How to Do Brutalities in Mortal Kombat X
Mortal Kombat X just wouldn’t be a proper Mortal Kombat unless it pushed the limits. So, the folks over at Netherrealm Studios decided to reintroduce Brutalites for those who may get just a little bit tired of seeing all of the new Fatalities the game has to offer. Here’s how to do all brutalities in Mortal Kombat X, and XL.
First, to perform brutalities in Mortal Kombat X, it must be the last round of the fight, meaning you already won a round. Next, your opponent must be near death. Brutalities are different from Fatalities in that they are triggered before you deplete the opposing fighters life bar, not after.
When triggered correctly, you will get to watch as your fighter brutally decimates your adversary (hence the name Brutality).
All button presses for the brutalities down below will reflect those on the DualShock Controller first, and then the Xbox One controls second.
How to Do Every Brutality in Mortal Kombat X
Alien
- Slash and Burn: Down, Back, X + R2 / Down, Back, A + RT
- Little Head: L1 / LB
- Acid Burn: (Air) Down, back, Triangle / (Air) Down, Back, Y
- Alien Baby: Down, Back, Square / Down, Back, X
- The Slicer: Down, Back, Square / Down, Back, X
Bo’ Rai Cho
- L1 / LB
- Back, Forward, Triangle / Back, Forward, Y
- Down, Forward, Square + R2 / Down, Forward, X + RT
- Down, Forward, Triangle + R2 / Down, Forward, Y + RT
- Back + X, R2 / Back + A, RT
Cassie Cage
- Back, Forward, Square / Back, Forward, X
- Down, Forward, Square / Down, Forward, X
- Back, Down, Circle / Back, Down, B
- Back, Forward, Circle / Back, Forward, B
- Down, Down, Square + R2 / Down, Down, X + RT
D’Vorah
- Down, Forward + Square, R2 / Down, Forward + X, RT
- Down, Back + Square, R2 / Down, Back + X, RT
- Up, Down +L1, Back / Up, Down + LB, Back
- L1 + X, or Square + X / LB + X, or X
- Down, Back, Circle / Down, Back, B
Ermac
- Back, Forward + Triangle / Back, Forward + Y
- Down, Back + Square + R2 / Down, Back + X + RT
- Up, Down, Back + Circle + R2 / Up, Down, Back + B + RT
- Back, Forward + Square / Back, Forward + X
- Back + Triangle / Back + Y
Erron Black
- Down, Back + Square, Circle / Down, Back + X, B
- Down, Back, Forward + Triangle / Down, Back, Forward + Y
- Down, Back + Triangle / Down, Back + Y
- Down, Forward + Triangle / Down, Forward + Y
- R2 + X / RT + A
Ferra/Torr
- Back, Forward + X / Back, Forward + A
- Forward, Triangle / Forward, Y
- Back, Forward, Triangle + R2 / Back, Forward, Y + RT
- Back, Circle, Triangle + Circle / Back, B, Y + B
Jacqui Briggs
- Back, Forward, Triangle + R2 / Back, Forward, Y + RT
- Back, Forward, Circle + R2 / Back, Forward, B + RT
- Down, Back, Triangle / Down, Back, Y
- Down, Forward, Triangle + R2 / Down, Forward, Y + RT
Jason
- Back, Forward, X + R2 / Back, Forward, A + RT
- L2 + R2 / LT + RT
- Down, Forward, Square + R2 / Down, Forward, X + RT
- Down, Back, Forward, Triangle + R2 / Down, Back, Forward, Y + RT
- Down, Back, Forward, Square / Down, Back, Forward, X
Jax
- Back, Forward, Circle , Down / Back, Forward, B, Down
Johnny Cage
- Back, Down, Circle / Back, Down, B
- Triangle, Square, Circle / Y, X, B
- Back, Square, Triangle, Square / Back, X, Y, X
Kano
- Up, Back, Right + X, R2 / Up, Back, Right + A, RT
- Down, Back + Triangle, R2 / Down, Back + Y, RT
- Down, Back + Square + R2 / Down, Back + X + RT
- Down, Forward + Square / Down, Forward + X
- Down, Forward, Back + Circle / Down, Forward, Back + B
Kenshi
- Triangle, Triangle, Circle / Y, Y, B
- Down, Back + Square / Down, Back + X
- Back, Forward+ Triangle + R2 / Back, Forward + Y + RT
- Back, Forward + X / Back, Forward + A
- R2 + X / RT + A
Kitana
- Back, Forward + X / Back, Forward + A
- Down, Back, Triangle + R2 / Down, Back, Y + RT
- Down, Back, X / Down, Back, A (while in midair)
- Down, Back, X / Down, Back, A
- Down, Forward, Square / Down, Forward, X
Kotal Kahn
- Down, Forward + Circle / Down, Forward + B
- Down, Forward + X / Down, Forward + A
- Forward, Back, Down, Circle / Forward, Back, Down, B
- Down, Triangle / Down, Y
- Down, Forward, Triangle / Down, Forward Y
- Down, Back, Triangle + R2 / Down, Back, Y + RT
Kung Jin
- Down, Forward + Triangle / Down, Forward + Y
- Down, Back, Circle + R2 / Down, Back, B + RT
- L1 / LB
- Down, Back, Triangle / Down, Back, Y (midair)
- Down, Back, Square / Down, Back, X
- Back, Forward, Square / Back, Forward, X
Kung Lao
- L1 / LB
- Back, Forward, Triangle / Back, Forward, Y
- Down, Back, Square + R2 / Down, Back, X + RT
- Down, Forward, Triangle + R2 / Down, Forward, Y + RT
- Down, Down, Triangle / Down, Down, Y
Liu Kang
- Back, Forward, Square / Back, Forward, X (midair)
- Down, Back, Triangle + R2 / Down, Back, Y + RT
- Down, Back, X + R2 / Down, Back, A + RT
- Forward, Back, Forward, Circle + R2 / Forward, Back, Forward, B + RT
- Back, Forward, Square + R2 / Back, Forward, X + RT
Leatherface
- L1 / LB
- L2 + R2 / LT + RT
- Down, Back, X, Triangle / Down, Back, A, Y
- Down, Back, Forward, Square / Down, Back, Forward, X
- Back, Forward, Triangle / Back, Forward, Y
Mileena
- Back, Down + Circle / Back, Down + B
- Down, Down, X / Down, Down, A
- Back, Triangle, Square, Triangle + Circle / Back, Y, X, Y + B
- Back, Triangle, Triangle, Square + R2 / Back, Y, Y, X + RT
- Back, Square, Triangle, Square + X, Up, Up, X / Back, X, Y, X + A, Up, Up, A
Predator
- L2 + R2 / LT + RT
- L1 / LB
- Down, Back, Circle / Down, Back, B
- Back, Forward, X / Back, Forward, A
Quan Chi
- Down, Back, Circle + R2 / Down, Back, B + RT
- Down, Back, Triangle / Down, Back, Y
- Down, Back, Square / Down, Back X
- L1 / LB
- Down, Forward, X / Down, Forward, A
Raiden
- Down, Forward, Triangle / Down, Forward, Y
- Back, Square, Square, Square + X / Back, X, X, X + A
- Back, Square, Square, Triangle, Triangle / Back, X, X, Y, Y
- Back, Forward, X + R2, R2 / Back, Forward, A + RT, RT
- Down, Forward, Circle / Down, Forward, B
Reptile
- Down, Forward, Square / Down, Forward, X
- Back, Square / Back, X
- Forward, Triangle, Square + X / Forward, Y, X + A
- Back, Forward, Circle + R2 / Back, Forward, B + RT
- Back, Forward, Triangle + R2 / Back, Forward, Y + RT
Scorpion
- Back, Forward, Square + R2, R2 / Back, Forward, X + RT, RT
- Down, Back, X + R2 / Down, Back, A + RT (midair)
- Forward, Triangle / Forward, Y
- Down, Back, Square / Down, Back, X
- Down, Back, Circle / Down, Back, B
Shinnok
- Back, Forward, Square / Back, Forward, X
- L1/ LB
- Down, Back, Square / Down, Back, X
- Forward, Triangle, Triangle, Square + X / Forward, Y, Y, X + A
- Down, Back, Square / Down, Back, X
Sonya Blade
- Back, Forward, Circle / Back, Forward, B
- Forward, X / Forward, A
- Down, Back, Square + R2 / Down, Back, X + RT
- Square, Square, Triangle / X, X, Y
- Down, Down, Square + R2 / Down, Down, X + RT
Sub-Zero
- Down, Forward, Triangle + R2
- Down, Triangle / Down, Y
- Forward, Circle, Triangle, Square + X / Forward, B, Y, X + A
- Back, Forward, Circle + R2 / Back, Forward, B + RT
- Down, Back, Square / Down, Back, X
Takeda
- R2 / RT
- Triangle, Square, Triangle / Y, X, Y
- Down, Back, X + R2 / Down, Back, A + RT
- Back, Forward, Triangle + R2 / Back, Forward, Y + RT
- Down, Back, Square
Tanya
- L1/ LB
- Down, Back, Circle + R2 / Down, Back, B + RT
- Down, Forward, Square + R2 / Down, Forward, X + RT
- Down + Triangle, Circle / Down + Y, B (midair)
- Down, Forward, Square + R2 / Down, Forward, X + RT
Tremor
- L2 + R2 / LT + RT
- Down, Down, Circle + R2 / Down, Down, B + RT
- Back, Forward, Triangle / Back, Forward, Y
- Down, Back, Square / Down, Back, X
- Down, Forward, X, Forward, R1/ Down, Forward, A, Forward, RB
Triborg
- L2 + R2 / LT + RT
- L1/ LB
- Back, Forward, Square / Back, Forward, X
- Down, Back, Circle / Down, Back, B
- Back, Forward, Square / Back, Forward, X
There you have all brutalities in Mortal Kombat X. For more tips, tricks, and guides for the game, be sure to search for Twinfinite. We’ve also included some other popular Mortal Kombat X guides down below.
- How to Unlock All Alternate Costumes
- How to Play Leatherface
- How to Play Triborg
- How to Do All Fatalities