Shang Tsung

**Shang Tsung** is a playable character in *Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter.* He is a sorcerer who serves as the right-hand man of Shao Kahn.

## Moveset

### Skill Moves

* **Soul Steal:**Shang Tsung steals a small portion of his opponent's life force and he morphs into his opponent as well as gains a 20% damage boost. Additionally, Shang Tsung gains his opponent's Critical Move.
* **Soul Well:**Shang Tsung levitates his vial of souls above the fightline. After every attack, Shang Tsung absorbs a portion of his opponent's soul. Shang Tsung can then collect the souls, healing him for 25% of the damage collected.

### Trigger Moves

* **Vile Sorcery:**Shang Tsung gains two effects using his scrolls. Only one effect can be active at a time.
	+ **Malignant Sorcery:**Shang Tsung opens his scroll in front of his opponent, placing a red aura around them. During this time, the opponent's damage is reduced by 25%.
	+ **Vile Inscriptions:**Shang Tsung opens his scroll next to himself, placing a purple aura on his opponent. During this time, all of Shang Tsung's damage is increased by 25%.
* **Soul Warp:**Shang Tsung uses his magic and switches places with his opponent as well as dealing small damage.

### Normal Moves

* **Forward Throw:**Shang Tsung grabs his opponent by the throat and drains a portion of their life force, restoring a small portion of health, then sends them away with a palm strike.
* **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, he opens his scroll and strikes them away with a fireball.
* **Air Throw:**

### Reversal Moves

* **Your Soul Is Mine:**Shang Tsung shatters his vial of souls into a small explosion of energy.

### Special Moves

* **Flaming Skull:**Shang Tsung sends a fiery skull flying at his opponent.
	+ **Enhanced Version:**Shang Tsung fires two additional skulls, with the third aiming in a lower arc.
* **Ground Eruption:**Shang Tsung summons his fiery skulls to burst out of the ground in a series of two, directed towards him. It has different ranges.
	+ **Enhanced Version:**Shang Tsung summons a third skull which pops the opponent up for a juggle.
* **Corpse Drop:**Shang Tsung pulls out his scroll and summons an overweight corpse to fall from above the opponent. It has different ranges.
	+ **Enhanced Version:**The corpse explodes after it lands, causing a fiery and bloody explosion that knocks the opponent off their feet.
* **Sorcery Rush:**Shang Tsung slides across the ground with a wall of green energy in front of him and slides into his opponent, knocking them a considerable distance away from the sorcerer.
	+ **Enhanced Version:**Shang Tsung instead launches the opponent into the air for a juggle.
* **Inferno Barrier:**Shang Tsung pulls out his scroll and summons a small fire tornado trap on the fightline behind his opponent. If the opponent makes contact with the trap, they will take damage. He also has the option to spawn the trap in front of himself.
	+ **Enhanced Version:**The trap can travel a majority of the fightline to track the opponent.

### Secret Fatality

* **Soultaker:**Triggered from Soul Steal, Shang Tsung consumes the opponent's soul and transforms into them by grabbing them by the throat with both hands and leaves them as a shrunken corpse.