Characters to avoid on Klassic Tower Speed Run

During my Speed Run on Klassic Tower Speed Run I notice a couple of characters that will add more time. Here are the Characters that should be avoided.

Jason (Unstoppable) - If you come across this Character immediately exit the game cause even if you defeat him he will be resurrected and will consume time.

Sonya Blade (Any Variation) - She will eventually use her Counter X-Ray when wake up which adds 1 minute to the speed run. So exit the game if you see her as well.

That is my theory so far on the characters a speed runner should avoid. If you have any other theories of what characters should also be avoided during a Klassic Tower Speed Run post it here.

-peck324
Speed Runner Contestant

Klassic Tower Tutorial

**I've made this tutorial in my native language (Brazilian Portuguese), soon will be added subtitles so everyone can perfectly understand.**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtjkvJMG1dY

In the meantime, while i'm too lazy to add subtitles to the video, you can follow this text guide below:

For Klassic Tower Mode you have to play as Kotal Kahn (Blood God) as his variation has the most fast pace combination in the game, the strat you wanna do with him is:

Round 1 - Right off the bat, start with a Tonaltzintli + Crystal Totem, then run or dash to the opponent, another Tonaltzintli + Blood Offering, at this point you will have your opponent in the corner (except if you're playing on Dead Woods or any large size level) and Kotal Kahn will be incredibly powerfull, just uppercut your opponent 3 times and GG.

Round 2 - It should start with your opponent already in the corner, if so, you do Tonaltzintli + Crystal Totem, then Tonaltzintli + Blood Offering, Uppercut 1 time, then do Enhanced Sunstone + Uppercut w/ the opponent in mid-air, it saves 1 precious second compared to 3 uppercuts.

At the "Finish Him" moment you wanna do a back + 4 (fast sweep) to knockdown your enemy as fast as possible to proceed.

Also, there is important stuff to mention, some enemies can react (Wake Ups and in the worst cases, they will try to X-Ray you, which is reset point), but the biggest problem is, if at any moment you get a Jason (Unstopabble) on your tower, then just reset, because with this variation he gets ressurected at the end of round 2, so that's a 10sec-15sec time loss for nothing.

Story Mode Guide

This guide will be covering the higher damage and most consistent combos and of each character (move names only), useful for Mortal Kombat X Story Mode Speedrunning (Note: It's highly recommended to learn how to play with each and every character so you can switch these combos for advanced ones instead, it's not an easy task, but if you're willing to, it will help you to pull off insane times):

Legend:
**Bold** - Enhanced Attack.
*Italic* - Corner Combo.
QTE - Quick-Time Event

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Johnny Cage:
Dizzy Knee + Nut Punch

QTE:
Miss the first two and the last one.

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Kotal Kahn:
Tonaltzintli + **Sunstone**
*Tonaltzintli + Blood Offering + Uppercut (spam)*

QTE:
Miss every QTE, besides the one where Kano uses his Laser Eye attack.

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Sub Zero:
Ioss Up + Frost Hammer
*Cold Blooded + Uppercut*

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Kung Jin:
Double Strike + **Chakram**

QTE:
Hit the Second Arrow only.

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Sonya Blade:
One Two + **Leg Grab**
Air Drop + One Two + **Leg Grab**

QTE:
Miss all of them.

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D'Vorah:
Contamination x2 + Bug Spray
*Contamination x2 + Final Blight + **Bug Spray***

QTE:
Don't hit the fatality on the Tarkatan.

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Takeda:
Kenshi's Fight (Ronin Variation) - High Strike + Piercing Spark

Lasher Variation - Forgotten Son + Whip Strike
*Forgotten Son + **Whip Trip** + Forgotten Son + Whip Strike + Uppercut*

QTE:
Miss all of them against Reptile.

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Jax:
W.M.D. + Major Pain
*W.M.D. + Major **Pain***

QTE:
Miss the first and the last two against Liu Kang.

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Scorpion:
Eternal Vengeance + Teleport + Uppercut.

QTE:
Miss all of them against Johnny Cage.

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Raiden:
Hammer Fists + Electric Fly
*Hammer Fists x2 + Spinning Spark + **Electric Fly***

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Jacqui Briggs:
Bouncing Betty + Quick Burst

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Cassie Cage:
Around We Go + Attack Pattern
*Don't Blink + **Single Shot***

Nome	Autor
Characters to avoid on Klassic Tower Speed Run	peck324 8 years ago
Klassic Tower Tutorial	Kromer 5 years ago
Story Mode Guide	Kromer 5 years ago