Kano/Klassic

Rarity

Type

Base Stats

Price

Unlock

Gold

Outworld

Attack: 950

Health: 880

Toughness: 880

Recovery: 950

Power Gen: 100%

450 souls

Challenge Mode, Challenge Pack, Elite Outworld Pack, Quest Mode (Tower 5: How To Make A Dragon Talk?)

Klassic Kano can be seen as the strongest gold character card of Kano, unfortunately his passive focuses mainly on blocking which is something that many people lack to do. Therefore Klassic Kano can feel underpowered when playing against him, but his stun can be very powerful against AI teams that block.

Strategy[]

Interactions[]

Please note that battles are highly situational: this section only mentions cards that have mechanics that, for any reason, are particularly effective with/against, or particularly ineffective against Kano. Having a card that "counters" Kano does not mean it is always a good choice.

Good With[]

Any character that can Stun.
Goro/Tigrar Fury: Because Kano can do Fire on Special 2, Goro will allow Kano to set the opponent on Fire 25% of the time he tags in as well.
Kotal Kahn/Sun God & Reptile/Nimble: Kano gains 30% Attack from Kotal Kahn and 30% Health from Reptile.
Kitana/Mournful, Ermac/Master of Souls, Wrath Hammer & Bloody Tomahawk: Kano Gains 1 Bar of Power for each support and helps Ermac start with X-Ray while also teamed up with Kitana.
Leatherface/Nightmare: With Kano's constant Stun, Leatherface can deal extra damage to those stunned opponents.
Raiden/Injustice 2: Raiden can assist his teammates by stunning the opponent if the teammate does special attack, making Kano can Stun on both special attacks.
Thunder Lord's Sigil equipment: This equipment deals extra damage whenever the user Stuns, making Kano a good user of this equipment.

Good Against[]

Jax Briggs/Klassic, Kung Jin/Bojutsu, Kintaro/Shokan Warrior & Kenshi/Ronin: All these characters rely on blocking with their Passives, which Kano can take advantage of.
Jade/Assassin & Jason Voorhees/Nightmare: If they block against Kano, they’ll most likely get stunned and unable to evade combo enders or special attacks.

Countered By[]

Jade/MK11, Liu Kang/Klassic, Liu Kang/Fire God, Raiden/Dark: All of these characters heal from Kano's Fire on his grapple Special 2, with Jade spreading this to MK11 teammates.
Kabal/MK11: If Kano stuns one of his fellow MK11 teammates, Kabal can reverse the stun on Kano, leaving him vulnerable to him and his MK11 teammates attacks.
Kenshi/Elder God, Kitana/Assassin and Scorpion/Hellspawn: All of these characters are immune to Kano’s Critical attacks upon stun, with Kenshi spreading this immunity to Elder God teammates.
Kintaro/Shokan Warrior: Kintaro reduces the effects of Kano’s Fire to himself and his teammates.
Sonya Blade/Kombat Cup: Sonya and her fellow Kombat Cup teammates are immune to Stun.

Abilities[]

Here are Kano's abilities.

Ability	Classification	Description	Usage
Cheap Shot	Passive	Any attack blocked by the opponent has a 25% chance of stunning the opponent. Kano has 100% critical hit chance against enemies affected by stun.	Always Active
Kano Ball	First Special	Medium Damage + Stun	Spin Tap
Ear to Ear	Second Special	Grapple: High Damage + Fire	Rapid Tap
Lacerater	X-Ray	Extreme Damage + Strengthen	Tap

Support Cards/Equipment[]

Here are Kano's support and equipment cards.

Card	Classification	Description
Knife Fighter	Attack	3-33% Bonus Attack
Cybernetics	Health	3-33% Bonus Health
Clan: Black Dragon	Recovery	20-220% Bonus Recovery
Combat Knife	Equipment	30-50% Basic attack damage boost. [KANO] 10-20% Special Attack 3 or X-Ray/Fatal Blow attack damage boost. [Fusion Level X] 15% Damage boost. Faction Wars Only.