I'll go ahead and say "nope." I used scorpion and subby a lot in the demo and when the game came out I mained Scorpion, Ermac, and Shang because I could do the most damage with them initially (pre-patch ermac was nuts). After the game had been out for a week my college held a local tournament and my Shang got reamed in the grand finals by a Raiden who was utilizing the TP very well as a footsies tool. I realized that damage itself wasn't enough to get there, and it was then that I found Reppy T as the character versatile enough to apply pressure from anywhere. I've been using him ever since. Not a day 1 main, but a day 8 main. I've since dropped Ermac (when they patched out 22 chaining to lift, I raged hard) and Shang (I really only used him for the 1 meter jenky groundskull combos), but I'd like to think my scorp is still pretty decent.