Introduction
"Like Sub-Zero, Scorpion's true name and origin are not known. He has shown from time to time distrust and hatred towards Sub-Zero. Between ninjas, this is usually a sign of opposing clans." - Mortal Kombat (1992)
Scorpion, an assassin of the Shirai Ryu clan and spectre of Quan Chi in past timelines, is a Kameo that specializes mainly in damage and kombo extension. He also has additional tools meant to promote safety.
Scorpion is a kameo for players who are absolutely confident in their own neutral. For much of the match, the player is entirely on their own - his purpose is more intended to turn the little openings into big openings, rather than to give players the openings in the first place. For those who don't struggle to find that initial hit, and for those who can play exceptional neutral without reliance on Kameo assists, Scorpion gives players fantastic damage, flashy combos, and setups.
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Weaknesses
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- Easy Bounce Pickups: Scorpion is the easiest kameo in the game for midair pickups, requiring much less stringent timing than his alternatives.
- (Mostly) Safe Single Hit Confirms: With Hell Blades, the Scorpion kameo can allow characters to confirm off of crucial single-hit normals, like Shao's B1 and B3.
- Highly Armored Escape: Fighters like Raiden and Kenshi are fantastic at armor breaking, and can apply smothering situations on oki that cannot be beaten with an armored getup. Scorpion Spear Pull has enough hits of armor to get the main fighter out of the oki situation, allowing them to try and gain a foothold in neutral again.
- Body Blocking: Tremor and Shujinko remain the undisputed kings of the projectile-blocking kameos, but Scorpion can do an admirable job as well, appearing instantly at the chosen distance.
- Hellfire Returns: Scorpion's unblockable proximity blast is fantastic for securing round end situations, entirely ignoring last breath and inflicting a DOT aura on the main fighter.
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- No Pressure Or Mix By Himself At All: Scorpion can strengthen a main fighter's existing pressure and mix by improving the reward for opening them up, but it's on them - until they find the hit, Scorpion will not help them at all in a pressure situation. In a game where a single kameo can give any character devastating pressure and unreactable mixups, Scorpion is surprisingly honest.
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