Air Throw: While in the air, Smoke grabs the opponent and throws them back on the ground.Smokeycut: Smoke goes underground and then teleports under the opponent, performing a vertical uppercut, hitting them on the way up.Leg Takedown: Smoke trips the opponent with a leg scissor takedown.Teleport Punch: Smoke teleports behind his opponent, punching them in the head.Smoke uses the spear in his secret fight in MK 2011.In his cyborg form, Smoke would catapult a trident-like spear from his chest rather than his arm.
In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, he is seen to be able to mind control other people by inserting his gaseous mist into them. Whatever the case, due to further modifications made on his body by Noob Saibot, he has become a demon nonetheless. In later appearances, due to Smoke's cybernetic "upgrades", his body appears to effectively be made out of smoke, or at least his nanomachines emulate the appearance of it. From Mortal Kombat: Deception onward, Smoke is seen using smoke-related attacks, such as causing his opponent to cough as well as teleporting. In MKII, he was depicted as moving at extremely high speeds, much faster than the other two hidden ninjas. His powers as a human were unknown for the most part, but in both forms, his body emits a constant smoky fume, probably to obscure his movements from the opponent. Of all the three cyborg ninjas, Smoke appears to specialize in stealth and speed. In Mortal Kombat (2011), it's revealed that he has long, flowing silver hair that covers his face, although it is shown being blown back in renders and artwork.Ĭombat Characteristics Powers and Abilities This, combined with his power to teleport and turn invisible, once made him one of the Lin Kuei's top assassins. His most defining feature is the fact that he constantly emits smoke.
In this appearance, he would be a tortured human soul trapped in the body of a cyborg. Smoke would not have his own storyline until he was featured in Mortal Kombat 3, where he was once again a hidden character, but accessible to players with the use of a code. He would appear randomly before matches, offering clues that would enable the player to fight him, as Reptile had in the original Mortal Kombat. Like Reptile when he made his first appearance, he was simply a palette-swap of Scorpion with puffs of smoke surrounding him, but would move extremely fast. He was often spotted in the Living Forest stage in which he (along with Jade) peeked out of the trees.
Smoke debuted in Mortal Kombat II as a hidden character to fight against, along with Noob Saibot and Jade. 6.3 Mortal Kombat 3/ Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3/ Mortal Kombat Trilogy.5.4 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms.