User blog comment:Incub7/What would you change?/@comment-1858559-20110803005801/@comment-422853-20110803010317

Shang Tsung has them too, and is used in a more unique way than Liu Kang to me with the ground fireballs and whatnot that he can use with combos. And being the half-god that you control during Armageddon's konquest mode, I thought it made sense for you to have a fire move of some kind, in addition to the time freezing and such.

I agree that it was unnecessary for Kobra and Daegon to have fire based moves though. I believe Hotaru even had one too. Of course, Scorpion's hellfire distinguishes itself enough from regular fire.