Plain steps and tips.Adds keys-vs-reads strips, SOCD mode tables, frame notes and sources.
Mortal Kombat 1 · Scorpion

How to do the Flame-Port on a leverless controller

Tap down, then back with Front Kick. He vanishes and reappears behind the opponent.

Input
NotationDown, Back + 3
DifficultyBeginner

How to do the Flame-Port on a leverless controller

Tap down, then back with Front Kick. He vanishes and reappears behind the opponent.

  1. Press Down.
  2. Press Back with Cross (3).

Watch it slowed down, then press Try it and do it yourself with a controller or your keyboard (A, S, D and Space, or the arrow keys). Timing is not frame-accurate. The animation shows the order of presses; check exact timing in your game's training mode. The animation assumes the Capcom/Neutral SOCD mode (Left + Right = Neutral, Up + Down = Neutral), which is how the MICRO and SWORL ship. Game and character names belong to their owners.

Pro notes: Flame-Port

Notation Down, Back + 3. Directions are written for a character facing right.

Keys you press vs what the game reads

Top row: the buttons you hold. Bottom row: the direction the game receives. No opposing directions are held together in this input, so every SOCD mode reads it the same way; diagonals are two keys read as one direction.

Frame and timing notes

No frame data is claimed for this entry. Use your game's training mode with the input display on to confirm the window.

Leverless tips for the Flame-Port

The finger map used here: ring finger on Back, middle finger on Down, index finger on Forward, right thumb on Up.

  • Tap Down with your middle finger, let go, then tap Back with your ring finger and 3 together.
  • Clean taps are easier to repeat than a roll through Down-Back.
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