2XKO has been online for less than a day, and there is already a one-hit-kill combo

Less than a day after 2XKO’s Alpha Lab was released, players have already discovered critical hit combos. These combos – some unique, others very useful – offer a glimpse into the exciting potential of Riot’s own fighting game.

There are two main reasons why these combinations were discovered so quickly. The Alpha Lab testing period, which will last for about two weeks, is not just an online matchmaking alpha test. Instead, it provides players who want to optimize their games with dedicated training mode tools, providing a stable practice space for discovering such combinations. In addition, many of the pioneers of these combinations have actually played the game before, whether in public game sessions at Evo 2024 and elsewhere, or in private events at Riot.

So let’s dive into these combos! Square Enix’s community manager and veteran fighting game player Edwin posted their own Darius x Ekko Critical Hit on Twitter. This starts with a regular mid-speed hit in the center of the screen, and takes five bars total. So it’s pretty costly, but not impossible to pull off in an actual match. It also uses a double down fuse, allowing Edwin to chain supers together and deal some massive damage.

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Mortal Kombat 1 champion SonicFox released a similar combo last night. Using Ahri and Ekko and five Super gauges, and a 2X Assist Fuse that allows multiple uses of Ahri’s aerial projectile, we get a clean death combo. You love seeing it.

So these are obviously cool. But what can you do when you get hit by a combo like this? Well, 2XKO has a burst system. This is basically a “let me go” button that allows you to get out of the combo at the cost of part of your assist bar. This doesn’t mean these combos are useless – getting hit by one of these basically forces you to burst at the risk of death – just don’t expect these one-hit-kill combos to end the game in the first 10 seconds.

Are you participating in the 2XKO Alpha Labs test? Would you like to join in and practice some combos? Let us know below!