Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-1084762-20150807025315/@comment-809585-20150807140428

From a story perspective.

I'd say it'd partially depend as well on the arena, say it were the Neatherealm. If I recall Scorpion gets increasingly powerful there due to him being reborn there, (I could be wrong) which in turn would possibly give him more of an advantage if the two fought there.

Sub Zero's obviously more..."wise" in terms of combat so he'd likely fight it out in a defensive way, which he's typically played in terms of gameplay. Scorpion being more or less a rush character when being played as, from an in-universe perspective would obviously fight rather aggressively and with little thought, which could easily be manipulated by Sub Zero into his favour.

Seeing as the Dragon Medallion would also enhance Sub Zero's powers to something he couldn't even imagine before would add more to his favour, as well as him being able to take over the Lin Kuei (presumably on his own) even before he got the medallion would show his advantage over Scorpion.

If we took into account when Scorpion's power is enhanced by the Elder Gods, this would be an interesting brawl between the two as I doubt we've seen all of the capabilities given by the medallion, as it states in Frost's ending enough strength AND discipline otherwise the wearer would be overpowered by the medallion's enhancement already shows how powerful Sub Zero's become before he wore it, as seen in Scorpion's Deception ending he literally tore apart Onaga.

While I'm aware that his ending isn't canon. You could still consider it as a way to see Scorpion's power as the Elder God's Champion, consider if he were also in the Neatherealm he'd be pretty damn powerful.

Overall I'd say it'd depend on where they're fighting and if we're considering them at their most powerful.

I'd say most likely Scorpion would win if they fought in the Neatherealm. If not, likely Sub Zero.