Kung Lao/Circle of Shadow

Rarity	Type	Base Stats	Price	Unlock
Diamond	Netherrealm	Attack: 1130 Health: 1230 Toughness: 1380 Recovery: 1380 Power Gen: 100%	N/A	Revenant Diamond Pack, Elite Netherrealm Elder God Pack

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 Kung Lao. Having a card that "counters" Kung Lao does not mean it is always a good choice.

Good With

• Circle of Shadow Characters.
• Mileena/Vampiress: Mileena gives Netherrealm teammates extra damage against Bleeding opponents.
• Noob Saibot/MK11: Noob Saibot gives 50% more damage on crit and lethal attacks to Netherrealm class.
• Shinnok/Vengeful: Kung Lao gains 20% Critical chance from Shinnok.

Good Against

• Strike Force Characters.

Countered By

• Assassin Characters.
• Cassie Cage/Undercover: Cassie Cage deals 20% more damage against Netherrealm Characters including Kung Lao.
• Jacqui Briggs/Cybernetic & Scorpion/Hellspawn: Both these characters take less damage from Netherrealm characters, which include Kung Lao.
• Jacqui Briggs/Kosplay: Jacqui's Tremor and Ermac variations have advantages over Netherrealm characters, which include Kung Lao.
• Johnny Cage/Strike Force: Johnny and his fellow Strike Force teammates deal 10-30% more damage against Netherrealm Characters, which include Kung Lao.
• Tremor/Aftershock: Tremor and his Martial Artist teammates gain unblockable chance against Netherrealm characters, which include Kung Lao.

Abilities

Here are Kung Lao's abilities.

Ability	Classification	Description	Usage
Netherrealm Power	Passive	When using special attacks Circle of Shadow Kung Lao has a 20-40% chance to get it free. All Circle of Shadow teammates start combat with +0.5-1.5 bar of power. Circle of Shadow Characters do 10% more Damage versus Strike Force Characters.	Beginning of Match
Spin Toss	First Special	Medium Damage	Swipe
Hat Orbit	Second Special	High Damage + Shield	Quick Tap
Head Trauma	X-Ray	Extreme Damage + Strengthen	Tap

Support Cards/Equipment

Here are Kung Lao's support and equipment cards.

Card	Classification	Description	Picture
Hat Toss	Attack	3-33% Bonus Attack
Spinning Teleport	Health	3-30% Bonus Health
Ancestor: Great Kung Lao	Recovery	20-220% Bonus Recovery
Bladed Hat	Equipment	25-45% Toughness boost. [Kung Lao] 20-40% Special Attack 1 damage boost. [Fusion Level X] 25% Chance to reflect 100% basic attack damage when blocking.
Wushu Master's True Weapon	Equipment	40-60% Basic Attack damage boost. 30-60% Chance to transfer 50% damage to Health on Special Attack 2. 20-80% Damage boost. Earthrealm Tower only. 40-160% Max health boost. Earthrealm Tower only. [Kung Lao] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Wushu Master's Guandao Blade, any DIAMOND Kung Lao gains a 40% chance to perform a Special Combo Ender dealing massive damage. If the last opponent is under 25% health, a Brutality is performed instead of the Special Combo Ender, ending the fight immediately. [Fusion Level X] Health is increased and restored by 10% after performing any Special attack. Max 5 times in the battle.
Wushu Master's Guandao Blade	Equipment	50% Chance Basic Attacks deal 30-50% of damage to all opponents. 10-30% Damage boost after tag-in for 15 seconds. All following damage boosts gained from this Equipment is 15% more powerful. Max 75% damage boost. 150-600% Damage boost. Earthrealm Tower only. [Kung Lao] Whenever opponent uses a Special Attack, gain 10-20% Critical Hit chance boost till the end of the match. Can stack up to 5 times. [Kung Lao] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Wushu Master's True Weapon, any DIAMOND Kung Lao gains a 40% chance to perform a Special Combo Ender dealing massive damage. If the last opponent is under 25% health, a Brutality is performed instead of the Special Combo Ender, ending the fight immediately. [Fusion Level X] Successful Special 2 Attacks apply Silence debuff for 15 seconds to the opposing team. Silence prevents the affected Characters from using Special Attack 1 and reduces their Power generation by 60%.

Stats

These stats are the final damage, health, toughness and recovery at level 50, per Fusion rank, with ALL support cards, and without any equipment. With Update 1.18, Fusion 8, 9, and 10 have been added. The Fusion 10 stats are for level 60 characters.

Rank	Attack	Health	Toughness	Recovery
Normal	8,717	17,668	8,004	25,613
Fusion I	13,074	26,502	12,006	38,419
Fusion II	17,433	35,335	16,008	51,226
Fusion III	21,792	44,170	20,010	64,032
Fusion IV	26,150	53,003	24,012	76,838
Fusion V	30,508	61,837	28,014	89,645
Fusion VI	34,867	70,670	32,016	102,451
Fusion VII	39,225	79,505	36,018	115,258
Fusion VIII	43,584	88,339	40,020	128,064
Fusion IX	49,341	97,172	44,022	140,870
Fusion X	56,810	125,638	52,164	166,925

Prior to Update 2.0, these are his original stats as a Gold Character.

Attack	Health	Toughness	Recovery
900	980	1100	1100

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Trivia

• Prior to Update 2.0, his passive was Netherrealm Power: All Netherrealm teammates start combat with +1 bar of POWER.
• Prior to Update 2.0, he costed 350 Souls.
• Prior to Update 2.4, he was known as Kung Lao/Revenant.
• Prior to Update 3.4.1, he had only one combo ender.