![]() It also suggested that he regularly increases and maintains his strength through mediation and as champion of Mortal Kombat, he never ages.īut you are responsible for her capture! You presuaded her to turn against Shao Kahn! These fireballs are part of fire element theme to Kang, which also is involved with some of his fatalities. Kang is able to perform a powerful flying kick attack, use a bicycle kick, and send out fireballs from his hands that take the shape of dragon heads. He is an extremely skilled martial artist, possessing incredible acrobatic skills and agility and knowledge in a variety of techniques. Liu Kang is a highly skilled fighter as seen due to his victory in every Mortal Kombat tournament. Liu Kang later defeats and kills Kronika and Raiden, now a mortal man, appears and passes on his title as protector of Earthrealm to him. Raiden later fuses with him and absorbs the revenant Liu Kang to become Fire God Liu Kang, who destroys the revenant forms of Kitana, Kung Lao, and Jade and defeats Cetrion, who sacrifices herself to power Kronika. His past-self from the second timeline brought by Kronika, is willingly to atone his future-present-self’s sins of being Shinnok and Quan-Chi’s revenants, as well as including of realizing that he and Raiden are being played by Kronika in her machinations in all timelines. Regardless, the man is a true hero and a living legend. In combat he tends to be very noisy focusing his powers, screaming and intimidating his opponents and apparently also because it sometimes hurts so much to fight. Home is his training camp and the temple and his hobby used to be to create shadow puppets around the campfire. He probably has the personality of a fighting monk: insightful and cool, but in combat strong, fast and merciless. He carries the title "Shaolin Champion" and is undoubtedly one of the greatest martial artists on the planet.įor this reason (and the previous setbacks of Outworld) Liu Kang constantly finds himself as the number one target for Shao Kahn's troops, and he generally takes this calmly. Thus, he is a very dedicated and courageous man. Liu Kang is the biggest threat to Shao Kahn's plans and has single-handedly won in the two previous Mortal Kombat Tournaments. However, this has never actually been confirmed by the developers. his Arcade Drop) all reinforce the perception that Kang is the mascot of the series. The continual use of dragons and the MK logo in Liu Kang's techniques, his costumes in recent games, and recurring Fatalities (e.g. In Mortal Kombat 11, though his dark future-present counterpart retains his first revenant outfit, his past-iteration from the third timeline retains his Mortal Kombat 2/3 outfit, before he wears a yin yang kung fu shirt upon returning the future-present of Earthrealm afterwards since arriving at the timeline’s Outworld. He also wears a red and black vest with a black dragon decal. In his default "what-if" form, he has aged significantly like most other characters his hair the same length as it is as a revenant, but now grey from aging. As Emperor of the Netherrealm, he dons a full set of spiky armor with the familiar trappings of a denizen of the Netherrealm. While he retains his iconic headband, it has been tattered. His hair has grown past shoulder length and keeps it tied like a ponytail. While he still possesses the familiar glowing yellow veins and glowing eyes as other characters, he now sports a dark, armored uniform made from steel, leather and dragon scales. In Mortal Kombat X, Liu Kang has become one of Quan Chi's Revenants and since has become a dark version of himself twisted by the sensibilities of the Netherrealm. Kang loses a lot of skin when taking damage due to his lack of armor or layered clothes. His physical appearance is altered once more, with longer hair and a more well-rounded physique. In MK 2011, Kang's appears with a red sash brandishing the Elder Gods' symbol instead of the belt. In MK vs DCU, Liu Kang has greater muscle mass than most characters in the roster and wears a championship belt. He retains his usual attire, but now wears a pair of chains with hooks attached to his gauntlets. ![]() He gains a ghastly grey tint on his decaying skin, showing the most damage on his peeling face. He is depicted as a zombie in Mortal Kombat: Deception. This design is one of the most consistent in the series. From MKII and onward, he is depicted with shaggy black hair (even though Shaolin monks are bald), a red headband, spiked gauntlets, red and black kung fu pants, and kung fu slippers still keeping his upper body bare (except in Mortal Kombat 4 where he has a tank top). At his debut, Liu Kang appeared to be among the dime a dozen Bruce Lee pastiches an adult of Chinese origin with a bare chest, black pants and white sneakers. ![]()
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