I am a fan of the Mortal Kombat series and in particular the Ninja brigade or if you prefer the palette swappers so I've decided to rank them now Liu Kang is a ninja I suppose but he isn't a palette swap so shall not find his way on my list.
Honorable Mention - Tremor - Tremor is only available to fight as on one Challenge Tower available on the PS3 version of Mortal Kombat which I don't have therefore I have no opinion on him.
8. Chameleon -
Played as him during my run on MK: Armageddon and basically in the first appearance of his he was akin to the original Reptile in that he had no moves of his own then in Armageddon he would still use other Ninja moves ie Sub Zeros ice charge and he'd change colour based on the character he was emulating, however he could go black without using any of Noobs moves, I just class Chameleon as a make up the numbers guy even though he has the best of the rest in one package I still prefer the originals as they say often duplicated never replicated.
7. Smoke
7th place was a toss up but Smoke gets it based on the fact I hate his appearance in Mortal Kombat (9), his Uppercut (borrowed from Sektor) is really annoying as well. The original Smoke was a hidden fighter, akin to MK I's Reptile and you may remember he'd pop out behind a tree in the Living Forest level. In terms of fighting I just don't do very well, there's a couple of characters I just don't fare well as, although tidbit time Smoke is the only MK character I used to have a figure of.
6. Ermac
The token telekinesis guy. One of the seemingly endless MK myths as his presence in MK I was suspected by fans but the ERMAC on-screen is explained here https://twitter.com/noobde/status/24679866951536640. However an Ermac character did debut in the third instalment and since then I have been okay as him but also find him to be a tough fight at times, his placing here is low but it's not to say I dislike the character it's just that the ones that follow him are just that little bit better for me.
5. Scorpion
Arguably the face of the franchise but for me he sits in the 5th spot. Again I hate fighting him and don't care much for fighting as him as the ones remaining are always picked ahead of him and that's what matters for this list. His Spear move though is iconic in the series if not gaming as a whole. I like to think of this as 5th best rather than the 5th worst.
4. Noob Saibot
Now is where it gets hard as I had originally put Noob 3rd but on seventh thoughts he gets bumped down one. Noob is the dead version of Sub Zero from MK I and has an uncredited appearance in MK: Annihilation as it is he who comes out of Ermac in the final fight. Now we're in the spots where I like fighting as all of these guys and though the #1 spot has been taken 2-4 are hard to pick. As Noob I can kick some heavy duty booty especially working his teleport slam into my combos. He was another secret fight from MK II and tidbit his name is the surnames of the creators Ed Boon and John Tobias backwards.
3. Rain
The marmite of the MK world, as you can probably guess I fall on the love side. I am a Prince fan but that has no bearing here - he is purple after Purple Rain and he is Prince of Edenia. On MK 9 I use his Super Kick to lead into a Geyser Kick to great effect also his x-ray is the only one that can be hit no matter where the opponent is, He's considered a joke due to his origin but within the game he is pretty much a complete richard, in his MK 9 ending he turns on Raiden and takes over the realms after 'drowning Shao Kahn in his own blood' and he has a right 'tude problem,
2. Sub Zero
The granddaddy of the Lin Kuei takes the #2 spot. He's been in every game since it's inception, I believe there's one other and it's not Scorpion so maybe Liu Kang but I don't think it is. When I think MK I think of this guy, I am counting Sub Zero I and Sub Zero II here. He is the owner of arguably the most famous of the Fatalities it being the Spine Rip one from MK I. It's great freezing people as you can start combos without them blocking.
1. Reptile
Reptile slithers into the #1 spot as he's a Reptile get it? Whenever I pick up MK this is the guy or Saurian that I pick. He is also the most changed throughout the series as when he debuted in MK I, as a legendary hidden fighter he was a palette swap ninja then in MK 4 he was .... well I don't know what the hell happened there and by Deadly Alliance he was a lizard and also a bandaged reptile in Shaolin Monks, when I play MK 9 I choose the MK I attire. I fight better as him than anyone else I use which is part of the reason he gets the top spot also the fact that he's changed throughout the game is appealing as it means he is rarely the same as before, stating the obvious there I know.
