Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-35244016-20180903170928/@comment-25561256-20180906012051

TornRose wrote: I want to start this off by posting the rankings that I have determined the characters to be based on story line events starting with Mortal Kombat 2011 with the Johnny Cage vs Reptile fight all the way through the events of Cassie Cage vs Shinnok in Mortal Kombat X. The rankings are split into tiers based on their individual rankings. All characters will have individual reason for their rankings underneath the list. Also the characters used are every character that fights in the story mode of Mortal Kombat 2011 & Mortal Kombat X. Tremor and Skarlet can also be fit into the rankings due to the Mortal Kombat X comic series.

Tier 1 1. Raiden 2. Liu Kang 3. Shao Kahn 4. Nightwolf 5. Sindel

Tier 2 6. Kabal 7. Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang) 8. Scorpion 9. Takeda Takahashi 10. Cassie Cage 11. Corrupted Shinnok 12. Scarlet

Tier 3 13. Kung Lao 14. Stryker 15. Jacque Briggs 16. Kung Jin

Tier 4 17. Kotal Kahn 18. Tremor 19. Kintaro 20. Goro 21. Ermac

Tier 5 22. Jax Briggs 23. Cyrax 24. Johnny Cage 25. Shinnok

Tier 6 26. Sonya Blade 27. Kenshi Takahashi 28. Ferra/Torr

Tier 7 29. Kitana 30. Jade 31. Smoke 32. Noob Saibot (Bi-Han)

Tier 8 33. Quan Chi 34. Shang Tsung 35. D'Vorah

Tier 9 36. Mileena 37. Kano 38. Erron Black 39. Rain 40. Sektor

Tier 10 41. Tanya 42. Sheeva 43. Baraka 44. Reptile

Reasoning 1. Raiden: Raiden only looses three fights in all of Mortal Kombat. Letting both Sonya & Kung Jin beat him. The third fight against Scorpion & Takeda, he is under the blood magik of Havik. He is one of two to defeat Kotal Kahn and the only to defeat Liu Kang. 2. Liu Kang: The first to defeat Shao Kahn and only loosing to Raiden. 3. Shao Kahn: Looses to Raiden and Liu Kang. 4. Nightwolf: Nightwolf was the only person to stop Sindel. While their battle goes back and forth he destroys himself to destroy her. Nightwolf could possibly be the strongest if he is able to destroy Raiden the same way he did Sindel. If he is not he could possibly be capable of defeating Shao Kahn and Liu Kang. 5. Sindel: Sindel combined with the power of Shang Tsung kills some of the strongest characters but looses to Nightwolf. Her strength is one of few that poses a threat to Kotal Kahn and she could possibly beat Liu Kang as well. 6. Kabal: Kabal is one of many to die victim to Sindel. He is also the one of two in MK9 to defeat Sub-Zero, albeit his Cyber form. Which to my knowledge wipes out the brain but keeps the strength of the beholder. Due to Kabal's extreme speed it could be possible for him to beat Sindel in a fair fight and even pose a threat to Shao Kahn as well as Liu Kang. 7. Sub-Zero: Kuai Liang looses only to Sindel and Kabal in MK9 and bests Scorpion in Mortal Kombat. 8. Scorpion: Hanzo beats Kuai only on two occasions, the first when Kuai was under Havik's blood magik, and the second while Kuai is trying to make peace with him. 9. Takeda: Takeda with the telekenetic training done by his father could possibly defeat the human Hanzo Hasashi as seen during his training. Although under the Scorpion persona, he could not. Also Takeda is seen to easily fight off both Cassie and Jacque while they're under Havik's blood magik. 10. Cassie Cage: Only loosing to Sub-Zero and Takeda, Cassie is able to defeat the corrupted Shinnok after summoning her green halo. 11. Corrupted Shinnok: After trapping Raiden he is deafeated by Cassie Cage and later has his head decapitated by Raiden. 12. Scarlet: From her back story of being chained through the events of Mortal Kombat 9 due to how dangerous she can be by Shao Kahn. She easily defeats Jacqui Briggs. Assuming she wouldn't be capable of defeating Corrupted Shinnok as well as loosing to the team of Ermac and Milenna this is the most comfortable place I feel I can place her. 13. Kung Lao: His toughest opponent he beat was Kintaro while loosing to Scorpion. Although he believes he is Liu Kang's equal he is easily killed by Shao Kahn while boasting and assuming he couldn't beat Corrupted Shinnok. He could possibly be better than Skarlet but as we see Shao Kahn kill him instead of him releasing Skarlet I would make the judgement that he decided he wasn't strong enough to face her. 14. Stryker: Stryker is one of few characters to be able to beat Kintaro but easily dies in the fight against Sindel. 15. Jacque: Jacque is underneath Stryker due to his overall military experience than hers. As they both beat numerous strong characters Stryker does hold that rank above Jacque as well as having all of New York City under his district. 16. Kung Jin: Near the end of the events Jacque practically saves Jin and beats the enemies he couldn't. 17. Kotal Kahn: Losing to both Jacque and Kung Jin while defeating both Goro and Kintaro.

18. Tremor: Tremor is able to hold off Kintaro until Kotal Kahn is able to reach them and take over beating Kintaro. 19. Kintaro: Loosing to both Kotal Kahn and being backed up by Tremor, Shao Kahn still uses him at the end of the second tournament over Goro, showing Shao Kahn believes that Kintaro wont fail him as Goro did. 20. Goro: Even after having his arms cut off by Kotal Kahn he is still able to defeat Kenshi, proving is just as strong if not stronger than Kintaro. 21. Ermac: While Ermac contains thousands of souls within him, he is still held back by the limited power that Shang Tsung was able to give him, making him loose to the likes of Jacque while still being able to beat her father. 22. Jax: As Jax never fights Ermac with his new arms it is undertermined whether he could actually beat Ermac. 23. Cyrax: Cyrax's biggest win comes from eliminating Johnny Cage from the first tournant, we are never able to see his true protential. After regaining memory still as a cyborg he determines that as the last remaining Cyborg he should kill himself, leaving Sub-Zero as the soul Lin Kuei an the Grandmaster. 24. Johnny: Johnny in terms of strength is just about average. He can beat lower end fighters but when it comes to tough challenges he will loose without his green halo, as was the case when he beat Shinnok. 25. Shinnok: This is Shinnok in his regular form without the amulet. Nearly all of Shinnok's power comes from his amulet and without it he is able to be defeated by Johnny while still being able to hold off the likes of Sonya, almost killing her, and Kenshi. 26. Sonya: Sonya almost dies at the hand of Shinnok before being saved by Johnny. 27. Kenshi: Kenshi never really gets much of a chance to show is strength, as he looses to Scorpion, Takeda, an armless Goro, Shinnok, and some other unnamed fighter in the second tournament. I feel with how highly respected Kenshi is as a warrior he would either have to be here or above Sonya. 28. Ferra/Torr: Ferra/Torr is another character that we never see their true potential. Knowing that Ferra is the brain and Torr is the muscle, Torr himself seems he could be stronger than Kung Jin, as shown during Jacque's MKX chapter, but Ferra heavily weighs him down. I don't believe they'd loose to assains such as Kitana and Jade, but I don't think that they would be able to beat Shinnok in a regular fight. 29. Kitana: Kitana looses to Sonya with Jade fighting along side her, she still picks up good wins such as beating Smoke with a distracted Johnny Cage. 30. Jade: Jade is able to defeat the same enemies that Kitana is able to defeat, although she cannot defeat Kitana herself. 31. Smoke: Smoke looses to both Kitana and Jade, while beating Kitana once before. These three characters are the closest trio when it comes to strength. 32. Noob: Make that last three four, while we never see how strong Bi-Han is as Noob as he gets defeated by Kung Lao, Jax, Sub-Zero, and Nightwolf, we know he looses to Sonya as well under the Sub-Zero. When ressurected and transformed from Sub-Zero to Noob Saibot he does gain power, but  his power somewhat reflects that of Smoke. 33. Quan Chi: While Quan Chi is possibly the most brilliant in the entire series he isn't much of a fighter, loosing his team matches with Scorpion and Shang Tsung. Instead he manipulates events using sorcery and hides behind Scorpion until he is freed. 34. Shang Tsung: Another character that was portrayed as someone really strong. Instead he is someone usefull to Shao Kahn, creating Ermac and Mileena. Shang Tsung is appointed to run the Mortal Kombat tournament making himself the final boss assuming no one could beat Goro. His last defeat is at the hands of Smoke. 35. D'Vorah: While D'Vorah could possibly be stronger than those above her until reaching Sonya, that is undetermined as all of her opponets she beats have been weaker opponets. I feel like she could beat Kitana and Jade or rank right under them, but until that is seen this is what I believe the best placement for her. 36. Mileena: Another character who is never shown to reach full potential, she looses against Kitana and Jade and if D'Vorah would be stronger than those two, it is possible for Mileena to be ranked around Smoke/Noob. 37. Kano: Kano once again has never been seen to reach full potential, he looses every fight in the games and only beats Erron Black by catching him offguard. 38. Erron: And another character to never reach full potential, he like Kano looses every fight, but this time to some of the best characters. Whether he can actually beat Kano one on one fairly has yet to be seen, placing him fairly far down. 39. Rain: Rain is a character who should be way stronger than he is. He is a character that could be stronger than Mileena, but he is still overpowered by Erron. Which really makes you questions Mileena, Jade, Kitana, Kano, Kenshi, D'Vorah, and even Sonya's strength. So much that needs clearing in MK11. Like many at the bottom, his full potential is never seen.

40. Sektor: Another character who looses every fight and is never seen at full potential. He does loose some crucial fights in cyber from but shows his strength could equal that of Smokes and Noobs. Once again we will never really know until more info comes out of the Lin Kuei. 41. Tanya: Tanya by far is one of the weakest and most unnecessary characters to the story. Serving under Milenna she has no desires for the thrown like Rain and fails to protect Mileena each time leading to the death of Mileena. 42. Sheeva: Sheeva is one that could only be ranked above Tanya due to how useless she is. Sheeva is more concerned about her race after MK9 and leading it as their queen. Even then she is very weak for a Shokan, even loosing with Baraka by her side to the likes of Cyrax. 43. Baraka: Baraka appears to be a strong warrior of the Tarkatans. Even then his strength is very weak in terms of the kombatants. Like many above him who looses every fight and is ultimately killed of by D'Vorah in an easy fight for her. 44. Reptile: Reptile is another that looses every fight. Unlike Baraka it becomes part of his story. He feels lost as wishes to die before finding Kotal Kahn. Even then he still looses. He is placed below Baraka due to Reptile being the first challenge in the tournament, followed by Baraka.

Edit: If the events of "they could be this strong" happened the changes start at rank 29. Which it would then go D'Vorah, Noob Saibot, Erron Black, Rain, Kitana, Jade, Smoke, Milenna, Sektor, Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, Sheeva, Tanya, Baraka, and Reptile There ya go, brother.