Respect Bi-Han, the First Sub-Zero, AKA Noob Saibot! (Mortal Kombat) (composite)

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Respect Bi-Han, AKA the First Sub-Zero, AKA Noob Saibot!

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"Let's get something straight... I am not a ninja... I am Lin Kuei! Scorpion was a ninja!"

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Backstory and Overview

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In life, Bi-Han was Sub-Zero, infamous Lin Kuei assassin with control over the element of ice. But after his death, he became something new: the shadowy demon of the Netherrealm called Noob Saibot. Next to nothing is known about this mysterious warrior.

Feats from games that are ports/derived from other games will be beneath the original game. Special moves are listed in order of appearance and taken from the first game they appeared in.

This is composite Bi-Han/Noob, so this RT covers all officially licensed versions of Bi-Han/Noob. Versions of Bi-Han/Noob with enough feats to warrant their own thread have been split off from this one to save space, and are linked at the bottom.

The name "Bi-Han" for the older of the two Sub-Zeroes is an invention of the new timeline. For simplicity's sake, even if the name Bi-Han isn't used by a certain source, the older of the two Sub-Zeroes will be referred to as such.

Tags

• [Gameplay]: This tag indicates that a feat was taken from gameplay, and not a cutscene or something. Though they wont have this tag, all special moves and finishers should be considered gameplay feats.

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Old Timeline

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Bi-Han

Special Moves

Mortal Kombat

• Ice Freeze - Bi-Han tosses an icy projectile at his opponent, which freezes them in place for a free hit.

• Slide - Bi-Han uses a sliding kick attack.

Finishers

Mortal Kombat

• Fatality - Grabbing his opponent by the neck, Bi-Han rips their head off, their spinal column coming along for the ride.

• Fatality (Game Boy) - Bi-Han slides across the arena to punch the opponent. Presumably, this kills them. Only seen in the Game Boy port.

• Fatality (SNES) - Bi-Han freezes his opponent, then shatters them with a punch. Only seen in the SNES port.

• Fatality (Genesis) - Bi-Han hits his opponent with a powerful uppercut that knocks them back, presumably killing them. Only seen in the Game Boy port.

 

Noob Saibot

Strength

Deadly Alliance

• Mortally wounded a weary Goro with a kick. While this comes from an ending, which are usually non-canon, it can be considered canon due to Goro's Deception bio referencing its events. This is only in the Game Boy Advance spinoff/port, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

Martial Arts/Weaponry

Mortal Kombat 4

• [Gameplay] Noob can use a scythe in this game.

Deadly Alliance

• [Gameplay] Noob can use the martial art Hapkido. This is only in the Game Boy Advance spinoff/port, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

• [Gameplay] Noob can use the martial art Pi Gua. This is only in the Game Boy Advance spinoff/port, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

• [Gameplay] Noob has a ninja sword that he uses in some attacks. This is only in the Game Boy Advance spinoff/port, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

Deception

• [Gameplay] Noob can use the martial art Monkey.

Armageddon

• Noob makes use of shadowy shuriken, which he throws hard enough to piece Taven's armor. They vanish in puffs of black smoke after landing.

• [Gameplay] Noob can use a war hammer called the Troll Hammer in this game.

Miscellaneous

Deception

• Reactivated Smoke's nanotechnology.

Special Moves

Mortal Kombat 3

• Clone Throw - Noob sends a clone of himself running towards his opponent, who grabs the opponent and throws them into the air.

• Teleport Slam - Noob teleports to his opponent, grabs them, then teleports again to slam them into the ground.

• Disabler - Noob tosses out a greyish fireball. If it hits the opponent, it removes their ability to block for a while.

Mortal Kombat 4

• Teleport - Noob teleports to his opponent. He can also turn this into his classic Teleport Slam.

• Fireball - Noob throws a pinkish fireball at his opponent with one hand. Can be done in the air.

Deadly Alliance

• Spear - Basically just a copy of Scorpion's famous "Get over here!" move. This is only in the Game Boy Advance spinoff/port, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

• Blue Fireball - Noob sends a bluish fireball at his opponent. This is only in the Game Boy Advance spinoff/port, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

Deception

In this game, Noob was partnered with the cyborg ninja Smoke as a tag team. Because of this, some of his moves involve Smoke.

• Darkness - Noob vanishes, becoming invisible. Getting hit or using this move again results in him becoming visible.

• Dark Assassin - Called by Smoke, Noob teleports in and throws four shuriken at the opponent in a spread.

  • In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Noob uses this move without first teleporting.

• We Live - Noob and Smoke slide together towards the opponent, hitting them with a combination double punch.

• Death From Above and Dark Shadows - Two moves that are similar. In Death From Above, Smoke calls in Noob to drop down and kick the opponent from above. In Dark Shadows, Noob calls Smoke to teleport in, punching the opponent from behind.

Armageddon

• Black Hole - Noob shoots a dark portal into the air which lands on the battlefield and lingers for a while. If an opponent steps into the portal, they will drop down in front of Noob.

Finishers

Mortal Kombat 3

• Fatality 1 - Noob calls down a ring of grey smoke(?) that surrounds the opponent, lifting them up into the air and spinning them around until they explode.

• Fatality 2 - The same thing as his Teleport Slam move, except he continously slams the opponent down until they explode

• Friendship - Bowling pins fall from the sky, and Noob draws a bowling ball. He bowls a strike, prompting boos from an unseen audience.

• Babality - Noob turns his opponent into a baby.

• Animality - Noob turns into an anteater, then sucks up his opponent.

• Brutality - Noob hits the opponent with a super fast combo, ending with an uppercut that blows them to pieces.

Mortal Kombat 4

All these Fatalities are borrowed from other characters. I think they differ based on port or something.

• Fatality 1 - Noob kicks his opponent in the torso, sending it flying off while the other body parts fall to the ground. Borrowed from Reiko.

• Fatality 2 - Noob throws a barrage of shuriken at his opponent, killing them. Borrowed from Reiko again.

• Fatality 3 - Noob grabs his opponent then spins them around, twisting their torso backwards. He then rips it off. Borrowed from Johnny Cage.

• Fatality 4 - Noob freezes the opponent with an ice beam, then shatters them apart. Borrowed from his brother, the younger Sub-Zero.

Deadly Alliance

• Fatality - Noob beats his opponent to death. Pretty simple. This is only in the Game Boy Advance spinoff/port, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

• Weapon Fatality - Noob attacks his opponent with his sword until they die. Once again, pretty simple. This is only in the Game Boy Advance spinoff/port, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.

Deception

• Fatality - Noob deals out shuriken at his opponent like playing cards, then throws a whole handful at them.

• Hara-Kiri - Noob throws several shuriken up into the air. They fall down on him, killing him.

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New Timeline

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Bi-Han

Teleportation

Mortal Kombat (2011)

• Can teleport using an ice clone.

 

Noob Saibot

Teleportation

Mortal Kombat (2011)

• Teleports in front of Kabal.

Miscellaneous

Mortal Kombat (2011)

• Assists Quan Chi (1, 2) in the creation of a Soulnado.

Special Moves

Mortal Kombat (2011)

• Ghost Ball - Equivalent to the Disabler attack from the old timeline. The enhanced version does damage and also reverses the opponent's controls.

• Teleport Slam - Equivalent to the Teleport Slam from the old timeline, except Noob doesn't teleport twice - he just flies into the air after the first teleport. The enhanced version adds some extra hits.

• Shadow Charge - Noob sends a clone charging at the opponent to tackle them down. The enhanced version adds an extra hit.

• Shadow Slide - Noob sends a clone sliding at the opponent, mirroring his human counterpart's Slide attack from the old timeline. The enhanced version flips the opponent.

• Shadow Upknee - Noob sends a clone upwards who strikes the opponent with his knee. The enhaced version is more damaging and sends the opponent further back.

• Black Hole - Equivalent to the Black Hole attack from the old timeline, except the portal doesn't linger on the battlefield. The enhanced version is faster, and the opponent is dropped head first.

• Throw - Noob grabs his opponent, letting a clone drag them into an inky portal and beat them up off screen. Then another inky portal opens up on the battlefield, and the opponent is thrown out. Not really a special move, but Noob's is cool, so I thought I'd include it.

• X-Ray Attack: Together Again - Noob summons a clone, who grabs the opponent and holds them in place. Noob punches them in the face, breaking their skull, then the clone knees them in the back, breaking their spine. Noob finishes the attack by kicking his opponent in the stomach, causing them to vomit on his leg.

Finishers

Mortal Kombat (2011)

• Make A Wish - Noob summons a clone and both grab on to one of the opponent's legs. Then, the two pull the opponent apart.

• As One - Noob summons a portal beneath the opponent, a clone crawling out to grab the opponent by the legs. The clone drags them halfway into the portal, and then Noob closes the portal, bisecting them at the waist.

• Babality - Noob turns his opponent into a baby.

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Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero

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This game is canon to the old timeline. Consider all items/power ups gameplay feats. Also, only Bi-Han appears.

Bi-Han

Strength

• [Gameplay] Resists the pull of a tornado by grabbing onto a ledge. This is necessary for beating the game.

Durability

• Just fine after flipping through a window

Cryomancy

• The instruction manual of the game gives some insight into his cryomancy powers. Specifically, it says that they function by "absorbing the surrounding air" and by doing this, Bi-Han can "deplete the air in his immediate area, causing him to temporarily lose his ice generating abilities." I assume this is referring to moisture. Also, he can generate ice as cold as -500°F. Given that the lowest temperature theoretically possible, absolute zero, is only -459.67°F... yeah, he breaks the laws of physics.

Miscellaneous

• Scales a sheer wall of rock.

Items/Power Ups

Here's the instruction manual's descriptions of the game's items. Note that this includes two items - the Map of Elements and Shinnok's Amulet - that serve no use, and a scrapped item called the Universal Translator. Bi-Han can hold up to 10 items at once.

• Tablet of Truth - Tablets that give hints. Only available on Easy/Very Easy mode.

• Herbal Healer, Herbal Booster, and Boosted Healer - Three items that work together. The standard Herbal Healer heals Bi-Han for 50% health, the Herbal Booster can be used to enhance one Herbal Healer into a Boosted Healer, and Boosted Healers heal Bi-Han for 100% health.

• Urn of Vitality - Heals Bi-Han for 100% health and restores his Ice Meter to 100%.

• Urn of Life - Gives Bi-Han an extra life. Can't be held.

• Dit Dow Formula - Reduces the damage Bi-Han takes, increases the effectiveness of healing items. While it think it's supposed to be temporary, all footage I've seen has it lasting until the end of the level, so... maybe it's a glitch or somehting, I don't know.

• Shield of Invincibility - Renders Bi-Han invulnerable to all damage for a short amount of time.

• Eye of Invisibility - Turns Bi-Han invisible for a short amount of time. Attacking someone while invisible will cause the invisibility to wear off early.

• Cold Regenerator - Restores Bi-Han's Ice Meter to 100%. Can't be held.

• Urn of Strength - Temporarily boosts Bi-Han's strength. With this active, he's able to topple a massive stone statue of Shinnok, sending it crashing through a wall. There's only one of these in the game.

Special Moves

• Ice Blast - The classic ice blast that freezes an enemy in place.

• Slide - The classic sliding kick attack.

• Diagonal Ice Blast - An ice blast aimed either at a 45° angle upwards or down at the ground, where it creates a slippery patch of ice.

• Air Ice Blast - The standard ice blast, but done in midair!

• Ice Clone - Bi-Han creates a copy of himself out of ice. If someone touches it, they're frozen.

• Ice Shatter - Hitting a frozen enemy with another ice blast allows Bi-Han to instantly break them to pieces with his next physical attack.

• Super Slide - A longer version of the standard Slide that can go through enemies.

• Freeze on Contact - Allows Bi-Han to freeze an enemy on contact when running.

• Polar Blast - Bi-Han charges up then releases a large burst that instantly freezes and shatters any enemy in its radius.

Finishers

• Fatality - His classic spine rip. You get the choice to use it on two bosses throughout the game - Scorpion and Sareena. While I think him using it on Scorpion is canon, him using it on Sareena definitely isn't.

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Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

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It's never outright stated which Sub-Zero is the one in the intro cutscene. According to the narration, the cutscene in question takes place at the end of the first tournament. Later in the game, Liu Kang says that the first Sub-Zero was killed after the tournament. Putting it all together, it has to be Bi-Han.

Bi-Han

Strength

• Sends Scorpion reeling back with a knee to the chest.

• Steals a guard's naginata and bashes him over the head with it, then rips out his spine and skull Mortal Kombat 1 style. He then hits Scorpion with the spine and skull so hard that they're broken apart, knocking Scorpion back again.

Speed/Agility

• Dodges a leaping stomp from Goro.

Cryomancy

• Freezes Scorpion in a layer of ice, then kicks him to break the ice apart.

 

Noob Saibot

Durability

• Takes a punch from Kuai Liang that covers him in ice and sends him flying and is able to get up and retreat quickly afterwards.

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Malibu Comics' Mortal Kombat

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In this series, Bi-Han and Noob Saibot are separate entities.

Bi-Han

Strength

• Scorpion (possessing Hydro) heavily implies that Bi-Han killed him with his spine rip Fatality from the games. In any case, he killed Scorpion with his bare hands.

• Takes out a group of mutants, knocking one away with a kick and flipping one through the air.

• Flips Baraka with his legs.

• Knocks Kung Lao away with an uppercut. Note: This is really Shang Tsung transformed into Bi-Han, but nothing says the feats shouldn't apply to Bi-Han.

Durability

• Unaffected after blocking Scorpion's mace with his arms.

• Does this same thing again later on.

  • For reference, the Malibu version of Scorpion can break open metal restraints with his mace.

• Takes a hit from Goro and gets up after.

  • For reference, the Malibu version of Goro is strong enough to smash apart rock and mangle a car.

• Takes a combined attack from Johnny and Sonya and is fine after.

• Gets knocked down by Kano and gets up sometime later. It's unclear if he was knocked out then got up later, or feigned being knocked out, judging by his comments.

  • For reference, the Malibu version of Kano can punch bricks to pieces and kill a man with his bare hands.

• Quickly recovers after getting knocked away by Baraka.

• After getting set aflame by Scorpion's fire breath, Bi-Han's still able to live long enough to crawl through thick snow and grab Shao Kahn's medallion, winning a competition that saves Earthrealm and going out like a total hero in the process.

  • For reference, this is the only good part in the Malibu comics.

Speed/Agility

• Reacts fast enough to block Scorpion's mace.

• Does this same thing again later on.

• Leaps out of the way of a fire beam attack from Scorpion.

• Dodges an attack from Baraka.

  • For reference, the Malibu version of Baraka is fast enough to blitz an entire group of undead warriors, not getting hit once, do that same thing again, and attack so quickly that it looks like he has multiple arms.

Cryomancy

• Freezes Scorpion and breaks him apart with a kick. In this series, there's some weirdness about Scorpion being a ghost who has to become "solid" in order to fight Bi-Han, so this might not be as impressive as it looks.

• Freezes and breaks Scorpion again.

• Freezes a six-armed Shokan named Grum, then one shots him with a kick.

• Freezes Goro, though he breaks out.

• Freezes Sonya and Johnny at the same time.

• Freezes Kano, then a random mutant. Kano somehow breaks out quickly, though.

• Freezes Baraka with an ice beam.

• Freezes Reptile in a thick block of ice.

  • There's a flashback to this scene later on.

• Freezes a guard in a thick block of ice and breaks it apart with a kick.

• Freezes Kung Lao in a covering of ice and breaks it apart with a kick. Note: This is really Shang Tsung transformed into Bi-Han, but nothing says the feats shouldn't apply to Bi-Han.

• Freezes then knocks out Goro with a kick.

  • For reference, here's Goro's respect thread. It's composite, old, and some links are dead, but the Malibu durability section is all there.

Miscellaneous

• Has an old throat injury that becomes painful whenever Scorpion comes back after him.

• Somehow burns a picture to ash with no visible means of burning said picture to ash.

• Solves a shockingly appropriate riddle.

• Quickly scales a cliff.

• Somehow senses where Reptile is while he's presumably using his invisibility.

Weaponry

• He's got... climbing forks(?) which he uses to scale a wall.

 

Noob Saibot

Strength

• Flips a charging Baraka overhead, then kicks him away.

Speed/Agility

• Reacts to and counters a blitz from Baraka. Yeah, this is the same thing as directly above, sue me.

  • For reference, the Malibu version of Baraka is fast enough to blitz an entire group of undead warriors, not getting hit once, do that same thing again, and attack so quickly that it looks like he has multiple arms.

Weaponry

• Noob is shown wielding a kunai-on-a-rope in this comic, much like Scorpion. He's only shown using it once, throwing it to stab Scorpion in the neck before he kills a baby.

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Trama Editorial's Mortal Kombat 4 Comics

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In this series, only Noob Saibot appears.

Noob Saibot

Durability

• Takes a hit from Liu Kang and keeps fighting.

• Takes a bicycle kick from Liu Kang and teleports away, seemingly fine.

  • For reference, the Trama version of Liu Kang is strong enough to send a man flying a great distance with a kick, additionally causing the spear he was holding to stab into someone.

Teleportation

• Teleports from the ground to the top of a pillar in a puff of smoke.

Weaponry

• Noob is shown with his scythe in this series, and uses it to cut Liu Kang on the abdomen.

Miscellaneous

• After the demon sneaks up on him, Liu Kang is impressed, saying that Noob is "silent as a shadow."

• Blasts Liu Kang with the "cold flames of the Netherrealm."

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Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins

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All clips with a CG style happen in a flashback/story being told by Raiden. Also, only Bi-Han appears.

Bi-Han

Strength

• Flips Scorpion.

Durability

• Gets knocked around by Sonya and Liu, then thrown through the floor of a boat and gets up sometime later.

Speed/Agilty

• Sneaks behind Scorpion.

• Dodges Scorpion's spear.

Cryomancy

• After Sonya reaches out and grabs his shoulder, he's able to generate some sort of cold aura that freezes her arm.

• Freezes the wooden floor to make Johnny slip into a bunch of crates.

• One of his projectiles freezes a wooden crate.

• One of his projectiles freezes the mast and sail of a boat.

• One of his projectiles freezes Scorpion. It's heavily implied that Bi-Han was able to shatter him to pieces afterwards.

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Mortal Kombat Movie Series

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Feats from the novelizations will be included here. Identical/similar feats will be beneath their movie counterparts, feats unique to the books will be in their own sections. Mouse over novelization feats for chapter number. In this series, Bi-Han and Noob Saibot are separate entities.

Bi-Han

Durability

Mortal Kombat

• Repeatedly takes hits from Liu Kang and keeps fighting.

  • For reference, the version of Liu Kang from the movie series is strong enough to knock out two guards with one kick each.

Speed/Agility

Mortal Kombat

• Flips onto a raised platform.

• Flips off a wall.

• After getting knocked back by Liu Kang, Bi-Han is able to recover with a series of gymnastic moves.

Cryomancy

Mortal Kombat

• Freezes part of Sonya's pistol and snaps it off.

  • Novelization version of the scene.

• Freezes a guy who's leaping at him, causing him to crash and shatter into pieces.

  • Novelization version of the scene. There's some more detail given here, like how Bi-Han froze him "hard as steel" and how the bits of the guy left behind thaw quickly. Also, the guy's wearing armor in the novelization.

• Touching the aura generated by him charging up an ice attack hurts Liu Kang, making him stumble back.

Mortal Kombat Novelization

• Icy fog lays about his feet.

• His cold aura saps Liu's strength just being near it.

• After Liu Kang spills a bucket of water, it freezes, presumably due to the same cold aura mentioned before.

Weaknesses

Mortal Kombat

• When he's charging up an ice attack, Liu Kang throws a bucket of water at Bi-Han. The water freezes into an icicle, impales him, and sends him flying across a room. So... yeah, he doesn't handle water well.

  • Novelization version of the scene. In the book, instead of the ice freezing when it gets into his aura-charging-sphere-thing, the ice blast meant for Liu hits it instead.

 

Noob Saibot

Instead of being a deceased Bi-Han, the version of Noob seen in Annihilation is just a ninja that... oozes out from Ermac's chest? Here's the novelization version of the oozing out of Ermac's chest scene.

Miscellaneous

Annihilation

• Together, Ermac and Noob overpower Sonya for a while.

  • Novelization version of the scene. There's some more detail here than what you see in the movie.

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Jeff Rovin's Mortal Kombat

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Mouse over feats for chapter number. Only Bi-Han appears. He's not explicitly stated to be Bi-Han or the "older brother," but the book was written when only the first two games were out, and thus when Bi-Han was the only Sub-Zero to influence Jeff Rovin's character. (Technically the younger Sub-Zero existed, but only as part of an arcade ending.) Also, pretty much every character in the book is chiefly inspired by their Mortal Kombat 1 version.

Bi-Han

Durability

• Bi-Han's unaffected holding on to a flaming wooden pole.

Speed/Agility

• Bi-Han is said to "move with the speed of a blizzard." I don't really associate blizzards with speed, but... well, that's what the book says.

• When he uses his pole, it's described as seeming "like a propeller in his hands." He's able to disarm Liu Kang with it, knocking a gun out of his hands he was using as a melee weapon.

Cryomancy

• In this novel, Bi-Han's ice powers come from the armor on his forearms. It works by reaching "deep into his dead soul" to "generate waves of cold that temporarily froze his opponents."

• Bi-Han can launch icy blasts from his mask.

• One blast from his mask collides with a fire attack from Liu Kang, creating a wall of steam.

• Bi-Han blasts Liu Kang and Raiden at the same time, encasing both men in ice "several inches thick."

• According to Bi-Han, when he freezes someone they remain conscious, able to hear anything said around them and see anything done around them.

Weaponry

• In this novel, Bi-Han is absolutely loaded with gear. His vest lets him glide for short distances, his shoes have inflatable air pockets that let him temporarily walk on water, and concealed inside his belt are "kyoketsu shogs" (knives attached to lengths of nylon cord), smoke bombs, vials of poison, a breathing tube for underwater use, and firecrackers for distractions. Around his wrists he has hooks that can be used both as climbing tools and as weapons, and slung across are a length of chain and a long staff with a hidden knife tip. Even with all this on, he's still able to move "with ease and secrecy" and quickly climb down from his home, which is located in a cave two hundred feet up on a wall of sheer rock.

• The hidden knife tip of his staff is serrated and seven inches long.

• Bi-Han was able to use some of his gear (presumably one of his "kyoketsu shogs") to garrote two guys' necks.

• The smoke bombs produce a greasy black smoke that causes people to gag and seem to have a pretty wide area of effect. According to Liu Kang, they're made with "oil and tear gas" and are "small, under high pressure, and activated by puncturing them with a nail."

Miscellaneous

• As a member of the Lin Kuei, Bi-Han presumably went through Lin Kuei training, which is briefly described in the book. Those trained can "use all weapons," improvise weapons from common objects, and are masters of many trades in order to blend in while going from town to town and undertaking missions. Some training exercises included holding one's breath for five minutes underwater and getting stranded naked in deserts or on mountaintops with the goal of making it home. Many trainees apparently died.

• According to Liu Kang, a ninja with Bi-Han's experience can "dig a ditch in seconds and pull the soil in over him," creating a hiding spot so good that one "could search for hours and never see the breathing tube."

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Other Versions of Bi-Han/Noob Saibot

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Bi-Han

• Mortal Kombat: Legacy

Noob Saibot

• Mortal Kombat: Conquest

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Scorpion: "I will not kill Sub-Zero."

Bi-Han: "Will not? Or cannot?"

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