Kung Lao/Circle of Shadow

Strategy[]

Interactions[]

Please note that battles are highly situational: this section only mentions cards that have mechanics that, for any reason, are particularly effective with/against, or particularly ineffective against Kung Lao. Having a card that "counters" Kung Lao does not mean it is always a good choice.

Good With[]

• Circle of Shadow Characters.
• Mileena/Vampiress: Mileena gives Netherrealm teammates extra damage against Bleeding opponents.
• Noob Saibot/MK11: Noob Saibot gives 50% more damage on crit and lethal attacks to Netherrealm class.
• Shinnok/Vengeful: Kung Lao gains 20% Critical chance from Shinnok.

Good Against[]

• Strike Force Characters.

Countered By[]

• Assassin Characters.
• Cassie Cage/Undercover: Cassie Cage deals 20% more damage against Netherrealm Characters including Kung Lao.
• Jacqui Briggs/Cybernetic & Scorpion/Hellspawn: Both these characters take less damage from Netherrealm characters, which include Kung Lao.
• Jacqui Briggs/Kosplay: Jacqui's Tremor and Ermac variations have advantages over Netherrealm characters, which include Kung Lao.
• Johnny Cage/Strike Force: Johnny and his fellow Strike Force teammates deal 10-30% more damage against Netherrealm Characters, which include Kung Lao.
• Tremor/Aftershock: Tremor and his Martial Artist teammates gain unblockable chance against Netherrealm characters, which include Kung Lao.

Abilities[]

Here are Kung Lao's abilities.

Support Cards/Equipment[]

Here are Kung Lao's support and equipment cards.

Card	Classification	Description	Picture
Hat Toss	Attack	3-33% Bonus Attack
Spinning Teleport	Health	3-30% Bonus Health
Ancestor: Great Kung Lao	Recovery	20-220% Bonus Recovery
Bladed Hat	Equipment	25-45% Toughness boost. [Kung Lao] 20-40% Special Attack 1 damage boost. [Fusion Level X] 25% Chance to reflect 100% basic attack damage when blocking.
Wushu Master's True Weapon	Equipment	40-60% Basic Attack damage boost. 30-60% Chance to transfer 50% damage to Health on Special Attack 2. 20-80% Damage boost. Earthrealm Tower only. 40-160% Max health boost. Earthrealm Tower only. [Kung Lao] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Wushu Master's Guandao Blade, any DIAMOND Kung Lao gains a 40% chance to perform a Special Combo Ender dealing massive damage. If the last opponent is under 25% health, a Brutality is performed instead of the Special Combo Ender, ending the fight immediately. [Fusion Level X] Health is increased and restored by 10% after performing any Special attack. Max 5 times in the battle.
Wushu Master's Guandao Blade	Equipment	50% Chance Basic Attacks deal 30-50% of damage to all opponents. 10-30% Damage boost after tag-in for 15 seconds. All following damage boosts gained from this Equipment is 15% more powerful. Max 75% damage boost. 150-600% Damage boost. Earthrealm Tower only. [Kung Lao] Whenever opponent uses a Special Attack, gain 10-20% Critical Hit chance boost till the end of the match. Can stack up to 5 times. [Kung Lao] [Set] If this is equipped alongside Wushu Master's True Weapon, any DIAMOND Kung Lao gains a 40% chance to perform a Special Combo Ender dealing massive damage. If the last opponent is under 25% health, a Brutality is performed instead of the Special Combo Ender, ending the fight immediately. [Fusion Level X] Successful Special 2 Attacks apply Silence debuff for 15 seconds to the opposing team. Silence prevents the affected Characters from using Special Attack 1 and reduces their Power generation by 60%.

Stats[]

These stats are the final damage, health, toughness and recovery at level 50, per Fusion rank, with ALL support cards, and without any equipment. With Update 1.18, Fusion 8, 9, and 10 have been added. The Fusion 10 stats are for level 60 characters.

Prior to Update 2.0, these are his original stats as a Gold Character.

Gallery[]

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Old challenge teaser

Old card as a gold

Trivia[]

• Prior to Update 2.0, his passive was Netherrealm Power: All Netherrealm teammates start combat with +1 bar of POWER.
• Prior to Update 2.0, he costed 350 Souls.
• Prior to Update 2.4, he was known as Kung Lao/Revenant.
• Prior to Update 3.4.1, he had only one combo ender.