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.
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.
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
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.
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.
@@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
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
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
Wait, isn't "Wrath of raging demon" determined by the opponents's sin, not how strong Akuma actually are ? It's like ghostriders stare, and with how many crime Shao Kahn has committed, it's will easily kill him
Well idk about raging demon but the penance stare only works on those that actually regret their sins, hell Thanos had the head of ghost rider and made him penance stare him just for the hell of it
Well no matter on how much sin shou Khan did, he actually was able to go against light speed people so stopping the raging demon wouldn't be a problem, and even if he didn't, hes most likely tuff enough to stand back up from it
@@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
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.
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
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.
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
"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?
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
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
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
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)
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.
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.
@@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
@@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
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 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
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.
The whole logic of how Kahn took on the power of ALL the Elder God's is incredibly flawed. They misinterpreted the lore which ended up SUPER HIGH BALLING SHAO KAHN, I can help you with the lore if you want me to.
@@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.
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
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
All I gotta say is “man, wtf?” They mentioned a non-canon Shao Kahn’s feat, but not Akuma fighting Asura to a draw, mind you, Asura defeated a planet-sized god. And they say Shao Kahn could take on a giant Elder God laser from space, which is a fatality no one survives, including a defeated Cetrion in a mirror match, but they just show the clip of Raiden after he just merged with the Elder Gods, right before he nearly physically died, shooting a short, weak-looking beam at Shao Kahn, which doesn’t kill him. But guess what? SHAO KAHN STILL LOST THAT FIGHT. So the tiny beam may have had no effect, but the Elder Gods still destroyed him, just like the giant Cetrion laser would, so clearly that tiny beam wasn’t some super-charged up ultimate attack. I love both series, but this fight was flawed as hell. It didn’t show either of their raw power at all, no background destruction or anything. Also, there is NO PROOF Shao Kahn defeated Blaze; he just got his power somehow. In neither the MK Armageddon intro, nor the MK9 story intro saw Shao Kahn coming in contact with Blaze. You can technically say “nobody touched Blaze in either intro,” which is true, but Shao Kahn was literally the farthest combatant from him he got carried off by after Onaga, the Dragon King was a subordinate under up until Kahn opportunistically poisoned him do death several millennia ago. I mention this because Shao Kahn kills stronger foes is not always brute force, but through strategy by any means necessary. Since it’s unconfirmed how Blaze got beaten up, chances are everyone that hadn’t died already took a shot at fighting him, with some likely being one-shotted, while other more powerful kombatants like Raiden, Shinnok, & Shujinko (all whose bodies weren’t dead on or near the tower) depleted his health slowly, but surely. Then Shao Kahn comes through to deliver the final blow. Shao Kahn’s definitely no weakling, but I think they heavily high-balled him and severely low-balled Akuma.
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
@@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)
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
With all the analysis that Wiz and Boomstick do it makes you wonder if the creators of the characters they go over in the show had all this incredible power in mind as in was it really intentional?.
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.
@@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.
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
This death battle, while not terrible, fails in one key aspect: Displaying the power of Shao Kahn or even Akuma. Akuma has been shown destroying an island, a meteor, etc. while characters from Mortal Kombat are shown blowing up temples and ships. It’s only said in lore just how powerful they are. Sure, Asura’s Wrath Akuma isn’t canon, but Shao Kahn should’ve been displaying strength on that level when Akuma fought Asura.(I’m not scaling here, Mortal Kombat is a bit inconsistent when it comes to the nature of the realms, with a statements from one of the writers saying that it’s the planet and others saying it’s not as large as a universe but also not having a physical limit…Yeah, those two don’t go together). Death Battle should’ve picked an environment where both characters could display their destructive capabilities.
Im just glad you mentioned the asura fight. I feel like they shouldve at least given it a nod when talking about planetary sized beings since asura could stop attacks from beings of similar size
...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.
Death Battle: "Even though Blaze's story isn't canon..." Everyone else: " Y'ALL MFS FORGET AKUMA FOUGHT ASURA TO A DAMN STAND STILL AFTER HE DEFEATED THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING??!!"
Actually, The Asura that Akuma fought wasn't Asura when he finally achieved his destructor/six-armed mantra form. The Asura He fought was Asura before his final fight againts Chakravartin
It feels a little strange to say it, but I kinda feel like Akuma's voice here (Philip Sacramento) fits him better than any official English one he's actually had. Sounds a bit like a middle ground between Dave Mallow and Richard Epcar. Anyone agree?
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
I love how people complains about Shao Khan's feats, but are perfectly cool with the whole "explosion seen by space of a certain diameter" feat for Akuma, wich was from a cinematic...
Fanboy bias, it's the reason SF fanboys don't accept Shao Kahn shaking the planet just because it's from an ending but accept Akuma sinking an island even though that's also from an ending
@@scaly7861 Also them bringing up the Tekken and Ashura crossovers, and if you're gonna do that you might as well bring up the MK vs DCU and injustice crossovers
@@kangdide If you bring those up akuma still stomps. No matter what versions you use Akuma still fodderizes everyone in the mkverse, sorry man. Shao kahn can't oneshot an island. No one in mk can. Akuma does it in base form.
Boomstick: "Cue the music!" Wiz: "I prefer to avoid copyright infringement thanks..." Boomstick: **Does a rendition of the Mortal Kombat theme** "Da na na HA na NAH!" Warner Brothers: **Eyes flare** "Your soul is mine-!" Lawyers: "Hold on, boss, they technically needed a few more da's and na. As well as instrumentals. Sorry." Warner Brothers: "First Space Jam 2 fails now this?! AARGGH!" **Angry soul hungry roaring noises**
The funny thing is that the same guys who own MK also own Death Battle by technicality, so they could have just asked to be able to use a rendition of the MK theme
@@nedaraid3372 From what I looked up the whole of Mortal Kombat is owned by Warner Brothers but then again there could be sperate properties I missed. It's hard to know who owns what these days unless Her Mouse has it's symbol burned on it's side.
the animation! the fight choreography! the voice acting! the lines/adlibs for the voice actors! this has got to be the most superb episode ever ! god i want more to look and feel like this.. i was heavily invested lol
"he somehow knows Chinese fighting styles" Well, people have been traveling between the realms since the dawn of time. Just the general population of Earth never knew till Shao Kahn invaded New York City in MK3.
When Akuma fought Asura and was destroying planets left and right that's something else entirely but yeah it was a crossover. Akuma was so high balled in Asura's Wrath they fought till their stone till the modern timeline and still fighting.
He knows nothing about the omnipotence of Goki who is the only one to have succeeded in consuming the real form of satsui no hado even if his had side effects on his physique during his training he is always him with his convictions and he would have been able to kill shao kahn without using any Transformation, even my father who knows Shao kahn and Akuma better than me since it's his time to find it completely stupid especially dodging the shun goku satsu, which was once called, killer of prison it's totally impossible to dodge once imprisoning your sins will kill you and your only memory will be the real PAIN that the almighty Gōki made you feel who is the most powerful being in any Anime Story Timeline or universe
Right. I can accept the fact that he is indeed putting his own power into it while it's happening but he's clearly not doing all that by himself. He constantly has Magicians/Sorcerers handling his magic needs every time. Not saying he's not good with magic but if you can merge all of the realms together by yourself there's no need for you to have lower leveled magic user's do basic thing's you already should be able to do even if you don't know specifics
What "Outworld's power plus magic" the intro only says he merged them and nothing else and no such thing is ever mentioned in like nearly 30 years of franchise existence. Also there are planet level feats in MKX preformed by fallen Shinnok and regular Raiden.
If I remember correctly, the only battle where experience has ever played a big role in deciding who would win was Balrog vs T.J Combo. There might be others, but I’m not sure.
Liu Kang: "So if Shao Kahn defeated Akuma, and I defeated Shao Kahn, does this mean I am more powerful than Akuma?" Ryu: "No." Liu Kang: "🤨Really?" Ryu: "We must train harder!"
I agree with the outcome of this match but I feel that they should’ve used Kotal Kahn’s sunlight attacks or Raiden’s lightning attacks for the speed feat instead of Cetrion’s fatality.
I don't, the Raging Demon's power isn't limited by what the target can take regularly, it takes all their sins and turn them against their soul, with the ammount of sins Shao Khan has commited in his milennia alive, she should have been obliterated.
@@JaviusSama Are you implying that they said Kahn can survive the Raging Demon? Cause they literally said that it would kill Kahn, it's just that since Kahn can easily overpower Akuma and they are at similar speeds, and the fact that Akuma definitely isn't gonna use the raging demon right off the bat (which is quite frankly his best chance for victory) Kahn is easily gonna be able to kill Akuma before he uses the Raging Demon.
I wish they used kabal. Kabals is able to traverse the earth within 1 dash which is less than a second. Bringing Shao khan speed even higher than akumas.
@@JaviusSama heihachi survived raging demon with nothing but durability. Raging demon description by some is taken too literal. It's a flurry of punches and your sins attack you. Shao khan would still win after tanking that garbage attack.
Shao Kahn:"I'm the most powerful demon, protector of God in the Outworld!" Akuma:"Well I just know your greatest weakness that you don't know." Shao Kahn:"And what's that?" Akuma:"YOUR LOVE towards Mileena." Shao Kahn:"Nnnooooooooooo!!!!!"
After watching an interview with Ed Boon recently about a question someone had about how the whole concept of realms works, according to Boon, Earthrealm is not just the planet Earth itself. It is the entire universe in which Earth sits. So Outworld, for example is not just some distant planet in a far flung star system. It is in a different reality altogether. So when Shao Kahn destroys a realm, he is actually destroying a universe. When he merges realms, the capital planet of that realm merges and becomes one with the capital planet of outworld, where Kahn keeps his palace. The other worlds of the conquered realms either merge with Outworld realm planets that happened to be in the same place or they just teleport across. So, in terms of how much power Kahn can command, he is actually way more powerful than is what presented here. However, since he always seems to lose in the end, it is likely that, unlike in dragonball where you can only tank a blast as powerful as your strongest attack, in Kahn's case he can cause universal destruction, yet his body is not durable enough to withstand the same.
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.
@@gigawarman12 Planetary is out of the Question when Kotal Kahn couldn't even break out of the Wooden Bullock Cart and beat Shao Kahn his chapter equally wrestling with him.
@@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.
"Even with his arrogance, he [Shao Kahn] knows when to get serious!" Does that explain Shao Kahn's losses to Kotal Kahn (first bout) Kitana, and Shang Tsung? And by the way, with his fight against Shang (who was wearing Kronika's Crown), he had Sindel help him out and they BOTH lost! Not doubting the outcome of the fight, but Shao Kahn's arrogance HAS been more problem than Wiz & Boomstick let on! Just wanted to share that, even though he's still the konqueror we all know and love. Now who should a Crowned Shang Tsung or Fire God Liu Kang fight...?
@@workinprogress9793 Noncanon you say? The Armageddon one did happen since MK9 was all about averting that. If by fatalities, you mean Cetrion's laser beam, then yeah, fair enough. Guess they used her fatality since otherwise, how can an Elder God's strength be measured? But hey, look at like this: The second ever Death Battle which was Akuma vs. Shang Tsung is now more outdated because Akuma has his Shin and Oni forms while Shang Tsung has Kronika's Crown, which let him win against his archnemesis, Fire God Liu Kang in one timeline!
@@georgecortes3416 yeah but Shang tsung wearing kronickas crown is technically stronger then akuma and Ryu with their power combined, also kronicka is cannon
@@alucard-jy8wh Yup, that's also true! Besides, Death Battle looks at characters at their absolute best with all their equipment being accounted for, so counting the upgrades Shadow has in Adventure 2 for his fight against Ryuko, Shang Tsung's crown, or the numerous power-ups Mario has used is all considered fair game for the aformentioned characters.
Shao Kahn was done dirty in exchange for woke culture which MK11 was FILLED with. They realized that because the fan based was outraged by how weak Shao Kahn was in the game, story wise and gameplay. That's why in Aftermath they had to fix his character
@@ItsButterBean1020new mk game apparently has Shao Kahn in it before he actually takes over as ruler of Outworld. It'll allegedly show off Shao when he was just a general of Onaga's army
I don't think that the merging realms says much, if anything, about Shao Kahn's power. It's like saying that a cultist that summons an eldritch god has the power to lay waste to the earth, he doesn't, he can only fulfill the conditions for the outer forces to make that happen, like the merging of realms.
He fulfilled the conditions, but in order to literally merge realms you must have the literal strength and mental capacity to withstand all that comes with doing so.
@@SheanWalsh46 He needed Blaze’s powers of regeneration. He could do so, but after doing so he would become so unbearably injured he wouldn’t last through the entire process. In terms of potential potency, he can pull it off, but without Blaze itd be a big price to pay with doing so.
@@Susshomaru Well if I'm a manager in charge of merging two companies I also need the strength and mental capacity to withstand all that comes with doing so. Doesn't mean I'm suddenly capable of destroying the office buildings with my bare hands.
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.
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
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.
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
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?
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
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.
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 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
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
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.
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.
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: *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.
"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
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
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?
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
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.
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
Wait, isn't "Wrath of raging demon" determined by the opponents's sin, not how strong Akuma actually are ?
It's like ghostriders stare, and with how many crime Shao Kahn has committed, it's will easily kill him
Well idk about raging demon but the penance stare only works on those that actually regret their sins, hell Thanos had the head of ghost rider and made him penance stare him just for the hell of it
@@goofierstatue1886 doesn't Akuma have more power than zengief?
They literally addressed this in the post fight analysis
always felt that's a fake ass pull power who detimines what a sin actually is ?
Well no matter on how much sin shou Khan did, he actually was able to go against light speed people so stopping the raging demon wouldn't be a problem, and even if he didn't, hes most likely tuff enough to stand back up from it
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
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..
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
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
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
"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...
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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
"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.
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.
The whole logic of how Kahn took on the power of ALL the Elder God's is incredibly flawed. They misinterpreted the lore which ended up SUPER HIGH BALLING SHAO KAHN, I can help you with the lore if you want me to.
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.
Shao Khan : " flawless victory "
Me: "but.. that hole in your chest "
Shao Khan: *"t'is but a scratch"*
its but a flesh wound
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
Great now Shao Kahn has the Psycho Power and the Satsui no Hadou. Like he wasn’t cheap enough.
Ha 😂
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
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.
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
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
Everyone’s talking about Shao Khan being alive after he got a hole in his chest XD!
People take the fight scenes too seriously, those are just thrown in for entertainment purposes and hold no weight on the outcome
And that's utterly dumb
I mean he survive Lu Kang punching a hole in his chest
@@rennenb no he didn't 😅 he was going to die if quan chi didn't heal him asap after that fight with kang
@@malacaimar2271 let not mention kitana slitting his throat and the guards finishing him off
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.
All I gotta say is “man, wtf?”
They mentioned a non-canon Shao Kahn’s feat, but not Akuma fighting Asura to a draw, mind you, Asura defeated a planet-sized god.
And they say Shao Kahn could take on a giant Elder God laser from space, which is a fatality no one survives, including a defeated Cetrion in a mirror match, but they just show the clip of Raiden after he just merged with the Elder Gods, right before he nearly physically died, shooting a short, weak-looking beam at Shao Kahn, which doesn’t kill him. But guess what? SHAO KAHN STILL LOST THAT FIGHT. So the tiny beam may have had no effect, but the Elder Gods still destroyed him, just like the giant Cetrion laser would, so clearly that tiny beam wasn’t some super-charged up ultimate attack.
I love both series, but this fight was flawed as hell. It didn’t show either of their raw power at all, no background destruction or anything.
Also, there is NO PROOF Shao Kahn defeated Blaze; he just got his power somehow. In neither the MK Armageddon intro, nor the MK9 story intro saw Shao Kahn coming in contact with Blaze. You can technically say “nobody touched Blaze in either intro,” which is true, but Shao Kahn was literally the farthest combatant from him he got carried off by after Onaga, the Dragon King was a subordinate under up until Kahn opportunistically poisoned him do death several millennia ago. I mention this because Shao Kahn kills stronger foes is not always brute force, but through strategy by any means necessary. Since it’s unconfirmed how Blaze got beaten up, chances are everyone that hadn’t died already took a shot at fighting him, with some likely being one-shotted, while other more powerful kombatants like Raiden, Shinnok, & Shujinko (all whose bodies weren’t dead on or near the tower) depleted his health slowly, but surely. Then Shao Kahn comes through to deliver the final blow.
Shao Kahn’s definitely no weakling, but I think they heavily high-balled him and severely low-balled Akuma.
base akuma can defeat shao kahn without problems
Agreed
I should have said someone Will rage over this match, even if i'm rooting for akuma
Please Asura didn't even fight at his full power like he did in the final boss fight.
Can you write an essay for me?
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
Shao Kahn vs M Bison: Kahn wins
Shao Kahn vs Akuma: Kahn wins
me: eight more victories and all of earthrealm is his.
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)
I def. wouldnt say “Flawless” victory lol. Kinda close. The battles lately have been freakin awesome, including the next one. Keep it up!
Thats my only nitpic
The only flawless victory was with the mask 😂
Flawless Victory! *has a hole in his chest*
Shao Khan is the man who says the line both here and in game. Are you going to argue with the man who determines what is a flawless victory?
Yeah this battle was fire 🔥🔥 I thought akuma had it til Khan came back from the undead
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
With all the analysis that Wiz and Boomstick do it makes you wonder if the creators of the characters they go over in the show had all this incredible power in mind as in was it really intentional?.
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
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.
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
This death battle, while not terrible, fails in one key aspect: Displaying the power of Shao Kahn or even Akuma. Akuma has been shown destroying an island, a meteor, etc. while characters from Mortal Kombat are shown blowing up temples and ships. It’s only said in lore just how powerful they are. Sure, Asura’s Wrath Akuma isn’t canon, but Shao Kahn should’ve been displaying strength on that level when Akuma fought Asura.(I’m not scaling here, Mortal Kombat is a bit inconsistent when it comes to the nature of the realms, with a statements from one of the writers saying that it’s the planet and others saying it’s not as large as a universe but also not having a physical limit…Yeah, those two don’t go together). Death Battle should’ve picked an environment where both characters could display their destructive capabilities.
Yeah I felt like the animation in this death battle was okay but not to the level of some of the most recent death battles we've seen.
@@dozensofknives9104 Yeah, the animation felt a little stiff, and the Shao Kahn VA was kinda trash
EXACTLY
Im just glad you mentioned the asura fight. I feel like they shouldve at least given it a nod when talking about planetary sized beings since asura could stop attacks from beings of similar size
Overall the choreography was good, this shows how even backgrounds and settings can make or break an episode.
...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.
No one in SF universe can match with Shao Kahn. And he's not even a Top 5 fighters from that franchise.
Death Battle: "Even though Blaze's story isn't canon..."
Everyone else: " Y'ALL MFS FORGET AKUMA FOUGHT ASURA TO A DAMN STAND STILL AFTER HE DEFEATED THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING??!!"
yes right thats what i thought
it was not even mentioned
@Ivan Teoh Shen Yue
I see
I was about to comment the same thing lol how the hell did they missed that for reference
It’s not canon
Actually, The Asura that Akuma fought wasn't Asura when he finally achieved his destructor/six-armed mantra form. The Asura He fought was Asura before his final fight againts Chakravartin
I’m hoping they make references to the times where they won on DB previously
Don’t worry! Their gonna add the references. Trust me!
Imagine of the battle starts like in Mortal Kombat, where the characters do the intros, talk a little, and then start the fight
Dragon ball ? Wait these fought dragon ball characters? When ?
@@pablogomesoliveira2677 what No! In this context, DB stands for Death Battle. Akuma fought Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn fought M. Bison
@@pablogomesoliveira2677 Akuma killed Shang Tsung Shao Kahn killed M.Bison
15:41 was such a cold scene
Kinda disappointed he didn’t say “It’s official, you suck!” When he won
*B R U T A L I T Y!*
that would of been awsome
Liu Kang already ended Shao khan
more like Death Battle sucks.
Shao khan already died from Liu Kang Acutally
It feels a little strange to say it, but I kinda feel like Akuma's voice here (Philip Sacramento) fits him better than any official English one he's actually had. Sounds a bit like a middle ground between Dave Mallow and Richard Epcar. Anyone agree?
He's definitely a really great VA for Akuma, and not to mention he also voiced Yoda and Aizen this season
@@kaisernostalgiaseeker142 Did great for Yoda and decently for aizen imo
I like his voice is 4 personally
I agree, he's the best english akuma I've heard
I felt that Khan's voice didn't sound arrogant or deep enough.
Brian Thompson seems like he could use the work, they should've hired him
“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
No matter who wins, the true loser is 80s kids quarters
Would've been funny if these games were out in the 80s.
This would be 90s
They came out in the 90s 😂
@@calrose I would assume he's saying people born in the 80s that grew up playing these games in their teen years spending tons of quarters.
@@MrShadow1995. that's exactly what I meant
I love how people complains about Shao Khan's feats, but are perfectly cool with the whole "explosion seen by space of a certain diameter" feat for Akuma, wich was from a cinematic...
Fanboy bias, it's the reason SF fanboys don't accept Shao Kahn shaking the planet just because it's from an ending but accept Akuma sinking an island even though that's also from an ending
@@scaly7861 Also them bringing up the Tekken and Ashura crossovers, and if you're gonna do that you might as well bring up the MK vs DCU and injustice crossovers
@@kangdide If you bring those up akuma still stomps. No matter what versions you use Akuma still fodderizes everyone in the mkverse, sorry man. Shao kahn can't oneshot an island. No one in mk can. Akuma does it in base form.
@@Mishiman78 what? Kronika can destroy and rebuilt a universe
What is an island for her
@@Mishiman78 SF Stan raging detected!!
Boomstick: "Cue the music!"
Wiz: "I prefer to avoid copyright infringement thanks..."
Boomstick: **Does a rendition of the Mortal Kombat theme** "Da na na HA na NAH!"
Warner Brothers: **Eyes flare** "Your soul is mine-!"
Lawyers: "Hold on, boss, they technically needed a few more da's and na. As well as instrumentals. Sorry."
Warner Brothers: "First Space Jam 2 fails now this?! AARGGH!" **Angry soul hungry roaring noises**
I thought it was owned by the composer and not WB. Hence being used in "Just shapes and beats".
The funny thing is that the same guys who own MK also own Death Battle by technicality, so they could have just asked to be able to use a rendition of the MK theme
@@nedaraid3372 From what I looked up the whole of Mortal Kombat is owned by Warner Brothers but then again there could be sperate properties I missed. It's hard to know who owns what these days unless Her Mouse has it's symbol burned on it's side.
Plot twist: Kahn bleeds to death soon after winning, realizing his victory was not flawless after all.
This has to be your best animated battle ive seen
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!
the animation! the fight choreography! the voice acting! the lines/adlibs for the voice actors! this has got to be the most superb episode ever ! god i want more to look and feel like this.. i was heavily invested lol
Akuma has power to half the moon with just one punch
Shaos voice couldve been a tad better, overall it was great / fun to watch
"he somehow knows Chinese fighting styles"
Well, people have been traveling between the realms since the dawn of time. Just the general population of Earth never knew till Shao Kahn invaded New York City in MK3.
When Akuma fought Asura and was destroying planets left and right that's something else entirely but yeah it was a crossover. Akuma was so high balled in Asura's Wrath they fought till their stone till the modern timeline and still fighting.
Someone who finally gets it. Mk vs dc exists too so you'd have to scale kahn to dc heralds.
@@thedrunkgiraffe8312 but in mk vs dc he loss every fight he was in
@@mahawavy doesn't matter both scaling are completely different from each other
@@mahawavy Shao Kahn only lost to raiden in mk vs dc the rest of the time he was merged to Darkseid
He knows nothing about the omnipotence of Goki who is the only one to have succeeded in consuming the real form of satsui no hado even if his had side effects on his physique during his training he is always him with his convictions and he would have been able to kill shao kahn without using any Transformation, even my father who knows Shao kahn and Akuma better than me since it's his time to find it completely stupid especially dodging the shun goku satsu, which was once called, killer of prison it's totally impossible to dodge once imprisoning your sins will kill you and your only memory will be the real PAIN that the almighty Gōki made you feel who is the most powerful being in any Anime Story Timeline or universe
Storm is going to *beat ass*. She handles universe-level threats. Korra isn't even a multi-continent threat.
I think Korra could put up a decent fight with Energybending and she is physically stronger I think.
Storm has done peak human strength feats tho.
I really don't like these types of battles. Korra has 4 seasons of feats and Storm has 46 years to pull from. Yea, Storm wins by default.
@@gremlinclr facts
@@gremlinclr exactly
@@gremlinclr its just goku Black versus reverse flash all over again
I believe Shao is using the outworld’s power plus magic to merge realms, but this is not his own strength and should not be counted in a battle.
Right. I can accept the fact that he is indeed putting his own power into it while it's happening but he's clearly not doing all that by himself. He constantly has Magicians/Sorcerers handling his magic needs every time. Not saying he's not good with magic but if you can merge all of the realms together by yourself there's no need for you to have lower leveled magic user's do basic thing's you already should be able to do even if you don't know specifics
Yeah….I think they only look at feats and not context. Which is a shame
I mean... was Akuma fighting ermac or Shang tsung or shinok,? I'm confused who powers he was using
What "Outworld's power plus magic" the intro only says he merged them and nothing else and no such thing is ever mentioned in like nearly 30 years of franchise existence.
Also there are planet level feats in MKX preformed by fallen Shinnok and regular Raiden.
Agreed 100%
"FLAWLESS VICTORY!"
said to the man with a fresh hole in his chest
Yeah
Tiss but a flesh wound of course
Hahahaha
Plus don't forget that Shao Kahn has centuries of experience over Akuma.
If I remember correctly, the only battle where experience has ever played a big role in deciding who would win was Balrog vs T.J Combo.
There might be others, but I’m not sure.
Liu Kang: "So if Shao Kahn defeated Akuma, and I defeated Shao Kahn, does this mean I am more powerful than Akuma?"
Ryu: "No."
Liu Kang: "🤨Really?"
Ryu: "We must train harder!"
Liu Kang: Loser buys lunch.
that is not counting Elder God Liu Kang though
@Do me I agree
@Do me
Not even superhuman, you’re saying both Johnny Cage and Ryu aren’t superhumans at all?
I agree with the outcome of this match but I feel that they should’ve used Kotal Kahn’s sunlight attacks or Raiden’s lightning attacks for the speed feat instead of Cetrion’s fatality.
I don't, the Raging Demon's power isn't limited by what the target can take regularly, it takes all their sins and turn them against their soul, with the ammount of sins Shao Khan has commited in his milennia alive, she should have been obliterated.
@@JaviusSama Are you implying that they said Kahn can survive the Raging Demon? Cause they literally said that it would kill Kahn, it's just that since Kahn can easily overpower Akuma and they are at similar speeds, and the fact that Akuma definitely isn't gonna use the raging demon right off the bat (which is quite frankly his best chance for victory) Kahn is easily gonna be able to kill Akuma before he uses the Raging Demon.
I wish they used kabal. Kabals is able to traverse the earth within 1 dash which is less than a second. Bringing Shao khan speed even higher than akumas.
@@JaviusSama heihachi survived raging demon with nothing but durability.
Raging demon description by some is taken too literal. It's a flurry of punches and your sins attack you.
Shao khan would still win after tanking that garbage attack.
@Games Damm akuma is so strong only a mortal like ryu can beat him while holding back lmao.
Exposed!
Akuma would have won this i dont agree but the have reasons to believe not!
Proof?
I know he lost, but Akuma's "Death is beneath me" line was awesome. Both voice actors did an amazing job
Shao Kahn:"I'm the most powerful demon, protector of God in the Outworld!"
Akuma:"Well I just know your greatest weakness that you don't know."
Shao Kahn:"And what's that?"
Akuma:"YOUR LOVE towards Mileena."
Shao Kahn:"Nnnooooooooooo!!!!!"
Shao Khan was the protector God of outworld
@@skeletoncrew6500 "Outworld"? Oh. Didnt know.
as a daughter
@@chrisosborn3641 what about girlfriend.That would make money for both of them 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
After watching an interview with Ed Boon recently about a question someone had about how the whole concept of realms works, according to Boon, Earthrealm is not just the planet Earth itself. It is the entire universe in which Earth sits. So Outworld, for example is not just some distant planet in a far flung star system. It is in a different reality altogether. So when Shao Kahn destroys a realm, he is actually destroying a universe. When he merges realms, the capital planet of that realm merges and becomes one with the capital planet of outworld, where Kahn keeps his palace. The other worlds of the conquered realms either merge with Outworld realm planets that happened to be in the same place or they just teleport across. So, in terms of how much power Kahn can command, he is actually way more powerful than is what presented here. However, since he always seems to lose in the end, it is likely that, unlike in dragonball where you can only tank a blast as powerful as your strongest attack, in Kahn's case he can cause universal destruction, yet his body is not durable enough to withstand the same.
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
Yeah I agree it's because she's a god but I disagree she's planet level even with that size.
@@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.
@@gigawarman12 Planetary is out of the Question when Kotal Kahn couldn't even break out of the Wooden Bullock Cart and beat Shao Kahn his chapter equally wrestling with him.
@@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.
@@gigawarman12 You still talking back when Kotal legit got captured in the wooden prison cart in Kitana's Chapter MK 11?
"Even with his arrogance, he [Shao Kahn] knows when to get serious!" Does that explain Shao Kahn's losses to Kotal Kahn (first bout) Kitana, and Shang Tsung? And by the way, with his fight against Shang (who was wearing Kronika's Crown), he had Sindel help him out and they BOTH lost! Not doubting the outcome of the fight, but Shao Kahn's arrogance HAS been more problem than Wiz & Boomstick let on! Just wanted to share that, even though he's still the konqueror we all know and love. Now who should a Crowned Shang Tsung or Fire God Liu Kang fight...?
Nah, Shao Khan isn't winning this.
They scaled him to uncannon fatalities and uncanon endings.
@@workinprogress9793 Noncanon you say? The Armageddon one did happen since MK9 was all about averting that. If by fatalities, you mean Cetrion's laser beam, then yeah, fair enough. Guess they used her fatality since otherwise, how can an Elder God's strength be measured? But hey, look at like this: The second ever Death Battle which was Akuma vs. Shang Tsung is now more outdated because Akuma has his Shin and Oni forms while Shang Tsung has Kronika's Crown, which let him win against his archnemesis, Fire God Liu Kang in one timeline!
@@georgecortes3416 yeah but Shang tsung wearing kronickas crown is technically stronger then akuma and Ryu with their power combined, also kronicka is cannon
@@alucard-jy8wh Yup, that's also true! Besides, Death Battle looks at characters at their absolute best with all their equipment being accounted for, so counting the upgrades Shadow has in Adventure 2 for his fight against Ryuko, Shang Tsung's crown, or the numerous power-ups Mario has used is all considered fair game for the aformentioned characters.
Shao Kahn was done dirty in exchange for woke culture which MK11 was FILLED with. They realized that because the fan based was outraged by how weak Shao Kahn was in the game, story wise and gameplay. That's why in Aftermath they had to fix his character
One becomes 1-1 & the other becomes 2-0. I'm excited .
lol, Shao Kahn got owned by Earth Realm fighters, and just because you make up powers and strength for him, he would never win this fight.
With 'General Shao' being leaked for mk1, looking forward to see what new things he can bring to the table
Wait what’s this about
@@ItsButterBean1020new mk game apparently has Shao Kahn in it before he actually takes over as ruler of Outworld. It'll allegedly show off Shao when he was just a general of Onaga's army
@@bandawin18 yeah I just dug about it, that’s really cool, kinda hope he’s still a strong character
16:34 BRUTALITY! KAHN WINS!
One thing I have to respect about this episode, it sticks to a 2D perspective most of the time.
You know, like a fighting game.
I don't think that the merging realms says much, if anything, about Shao Kahn's power. It's like saying that a cultist that summons an eldritch god has the power to lay waste to the earth, he doesn't, he can only fulfill the conditions for the outer forces to make that happen, like the merging of realms.
He fulfilled the conditions, but in order to literally merge realms you must have the literal strength and mental capacity to withstand all that comes with doing so.
@@SheanWalsh46 He needed Blaze’s powers of regeneration. He could do so, but after doing so he would become so unbearably injured he wouldn’t last through the entire process. In terms of potential potency, he can pull it off, but without Blaze itd be a big price to pay with doing so.
@@Susshomaru Well if I'm a manager in charge of merging two companies I also need the strength and mental capacity to withstand all that comes with doing so. Doesn't mean I'm suddenly capable of destroying the office buildings with my bare hands.
@@SheanWalsh46 Lui Kang is not regular and Raiden is a literal God, just stop talking 💀
@@Susshomaru This was BEFORE Mk11 and Shao was long dead before Liu became a god