Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1084762-20150120234121/@comment-25468177-20150123014610

Uglyguy25,

Just like with Ermac, I'm guess I'm here to help with the variations.

This is going to be quite hard unlike with Ermac, who had some difficulty. For those who weren't around for this, I thought of Ermac' variations as 3 different souls inside Ermac occupying his body thus giving him different fighting styles.

1st variation: I don't know if this one is possible but I just thought of it. I don't know if he can do this without growing them back but I thought of Baraka pulling out his blades and using them as weapons just like before but with a lot more versatility. He can throw the blades and slice them against opponents at a faster rate.

2nd variation: The second variation could be based around his rage that his kind has. For a period of time, Baraka goes into rage mode. He takes less damage and gives more damage to his opponents. The rage mode would last about 5-15 seconds to make him not too overpowered. The amount of damage he takes is decreased by 10% to 25% less. The amount of damage he gives is increased by 10% to 25%.

3rd variation: The third variation could be based around the amount of experience that hes gained through the years. Just like Kano, he's more deadly than ever. Just like Kano, Baraka is going to expand on his repertiore on what he can do. Since there have been previous demons who have learned magic. Previous demons such as Ashrah, Quan Chi, and Shang Tsung, Baraka is probably able to learn magic also since he is part demon. He may not have at such an innate ability like Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, he can still learn magic nonetheless. This variation is much like his previous moveset from MK9 but since he's learned some magic. He's able to give himself buffs depending on which spell he casts on himself.

Extra variation idea: This variation is the least possible because of Baraka having his weapons made out of the same materials of a Tarkatan's armblades. You probably asking why he would do such a thing since he already has weapons on his arms. The answer to that question is that made these weapons so that he can control the battlefield from both afar and close-up. He'll have both ranged and close combat weapons. Another question comes up is how he is able to get all these blades if it so happens that he isn't able to grow back his own blades. He'll use the blades of his own comrades. Since he is the leader of the Tarkatans, he'll ask his loyal followers for a large favor. This favor is to kill themselves so that he can make himself more powerful.

I made the last variation in case Baraka wasn't able to regrow his blades in the first variation.

I'm pretty sure you guys already guessed I was going to ask this question but are Tarkatans able to live on after their blades are removed from their bodies? Do they grow back or do they die?

See you tomorrow, Everybody.