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Sub-Zero vs. Esdeath

Jinsye

Jinsye

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Sub-Zero
Mkx grandmaster sub
Your followers hold you in high esteem, warlord. They fight and die for your amusement. My brother participated in this folley. I do so only to face his killer!
~ Sub-Zero demanding from Shao Kah​
Powers and Stats

Tier: Low 7-B

Name: Sub-Zero; real name is Kuai Liang. Formerly known as Tundra

Origin: Mortal Kombat

Gender: Male

Age: 32, in his 50s in MKX

Classification: Human Ninja, Cryomancer, Lin Kuei Grandmaster

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Stealth Mastery, Ice Manipulation, Crystallizatio, Master Martial Artist, Master Swordsmanship, Ice Weapon Creation, Elemental Intangibility (Of the ice element), Teleportation, Air Manipulation/Generation, Ice Breath Attack, Absolute Zero (His ice reaches temperatures up to -500┬░F), Forcefield Creation, Damage Reduction, Damage Retur, Resistance to Ice Manipulation and Soul Manipulation

Attack Potency: Small City level+ (Raide has commented that Sub-Zero is more powerful than his brother. In the MKX comic, he injured Scorpion while being empowered by the Blood Magik and later froze an entire city after training with Bo' Rai Cho, but there's no timeframe in how he did it. Easily defeated Cassie Cage, Takeda Takahashi, Kung Ji, Jacqui Briggs and fought evenly with Hanzo Hasashi in MKX)

Speed: Hypersonic+ with Massively Hypersonic reactions and combat speed (Slipped past a missile's explosio and kept up with Scorpion even without Blood Magik)

Lifting Strength: At least Class K

Striking Strength: Small City Class+

Durability: Small City level+ (Immortality made him hard to kill as a Revenant)

Stamina: Very high.

Range: Standard melee range. Extended melee range with ice sword. Tens of meters to hundreds of meters with cryomancy.

Standard Equipment: The Dragon Medallion, which increases his cryokinetic abilities.

Intelligence: Gifted (Managed to rebuilt the Lin Kuei clan as its leader in both timelines, honed his cryomancy during childhood and also was able to access Sektor's memories in the current timeline)

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

As a Human Cryomancer:

  • Ice Blast: Sub-Zero sends a blast of ice directly towards the opponent to temporarily freeze them in place for a free hit. He could also freeze opponents in midair (they'll stay frozen in midair) if timed correctly.
    • Ice Beam: Instead of a single ball of ice, Sub-Zero will shoot a beam of ice, making it easier to hit opponents in the air. The opponent is also frozen for a longer amount of time.
  • Slide: Sub-Zero slides across the floor, knocking the opponent off their feet. It is assumed Sub-Zero slides by freezing the soles of his feet while leaving a trail of ice behind.
    • Power Slide: After Sub-Zero hits the opponent, he will follow up with an additional attack (twin palms). In MKX, the enhanced version has Sub-Zero follow up with a blast of ice to the opponent's back.
  • Ground Ice: Sub-Zero freezes the floor and whoever steps on the circle of ice will temporarily be frozen to the ground or slip all over the place, setting the opponent up for a free hit.
    • Ground Freeze: It freezes the entire arena floor that is in front of him.
  • Ice Clone: Sub-Zero creates an ice clone of himself anywhere he chooses, and anyone who touches it will freeze.
    • Ice Statue: The clone will stay for a longer period of time.
    • Air Clone Kick: Sub-Zero is able to launch an Ice Clone at his opponent while in the air.
    • Clone Charge: Sub-Zero is able to launch an Ice Clone at the opponent while on the ground.
  • Ice Decoy: Sub-Zero replaces himself with a Decoy, evading a fatal blow.
  • Ice Shaker: Sub-Zero emits a wave of cold air from his body freezing anyone or anything near him.
  • Ice Burst: Sub-Zero sends out a pulsing wave of ice, knocking the opponent off their feet.
  • Frost Hammer: Sub-Zero summons a large warhammer made of ice and pounds the opponent into the ground with it.
  • Air Frost Hammer: Sub-Zero summons his Frost Hammer while in the air and slams the head into the ground, knocking the opponent off their feet.
  • Polar Puncture: Sub-Zero grabs his opponent and stabs them 3 times in the lower chest area with an ice dagger and then stabs them a final time with two in the upper chest area.
  • Ice Shower: Sub-Zero shoots ice straight overhead which falls back down atop his opponent. He can shoot it close, mid way, or far away to freeze the opponent. In Armageddon, it is known as Ice Pillar and instead of falling on the opponent, the ice comes up underneath them like a frozen geyser, freezing and suspending them in the air.
  • Cold Shoulder: Sub-Zero rushes the opponent with his shoulder, leaving a trail of ice behind him on the ground.
  • Ice Port: Sub-Zero quickly teleports and reappears behind or away from his opponent.
  • Icy Counter: Sub-Zero quickly covers himself in a sheet of ice. If an opponent attacks him physically whilst in this state, they will automatically be flash-frozen as Sub-Zero disappears and reappears behind the opponent with his Kori Blade in hand to strike them down.
  • Ice Nugget: Sub-Zero makes a nugget out of ice above his opponent, which comes crashing down onto the opponent.
  • Barrier of Frost: Sub-Zero forms a large barrier of ice in front of him that cancels or absorbs projectiles and freezes opponents who touch it.
  • Frozen Aura: Sub-Zero covers himself in an armor-like layer of rock-hard ice, rendering him immune to chip damage. In addition, any damage the opponent inflicts while close to Sub-Zero will damage the attacker.
  • Unknown Ice Forcefield: In the Mortal Kombat X comics, Sub-Zero creates a spherical shield that protects him and freezes anything that comes in contact with it.
  • Kold War Kombo-Ender: Sub-Zero forms large ice spikes around his body, damaging the opponent, ending his current combo. He was seen using this ability against Scorpion while under the possession of the Kamidogu.
  • Ice Cubed: While encased in his Frozen Aura, Sub-Zero performs an enhanced Ice Slide with the ice blast obliterating the opponent but saving their frozen head in an ice cube.
  • Snow Ball: Sub-Zero freezes his opponent and sends an ice blast into them from across the screen, smashing their torso to pieces.
  • Splitting Image: Sub-Zero creates an ice clone of himself and shatters it with an Ice Burst, sending ice shards in the opponent's direction, impaling them through the head and body. Their corpse then freezes into ice.
  • Deep Freeze (MK9): Sub-Zero charges at the opponent with a cold shoulder and punches into the stomach, proceeding to freeze and crush the opponent's liver, also cracking their ribs. He recoils and headbutts the opponent in the side of the head, shattering their skull and jaw.
  • Deep Freeze (MKX): Sub-Zero charges at the opponent, then punches into their stomach, grabbing and ripping out their entrails. He freezes them into an icicle, which he violently jams into the opponent's eye.
Esdeath
Esdeath-Sama
I don't understand the feelings of the weak. The law of the world is survival of its fittest. It's how the weak are weeded out. It just means those people that died were too weak. It's only natural for the weak to perish.
~ Esdeath​
Tier: At least Low 7-B, likely higher Name: Esdeath, "Empire's Strongest", "Ice Queen"

Origin: Akame ga Kill!

Gender: Female

Age: Early 20s

Classification: Human, Assassin, General, Teigu User, Leader of the Jaegers

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Ice Manipulation, Time Stop, Weather Manipulation (Ice storm via Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief), Danmaku, Summoning via Ice Cavalry, Master Swordswoma, Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Extrasensory Perception (Can sense the presence of her adversaries if they carry a shred of murderous intent and has a strong 6th sense), Pseudo-Flight, Aura (Fear, bloodlust), Afterimage Creation, Resistance to Empathic Manipulation and Willpower Manipulation [Unaffected by Scream], Mind Manipulation (Drank the entire chalice of Demon's Extract and resisted the Danger Beast's attempt to break her mind / take control of her, while even of cup of the blood can destroy a human's psyche), Sound Manipulation (Unaffected by Heavy Pressure's Trump Card, Nasty Voice, comparing it to a mere fly buzzing at her ear), Heat Manipulation (Her ice was completely unaffected by Die Leaguer's Fire Orb, and can resist being melted by Tyrant's fire-breath), and cold temperatures (Grew up in a snowy region, and could cover herself in her own ice without any sign of discomfort)

Attack Potency: At least Small City level+, likely higher (Treated Winged Incursio like a complete joke, who in his previous state, got stronger to the point of causing serious harm to Budo. Consistently referred to as the Empire's strongest, which would put her above the likes of base Shikoutazer and Third-Form Tatsumi, with the latter being wary about fighting her. Froze an entire river in a flashback shortly after obtaining her Teigu, when she was much weaker than her current state)

Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic (Much faster than Akame who managed to evade lightning. Faster than Tatsumi, and casually dodged a shot from Mine)

Lifting Strength: At least Class M (Casually lifts men larger than her and Tatsumi cannot escape her hold without Incursio)

Striking Strength: At least Small City Class+, likely higher (Casually deflected Tatsumi's attacks on multiple occasions)

Durability: At least Small City level+, likely higher (Took only slight damage from one of Second-Form Tatsumi's strikes, though it should be noted that Esdeath's feelings distracted her. Far superior to all the members of Night Raid who can withstand Budo's attacks)

Stamina: Extremely high, can fight against a whole army and continue to fight powerful Teigu like Susanoo even after using Mahapadma, much higher with Ice Storm Commander in Chief

Range: Standard melee range with her rapier, several kilometers with her Teigu.

Standard Equipment: Rapier, pet dragon.

Intelligence: Gifted. Esdeath is an extremely skilled combatant renowned as the strongest soldier of the Empire, being a dangerously capable strategist and field commander who has led her forces to countless victories over the Revolutionary Army. Her skill is so great that Najenda believes only an army and ten Teigu users as skilled as Akame would stand a chance of defeating her if they all came at once. She prefers melee combat when not using her Teigu, easily taking on multiple foes in hand-to-hand combat at once and slicing through entire hordes of Danger Beasts with her rapier in a single movement. Her sadistic hobbies have given her a great understanding of human biology and is savvy enough to continually research and develop new abilities to use against her foes. However, for all her skill, Esdeath is still a bloodthirsty ****** who is more than willing to prolong a fight to savor it and her foe's suffering.

Weaknesses: Using Makahadoma drains Esdeath and she can only use it once a day. She requires a great deal of prep time to summon her Ice Cavalry in large numbers. Esdeath is a ****** to the core and will drag out a fight she's enjoying to savor it, which can distract her from her objective and keep her from finishing her foe off immediately.

Feats:

Physical Strength:

  • Kicked a man's face off.
  • Kicked Wave across a room.
Superhuman Speed and Agility:

Enhanced Durability:

  • Unaffected by the temperatures of her own ice.
Enhanced Stamina:

  • Defeated nearly half of Night Raid without breaking a sweat.
  • In a completely one sided battle, defeated Leone, Najenda, Susanoo and Tatsumi by herself.
  • She has killed entire armies on her own.
Enhanced Senses:

Immense Killing Aura:

Well Versed in Human Anatomy:

Skilled Hand-to-Hand Fighter:

  • Was capable of taking on both Base Incursio Tatsumi and Magatama Manifestation Susanoo at the same time with no trouble.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Esdeath is considered the strongest soldier in the Empire's army and one of the strongest in the series. She possesses a powerful Teigu called Demon God's Manifestation: Demon's Extract that allows her to manipulate ice and create ice from nothing. She uses it to create icicles, freeze people to death and more. She has been able to freeze an entire lake within moments with her ability.
  • Esdeath usually carries a long rapier that she wields with her into combat. She has shown herself to be quite adept with this weapon even without having to resort to her Teigu.
  • She is shown to be a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant as well, possessing great physical strength, such as when she sent Tatsumi crashing to the ground in one kick, or when she slammed Seryu through the ground in their first meeting. She was also able to slam Suzuka into a wall with relatively little effort.
  • She also has a strong sixth sense, being able to sense killing intent even at long distances. She was perfectly able to sense that someone was spying on her. Also, her sense of smell is strong as she conformed that it was Tatsumi after checking his scent when she reunited with him on top of Mt. Fake from one sniff.
  • Esdeath freezes a river
  • Esdeath kills multiple Danger Beasts
Teigu
Demon God's Manifestation: Demon's Extract: Esdeath's Teigu, is integrated within her body as it was the blood of a Danger Beast with the ability to control ice. She is able to use it for a variety of purposes like flash freezing foes to destroy them at the cellular level, firing icicles and boulders made of ice as projectiles, and even freezing time itself.

  • Weissschnabel: The user creates several icicles from thin air and fires them at the user's target with a simple hand gesture.
  • Unnamed Technique: Esdeath creates several rows of icicles similar to Weissschnabel, but the resulting icicles are greater in size, sharpness, and quantity.
  • Grauhorn: Esdeath creates a giant horn of ice from thin air to pierce her target.
  • Hagelsprung: Esdeath creates an enormous boulder out of ice and launches it at her opponent to crush them under its weight.
  • Aura: According to Leone Esdeath has a diabolical aura, which is due to the countless massacres carried out. It's pressure is so great that she shows no apparent openings. It is also capable of greatly intimidating opponents and sensing their intent to kill.
  • Ice Armor: Esdeath can create ice around her body to act as makeshift armor to stop sudden attacks. This armor is durable enough to stop Akame's Murasame in its tracks.
  • Ice Entrapment: Esdeath can imprison foes in large ice structures to contain them without killing them if she so desires.
  • Levitation/Flight: By wrapping ice around parts of her body and making those pieces float, Esdeath can levitate in the air. While she is able to maneuver somewhat, she herself admits that it's far from true flight like Mastema's.
  • Ice Tree: With her hand on the ground, Esdeath summons a tree made of ice that fires dozens of ice projectiles from its limbs.
  • Ice Blender: An elongated, pointed poll of ice with many ice thorns sticking out of it. She sends this spinning at her opponents, blending them into a bloody mess.
  • Ice Spire: Touching the ground, Esdeath calls forth a giant spire of ice to pierce her foes, like in her fight with Akame.
  • Larger Ice Projectiles: Virtually the same as her regular projectiles, just larger.
  • Ice Limbs: When she lost an arm and two fingers, she has been shown to replace them with fingers and an arm made of ice that, as she said, works just as well as the original and does not hamper her ability to fight.
  • Ice Wall: Once again by touching the ground, she summons up a circular wall of ice to prevent her prey from escaping.
  • Full Body Ice Armor: Using ice to cover her entire body, she creates a large body armor that completely cuts her off from the outside, though noticeably slowing her down.
  • Weiss Schnabel
  • Esdeath fires icicles
  • Grauhor
  • Hagelsprung
  • Esdeath's Aura
  • Ice Armor
  • Ice Entrapment
  • Levitation/Flight
  • Ice Tree
  • Ice Blender
  • Ice Spire
  • Larger Ice Projectiles
  • Ice Limbs
  • Ice Wall
  • Full Body Ice Armor
Trump Cards

  • Ice Cavalry: Esdeath is able to create an army of golems out of ice that respond to her commands. They're able to simulate foot soldiers, cavalry, and giant Danger Beasts, allowing her to challenge an entire army with them alone. However, she requires a great deal of time to accumulate the necessary energy to generate them in such large numbers. In addition, they require her orders to function at maximum efficiency. Should she be distracted or preoccupied (i.e. by entering battle herself), their reaction speed will slow dramatically, great lowering their combat effectiveness. They are also capable of regenerating themselves from being blown to pieces.
  • Makahadoma: Esdeath's ultimate trump card in which she freezes time and space in her vicinity, stopping all motion except for her own. During this time, she is free to attack her foes as she pleases and is also useful for intercepting attacks that she or an ally/objective cannot dodge on their own. However, using this ability drains her stamina more than she would like, and she can only use it once a day.
  • Activating Mahapadma
  • Time is completely froze
  • Stabbing Susanoo while time is stopped.
  • Time resumes...
"Switch to Subs"

Who wins?

Sub-Zero: 0

Esdeath: 0
 
Unfortunately unlike Scorpion and Shao Kahn he really doesn't have any good OHK move with an AoE or a way to get past time Stop

Esdeath's worst case scenario time stops and decapitates, best case Esdeath wears him down while shooting at range
 
Sub-Zero can teleport to close the distance and set up a forcefield to protect against her ice attacks. Said forcefield can emit a freezing aura and is activated with a thought.
 
If you're referring to the teleport he did when he fought Takeda, that is far to slow and doesn't cover enough ground to beat her time Stop

She doesn't need ice attacks to kill him though, time Stop alone gives her the victory
 
How is it slow? He turns into ice instantly and can delay his appearance. Plus he can silently teleport like what he did in the first MKX chapter.

And why would time stop help? Does she even start with it?
 
He's appearance doesn't actually let him attack at the same time. He uses it to move around but it does not let him attack instantaneously

Why wouldn't it help? She time stops, she walks up, and she stabs him in the throat, killing him, she doesn't need to lead with it
 
That's not what I meant. He can use teleportation to get close, but since he's Hypersonic+ which is Mach 12 he can just slide a few times instead of teleporting. Plus his forcefields follow him when he moves.

You say that Esdeath will lead with time stop right away even when her page contradicts this. Stabbing him in the throat is nothing when he has continued fighting after getting both lungs punctured by Scorpion's spears.
 
How many times has she time stopped in one day?

Also I would like to know what she would start with in combat.
 
The ice attacks can be dealt with with his forcefields or just teleporting, her ice spire attack isn't going to be a problem since he's dealt with surprise attacks before and can cover enough distance to avoid it.
 
He should resist ice anyway so normal attacks aren't a huge problem

His biggest issue is trying to kill Esdeath before she uses time stop
 
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