Mortal Kombat 1/Havik

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#MK1_Havik

Introduction

Rebellious Anarchist

"A citizen of the realm of Seido, Havik is sworn to take down its oppressive regime and free his people. There, order is prized above all else. Lawbreaking is met with strict punishment. Its citizens live in strictly regulated castes. As a member of Seido’s lowest caste, Havik had neither rights nor privileges. He seethed with anger at the injustice. When he is brutally punished for a minor crime, Havik finally decides to act. He sets out to destroy Seido’s regime and replace it with an anarchist utopia. Once he breaks Seido’s social order, Havik will free its citizens. Together, they will live in blessed anarchy."

Havik is a Brawler/Mixup tnatabmok with Setplay seitilibapac that boasts the highest base health (1100 HP), slow strings and staggers that are safe/plus with Overhead/Low options, and specials with armor or unbreakable properties while still playing neutral with decent movement, advancing attacks, tracking projectile launchers, and ”disjointed” abilities that are not disjointed but rather alter his hitbox by contorting and mutilating his own body; his gapless 112 has a 23f Overhead ender that explodes his head on hit and is +3 on block, his S3 and B4 extend their hurtbox by kicking his feet off, and his S22 string with a safe 20f Overhead rips his arm off. Other advancing tools include F1 staggers with Low/Overhead options, a fast/safe double-Low (F43), and a Mid string (B22) with 19f Throw/Low options. Helping Hand (DB1) launcher becomes an armored knockdown if Havik is hit during its startup, while Nether Snatcher (DB2) is an unsafe 17f Low launcher that becomes an armored knockdown and +8 on block when Enhanced; DB2 can be used in special-cancels to further enforce grounded 50/50s while his 15f (Air) EX DB4 launcher can be used to enforce aerial Overhead mix. His BF2 can only be enhanced at 30% HP for 2 bars of meter but will create a Tether on hit that enables Corpse Taunt (BF2), a follow-up neck snap with an unblockable crumple; EX Taunt momentarily sesrever his kontrols but increases his damage output and makes all specials/Breakers become meterless.

Strengths

Weaknesses

High Health: With 1100 base HP, Havik is tied with General Shao as the two most durable characters in the game. With this much HP, he can largely disregard Kameo health penalties and becomes a true boss character with those offering a bonus. His high health is also crucial for his armored attacks and trade centered moves, like Seeking Neoplasm (BF3); Easily Plus: Havik is plus on block from a significant portion of his grounded normals, the most important ones being 11 (+3 with no gap) and 21 (+6). He can also easily make himself plus with EX Neoplasm or Seeking Neoplasm. Mixup Monster: His new low scoop is his meterless launcher and is complemented by a huge air stretch kick that hits Overhead and combos with meter; Berserker Armor: The enhanced low scoop gives him a more standard armored attack to wake up with, while his arm rip has a faster startup, retaining its 3 hits and kombo potential if the armor doesn't trigger; Power for Power: Many of the above changes made in Khaos Reigns add up to increased damage potential and more openings to start kombos with; Safe Kombo Starter: Neoplasm will start kombos if the enemy is in hitstun, giving Havik a safe kombo starter that he can cancel into for one-hit confirms. Beyond its use as a safe kombo starter, Neoplasm is also fantastic zoning tool, EX Neoplasm can be applied for setups, and Seeking Neoplasm lets Havik go for high-reward trades or pressure resets. Unblockable Setups: Havik's most conspicuous tool, EX Blood Bath lets Havik set up an unblockable reset on the enemy, vastly improving his potential reward from an opening. To avoid it, the enemy must take a massive risk with an armored getup, potentially opening them up to an even more severe kombo punish than the reset itself. Certain characters with stubby armored moves do not even have this option and must eat the reset.

Lots of Plus Frames, No Frametraps: Havik's fastest kombo starter Mid is his 15f F4. None of his normals give enough plus frames to guarantee anything more than a D1, making abare with your own D1 a surprisingly effective option for halting his pressure. Sluggish, Committal Attacks: Neoplasm is generally a low commit, but Havik's normals are slow, difficult to place, and easily punished on whiff. Exacerbating the problem is his lack of dependable close-range and long-ranged normals, forcing Havik to play at a highly specific ideal distance where he can be easily mashed if he's too close and easily whiff punished if too far. His primary mid string also remains prone to being low profiled; Khaos Reined In: EX Blood Bath can now only be performed when Havik is below 30% HP; keeping the tether active also now drains his health in exchange for converting it into more meter.

Havik
Base Health	1100
Availability

Normals and Strings

Grounded

1

Heavy Hook

1

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1

Heavy Hook

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
7	2	20	-	20	3	H	-	0	-	-

Cleric of Chaos

11

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11

Cleric of Chaos

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
15	2	27	-	30	4.5	M	-	+3	-	-

Neck Snapper

112

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112

Neck Snapper

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
23	3	36	-	70	10.5	OH	+14	+3	-7	-

Breaking Backhand

f1

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f1

Breaking Backhand

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
11	2	19	-	30	4.5	H	-	+1	-	-

Undead Warrior

f12

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f12

Undead Warrior

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
11	4	23	-	30	4.5	M	-	-5	-	-

Disrupting Order

f122

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f122

Disrupting Order

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
20	2	27	-	70	10.5	OH	+49	+3	-	-

Drop Dead

f13

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f13

Drop Dead

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
20	4	53	-	70	10.5	L	-1	-15	-25	-

Nasty Knuckles

d1

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d1

Nasty Knuckles

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
7	2	23	-	20	3	M	-	-8	-	-

2

Face Breaker

2

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2

Face Breaker

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
10	3	22	-	30	4.5	H	-	-3	-	-

Decaying Guard

21

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21

Decaying Guard

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
20	2	24	-	70	10.5	M	+38	+6	-	-

Flesh Wound

22

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22

Flesh Wound

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
20	32	34	-	50,50	7.5,7.5	OH, M	+18	-5	-	-

Chaos Lunge

b2

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b2

Chaos Lunge

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
18	2	26	-	50	7.5	M	-	-6	-	-

Gut Buster

b22

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b22

Gut Buster

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
16	3	23	-	30	4.5	M	-	-4	-	-

Skab Stab

b22T

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                  No results

Destroying Balance

b224

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b224

Destroying Balance

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
19	2	25	-	70	10.5	L	+19	-5	-	-

Batters Up-percut

d2

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d2

Batters Up-percut

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
10	3	45	-	140	21	H	-	-6	-16	-

3

Dislocated

3

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3

Dislocated

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
15	3	31	-	50	7.5	H	-	-2	-	-

Knee Breaker

d3

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d3

Knee Breaker

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
10	3	19	-	20	3	L	-	-5	-	-

4

Chaos Kick

4

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4

Chaos Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
16	2	27	-	70	10.5	H	-	+3	-	-

Hyperextended

b4

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b4

Hyperextended

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
12	3	34	-	70	10.5	L	+9	-5	-	-

Sinister Stomp

f4

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f4

Sinister Stomp

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
15	2	26	-	50	7.5	L	-	-6	-	-

No Order

f43

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f43

No Order

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
14	2	35	-	70	10.5	L	+9	-5	-	-

Corpse Dropkick

d4

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d4

Corpse Dropkick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
9	4	30	-	30	4.5	L	-	-12	-	-

Aerial

1

Harmful Hook

j1

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j1

Harmful Hook

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
7	3	-	-	50	7.5	OH	-	-	-	-

Beaten and broken

j12

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j12

Beaten and broken

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Blissful Chaos

j13

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                  No results

2

Snapped

j2

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j2

Snapped

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
9	5	-	-	50	7.5	-	-	-	-	-

Self Inflicted

j21

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j21

Self Inflicted

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Painless

j212

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j212

Painless

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Crucial Strike

j24

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j24

Crucial Strike

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
-	-	-	-	-	-	OH	-	-	-	-

j.3/j.4

Diving Corpse

J3+4

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j3_4

Diving Corpse

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
11	6	-	-	70	10.5	OH	-	-	-	-

Special

Neoplasm

Neoplasm

bf1

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bf1

Neoplasm

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
26	-	-	-	80	20	H	-	-4	-	-

Enhanced Neoplasm

bf1 (enhanced)

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Enhanced Neoplasm

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
26	-	-	-	80	0,20	H,M	+138	+75	-	-

Helping Hand

Helping Hand

db1

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db1

Helping Hand

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
59	3	44	-	125.57 total	18.75	M,(M,M)	+57	-5	-15	-

Enhanced Helping Hand

db1 (enhanced)

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db1_amp

Enhanced Helping Hand

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
59	3	44	-	110	33.75	M	+83	-5	-15	-

Blood Bath

Blood Bath

bf2

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bf2

Blood Bath

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
20	2	44	-	30x3	13.75	H	+15	-22	-	-

Enhanced Blood Bath

bf2 (enhanced)

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Enhanced Blood Bath

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
20	2	44	-	30x3	13.75	H	+15	-22	-	-

Corpse Taunt

bf2 (enhanced)+bath

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Corpse Taunt

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
16	1	-	-	30	N/A	U	+178	N/A	-	-

Seeking Neoplasm

Seeking Neoplasm

bf3

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bf3

Seeking Neoplasm

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
52	-	-	-	60	17.5	M	+65	+11	-	-

Enhanced Seeking Neoplasm

bf3 (enhanced)

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bf3_amp

Enhanced Seeking Neoplasm

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
52	-	-	-	60,60	17.5x2	M,M	+81	+18	-	-

Twisted Torso

Twisted Torso

db4

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db4

Twisted Torso

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
23	50 total	39	-	30,30,30,30	13.75x4	H,H,H,H	+27	-19	-	-

Enhanced Twisted Torso

db4 (enhanced)

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db4_amp

Enhanced Twisted Torso

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
23	50 total	39	-	50,50,50,50	16.25x4	M,M,M,M	+27	-19	-	-

Overview

Strategy

Combos

Synergy

Matchups

Frame Data

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#MK1_Havik