Knockdown Value is a system put in place in Killer Instinct 2013 to prevent the infinite combos that the original Killer Instinct was so notorious for. Each move has a specific knockdown value: light auto doubles/linkers build the most KV meter as they are the hardest to react to and Combo Break, heavy auto doubles/linkers build the least since they are the easiest to break on reaction, and medium auto doubles/linkers meet somewhere in the middle. Shadow Linkers add nothing to the KV meter, allowing you to build up the level of your ender and extend your combo, although they can still be Shadow Broken. It is for this reason that you must balance damage, predictability, combo length, and ease of Combo Breaking. In addition, players can use Manuals, a delayed double which results in a single