Mortal Kombat 1/Kung Lao/Introduction

Introduction

Youthful Warrior with Dreams of Glory

"Born and raised in the village of Fengjian, Kung Lao has spent his life toiling in the fields. It has been an honorable life, if not a glorious one. Kung Lao’s greatest fear is that his life will amount to nothing. He prays fervently that he will be called to do something bigger. His prayers are answered when he is asked to join the champions of Earthrealm. As a warrior fighting for its honor, Kung Lao knows that his victories will be long remembered."

Kung Lao is hat and armor.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Armor King: Once the proud owner of a 1 bar safe Armored launcher, Kung Lao can pay an extra bar to regain that privilege on block; his free armored Shaolin Spin also gained an Enhanced version which massively boosts its movement speed to help him escape bad situations or even push his opponents around with Kameo coverage; Wakeup Vortex: Lao can pester his opponent after a knockdown with mixup options like B33 (Low, Low, -6 on block), B34 (Low, Overhead, -6), S3 (High, Overhead, 0 and breaks armor), and even a cheeky F2 (Overhead, -19 but special cancellable); his 21 is +3 on Block, giving him a strong auto-shimmy between his -5 212 and a throw attempt; Don't Touch the Hat: He has a decent arsenal of hat projectiles between the High grounded Buzzsaw, his Mid aimable Hat Toss, and his new Air Buzzsaw which can be tricky to contest when fired low to the ground; Six Frame Shaolin Strike: His special cancellable B1 gives him full combo punishes on -7 moves, a game-changer in many matchups; Lightfoot: Lao is no slouch in the movement department with a strong dashblock; The Dive Kick: It hits lightning fast, recovers just as quickly, and starts combos when Enhanced.

An Odd Job: His projectiles share a small cooldown as the hat needs to reappear on his head before he can use it again, making it a mitigating factor in projectile wars; Slight Frame: Lao lacks range in most of his normals.