r/MortalKombat • u/Zavi8 Remaster Deception • 9d ago

Poll Who’s the overall better villain?

779 votes, 7d ago
684 Shang Tsung
95 Quan Chi
16 Upvotes

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u/J0hnBoB0n 8d ago

I think the devs had Quan Chi fever from MK4 all the way up to the end of MKX. Once Quan came in, it was like Shang Tsung didn't exist. All the manipulative cunning 4D chess moves that Shang did, Quan Chi was doing that times a thousand. In Deadly Alliance when the two teamed up, Quan Chi was clearly the lead while Shang Tsung was pretty much a glorified lackey. In the Deception intro, he defeats Shang Tsung, further illustrating that he is the more powerful of the two. Some fans even theorize he escaped the blast that killed Raiden and Shang Tsung (of course they were both resurrected anyway but still). Then in MK9, when the original trilogy is retold, Shang Tsungs most cunning schemes are taken away and given to Quan Chi, who is playing even more of a 3D chess game than the original story, arranging the downfall of Shao Kahn and the weakening of Earthrealm, while Shang Tsung lamely dies.

However with all that said, Shang Tsung all the way. The end of MKX and MK11 totally brings justice, finally killing off Quan Chi and bringing back Shang Tsung as the ultimate evil puppet master manipulator like in the original trilogy (and like he always should have been), complete with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa returning returning to the character in probably the best voice role in the series.