MK11 SHANG TSUNG Discussion

[Peckapowa]

Warlock Shang is an insane character definitely good also wtf is this weird shit I'm hearing during his win outro.

 

[JustSkills]

Soul Swap is kind of interesting. Obviously it has a long startup and recovery, but it swaps spots with the opponent and does an unblockable 50 damage.

 

[ogrimtitan]

A few questions for everyone who's already got him:
How do you unlock his intros, outros, brutals, etc.? Or are they base unlocked?

How many skins does he have unlocked at the start?

Are there any screenshots of his complete move set from the kustomization screen?

Which moves are base moves?


Thanks!

 

[legion666]

LOL. No way that the +1 is remaining. No character in this game has an advantage on blocked jabs.

Not to force a knee-jerk reaction out of anyone, but do you or @Marinjuana find Spellmaster underwhelming, at least in comparison to Warlock? Spellmaster has limited juggling capabilities and slow projectiles from what I have observed thus far.

Cetrion says hi with her +3 on block s1

 

[legion666]

D4xxSparks is back baby! But of course you can FB the 2nd hit to make it -16, so sub’s slide, jades kick etc. punish it.

 

[ogrimtitan]

Any sign of Shang on PSN yet?

 

[legion666]

Any sign of Shang on PSN yet?

You need to go into PSSTore and find him. I am in Russia, so I did it like 11 hours ago

 

[KCJ506]

Lol. Shang Tsung's ending had a little nice throwback to his MK2 ending. Raiden's M1K ending as well.

 

[legion666]

A few questions for everyone who's already got him:
How do you unlock his intros, outros, brutals, etc.? Or are they base unlocked?

How many skins does he have unlocked at the start?

Are there any screenshots of his complete move set from the kustomization screen?

Which moves are base moves?


Thanks!

If I remember correctly his outros and intros are all unlocked in towers, can’t remember the rest and I am at work now!

 

[NaughtySenpai]

A few questions for everyone who's already got him:
How do you unlock his intros, outros, brutals, etc.? Or are they base unlocked?

Almost all of his gear, skins, intros, outros and brutalities are earned in his character tower. You get a lot more gear/skins at the character towers compared to regular characters though. For example you get skins and gear for the first 3 towers whereas you only get skins and gear from the 3rd tower onwards on regular character towers.

I guess pretty much everything will be unlocked aside from a handful of AI rewards and timed ToTs when you've finished his 5 character tower stages.

At the start he has like 2 costumes unlocked with 3 or 4 color variations for his base skin and if you got the combat pack you get the movie outfit with 2 color variations on top of that.

 

[LawAbidingCitizen]

LOL. No way that the +1 is remaining. No character in this game has an advantage on blocked jabs.

Not to force a knee-jerk reaction out of anyone, but do you or @Marinjuana find Spellmaster underwhelming, at least in comparison to Warlock? Spellmaster has limited juggling capabilities and slow projectiles from what I have observed thus far.

Jax has plus on block 12 and I think 1 but its incorrectly listed I believe.

Are you talking about his second tournament variation? Cuz I think its strong just very weird. That DF3 cancels into a projectile that is +10 on fullscreen and has tons of hitstun full screen allowing combo from almost full screen. He also has a thing he puts up in the air that works like blood totem that gives health back but is triggered manually and has a time limit but gives a lot of health back, based off how much damage you deal before popping it off.

 

[SaSSolino]

Shang isn't out yet on Steam. Damn this is so annoying.

D4xxSparks is back baby! But of course you can FB the 2nd hit to make it -16, so sub’s slide, jades kick etc. punish it.

That pleases me immensly.

 

[Marinjuana]

 

[legion666]

I think it’s a little unfair that if he does opponent’s d2 KB it only does 16%. (Instead of 19%). And he can’t do his d2 KB after that. I mean if it is universal make do 19%, or if it is 16% than he should still be able to do his.

 

[ismael4790]

That looks SO lame. It's ok that his move doesn't count as a projectile and can be parried up close. But that? Just lol.

 

[LawAbidingCitizen]

@16 Bit
Can you add this to things to patch. Shouldn't that part of the string be considered a projectile? It kinda sucks that parries punish B2112 full screen.

Amazing job on Shang he is absolutely strong yet honest. Not broke but I love him. The animations are awesome and so satisfying. The entire time the game has been out no character fit me personally they all felt like they where missing something. Shang was that, I'm Komplete now! It has begun!

 

[Lord Snotty]

Is he out?

I think he's straight.

 

[Lokheit]

I think he's straight.

As long as it has a soul, he will suck it.

 

[Lord Snotty]

As long as it has a soul, he will suck it.

HA!!!!!!!!

 

[ogrimtitan]

Pretty sure the shape-shifting, gender-swapping, soul-sucking, flamboyant-ass immortal sorcerer wearing a leather cleavage vest, top knot, and gloves with nail extensions is the least likely candidate for a straight character on the whole damn roster. Even Kung Jin would look at him and be like, “Oh, Honey, that’s too much.”

 

[LawAbidingCitizen]

Shang Tsung is definitely strong but very honest. Its the honeymoon phase right now but I'm seeing flaws that will break him once others learn the matchup. Certain characters can punish him on slot but he is good everywhere. I love him. He has 50/50s with a huge gap but you can condition it(maybe not once people learn the mu)
B3D4 is a low, low and has a low hitbox made stronger by the fact it starts as a 10f and he has a low overhead B3U4(has a huge gap that can be full combo punished without bar) the U4 low crushes. B11 is an amazing 14f mid mid the second hit advances pretty far.
His zoning is strong and he is good mid range.

 

[Kainz]

So, any good BnB’s that don’t end with soul steal?

 

[Ramuans]

Is there any new Shang chest in the krypt?

 

[ogrimtitan]

Is there any new Shang chest in the krypt?

I heard his heart chest is in Goro's Dining Hall.

 

[MoarCrossovers]

There appears to be a bug with Shang Tsung's soul steal move. Sometimes in towers, the move will not allow Shang to transform into the opponent, rendering it basically useless for anything other than base damage.