User blog comment:JWarrior89/Season 4 Episode 1: Shao Kahn vs Nightmare/@comment-24180428-20121121024016/@comment-422690-20121121024820

"Shao Kahn's x-ray move will kill Nightmare"

Wrong. Nightmare doesn't have a skull to break. He's an animated suit of armor with the manifestation of a soul-devouring spirit inside.

"the hammer throw stuns his opponent for a few seconds if it hits"

A highly telegraphed move hitting? I doubt it; Nightmare can dodge and block.

"all Shao Kahn needs to do is spam hammer throw"

No, as mentioned above. And I think JWarrior underestimated exactly how far Dark Soul Impact actually goes; it has a huge range.