Liu Kang/Klassic

Rarity	Type	Base Stats	Price	Unlock
Diamond	Martial Artist	Attack: 1400 Health: 1350 Toughness: 1200 Recovery: 1050 Power Gen: 130%	N/A	Klassic Diamond Pack, Elite Martial Artist Pack, Shaolin Heroes Pack

Strategy

Klassic Liu Kang is quite possibly one of the best and rarest Diamond Characters in the entire game. Due to his passive utilizing in Critical Chance Boosts and Basic Attack Boosts when hit with Poison or Bleed DOTs and Power Drain, as well as healing against Fire DOTs and crippling opponents upon teammate tag, Liu Kang is a force to be reckoned with as a Diamond card especially if he uses Special 1 to set himself on fire and heal himself as well as activate a secret Special 2.

Despite immunities to Power Drain, Poison, and Bleed, Klassic Liu Kang is not immune to Dark Magic.

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 Liu Kang. Having a card that "counters" Liu Kang does not mean it is always a good choice.

Good With

• Kung Jin/Shaolin, Scorpion/Hellspawn, Rain/Klassic, Wrath Hammer & Bloody Tomahawk: Liu Kang can start a match with extra power with these supports.
• Tag-In Attackers like Bo' Rai Cho/Dragon Breath, Kung Lao/Hat Trick, Jade/Assassin, Kitana/Assassin, Kenshi/Possessed, Jade/Day of the Dead, Raiden/Thunder God, Scorpion/Inferno, Raiden/Klassic, Liu Kang/Flaming Fists, Erron Black/Black Dragon, etc.: Most them attack the opponents and cripple them and most of them activate their passives, thanks to Liu Kang.
• Scorpion/Ninjutsu & Sub-Zero/Cryomancer: Liu Kang gets 30% Attack Boost from Scorpion, and 30% Health Boost from Sub-Zero.
• Bo' Rai Cho/Dragon Breath, Kung Lao/Hat Trick, Triborg/Cyrax (LK-4D4) & Kung Jin/Prime: These characters will help Liu Kang gain higher critical attack chance and damage, further demolishing his opponents.
• Hellfire Blade & Blaze’s Life Force: Liu Kang can set the opponent on Fire with these main equipment pieces, setting himself on Fire also with the Hellfire Blade.
• Goro/Tigrar Fury & Triborg/Sektor (LK-9T9): Because Liu Kang utilizes Fire, Sektor increases Fire damage and Goro and Liu Kang deal Fire and Cripple to opponents on Tag.

Good Against

• Power Drainers especially:
  • Raiden/Klassic, Cassie Cage/Strike Force: They power drain on Tag In, unknowingly giving Liu Kang extra basic damage.
  • Johnny Cage/Stunt Double: Same as above, except Johnny stuns with the stunt double before the power drain.
• Damage Over Time characters and Equipments especially:
  • Mileena/Ravenous, Scorpion/Klassic, Jason Voorhees/Slasher, Reptile, Kitana/Day of the Dead, D'Vorah, Tarkatan Gi, Dragon Fangs, Bladed Whips, Kintaro's Tiger Eye: The Poison and Bleed DOTs only help Liu Kang with increased Critical Chance Boosts and has no full effect on him.
  • Triborg/Sektor (LK-9T9), Liu Kang, Freddy Krueger/Nightmare, Kano/Klassic, Jacqui Briggs/Cybernetic, Scorpion/MK11, Goro/Tigrar Fury, Tremor/Black Dragon, Hellfire Blade, Blaze's Life Force: Their Fire DOTs heal Liu Kang, making the fire damage useless.
  • Shinnok/Vengeful & Scorpion/Klassic: Shinnok can unknowingly give Liu Kang Critical Chance Boosts while activating his Passive while Scorpion does it with Special 1 and both can heal him with their Fire on Special 2.
• Or even both especially:
  • Baraka/Scourge, Kitana/Assassin and Kenshi/Possessed: All of these characters have passives with damage over time involved and they all power drain.
  • Sub-Zero/MK11 & Triborg/Sub-Zero (LK-520): They both cause Frostbite and Triborg has Poison while Sub-Zero has bleed, making Klassic Liu Kang their basic attack and critical boosted kryptonite.
  • Kold War Team: Despite the fact that they can regenerate Frost Shields on Special 2, they can heal Liu Kang with Scorpion's fire and Sub-Zero and Sonya can give Liu Kang basic attack boosts with their Frostbite and Power Drain,
• Liu Kang can cripple opponents on Tag-In. The characters mostly affected by this are:
  • Erron Black/Gunslinger, Shao Kahn/Konqueror, Scorpion/Klassic, Sub-Zero/Klassic, Jax Briggs/Heavy Weapons, Tanya/Treacherous & Jade/Day of the Dead: These characters have really powerful special attacks which become hindered when Liu Kang or one of his teammates tag. The Cripple does not prevent X-Rays however.

Countered By

• Cassie Cage/Kombat Cup: Cassie and her Kombat Cup teammates are immune to Cripple.
• Jade/MK11, Raiden/Dark and Liu Kang/Klassic (himself): Liu Kang's fire attacks heal Dark Raiden and enemy Klassic Liu Kang. MK11 Jade and other MK11 teammates will also heal from Liu Kang's fire attacks.
• Kabal/MK11: If Liu Kang stuns an MK11 opponent, Kabal will bring the stun back to Liu Kang.
• Kintaro/Shokan Warrior: Kintaro's passive renders some of Klassic Liu Kang's fire attacks ineffective against himself and his team.
• Kenshi/Ronin & Combat Shotgun: Both the character and equipment piece deal more damage against Martial Artists, including Liu Kang.
• Liu Kang/Fire God: Fire God Liu Kang can gain Dragon Fire stacks for every Fire attack from Klassic Liu Kang.
• Sonya Blade/Kombat Cup: Sonya is immune to Liu Kang's Stun on Special 2.
• Scorpion/Kold War & Tremor/Black Dragon: Despite the fact that both of these characters can deal Fire attacks and heal Liu Kang, Scorpion (100%) and Tremor in Gold Skin form (70%) are immune to Fire.

Abilities

Here are Liu Kang's abilities.

Ability	Classification	Description	Usage
Spirit of the Dragon	Passive	Liu Kang heals when affected by Fire, and is immune to Bleed, Poison, and Power Drain effects. Incoming DOTs instead grant Liu Kang 30-50% Critical Hit chance boost, and Power Drain grants 30-50% basic attack damage boost. Liu Kang and teammates apply Cripple on tag-in.	When taking Damage over Time, Power Drained, and on Tag-in
Shaolin Strikes	First Special	Medium Damage + Fire	Multi Tap
Soul of the Dragon	Second Special	High Damage + Stun	Quick Tap
For the Shaolin	X-Ray	Extreme Damage + Fire	Tap

Support Cards/Equipment

Here are Liu Kang's support and equipment cards.

Card	Classification	Description	Picture
Bicycle Kick	Attack	3-33% Bonus Attack
Ally: Bo' Rai Cho	Health	3-33% Bonus Health
Earthrealm Champion	Recovery	20-220% Bonus Recovery
Red Headband	Equipment	25-45% Recovery boost. [Liu Kang] 25-35% Unblockable chance on basic attacks. [Fusion Level X] 20% Power generation boost.
Champion's Leather Bracers	Equipment	300-1200% Recovery boost. 30-75% Chance of Lethal Blow immunity. 80-600% Max health boost. Shirai Ryu Tower only. [Liu Kang] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Champion's Nunchaku, any DIAMOND Liu Kang 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] 50% Damage boost when wearer is affected by Fire.
Champion's Nunchaku	Equipment	10-40% Chance to apply Fire on basic attacks. 30-100% Damage boost against Outworld Characters. 150-600% Damage boost. Shirai Ryu Tower only. [Liu Kang] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Champion's Leather Bracers, any DIAMOND Liu Kang 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] [Liu Kang] When a teammate tags in, Liu Kang throws Dragon Fire from the sidelines, dealing 500% of his basic attack damage with 50% chance to apply Fire.

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	10,800	19,391	6,960	19,488
Fusion I	16,199	29,088	10,440	29,232
Fusion II	21,599	38,783	13,920	38,976
Fusion III	26,999	48,479	17,400	48,720
Fusion IV	32,399	58,175	20,880	58,464
Fusion V	37,799	67,870	24,360	68,208
Fusion VI	43,198	42,871	27,840	77,952
Fusion VII	48,598	87,262	31,320	87,696
Fusion VIII	53,998	96,958	34,800	97,440
Fusion IX	59,398	106,654	38,280	107,184
Fusion X	70,384	137,894	45,360	127,008

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Trivia

• This Liu Kang has a secret special 2, which can only be activated while he is on fire. Instead of the single punch with a chance to stun, Liu Kang summons in a dragon that starts to breath fire onto to the entire team, similar to Scorpion/Kold War.
• Strangely in the Lin Kuei Tower, Klassic Liu Kang could lose power when frostbitten. This is especially noticeable when you use Liu Kang in Battle 200.