Who is the better ninja Sub Zero or Scorpion?

[STB Sgt Reed]

Going to have to disagree.... According to Mortal Kombat co-creator John Tobias, Sub-Zero was originally conceived as a character named simply as "Ninja", a mysterious member of "the Lin Kuei, a legendary clan of Chinese ninjas."



Scorpion is definitley the one who TECHNICALLY is not a NINJA especially being Japanese. But with that said Scorpion is known as the "Undead Ninja" in the MKU so NRS isnt that strict with the origin or China/Japan. The Chinese were the ninjas and the Japanese were the samurai in the old days.

Fairly positive the lin kuei as it is now (maybe not how they were originally intended to be) is described as a group of assassins. Or maybe I made that up. lol

Yet they refer to him... (at least on the wiki) as a "japanese ninja" which is pretty lulzy. But think I've always heard that Scorp is the ninja and Sub is not. *shrug*

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

I kind of hate how they show subs face I like not knowing whats under the mask

I've always preferred masked sub zero as well.

 

[Brutal Chimney]

Agreed it feels somewhat dishonorable, like a luchador getting their mask ripped off.

 

[Luke Stofan]

Well Sub-Zero should have won that MK:X trailer fight. He definitely put out more damage. Scorpion bitched out and X-Ray'd.

Sub Z wins IMO

 

[Tony at Home]

Scorpion is the embodiment of offense.

Sub Zero is the embodiment of defense.

And "Offense wins games, Defense wins championships"

Therefore, Sub Zero is the better ninja. This is a fact proven by real scientists with grey beards and white lab coats.

 

[ForeverKing]

Sub Zero is cool too, but Scorpion has always been my favorite character in every MK game all the way up until MK9. I mean how can you not like Scorpion? lol

 

[EarlyReflections]

Kuai Sub-zero is the man, but Scorpion is better than Bi-Han.

 

[Onilordasmodeus]

Scorpion is the better ninja...in fact, he's the only ninja.

Subzero is Lin Kuei, they are not ninja.

 

[MKF30]

pffttt they're all ninjas! haha, but seriously over time Sub-Zero has been referenced as the "Ice Ninja" Scorpion, always been a ninja really among others.

Anywho, Younger Sub-Zero is the man. I mean, the guy beat Scorpion and Ermac.. lol

 

[Cody]

what is all of this crap about them not being ninjas? Some of them have literally been referenced to as ninjas in the games, lol.

 

[KIllaByte]

Well dudes, what do we like?

The most unique and satisfying turtle-ish playstyle ever put into a fighting game, along with the best move (ice clone?)

Or lame high-low vortexes, delivered by some yellow warrior who is literally only used as a tool by other, smarter and more powerful fighters, like Quan-Chi?

Scorpion is manipulable and foolish. He's a bag of male puberty hormones, always being pissed for no reason. Nightwolf's people were obliterated too, buddy.

Nightwolf became a champion of humanity and morality from his loss. Scorpion became a raging idiot, instead of a hero that we know he could be, from the existence of Nightwolf.

 

[Decay]

"KILLES"

Grammar Nazi go home, this is a spelling mistake.

 

[MKF30]

Well dudes, what do we like?

The most unique and satisfying turtle-ish playstyle ever put into a fighting game, along with the best move (ice clone?)

Or lame high-low vortexes, delivered by some yellow warrior who is literally only used as a tool by other, smarter and more powerful fighters, like Quan-Chi?

Scorpion is manipulable and foolish. He's a bag of male puberty hormones, always being pissed for no reason. Nightwolf's people were obliterated too, buddy.

Nightwolf became a champion of humanity and morality from his loss. Scorpion became a raging idiot, instead of a hero that we know he could be, from the existence of Nightwolf.

Yeah, Scorp is seriously blinded by rage lol

Can't wait to see how he reacts in MK X once he finds out Quan Chi killed his family and can while framing Sub-Zero lol.