-|MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON|-
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
FAQ/Walkthrough By Jorey Wandersee (KnightsoftheRound)
Version - 1.1
Contact: fox_racing_72[at]hotmail[dot]com
(c) 2006 Jorey Wandersee (KnightsoftheRound)
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/ Table of Contents \____________
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1.| Introduction |
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2.| Updates |
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3.| Nitara's Storyline |
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4.| Nitara Related Unlockables |
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5.| Movelist |
A. Abbreviation key |
B. Special Moves |
C. Tang Soo Do |
D. Morning Star |
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6.| Nitara Strategies |
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7.| Thanks |
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1. Introduction
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This is a character guide for the character Nitara from Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon. I have found Nitara to be one of the few more interesting new
characters that have been introduced to the series since Deadly Alliance, so I
have decided to make a guide for her. Feel free to e-mail me and tips,
strategies and combos that you have found for using Nitara. If any helpful
information is sent I will include it in this guide and give you credit for
it.
Also please be wary that I will not respond to e-mails if they do not make any
sense. Please use proper grammar and spelling. I don't care if your writing
isn't perfect, but e-mails that use excessive amounts of internet slang and do
not make sense will not be replied to.
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2. Updates
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Version 1.1 - www.supercheats.com and www.honestgamers.com added to the list
08/07/07 of websites allowed to host this guide.
- Made a few other minor changes.
Version 1.0 - Guide finished and submitted to GameFAQs and Neoseeker.
10/21/06
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3. Nitara's Storyline
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|Nitara Stats|:
Status: Vampire
Alignment: Neutral
Weight: ???
Height: ???
Fight Style: Leopard
Weapon Style: Kama
Appearances: Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (PS2,Xbox,GC)
Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition (GBA)
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2,Xbox,Wii)
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|Nitara in a nutshell|:
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Nitara is a Vampire who is from an unnamed Vampire realm. Is is known
however that her realm is bound to Outworld. Her objective, which she
accomplished in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance was to find the Orb that bound
her realm to Outworld and destroy it. She manipulated both Reptile and Cyrax
in order to accomplish her goal. Because she is a Vampire who preys on human
beings, and her alignment is "neutral" in Deadly Alliance, it is unclear
whether or not her and her race could be considered a threat to the realms and
what their true motives are. Because there are no bios in Armageddon it is
difficult to understand what exactly Nitara has been doing since Deadly
Alliance, and what she is up to now.
It is also worth noting that being a vampire she is vunerable to sun light
found in Earthrealm. The sun light of other realms doesn't seem to have any
effect on her.
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|Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance Bio 1|:
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The vampire Nitara had at long last discovered the location of the Orb that
bound her realm to Outworld. Unfortunately, it rested in a location she could
never access. However, the ninja cyborg Cyrax of Earthrealm had the ability
to retrieve it for her. Through careful manipulation she convinced Reptile to
engage Cyrax in combat and destroy his arm panel in the process. The damage
to his transporter left him stranded in Outworld. Her plan was coming
together beautifully.
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|Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance Bio 2|:
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Nitara offered to send Cyrax back to Earthrealm if he could retrieve the Orb
from its hiding place. Nitara carried a gemstone around her neck. These
gemstones made it possible for her people to traverse the realms. They had
done so for ages and had even visited Earthrealm regularly in search of blood.
Cyrax had no choice but to accept the offer and journeyed with her to the
presumed location of the Orb. As they traveled across Outworld, however, they
had the strange feeling that they were being followed.
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|Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance Ending|:
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[There is a picture of Cyrax kneeling in front of Nitara presenting the Orb to
her]
After what seemed like an eternity, Cyrax finally emerged from the lava,
holding the Orb that had bound Nitara's realm to Outworld for ages. At last
it was within her grasp. She would be able to free her people from Shao
Kahn's imprisonment. Fulfilling her end of the bargain, she sent Cyrax back
to his Earthrealm home in exchange for the Orb.
[Changes to a picture of Nitara staring into the Orb]
Nitara stared into the Orb. It seethed with the power trapped within. She
raised it above her head, and then smashed it to the floor. It shattered with
and inhuman, soul-rending howl. Its horrible energy exploded away, and tore
her consciousness from her. She awoke later for the first time on her native
soil.
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|Interesting notes on this ending|:
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It is known that this ending is canon because Reptile finds out Nitara
betrayed him when he comes into the chamber where Nitara smashed the Orb.
This all happens in the incubation chamber where Blaze was guarding the Dragon
King's egg. The Dragon King used this opportunity to hatch and steal
Reptile's body. Why Nitara has left her Vampire realm in Armageddon is
unknown, and it is also unknown how Onaga and Reptile are alive at the same
time. Many people presume that Onaga is now using his original body.
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|Mortal Kombat Armageddon Ending|:
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The gift of godlike power transformed Nitara into a blood god. Horrified, the
kombatants fled from the pyramid, but none were spared her wrath. Beginning
with Shao Kahn, she mutated each of them into her vampire slaves. With the
most powerful warriors in the universe at her command, Nitara and her
unstoppable army easily conquered the realms.
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4. Nitara Related Unlockables
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|Item | Location | How to Obtain |
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|Alternate Costume | The Krypt/| Krypt: 1720 Koins |
| | Konquest/ | Konquest: After fighting the first horde |
| | Kode | of undead enemies in the Netherrealm, |
| | | choose the left path instead of the |
| | | right. The chest in this area will |
| | | unlock her alternate costume |
| | | Kode: Enter the kode: Down, L1, Up, L1 |
| | | L1, Forward on the |
| | | question mark box in the krypt to obtain |
| | | her alternate costume for free. |
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5. Movelist
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A. Abbreviation Key
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BUTTON ABBREVIATION PLAYSTATION 2 XBOX
Attack 1 1 Square X
Attack 2 2 Triangle Y
Attack 3 3 X A
Attack 4 4 Circle B
Throw TH R1 Black
Change Style CS L1 Left Trigger
Up U D-Pad Up D-Pad Up
Down D D-Pad Down D-Pad Down
Forward F D-Pad Left/Right D-Pad Left/Right
Back B D-Pad Left/Right D-Pad Left/Right
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B. Special Moves
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BLOOD THIRST: TH
UNICORN KICK: B,D+4
BLOOD SPIT: D,B+2
JUMPING BLOOD SPIT: D,U+2
AIR BLOOD SPIT: D,B+2
QUICK ESCAPE: F,B+3
Blood Thirst Description:
Nitara jumps into her enemy, sucks their blood, and then kicks them into the
ground and jumps away. A pretty good throw (at least it's unique) but it is
not useable for starting combos, unfortunately. Although it is good for
damaging your opponent and getting them away from you.
Unicorn Kick Description:
Nitara flips forward and kicks her opponent in the head. The enemy is
stunned and falls down backwards. This is a useful move because it can be
used from a slight distance, so you don't have to be right beside your enemy
to use it. This is helpful because you can catch your opponent completely
off guard.
Blood Spit Description:
Nitara spits a blood projectile at her enemy. This is your standard
projectile special move.
Jumping Blood Spit Description:
Relatively similar to Blood Spit, except Nitara jumps straight up into the
air, and does a blood spit attack diagonally towards the ground. This can be
useful when your enemy is medium distance away from you, but it is not always
useful because your opponent has to be pretty much in the exact spot for it
to connect. If they are too far away or too close it will not hit them.
Also, be careful not to use this when they are too close to you because it
will leave you open to attack when you drop down to the ground and it will
also leave you open to an air combo.
Air Blood Spit Description:
This is basically a combination of Blood Spit and Jumping Blood Spit. This
special move uses the exact same button combination as Blood Spit, except you
must do it while in the air. When you do this attack the blood projectile
will travel diagonally towards the ground as if you used the Jumping Blood
Spit move. This is useful for when you are jumping away or towards your
opponent and want to surprise attack them. This is also a decent way of
preventing your opponent from doing an air combo on you when you jump away
from them, as it will knock them back towards the ground.
Quick Escape Description:
Most people who have used Nitara will probably not even classify this as a
special move and may disregard it completely. This is a mistake, because
while it does not actually do any damage to your opponent it makes you jump
all the way back to the edge of your current side of the screen. This is
extremely useful to quickly get away from your opponent.
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C. Leopard
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|GROUND ATTACKS|:
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Leopard Paw................1
Death Rising...............B+1
Low Paw Strike.............D+1
Double Palm................U+1
Knuckle Fist...............2
Upward Jackhammer..........B+2
Batting Practice...........D+2
Twisting Leg...............3
Leg Trip...................B+3
Walking Heels..............D+3
Razor Heels................4
Spinning Sweep Kick........D+4
Blurry Punches.............2,2
Deadly Dawn................2,3
Hidden Killer..............2,4
Knuckle Pain...............1,1,1
Saber Uppercut.............1,1,B+1
Double Palm................1,1,U+1
Pointy Claws...............1,1,2
Power Spin Kick............1,1,3
Outstanding Results........1,1,2,4
Scissor Death..............2,3,CS
*Note: For some reason in the move list for Leopard Death Rising, Double Palm,
and Twisting Leg, are at the very end of the moves list. I've inserted
them in the appropriate places in the list above, where they should be.
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|AIR ATTACKS|:
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Ambush.....................1
Danger Swipe...............2
Psyco Spin.................3
Over head Air Toss.........4
Downward Swat..............1,1
Tornado Twist..............3,3
Take Off...................1,1,1
Tear Down..................1,1,2
Monsoon....................1,1,3
Down Slash.................3,3,1
Flying Human...............3,3,2
Whipcrack..................1,1,4
Air Sails..................3,3,3
Flicker....................3,3,4
Throwdown..................1,1,3,4
Splashdown.................3,3,1,1
Sailing Away...............1,1,3,3
Whiplasher.................1,1,3,4
Sinking Hero...............3,3,1,4
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D. Kama
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|GROUND ATTACKS|:
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Swinging Chop..............1
Swift Air..................B+1
Low Attack.................D+1
Upward Swing...............2
Double Bladed Uppercut.....D+2
Side Slice.................3
Down Knee Blender..........B+3
Crouching Uppercut.........D+3
Bat Swing..................4
Weed Chopper...............B+4
Berzerker Kama's...........F+4
Ducking Mid-Section Slash..D+4
Blood Lusting..............1,1
Blood Butcher..............2,2
Uplifting Horror...........3,4
Fresh Ripper...............1,1,1
Death Seeker...............1,1,4
Blood Frenzy...............1,1,F+4
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|AIR ATTACKS|:
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Powerhouse.................1
Lucky Change...............2
Long Legs..................3
Spinning Feet Grab.........4
Face Kicked................1,1
Wind Kick..................3,3
Vicious Boots..............1,1,1
Back Flip Kick.............1,1,2
Lucky Wind.................1,1,3
Foot Grab..................1,1,4
Flip Back..................3,3,4
Boot to The Face...........3,3,3
Heel Toss..................3,3,4
Guiding Light..............1,1,3,3
Foot Assault...............1,1,3,4
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6. Nitara Strategies
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Despite some of her weaknesses I find Nitara an interesting character. She
definitely doesn't have the best fighting style in MK:Armageddon, but her
weapons are unique and very cool and fun to use. If you learn how to play
as Nitara she can be a very deadly character.
Nitara's fighting style is not very strong, she has short combos and they
deal out damage that is usually 10-15% damage. To make up for this however,
she has very fast recovery time from most of her combos in her fighting style.
To effectively use her fighting style use quick combos and use the B+1 pop-up
attack to get in some air combos. A good air combo starter is B+1...B+1.
To use this starter effectively though you must wait for a brief moment before
you use the attack again or you will miss and screw up your opportunity.
Her weapon stance, equals out here generally weak fighting style with decent
damage which averages out to usually 20%. You can get this higher though.
One of her best combos is the 2,3,CS combo that starts in the Leopard style
and changes to her weapon. If possible you should always try and use this
combo when changing to your weapon, especially with Nitara since it deals
good damage considering her general low damage capabilities while using her
fighting style. Her kamas are much stronger and have a bunch of good combos.
If you can effectively mix up some good ground combos and get in some air
combos here and there you can dominate a match with her weapon style.
Nitara's special moves are not always useful but the 3 main ones you should
concentrate on using are Unicorn Kick, Blood Spit and Quick Escape. When
facing stronger characters if you are ever in trouble Quick Escape is an
excellent way of getting some distace between you and your opponent. If they
persist on coming close to you greet them with a unicorn kick which will
knock them down. Blood Spit like all projectile attacks is effective while
there is distance between you and your enemy but be careful when using her
alternative Blood Spit sepcial moves, because if you use them and miss any
good player will realize that you have put yourself in a vulnerable situation
and use it to their advantage.
Against boss type characters Nitara's weapon style combos work wonders. Her
fighting style is not really recommended against them because the damage can
go below 10% and the weapon style is easier to be agressive with against boss
type characters. He 2,3,CS combo starting in her Leopard style is very useful
and her F+4 attack is also extremely useful against them.
Weapon pick-ups are also helpful when using Nitara because they can help you
deal some needed damage. You can ever try using them to pop an opponent up
into the air, switch to your fighting or weapon style and start a combo on
them. The picked-up weapons can add some helpful extra damage to your combos.
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7. Thanks
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GameFAQs and Neoseeker for the great websites and hosting my guides.
HonestGamers and SuperCheats for also hosting my guides.
The Mortal Kombat team at Midway, for continuing to make games in the Mortal
Kombat franchise.
The readers who use my guide, without anyone using it there would be no point
in making it. Hope it's helpful. Feel free to email me about anything in
this guide.
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