STRYKIE
Are ya' ready for MK11 kids?!
As many know, the 3rd Hellspark is always -22 on block, and like the ones before it, can be meter burned to be made +14, but also can be interrupted, and of course, some characters deal with this better than others with armor guaranteed to deal with both scenarios. I'd like to get this knowledge out here as I find it important for some matchups and may dictate whether it's worth choosing your variation for alternative tools for tis metagame that Hellsparks usually entertains. Granted there are some more that aren't listed here, but have unspecified whiffing issues from certain ranges, so I'm only listing the ones I know for sure for now.
Key:
* Guaranteed to punish at any distance
* Guaranteed to punish if all three Hellsparks were blocked, will whiff/be blocked if only 3rd Hellspark was blocked at max range
- Ermac: EX Soul Charge (Spectral), EX Tele-Choke (Mystic)
- Erron Black: EX Slide (all variations)
- Jax: EX Straight Dash Punch (all variations)
- Jacqui: EX Forces Rush (all variations)
- Johnny Cage: EX Shadow Kick (all variations)
- Kano: EX Kano Ball (all variations)
- Kenshi: EX BF2 (Balanced and Possessed)
- Kitana: EX Shadow Kick (Mournful), EX Square Wave (Royal Storm)
- Kotal Kahn: EX Overhead Sword (War God) (NOTE: Does not launch for full combo)
- Kung Jin: EX Lunge Kick (all variations)
- Liu Kang: Traditional EX Dragon Kick (Flame Fist and Dualist), EX Double Dragon Kick (Dragon's Fire)
- Quan Chi: EX Portal Stab (Warlock)
- Raiden: EX Electric Fly (all variations)
- Reptile: EX Slide (all variations)
- Shinnok: EX Low Scepter (Bone Shaper), EX Shoulder Charge (Impostor and Necromancer)
- Sonya: EX Arc Kick: (all variations)
- Sub-Zero: EX Slide (all variations)
- Takeda: EX Whip Assault (Lasher)
- Tremor: EX Straight Stone Punch (all variations)
Key:
* Guaranteed to punish at any distance
* Guaranteed to punish if all three Hellsparks were blocked, will whiff/be blocked if only 3rd Hellspark was blocked at max range
- Ermac: EX Soul Charge (Spectral), EX Tele-Choke (Mystic)
- Erron Black: EX Slide (all variations)
- Jax: EX Straight Dash Punch (all variations)
- Jacqui: EX Forces Rush (all variations)
- Johnny Cage: EX Shadow Kick (all variations)
- Kano: EX Kano Ball (all variations)
- Kenshi: EX BF2 (Balanced and Possessed)
- Kitana: EX Shadow Kick (Mournful), EX Square Wave (Royal Storm)
- Kotal Kahn: EX Overhead Sword (War God) (NOTE: Does not launch for full combo)
- Kung Jin: EX Lunge Kick (all variations)
- Liu Kang: Traditional EX Dragon Kick (Flame Fist and Dualist), EX Double Dragon Kick (Dragon's Fire)
- Quan Chi: EX Portal Stab (Warlock)
- Raiden: EX Electric Fly (all variations)
- Reptile: EX Slide (all variations)
- Shinnok: EX Low Scepter (Bone Shaper), EX Shoulder Charge (Impostor and Necromancer)
- Sonya: EX Arc Kick: (all variations)
- Sub-Zero: EX Slide (all variations)
- Takeda: EX Whip Assault (Lasher)
- Tremor: EX Straight Stone Punch (all variations)