Mortal Kombat 11 DLC: 10 Old-School Characters We Want To See

8. Jarek

Mortal Kombat 11
NetherRealm Studios

It wouldn't be fair to start pointing fingers at characters that have stolen moves from others, or we'd be here all day. But when it comes to Jarek, it's totally fine.

Introduced in MK4 as Kano's subordinate in the Black Dragon Clan, Jarek was essentially a copy/paste, right down to the eye laser... despite not having any cybernetic enhancements.

His supposed death at the crux of his, Sonya's and Jax's endings has been criticised as one of the daftest moments in the series history (and that's saying something).

Given that his last outing was Armageddon, Jarek has not been well received and quietly fell to the wayside. But, why not ditch the Kano copying, give him some new moves and insert him as a standalone, non-story character?

Then drop him off a cliff.

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