Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-70.169.224.88-20150427184942/@comment-21005855-20150518041915

72.207.104.181 wrote: For here, I'm willing to bet this would depend on his plans for conquering Earthrealm in MK2 and 3. Remember the MK3 invasion was a backup plan, should the tournament in MK2 result in failure. It's possible that by the time of the tournament, Shao Kahn still didn't know if Sindel's revival would be successful or not, which would then nullify her ward.

If that's true, then we can interpret this to mean that by the time Liu Kang fought him in the MK2 tournament, SIndel's revival wasn't a complete success yet. And, as Shao Kahn saw it, without her revival being a complete success, he would have no backup plan AT ALL.

I hope that theory makes sense to you. Well, you did mention a lot of stuff that was true. Although, there's no real explanation about the full potential. It would make more sense if the Elder Gods were to use their powers to hold back the full potential.