Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3/Shang Tsung/Introduction: Difference between revisions

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Introduction

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Biography

Shang Tsung is Shao Kahn's lead sorcerer. He once fell out of favor with his emperor after failing to win the Earth Realm through tournament battle. But the ever scheming Shang Tsung is instrumental in Kahn's conquest of Earth. He has now been granted more power than ever.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Difficult to Juggle: Shang's hurtbox very small when being juggled. Many max damage combo routes are not possible vs him.
Highly Flexible Gameplan: Shang's Morphs grant him a plethora of options. Players can Morph into characters appropriate for any situation.
Great Jabs: Shang's LP jabs are actually better than Male Ninja's.
Good Zoning: Shang can zone effective using the Single, Double and Triple Flaming Skulls.

High Execution: Optimal Shang play requires seamless Morphs during combos, neutral and pressure.
Weak Ground Combo Damage: Shang has low ground combo damage outside of Morphs.
Weak Anti Airs: Shang lacks powerful anti airs outside of Morphs.
High Crouching Hurtbox: Shang's crouching hurtbox is larger than normal. He cannot neutral duck under many attacks that normal characters can (Sub-Zero's Freeze, Jade's Shadow Kick).
Corner Trapped Crouching: Shang is corner trapped crouching by Female Ninjas, Sindel and Sonya.
Cannot Block During Morphback: Shang is is put into a juggle state during Morphback and cannot block. He is susceptible to Morphback infinites.
No LK, HK, Sweep Punish: Shang does not have a special move that punishes LK, HK and unsafe Sweeps on block outside of Morphs.

Notable Players

detroitballn (USA)
ShapeShifter, Magister (USA)
Ziggy (USA)

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 {{ProConTable
 | pros =
-*'''Difficult Hitbox to Juggle'''
+*'''Difficult to Juggle:''' Shang's hurtbox very small when being juggled. Many max damage combo routes are not possible vs him.
-*'''Highly Flexible Gameplan with Morphs'''
+*'''Highly Flexible Gameplan:''' Shang's Morphs grant him a plethora of options. Players can Morph into characters appropriate for any situation.
-*'''Good Jabs'''
+*'''Great Jabs:''' Shang's LP jabs are actually better than Male Ninja's.
-*'''Good Zoning'''
+*'''Good Zoning:''' Shang can zone effective using the Single, Double and Triple Flaming Skulls.
 |cons=
-*'''High Execution'''
+*'''High Execution:''' Optimal Shang play requires seamless Morphs during combos, neutral and pressure.
-*'''Weak Ground Combo Damage'''
+*'''Weak Ground Combo Damage:''' Shang has low ground combo damage outside of Morphs.
-*'''Weak Crossup Anti Airs'''
+*'''Weak Anti Airs:''' Shang lacks powerful anti airs outside of Morphs.
-*'''High Crouching Hitbox'''
+*'''High Crouching Hurtbox:''' Shang's crouching hurtbox is larger than normal. He cannot neutral duck under many attacks that normal characters can (Sub-Zero's Freeze, Jade's Shadow Kick).
-*'''Cannot Block During Morphback'''
+*'''Corner Trapped Crouching:''' Shang is corner trapped crouching by Female Ninjas, Sindel and Sonya.
-*'''No LK, HK, Sweep Punish'''
+*'''Cannot Block During Morphback:''' Shang is is put into a juggle state during Morphback and cannot block. He is susceptible to Morphback infinites.
+*'''No LK, HK, Sweep Punish:''' Shang does not have a special move that punishes LK, HK and unsafe Sweeps on block outside of Morphs.
 }}