it is soooo painful to watch Kitana being soooo clumsy, unnimble, linear, stiff, limited and boring ... she looks like a least finished character out of them all ... she lacks fluidity, strings, moves, ELEGANCE and GRACE , to be honest ... it's not just about the effectiveness , and her being tier strong or week, it's more a matter of unattractiveness and lack of general appeal of a character ... She lacks strings that involve more acrobatic , assassin like approach, kicks, slaps, punches ... I really don't think her stance ( with open fans all the time ) works for her at all ... she looks very stiff, like some strange aquatic creature , platypus or something , like she 's encumbered by those heavy metal fans ... it would've been much better if she could use her fans in a more of a balanced way and occasionally , switching from armed to hand to hand combat ... don't know, seems like she's not favored by development team, at all ... they simply struggle to give her edge and respect she deserves , and that approach is clearly evident for quite some time ... better get rid of her for good , then keep us force fed by this sad reminiscence of a once great , original and iconic character ...