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Team Raid Mode revealed for Mortal Kombat 11, plus a host of other changes
NetherRealm has aired their latest Kombat Kast for Mortal Kombat 11, and as promised, it revealed a new mode, alongside other details. Check out a full rundown of what was discussed below.
- Towers of Time mode will receive some new changes
- Tower platforms have been reordered to put special event Towers front and center
- special events are now called "Premiere Towers"
- each Tower platform is now renamed to better tell players what each Tower type they are about to get into
- added Skeleton Keys to hanging bodies in the Krypt
- higher chance of getting Skeleton Keys when restocking chests
- new indicators on the gear select screen to have a visual indicator to show what's new in your inventory
- updated locations of items to know exactly where a gear or skin can be found
- brutal difficulty rewards will give something for the character you're playing as (first time completion reward)
- more boss fights, more tag towers
- more taunts are added (in between and end of round)
- augments should have a resist or damage increase
- new game mode is part of the Towers of Time and is called Team Raids
- up to three players can fight a boss character on separate fight lines
- players will be able to voice chat to coordinate their attacks
- all the players involved will have five shared lives
- if you complete the challenge, you'll receive a boost
- Team Raids will be on the premiere platform alternating with the boss fights
- bosses will be on the very hard difficulty
- a third variation for each character will be unlocked with the upcoming patch
- this will give fighters certain new abilities that can be game-changers
- Shang Tsung has a three slot move that's a brand new ability, and gets all the ninja moves as well as the straight skull
- Frost gets a Dive Bomb and straight projectiles with the enhanced version shooting a second
- Frost then gets an "overdrive" that powers up her beams and if you enhance you start a timer that explodes ice energy to freeze the opponent
- Johnny Cage has a mid fireball.
- Jax get an amplified ground pound that works as a combo set up
- Jax also gets a new punch combo that allows for faster heating up of his arms
- Jax's clap can now have a maximum attack that pops up the opponent when the fire arms are at its max