Mortal Kombat 1/Scorpion

Scorpion
Base Health	1000.00
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Introduction

Revered Lin Kuei Warrior

"Like his cherished father, Scorpion is dedicated to the Lin Kuei and its defense of Earthrealm. When his father died, Scorpion was bereft. Though he took pride in knowing that his brother, Sub-Zero, would succeed their father as the Lin Kuei's Grandmaster. But Sub-Zero's unprecedented moves to cast off the Lin Kuei's traditional duties have frozen Scorpion's enthusiasm. He fears that he may one day have to battle his brother for control of the Lin Kuei's legacy."

Scorpion is a Rushdown/Mixup ninja with Counterzoning capabilities that excels at playing the neutral/footsies game with mid-range normals and specials that close the distance from the opponent allowing him to start/extend kombos; his B3 is a long-range disjointed Mid-Low that is unsafe but can be special-cancelled after the first hit to remain safe and/or connect into a kombo. Other useful tools include a disjointed S21 stagger that can advance forward and/or hit-confirm, a 9f anti-air (B2), a fast/safe Mid (F3) that can lead to juggles, and several aerial strings that cause a ground bounce and/or lead to kombo conversions/extensions. His klassic DB3 Flameport tracks to the other side of the opponent with a High punch (cancelled when Enhanced), while his EX BF2 armor reversal can be made safe or convert into juggles with Kameo assists. Rather than choosing to approach the opponent, his klassic BF1 Spear tells them to ”GET OVER HERE!” and will cause a stun/restand to start/extend kombos; (Air) EX Kyo Snag can also pull airborne/juggled opponents closer allowing him to extend kombos. His multi-hitting DB2 is unsafe but inflicts chip dmg (especially when covered by Kameo assists) and is unbreakable in kombos; EX BF4 is a tracking unblockable that causes no hit reaction but inflicts damage over time.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Simple, Moldable Kit: Scorpion's kit opens a wide variety of Kameo options for him to choose from.
Throw Kombos: Scorpion's long throw animation gives a lot of time for multiple Kameos to follow-up and give a throw kombo.
Simple Kombo Structure: His main kombos consist of looping F32 or his (Air EX DB2) special; his kombos also give him a lot of meter flexibility to either save for breaker or extend further into high damage;
Strong Space Control: B3 and Spear offer a high reward for catching faraway opponents off-guard;
Hit and Run Expert: Enhancing Teleport on the ground or in the air makes him both a very slippery target to catch and a difficult hunter to shake off;
Great Chip Option: Certain Kameo setups can cover the recovery animation on Twisted Kyo (aka "Death Spin"), giving Scorpion a strong chip damage game that requires the opponent to be on point with Flawless Blocks to negate.

Lacks a Grounded Overhead Button: Relies on jump-ins or Kameos in order to get a overhead starter, restricting him to a strike-throw game on the ground;
Needs Resource to get started: Will generally require a Kameo or EX special in order to get himself started off throw, B3 cancel, jump-in, or blockstrings.

Movelist

Normals and Strings

Grounded

1

Seared Strike

1

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1

Standing Front Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
7	2	18	15	20	3	H	+18	+2	+2	-

Scorpion's only plus on block button. Use to setup tick throws or f3 pressure.

Whiplash

12

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12

FP, BP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
18	4	21	29	30	4.5	H	+10	-3	-3	-

Has long reach, however it can be neutral ducked and leave Scorpion vulnerable.

122

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122

FP, BP, BP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
24	3	42	-	70	10.5	H	+10	-3	-13	-

Has a gap large enough for both Armor and Up Block punishes.

D1

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D1

Crouching Front Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
7	1	23	16	20	3	M	+12	-8	-8	-

Generic d1. Use to steal turn on hit or to punish opponent's d1 on block.

2

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2

Standing Back Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
10	1	22	15	30	4.5	H	+20	-2	-2	-

Scorpion's long range jab-poke.

21

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21

BP, FP

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
7	1	26	19	20	3	M	+17	-6	-8	-

Deadly Assassin

214

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214

Deadly Assassin

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
23	2	26	-	70	10.5	M	+25	-6	-	-

Has an Armor Gap.

Swiping Kunai

b2

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b2

Swiping Kunai

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
9	2	30	-	70	10.5	H	+39	0	-	-

Scorpion's alternate anti-air button. Can be special or Kameo cancelled for a kombo.

Hard Knuckles

d2

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d2

Crouching Back Punch

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
9	4	42	-	140	21	H	+23	-4	-14	-

On Kounter or Punish Hit, can be Jump Canceled with any upward direction + Block for 2 bars of Super Meter.

3

Front Kick

3

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3

Front Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
13	3	26	-	50	7.5	H	+10	-4	-	-

Shirai Who

33

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33

Shirai Who

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
14	3	24	-	30	4.5	M	+17	-5	-	-

Krackjaw

333

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333

Krackjaw

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
17	2	25	-	50	7.5	M	+24	-5	-	-

Heavy Knee

f3

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f3

Heavy Knee

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
12	2	26	-	50	7.5	M	+13	-4	-	-

Scorpion's main mid.

Raising Hell

f32

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f32

Raising Hell

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
22	2	26	-	50	7.5	H	+61	-6	-	-

Scorpion's main string launcher. Second hit can be neutral ducked or Armored for a punish.

Fire Pillar Thrust

f34

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f34

Fire Pillar Thrust

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
18	1	26	-	70	10.5	M	+47	-6	-6	-

Covers Scorpion's vulnerablities on his f32 string. f34 can be cancelled with a special or a Kameo for a kombo. The launch angle prevents Spear from connecting after this string.

Sweeping Scorpion Tail

b3

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b3

Sweeping Scorpion Tail

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
21	3,9,17	39	-	50,70	7.5,7.5,10,5	M,(M),L	+21	-19	-19	-

Scorpion's long range whiff punisher and offense engager. First hit can be special or Kameo cancelled for a kombo.

Charred Heel

d3

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d3

Charred Heel

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
10	2	27	-	20	3	L	+9	-12	-	-

4

Side Kick

4

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4

Side Kick

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
11	3	23	-	70	10.5	H	+8	-4	-	-

Sweeping Predator

b4

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b4

Sweeping Predator

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
10	2	32	-	70	10.5	L	+12	-2	-	-

Scorpion's main low.

Falcon Dragon

f4

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f4

Falcon Dragon

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
16	3	26	-	50	7.5	H	+54	-7	-	-

Can launch opponent for a kombo.

Metasoma

d4

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d4

Metasoma

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
11	2	26	-	30	3	L	+15	-6	-	-

Scorpion's safest low poke.

Aerial

j1

Quick Slice

j1

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j1

Quick Slice

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
8	3	-	-	50	7.5	OH	-	-	-	-

Burning Fist

j11

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j11

Burning Fist

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
14	-	-	-	27	N/A	OH	-	-	-	-

Inner Flame

j111

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j111

Inner Flame

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
13	-	-	-	59.85	N/A	OH	-	-	-	-

Ground bounces opponent. Can be cancelled into an air or grounded special anywhere, or followed up with a string in the corner.

Get Over There

j112

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j112

Get Over There

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
17	-	-	-	25.65	N/A	OH	-	-	-	-

Can be air special or kameo cancelled. Air db2 and db3 reliably continues the kombo.

Flipping Out

j114

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j114

Flipping Out

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
16	-	-	-	25.65	N/A	OH	-	-	-	-

Can be special cancelled, however none of his specials will connect.

Swinging Kyo

j12

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j12

Swinging Kyo

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
19	-	-	-	63	N/A	OH	-	-	-	-

Scorpion's main air juggle. Can be special or Kameo cancelled. Can also land continue with a grounded string.

Krushing Kunai

j13

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j13

Krushing Kunai

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
18	-	-	-	63	N/A	OH	-	-	-	-

Ground bounces opponent. Can be cancelled into an air or grounded special anywhere, or followed up with a string in the corner.

j2

Burning Spear

j2

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j2

Burning Spear

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
7	3	-	-	50	7.5	OH	-	-	-	-

Demonic Slam

j2T

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j2T

Sdemonic Slam

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
18	-	-	-	127.85 total	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-

Deadly Sting

j24

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j24

Deadly Sting

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
21	-	-	-	63	N/A	OH	-	-	-	-

Ground bounces opponent. Can be cancelled into an air or grounded special anywhere, or followed up with a string in the corner. This string has more recovery than j111 and j13 causing some extended kombos to drop.

j.3/j.4

Tactical Tabi

j3 or 4

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j3_4

Tactical Tabi

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
10	8	-	-	70	10.5	OH	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Spear (bf1)

Spear

bf1

"GET OVER HERE!"

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bf1

Spear

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
17	71	70	-	30	13.75	H	+37	-28	-	-

Stuns and restands when first used in a combo, the next use in the same combo causes a ground splat putting the opponent right in front of Scorpion.

Spear

bf1 (enhanced)

"COME HERE!"

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Spear

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
17	71	70	-	50	16.25	M	+37	-28	-	-

Functionally identical to the regular Spear except it cannot be ducked since it hits Mid.

Blazing Charge (bf2)

Blazing Charge

bf2

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bf2

Blazing Charge

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
13	4	39	-	30,50	13.75	M	+36,+17	-21	-	-

Main kombo ender against juggled opponents. Will switch sides on hit. Can be followed up with ambush Kameos to continue the kombo. Using this more than once will reduce the hit advantage down to +17.

Blazing Charge

bf2 (enhanced)

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Blazing Charge

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
13	4	39	-	50,60	16.25	M	+36,+17	-21	-	-

Scorpion's armor option. Use as a wakeup or to interrupt strings with a gap. Will cause followup kombo damage to scale significantly.

Kyo Snag (bf2)

(Air) Kyo Snag

jbf2

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jbf2

(Air) Kyo Snag

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
24	2	-	-	70,20	N/A	U	-	-	-	-

Air kombo ender against opponents juggled far away. Leaves the opponent close to Scorpion.

(Air) Kyo Snag

jbf2 (enhanced)

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(Air) Kyo Snag

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
24	2	-	-	70,20	N/A	U	-	-	-	-

Main air kombo extender. Can follow up with an air button or air kombo.

(Air Close) Kyo Snag

jdb2

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(Air Close) Kyo Snag

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
24	2	-	-	70,20	N/A	U	-	-	-	-

Main air kombo ender. Leave the opponent close to Scorpion. Kameos can also follow up to extend kombos.

(Air Close) Kyo Snag

jdb2 (enhanced)

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(Air Close) Kyo Snag

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
24	2	-	-	70,20	N/A	U	-	-	-	-

Main air kombo extender. Can follow up with an air button or air kombo.

Twisted Kyo (db2)

Twisted Kyo

db2

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db2

Twisted Kyo

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
20	66 total	43	-	105.96 total	12.5, 6.5x5	M	+38	-25	-	-

Main kombo ender against grounded opponents. Can be inconsistent in juggles, with some hits not registering. Also does great chip damage and meter build on block, Kameo setups can keep Scorpion from being punished.

Twisted Kyo

db2 (enhanced)

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Twisted Kyo

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
20	66 total	43	-	158.94 total	13.75, 12.25x5	M	+38	-25	-	-

The only benefit to enhancing this special is additional damage on hit and block.

Flame-Port (db3)

Flame-Port

db3

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db3

Flame-Port

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
26	2	41	-	50	16.25	H	+9	-21	-	-

Scorpion teleports behind the opponent and strikes once. The hit can extend juggles early on in the combo, most commonly after a jump 3/4 or anti-airing with B2.

Flame-Port

db3 (enhanced)

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Flame-Port

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
38	N/A	37	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	-

Sideswitches. Does not perform followup attack. Use to catch opponents off-guard. Can be used to extend kombos after buttons with enough hit advantage after the cancel, mainly b3.

(Air) Flame-Port

jdb3

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jdb3

(Air) Flame-Port

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
-	-	-	-	50	16.25	H	-	-	-	-

Sideswitches.

(Air) Flame-Port

jdb3 (enhanced)

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(Air) Flame-Port

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
-	-	-	-	50	16.25	H	-	-	-	-

Sideswitches. Can cancel into air buttons or air specials after sideswitch.

Devouring Flame (bf4)

Devouring Flame

bf4

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bf4

Devouring Flame

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
31	10	50	-	60	17.5	L	+13	-38	-	-

Tracks opponent

Devouring Flame

bf4 (enhanced)

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Devouring Flame

Startup	Active	Recovery	Cancel	Damage	Chip	Guard	On Hit	On Block	On Flawless Block	Cost
31	10	50	-	60 + 5.5	-	U	N/A	N/A	-	-

Does not stagger opponent, making it punishable on hit if not set up properly. Deals unblockable damage and additional burn over time. Can hit as an OTG.