To let you know how I envision her look, here's a deviantart gender swap of Liu Kang down below. What Ive gotten planned for her is to be the great granddaughter of Liu Kang and Kitana that's now the new chosen one by The Order of Light and possibly her immortal ancestor Liu whom is now part of the Elder God council but what I want help with is her backstory, personality and moveset. So feel free to contribute any suggestions you might have for this. The one move I feel she should have from Kang is the bicycle kick and being capable of firepower.
Suggestions for a new gen MK character: Lia Kang
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Metal Overlord
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Hmmm, I think one of the biggest things you could do with her character is have her backstory revolve around her Edenian roots?
Since she's half-Edenian, and an ancestor of Kitana, she could inherit the throne of Edenia. Maybe she could have a rivalry with Rain, who would be trying to become ruler of Edenia himself. Edenia as a realm is fascinating to me, so she could be used as a way to expand on Edenia, its history and its inhabitants
As for moveset, I think it would be great if she wielded spiritual powers, or at least something to differentiate her from Liu Kang. She could combine Kitana's grace and leadership abilities with Liu Kang's power and discipline to become a truly formidable warrior
And then for personality, I would portray her as a person who is trying to find her place in the world, and give her some quirks/flaws in order to make her a likeable protagonist
That's all I can think of for now though xD
Since she's half-Edenian, and an ancestor of Kitana, she could inherit the throne of Edenia. Maybe she could have a rivalry with Rain, who would be trying to become ruler of Edenia himself. Edenia as a realm is fascinating to me, so she could be used as a way to expand on Edenia, its history and its inhabitants
As for moveset, I think it would be great if she wielded spiritual powers, or at least something to differentiate her from Liu Kang. She could combine Kitana's grace and leadership abilities with Liu Kang's power and discipline to become a truly formidable warrior
And then for personality, I would portray her as a person who is trying to find her place in the world, and give her some quirks/flaws in order to make her a likeable protagonist
That's all I can think of for now though xD
Interesting and for a while I actually kind of overlooked that fact that she should have some noticeable Edenian traits so good job for keeping that in consideration.
Commander
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Sorry.
I don't mean to shit on your picnic, but I don't want any direct knock-off female characters for the next MK.
I like the concept of her as a new character, just not a Liu Kang knock-off.
Her name should be something else, maybe like Taka or Tori.
She could have a type of time bending / time stopping power that she has mastered due to meditation techniques, learned from Liu Kang.
Her uniform should also be drastically different than Liu Kang's, maybe some thing like this, but not so plain and boring.
Maybe a Shaolin logo or insignia on the uniform, but this type of color and uniform.
I don't mean to shit on your picnic, but I don't want any direct knock-off female characters for the next MK.
I like the concept of her as a new character, just not a Liu Kang knock-off.
Her name should be something else, maybe like Taka or Tori.
She could have a type of time bending / time stopping power that she has mastered due to meditation techniques, learned from Liu Kang.
Her uniform should also be drastically different than Liu Kang's, maybe some thing like this, but not so plain and boring.
Maybe a Shaolin logo or insignia on the uniform, but this type of color and uniform.
Wraith
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I wouldn't mind getting some new younger characters in MK, but I wouldn't want it going the route of Soul Calibur V and replacing a bunch of fan favorite characters with lame counterparts. Like Araknyd said, she should have her own type of powers and not just be the same as Liu.
Maybe something along the lines of control over water, since that is typically an element Chinese dragons are portrayed to have control over and would set her apart from Liu.
Maybe something along the lines of control over water, since that is typically an element Chinese dragons are portrayed to have control over and would set her apart from Liu.
Thanks for ideas guys, Honestly I myself don't want to go too overboard and have a bunch of palette swaps but basically I was thinking she should be the one character to get the "Kung Lao" treatment but what I wonder is whether or not her elemental powers would be a bloodline trait at this point. Which is why I was kinda going with the fire power idea and the bicycle kick being the only things from Liu that's maintained.
I liked the water control idea but again would that power be learned or would the powers be bloodline traits at this point?
I liked the water control idea but again would that power be learned or would the powers be bloodline traits at this point?
Commander
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Because it's MK4 Jarek all over again. :mullet:
Why do that when you could just have Liu Kang instead? :comp:
Makes no sense.
"Let's have an exact copy of a character that's already established."
NO.
This is why NRS lacked originality in the MK4 thru Armageddon days.
They went with the copy-and-paste character creation method, rather than coming up with a whole NEW character and being creative.
Gouki
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Except Jerek is part of the SAME timeline/universe as Kano...alittle different from what im suggesting...
Im saying why not introduce A 'gender swapped' MK Universe? Hence, why i said 'ALT timeline' in my OG post.
Kinda like how Marvel and DC do with their multiverses. Batman/Owlman, Superman/Ultraman, and in one universe; Batman/Batwoman, etc
Liu Kang/"lia Kang" i guess... names can change.
Ultimately I would not do ANY of this for MK, but just for the sake of entertaining this Idea... im throwing that out.