Baraka

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 Alignment | Chaotic Evil (Former)
Chaotic Neutral (Current)

**Baraka** is a minor villain from Mortal Kombat. He was a servant of Shao Kahn and leader of Outworld's Tarkatan hordes.

## Background

Baraka is the leader of the Tarkatan army and a being totally loyal to Shao Kahn  who helps with his plans for kingdom domination. After Shao Kahn's death, Baraka continued to serve Mileena  who was the supposed successor to the throne of Outworld.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Tarkatan Physiology:** As a Tarkatan, Baraka's physiques are greater than probably an any human. Baraka's prowess is so remarkable, he is described as the firecest among the entire Tarkatan race, and is a capable warrior by nature.
	+ **Tarkatan Arm Blades:** The most recognisable feature of Tarkatans. Housed in Baraka's forearms are dual 4 ft. long arm blades for various usages. They´re sharp and strong enough to cut through flesh, bone, and metal. He's even able to instantly regrow new arm blades should he lose one of them. They are mostly metallic in nearly all of Baraka's MK appearances, though they also taken organic look in recent games.
		- **Blade Spark:**By scraping his arm blades together, Baraka can fire off a spark as a projectile.
	+ **Enhanced Healing:** Baraka has a minor healing factor, that apparently can let him survive even fatal wounds, like Kung Lao's Body Slice Fatality during the MK Trilogy events (though he required giant staples to hold his body together for a time).
	+ **Enhanced Senses:** Like a Bloodhound, Baraka is able to use his sense of smell to locate anyone, like a disguised Shang Tsung.
	+ **Body Spike projection:** Baraka can shoot the spikes out of his body as a defensive maneuver.
* **Ice-Based Attacks Immunity:** Became immune to this ability after Sub-Zero froze him, and charged through Sub-Zero´s Ice Ball with no ill effects.
* **Skilled Martial Artist:** Trained in martial arts, he possesses hundreds of different variaties of fight styles.
	+ **Hung Gar**
	+ **Taming the Tiger Fist**
	+ **Tiger Crane Paired Form Fist**
	+ **Fire Animal Fire Element Fist**
	+ **Iron Wire Fist**
* **Moveset:**
	+ **Blade Swipe**
	+ **Chop Chop**
	+ **Flying Shard**
	+ **Blade Spin**
	+ **Blade Charge**
	+ **Triple Flying Shard**
* **Fatalities:**
	+ **Blade Decapitation**
	+ **Blade Lift**
	+ **Mutant Dissection**
	+ **Head Spike**
	+ **Chest Stab**
	+ **Take A Spin**
	+ **Up The Middle**

## Equipment

* **Razor Cane:**A blade-tipped cane that resembles a scythe. Baraka wielded it as a weapon in Mortal Kombat Gold.
* **Thoraxe**
* **Spear**
* **War Banner**

## Feats

### Strength

* Superior than an ordinary Tarkatan, who can match Mileena.
	+ Mileena was stated to have the strength comparable to a Shokan.
* Can punch another warrior's head clean off.
* Comparable to Sub-Zero, who can rip apart cyborgs with ease.
* Comparable to Tremor, who is stated to have enough power to destroy a city.
* Comparable to Rain and Raiden, both of whom can summon and control thunderstorms.
* Bashed open a dungeon door.

### Speed

* Can create numerous afterimages with his slashes.
* Scales to Sub-Zero, who avoided Sektor's rockets.
* At least somewhat comparable to Quan Chi, who reacted to Raiden's lightning.
* Comparable to Kotal Kahn, who can redirect sunlight.
* Can somewhat keep up with Mileena.

### Durability

* Comparable to other Kombatants, who canonically survived and fought on after receiving crippling blows.
* Barely fazed after Johnny Cage's attempts at hurting him.
	+ Even tolerated the infamous Nut Punch. (Malibu comics)
* Survived Kung Loa's Body Slice Fatality.
* Comparable to Kombatants who survived lightning from Raiden.
* Comparable to Kenshi, who survived a blast from Scorpion's fireball.
* Brushed off falling several stories.
* Can survive Rain's around-the-world kick.
* Can still stand even after having swords in his chest and head. (Shaolin Monks)

### Skill

* The most intelligent and at the same time brutal member of his race.
* Dealt so much damage to Jax Briggs' arms that he lost the ability to feel them - this eventually led to their amputation.
* Became Shao Kahn's Enforcer after single-handedly defeating a rebel faction.
* Lead a Tarkatan army to attack the Wu Shi Academy and kidnapped Sonya Blade.
* Freed Mileena from her prison and recruited her to Onaga's army.
* In the Battle of Armageddon, killed Kuai Liang, the second Sub-Zero.
* In the new timeline, was Mileena's Enforcer when she became the Empress of Outworld.
* His past self ultimately joined Kitana's forces and, along with the rest of the Tarkatans, took part in the final battle against Kronika's armies.
* Fought Deathstroke... wait, What?

## Weaknesses

* Bloodthirsty and ruthless.
* More of a follower than a leader.
* Special Attacks leave him wide open.
* Prefers going berserk on opponents as opposed to using strategy.
* Has a bad track record.
	+ Lost to Johnny Cage.

## Fun Facts

* His name means "*bless*" in Arabic and "*blessing*" in Swahili.