User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Noobish season battle 3 Shang Tsung vs Hawke (mage)/@comment-4248317-20121123054610

I'm giving a tentative vote to Hawke. Her weapon is superior to Shang's, as it can both blast spells from a distance as well as be used for close-up combat. In addition, Hawke has a far larger variety of spells than Shang Tsung. While it can be said that Shang Tsung has a large variety of abilities as well with his morphing ability, there is one key difference: SHang needs to morph into those fighters to use their abiities, whereas Hawke cann use all her spells at any time. Hawke may be in danger is Shang gets close, but she has ways of avoiding him, such as using Haste, of blasting him back with Mind Blast. Even if Shang Tsung manages to steal a bit of Hawke's soul and gains her abilities, Hawke is more exprienced using them.