Power Drain is a status effect that drains a certain amount of power from the opponent. The amount of power depends on the character's stats. The symbol resembles a person with wind trailing behind him.
Notable Characters[]
- Baraka (Special 1)
- Cassie Cage (All versions) (Special 3 and X-Ray)
- Ermac/Standard (Special 2)
- Erron Black/Day of the Dead (Passive)
- Fujin/Onslaught (Passive)
- Jax Briggs/Farmer (Special 2)
- Jax Briggs/Klassic (Passive)
- Jacqui Briggs/High Tech (Special 1)
- Johnny Cage (All versions) (Special 1)
- Kenshi (All versions except Kenshi/Ronin) (Special 1)
- Kenshi/MK1 (Passive)
- Kitana (All versions except Kitana/Circle of Shadow and Kitana/Day of the Dead) (Special 1)
- Kotal Kahn (All versions) (Special 2 with Sacrificial Knife equipment)
- Kung Jin (All versions) (Special 2 with Shaolin Bow equipment)
- Liu Kang/MK11 (Tag-in) (Power Steal)
- Nightwolf/MK11 (Eagle Spirit) (Special 1)
- Quan Chi/Circle of Shadow (Special 2)
- Raiden/Thunder God (Special 2)
- Raiden/Klassic (Tag-In)
- Raiden/Klassic Movie (Fatal Blow)
- Raiden/Injustice 2 (Passive)
- Raiden/MK11 (Fatal Blow)
- Scorpion/Strike Force (Tag-in)
- Shang Tsung/Klassic (Special 2 through his passive)
- Shang Tsung/MK1 (Yellow Elixir)
- Sonya Blade/Kold War (Special 2 and X-Ray)
- Sonya Blade/Kombat Cup (Tag-In, once per match)
- Sub-Zero/MK11 (Special 2)
- Tremor (All versions with Rockin' Bowling Stones equipment)
- Triborg/Smoke (LK-7T2) (Special 1)
- Triborgs (with Triborg/Smoke) (Special 1)
Notable Equipments[]
- Acid Dragon's Deathly Vial (FX)
- Blaze's Life Force (FX)
- Bloody Tomahawk
- Devastator (Power Steal)
- God's Helper Kitsune (FX)
- Hellfire Blade (FX)
- Kori Blade (FX)
- Rage Wrench
- Shintai of Fortune
- Specter's Infernal Chains
- Varmint's Lucky Hat
- Wailing Spirit (Power Steal)
Counters[]
- Debuff resistance equipments and characters such as Tremor/Black Dragon.
- Jade/Lizard and Smoke/Klassic - They and their affiliated teammates can reflect debuffs.
- Kitana/Edenian Blood - She can reflect debuffs with her Whirlwind.
- Liu Kang/Klassic - He loses no power and gains basic attack damage boost.
- Raiden/Dark - He reverses Power Drain.
- Raiden/MK11 - He and his MK11 teammates are immune to Power Drain.
- Tanya/Treacherous - She halves the power drained.
- Acid Dragon's Deathly Vial (FX) - Steals power instead of draining.
Trivia[]
- Power Drain is one of the random debuffs D'Vorah/Swarm Queen and Divine Argus Cloak can apply.