Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-70.169.224.88-20150427184942/@comment-422853-20150501125542

Liu Kang beat Shinnok in the original timeline (MK4) and no one really complained how a human was able to beat an Elder God then... The explanation for Cage's powers, although vague, is still more than we ever got for how Liu Kang was able to do all the shit that he could do (did we even learn how he got his fire powers?). Shinnok's demon form was also capable of being beaten by Bi-Han in Mythologies.

@ ari: I was starting to notice that some too.