People on Twitch trying to tell me highs aren't suppose to whiff crouching opponents in MK. Think they're confusing mids with highs.
Nah, I was in that chat and this is not what you were claiming. You were saying highs whiff on crouch
blocking opponents, which by and large is not the case. Almost all high attacks will still connect with a crouch blocking opponent's guard.
Some highs will still whiff on a crouch blocking opponent - either because they are special highs meant to always whiff unless standing or just because their hitboxes are set
too high to match the vertical hurtbox increase of crouch block. But the "general rule" of Mortal Kombat is that if you want a high to whiff you need to let go of block while you are ducking. It's at the core of a lot of things such as this game's projectile and throw concepts, which hasn't changed in many years.
If you want to test this correctly in training, you have to set the AI to "Stance Hold" for Block Mode. Otherwise the training dummy will not actually hold block unless necessary to defend.
