Shang Tsung

**Shang Tsung** is a playable guest DLC character in *Gore Galore.* He is one of the *Mortal Kombat* franchise's original characters, debuting as the final boss and primary villain of the first game.

## Moveset

### Basics

* **Spear Jab:**Left punch.
* **Thigh Tear:**Forward left punch.
* **Serpent Stab:**Down left punch.
* **Tiger Fist Crush:**Right punch.
* **Spiritual Eruption:**Forward right punch.
* **Skull Collapse:**Down right punch.
* **Soaring Fist:**Left kick.
* **Sternum Breaker:**Forward left kick.
* **Deception Sweep:**Down left kick.
* **Rushing Spike:**Right kick.
* **Ankle Snap:**Forward right kick.
* **Stance Breaker:**Down right kick.
* **Raining Spear:**Jumping left punch.
* **Crushing Palm:**Jumping right punch.
* **Hawk Kick:**Jumping any kick.
* **Soul Barrier:**Hopping any punch.
* **Hawk Spike:**Hopping any kick.
* **Cinder Swipe:**Wakeup any punch.
* **Ash Flare:**Wakeup any kick.
* **Wakeup Forward Roll:**
* **Wakeup Backward Roll:**
* **Air Escape:**

### Combos

* **Bad Omen:**Left punch, left punch, right punch.
* **Soul Stain:**Left punch, left punch, right kick.
* **Dark Arts:**Backward left punch, left punch, right punch.
* **Soul Torment:**Backward left punch, downward right punch.
* **Death Walker:**Right punch, left punch, upward right punch, downward right punch.
* **Restored Youth:**Backward right punch, left punch, left punch, right punch.
* **Play Time:**Forward right punch, right kick, right punch.
* **Damned Souls:**Forward right kick, upward left kick.
* **Rasing Hell:**Forward right kick, downward left kick.

### Special Moves

* **Soul Steal:**Shang Tsung steals a small portion of the opponent's life force, morphing him into his opponent and he gains access to all of their moves including their Gruesome Move as well as a 20% damage buff. Additionally, if Shang Tsung uses the opponent's Gruesome Move, he can no longer use his own.
	+ **Soul Capture:**Shang Tsung regains some health back and it doubles the amount of time Shang Tsung remains as the morphed opponent.
* **Flaming Skull:**Shang Tsung sends a fiery skull at his opponent.
	+ **Inferno Skull:**Shang Tsung fires two additional skulls, with the last skull being larger and is aimed lower as well as knocks the opponent down.
* **Ground Eruption:**Shang Tsung summons his fiery skulls to burst out of the ground in a series of two. It has a far and close version.
	+ **Netherrealm Eruption:**A third skull will be summoned which will launch the opponent towards Shang Tsung to extend combos.
* **Corpse Drop:**Shang Tsung pulls out his scroll and summons an overweight corpse to fall from above the opponent. It can be used at close, mid, far and very far ranges.
	+ **Explosive Corpse:**Shang Tsung destroys the corpse right after it lands, causing a fiery and bloody explosion that knocks the opponent off their feet.
* **Vile Sorcery:**Shang Tsung can gain multiple effects with his scroll. Only one effect can be active at a time.
	+ **Dark Curse:**Shang Tsung casts a purple magic circle on the floor around himself. This enhances Shang Tsung's special moves, increasing their damage and they drain the opponent's stamina.
	+ **Final Hex:**Shang Tsung casts a red magical circle on the floor around the opponent. Whenever they stay in the circle, the opponent will take more damage from Shang Tsung while dealing less damage themselves.
	+ **Black Magic:**Shang Tsung casts a green magical circle on the floor around himself. Shang Tsung gains armor while in the circle and is immune to chip damage.
* **Soul Warp:**Shang Tsung uses his magic and switches places with his opponent. This also deals a small amount of damage, but Shang Tsung is vulnerable when casting the spell to teleport.
* **Soul Well:**Shang Tsung levitates his vial of souls above the fightline. After every attack, Shang Tsung absorbs a portion of the opponent's soul. Inputting the command again has Shang Tsung absorb what was collected, healing him for 25% of the damage collected. If no damage was dealt, Shang Tsung will heal himself for only 4% health.
* **Shapeshifter Stance:**Shang Tsung enters a stance by wielding his vial of souls and he can follow up with several moves that involve him morphing into the classic ninja characters.
	+ **Cancel:**Shang Tsung exits the stance simply and puts away his vial.
	+ **Scorpion Spear:**Shang Tsung transforms into Scorpion, sending his signature metal chain tipped with the kunai which impales itself into the opponent's chest and allows Scorpion to pull them through the air for a free hit.
		- **Scorpion Hellfire Spear:**Shang Tsung throws out two spears instead covered in hellfire to deal more damage and it is executed faster.
	+ **Sub-Zero Slide:**Shang Tsung transforms into Sub-Zero, Shang Tsung slides across the floor to knock the opponent off their feet.
		- **Sub-Zero Power Slide:**Shang Tsung follows up with a blast of ice to the opponent's back which freezes them solid, allowing for a free hit to extend combos.
	+ **Noob Saibot Tele-Slam:**Shang Tsung transforms into Noob Saibot, he disappears under the ground to reappear behind the opponent, grabbing them and slamming them on the ground.
		- **Noob Saibout Tele-Slam Smash:**After the opponent is slammed, they are bounced for a juggle.
	+ **Smoke Shake:**Shang Tsung transforms into Smoke, then he stands in place and surrounds himself with a smoke which is a counter to projectiles, so Shang Tsung follows up by teleporting and landing on the opponent.
		- **Smoke Vibration:**Shang Tsung can now counter melee attacks.

### Throws

* **Forward Throw:**Shang Tsung grabs his opponent by the throat and drains a portion of their life force. He then sends them away with a palm strike and it restores a very small amount of his health.
* **Backward Throw:**Shang Tsung opens a fiery portal beneath the opponent's feet that they fall into, and Shang Tsung stomps on their head, sending them in. Once the opponent is thrown out of the portal, Shang Tsung opens his scroll and strikes them with a fireball.

### Gruesome Move

* **Your Soul Is Mine:**Shang Tsung initiates his Gruesome Move by stunning them with a burst of magic. He then plunges his hand into their stomach, destroying it, before showing the muscles as he takes the opponent's soul. Shang Tsung then transforms into the opponent and delivers a kick to the face that shatters their skull, knocking them away.

### Execution Moves

* **Soultaker:**Shang Tsung grabs the opponent by the throat and consumes their soul painfully, leaving behind a shrunken and dried-out corpse.
* **Identity Theft:**Shang Tsung copies one of his opponent's Execution Moves.
* **Shokan Reborn:**Shang Tsung throws out a soul orb at his opponent's chest, tearing a hole and exposing their ribcage. A pair of arms break from the lower sides and rips off the opponent's arms. A second pair of arms sprout int the place of the ripped arms and pull at the opponent's chest, tearing it apart with enough force to blow them into pieces, and emerging from the opponent's body is Goro who roars at the camera.
* **Ninja Attack:**Shang Tsung transforms into Smoke and injects smoke into them before letting go and the extreme heat starts to sear the opponent's body from the side and the excess heat begins to parcolate from the opponent's body, gushing blood and their flesh melting off. Shang Tsung then morphs into Noob Saibot and repeatedly slams them into the ground which breaks their limbs and smashes in the opponent's face and body horribly. He then becomes Scorpion with his flaming skull revealed before breathing fire on the opponent, setting them aflame and burned black and charred. Shang Tsung finishes his assault by morphing into Sub-Zero, proceeding to rip off the opponent's head with the spine attached still.
* **Condemned to be Damned:**Shang Tsung summons glowing chains on each of the opponent's limbs. The chains lift the opponent up and Shang Tsung summons a fiery portal below them, then two undead Shaolin monks appear from the portal and start clawing at the suspended opponent, tearing their guts out. One undead monk rips off the opponent's face, whilst the other pulls their skeleton out from their suspended body through their open stomach.
* **Outworld Emperor:**Shang Tsung morphs into Shao Kahn and he uses the hammer to smash the opponent into the ground and then, when they buried into the ground up to their torso, smashes their head off with a golf swing.