-range)	PS -> Back, Forward, Back, Square Xbox -> Back, Forward, Back, X Switch -> Back, Forward, Back, Y
Target Terminated (mid-range)	PS -> Down, Forward, Down, Circle Xbox -> Down, Forward, Down, B Switch -> Down, Forward, Down, A

Mortal Kombat 11 fatality terminator dexerto — NetherRealm Studios

How to unlock more fatalities and brutalities

If you’re looking to expand your moveset with additional fatalities and brutalities for your favorite character, explore the Krypt.

Players can also unlock further fatalities by successfully executing the moves during a match. However, locked brutalities cannot be performed in-game to unlock them and must be purchased from the randomized game store instead.

That’s everything you need to know about executing brutalities and fatalities in Mortal Kombat 11. Discover how to unlock extra characters in Mortal Kombat 11 and the costs associated with unlocking all skins in MK11.

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