In the sea of fighting games, the Mortal Kombat franchise stands out with its brutal and uncompromising style. Its finishing moves, a.k.a. fatalities, are flashy, visceral, and even outright sickening.
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Mortal Kombat X/XL features some of the best (or worst) fatalities in the series. Being so stylistically sound and amplified by the incredible graphical fidelity, they’re a gruesome sight to behold. They are also numerous, and learning them all by heart is quite the undertaking.
Fatalities are a Mortal Kombat staple and the franchise wouldn’t be the same without them. And no matter the situation, having a clean list of all Mortal Kombat X/XL fatalities is sure to help you brutalize players more frequently.
Mortal Kombat X and XL fatalities
Tip:
All combinations assume your character is right-facing.
Kung Lao
- Face Grind: Down, Left, Down, Right, Circle/B (Close)
- Flower Pot: Down, Right, Down, Left, Square/X (Close)
- Hat Split: Right, Left, Right, X/A (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Right, Down, X/A (Close)
Jax
- T-Wrecks: Right, Left, Down, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Jax the Ribber: Down, Left, Right, Right (Close)
- Arm Rip: Right, Down, Right, Left, Square/X (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Right, Down, Square/X (Close)
Sonya
- Target Marked: Down, Down, Left, Right, R2/RT (Close)
- Head Hunter: Right, Left, Down, Left, Triangle/Y (Mid)
- Kiss of Death: Up, Up, Left, Down (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Left, Right, Down, Triangle/Y (Close)
Kenshi
- Tele-Copter: Left, Right, Left, Left (Far)
- My Puppet: Right, Down, Left, Up (Far)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Right, Down, X/A (Close)
Kitana
- Dark Fan-Tasy: Down, Right, Left, Right, Triangle/Y (Mid)
- Splitting Hairs: Left, Right, Down, Down (Mid)
- Decapitation: Down, Up, Circle/B + R2/RT (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Right, Down, Down, X/A (Close)
Scorpion
- Stop Ahead: Down, Left, Right, Triangle/Y (Mid)
- Who’s Next!: Down, Left, Right, Up (Mid)
- Toasty: Up, Up, Triangle/Y (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Square/X (Close)
Shinnok
- The Grinder: Down, Left, Right, Down, Up (Mid)
- Flick Trick: Down, Up, Down, Up, R2/RT (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Left, Right, Right (Close)
Kano
- Head Case: Down, Right, Down, Left, X/A (Close)
- Knife to Meet You: Down, Down, Right, Square (Far)
- Stage Fatality: Up, Up, Left, X/A (Close)
Johnny Cage
- Here’s Johnny: Left, Right, Left, Right, Square/X (Close)
- Little Improv: Right, Left, Right, Right (Mid)
- Decap: Right, Right, Down, Up (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Left, Right, R2/RT (Close)
Erron Black
- Sand Storm: Down, Left, Right, Down, Square/X (Mid)
- Six-Shooter: Left, Right, Left, Right, Triangle/Y (Far)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Down, Circle/B (Close)
Liu Kang
- Sore Throat: Down, Down, Left, Right, Right (Close)
- Splitter: Left, Right, Down, Up (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Right, Left, X/A (Close)
Ermac
- Inner Workings: Down, Up, Left (Mid)
- Head Out: Right, Down, Down, Up (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Up, Down, Down, X/A (Close)
Sub-Zero
- Chest Kold: Left, Right, Down, Left, Circle/B (Close)
- Bed of Ice: Down, Left, Down, Right, Circle/B (Close)
- Head Rip: Right, Down, Right, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Right, Down, Left, Triangle/Y (Close)
Mileena
- Face Feast: Down, Left, Down, Left, X/A (Close)
- Tasty Treat: Right, Left, Right, Left, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Man-Eater: Down, Down, Down, Down, Circle/B (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Down, Square/X (Close)
Takeda
- Whip It Good: Down, Right, Down, Left, Triangle/Y (Mid)
- Head Cage: Right, Left, Down, Down, Square/X (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Up, Up, Up, Down (Close)
Cassie Cage
- Bubble Head: Right, Down, Left, Right, Square/X (Mid)
- Selfie: Down, Right, Down, Left, Circle/B (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Left, Right, Triangle/Y (Close)
Jacqui Briggs
- Blown Out: Left, Right, Left, Right, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Fist Pump: Right, Down, Left, Circle/B (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Right, Down, Circle/B (Close)
Kung Jin
- Target Practice: Down, Right, Down, Left, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Pinned Down: Right, Left, Down, Down, Square/X (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Up, Down, Right, Circle/B (Close)
Reptile
- Bad Breath: Down, Right, Down, Right, Circle/B (Close)
- Acid Bath: Down, Down, Left, Right, Square/X (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Right, Down, Down, R2/RT (Close)
Ferra Torr
- Better Than One: Right, Left, Right, Left, X/A (Close)
- Play Time: Down, Left, Right, Left, Left (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Left, Right, Left, Circle/B (Close)
D’Vorah
- Bug Me: Left, Right, Left, X/A (Mid)
- Heart Broken: Right, Left, Right, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Right, Right, R2/RT (Close)
Raiden
- Bug Eyes: Right, Left, Right, Square/X (Close)
- Conducting Rod: Down, Right, Left, Right, Circle/B (Far)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Down, Triangle/Y (Close)
Quan Chi
- Mind Game: Right, Left, Right, Left, Circle/B (Far)
- Both Ends: Down, Right, Left, Right, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Left, Right, Down, Triangle/Y (Close)
Goro
- Peek-A-Boo: Left, Right, Down, Circle/B (Close)
- Shokan Amputation: Left, Down, Down, Up (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Down, Down, Square/X (Close)
Kotal Kahn
- Be Mine!: Down, Left, Right, Square/X (Close)
- Tight Squeeze: Right, Left, Right, Left, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Right, Down, Left, Square/X (Close)
Tanya
- Bloody Boots: Right, Down, Down, Left, Down (Close)
- Edenian Drill: Left, Left, Right, Right, Circle/B (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Up, Down, Up, Down, Circle/B (Close)
Tremor
- Stone Tomb: Down, Left, Right, Left, X/A (Mid)
- Stalag-Might: Down, Right, Left, Right, Square/X (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Down, Circle/B (Close)
Bo’Rai Cho
- Booze You Lose: Down, Down, Left, Right, Square/X (Close)
- Bottoms Up: Left, Right, Down, Triangle/Y (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Left, Right, Left, Right, Triangle/Y (Close)
Triborg
- Team Work: Right, Left, Right, Right (Mid)
- Death Machine: Right, Down, Down, Up (Far)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Up, R2/RT (Close)
Jason Vorhees
- Kill for Mother: Down, Right, Down, Right, Triangle/Y (Mid)
- Sleeping Bag Killer: Down, Left, Right, Circle/B + R2/RT (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Left, Right, Right (Close)
Predator
- Ghostin’ Us: Down, Down, Left, Right, Square/X (Close)
- Certain Death: Down, Right, Left, Up (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Right, Down, Left, Up (Close)
Alien
- Killer Queen: Down, Down, Left, Right, X/A (Close)
- Deadly Hybrid: Left, Right, Down, Right, Square/X (Mid)
- Stage Fatality: Down, Down, Down, X/A (Close)
Leatherface
- Seeing Double: Right, Left, Down, Square/X (Close)
- Hook and Sinker: Left, Right, Down, Right, X/A (Close)
- Stage Fatality: Right, Left, Down, Up (Close)
