Mortal Kombat X/Basics

HUD

The elements of the Heads-Up Display (HUD) explained from the screenshot above:

1. Life meter: The character's health bar--when a character loses all of their health bar, they lose the round. If both characters get to 0 at the same time, there is a special draw condition.
2. Timer: The timer that dictates when a match ends. This timer is reset to its initial state at the beginning of each round.
3. Stamina meter: A resource meter that is split into two stocks. This meter generates over time during the match and is used for running, backdashes, stage moves/interactables, and breakers.
4. Round counter: On default setting, every battle is a best of 2 out of 3 rounds. A player who reaches 2 rounds first will be the winner of the match. When you win a round, part of the circle will be filled up (in this case, half).
5. Variation and character name: A character's variation and name are displayed, letting the opponent know, which variation they are facing.
6. Super meter: A resource meter that is split into 3 stocks. The requirements of various mechanics are shown above each stock. One stock allows for enhanced moves, two stock allows for breakers, and three stocks allow for X-ray moves.

Glossary

Since the release of MKX, as of April 2023. The Kommunity has adopted a different form of notation than the one the developers use in the Kommunity Forums. However this new notation mostly applies to attacks so some of the old notation will be kept

Kommands

Term	Description
F	Forward
B	Backward
U	Up
D	Down
1	Front Punch
2	Back Punch
3	Front Kick
4	Back Kick
NJP/NJK	"Neutral Jump Punch/Kick", either of your Jump Up Attacks
J+X	"Jump+X", any of your Back/Foward Jump attacks (For example: J+2= Back/Foward Jump+2)
BL	Block
TH/1+3	Throw
SS/3+4	Flip Stance
TG/1+2	Interact

Spatial

Term	Description
(Air)	To be airborne while performing an action
(Close)	To be at Close-Range (less than Jumping distance away) from your opponent
(Mid)	To be at Mid-Range (usually Foward Dash or Jumping distance away) from your opponent
(Far)	To be at Far-Range (usually Running distance or two/three Jumps away) from your opponent

Attack Properties

Term	Description
OSUP	Short for On Start-Up Properties, it signals what special properties an attack has during it's Start-Up
OHP	Short for On Hit Properties, it signals what special properties an attack has when it Hits
OBP	Short for On Block Properties, it signals what special properties an attack has when it's Blocked
Restand	An attack property that forces an opponent from an airborne/juggled state to a standing state
Armor	Some Enhanced Special Moves (and X-Rays) will allow you to tank a hit or two and continue your attack as if nothing had happened, except you still take damage from the attack, this property is often called Armor/Armored. A handful of Non-Enhance Special Moves can still be Armored, but they are very rare
Invulnerability	Shortened to "Invul" and also known as "Invincibility", the Invulnerable property allows moves to not be get hit or grabbed during their Start-Up or Active Frames
Invul/Armor (Xf)	A way to signal for how many frame a move has Invulnerability or Armor if needed
OTG	Short for "On/Off The Ground", the OTG property allows Attacks to pick up an opponent from a Knocked-Down state that normal moves can't. Only a select few moves in MKXL have OTG properties, these moves will be able to catch: Normal Wakeup, Delayed Wakeup, and Roll Recovert, with reduced damage. In this wiki, it will be shown wether or not a move has OTG properties in their "Move Type" section alongside their Hit Level (For example: Unblockable, OTG)
SKD	Short for Soft KnockDown, in MKXL, SKD is a specific Knock Down state in which you can use the game's Wakeup System however you want
HKD	Short for Hard KnockDown, in MKXL, HKD is a specific Knock Down state in which the Wakeup System is limited to Delayed Wakeup and Normal Wakeup
Stagger	Stagger, is a property that lets a move have a lot of Hit Stun on Hit and Block Stun on Block, which will allow you to run your offense better. In this wiki, a move is considered to have the Stagger property when it's at least +10 On Hit/Block and if it doesn't Knock Down On Hit/Block

Other

Term	Description
Hold X	To hold down an action
Hold X (Yf)	A way to signal for how many frames you need to Hold down an action if needed (mostly an attack button)
Press	To quickly do an action
Enhance	To press Block/BL during a Special Move's input spend a bar of meter to Enhance it in some way
Meter Burn/MB	Another way of saying Enhance
EX	Yet another way of saying Enhance
Delay/dl.	To delay an action
Run Cancel/RC	To cancel your Run animation into any possible action, not to be confused with Guilty Gear's Roman Cancel which is also abbreviated to RC
Instant Air/IA	Also known as Tiger Knee/TK, it is a method of performing a Special Move in the air as fast and close to the ground as possible
Anti-Air/AA	Attacks that are good at hitting someone in the air while you are on the ground (For example: An Uppercut)
Reversals	Also known as Wake-Up Specials, Reversals are Special Moves used on wakeup to ignore an opponent's Okizeme and escape it, Reversals are usually just Armored but sometimes they can have Invulnerability
Juggle	To combo an airborne opponent while you are on the ground
Okizeme	Sometimes shortened to "Oki", Okizeme is the act of running your offense while your opponent is Knocked Down, usually to attack your opponent safely as soon as they get up
X+Y	To do two actions at once
,	To Link an action into the next
~	To do a Special Follow-Up attack (For example: Ermac's: B2~3+4. 3+4 is a Special Follow-Up)
>	To Cancel an attack into the next
▷	Indicates that you must land on the ground at that point in the sequence (For example: J+2▷112 means that you must land on the ground after hitting J+2 and then follow it up with a string)

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