Top 10 Strongest Mortal Kombat Characters
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Scorpion looks the coolest and is definitely the strongest. He has hellfire swords get over here spears and can teleport. He is a misunderstood character who needs to be in first place due to his awesomeness
This guy and his clan attacked the Special Forces! Ninjas with swords and kunais vs people with AK's Gatling Guns, RPG's and the Shirai Ryu WON. Yes he does have a short temper but that is what gets him to control his powers. Think of him as a badass Hulk.
Scorpion! My overall favorite character. I’m not dissing anyone else’s opinion but the thing I like most about Scorpion is his backstory (Wife and Baby killed) I also like his power (Control Hellfire) and mostly his weapons! (Chains and daggers) But one more thing is when a fight first starts and Scorpion walks in the arena you can hear his chains rattling!
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Sub-zero should have been posted above scorpion only because his fighting style is much better. They make all these videos of scorpion killing him but I believe that's only because scorpion has such a powerful hate twords him for what quanchi did to his clan. If sub zero shared that same rage I believe it would be over in mear seconds. I respect both guys but sub-zero is overall a more skilled fighter. At times maybe not as ready but the original sub-zero takes the win for sure.
Not sure if anyone knows but the original sub-zero Bi Han beat 'scorpion' aka hanzo hasashi twice before he was killed the first time being when hanzo was human and a second time when he was in his more badass hellfire form and only lost the third fight finally being overwhelmed.
Does no-one understand that Scorpion killed "Bi-Han". Kuai Liang ended up being the second Sub Zero and managed to purify the ways of Scorpion. Even being able to defeat Kotal Khan. Almost having the same Godly powers of Raiden.
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Immortality is not the only reason why I respect this MK character. As many have pointed before me, he held his own against the deadly alliance of Quan Chi and Tsang Sung. He vanquished Shao Khan with the endowments bestowed by the elder gods. He selflessly sacrificed himself against Onaga. Finally, he (spoiler alert) decapitated Shinnok in the latest installment after being corrupted by the tainted Jinsei. You can argue on brute strength to Onaga, influence to the alliance, and will power to scorpion, but overall, as far as being a well rounded leader, Raiden wins.
Though it wasnt him who took down Shinnok, he straight up decapitated him, and is now way more powerful with Shinnok's amulet. Even without it, HE CONTROLS LIGHTNING. Teleports, lightning traps, lightning fly, lightning bolts, he can literally generate insane amounts of electricity and just completely obliterate Scorpion in one blow just because he's so iconic and well known to the MK genre, it doesn't mean he's the most powerful, yea he has chained spears, dual swords, Raiden can easily catch his spear and just electricute him, basically, Scorpion's weapons doesn't make any difference whatsoever to his level of power. And lets not forget that Raiden IS AN ELDER GOD. With such power to conduct AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS HE WANTS, he can even obliterate the whole MK roster without breaking a sweat. That is the end of my theory on my Raiden should be number 1.
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#28... REALLY? Reptile is strong. He should be higher on the list..
Reptile have long tongue which can pull out anything
He is awesome
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Ermac is the greatest character (Or ninja) In my opinion; and honestly Ermac should at #10 instead of Shang Tsung. Even in the original timeline Ermac was the once whom taught Kenshi telekinesis (or just the TK slam), but a warrior whom originally was created by the magics from Shao kahn to be used labeled as his greatest enforcer; and now as a mysterious warrior freed from Shao kahns control and becoming a force of good is honestly one of the greatest character stories in the game... Ermac may be silent and enigmatic, but his soul based magic (Sorcery) and psychic powers could over whelm any of the fighters below him and prove a great match up to the ones before him.
Ermac is 1000 souls in one body. So he knows 1000 different fighting styles, and 1000 different personalities. Like Quanchi, Ermac also knows how to bring back the dead. He was the one who revived Lui Kang in Armageddon. His telekinesis magic makes for one powerful foe.
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Shao Kahn is way stronger than Onaga. first of all, in Armageddon, Shao Kahn is dragged from the pyramid by Onaga. in mk9, Shao Kahn returns and receives the power of Blaze. therefore Shao Kahn must've defeated Onaga again, this time fair and square. on top of this, towards the end of mkx, all the elder gods joined forces with Raiden to attack the Kahn, yet it barely tickled him as he described the elder gods as being "mere toothless worms". Hence, Shao Kahn is much stronger than Onaga and is therefore the most powerful being in the mk universe.
He is so powerful the gods were afraid of him. They had to cheat in order to beat him. He's and absolute monster and most of the time he doesn't even try as he taunts you. His hammer weighs a crap ton and he solely took over as emperor of Outworld because his trickery. People say Onaga would beat him cause the only way Kahn one was poison but in his prime Shao Kahn would destroy any foe.
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One of the more high damage characters; the kanoball is one of the simplest special moves to preform and is really effective.
The one who cut sub zeros eye.
He looks cool!
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Onaga is the previous ruler of Outword. In Deception, Raiden, Shinnok, and Quanchi, put together all their strength to beat Onaga, but all that just ended up knocking him back a few meters. Also, in the story mode, the whole time, Shujinko spent years completing a quest. But in the end, it was just Onaga tricking him into bringing him back.
Guy walked through an Elder God and two of the strongest sorcerers attacks and then brushed off said Elder God's sacrifice explosion like it was a party popper.
One on one with no interference, Onaga would anhilate any other kombatant.
Onaga has resistane to magic he could beat anyone the three Mortal Kombat blasted Onaga but Onaga is not finished yet. Onaga beat the three Mortal Kombat characters
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Had the most amazing special moves in MK II, you could actually trick the game with him. Plus excellent scary look! By far my favorite.
He is one of the deadliest characters in mortal kombet and always takes his scenes greatly
The most amazing character ever. Cool and deadly!
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Kitana and mileena are awesome but cassis cage
Mileena strong than kitana jade and scarlet
Mileena is one of my favorite. characters! I think she is very powerful!
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I like him but his fatalites don't make sense. He died in fire, which should be his weakness,but his fatalites always involve fire
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Quanchi can bring back the dead. He's also the back cunning person in Mortal Kombat, he killed Scorpion, his family, and his clan disguising as Sub-Zero, then brought him back to life so Scorpion can work for him and kill the real Sub Zero. So once he was killed, Quanchi brought him back to life as well so he can work for him as well, his name is now Noob Saibot. A while later, Noob's younger brother took on the name as Sub Zero
Quran chi is an amazing player and deserves to be in the top 5
He looks like Pinhead on steroids... Total badass.
Honestly quan chi could beat kung lao
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Jason has to be the strongest of them all especially because of his ways of crucially killing people and how he isn't scared of anyone, as a matter of fact what look he has against his opponent.
He should be number one because he is unstoppable and always comes back for revenge.
Of course it would be Jason he is like huge but leather face looks op
Zombie status, can not be killed. Too strong in any realm.
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Sonya da beat because she survived so many fights and to all da haters dat wanna talk about her looks, well it doesn't matter when you play her in mk11 she very easy to use and very strong.
Sonya defeated ermac she should be in top ten
Her down kicks will put you out of you misery. And shes mega super HOT.
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Liu Kang is should be up around the top. He has defeated Shao Khan, Shang Tsung, and plenty of others. Scorpion should definitely not be #1 and should not be above Liu Kang. Liu Kang has also won multiple tournaments. He would beat characters that are above him in this list.
Lui Kang won the 10th Mortal Kombat tournament, he beat Shao Kahn, Goro, and Shang Tsung.
He won the Mortal Kombat tournament with a very good and spectacular fighting style
He is epic but not THE BEST but he's bruce lee super skills are cool
No brainer, I am an atheist but the premise of an omnipotent being speaks for itself. The elder gods themselves united to defeat this God, the elder gods are reputedly the strongest beings in the franchise, Raiden is a minor god though still stronger than the majority if non gods. Shinnok should in theory be unstoppable then unless when against another elder god or greater. Onaga was far above Raiden and the Deadly Alliance and was just a tool for this said One Being, gives you some idea of how powerful it must be.
He is the strongest by far should be on the top the elder gods could barely defeat him
He is the most powerful character because he eats the elder gods for lunch.
I don't think people understand what "strongest" means
He's completely made of fire and lava, and no human has ever beat him except Taven. In Armageddon, Argus, Taven's dad, made him so he could beat everyone, but Taven ended up beating him.
Actually blaze is the most powerful Mortal Kombat character of all time. He caused Armageddon by devouring existence itself. No one can beat blaze.
Blaze actually deserves to be number 1. Without question.
He can make the ground on fire he should be 5th
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Kenshi is my dogs name and Kenshi means Warrior of the Paralyzed.
He's the best, coolest, strongest, and has a nice ASS!
Kenobi is awesome but sub zero better
His combos are unique
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Shang Tsung is the right hand man of Shao Kahn, and is a very powerful wizard. No one was able to beat him for 90 years. Also, he can take away souls and transform into other people and take their power as well. So if done right, he can transform for a few minutes. He mainly uses this for manipulation though.
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Noob is awesome! He is the original Sub Zero and has ties to Smoke and Sindel. He is very Unique like Scorpion and is plenty strong to whip anyone!
I believe Noob Saibot should be higher; Being an undead wraith whom's power is based on the dark shadows, means you cannot die.
Why the heck is he not listed here?
Why isn't he higher up
Should be at number 2. She is stronger than elder gods but weaker then the one being
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Defeated by johnny cage what a stupid character johnny is way stronger than this wierdo.
He was and still is a very strong character
He is a boss 4 ARMS and shiva is crap
He is one of the top 5
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Seriously... That dude has power over water, lightning and all kinds of weather! He's a Demigod!
He defeated shinnok, goro, shao khan, shang tsung won four tournaments and is rivals with kung lao who defeted kintaro and the deadly alliance he took down ermac and is only killed by a god and a surprise attack by shang tung
In Armageddon, Taven ended up beating three quarters of all the Mortal Kombat characters, inclund Blaze. He also saved the realms from total destruction.