User blog comment:JWarrior89/Season 4 Episode 1: Shao Kahn vs Nightmare/@comment-422690-20121120143046

I think Nightmare has this. Not only does his main weapon, Soul Edge, have a gigantic reach, but he is also (in essence) a living suit of armor.

And on the special moves - Nightmare's is a sword chop that does half his opponent's HP. Shao Kan's is a fistfighting attack - he's more likely to break his fists on Nightmare's armor than anything.