

With this list, there are two main rules: So here’s a list of the top 15 most powerful characters in the Mortal Kombat series.

Does Jarek really stand a chance against Shinnok? Would Li Mei last five seconds against Blaze? Does Kobra have what it takes to take down Raiden? Not on paper, no. Certain characters are straight-up in their own leagues compared to others. At least, that’s ideally how fighting games should be balanced. A nigh-invincible megalomaniac villain can lose to one of their bumbling underlings just as easily as they can lose to the game’s main hero. Even forgettable losers like Hsu Hao and Kai should stand a chance against gods and otherworldly overlords. Sure, they toss in stories about tournaments to protect Earth and wars against invading realms, but it all boils down to martial artists brutally punching the hell out of each other until one explodes into a pile of viscera and five ribcages.īeing a fighting game, you expect all the fighters to be on the same level. At the end of the day, Mortal Kombat is about a bunch of characters beating the crap out of each other for supremacy.
