Character Variations: 2 instead of 3

If next game will have two variations instead of three, which one shall stay and which must go? There can be some old & new characters that can use some of those that don't fit some. Please bold.

Scorpion: Ninjutsu, Inferno, Hellfire
Sub-Zero: Cryomancer, Unbreakable, Grandmaster
Bo'Rai Cho: Bartitsu, Drunken Master, Dragon Breath
Cassie Cage: Brawler, Hollywood, Spec Ops
D'Vorah: Brood Mother, Swarm Queen, Venomous
Ermac: Master of Souls, Mystic, Spectral
Erron Black: Gunslinger, Outlaw, Marksman
Ferra & Torr: Ruthless, Vicious, Lackey
Goro: Dragon Fangs, Kuatan, Tigrar Fury
Jacqui Briggs: Full Auto, Shotgun, High Tech
Jax: Pumped Up, Wrestler, Heavy Weapons
Johnny Cage: A-List, Fist Cuffs, Stunt Double
Kano: Commando, Cutthroat, Cybernetic
Kenshi: Balanced, Possessed, Kenjutsu
Kitana: Royal Storm, Assassin, Mournful
Kotal Kahn: Blood god, War god, Sun god
Kung Jin: Shaolin, Bojutsu, Ancestral
Kung Lao: Buzzsaw, Tempest, Hat Trick
Liu Kang: Dragon's Fire, Flame Fist, Dualist
Mileena: Etheral, Piercing, Ravenous
Quan Chi: Warlock, Summoner, Sorcerer
Raiden: Thunder god, Displacer, Master of Storms
Reptile: Noxious, Deceptive, Nimble
Shinnok: Necromancer, Bone Shaper, Imposter
Sonya: Special Forces, Covert Ops, Demolition
Takeda: Ronin, Lasher, Shirai Ryu
Tanya: Kobu Jutsu, Pyromancer, Dragon Naginata
Tremor: Aftershock, Metallic, Crystalline
 
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First of all, i don't want variations to be back next game. I want one full developed character. They got the variations thing all right with some characters and some just have 1 or 2 good to okay variations. But if i was to pick to variations to this game...

Scorpion: Ninjutsu, Hellfire
Sub-Zero: Cryomancer, Grandmaster
Cassie Cage: Brawler, Hollywood
D'Vorah: Swarm Queen, Venomous
Ermac: Master of Souls, Mystic
Erron Black: Gunslinger, Outlaw
Ferra & Torr: Ruthless, Vicious, Lackey (never really played F/T, so can't say much about them)
Goro: Kuatan, Tigrar Fury
Jacqui Briggs: Full Auto, Shotgun
Jax: Pumped Up, Wrestler, Heavy Weapons (same from Ferra/Torr)
Johnny Cage: A-List, Fist Cuffs (leave Stunt Double to Noob)
Kano: Cutthroat, Cybernetic
Kenshi: Possessed, Kenjutsu
Kitana: Royal Storm, Assassin (no vanilla Jade, thanks)
Kotal Kahn: War god, Sun god
Kung Jin: Shaolin, Bojutsu
Kung Lao: Buzzsaw, Tempest
Liu Kang: Dragon's Fire, Flame Fist
Mileena: Piercing, Ravenous
Quan Chi: Warlock, Summoner
Raiden: Thunder god, Displacer
Reptile: Noxious, Deceptive
Shinnok: Necromancer, Bone Shaper (buff Necromancer and it would be all okay - it's so bad that it's his worst variation)
Sonya: Covert Ops, Demolition
Takeda: Lasher, Shirai Ryu
Tanya: Kobu Jutsu, Pyromancer
Tremor: Metallic, Crystalline
 
Scorpion: Ninjutsu, Hellfire
Sub-Zero: Cryomancer, Grandmaster (The Cryomancer Brutality is cooler than the unbreakable's, and I not talking Frieza's Brother)
Cassie Cage: Brawler, Spec Ops
D'Vorah: Swarm Queen, Venomous
Ermac: Master of Souls, Mystic
Erron Black: Gunslinger, Outlaw
Ferra & Torr: Ruthless, Lackey
Goro: Kuatan, Tigrar Fury (Lol, I don't remember the difference so I just copied Nathan)
Jacqui Briggs: Shotgun, High Tech (Cheaters. Also, Jax 2.0? No, just...no.)
Jax: Wrestler, Heavy Weapons (What new stuff could you even do with pumped up? Stronger punches?)
Johnny Cage: Fist Cuffs, Stunt Double A-List is too freaking slow with Special Moves.)
Kano: Cutthroat, Cybernetic
Kenshi: Possessed, Kenjutsu
Kitana: Royal Storm, Assassin (Jade will probably be in the game so...)
Kotal Kahn: War god, Sun god
Kung Jin: Shaolin, Bojutsu
Kung Lao: Buzzsaw, Tempest
Liu Kang: Flame Fist, Dualist
Mileena: Piercing, Ravenous
Quan Chi: Warlock, Sorcerer
Raiden: Displacer, Master of Storms
Reptile: Noxious, Nimble (Invisibility is unnecessary. But Speed is everything.)
Shinnok: Bone Shaper, Imposter
Sonya: Covert Ops, Demolition (She's not Hillary Clinton, why does she need a drone)
Takeda: Ronin, Lasher
Tanya: Kobu Jutsu, Pyromancer
Tremor: Aftershock, Crystalline
 
For future MK games...

Scorpion: Ninjutsu and Hellfire
Sub-Zero: Cryomancer and Grandmaster
Cassie Cage: Brawler and Hollywood
D'Vorah: Swarm Queen and Venomous
Ermac: Master of Souls and Mystic
Erron Black: Gunslinger and Outlaw
Ferra & Torr: Ruthless and Lackey
Goro: Kuatan and Tigrar Fury (Don't think we'll need Kintaro anymore.)
Jacqui Briggs: Shotgun and High Tech
Jax: Pumped Up and Heavy Weapons
Johnny Cage: Fist Cuffs and Stunt Double
Kano: Cutthroat and Cybernetic
Kenshi: Possessed and Kenjutsu
Kitana: Royal Storm and Assassin (I'm confident Jade will return with her own moves again.)
Kotal Kahn: War God and Sun God
Kung Jin: Bojutsu and Ancestral
Kung Lao: Buzzsaw and Tempest
Liu Kang: Flame Fist and Dualist
Mileena: Piercing and Ravenous (For obvious reasons and you'll know why especially if you're a Mileena fan moves from Ethereal can be given to "Piercing".)
Quan Chi: Summoner and Sorcerer
Raiden: Thunder God and Master of Storms
Reptile: Noxious and Nimble (Invisibility can be a generalized move.)
Shinnok: Bone Shaper and Imposter
Sonya: Covert Ops and Demolition
Takeda: Ronin and Lasher
Tanya: Kobu Jutsu and Pyromancer (I hate how she used the Dragon Naginata. I also hope that Tonfa Swipe from Kobu Jutsu will be more simpler next time especially considering lags during gameplay. Like instead of down, forward + 2; down, forward + 1; and down forward + 2; it should just be down, forward + 2; 1; and 2. For the enhanced version, the player can hold the block button with last swipe to do the pop up version.)
Tremor: Aftershock and Crystalline
 
hopefully we'll get zero variations so they can't BS us again with the roster count and crap like we made 25chars but with the variants you got 75!!! in fact, scratch that, I am certain this crappy system will be gone from the next game just like tag team was from the previous one
 
hopefully we'll get zero variations so they can't BS us again with the roster count and crap like we made 25chars but with the variants you got 75!!! in fact, scratch that, I am certain this crappy system will be gone from the next game just like tag team was from the previous one

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They just need to add more characters (the ones that were left out)..a lot of those variations can just be combined into one.
 
zero variations please. so we can have a fat chunky roster next time. it will also make balancing easier. also ditch the whole descendants crap and give us the characters in their prime, it was a cool idea and you did try but seeing old man cage and old man lao is just sad oh so sad
 
My biggest problem with variations is that by design they were supposed to be more or less rock-paper-scissors...Nope, just pick the most broken one and abuse until it gets nerfed. What's the point of variations then?
 
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