User blog:JWarrior89/Season 4 Episode 1: Shao Kahn vs Nightmare



Shao Kahn: The evil Emperor of Outworld, who seeks to conquer Earthrealm...

Nightmare: The evil warrior who absorbs the souls of his slain opponents to restore his evil sword, Soul Edge...

Who... is... DEADLIEST!?

Shao Kahn destroys his enemies with:


 * Melee : Wrath Hammer


 * Short Range : Hammer Cut


 * Mid Range : Charging Spikes


 * Long Range : Hammer Throw


 * Special : X-Ray Move - "It's Official"

Nightmare slaughters his foes with:


 * Melee : Soul Edge


 * Short Range : Soul Wave


 * Mid Range : Night Regnum


 * Long Range : Dark Soul Impact


 * Special: Critical Edge

Edges
Melee : Nightmare. While the Wrath Hammer is powerful, and can be thrown, Soul Edge is much larger, more powerful (it even contains the soul of Inferno), and is large enough to allow it to be used for blocking.

Short Range : Even. Soul Wave causes Nightmare to release a short range energy burst around himself, knocking back enemies in its range. Shao Kahn's Hammer cut requires him to get within close range, but sweeps the foe's legs out from under him.

Mid Range : Shao Kahn. Nightmare's Night Regnum is a powerful vertical slash that sends its opponents flying, but it is slow to charge up. Shao Kahn's Charging Spikes is much faster.

Long Range : Shao Kahn. The Hammer throw has a much longer range than Nightmare's Dark Soul Impact, which basically involves Nightmare stabbing his sword forward in an attempt to impale his opponent.

Special : Shao Kahn. His X-Ray move does far more damage than Nightmare's Critical Edge.

X-Factors
Strength: 95/95. Edge: Even. Both warriors are insanely powerful, able to send opponents flying with one strike.

Defense: 75/94. Edge: Nightmare. Shao Kahn wears very little armor into battle, whereas Nightmare is covered in it. In addition, Soul Edge is so large it can be effectively used to block most incoming attacks.

Speed: 85/85. Edge: Even. Both warriors have average speed, and a combination of slow and fast attacks. In addition, both are capable of attacking with rapid combos which effectively prevent an opponent from being able to react.

Ego: 100/95. Edge: Nightmare. While both warriors are arrogant, Shao Kahn is so overconfident that he will literally stop to taunt his opponent in the middle of a battle, leaving himself wide open for an attack.

Battleground Shao Kahn's throne room Tower of Remembrance -Omen


 * Detailed arguments with at least 2 sentences = 1 vote.


 * Less-than-detailed arguments, or arguments with only one sentence = 1/2 vote.


 * Bad, pointless, or irelevant arguments (including just stating the warrior's name" will not be counted.