Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-1084762-20150807025315/@comment-1772284-20150808184717

My choice should not be a surprise. Why? Here are the reasons. I'll take inspiration about Scorpion and Sub-Zero's performances from both lore and gameplay (more from MK9 and less from MKX, since I don't have the game yet).

First of all, I'll give credit where credit is due to Scorpion. He's one hell of a swordsman, a true master of weapons and the true ninja of the series (Reptile is somehow a ninja too). Because of his ninjitsu and all, agility, speed and his use of weapons are his default attributes, combined with his fire spectre powers, making Scorpion the perfect match against Sub-Zero. However, I find him pretty predictable because of his very casual playstyle, which makes Scorpion pretty punishable. As for the lore, it's very admirable that he is one of the most fleshed out characters in the story (if not the most), but he did some ruinous choices with ruinous consequences, him killing Bi-Han, despite Raiden promising him that he will restore his family and also for killing of Quan Chi, which prevented the revival of some of the revenant characters.

Now for Sub-Zero, he is the destined rival for Scorpion, as Scorpion is to him, because of their opposite playstyles and personalities. Sub-Zero is a master of improvisation, being able to create clones, swords and fucking hammers out of ice. I consider him a tank and rushdown character, being a good character regarding defense, (hence a tank character), yet deadly, able to deliver a good amount of damage and pressure characters such as the likes of Scorpion, which fits my playstyle. His weaknesses are that he is pretty slow and his attacks must be timed, otherwise he can be punished as well. In the lore, he is doing pretty good, being the new One True Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei, and of course, he beat Scorpion (Note. In the comics, Scorpion lied to Takeda that it was a "technical loss").

In the trailers, Scorpion is purposely the one who deals the finishing blow against Sub-Zero, so it can apease the fans, so I can't base an opinion based on them.

So yeah, my choice is obviously Sub-Zero.