sladerulez

@randybutternubs: His main inconsistencies are four Specific fights. Two can be explained through the conditions of the fight (Couldn't use his magic against Jacqui/ had a damaged spine against Sheeva) the other two are left with no explanation, one could argue that they were outliers that Contradict Kotal's feats, and it'd be a fitting argument, but Jade is a competent fighter herself, while Kung Jin just has no moments of showcasing weakness, meaning that a loss to him would either bring Kung Jin up the ladder, or it would mean that Kung Jin's genuine competence is higher than given credit for.

Kung Jin actually has to do some Jobbing for that defeat to be deemed a feat against Kotal. Otherwise, it reaches a moot point

@randybutternubs: Again, it was made perfectly clear his spine was not healed. Him doing anything with a damage spine is a feat in and of itself

@randybutternubs: I really wanna know if you think Kung Lao can defeat Shao Kahn or not. Not if he's supposed to, but if he Can.

we can run in circles with the inconsistencies all you want, but all you got is Kung Lao beating other Jobbers as well. Quan Chi and Shang Tsung had no wins under their belt at this point of the story. The deadly alliance are a joke in the new timeline. They even sadder than the Kombat kids, I'd argue

@randybutternubs: I'm referring to just before the playable fight. You really tryna pretend nothing happened, aight

But alas, let's focus on Kung Lao for a minute:

bested Shang Tsung (who lost to Kitana, Smoke, Nightwolf's Revenant, and Technically Sub-Zero)

Bested Quan Chi (Who lost to Scorpion, a retired Jax, and got his Balls crushed by Sonya)

Bested Kintaro (who lost to fricking Stryker of all people, alongside getting decapitated by Sonya)

Bested Scorpion (who wasn't even knocked out, and jumped right back in the fight seconds later, As opposed to when Scorpion bested him in MK9 and he was genuinely beaten)

Bested Geras (Only to lose immediately after)

got cut by his own hat, either because it was too fast or it was thrown too hard, it's bottomline sad nonetheless.

And was dumb enough to turn his back to the most evil person in the entire world, because he wouldn't kill me in the most embarassing way, right?

So instead of Proving that the characters he lost to are weak, you continue to showcase that you have no real way to suggest that the Kombat kids or the people he fought are weak. Kitana is arguably stronger than Kung Lao but she still lost to Sheeva.

Kung Lao has never won against Shao Kahn, so any victory he has against him puts him over. You bring up how Shao Kahn bested Kotal Twice, but one victory over Shao is more than what Kung Lao showed capable of doing.

Shang Tsung got clapped by Smoke, Quan Chi got clapped by Sonya. Kung Lao's victories don't have any wins either till MK11 and even then, Old Shang Tsung was getting bullied through most of it.

Kung Lao's best victory was against Scorpion in MK11, and he walks it off Almost completely unfazed

also:

With a damaged back, Kotal breaks the stalemate and knocks Sheeva back before the fight began. You say I'm only focusing on his high feats, but You're doing your hardest to ignore them

@randybutternubs said:

@sladerulez said:

If we wanna talk feats, here's a few: Kotal withstanding a direct attack from Shinnok's amulet, which killed some closeby soldiers, and has been used for substancially greater feats of destruction

And here is Kotal Kahn losing to a Kombat Kid with very few feats. Funny how Kotal goes down much easier here and had the sun out as well.

Overpowered and nearly killed Dvorrah, who has fairly impressive feats of her own

Loses to Jacqui right here, even his experince in combat contradicts his power.

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Cut off Goro's arms

His only impressive feat.

And my favorite:

Destroyed an entire ship in a single attack

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Nothing Kung Lao has done can compare

Kung Lao beats the punching bag of MK known as Kotal Kahn

"He was beaten by these guys!"

What makes these characters weak?

"They have no feats!"

but what makes them weak?

the implication that a high tier character losing to a character drags them down rather than bring them up, which is what makes your argument flawed altogether.

You haven't brought a single feat, you just brought up characters he beat who are arguably bigger jobbers than the guys Kotal lost to.

If we wanna talk feats, here's a few: Kotal withstanding a direct attack from Shinnok's amulet, which killed some closeby soldiers, and has been used for substancially greater feats of destruction

Overpowered and nearly killed Dvorrah, who has fairly impressive feats of her own

Cut off Goro's arms

And my favorite:

Destroyed an entire ship in a single attack

Nothing Kung Lao has done can compare