Kahn doesn't need multiple forms to defeat his opponent compared to the first 2 he defeated. Just pure raw power and they're dead. KAAAAAAAAAAAAHHN!!!!
Honestly, Kahn seems like the kind of guy that would be so full of himself that he'd say "flawless victory" even if he did have a hole punched in his chest.
THIS IS INCORRECT... KAHN ISNT THAT POWERFUL HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO FIGHT THE ELDER GODS BECAUSE HE HAD GOTTEN THE KAMI DOGU WHICH GIVES GODLIKE POWER. YOU GUYS REALLY SCREWED THIS UP. LIU KANG BEATS SHAO AS A REGULAR MORTAL IN MK3.
Plus akuma has one lost. So his winning streak is still going strong. While Kahn now has two wins. So yay akuma winning steak is not going away any time soon.
@@nathanblevins158 Like i said this video is incorrect Shao Kahn is not that powerful. they based the power scaling on Shao Khan when he had the Kamidogu which is not his own power.
I love how consistently but subtly Capcom reminds us that Akuma is a pretty decent, normal guy when not fighting. He sells fruit at a roadside fruit stand to make a living, plays arcade games, waits for his luggage at the airport, and made friends with Elena. Sure, some of that was from the anime series a while back, but it's there.
When you look at both characters' resumes, Shao Kahn may have some bigger wins, but he's taken on much worse losses IMO. Perhaps the problem here is that Netherrealm Studios is just really bad at power scaling their characters.
that and it's really difficult to attribute feats to the characters themselves. Is quan chi that strong? or is it shinnok's amulet? can shao kahn really fold together realms? or is that elder god magic that activates from tournament rules?
I was just thinking that! 😆 dude walking around with a 7” hole in his torso 🤷♂️ It’s called Mortal Kombat because your body is mortal in order to participate in the fight contest… smh 🤦♂️
Shao Khan: " flawless victory " Everyone: "you sure about that buddy." Me an intellectual: "why wasn't he spamming shoulder rush" Edit: thanks for all the likes guys.
@@thedrunkgiraffe8312 wtf you talking about, only the first letter needs to be capitalized at the beginning of a sentence and when starting a new sentence
I like how everyone’s pointing out the fact that Shao Kahn says flawless victory even though he has a hole in his chest, but nobody’s mentioning that he took hits during the battle, and in mortal kombat you can’t take any damage at ALL to achieve a flawless victory
It's just a reference to the first movie. Edit.... Lui Kang beats Shang Tsung and says flawless victory when it clearly wasn't Also when Goro beats random black dude.
Fun fact: As an April Fool's Day joke, Akuma was once rumored to appear in Resident Evil 2 as a playable character. The supposed requirements varied, with one being to complete the game no less than six times using only a handgun and the knife while obtaining only A-Ranks.
Fun fact: As an April Fool's Day joke, Shao Kahn was once rumored to appear in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 as a playable character. The supposed requirements varied, with one being to complete the story mode no less than six times using only a handgun and the knife while on the hardest difficulty.
@@argen2949 Wait I think I remember the Akuma one I think capcom did that as a joke since you know capcom makes both RE and Street Fighter. I don't know if you were mocking the comment or not but it does stem from somewhere.
@@loser.lunatic4089 I mean they have a point, Mortal Kombat is unbelievably inconsistent with their characters power scaling, like one minute Johnny Cage is getting his ass beat by Ermac and then the next he's defeating an Elder God
Shao Kahn: *Challenges the might of the Elder Gods themselves and completely manhandles Kotal Kahn* Also Shao Kahn: *Get's bodied by Kitana pretty much casually in a 1v1 match.* This is why I freaking hate the character scaling in Mortal Kombat.
He wasn't able to say a bit faster since japanese pronunciation was like that, weather it's singing or something else and boom stick even tried to say the hurricane flying kick on terry vs ken
Shao Khan was so kind, he took his time to show the fighters from his universe how to win in a Death Battle, such a nice detail from Outworld's emperor.
yeah, Mortal Kombat hadn't won a fight since Sub Zero vs Glacius back in 2017 (could be missing one but Johnny Cage, Sindel and Goro all lost their matches)
Well the tally is 4 wins to 5 losses for MK Winners:- Shao Kahn (twice), Sonya, Sub Zero, Scorpion Losers:- Goro, Johnny, Sektor, Sindel, Shang Tsung. Edit:- Raiden lost as well. My bad.
@@khodexus4963 while true, many people use words incorrectly especially in slang, like bad/sick meaning somthing good, kahn is saying it was flawless because he deemed his injuries to be nothing, he stopped akuma mid power move destroyed him and is easily standing at the end of the fight not even exhaused, saying flawless as a form of disrespect to his opponent due to kahn being arrogant.
Which kind of doesn't make sense since AKuma has been practicing Martial arts his whole life. Wouln't by that logic, Akuma should be able to beat Shao Kahn? Unless Liu Kang is much more powerful than both.
@@RameoMTL MK power scaling is all over the place. Bi Han was a beast whyel he was Sub-Zero took down 4 Gods, killed Scorpion, defeated demon armys in the Neather Realm where his powers are weaker, he was able to beat base Shinnok and was able to survive his monster form. Well then he died and Quan Chi said he made him even stronger as Noob Saibot onlye for him to lose every fight his in from that point on.
In the old timeline, it is revealled that Shao Kahn is a god in deception, and Raiden had to restrain his god powers (which can shake the planet to its core and cause the extinction of the dinosaurs) in order to participate in Mortal Kombat, so something similar might have happend with Shao Kahn. In the new timeline, everyone is weaker. One of the head writers said that fatalities are not canon in Twitter, and there is an old fatality where one of the cyborgs makes the planet explode with a small bomb.
@@RameoMTL lets say Akuma and Liu kang are compariable to each other. in MK 11 Aftermath. Shao Kahn beat Lui Kang and broke his legs. So even then. Shao Kahn would still win
Shao Kahn: Is that your best? Boomstick: I though it was funny. Shao Kahn: You suck. That is concerning as hell given that Kahn legit just called Boomstick out when he got insulted by his habit of taunting his opponents.
@@crossfire4691 I agree but they brought up one of his cameos so they should've brought that one up too. Could've used some of Shao Khan's cameos as well.
My biggest issue is that Shao Khan literally needed help walking after Liu Kang punched a hole in his chest. The moment he received the blow, Liu Kang was declared the winner of the tournament and everyone believed that he died. There should be no reason that he should be shaking it off and continuing the battle like nothing happened.
Not only that the biggest wank fest of shao beating blaze 😂 even though it's never cleared what exactly happen its shown taven was the one to beat blaze and shao probably took advantage of a weaken opponent to take his power
@@malacaimar2271 Yea, but John Vogel does confirm on his Twitter before that Shao Kahn is indeed defeated Blaze. How the hell he escape from Onaga and come back defeating Blaze doesn't explain at all. NRS at that time doesn't care anymore, they just like screw it, we want to reset the timeline, make Shao Kahn the winner and retcon Taven's true ending. Taven basically got shaft so bad. He was the main protagonist of Armageddon, but the reset timeline make him nobody now
@@malacaimar2271 if he took the power of someone that defeated blaze then doesn't that make his just as strong if not stronger? Why are you guys using this as an anti feat? Regardless of how he gained the power he's still stronger than blaze.
@Wizard Lizard I think taven was on the brink of death when shao 3rd partied and bested him. Also MK lore is goofy and I just saw someone mentioned they redid the lore again 😂 so now they're both uncannon lol
Akuma was robbed. Liu Kang, a single human being has beaten Shao Kahn and they literally lowballed Akuma and gave Shao Kahn the victory which doesn’t make sense at all
@@ZEROTURBO1092 Akuma literally split a whole mountain in half in his shin form and destroyed the entire moon in his Oni form and it literally doesn’t make sense to me that Shao Kahn could beat him
Fun fact: Shao Kahn started out unmasked and with large gnashing teeth similar to Baraka, since everyone from Outworld was originally to be of Baraka's race. The idea of all inhabitants of Outworld being Tarkatans was later dropped.
Comic akuma once carried dimensions and became a living threat to the existence. Even if akuma dies during battle, the satsui no hadou would revive him and he'll come stronger(Reference to CVS2 ending)
Weird they included the non-canon Shao Khan feats but not Oni fighting Asura in the same form he used to fight and kill Chakravartin the creator god of Asura's Wrath to a standstill.
What non-canon feats of Kahn did they include? His destruction of a planet is literally what he does every time he conquers a world. Splitting a Moon is far less than that.
Can’t speak to the shao khan but I was also surprised they made no mention of Asura….honestly I’d love to see a death battle between goku and asura. That’s be epic.
I mean...Kahn did withstand a blast from Raiden empowered by Elder Gods. He is comparable to beings like Cetrion who can grow planet sized and shoot insanely fast lasers. He did defeat Blaze who if left undefeated, would destroy reality and literally every ending of MK:A, when someone gets his power, they basically become a reality warping god. These are canon. Meanwhile they are still giving Akuma non canon comic feats.
Not to mention how they don't mention how Shao Khan was killed by Kitana with a simple slash across the face, I'm convinced WB just pays for these outcomes at this point
The thing I don’t get is where did that extra power from Shao Khan come from, especially with a hole in his chest, no possible way Shao Khan could’ve won
This is the one Death Battle I was confused never happened. Akuma and Shao Kahn seen more appropriate fighting eachother than M. Bison and Shang Tsung (who are a better match for eachother as well).
@@ianhawke2203 I think the reasoning the matchups happened is because with Shang Tsung vs Akuma they are both the arch enemy of the their franchise's protagonist while bison vs shao kahn happened is because they are main the bad guy in the franchisees
Honestly, if you ask me Akuma was the faster fighter if you include his appearance in Tekken 7 into account assuming its canon which I think it is considering surviving the Raging Demon was considered a canon feat by Heihachi Mishima in his death battle against Geese Howard, I see no reason why it isn't canon for Akuma. Akuma landed the Raging Demon on Heihachi Mishima (Granted it didn't kill him due to plot and he was caught by surprise) who could react to at least 4.09% the speed of light according to the episode mentioned above by scaling to an Inferior Jack models and Heihachi and Akuma could outmanoeuvre Jack-7s no problem. That is more then double the fastest speed feat Shao Kahn has shown. This didn't even mention the fact that Akuma wasn't in Shin Akuma or Oni form when he fought Heihachi so it's likely the gap been Akuma and Shao Kahn is even bigger then that. I am not saying that Kahn couldn't win this fight he was stronger and more powerful but that doesn't really translate into direct combat I mean Liu Kang has beaten him time and time again so between the Raging Demon and Akuma's superior speed I think Akuma should have won this.
I move Korra and her power is no joke and definitely more varied but I'm guessing Storm will win due to what I call "the legacy clause" meaning that since Storm has existed for longer and in many incarnations there's a higher chance any of those incarnations will each have a single incredible feat that makes them OP that when melding them into a single "prime" version of the character the newer less explored opponent has no chance
I'm thinking the "Flawless Victory!" with a hole through his stomach is a reference to the Mortal Kombat movie where Liu Kang declares his win over Shang Tsung to be a "Flawless Victory" despite it being nothing of the sort.
wrong it was a flawless victory. Lu took damage during his fight with TS but when he was reminded he was the chosen one he took no damage and became the chosen one. Kind of like Neo becoming the one in the matrix yea Neo took damage but the one was unfazed by the battle with smith.
Actually if you're talking about the og film, that was a flawless victory. There was 3 rounds. Round one: LK wins, took damage. Round two, ST wins, took damage. Round 3, LK beat ST without taking damage, therefore LK did beat ST with a Flawless Victory
I think my biggest criticism here is that they used Cetrion's Laser Beam as a speed feat. It's a fatality. It's fatal. He's not dodging it in gameplay or anything. It kills every time it's used.
Even worse, they're saying that he is stronger than all of the Elder Gods just because he survived one attack from them. Smh, for one thing, they most definitely weren't taking it seriously, what kind of God would? 2nd, he still LOST that fight.
@@lucariothegodboi as someone who started with 9 I can agree but I can see where there coming from, shao kahn still lost that fight with raiden combined with the elder gods but the way the fight was portrayed it still required raiden to put in effort to win, I think the way they showed it was even though shao kahn lost that fight he was still able to keep up with raiden, unfortanetly I'm not that well verse in street fighter so I can't really say if akuma fought A similar opponent so I can't say my part.
@@mangaman1728 there was a a whole sequence where he fights asura from asuras wrath to a stalemate and he was strong enough to kill the being of creation but they fail to mention that anywhere but they choose to bring the Ancient ones into this im a little upset there was zero mention of that.
They also mentioned “Merging realms”was a destructive feat. Realms can be unmerged as nitara was able to do it. Kahn also didn’t DESTROY earth just conquered it, he’s also a sore loser he needed Goro’s help to fight Onaga.
Don't get me wrong, Shao Kahn is insanely strong and tough, but "Because he fought Raiden, he must scale to Cetrion, which means he can move fast enough to avoid the laser fired from space during her cinematic fatality!" is some of the absolute dumbest BS I have ever heard in the context of any VS debate. And the fact that it's the deciding factor by allowing Shao Kahn to avoid the Raging Demon makes it even worse.
Raging demon can only be avoid by people who haven't sinned ; or people who have the power of nothingness. Neither of that has anything to shao Khan . I would beat him hands down raging demon is the persecution for ones sins
@@itz_akuma the raging demon is still a physical attack therefore it CAN be blocked or dodged also they literally mention when Kahn tanked the power of ALL the elder gods (ALL. OF. THEM) and Raiden strikes as fast as lightning (which moves at the SPEED OF LIGHT) he could easily avoid the raging demon plus if its anything like the penance stare Kahn not regretting anything he's ever done would nullify it anyway
I hope they give the Akuma the “Die One-Thousand Deaths’ when he eventually pulls out the Raging Demon and Shao Khan actually loses 1000 souls but he just tanks it cuz he can manipulate the souls so he loses everything but his own
"The Raging Demon... Its power is unequaled... It is not my fist but your past sins that will kill you... The more evil your past doings, the more painful your death..." ~Akuma, Street Fighter Alpha 3. So is that non-canon, or?
The hole in the chest thing should have knocked Shao Kahn out, because in MK9 if not for Quan Chi, Shao was still out recovering. Yall did Akuma dirty in this fight.
@@loser.lunatic4089 well, in the original timeline Lu Kang kills Shao Kahn twice. Once in MK2, and then MK3, no injury to survive when he was killed. In the alternate timeline Mk9 Shao Kahn survives the hole in the chest, never fully dying, and even shrugs off the elder gods attacks near the end of the game. I'm not sure what you mean weakest. 🤔
@@loser.lunatic4089 yeah, but if you remember Shao kahns ending in Armageddon says he beat blaze, merged all the relams,, and ended up going insane. But as we see in MK9 Shao Kahn had not merged the realms yet, and was still battling raiden atop the pyramid before raiden sent his message and changed the timeline. Lots of inconsistencies.
Can't really call it a flawless victory when you have a big hole in your chest. Flawless victories are when you beat your opponent without taking a single hit.
Kinda sad they ignored the Asura's Wrath DLC. Yeah Shao Kahn can keep up with with Gods that can grow to the size of the earth but so did Asura. Asura even killed a planet sized god with a single punch to the fingertip. And Akuma was fighting that guy for 500 years. But I guess thats to far off the canon stuff for Akuma.
Just for clarification, Liu Kang and Raiden's power combined was capable of matching Cetrion because one is a Thunder God and the other is one strong enough to beat Shao Kahn single-handedly everytime they fought. So how exactly does this mean Shao Kahn scales to the Elder Gods in power? Shao Kahn beat Raiden outside of Earthrealm each time he won, Raiden is much weaker when he steps into another realm. Even Shang Tsung feared Raiden's wrath during the first tournament that took place in Earthrealm. When Kahn invaded Earthrealm at the end of MK9, he was powered up off the majority earthrealm souls and that of the slain Earth's greatest warriors that Sindel killed. Kahn obeyed the Elder Gods' rules for a reason. If we're to get even deeper, Shao Kahn was murdered by a combined assault from Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, the same two who defeated Raiden and Liu Kang. If he truly was as mighty as the Elder Gods, he would have been Shinnok level power which he certainly was not. Kahn is a beast, but he is not Elder God level.
@@vncecuhinparis That was after he had absorbed billions of souls. He's never that powerful otherwise. In the same game, Raiden threatens to kill him after he snaps Kung Lao's neck.
So he beats Akuma. So he can stand up to everyone in SF and Asura... yet loses to lu kang, Kitano and Raiden. So those three can take on Asura and SF cast.... and Raiden lost to thor... something doesn't add up
Now that I think about, Shao Khan got randomly jumped by Quan Chi and Shang Tsung in Deadly Alliance. They literally ran up on him hood style. 😂😂😂. Like come on 😂😂😂
@@Meta_Meech fire God Liu Kang beat cetrion then cetrion gave kronika power and he beat them back to back. In the fight kronika reset time across the multiverse and Liu Kang was unaffected and killed her... a being that reset all of reality and then took her hourglass and is now in control of it and reset time himself. Cetrion alone is an Elders God and Kronika is higher. He scales to at least universal easily, and that's without the crown
Yeah he was killed been Lou Kang punched him in the chest…. So please explain how he survived Oni Akuma doing that?!?! MAKE IT MAKE SENSE DEATH BATTLE MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!!
I mean are *YOU* brave enough to be a buzzkill and correct the good emperor to his face _after he just murdered the strongest character in street fighter with a gaping hole where his heart used to be?_
@@AngelGonzalez-rm5mk because death battle does maximum. So even though Khan died from it once but survived it another time they will only factor the survival fest. It's like bowser vs Ganon. Bowser even if bowser can die from lava, the fact he also can survived it is all that matters.
I've got a couple of questions. Does Shao Kahn's ability to merge realms translate to his attack power? In game it certainly doesn't feel that way. While Shao Kahn did win Armageddon, we don't know the details of how all of that went down. Did Blaze get worn down and Shao Kahn just got the finishing blow? We don't know( and may never know for that matter.)
It wasn't his own power, it was a part of the conditions of conquering a world or realm not already part of Outworld. Once it was done, they could be combined.
Only the final Kombatant standing earns the chance to fight Blaze. While it doesn’t explain exactly what happens in the canon Armageddon plot, the opening cinematic does show Onaga fly off with Shao Kahn before the end. If that’s taken as canon, Kahn was able to fend off the Dragon King and fight Blaze in one sitting.
In mka intro shao Kahn was disappear because onaga took him away from battle ground and flew away. But in mk9 intro shao Kahn won the Armageddon. There are so many theories about that you can check it out in things you missed in mka intro
I don't want her to, because I like her more as a character, but Korra will be murdered by Storm. Honestly, Avatar feats can be topped by Storm easily. It feels like a poor match up in regards to weight class.
Now here comes the question. If she taps into the power of the Avatar State how powerful will she actually be? Without the Avatar state Avatar Roku was able to effortlessly create massive scales of bending. And with the avatar state it would be multiplied then some. I don't know too many of Storms feats but this all really comes down to how they handle the avatar state power. Especially if they try to use the Giant Spirit Korra we saw against the fight with Vatuu. It was said that the battle between Rava and Vatu could wipe out all life. And She in her giant spirit state defeated Vatu while he was merged with Unaloq. However to use that giant form she had to meditate to reach the focus to use it. I do think Storm will win. Especially if they try to pull the spirit form stuff because of the meditation. Storm could just strike her with lightning and kill her while she does that. However knowing DB they will find some BS to put Korra over Storm. And then if Storm wins they will do some cringey quote like they always do with the characters with taking quotes from some of their most famous platoforms. "You know what happens to an avatar when its struck by lightning? Same thing that happens to everything else"
@@metastabillity8991 marvel is SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH stronger than avatar to the point that this isn’t even a fair fight just saying the names, thinking further and depending on how you scale this is just further a stomp
How in the world can you like Korra's character more than Storm? You must not know anything about Storm period. Honestly I don't even know why this matchup is happening. They both control different elements. Storm controls Air, Ice, and Lightning. Korra is Earth, Fire, Water, and Air. Korra is an Avatar and while it's been awhile since I've checked. I think Storm is a Queen of Wakanda or something? I just don't see the comparison. Todoroki vs Zuko at least made sense.
Most people requesting Death battles look at similarities in character but when it comes down to feats and match ups, you're putting a black hole against a literal ant. It's an easy stomp 9/10 times
Why a year later am I just realizing they just never answered why the raging demon didn’t effect Kahn. They just went on to say the hit was lucky and Shao Kahn could keep pace with Akuma
Cuz that wasn't really the point. The animation is just for entertainment, they weren't actually saying that Kahn could actually survive it. It's just that realistically, it's unlikely Akuma would be fast enough to pull it off anyways. But Kahn _could_ actually survive it depending on interpretation. Cause it's apparently been stated that being in the Netherrealm can rend your soul, though it's questionable how consistent this is.
Sadly there are many flaws in the analysis. I) Centrion's beam is a fatality, it is used on an already defeated opponent unable to counter attack. II) Shao Kahn's ability to resist the combined forces of the elder gods is a very specific condition in the ending of MK (9), normally Kahn is extremely vulnerable to the powers of EG, which he fears III) The merging of the realms and the Soulnado is a procession, a ritual, NOT an ability or a power in Kahn's possession IV) Liu Kang defeated at least two times Shao Kahn (MK II & MK III), and Liu is, in almost every aspect, inferior to Akuma. V) Cutting-off Akuma's hand and countering Akuma/Oni's fist during the Raging Demon it's highly impossible: Kahn has never displayed such countering abilities and especially against the lighting speed a Raging Demon. In general: In your analysis you are using more the Shao Kahn's story data than the characters in-game characteristics but you are not doing the same in Akuma's case...The man who can sink an island, destroy mountains or counter-meteorites could easily cut-off the head, the hands or the legs of his rival and win the battle.
I feel like they ramped the reaction speed and durability of Shao Khan too much. And even if Akuma got his hand cut off, he shouldn’t care and kept going because of his warrior mentality
@@chewyhazerd3587 I agree, in terms of fighting and skills Akuma feels more experienced and more skilled than Shao Khan and if we look at the in game stats or the story itself He got a hole punch into his chest yes but he wasn't just standing and walking around. Man fell right down as if he died if I remember right and Shao Khan doesn't even see that strong in Mk11, Hell even Kitana beat him there and she's no where near Akuma
With all due respect you saying "the lightning speed of raging demon" Kahn defeated raiden at the end of Armageddon who's stated to move faster than lightning because you know..thunder/lightning god. So kahn beating raiden in both iterations in the past and future means he can stack up to if at least lightning speed
I don't agree. Shao Kahn did NOT survive the wrath of the Elder God's. He only came back in Mortal Kombat 11 because Kronica merged time lines, he was resurrected as a result. He was dead post Mortal Kombats 2009 reboot. Death battle participants can't receive outside help, and since Kronica was the reason he "survived" the elder gods. He doesn't have the luxury of their help in this situation
@@TheTriangle444 have you heard akuma's catchfrase when he performs raging demon fist? It goes something like uhm I don't know "die a thousand deaths." And akuma has displayed resistance to soul eating abilities.
Legit, I mean they literally stated in their analysis that the only way to survive the attack was to remove your own soul from your body... Shao Khan should have fallen to the attack in my opinion, but it is what it is. You can't always have the character you root for win when it comes to Death Battle, although I was low-key disappointed with this outcome to be honest
...Korra vs Storm? Really? That's going to be such a curbstomp for Storm she's an Omega Level mutant and Korra's avatar state is VASTLY weaker due to being cut off from the past Avatars. Hell, if it was Aang, he'd still likely lose because he does NOT do well against Lightning Bending, and Storm can probably do a sight better than the Fire Lord family
@@thewormy6744 You didn't list lightning. A bolt of lightning is 30k amps. An average outlet is 15. It takes 0.1-0.2 to be lethal. And Storm's got a lot of lightning
@@thewormy6744 Storm can completely control her internal and external temps so that means fire and ice bending do basically nothing against her, and encasing her in either is pointless as she can manipulate them. also while Korra can bend the natural world Storm is in tune with it and can basically see all of Korra, her nervous system, and the natural world around her the way Neo sees code. The only wild card here is "soulbending" which sounds kinda bs but even then, hers is so powerful she was able to house the elder concept of Eternity when even the cosmic level Silver Surfer couldn't. Honestly Korra's feats just dont stand up.
I just don't understand this logic that Storm, the leader and insanely experienced X-Man, will fall to some rocks and water that doesn't even kill regular benders or is dodged. She has dealt with far more powerful characters, countered elementals that are more skilled than Avatars, and stomps people with far more advanced abilities/weapons than anything in the Avatar verse. But yeah, apparently Korra will just crush Storm with more ease than Kuvira. That makes sense.
Honestly, with that “piledriver seen from space” as one of Mike Haggar’s feats, along with Zangief scaling to Balrog, DB could probably do a rematch between Haggar and Zangief.
@@Noum77 I wish... unfortunately storm has god level powers though, like to the point where it's possible she could use the elements to stop Kora from bending just based on "complete and total controll over nature" she's so busted
Both previous winners in their own crossover battles, but who is the ultimate combatant!? Akuma, who brutally murdered Shang Tsung in a Death Battle so old, they still used health bars? Or Shao Kahn, who mercilessly ripped M Bison in half and absorbed his soul?
@Конечно Nice, you know all that yet fail to know that Shao Kahn was a Schemer during that period and he was weak AF compared to the Dragon king, so much in fact he had to poison him and wait. If you knew anything about MK you'd know it was obvious he let Taven fight Blaze and intervened at the last second, Fight was never shown but if you actually knew MK you'd know the obvious. Shao Kahn is nowhere near Multiverse level, I don't know where you non mortal Kombat lore fans keep getting this bs. I want to apologize for being rude, I'm sorry.
This was one of the most badass death battle fights I’ve seen in a long time but I'm sorry, that was not a flawless victory. This upcoming death battle between Storm and Korra is an utter stomp tbh it shouldn't even be fair
bruh....BRUH. STORM vs Korra? People really be tossing matchups without understanding stuff. Probably the same people that think Storm can only make it rain and blow a lil lmao RIP Korra
I begged to differ as well. He should've said "Fatality." It's just as iconic a saying as "Flawless Victory," and also the correct announcement for the outcome.
They used to do what they loved so they reattached all the right facts..... now days they have done it so long it's become lazy research on things they don't like and or have no knowledge on. Seems more about ads for money than the fans.... I mean skippable ads and even putting ads in the content, it's a damm shame to see great content creators get lazy and greedy.
If we are going with non canon feats remember when in Azuras Wrath where a boss known as Wyzon grew the size of a planet and tried to crush Azura with his finger the size of a continent, Azura punched Wyzons finger so hard his whole body exploded, and Oni fought Azura for 500 years straight
That is from an entirely separate game from the Street Fighter franchise, much like Tekken Akuma, they could not feasibly scale him to those versions of Akuma as he does not have an equivalent in series that proves that he’s really capable of such, the Asura’s Wrath feats were WAY too powerful to be considered.
Idk about this one. Shao Kahn never used his high end feats outside of scheming and help. Merging the worlds required winning the tournaments. As others pointed out, he gets bodied by weaker foes on the regular.
I’m not salty on the outcome but dude that’s what I’m saying!!! As soon as they whipped out oni I was like there was no way shao was gonna win this but he ends up winning. This win feels hella sketchy, it just doesn’t feel right.
@@NovaSniper12 Peeps pointed out that they pick and choose a lot. A huge point is when they keep on mentioning the elder gods and Raiden being Gawds. They point out Raiden being as fast as lightning but forget Seth can teleport, and gets bodied by Lesser fighters than Akuma, same for Raiden.
@@tchoythao1730 Akuma himself has gotten his ass knocked around by Gen and lost to Rugal in the SNK crossover. He's just guilty of getting his ass handed to him by foes of varying power as Kahn. The difference is that Kahn at his best has fought and beaten Elder Gods and beings like Blaze on top of his magic powers, Akuma has no magic counters and it's too much of stretch to scale him to Asura since it was funsie crossover. Kahn can hax his way to victory with the MK magic BS.
@@li-limandragon9287 SNK isn’t canon and Gen is on par or arguably stronger than Gouken, or at least was. Gen performed the soul empty release perfectly and fought a weaker Akuma. The only reason why Gen loses to Ryu and others is because he’s sick and dying. Elder Gods is a title and titles don’t translate to power feats in vs battles or else we could say that Cetrion dominates 616 classic Thor because he’s just a god but she’s an elder god, which is blasphemy. Blaze feat is questionable as it was during a wartime. If we put things into a timeline based on the cinematic, which the continuity does follow, then: Onaga snatched Shao Kahn away. This Onaga is a lot weaker than his prime and his Deception version as he was revived weaker after being killed by shijunko in Deception. All the fighters were rushing to fight Blaze, meaning Blaze probably had to fight multiple people. Considering that Onaga took him out of the war, we can assume that he did not fight against multiple people and kept his energy on the return. Then, there’s a highly likely chance that Shao Kahn killed the tired winner much the same way he killed Kung Lao and took the power, from the back. Basically, Onaga snatching him up was a boon that allowed him to conserve energy and adopt the element of surprise. Edit: just to add, I’m not using any Asura’s Wrath feats because Akuma from there is non-canon and can possibly solo the whole Mk verse, including possibly all the Titans at once as Oni.
@@DJlovesjiujitsu He only became a "god" because Raiden gave him his power. Normal Liu Kang beat Khan repeatedly and he's nowhere near as strong as Akuma. Akuma would annihilate Shao Khan.
To anyone claiming fatalities aren’t canon, they are, though admittedly we can’t take all of them seriously, the best example being anamalities and Smoke blowing up the planet in MK3, but considering Cetrion and the Elder gods defeated the one being, the physical embodiment of at least six universes, her being planet level is reasonable Examples of fatalities being used in story mode include 1. Nightwolf using a super charged version of his ascension fatality on on Sindel in MK9 2. Davorah using her fatality to kill Baraka in MKX 3. Sindel using her MK3 fatality on two shokan soldiers in aftermath
@@praghoxshochkweaveblossom5627 given that in Armageddon, the sum of powerful fighters existing and constant conflict is causing the destruction of the realms, Planetary is not only not out of the question, but arguably a gross low ball given what realms are.
@@praghoxshochkweaveblossom5627 what are you talking about? For the first one, they aren't even trying to break out of the kart, not intentionally at least. Kotal was fighting Kano in self-defense. And two Shao Kahn was dominating Kotal when they fought in 11.
@@praghoxshochkweaveblossom5627 cause he's being held prisoner by arguably stronger characters. Yeah, because that's totally a thing that couldn't happen.
I'd say even with a hole throguh his chest in MK 9, he was still downed and was injured fairly badly. He wasnt just up and walking around, let alone fighting
I see that as more of a "hey, we brought up that he survived this thing" bit than what would actually happen during a fight. Shao Khan having a hole punched in his chest should take more than what Akuma could output, given the information presented in the video. But the sources tend to be very inconsistent as they're usually varying the power of the individuals involved to heighten the drama of a situation. Liu Kang only got to punch a hole in Shao Khan's chest because the writers thought the story demanded it. And Shao Khan only got to laugh at the Elder Gods channeling their power through Raiden so the player could have a final fight against him in the story mode.
They only added it because they knew Shao Kahn had no good speed feats to scale to. Shao Kahn's feat analysis was just poor and seemed like they overblown his raw strength and speed.
And the only reason why Gouken got his soul out of his body before being hit, is that being Akuma's brother and training most of his life with him, he knew EXACTLY what the Shun Goku Satsu does to the victim's soul (etc) and reacted accordingly thanks to that. No way in hell would Shao Kahn know what the Shun Goku Satsu does to remove his soul out of his body before getting hit. This ending was pure BS. Especially the whole "Kahn got hit with pretty strong blasts in the past and survived"... Like, DO THEY EVEN KNOW HOW THE SGS WORKS? Oof
This has to be the most gigantic stretch I've ever seen for scaling a character in a while. "Well you see, Shao Khan fought Raiden being powered by the elder gods, and in this one cinematic fatality that's literally never seen in the actual story a different eldergod from the ones that powered Raiden has this feat, and we interpret "merging realms" as a literal physical thing instead of a magical portal thing, hence Shao Khan is now at planet buster tier". I don't know, I just don't think it makes any damm sense and I'm a MK fan. And by the way, he *lost* that fight versus Raiden, and the actual power of Blaze is never displayed in canon because Shao Khan defeats him before he can do anything, meaning the scaling they are going for here doesn't even make sense to begin with and hinges on a lot of shaky assumptions.
@@ultimamage3 Kronika didn't even bring him back! Just took him from an earlier point in time so his fight with Raiden, hell, even his fight with Lui Kang never took place, this battle was so stupid, Akuma had every reason to win.
Yeah, plus that whole “survived Liu Kang’s punch through the chest” thing was also very questionable seeing as it did took a while for him to even heal from that and the need of some assistance from what I recall from the MK9 story mode.
That's not even taking into account how they completely ignored the Oni fight of Asura's Wrath and oni splitting apart a moon. Then fighting Asura in the slowly exploding moon to a stand still, and for further reference Asura killed someone with cetrion's level of power.
If Akuma scales to a meteor set at *5 trillion tons* while not giving ANYTHING for Kahn other than Raiden reversing time to prevent him from beating blaze, how did Kahn win?
Storm is so gonna win the next fight hands down. Korra can barely beat the villains in her own series and her going into the avatar state only puts her skill level equal to that of her opponent. With her weather powers, Storm could casually destroy the earth if she wanted to
Don't bet on it. I call the akuma fight complete BS. Kahn had gotten his ass whooped many times by other characters and then he defeats probably the strongest version of akuma?? 😒 Don't think so
I'm surprised we didn't see Tekken or Asura's Wrath feats from Akuma, considering we took Arcade Ladder endings for Kahn. I'm sure it wouldn't have mattered in the long run but it would have been cool to see it at least acknowledged. Edit: Seeing as how MK vs DC was acknowledged because in that game Shao's Emperor Shield does reflect projectiles in that game, it only made sense that Marvel vs Capcom should've been referenced if we are taking everything into account. As for the Tekken debate, I do consider Street Fighter, Tekken, and even Soul Calibur to exist all on the same timelime. Soul Calibur obviously takes place during the 1600's (as the Yoshimitsu character confirms because he is in both Tekken and Soul Calibur), Street Fighter would theoretically take place during the 1990's, maybe early 2000's. Tekken would take place in the future, hense the futuristic but still modern tech seen in the series. Akuma has stated that Kazumi saved his life, but what caused that to happen? Still yet to be determined. Perhaps age? Maybe not but it's a theory. As for Asura's Wrath, I will give in and consider it non-canon. Still, it would feel like both characters were underpowered for this fight. Shao Kahn could've been scaled to DC because MK vs DC does exist, and Akuma could've been scaled to Marvel vs Capcom because he was in MvC3. Again, probably wouldn't have made a difference but they certainly weren't at their full power here.
Arcade endings though not Canon still apply when comparing feats since in the context of the games it is possible however Asuras Wrath and Tekken aren't canon to Street Fighter meaning in the context of Akumas home game (Street Fighter) they aren't valid.
@@Mroniboy. not really, it stomps for akuma if they use downplay khan to building lvl going by visual feats, and vise versa if they use highball khan who in unviersal to low multiversal ranges going by lore and statements from mk deception and armageddon and mk4 comic
@@wildshark9248 i mean lu Kang is the chosen one, going by mk 11 dialogue with Cetrion is implied to be related to Onaga with Cetrion claiming he has Onaga's fire. another thing is his ability to turn to a dragon which mk deception dialogue claim Dragons race were the strongest race due to them being directly descendent of the god who also in mk deception states their true form is that of dragon seen in the mk logo. so liu Kang despite being mortal has some hidden god powers in him could be the explanation in og timeline why he had perfect winning streak of beating khan and shinnok up until deception. (also the developers gave him double damage on harming Onaga in deception when you unlock and use him)
Yeah, but he also killed him. You don’t really need to do a run back when you beat your opponent to death the first time you fight. If anything, Gouken keeps challenging Akuma because he wants to stop him corrupting Ryu.
Shao Kahn: Flawless victory
Me staring at the gaping hole in his chest: You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means
So much yes....this should be pinned lol
@@NixBlackMask i was about to say the same thing
Princess Bride Best Movie
That was the first thing up my mind too, like, nope, you just won but this ain't flawless. XD
Exactly.
Shao Khan: I've Killed Bison.
Akuma: So have I.
Shao Khan: I'm intrigued.
2 demons 2 boss fights 1 battle
Kahn doesn't need multiple forms to defeat his opponent compared to the first 2 he defeated. Just pure raw power and they're dead. KAAAAAAAAAAAAHHN!!!!
Kazuya: *grabs popcorn and turns on a monitor*
@@axelmiramontes409 WubwubwuB
@@carltasticdrew9633 except Onaga he needed posion for him.
Honestly, Kahn seems like the kind of guy that would be so full of himself that he'd say "flawless victory" even if he did have a hole punched in his chest.
I was thinking the same thing 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
THIS IS INCORRECT... KAHN ISNT THAT POWERFUL HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO FIGHT THE ELDER GODS BECAUSE HE HAD GOTTEN THE KAMI DOGU WHICH GIVES GODLIKE POWER. YOU GUYS REALLY SCREWED THIS UP. LIU KANG BEATS SHAO AS A REGULAR MORTAL IN MK3.
Plus akuma has one lost. So his winning streak is still going strong. While Kahn now has two wins. So yay akuma winning steak is not going away any time soon.
@@nathanblevins158 Like i said this video is incorrect Shao Kahn is not that powerful. they based the power scaling on Shao Khan when he had the Kamidogu which is not his own power.
@@illuminatedperspectives2894 what would your ending be then?
I love how consistently but subtly Capcom reminds us that Akuma is a pretty decent, normal guy when not fighting. He sells fruit at a roadside fruit stand to make a living, plays arcade games, waits for his luggage at the airport, and made friends with Elena. Sure, some of that was from the anime series a while back, but it's there.
Cool
So he’s just really obsessed with combat then. Otherwise pretty average
know any videos i could search up because I want to see wholesome akuma moments
so basically Justin Wong
And he’s also a violent psychopath
When you look at both characters' resumes, Shao Kahn may have some bigger wins, but he's taken on much worse losses IMO. Perhaps the problem here is that Netherrealm Studios is just really bad at power scaling their characters.
that and it's really difficult to attribute feats to the characters themselves. Is quan chi that strong? or is it shinnok's amulet? can shao kahn really fold together realms? or is that elder god magic that activates from tournament rules?
I mean shinnok was beat by a mortal in cassie cage
@@gingerdaddyy a mortal with magical powers
@@rubberwoody a mortal is a mortal
@@gingerdaddyy but the whole point of them is they are strong against gods
"Flawless victory" says a guy with a hole in his torso. That's some Black knight levels of confidence right there :D
Tis but a scratch
I was just thinking that! 😆 dude walking around with a 7” hole in his torso 🤷♂️ It’s called Mortal Kombat because your body is mortal in order to participate in the fight contest… smh 🤦♂️
Akuma: *gets his arm cut off and his head crushed in* "We'll call it a draw then."
@@Drengr_in_nz a scratch? Your arms off!
@@Utterlyrandomguy tis but a flesh wound
Akuma: "Kills Shang Tsung"
Shao Kahn: "Kills M.Bison"
Akuma and Shao Kahn: Fine, i'll do it myself
Underrated comment, that’s actually really funny
@@derpanimator3097 When mortals make God's bend a knee the world trembles
lol true
Both: "So you have chosen death"
lmao yes
Fun fact: When he’s not stalking Ryu, Akuma likes to run a little fruit vendor stall in Japan.
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You must work for M bison ; y'all been spying on me again .??😅😅😭😭😭😭
Akuma: "Care to try an orange? It's Satsui-t."
@@KhaosFrostyyou didn't just....
Hey, training to become a demigod doesn't come cheap
Man's gotta make money somehow
Kahn: Flawless victory
Also Kahn: **has hole in chest**
This sums up the fight frfr
Also also Kahn: *Ha Ha ha ha ha!*
Kahns ego says it was a flawless victory, can't argue with that
That dude’s ego is just something else
It’s just a scratch.
Shao Khan: " flawless victory "
Everyone: "you sure about that buddy."
Me an intellectual: "why wasn't he spamming shoulder rush"
Edit: thanks for all the likes guys.
Because shoryuken
This was the comment I was looking for
Or just laughing alot since apparently that alone does damage. The only cheatingest, OP fighter that does that better is Chronica
@@robertagu3772 I always thought corrupted Shinnok in mkx with his beam spamming on max difficulty was worse than Shao Kahn ever was.
I would've say Fatality instead
"Shao Kahn has conquered multiple realms."
Noob Saibot: Name one realm he controls.
Lmao in that time line he had no realms
Sharp tongue for a dead man
@@amyrsilveira460 ah ah ah but he came back i mean look at scorpion
If we’re not counting Outworld, he conquered Edenia
@@JtTheKidCe you mean those weaklings humans put up an actually fight
Kahn: Flawless victory!
Literally everyone else: Dude, you have a giant hole in y...
Kahn: I said flawless victory!
Everyone: ....yes sir...
*Then Kahn proceeded to kill everyone else there for daring to oppose his statement that it was a flawless victory
😂🤣
@@strikingsarcophagus
I’m gonna go away now…
(Runs away to another timeline)
Then he bleeds out and dies.
@@jeffreygao3956 Wouldn't be the first time he's survived getting a fist through his chest.
Shao Kahn: "Flawless victory!"
Me: *Staring through the hole in his torso* "You uh... you sure about that one, buddy?"
Tis but a flesh wound
@@AmAxel35 you lost your arm.... I got another one...
Are you going to argue with him? I wouldn't.
@@dominichoughton8119 if you know you know.
but first you must answer questions 3
It's okay. It was a perfect circle.
"He's basically a wrestling heel in the form of an otherworldly invader." Possibly the greatest summary of Shao I have ever heard.
"Right down to dressing like a male stripper."
The Ultimate-est Warrior
That was am accurate description
That's triple H
@@benrager429 pp0
They forgot his main power. The Akuma Mata Ta. Where he empties his mind of all worries for the rest of his days.
Lol! Good one!
It's his problem free philosophy!
Lmao
What a wonderful phrase.
Ironically Gouken is the one with the mind emptying energy source and not Akuma
This video showed Khan more respect than any of the modern Mortal Kombat games.
THIS
@@thedrunkgiraffe8312 wtf you talking about, only the first letter needs to be capitalized at the beginning of a sentence and when starting a new sentence
@@alucard-jy8wh ...what?
Quick question: is he in mortal kombat X because I did not see him.
@@CollegeDroputPowerpoints He's a statue in the opening cutscene but that's it.
I like how everyone’s pointing out the fact that Shao Kahn says flawless victory even though he has a hole in his chest, but nobody’s mentioning that he took hits during the battle, and in mortal kombat you can’t take any damage at ALL to achieve a flawless victory
Exactly
It's just a reference to the first movie.
Edit.... Lui Kang beats Shang Tsung and says flawless victory when it clearly wasn't
Also when Goro beats random black dude.
Dude may have taken one too many hits to the head...
Pedantics
I didn’t watch the video yet but good to know
Fun fact: As an April Fool's Day joke, Akuma was once rumored to appear in Resident Evil 2 as a playable character. The supposed requirements varied, with one being to complete the game no less than six times using only a handgun and the knife while obtaining only A-Ranks.
Fun fact: As an April Fool's Day joke, Shao Kahn was once rumored to appear in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 as a playable character. The supposed requirements varied, with one being to complete the story mode no less than six times using only a handgun and the knife while on the hardest difficulty.
@@argen2949 Wait I think I remember the Akuma one I think capcom did that as a joke since you know capcom makes both RE and Street Fighter. I don't know if you were mocking the comment or not but it does stem from somewhere.
@@mastermario360 I remember the Akuma RE one I had a game magazine when I was a kid that printed it along with made-up screenshots.
@@argen2949 Cringe
@@ShadowMoon878 yor'ue cringe
Shao Kahn: “FLAWLESS VICTORY.”
Me: “Considering that hole in your chest, I wouldn’t exactly call it "flawless", dude”.
He is the announcer of the fight. He can say whatever he wants.
Yeah, it technically isn't flawless, but given his ego he might consider it as such
Honestly should've said fatality.
Tis but a scratch
@@chasejones6164 a scratch? Your arm's off.
Just remember everyone. Don't blame DB blame MK for being bad at giving us power scalings for their characters.
What does that even mean?
@@loser.lunatic4089 MK doesn't really do a good job at giving us concrete power scaling for their characters.
@@selectivystupid.1030 Given Death Battle was able to present a concrete way of scaling them, I’d say there is
@@loser.lunatic4089 I mean they have a point, Mortal Kombat is unbelievably inconsistent with their characters power scaling, like one minute Johnny Cage is getting his ass beat by Ermac and then the next he's defeating an Elder God
@@AUserThatIsDeleted Also Kung Lao lost to Scorpion, but beats Shang Tsung and Quan Chi two on one, and Shao Kahn loses to Kitana.
Shao Khan: "Your soul is mine!"
Oni: "Jokes on you, I don't HAVE a soul!"
Gingers: "Jokes on you, I don't HAVE a soul!"
That's deadass what a necromancer is going to find out when he bumps into one of my protags.
Squidward: "Please, i have no soul:
*demonic laugh from nowhere*
Squidward: 😐
Joke's*
Squidward: I have no soul
Shao Kahn: *Challenges the might of the Elder Gods themselves and completely manhandles Kotal Kahn*
Also Shao Kahn: *Get's bodied by Kitana pretty much casually in a 1v1 match.*
This is why I freaking hate the character scaling in Mortal Kombat.
That’s pretty much the power scaling for all fighting game franchises in VS shows. It’s a total headache.
@Megadetta
you got love how they both want you to be fear him and having lose rather easily...
The only consistent thing In both timelines Is that Reptile and Baraka are glorified punching bags.
Mortal kombat logic
I refuse to believe Kitana has what it takes to stand up to Shao Khan. The writer's messes up badly on that one.
I just realized boomstick just said the hurricane flying kick perfectly
It’s the 1st time I ever heard him do so.
He’s been studying Japanese.
He couldn't do it in the Akuma vs. Shang Tsung video in Season 1, so I'll chalk this up to character development!
@@georgecortes3416 Major character development. Let’s hope Peter Griffin learn how to say it properly as well
He wasn't able to say a bit faster since japanese pronunciation was like that, weather it's singing or something else and boom stick even tried to say the hurricane flying kick on terry vs ken
That counter to Shin Akuma's kick is everything.
Saying "flawless victory" while having a huge hole in your body doesnt exactly work
If Shao Kahn says he won a flawless victory, I'm not gonna be the one to correct him!
It's probably a reference to the movie. Where in the first Mortal Kombat, it was said even if the battle was a struggle on both sides.
Should have been FATALITY
@@coranbaker6401 Lu Bu will.
@@jjohnson6382
The historical Chinese general?
I LOVE when two villains fight. They always have a big personality and make the fight more interesting that typical.
Akuma isnt a " villian " hes more of an antihero
@@yeeyee9409 yep dude just hangs out at forests and temples until Ryu wants to fight him to overcome the darkness 😄
@@yeeyee9409 He's one of the antagonists of Street Fighter is he not?
@@yeeyee9409 Akuma's Oni form proves that he's evil enough. Only the worst of people transform into Oni while still alive.
@@Quigmman Yeah . Antaganist and villian are'nt the same thing always just like protaganist and hero
Shao Khan was so kind, he took his time to show the fighters from his universe how to win in a Death Battle, such a nice detail from Outworld's emperor.
Scorpion: Am I a joke to you?
@@NeloAlberto16 I was talking about a winning streak, but yeah, he's amazing too
yeah, Mortal Kombat hadn't won a fight since Sub Zero vs Glacius back in 2017 (could be missing one but Johnny Cage, Sindel and Goro all lost their matches)
Not really, the rules were forcibly applied by the Elder Gods.
Well the tally is 4 wins to 5 losses for MK
Winners:- Shao Kahn (twice), Sonya, Sub Zero, Scorpion
Losers:- Goro, Johnny, Sektor, Sindel, Shang Tsung.
Edit:- Raiden lost as well. My bad.
I like how Shao Kahn says Flawless Victory in both of his Death Battles, despite getting hit and hurt multiple times. (To varying degrees)
To be fair, Shao Kahn is very arrogant so it fits his character
Yeah, uh, flawless, this victory was not. He took tons of hits, and some truly gnarly wounds.
Lol, the dude was basically saying all those hits as well as a hole in his chest were nothing to him.
@@darryltorres7302 Except that's not what that word means.
@@khodexus4963 while true, many people use words incorrectly especially in slang, like bad/sick meaning somthing good, kahn is saying it was flawless because he deemed his injuries to be nothing, he stopped akuma mid power move destroyed him and is easily standing at the end of the fight not even exhaused, saying flawless as a form of disrespect to his opponent due to kahn being arrogant.
Well he’s ignorant.
All apart of his character to be overconfident
I just love that despite all this Liu Kang, a humble mortal human, keeps kicking Shao Khan's ass because he's just THAT skilled at martial arts.
Also shooting dragon fire doesn't hurt
Which kind of doesn't make sense since AKuma has been practicing Martial arts his whole life. Wouln't by that logic, Akuma should be able to beat Shao Kahn? Unless Liu Kang is much more powerful than both.
@@RameoMTL MK power scaling is all over the place. Bi Han was a beast whyel he was Sub-Zero took down 4 Gods, killed Scorpion, defeated demon armys in the Neather Realm where his powers are weaker, he was able to beat base Shinnok and was able to survive his monster form. Well then he died and Quan Chi said he made him even stronger as Noob Saibot onlye for him to lose every fight his in from that point on.
In the old timeline, it is revealled that Shao Kahn is a god in deception, and Raiden had to restrain his god powers (which can shake the planet to its core and cause the extinction of the dinosaurs) in order to participate in Mortal Kombat, so something similar might have happend with Shao Kahn.
In the new timeline, everyone is weaker. One of the head writers said that fatalities are not canon in Twitter, and there is an old fatality where one of the cyborgs makes the planet explode with a small bomb.
@@RameoMTL lets say Akuma and Liu kang are compariable to each other. in MK 11 Aftermath. Shao Kahn beat Lui Kang and broke his legs. So even then. Shao Kahn would still win
That Wiz and Boomstick interaction during Akuma’s analysis was really wholesome.
Yessssss
You mean the bit where Boomstick said to Wiz "Can we still Do It?" while holding a massive tub of lube?
Pretty sure that's the opposite of wholesome.
Those two are practically brothers at this point.
you gotta love how much less intimidating Shao Kahn looks without his helmet
Doesn't help that his design in MK11/1 suuuuuuuucks in general.
Shao Kahn: Is that your best?
Boomstick: I though it was funny.
Shao Kahn: You suck.
That is concerning as hell given that Kahn legit just called Boomstick out when he got insulted by his habit of taunting his opponents.
So confirmed that Shao Kahn can break the fourth wall? lol
If it was amusing, I think Kahn would've let it slide.
But since it wasn't, I guess DB's Earth Is doomed.
Akuma went super sayian blue XD
If they were going to bring up Akuma's cameo fights, why didn't they bring up his fight against Asura from Asura's Wrath?
If they were using that akuma then shao wouldn't have stood a chance
@@crossfire4691 I agree but they brought up one of his cameos so they should've brought that one up too. Could've used some of Shao Khan's cameos as well.
Because it was trash
@@crossfire4691 true lol
a omnipotent killer is struggling on a raging demon
Dude, that's not even canon. And also Asura is like creator level, meaning he's TOAA, The Presence or Anti-Spiral level.
My biggest issue is that Shao Khan literally needed help walking after Liu Kang punched a hole in his chest. The moment he received the blow, Liu Kang was declared the winner of the tournament and everyone believed that he died. There should be no reason that he should be shaking it off and continuing the battle like nothing happened.
does not matter died or not he still lost and lui kang loses is either suprise attack or ganged up etc
Not only that the biggest wank fest of shao beating blaze 😂 even though it's never cleared what exactly happen its shown taven was the one to beat blaze and shao probably took advantage of a weaken opponent to take his power
@@malacaimar2271 Yea, but John Vogel does confirm on his Twitter before that Shao Kahn is indeed defeated Blaze. How the hell he escape from Onaga and come back defeating Blaze doesn't explain at all. NRS at that time doesn't care anymore, they just like screw it, we want to reset the timeline, make Shao Kahn the winner and retcon Taven's true ending. Taven basically got shaft so bad. He was the main protagonist of Armageddon, but the reset timeline make him nobody now
@@malacaimar2271 if he took the power of someone that defeated blaze then doesn't that make his just as strong if not stronger? Why are you guys using this as an anti feat? Regardless of how he gained the power he's still stronger than blaze.
@Wizard Lizard I think taven was on the brink of death when shao 3rd partied and bested him. Also MK lore is goofy and I just saw someone mentioned they redid the lore again 😂 so now they're both uncannon lol
Everytime I watch this I can't help rooting for Akuma.
Yeah it seems like he was robbed of victory!
@Minimalistic610 he was they just MK fan boys
Akuma was robbed. Liu Kang, a single human being has beaten Shao Kahn and they literally lowballed Akuma and gave Shao Kahn the victory which doesn’t make sense at all
@@DanielJeffes27 I completely agree, Khan beating Bison...like ok maybe but Akuma would dog walk Khan!
@@ZEROTURBO1092 Akuma literally split a whole mountain in half in his shin form and destroyed the entire moon in his Oni form and it literally doesn’t make sense to me that Shao Kahn could beat him
Honestly I think Akuma could work as a good Mortal Kombat 11 DLC.
Me too
He made appearance in Tekken, so why the hell not!
what would his fatality be tho?
@@EMPTYSODAAACAN obviously the Raging Demons!
@@zachpottinger1842 right,just fully animate the brutality of it
Fun fact: Shao Kahn started out unmasked and with large gnashing teeth similar to Baraka, since everyone from Outworld was originally to be of Baraka's race. The idea of all inhabitants of Outworld being Tarkatans was later dropped.
Now I’m just picturing shao Khan with arm blades..
Shao Khan: “You dare interrupt my tournament?”
Akuma: “A tournament that apparently no one cares about since I don’t see any spectators?”
Shao Khan: I bought 7 hours of air on TV.
*base liu kang at a distance*
Damn covid also hit outworld.
spectators, though
Lmao
Comic akuma once carried dimensions and became a living threat to the existence. Even if akuma dies during battle, the satsui no hadou would revive him and he'll come stronger(Reference to CVS2 ending)
They act like I'm not him .!!! 😭😭😭😭😭
Non canon.
@@thedrunkgiraffe8312 potential isnt, story is
Weird they included the non-canon Shao Khan feats but not Oni fighting Asura in the same form he used to fight and kill Chakravartin the creator god of Asura's Wrath to a standstill.
What's the non canon shao kahn feats?
What non-canon feats of Kahn did they include? His destruction of a planet is literally what he does every time he conquers a world. Splitting a Moon is far less than that.
Can’t speak to the shao khan but I was also surprised they made no mention of Asura….honestly I’d love to see a death battle between goku and asura. That’s be epic.
I mean...Kahn did withstand a blast from Raiden empowered by Elder Gods. He is comparable to beings like Cetrion who can grow planet sized and shoot insanely fast lasers. He did defeat Blaze who if left undefeated, would destroy reality and literally every ending of MK:A, when someone gets his power, they basically become a reality warping god. These are canon. Meanwhile they are still giving Akuma non canon comic feats.
Not to mention how they don't mention how Shao Khan was killed by Kitana with a simple slash across the face, I'm convinced WB just pays for these outcomes at this point
I actually thought that Akuma was gonna win by crushing his soul, especially since he sucked out so many. Hey, I’ve been wrong before.
Maybe he killed *a* soul within Shao Khan since he absorbed countless of them, but didn't get Khan's soul itself.
The thing I don’t get is where did that extra power from Shao Khan come from, especially with a hole in his chest, no possible way Shao Khan could’ve won
@@GRod-kw7ss There's no way Akuma could've blown a hole through his chest either, but it still happened.
@@afro4640 so all mighty tough liu kang can but a guy who has shattered a moon cant you my friend need braincells
@@ghost-og6mv
You do now, Liu Kang has the power of Elder God's.
Shao Kang is the King of Ottherworld, his on the same lvl with Raider who's a God.
This is the one Death Battle I was confused never happened. Akuma and Shao Kahn seen more appropriate fighting eachother than M. Bison and Shang Tsung (who are a better match for eachother as well).
Yeah, they should’ve swapped the matchups. Only problem is that one of them would be an early Season1 episode.
@@ianhawke2203 I think the reasoning the matchups happened is because with Shang Tsung vs Akuma they are both the arch enemy of the their franchise's protagonist while bison vs shao kahn happened is because they are main the bad guy in the franchisees
Shao Kahn and m bison was a pretty good comparison since they are the main villains of their series, but akuma has nothing in common with Shang tsung
Same along with Alex Mercer vs Cole MacGrath, I wondered why these two haven't fought yet on here.
Did you know that Storm will get her spotlight in next battle
Honestly, if you ask me Akuma was the faster fighter if you include his appearance in Tekken 7 into account assuming its canon which I think it is considering surviving the Raging Demon was considered a canon feat by Heihachi Mishima in his death battle against Geese Howard, I see no reason why it isn't canon for Akuma. Akuma landed the Raging Demon on Heihachi Mishima (Granted it didn't kill him due to plot and he was caught by surprise) who could react to at least 4.09% the speed of light according to the episode mentioned above by scaling to an Inferior Jack models and Heihachi and Akuma could outmanoeuvre Jack-7s no problem. That is more then double the fastest speed feat Shao Kahn has shown. This didn't even mention the fact that Akuma wasn't in Shin Akuma or Oni form when he fought Heihachi so it's likely the gap been Akuma and Shao Kahn is even bigger then that. I am not saying that Kahn couldn't win this fight he was stronger and more powerful but that doesn't really translate into direct combat I mean Liu Kang has beaten him time and time again so between the Raging Demon and Akuma's superior speed I think Akuma should have won this.
Akuma didn't even use the Kongo Kokuretsuzan
You're forgetting one factor. Street fighters can't ef with Mortal kombatants.
Well, hope you all brought your umbrellas because a Storm is about to brew in the Next Death Battle.
:tro:
Facepalm
Korra is just straight up gonna get roasted worse than Toad was
I move Korra and her power is no joke and definitely more varied but I'm guessing Storm will win due to what I call "the legacy clause" meaning that since Storm has existed for longer and in many incarnations there's a higher chance any of those incarnations will each have a single incredible feat that makes them OP that when melding them into a single "prime" version of the character the newer less explored opponent has no chance
I think korra will win
I'm thinking the "Flawless Victory!" with a hole through his stomach is a reference to the Mortal Kombat movie where Liu Kang declares his win over Shang Tsung to be a "Flawless Victory" despite it being nothing of the sort.
That’s what I was thinking. Combined with Shao Khan merely mocking and saying Akuma’s attacks did nothing
I mean it's Shao Khan, he's the voice announcer, you don't think he wouldnt give himself the flawless after he takes on someone so powerful? I mean...
Well, Liu Kang might have been right if you consider that him and Shang Tsung traded rounds before Liu Kang clapped Shang's cheeks in the final one.
wrong it was a flawless victory. Lu took damage during his fight with TS but when he was reminded he was the chosen one he took no damage and became the chosen one. Kind of like Neo becoming the one in the matrix yea Neo took damage but the one was unfazed by the battle with smith.
Actually if you're talking about the og film, that was a flawless victory. There was 3 rounds. Round one: LK wins, took damage. Round two, ST wins, took damage. Round 3, LK beat ST without taking damage, therefore LK did beat ST with a Flawless Victory
I think my biggest criticism here is that they used Cetrion's Laser Beam as a speed feat. It's a fatality. It's fatal. He's not dodging it in gameplay or anything. It kills every time it's used.
Exactly, no one scales to it at all.
Even worse, they're saying that he is stronger than all of the Elder Gods just because he survived one attack from them. Smh, for one thing, they most definitely weren't taking it seriously, what kind of God would? 2nd, he still LOST that fight.
@@lucariothegodboi as someone who started with 9 I can agree but I can see where there coming from, shao kahn still lost that fight with raiden combined with the elder gods but the way the fight was portrayed it still required raiden to put in effort to win, I think the way they showed it was even though shao kahn lost that fight he was still able to keep up with raiden, unfortanetly I'm not that well verse in street fighter so I can't really say if akuma fought A similar opponent so I can't say my part.
@@mangaman1728 there was a a whole sequence where he fights asura from asuras wrath to a stalemate and he was strong enough to kill the being of creation but they fail to mention that anywhere but they choose to bring the Ancient ones into this im a little upset there was zero mention of that.
They also mentioned “Merging realms”was a destructive feat. Realms can be unmerged as nitara was able to do it.
Kahn also didn’t DESTROY earth just conquered it, he’s also a sore loser he needed Goro’s help to fight Onaga.
Don't get me wrong, Shao Kahn is insanely strong and tough, but "Because he fought Raiden, he must scale to Cetrion, which means he can move fast enough to avoid the laser fired from space during her cinematic fatality!" is some of the absolute dumbest BS I have ever heard in the context of any VS debate. And the fact that it's the deciding factor by allowing Shao Kahn to avoid the Raging Demon makes it even worse.
I agree
Raging demon can only be avoid by people who haven't sinned ; or people who have the power of nothingness. Neither of that has anything to shao Khan . I would beat him hands down raging demon is the persecution for ones sins
@@itz_akuma Exactly
Lmaoo stay mad. Khan is the best
@@itz_akuma the raging demon is still a physical attack therefore it CAN be blocked or dodged also they literally mention when Kahn tanked the power of ALL the elder gods (ALL. OF. THEM) and Raiden strikes as fast as lightning (which moves at the SPEED OF LIGHT) he could easily avoid the raging demon plus if its anything like the penance stare Kahn not regretting anything he's ever done would nullify it anyway
Leaving all controversy aside, can we appreciate that Boomstick was finally able to say Tatsumaki Zankukyaku?
Idk still sounds he screws it up
@@Articabyss64 they both screw up almost everything in every video
Close but It's tatsumaki senpukyaku.
@@AJ-or8kc Akuma uses the Tatsumaki Zankukyaku, a variant of the version Ryu and Ken use, Tatsumaki Senpukyaku.
If Shao Kahn doesn't say "You suck!" or "Is that your best?" then this fight isn't 10/10
I hope he says both.
I hope they give the Akuma the “Die One-Thousand Deaths’ when he eventually pulls out the Raging Demon and Shao Khan actually loses 1000 souls but he just tanks it cuz he can manipulate the souls so he loses everything but his own
That's gonna cost Shao Kahn the battle I bet
Or also, "Fight!"
Shao Kahn killed Akuma so badly I have the membership
"The Raging Demon... Its power is unequaled... It is not my fist but your past sins that will kill you... The more evil your past doings, the more painful your death..." ~Akuma, Street Fighter Alpha 3. So is that non-canon, or?
Glad you brought this up
Yeah I got all sorts of issues I question on this episode. I think Akuma should had won.
@@cheshire_skatkat9093 Me too, I feel that a lot of details were left out for both characters this episode.
@@eddabull7369 anymore DB seems to really be "cheaping" out.
Wait..Can we talk about this??? Because that's literally a point they "forgot" to add...
The hole in the chest thing should have knocked Shao Kahn out, because in MK9 if not for Quan Chi, Shao was still out recovering.
Yall did Akuma dirty in this fight.
That’s arguably the weakest version of Shao Kahn. This used Old timeline Shao Kahn, who never suffered that injury.
@@loser.lunatic4089 well, in the original timeline Lu Kang kills Shao Kahn twice. Once in MK2, and then MK3, no injury to survive when he was killed.
In the alternate timeline Mk9 Shao Kahn survives the hole in the chest, never fully dying, and even shrugs off the elder gods attacks near the end of the game. I'm not sure what you mean weakest. 🤔
@@williewonka6200 In MKA, Shao Kahn beat Blaze and obtained his power, who can destroy all if the realms. MK9 Shao Kahn never did.
@@loser.lunatic4089 yeah, but if you remember Shao kahns ending in Armageddon says he beat blaze, merged all the relams,, and ended up going insane. But as we see in MK9 Shao Kahn had not merged the realms yet, and was still battling raiden atop the pyramid before raiden sent his message and changed the timeline. Lots of inconsistencies.
@@williewonka6200 Look at the fire-like aura around Shao Kahn during that scene. I don’t know how so many people are missing such a basic detail.
Shao Khan : " flawless victory "
Me: "but.. that hole in your chest "
Shao Khan: *"t'is but a scratch"*
its but a flesh wound
Can't really call it a flawless victory when you have a big hole in your chest. Flawless victories are when you beat your opponent without taking a single hit.
Indeed. That was my one gripe here. Instead I wanted to see him look down at Akuma and sneer. "You Suck.'
Probably should've said "Shao Kahn wins....Fatality!!"
Are you seriously going to tell Shao Kahn otherwise?
Unwise
Shao Kahn really said 'Dis but a scratch'
Arrogance
Akuma: But I fought Azura, a demigod, and stood my own against him.
Wiz & Boomstick: Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?
Batman Beyond reference? XD
Favorite Blight line.
Kinda sad they ignored the Asura's Wrath DLC. Yeah Shao Kahn can keep up with with Gods that can grow to the size of the earth but so did Asura. Asura even killed a planet sized god with a single punch to the fingertip. And Akuma was fighting that guy for 500 years. But I guess thats to far off the canon stuff for Akuma.
Yeah, that dlc part is not canon to street fighter
But the noncanon Shao Khan feats stand. It'd be funny if it wasn't typical for Deathbattle nowadays.
Just for clarification, Liu Kang and Raiden's power combined was capable of matching Cetrion because one is a Thunder God and the other is one strong enough to beat Shao Kahn single-handedly everytime they fought. So how exactly does this mean Shao Kahn scales to the Elder Gods in power? Shao Kahn beat Raiden outside of Earthrealm each time he won, Raiden is much weaker when he steps into another realm. Even Shang Tsung feared Raiden's wrath during the first tournament that took place in Earthrealm. When Kahn invaded Earthrealm at the end of MK9, he was powered up off the majority earthrealm souls and that of the slain Earth's greatest warriors that Sindel killed. Kahn obeyed the Elder Gods' rules for a reason. If we're to get even deeper, Shao Kahn was murdered by a combined assault from Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, the same two who defeated Raiden and Liu Kang. If he truly was as mighty as the Elder Gods, he would have been Shinnok level power which he certainly was not. Kahn is a beast, but he is not Elder God level.
I mean check the ending of mk9,Raiden was scared as hell until the elder god dragon things gave him power
Shao has beat them both on fair terms.
@@praghoxshochkweaveblossom5627 No one wants your help, you are just intreperting vague wording just to SUPER DOWNPLAY SHAO KAHN
@@vncecuhinparis That was after he had absorbed billions of souls. He's never that powerful otherwise. In the same game, Raiden threatens to kill him after he snaps Kung Lao's neck.
That wasn't actually shao kahn Quan chi and shang tsung killed that was a clone
So he beats Akuma. So he can stand up to everyone in SF and Asura... yet loses to lu kang, Kitano and Raiden. So those three can take on Asura and SF cast.... and Raiden lost to thor... something doesn't add up
Thank you even im thinking about this bs
I said the same thing 3 days ago. Even as the new Fire God, Liu Kang’s feats still don’t stack up against Akuma
@@Meta_Meech just alone akuma vs asura says enoughts Death battle holding L's sense Ben 10 vs Green Lantern
Now that I think about, Shao Khan got randomly jumped by Quan Chi and Shang Tsung in Deadly Alliance. They literally ran up on him hood style. 😂😂😂. Like come on 😂😂😂
@@Meta_Meech fire God Liu Kang beat cetrion then cetrion gave kronika power and he beat them back to back. In the fight kronika reset time across the multiverse and Liu Kang was unaffected and killed her... a being that reset all of reality and then took her hourglass and is now in control of it and reset time himself. Cetrion alone is an Elders God and Kronika is higher. He scales to at least universal easily, and that's without the crown
OK but it wasn't a flawless victory... he literally has a hole in his chest
Yep makes no sense
Yeah he was killed been Lou Kang punched him in the chest…. So please explain how he survived Oni Akuma doing that?!?! MAKE IT MAKE SENSE DEATH BATTLE MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!!
@@yesyesnono1441 make sense first then tag me
I mean are *YOU* brave enough to be a buzzkill and correct the good emperor to his face _after he just murdered the strongest character in street fighter with a gaping hole where his heart used to be?_
@@AngelGonzalez-rm5mk because death battle does maximum. So even though Khan died from it once but survived it another time they will only factor the survival fest.
It's like bowser vs Ganon. Bowser even if bowser can die from lava, the fact he also can survived it is all that matters.
I've got a couple of questions. Does Shao Kahn's ability to merge realms translate to his attack power? In game it certainly doesn't feel that way. While Shao Kahn did win Armageddon, we don't know the details of how all of that went down. Did Blaze get worn down and Shao Kahn just got the finishing blow? We don't know( and may never know for that matter.)
It wasn't his own power, it was a part of the conditions of conquering a world or realm not already part of Outworld. Once it was done, they could be combined.
@@RaveMallard witch he can 100% do
Only the final Kombatant standing earns the chance to fight Blaze. While it doesn’t explain exactly what happens in the canon Armageddon plot, the opening cinematic does show Onaga fly off with Shao Kahn before the end. If that’s taken as canon, Kahn was able to fend off the Dragon King and fight Blaze in one sitting.
In mka intro shao Kahn was disappear because onaga took him away from battle ground and flew away. But in mk9 intro shao Kahn won the Armageddon. There are so many theories about that you can check it out in things you missed in mka intro
@@alimuhammadshaikh2040 I think its safe to say onaga is dead
not mad at all, I found this very entertaining, but I feel Akuma assumed his other forms a little too quickly.
3 minute animation but agreed.
Don't think you can use the word "flawless" when there's a hole in your chest the size of your opponent's fist.
No one's around to argue it.
I thought the same thing 😂
Its just a flesh wound)
Not to Shao Kahn, it adds to his ego and boastfulness, even when damaged he still acts like he is reigning supreme, its what makes his character
His tournament. His rules.
I think a lot of people misunderstand just how many powerhouses are in MK, Shao arguably chief among them
Among????? Like… Among US???????
Yes khan easily defeated everytime but Akuma taking the L come on!!
Bro got beat by kitana
Idk why but everyone underestimate shao khan aka strongest being in mk universe
@Caleb Caleb shao khan in prime solos street fighters with pinky finger
I don't want her to, because I like her more as a character, but Korra will be murdered by Storm. Honestly, Avatar feats can be topped by Storm easily. It feels like a poor match up in regards to weight class.
Yeah storm will totally stomp
Now here comes the question. If she taps into the power of the Avatar State how powerful will she actually be? Without the Avatar state Avatar Roku was able to effortlessly create massive scales of bending. And with the avatar state it would be multiplied then some.
I don't know too many of Storms feats but this all really comes down to how they handle the avatar state power. Especially if they try to use the Giant Spirit Korra we saw against the fight with Vatuu. It was said that the battle between Rava and Vatu could wipe out all life. And She in her giant spirit state defeated Vatu while he was merged with Unaloq. However to use that giant form she had to meditate to reach the focus to use it. I do think Storm will win. Especially if they try to pull the spirit form stuff because of the meditation. Storm could just strike her with lightning and kill her while she does that.
However knowing DB they will find some BS to put Korra over Storm. And then if Storm wins they will do some cringey quote like they always do with the characters with taking quotes from some of their most famous platoforms. "You know what happens to an avatar when its struck by lightning? Same thing that happens to everything else"
@@metastabillity8991 marvel is SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH stronger than avatar to the point that this isn’t even a fair fight just saying the names, thinking further and depending on how you scale this is just further a stomp
How in the world can you like Korra's character more than Storm? You must not know anything about Storm period. Honestly I don't even know why this matchup is happening.
They both control different elements. Storm controls Air, Ice, and Lightning. Korra is Earth, Fire, Water, and Air. Korra is an Avatar and while it's been awhile since I've checked. I think Storm is a Queen of Wakanda or something? I just don't see the comparison. Todoroki vs Zuko at least made sense.
Most people requesting Death battles look at similarities in character but when it comes down to feats and match ups, you're putting a black hole against a literal ant. It's an easy stomp 9/10 times
Why a year later am I just realizing they just never answered why the raging demon didn’t effect Kahn. They just went on to say the hit was lucky and Shao Kahn could keep pace with Akuma
Cuz that wasn't really the point. The animation is just for entertainment, they weren't actually saying that Kahn could actually survive it. It's just that realistically, it's unlikely Akuma would be fast enough to pull it off anyways.
But Kahn _could_ actually survive it depending on interpretation. Cause it's apparently been stated that being in the Netherrealm can rend your soul, though it's questionable how consistent this is.
Yeah Storm is definitely going to win. She’s an omega level mutant and can control COSMIC storms.
Yeah
Korra really doesn’t have a prayer
It's going to be even worse with the fact that Korra won't have access to her past lives for the usual Avatar State buff.
Storm doesn't even need to do that. All she needs is a well placed lightning bolt.
Rey vs korra would’ve been better imo storm is gonna stomp
Sadly there are many flaws in the analysis. I) Centrion's beam is a fatality, it is used on an already defeated opponent unable to counter attack. II) Shao Kahn's ability to resist the combined forces of the elder gods is a very specific condition in the ending of MK (9), normally Kahn is extremely vulnerable to the powers of EG, which he fears III) The merging of the realms and the Soulnado is a procession, a ritual, NOT an ability or a power in Kahn's possession IV) Liu Kang defeated at least two times Shao Kahn (MK II & MK III), and Liu is, in almost every aspect, inferior to Akuma. V) Cutting-off Akuma's hand and countering Akuma/Oni's fist during the Raging Demon it's highly impossible: Kahn has never displayed such countering abilities and especially against the lighting speed a Raging Demon. In general: In your analysis you are using more the Shao Kahn's story data than the characters in-game characteristics but you are not doing the same in Akuma's case...The man who can sink an island, destroy mountains or counter-meteorites could easily cut-off the head, the hands or the legs of his rival and win the battle.
Yeah literally, and not even to mention that he was so incredibly weak in Mk11, even dying to Kitana
Keep in mind if you minding your business an cetrion attack you with that beam rather you dizzy or not doubt you be able to dodge that.
I feel like they ramped the reaction speed and durability of Shao Khan too much. And even if Akuma got his hand cut off, he shouldn’t care and kept going because of his warrior mentality
@@chewyhazerd3587 I agree, in terms of fighting and skills Akuma feels more experienced and more skilled than Shao Khan and if we look at the in game stats or the story itself
He got a hole punch into his chest yes but he wasn't just standing and walking around. Man fell right down as if he died if I remember right and Shao Khan doesn't even see that strong in Mk11, Hell even Kitana beat him there and she's no where near Akuma
With all due respect you saying "the lightning speed of raging demon" Kahn defeated raiden at the end of Armageddon who's stated to move faster than lightning because you know..thunder/lightning god. So kahn beating raiden in both iterations in the past and future means he can stack up to if at least lightning speed
When you realize the writers don’t understand the meaning of the word “flawless”.
to be fair
Kahn's so arrogant he'd say "Flawless Victory" even after this
Me: Sees Akuma for the first time
Also me: Pure evil...
But when I saw 4:50:
THIS GUY IS GOOD GUY.
I don't agree. Shao Kahn did NOT survive the wrath of the Elder God's. He only came back in Mortal Kombat 11 because Kronica merged time lines, he was resurrected as a result. He was dead post Mortal Kombats 2009 reboot.
Death battle participants can't receive outside help, and since Kronica was the reason he "survived" the elder gods. He doesn't have the luxury of their help in this situation
They’re just going to step on your question and move on, like they did with the Ben 10 vs. Green Lantern Q&A
@@uria3679 yeah because they can do no wrong except when they redo Mario vs Sonic and Link vs Cloud....
They never said he survived the elder gods wrath.
When Liu Kang pushed him, that also weakened him too. He essentially died some games later and his past self attempted to take over.
@@guildinkwell but they did say he could keep up with it. Obviously he can’t if Kronika brought him back to life through merging the timelines
I thought the point of akuma's finishing move was that it targets the soul, not its raw power..so comparing it to a feat of raw power is kind of odd.
shao kahn has multiple souls he would have to raging demon each one of them. he could also steal akuma's soul right then and there.
@@TheTriangle444 have you heard akuma's catchfrase when he performs raging demon fist? It goes something like uhm I don't know "die a thousand deaths."
And akuma has displayed resistance to soul eating abilities.
@@johanmeintjes9510 i doubt thats literal since RD doesnt work on soulless.
@@TheTriangle444 Raging Demon can destroy every soul a person possesses, it just takes longer to destroy all of them
Legit, I mean they literally stated in their analysis that the only way to survive the attack was to remove your own soul from your body... Shao Khan should have fallen to the attack in my opinion, but it is what it is. You can't always have the character you root for win when it comes to Death Battle, although I was low-key disappointed with this outcome to be honest
...Korra vs Storm?
Really?
That's going to be such a curbstomp for Storm she's an Omega Level mutant and Korra's avatar state is VASTLY weaker due to being cut off from the past Avatars. Hell, if it was Aang, he'd still likely lose because he does NOT do well against Lightning Bending, and Storm can probably do a sight better than the Fire Lord family
Korra can bend fire earth water air mud spirit and metal. Mic drop
@@thewormy6744
You didn't list lightning. A bolt of lightning is 30k amps. An average outlet is 15. It takes 0.1-0.2 to be lethal.
And Storm's got a lot of lightning
Mmmmm I’m intrigued
@@thewormy6744 Storm can completely control her internal and external temps so that means fire and ice bending do basically nothing against her, and encasing her in either is pointless as she can manipulate them. also while Korra can bend the natural world Storm is in tune with it and can basically see all of Korra, her nervous system, and the natural world around her the way Neo sees code.
The only wild card here is "soulbending" which sounds kinda bs but even then, hers is so powerful she was able to house the elder concept of Eternity when even the cosmic level Silver Surfer couldn't.
Honestly Korra's feats just dont stand up.
I just don't understand this logic that Storm, the leader and insanely experienced X-Man, will fall to some rocks and water that doesn't even kill regular benders or is dodged.
She has dealt with far more powerful characters, countered elementals that are more skilled than Avatars, and stomps people with far more advanced abilities/weapons than anything in the Avatar verse.
But yeah, apparently Korra will just crush Storm with more ease than Kuvira. That makes sense.
Honestly, with that “piledriver seen from space” as one of Mike Haggar’s feats, along with Zangief scaling to Balrog, DB could probably do a rematch between Haggar and Zangief.
"Flawless victory"
Also Shao Khan: Has hole punched in his chest
It’s just a scratch.
@@multiverse_media2023 Just a flesh wound that csn be remedied with some Neosporin!
TFS Krillin: Yeah guys, lay off him! He needs this like he needs a hole in the chest! Ahh??? AHHH?????
@@georgecortes3416
Shao Kahn: "I get it!"
Reminds me when people kept using the word "simp" without knowing what it means.
I love kora but... there is NO WAY she beats comic book storm.
It will be a nice match to see though...
Maybe in her giant spirit form? Idk
@@Noum77 I wish... unfortunately storm has god level powers though, like to the point where it's possible she could use the elements to stop Kora from bending just based on "complete and total controll over nature" she's so busted
Storm is an omega level mutant as in she could destroy the world easily if she went bad
Yeah, Storm has weather manipulation abilities on par with that of Thor.
Both previous winners in their own crossover battles, but who is the ultimate combatant!? Akuma, who brutally murdered Shang Tsung in a Death Battle so old, they still used health bars? Or Shao Kahn, who mercilessly ripped M Bison in half and absorbed his soul?
I’m rooting for Shao Kahn
Akuma
Rooting for Akuma, betting Shao Kahn
@Конечно Nice, you know all that yet fail to know that Shao Kahn was a Schemer during that period and he was weak AF compared to the Dragon king, so much in fact he had to poison him and wait. If you knew anything about MK you'd know it was obvious he let Taven fight Blaze and intervened at the last second, Fight was never shown but if you actually knew MK you'd know the obvious.
Shao Kahn is nowhere near Multiverse level, I don't know where you non mortal Kombat lore fans keep getting this bs.
I want to apologize for being rude, I'm sorry.
@@FluttershyIsAGoddess i doubt as well that shao khan is multversal in my opinion
This was one of the most badass death battle fights I’ve seen in a long time but I'm sorry, that was not a flawless victory. This upcoming death battle between Storm and Korra is an utter stomp tbh it shouldn't even be fair
Poor Korra
Rip Korra
bruh....BRUH.
STORM vs Korra?
People really be tossing matchups without understanding stuff. Probably the same people that think Storm can only make it rain and blow a lil lmao
RIP Korra
Do you know what happens to an Avatar when it is struck by lightning?
This is worse than Gaara vs Crocodile
“Flawless Victory!” Shao Kahn said. The large hole in his chest says otherwise.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought so
I begged to differ as well. He should've said "Fatality." It's just as iconic a saying as "Flawless Victory," and also the correct announcement for the outcome.
They used to do what they loved so they reattached all the right facts..... now days they have done it so long it's become lazy research on things they don't like and or have no knowledge on.
Seems more about ads for money than the fans.... I mean skippable ads and even putting ads in the content, it's a damm shame to see great content creators get lazy and greedy.
Tis but a scratch
SPOILER ALERT AND THE FIRST COMMENT I SEE AND NOT EVEN GOING INTO THE COMMENT SECTION EO JUST… WOW
This has to be your best animated battle ive seen
The fight scenes in this series are INCREDIBLE!!! Major props to those animators!
But not this one
(Mortal Kombat) Rain vs Aquaman (DC)
I thought whis ep was sweet
Khan: *gets a hole punched through his chest*
Also Khan, after murdering Akuma: Flawless victory!
Well, they said that he is ignorant.
Liu lang did same thing guy lived
If we are going with non canon feats remember when in Azuras Wrath where a boss known as Wyzon grew the size of a planet and tried to crush Azura with his finger the size of a continent, Azura punched Wyzons finger so hard his whole body exploded, and Oni fought Azura for 500 years straight
Exactly. I am disappointed the feat against Asura was not mentioned
The blaze ending bs in Armageddon is non canon, but Shao Kahn destroying blaze and absorbing his powers is canon.
@@susmane5482 technically it is cannon. Its just him winning started a new canon.
That is from an entirely separate game from the Street Fighter franchise, much like Tekken Akuma, they could not feasibly scale him to those versions of Akuma as he does not have an equivalent in series that proves that he’s really capable of such, the Asura’s Wrath feats were WAY too powerful to be considered.
If Akuma gets Asura then Kahn gets Darkseid.
Shao Kahn vs M Bison: Kahn wins
Shao Kahn vs Akuma: Kahn wins
me: eight more victories and all of earthrealm is his.
Idk about this one. Shao Kahn never used his high end feats outside of scheming and help. Merging the worlds required winning the tournaments. As others pointed out, he gets bodied by weaker foes on the regular.
xactly akuma stomps
I’m not salty on the outcome but dude that’s what I’m saying!!! As soon as they whipped out oni I was like there was no way shao was gonna win this but he ends up winning. This win feels hella sketchy, it just doesn’t feel right.
@@NovaSniper12 Peeps pointed out that they pick and choose a lot. A huge point is when they keep on mentioning the elder gods and Raiden being Gawds. They point out Raiden being as fast as lightning but forget Seth can teleport, and gets bodied by Lesser fighters than Akuma, same for Raiden.
@@tchoythao1730 Akuma himself has gotten his ass knocked around by Gen and lost to Rugal in the SNK crossover. He's just guilty of getting his ass handed to him by foes of varying power as Kahn. The difference is that Kahn at his best has fought and beaten Elder Gods and beings like Blaze on top of his magic powers, Akuma has no magic counters and it's too much of stretch to scale him to Asura since it was funsie crossover.
Kahn can hax his way to victory with the MK magic BS.
@@li-limandragon9287 SNK isn’t canon and Gen is on par or arguably stronger than Gouken, or at least was. Gen performed the soul empty release perfectly and fought a weaker Akuma. The only reason why Gen loses to Ryu and others is because he’s sick and dying.
Elder Gods is a title and titles don’t translate to power feats in vs battles or else we could say that Cetrion dominates 616 classic Thor because he’s just a god but she’s an elder god, which is blasphemy.
Blaze feat is questionable as it was during a wartime. If we put things into a timeline based on the cinematic, which the continuity does follow, then:
Onaga snatched Shao Kahn away. This Onaga is a lot weaker than his prime and his Deception version as he was revived weaker after being killed by shijunko in Deception. All the fighters were rushing to fight Blaze, meaning Blaze probably had to fight multiple people. Considering that Onaga took him out of the war, we can assume that he did not fight against multiple people and kept his energy on the return. Then, there’s a highly likely chance that Shao Kahn killed the tired winner much the same way he killed Kung Lao and took the power, from the back.
Basically, Onaga snatching him up was a boon that allowed him to conserve energy and adopt the element of surprise.
Edit: just to add, I’m not using any Asura’s Wrath feats because Akuma from there is non-canon and can possibly solo the whole Mk verse, including possibly all the Titans at once as Oni.
By DB logic Liu Kang scales higher than all of Shao Kahn's feats due to defeating him numerous times. So I guess Liu Kang bitchsmacks the SF universe.
Bro I was thinking that!!!!!! Like akuma would wash Liu kang!
Zangief stomps Liu kang
I mean dude becomes a literal God so yeah. Kang bodies SF characters
@@DJlovesjiujitsu Gill: "Hello!"
@@DJlovesjiujitsu He only became a "god" because Raiden gave him his power. Normal Liu Kang beat Khan repeatedly and he's nowhere near as strong as Akuma. Akuma would annihilate Shao Khan.
Missed opportunity for "Fatality!"
Deff wasn't a flawless.
Yeah that's kinda the point. He's so arrogant that he considers a flawless even though he has a hole in his chest.
@@altxogershavelayers5166 Oh that make sense. Never thought that deep.
To anyone claiming fatalities aren’t canon, they are, though admittedly we can’t take all of them seriously, the best example being anamalities and Smoke blowing up the planet in MK3, but considering Cetrion and the Elder gods defeated the one being, the physical embodiment of at least six universes, her being planet level is reasonable
Examples of fatalities being used in story mode include
1. Nightwolf using a super charged version of his ascension fatality on on Sindel in MK9
2. Davorah using her fatality to kill Baraka in MKX
3. Sindel using her MK3 fatality on two shokan soldiers in aftermath
@@praghoxshochkweaveblossom5627 given that in Armageddon, the sum of powerful fighters existing and constant conflict is causing the destruction of the realms, Planetary is not only not out of the question, but arguably a gross low ball given what realms are.
@@praghoxshochkweaveblossom5627 what are you talking about? For the first one, they aren't even trying to break out of the kart, not intentionally at least. Kotal was fighting Kano in self-defense. And two Shao Kahn was dominating Kotal when they fought in 11.
@@praghoxshochkweaveblossom5627 cause he's being held prisoner by arguably stronger characters. Yeah, because that's totally a thing that couldn't happen.
@@praghoxshochkweaveblossom5627 man literally broke his back, I don't know what you're on about.
Man, what a brutal way for this death battle and that's what makes them the final bosses in both of their popular arcade games!
I'd say even with a hole throguh his chest in MK 9, he was still downed and was injured fairly badly. He wasnt just up and walking around, let alone fighting
“The first to land a clean blow wins” processed to pull hammer out of ass
They kinda forgot that Quan Chi healed him after his defeat by Liu Kang.
They always have this sort of just completely ignoring the actual sources type deal, unfortunately
I see that as more of a "hey, we brought up that he survived this thing" bit than what would actually happen during a fight.
Shao Khan having a hole punched in his chest should take more than what Akuma could output, given the information presented in the video. But the sources tend to be very inconsistent as they're usually varying the power of the individuals involved to heighten the drama of a situation. Liu Kang only got to punch a hole in Shao Khan's chest because the writers thought the story demanded it. And Shao Khan only got to laugh at the Elder Gods channeling their power through Raiden so the player could have a final fight against him in the story mode.
@@kingstryker3901 this is why I don't like death battle sometimes
At no point does Khan "keep up" with cetrion's space laser feat. He has literally never done anything that suggests he is fast enough to either.
Exactly they just threw that in for some reason without it ever actually happening
They only added it because they knew Shao Kahn had no good speed feats to scale to. Shao Kahn's feat analysis was just poor and seemed like they overblown his raw strength and speed.
Err he fought Raiden which is stated to be as fast as lighting, which is 1/3 of light speed, probably would of kept up with Akuma in base. But Yssh
@@saintmichael2805 maybe when he was Elder God?
A death battle with M. Bison Vs. Shang Tsung would be cool.
I’d honestly prefer it to Shao Kahn
@@ItsButterBean1020 agreed.
Shang Tsung sucks souls,M. Bison uses his soul as a weapon...
Shang Tsung sucks him easily as that you know...
@@AllenTheAnimator004 Yea that would be tough for Bison.
M Bison easy
Shang stung is bich of Liu kang
“He cannot die in this form”
“The only way to survive this is for you to separate your body from your soul”
right...
And the only reason why Gouken got his soul out of his body before being hit, is that being Akuma's brother and training most of his life with him, he knew EXACTLY what the Shun Goku Satsu does to the victim's soul (etc) and reacted accordingly thanks to that.
No way in hell would Shao Kahn know what the Shun Goku Satsu does to remove his soul out of his body before getting hit. This ending was pure BS.
Especially the whole "Kahn got hit with pretty strong blasts in the past and survived"... Like, DO THEY EVEN KNOW HOW THE SGS WORKS? Oof
Great now Shao Kahn has the Psycho Power and the Satsui no Hadou. Like he wasn’t cheap enough.
Ha 😂
This has to be the most gigantic stretch I've ever seen for scaling a character in a while.
"Well you see, Shao Khan fought Raiden being powered by the elder gods, and in this one cinematic fatality that's literally never seen in the actual story a different eldergod from the ones that powered Raiden has this feat, and we interpret "merging realms" as a literal physical thing instead of a magical portal thing, hence Shao Khan is now at planet buster tier".
I don't know, I just don't think it makes any damm sense and I'm a MK fan. And by the way, he *lost* that fight versus Raiden, and the actual power of Blaze is never displayed in canon because Shao Khan defeats him before he can do anything, meaning the scaling they are going for here doesn't even make sense to begin with and hinges on a lot of shaky assumptions.
He lost so hard against Raiden it took Kronika to bring him back to life.
@@ultimamage3 Kronika didn't even bring him back! Just took him from an earlier point in time so his fight with Raiden, hell, even his fight with Lui Kang never took place, this battle was so stupid, Akuma had every reason to win.
Yeah, plus that whole “survived Liu Kang’s punch through the chest” thing was also very questionable seeing as it did took a while for him to even heal from that and the need of some assistance from what I recall from the MK9 story mode.
Yea this makes no sense it just assumptions
That's not even taking into account how they completely ignored the Oni fight of Asura's Wrath and oni splitting apart a moon. Then fighting Asura in the slowly exploding moon to a stand still, and for further reference Asura killed someone with cetrion's level of power.
If Akuma scales to a meteor set at *5 trillion tons* while not giving ANYTHING for Kahn other than Raiden reversing time to prevent him from beating blaze, how did Kahn win?
Did you not see them talk about Kahn physically merging realms with his powers? Which are at least entire planets, likely far far beyond that.
@@ICTON123realms are universes, Kahn is unironically uni+
17:24
Akuma: _"I defeated Shang Tsung in Death Battle"_
Shao Kahn: _"Gonna put some dirt in your eyes."_
Hi jin kazama
Do it again when he has the tiara.
Kahn won bro I have the membership and Oni lost
@@chuuyanakahara1796 hello DIO
Bully maguire: you want forgiveness, get religion.
Storm is so gonna win the next fight hands down. Korra can barely beat the villains in her own series and her going into the avatar state only puts her skill level equal to that of her opponent. With her weather powers, Storm could casually destroy the earth if she wanted to
Uh... North Korea or South Korea?
@@richw500 South of course. There's no superhero from capitalism world who can destroy the spirit of Juche.
@@holyghost5763 wait korea is a girl??
@@holyghost5763 Say what? "Capitalism World"?
Don't bet on it. I call the akuma fight complete BS. Kahn had gotten his ass whooped many times by other characters and then he defeats probably the strongest version of akuma?? 😒 Don't think so
I'm surprised we didn't see Tekken or Asura's Wrath feats from Akuma, considering we took Arcade Ladder endings for Kahn.
I'm sure it wouldn't have mattered in the long run but it would have been cool to see it at least acknowledged.
Edit:
Seeing as how MK vs DC was acknowledged because in that game Shao's Emperor Shield does reflect projectiles in that game, it only made sense that Marvel vs Capcom should've been referenced if we are taking everything into account.
As for the Tekken debate, I do consider Street Fighter, Tekken, and even Soul Calibur to exist all on the same timelime.
Soul Calibur obviously takes place during the 1600's (as the Yoshimitsu character confirms because he is in both Tekken and Soul Calibur), Street Fighter would theoretically take place during the 1990's, maybe early 2000's. Tekken would take place in the future, hense the futuristic but still modern tech seen in the series.
Akuma has stated that Kazumi saved his life, but what caused that to happen? Still yet to be determined. Perhaps age? Maybe not but it's a theory.
As for Asura's Wrath, I will give in and consider it non-canon.
Still, it would feel like both characters were underpowered for this fight.
Shao Kahn could've been scaled to DC because MK vs DC does exist, and Akuma could've been scaled to Marvel vs Capcom because he was in MvC3.
Again, probably wouldn't have made a difference but they certainly weren't at their full power here.
It just proves they were only interested in stanning for Shao. Total garbage to exclude those games
Arcade endings though not Canon still apply when comparing feats since in the context of the games it is possible however Asuras Wrath and Tekken aren't canon to Street Fighter meaning in the context of Akumas home game (Street Fighter) they aren't valid.
Also remember that Shao Kahn's ending was actually the canon as shown by the prologue of MK9
@@jeremiahcrain7023 tekken Akuma is canon
I mean wasn't Akuma a guest fighter
He couldn’t yank his soul, but he could fully absorb him. I’m surprised he didn’t just let one of his clones get that fight.
The boss with the Raging Demon fighting the boss who's stealing the souls
I can't what
@@barrytremblay4906 they’re both basically equally matched against each other kind of I think.
@@Mroniboy. not really, it stomps for akuma if they use downplay khan to building lvl going by visual feats, and vise versa if they use highball khan who in unviersal to low multiversal ranges going by lore and statements from mk deception and armageddon and mk4 comic
@@spinozilla2421 weird to think Khan could ever be considered universal when he gets beat up by guys who are just good fighters lmao
@@wildshark9248 i mean lu Kang is the chosen one, going by mk 11 dialogue with Cetrion is implied to be related to Onaga with Cetrion claiming he has Onaga's fire. another thing is his ability to turn to a dragon which mk deception dialogue claim Dragons race were the strongest race due to them being directly descendent of the god who also in mk deception states their true form is that of dragon seen in the mk logo. so liu Kang despite being mortal has some hidden god powers in him could be the explanation in og timeline why he had perfect winning streak of beating khan and shinnok up until deception. (also the developers gave him double damage on harming Onaga in deception when you unlock and use him)
Akuma ONLY defeated Gouken ONCE. After that. Well, it’s the only reason why he keeps despising & challenging Gouken.
The power of nothingness
Yeah, but he also killed him. You don’t really need to do a run back when you beat your opponent to death the first time you fight. If anything, Gouken keeps challenging Akuma because he wants to stop him corrupting Ryu.
@@wesleygriffiths8748 Gouken never challenges Akuma. It's the other way around and Akuma never killed him in canon.