Respect Baraka!
"I am Baraka, leader of the Tarkata! I fear no one, least of all a human!"
Backstory and Overview
Baraka is one of the Mortal Kombat universe's many jobbers. He's a member of the savage Tarkatan race, a species of mutated demon-mortal hybrids who inhabit the wasteland realm called Outworld. Baraka has deadly retractable biological blades hidden away in his arms, a common trait of his race. While it varies from version to version, he seems to be a bit more intelligent than your garden variety Tarkatan.
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 Baraka so this RT covers all officially licensed versions of Baraka.
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.
Old Timeline
Durability
Deception
- According to an unlockable piece of artwork, Baraka was able to survive getting the top half of his body split apart by Kung Lao. However, the details of this event are unclear, and he needs metal staples to keep himself together.
Armageddon
Speed/Agility
Armageddon
Blades
Deception
- Baraka claims in the Konquest mode that his blades are as natural to him as any other part of his body.
Armageddon
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Baraka's blades are able to hold up against a real metal sword being wielded by Kung Lao.
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Baraka fires a projectile from his blades by clashing them together, which blasts back Kung Lao.
Martial Arts/Weaponry
Mortal Kombat 4
Deception
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[Gameplay] Baraka can use the martial art Silat in gameplay.
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[Gameplay] Baraka can use the martial art Hung Gar in gameplay.
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[Gameplay] Baraka can uses blades as his weapon style in gameplay.
Miscellaneous
Armageddon
Special Moves
Mortal Kombat II
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Blade Spark - Baraka clashes his blades together to fire off a projectile towards his opponent.
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Blade Fury - Baraka kneels down and slashes at his opponent repeatedly.
Mortal Kombat 3
Deception
Finishers
Mortal Kombat II
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Fatality 1 - Baraka stabs his opponent in the abdomen with both his blades, lifting them up.
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Fatality 2 - Baraka decapitates his opponent with a slash from one of his blades.
Mortal Kombat 3
Deception
New Timeline
Durability
Mortal Kombat X
Speed/Agility
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Miscellaneous
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Special Moves
Finishers
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Strength
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Tosses a guy he had impaled on one of his blades across a room.
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Throws a monk an impressive distance, and does the same with another. This is partially from gameplay.
Durability
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Gets sent flying again, this time by the player, and recovers quickly.
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Gets sent flying by the player again, slamming into a small stone column thing.
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[Gameplay] He's still able to fight, even after being impaled through the head or chest by a sword. This is required to be done by the player to win his boss fight.
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He's not immediately killed by getting impaled through the head and chest and being slammed into walls. This is partially from gameplay.
Speed/Agility
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Leaps across a room. This is partially from gameplay.
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[Gameplay] Leaps across that gap again.
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Leaps across the gap once again, but this time it looks cool.
Blades
Miscellaneous
Special Moves
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Blade Spark - Equivalent to the Blade Spark attack from the old timeline.
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Jump Spark - Baraka leaps into the air and fires off three projectiles in a spread from his blades.
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Blade Slam - Baraka does a neat little combo with his blades.
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Blade Chop - Equivalent to the Blade Fury attack from the old timeline.
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Blade Spin - Baraka does a neat little combo with his blades in midair.
Finishers
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Special Moves
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Sharp Spark - Equivalent to the Blade Spark attack from the old timeline.
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Chop Chop Blades - Equivalent to the Blade Fury attack from the old timeline.
Finishers
Malibu Comics' Mortal Kombat
Strength
Durability
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Gets Kung Lao's razor hat thrown at him and is just fine.
- For reference, the Malibu version of Kung Lao is strong enough to reduce a tree to pieces with a series of punches, send Kitana (really Shang Tsung) back with an uppercut so hard that she cracks the ground when she lands, and punch Kano through a wall.
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Gets blasted in the face with Reptile's acid and recovers quickly.
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He's able to resist getting frozen by Sub-Zero.
- For reference, the Malibu version of Sub-Zero's ice attacks are potent enough to leave Reptile in a thick covering of ice and do the same with some random guard.
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Gets blasted with electricity by Raiden and is up and fighting some time later.
- For reference, the Malibu version of Raiden's lightning is powerful enough to blow a wide hole in a stone wall.
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Gets blasted with fire by Scorpion and is pretty much fine.
- For reference, the Malibu version of Scorpion was able to kill Sub-Zero with his fire breath.
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Takes an uppercut from the Kombatant and is up and fighting some time later.
- For reference, the Kombatant was created with the strength of the Malibu version of Goro, who is strong enough to smash apart rock and mangle a car.
Speed/Agility
Blades
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Baraka stabs one of these into a wall hard enough to crack it.
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Baraka cuts a metal sword in half (and seemingly decapitates someone) with one.
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Uses them to destroy the Deathstone, a crystal pendant Scorpion had.
Midway's Mortal Kombat Comics
Note: These are promotional comics either distributed with or advertised by the games. Due to being published by Midway, they might be canon to the old timeline. It's unclear if they are canon to each other.
Durability
Mortal Kombat II Collector's Edition
Mortal Kombat: Deception Limited Edition
Blades
Mortal Kombat: Deception Limited Edition
- Kills some random armored guy with them offscreen. Yeah, this is the same thing as directly above, sue me.
Mortal Kombat Movie Series
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. While the movie itself doesn't refer to Baraka by name, the credits and novelization confirm the Tarkatan character to be him.
Strength
Annihilation
Durability
Annihilation Novelization
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Takes hits from Liu Kang and keeps fighting.
- For reference, the Annihilation novel version of Liu Kang is strong enough to break apart an Outworld warrior's ribs with a series of kicks, knock Sheeva through a temple wall with a bicycle kick, break a sword in half with a kick, launch away an armored guard with a kick, snap another armored guard's neck with a kick, and haul another armored guard on top of a cage.
Speed/Agility
Annihilation
Annihilation Novelization
Blades
Annihilation
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His blades can hold up against a real metal sword wielded by Liu Kang.
- For reference, using that same sword, the movie version of Liu Kang was able to break a lock on a cage and throw it hard enough to split a metal chain.
Annihilation Novelization
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Sonya dodges his blades, "knowing full well those claws were capable of slicing her to the bone."
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His blades cut apart Liu Kang's hands when he deflects them.
Miscellaneous
Annihilation Novelization
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Mouse over a feat to see the name, season, and number of the episode it's from.
Blades
Jeff Rovin's Mortal Kombat
Mouse over feats for chapter number.
Blades
Miscellaneous
"Shao Kahn conquered my realm. I owe him my loyalty; I honor his will. "
Submitted March 25, 2019 at 02:58PM by 76SUP https://ift.tt/2HL2LDV
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