Mortal Kombat 9/Scorpion

Scorpion

Hanzo Hasashi was once a member of the Japanese Shirai Ryu ninja clan. Given the name Scorpion for his blindingly fast and deadly fighting skill, his life was blessed with glorious kombat in the name of his Grand Master. But when he, his family and his clan were brutally exterminated by Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei, Scorpion's existence became eternal torment. Resurrected by the malevolent necromancer Quan Chi, he entered the Mortal Kombat tournament to slay Sub-Zero and avenge the murders of his kin.

Moves

Basic Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Front Punch

fp

3%

high bufferable

Back Punch

bp

5%

high

Front Kick

fk

5%

high bufferable

Back Kick

bk

5%

high bufferable

Crouching Front Punch

d + fp

2%

high bufferable

Crouching Back Punch

d + bp

12%

high knockdown

Crouching Front Kick

d + fk

1%

low bufferable

Crouching Back Kick

d + bk

3%

low bufferable

Angled Jumping Punch

during angled jump, fp or bp

4%

med

Angled Jumping Kick

during angled jump, fk or bk

7%

high knockdown

Straight Up Jumping Punch

during straight up jump, fp or bp

5%

med groundbounce

Straight Up Jumping Kick

during straight up jump, fk or bk

5%

med knockdown

Command Normals

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Doom Slice

f + bp

5%

high bufferable

Blade Overhead

b + bp

5%

med groundbounce

Heel Kicks

f + fk

11%

med

Shin Blast

f + bk

3%

low bufferable

Sweep

b + bk

7%

low sweep

Throws

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Throw (Away)

b or n + fp + fk

1% + 2% + 2% + 4% + 3%

throw

Throw (Towards)

f + fp + fk

1% + 2% + 2% + 4% + 3%

throw

Air Throw

in air, fp + fk

1% + 7%

airthrow

Kombo Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Torment

fp --- fp --- fp

3% --- 5% --- 5%

high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hits: bufferable

Damnation

fp --- fp --- bk

3% --- 5% --- 5%

high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hits: bufferable ; 3rd hit: flatten

Brimstone

bp --- fp --- bp

5% --- 3% --- 8%

high --- high --- med ; 2nd hit: bufferable ; 3rd hit: knockdown

Gravedigger

bp --- fp + bp

5% --- 5%

high --- med ; 2nd hit: knockdown ; 2nd hit: bufferable

Doom Blade

f + bp --- fp --- bk

5% --- 3% --- 8%

high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 3rd hit: knockdown

Dead End

fk --- fk --- bk

2% --- 5% --- 6%

high --- high --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable ; 3rd hit: knockdown

Grievance

f + bk --- fk

3% --- 7%

low --- high ; 1st and 2nd hit: bufferable

Fast Tags

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Underworld

Gravedigger --- tg

N/A

Soulless

Blade Overhead --- tg

N/A

Sets up combo for partner

Tag Kombos

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Eternal Vengeance

fp --- fp --- tg

Based on Teammate

Punishment

bp --- fp --- tg

Based on Teammate

Affliction

f + bp --- fp --- tg

Based on Teammate

Revenge

fk --- fk --- tg

Based on Teammate

Tag Kombo Attack

Attack from Teammate's Tag Kombo

9%

med flatten

Tag Specials

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Tag Assist

d , f + tg

8%

Performs Demon Fire ; unblockable

Tag Attack

d , b + tg

5% + 7%

Performs Flameport ; high + high ; knockdown

Special Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Spear

b , b + fp

3%

high ; 2nd time used in combo: flatten

Demon Fire

d , b + bp

7%

unblockable

Teleport

d , b + fk

9%

high airok

Takedown

d , b + bk

1% + 9%

low + low ; sweep

Enhanced Special Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Flame Spear

b , b + fp + bl

7%

high ; 2nd time used in combo: flatten

Hell Fire

d , b + bp + bl

8%

unblockable ; otg

Flameport

d , b + fk + bl

5% + 7%

high + high ; 2nd hit: knockdown ; airok

Takeout

d , b + bk + bl

1% + 11%

low + low ; sweep

X-Ray Attack

Name

Command

Damage

Notes

Scorpion Sting

fk + bk + bl

7% + 11% + 13%

1st hit: high

Finishing Moves

Fatality

Kode

Distance From Opponent

Fatality 1

f d f + bp

Close

Fatality 2

b f b + fk

Close

Fatality 3 (DLC)

d u u + bp

Jump

Stage Fatality

f u u + fp

Varies

Babality

d b f d + bp

Jump

Move Analysis

Basic Attacks

N/A

Command Normals

N/A

Kombo Attacks

N/A

Special Attacks

Spear- Unsafe from close ranges and leads to a combo on hit. Best used at mid range. Startup is decent and could use a minor speed boost. Whiffs on a crouching target. Ending combos with this puts Scorpion very close to opponent however it is not the most damaging ender.

Demon Fire- This move is only unsafe when jumped. However jumping is the only way to escape it unless the correct setup is used which will be discussed later in advanced strategy. Startup is not extremely fast therefore it's fairly easy to avoid when used outside of the setups.

Teleport- Best used to punish projectiles, unsafe on block. On hit Scorpion gets a safe jump. Startup is not fast enough for the player to wait all day to punish projectiles/moves.

Takeout- Best used only in combos little to no use otherwise. Unsafe on block. Not fast enough to try to use a surprise attack. However this seems to be the most damaging move when ending a combo however positioning wise not the best.

Enhanced Special Attacks

Spear- Gives one hit of armor. Hits on crouching unlike the regular. Same properties otherwise.

Demon Fire- Harder for target to avoid because of the a bigger hit box and can be guaranteed in certain situations. Can be used to punish jumps from a distance.

Teleport- Safe on block and gives Scorpion a combo when cornered on hit.

Takeout- Same as Regular just does more damage.

X-Ray Attack

Can be used to end combos and punish projectiles/moves. Think teleport with more damage and looks cool. Unsafe as a regular teleport but faster in startup.

Basic Strategy

N/A

Advanced Strategy

Inescapable Demon Fire- The most common way to do this is after ending a combo with FK FK BK use Demon fire to obtain free damage (Must use EX). Raiden is the only known character to escape this who must commit to his electric fly attack. Also can get free damage from ending a combo with teleport (Can use either Fire).