Shang Tsung (Second Timeline)

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==Summary==
Soul sorcerer and historical host of Mortal Kombat. Born in Earthrealm, Shang Tsung’s relentless pursuit of powerful magic led him to Outworld, where Shao Kahn offered him a dark power that no sorcerer on Earthrealm could. Shang Tsung pledged his eternal loyalty to Shao Kahn in exchange for this evil magic, but he is no faithful servant. He dreams of the day his sorcery will overtake Shao Kahn’s, and he’ll pay any price to get there.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | At least , likely far higher
Key: Base | Keeper of Time
Name: Shang Tsung
Origin: Mortal Kombat
Gender: Male
Age: Over 1000 years old
Classification: Human, Sorcerer, Host of the Mortal Kombat tournament (former)
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Has a composite fighting style made from his skills and that of others, including the Five Animals, Hung Gar, Aikido, etc.), Stealth Mastery (Quietly flew towards Johnny Cage. After defeating Fire God Liu Kang, he was nowhere to be seen until reappearing behind him. Frequently uses stealth in combination with his deceptive shapeshifting, catching his enemies off guard), Extrasensory Perception (Can sense the presence of souls several meters away from him), Acrobatics, Magic (Arguably one of the most skilled sorcerers in MK), Flight (True flight), Longevity (His long life comes from the life force that he steals), Social Influencing (Shang Tsung is well known for his trickery and deceit towards others), Soul Manipulation (His soul magic is his most versatile ability, as most of his abilities come from or are a side effect of soul magic. By itself however, he uses it to steal and consume souls, usually against a vulnerable opponent. Stealing souls increases his overall power, restores his health, absorbs its memories [thus absorbing their knowledge], and absorbs their "attributes" and powers, allowing him to mimic their abilities and appearance. When he fully consumes someone's soul, he can absorb their powers to his own. Can weaponize souls in various ways), Shapeshifting (Usually linked to his soul stealing, but he can shapeshift into almost anyone without stealing a soul beforehand. Can also turn into a giant, fire serpent), Energy Manipulation (Linked to his soul magic. He can fire projectiles made of pure soul energy and conjure energy constructs, including shields and chains), Fire Manipulation (While not as versatile as his soul magic, it is one of his more prominent magic and his main element. His fire is hot enough to melt through a Lin Kuei cyborg's armor. Stated to use hellfire as well), Magma Manipulation (Can manipulate scalding lava as an attack), Explosion Manipulation (Can detonate his summoned corpses with a blast of fire. His Scatter Souls attack involves him crushing a soul urn, causing it to explode), Summoning (Can summon a variety of familiars, including a massive fire serpent, undead Shaolin monks, and bloated corpses from the Flesh Pits), Teleportation (Can teleport by himself and swap his position with others. Can create a fiery portal that allows him to travel between realms and banish opponents, and a lava portal that scorches those who pass through it before teleporting them), Telekinesis (Likely a side effect of him gaining so much souls, Shang Tsung has the ability to manipulate opponents and objects from a short distance), Curse Manipulation (Can use his scrolls to apply a curse on his opponent, one that decreases their attack damage and another that increases the damage they take from him), Sealing (Sometimes, the souls he takes are contained in his urn rather than immediately consuming them), Healing (Low-Mid. Healed Kabal from third degree burns all over his body. Also healed himself after sustaining a puncture wound in his chest from Baraka's arm blade), Resurrection (Can resurrect others from their souls, allowing them to regain a pristine physical form. This usually puts them under Shang Tsung's control), Intangibility (Can phase his hands into someone to rip their soul out Can also turn into a wisp of green energy), Resistance to Soul Manipulation and Mind Manipulation (Trapped inside him are the many souls that he has consumed, likely numbering in the hundreds or thousands. Ermac, who likely has a larger/equivalent amount of souls in him, was able to resist Takeda's attempts to read his mind due to the latter being unable to telepathically read all of them at once, so Shang should scale to this feat)
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Same as before, plus the souls and abilities of Shao Kahn, Sindel, Cetrion, Fire God Liu Kang (in the evil ending) and Kronika. Can also use the Hourglass and its powers
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Attack Potency: Small Building level (While he is frequently defeated in the story mode of MK9, he returns to the story of Aftermath with more victories outside of gameplay based matches: defeating Present Jax and nearly killing him, initially defeating Geras, casually destroying a bunch of Lin Kuei cyborgs, etc.), ignores durability with dark sorcery (Can steal and consume souls, cause a disembodied spirit to manifest its physical form inside someone to burst from within, phase his hands through the body, etc.) | At least Multi-City Block level, likely far higher (After donning the Soul Crown, which empowered Kronika to an unknown degree, he partially absorbed the souls of Fujin and Raiden, later fully absorbed the souls of Shao Kahn and Sindel before finally defeating Kronika, who had absorbed Cetrion's soul to empower herself, and Fire God Liu Kang [in his ending], absorbing their souls as well), ignores durability with dark sorcery and the Hourglass
Speed: Peak Human (Normally runs this fast) with Hypersonic reactions and combat speed (Should be comparable to Kabal who can slice bullets) | Hypersonic+ movement speed (Should be superior to the likes of Raiden who can fly this fast) with Massively Hypersonic+ reactions and combat speed (Should be superior to Shinnok who can react to and block Raiden's lightning)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 | At least Class K, likely far higher (In his ending, he is shown to be as large as a small sized building, which might increase the weight that he is able to lift)
Striking Strength: Small Building level (Staggered Geras with his attacks in close range) | At least Multi-City Block level, likely far higher
Durability: Small Building level (Can take hits from people on this level) | At least Multi-City Block level, likely far higher 
Stamina: Superhuman (He can restore his stamina during battle by consuming souls)
Range: Standard melee range with hand-to-hand combat. Tens of meters with magic and projectiles His portals allow him to access and travel between realms.
Standard Equipment: Ancient scrolls, soul phylacteries, | Kronika's Krown, The Hourglass
*Optional Equipment: None notable
*Can Create/Summon: Magical chains, giant flaming serpent, corpses, undead Shaolin monks, forcefields, portals, lava pools, soulnado, and his own items.
Intelligence: Gifted (Expert schemer and skilled combatant; possesses knowledge of genetics, having created such biological abominations as Mileena and Meat in his Flesh Pits. Was revealed to be the creator of the Krown, which allowed Kronika to absorb souls and harness the innate power within them to operate the Hourglass)
Weaknesses: His shapeshifting ability may not allow him to fully copy several aspects of a target, like their strength and speed (Fully consuming their soul allows him to do that though)
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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*Morphing: Shang morphs into a kombatant of his choosing, gaining access to their full appearance and abilities.
*Fire Skull: Shang fires a flaming skull projectile at the opponent.
**Inferno Skull: Fire Skull can now be amplified twice, causing you to shoot three skulls.
*Soul Steal: Shang steals a portion of the opponent's soul, mimicking their appearance and gaining their abilities. Additionally, he may stun the opponent before performing the move.
*Sorcery Rush: Shang slides forwards to the opponent in a path of lava, crashing towards the opponent with an energy shield.
*Screaming Soul: Shang launches a bolt of pure soul energy at the opponent.
**The attack can be delayed, causing Shang to hold the projectile in his hand until he chooses to fire it.
**It can also be cancelled during the startup, tricking opponents who anticipate this attack.
**Shang can also fire it through his scroll, turning it into a beam that zigzags towards the opponent.
*Crashing Flames: Shang conjures two consecutive fireballs that fly down to the opponent.
**He can add a third attack where he simultaneously shoots two fireballs at their shins, burning and knocking them down.
*Ground Eruption: Shang summons two bolts of hellfire that erupt from the ground.
**A third hellfire bolt can be added after summoning two of them.
*Force Lift: Shang transforms into Ermac, lifting the opponent into the air and slams them down.
*Inferno Barrier: Shang summons a slow, advancing pillar of fire.
*Soul Well: Shang deploys his floating urn on the field. While active, the urn will absorb portions of the opponent's soul every time Shang damages the opponent with his attacks. He can then use it to heal himself when activated or if it expires.
*Corpse Drop: Shang summons a bloated corpse that crashes down to the opponent.
**Explosive Corpses: Shang can now send the opponent high into the air by blowing up the corpse.
*Scatter Souls: Shang holds his urn in front of him, pulsing with power. He crushes it in his hands, which releases a powerful explosion.
**While holding the urn, Shang can delay or cancel the attack. The longer the attack is delayed, the more damage it will deal.
**He can also choose to throw the exploding urn at the opponent, stunning them on contact.
*Shake: Shang transforms into Smoke, rapidly vibrating in place. While in this state, he parries attacks by teleporting before it connects and reappears above the opponent to crush them.
*Slide: Shang transforms into Reptile and slides towards the opponent.
**After briefly launching the opponent, Shang can follow up with a drop kick to the opponent's back.
*Superkick: Shang transforms into Rain and unleashes his signature kick, launching the opponent to the other side.
*Soul Swap: Shang performs a gesture, instantly switching places with the opponent.
*Malignant Sorcery: Shang places a curse on the opponent using his scroll, reducing their damage they deal towards Shang.
*Vile Inscriptions: Shang places a curse on the opponent with his scroll, which increases the damage the opponent takes.
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*Shang Tsung phases his hand into opponent's chest before pulling a small portion of their soul out and stores it in a small urn. He proceeds to do an open palm strike infused with flames to send them away from him. 
*Shang Tsung summons a pool of lava beneath them and buries them in it. He closes the lava pool and summons it behind him while firing a blast of energy from his scroll as the pool spits them out.
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*The Klassic: Shang Tsung performs an uppercut, but it decapitates them with their spine intact.
*Essence Thief: Shang Tsung phases his hand through the opponent's chest to take a part of their soul before fully draining their soul, causing their body to turn grey as their skin disintegrates.
*Visceral Punt: Shang Tsung buries half of his opponent into a pool of lava before punting their head off, spine included.
*True Fifty Fifty: Shang Tsung transforms into Ermac and telekinetically lifts the opponent before tearing them in half.
*Fountain of Bl00d: Shang Tsung transforms into Rain and delivers a decapitating roundhouse kick, causing their head to fly back to his hand.
*Walk It Off: Shang Tsung transforms into Reptile and slides towards the opponent with enough force to obliterate their legs.
*Spatial Override: Shang Tsung does a gesture and disappears. The opponent glows green as they twitch and convulse violently before exploding, with Shang Tsung appearing in their place.
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*X-Ray (Your Soul Is Mine): Shang Tsung magically pulls the opponent towards him before phasing his hands into their ribs to break it as he drains their soul before delivering a skull shattering knee strike that sends them flying away from him.
*Fatal Blow (Shapeshifter's Barrage): Shang Tsung fires a large blast of soul energy that stuns and pushes the opponent away from him, setting them up for an attack. He transforms into Sub-Zero and slides towards them, causing them to flip behind him as he turns back to stab them through the skull with an icicle that freezes their body. The opponent is sent flying again as Shang transforms into Scorpion kicks them away and pulls them in with his spear before slicing their throat. Finally, he transforms into Noob Saibot and grabs them as they both fly up before crashing down to do a neck-breaking suplex of darkness.
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==Gallery==
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Shang tsung.png
Shang Tsung MK3.png|MK3 Young Shang Tsung.
Shang Tsung MKA.gif|MKA Shang Tsung.
lMuqzAA.png|MK9 Young Shang Tsung.
Wantedpostereee.png|Shang Tsung's wanted poster.
|-|Intros=
OPpLfFE - Imgur.gif|Infusion of Souls.
ZEStn4l - Imgur.gif|Crush Defiance.
Tg0dnLU - Imgur.gif|Summon the Well.
Am4nnJB - Imgur.gif|Infernal Shapeshifter.
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Ezgif-5-eda09a65d947.gif|Damned Procession.
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==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Tricky the Clown (Madness Combat) Tricky's Profile (Speed was equalized, starting distance was 15 meters, Tricky the Clown and Base Shang Tsung used)
Inconclusive:
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