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Canon • Rebirth |
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| “ | THE SAVAGE EAT THE SKILLED! | „ |
| ~ Baraka |
| “ | My blades will find your heart! | „ |
| ~ Baraka to Jax |
Summary
War Chief of the nomadic Tarkatan tribe, a carnivorous people considered below human by the Outworld Empire. Baraka dutifully serves Shao Kahn to preserve his tribe's way of life, who roam the harsh Wastelands, meat carts in tow, consuming everything and everyone in their path.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-A
Name: Baraka, has several titles including Fang Face, Nosferatu, Buckteeth, Scourge of Outworld, Wasteland Impaler
Origin: Mortal Kombat
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Tarkatan, War Chief of the Tarkatan tribe
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Despite embodying the savage and berserker character, Baraka is quite skilled in hand to hand combat), Weapon Mastery (Skilled in wielding a Tarkatan war banner, which can be used as a spear or a staff. Also wielded firearms sold to him by Kano to the Tarkatans during the invasion of Earthrealm in MK9, albeit they were said to be faulty), Acrobatics (Can leap far distances in a single jump), Natural Weaponry (His Tarkatan arm blades are naturally attached to him, which he uses as his main weapon. Can also launch a spray of bony spikes from his back), Enhanced Senses (Can smell through Shang Tsung's magical disguise. Has a keen sense of smell), Energy Projection (By clashing his blades together, Baraka can generate a projectile out of the sparks made by the friction), Weapon Creation (Can summon a Tarkatan war banner which boosts his damage with its presence)
Attack Potency: Small Building level (Constantly loses to anyone he has fought with, but he is still superior to other Tarkatans after proving himself in the Ritual of Blood. Effortlessly killed several soldiers of the Kahn Guard and impaled Shang Tsung while he was disguised)
Speed: Peak Human with Hypersonic reactions and combat speed
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Can rip out heads)
Striking Strength: Small Building level
Durability: Small Building level
Stamina: High
Range: Standard Melee Range with hand-to-hand combat, slightly higher with arm blades and war banner. Tens of meters with projectiles
Standard Equipment: None notable
- Optional Equipment: None
- Can Create/Summon: Fighting Banner of Tarkata
Intelligence: Above Average; unpredictable and skilled combatant
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Blade Slash: Baraka spreads his arms out, making way for a hook punch with his arm blade extended.
- Splinter: After Blade Slash, he does a cross punch with an extended arm blade.
- Cross Swipe: Baraka pivots forward, throwing a back fist with his arm blade extended.
- Tarkatan Push: After Cross Swipe, he swings both of his arm blades down.
- Gut Strike: Baraka pivots forward and widens his stance, using his rear fist to strike the gut.
- Horror Show: After Gut Strike, Baraka does a side kick.
- Outworld Bash (MK9): After Gut Strike, he shoots out his arm blade.
- Foot Stomp: Baraka stomps on the opponent's foot.
- Open Wound: Following the stomp, he swings his arm blade up and down.
- Easy Kill: After the stomp, he does two cross punches, with only the first one using his arm blade.
- Cutting Loose: After the stomp, he hits the gut with his elbow and swings down his rear arm blade
- Big Leg: Baraka plants his arm blade on the floor, using it as a balance to vault with a drop kick.
- Tarkatan Rush: Baraka throws two hook punches and an uppercut with his arm blade extended.
- Painful Swipes: The uppercut is replaced with a wide back fist, arm blade extended.
- Tricky Fury: The uppercut is replaced with a Foot Stomp but with a hop before it.
- Cold Steel: Baraka wildly swings a rear hook punch, spins forth with a back fist and throws a superman punch.
- The last two hits have his arm blades extended for each attack.
- Tears Of Pain: Baraka wildly swings a rear hook punch and he swings it the other way to make it a back fist. He steps forward and swings both arm blades down.
- Doom Kicks: Baraka does a knee strike and extends his foot to perform a snap kick.
- Straight Shank: Baraka crouches low and stabs the opponent's leg with his arm blade.
- Lunging Blades: Baraka leaps forward and slices his arm blades down.
- Rising Blades: Baraka crouches down and swings his arm blades upwards.
- Low Shank: Baraka kneels down and stabs the opponent's foot with his arm blade.
- Leg Chop: Baraka spins close to the floor, slicing across his opponent's legs.
- Sinister Shank: While airborne, Baraka extends an arm to stab an opponent with his arm blade.
- Bladed Doom: After hopping up, Baraka swings his arm blades down.
- Fatal Strike: While recovering from a knockdown/successfully blocking an attack, Baraka stabs up high with his arm blades.
- Karbrac Stab: While recovering from a knockdown/successfully blocking an attack, Baraka performs a double punch with his arm blades sticking out.
- Mangled: With his leading arm, Baraka does a hook punch and a back fist. He pivots forward, stabbing the opponent with his rear arm blade.
- Outworld Bash: Baraka does a hook punch and a rear gut punch. He crushes their skull using a double axe handle slam.
- Splintered: Baraka does a wide back fist strike and steps forward with a bladed double punch.
- Bloody Mess: Baraka swipes his rear arm blade and leading arm blade, holding them close to his chest after the attack. He then swings them wide to deliver a double slash.
- War Banner Bash: Rather than planting it, he swings the banner at the opponent before planting it.
- He can trade the DoT for more damage, causing him to stab the head as well and use both blades as leverage to throw them.
- He can launch the opponent by flipping them up after he stabs them.
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Discussions
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