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As you go through the different characters inMortal Kombat 1, you may discover Li Mei. She’s an interesting character who offers multiple projectiles alongside other abilities to help her deal with enemies in multiple situations.
Because of her unique moves, it’s important to get a feel for her play style and how to make the most of her attacks. With that in mind, you may use a guide to learn how her Enhanced specials work, tips to perform well with her, and Kameos you should consider that’ll synergize with her kit.
Li Mei Overview
Li Mei is an interesting character who has somepowerful projectiles that can be challenging for the opponent to face. For instance, she can throw lanterns into the air to prevent enemies from jumping while pressuring them with projectiles.
However, don’t be fooled by her projectiles: she alsohas some solid moves she can use up close- she has plenty of mix-up options to prevent her opponents from closing the distance.
If you’re willing to spend meter, you can extend your combos and deal 30 percent or more with some simple input strings.
While Li Mei may seem like a versatile fighter,she will perform best while fighting from a distance and punishing foesfoolish enough to jump at her without a game plan.
Li Mei performs best against foes that struggle to close the distance, like Reiko and General Shao
She can alsodo well against defensive players that want to stay back and bait opponents, since you’ll force them on the offensive.
Li Meimay struggle against characters that are good at fighting mid-distance, ones with teleports, and others that can close the distance and stick to you. Because of that, you’ll need to be careful not to throw out attacks at random since they could heavily punish you.
Li Mei Special Moves
As you look into Li Mei’s movelist, you’ll notice that she has someinteresting long-range specials that help her to zoneand react to her opponents. Get a feel for what each move does and use it to your advantage to help you handle whatever the opponent throws at you.
Nova Blast
Back, Forward, 1
You shoot out a magic blast forward.The Enhanced version knocks enemies into the air, where you can juggle them.
Air Nova Blast
The same as the above move, except itstops you in the air and has you shoot out a blast. The Enhanced version deals more damage. Both version explode the Sky Lantern.
Sky Lantern
Down, Back, 2
You release a lantern into the air. If youhit it with an Air Nova Blast, it explodes, dealing damage and launching the enemy.
Chain Reaction
Back, Forward, 4
You kick forward then perform multiple punches, knocking the enemy down.The Enhanced version deals more damage.
Flipping Heel Kick (Air)
Down, Back, 4
Youswing both legs down and do an overhead. If you Enhance it, the move deals more damage.
Since the game is on multiple systems, you can use the following notation to understand what the inputs above mean. That way, you canapply them to your specific controls while keeping the directions in mindsince they can vary based on what side of the screen you’re on.
Back: Away from the opponent
Forward: Toward the opponent
Li Mei Tips
Li Mei performs best when enemies are away from her, so you’ll want tokeep them off your back while you fight them. While Li Mei has projectiles to fight off enemies, they tend to have long start-ups or ending lag, allowing the opponent to punish you if they find a gap in your moves.
Most people associate mix-ups with up-close attacks, butyou can use your projectiles and not attacking as a mix-up. For instance, you could input the motion for Sky Lantern, but press a different button.
Doing so will cause you to perform an attack or block, causing your character to move. Some players may instantly input a teleport or another move to counter you, butwhen they teleport behind you, you’ll be ready to block their attackand perform your own combo.
Remember that someKameos can teleport, so you’ll need to pay attention to their metersand react accordingly.
Your ultimate goal is to keep your opponents guessing, sothey’ll second-guess themselves and can’t go with their regular game plan. you’re able to then apply pressure and shoot projectiles while making them scared of what you’ll do next.
You’ll find that Li Mei has the easiest time when she can frustrate opponents into making mistakes. For instance, if you keep shooting Nova Blasts, they may try to jump over your attack. You could thenhit them with with a Shi Zi Lion, knocking them away and stopping their advance.
You can also use your Flipping Heel Kick to jump into the air, bait opponents, and punish them. With so many tricks in your arsenal, you’ll want topay attention to your foe, see how they want to fight you, and work against their game plan.
Li Mei Kameo Tips
Even though Li Mei struggles in certain ways, you can work past those issues with specific Kameos. You either want to go withsomeone who can help you escape, provide you with additional projectiles, or help you extend combos.
you’re able to find Kameo fighters with solid versatility, likeScorpion, Motaro, and Kung Lao.
Other Kameos can also complement Li Mei, such asGoro launching opponents and mixing them up with unblockables or Kano giving you plenty of projectile options.
Li Mei Fatalities
you’re able to use two fatalities if you play as Li Mei. You’ll start with the first one and will unlock the second one when you reach Mastery Rank 14 with her. Her fatalities require her to be close to the opponent, so if you have trouble learning them,go to Learn and Choose Fatalities to practice.
