For me, it begins in MKII.

Mortal Kombat II
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Kintaro

Mortal Kombat 3
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Unless using Sheeva, Motaro

Every other game after MK3/U/T have the easiest bosses in the world.

In my POV I find it funny that in most MK games that the sub bosses tend to be 50% harder to beat than the bosses themselfs

MK1 - Goro is far harder to beat than Tsung. Tsung himself doesn't do anything that special. If you gotten that far to get to Tsung you should have to worry about him morphing since you did beat all of the cast of MK1 anyway. Now take Goro. Please take in mind that I haven't played MK1 in years minus the fact I played MK1 on the collectors edition of Deception for a second. As I remember his moves do tons more damage than Shang Tsung. Also that ground pound was hard to avoid given the sluggish controls, not to mention his grab and pound move.

MK2 - Kintaro is little bit harder to beat than Kahn, well that is if you don't know the jump kick trick to beat both Kahn and Kintaro. Still I thinik that Kintaro takes the cake. Mainly because he moves faster to me that Kahn not to mention his throws.

MK3 - In MK3 neither Motaro or Kahn are hard to beat. Overall Motaro is a bit harder to beat than Kahn. Again Motaro is on that medium/easy borderline. The only thing that makes Motaro hard is that sometimes he does that 3 -5 fireball volley. Man if you get hit in mid air with his volley you are screw for at least 40% of you heath. Other than that he is easy. The only real disapointment I had with MK3 was how super easy and how Kahn played so close to his MK2 counter part. In fact he has gotten easier in MK3 from MK2. I mean if he does his shadow shoulder all you have to do is run up too him and do a 4+ combo. Sure he might block the 1st 3 hits , but after that he takes damage. This holds true with Motaro as well. I don't know anyone ( at least during the arcade days) in there right mind that would jump kick Kahn. Anyways Kahn's shadow knee was a big joke. I don't think the MK team should have put that in there. It was too much of a free hit.

MK4 /MK4 home version
Arcade - Well Shinnok was easy to beat. Just like Tsung in MK1 he doesn't do anything real special.

MK4 home same as above about Shinnok. Goro was a bit harder than Shinnok. Again his grap and pound attack was brutal overall that was hit.

MK: DA - Overall all bosses including Shang and Quan are so easy on MAX. Moloch is nothing special. All you have to do is doing a combo that is fast then back step and wait for him to jab and then counter. Again Quan and Tsung are just like others in the game. Overall no big threat here.

MK: Deception - I don't play this game much. Noob Smoke is a joke sub boss. Dragon King well the only thing that is a major problem with him ( and the rest of the game ) is whorish throwing. Man I thought the MK2 AI a was a throw whore. Of course that is nothing compared to humans online. Anyway Dragon King beats out Noob Smoke only because throwing a lot and compared to others does more damage to other throws in the game.

None of them seem particularly hard. But, if I had to pick one I'd say Goro or Shang from MK1. I dont remember playing them really but I probably had difficult times with them and lost a bunch back when I was playing it. That doesnt really mean that they were hard so much as I sucked at the game though.

MKDA: Moloch
MK2: Kintaro (Arcade Version)

I find Shao Kahn a real bitch to beat. he's really cheap. I've only ever beaten him with Sub Zero, Sheeva, Noob Saibot, Liu Kang and Reptile. Motaro poses little/no threat at all.

I can only defeat Moloch with Raiden & Kano on MK : DA

I don't think Shao Kahn in MK3 is that easy... actually I have big problems with him :P But maybe it's because I havn't played the game so much. I hardly know any combo's lol.

Moloch and Dragon King are cheesy bosses. Really. I think Noob-Smoke was an excellent sub-boss though. Really cool.

The hardest boss for me was Shang Tsung from the first MK.

MK1 Tsung is a terror on high difficulty levels. He has a counter to everything.

Shang Tsung from MK1 was harder for me than Kintaro...

I can beat Kintaro double flawless all the time. Kintaro sux ass

It's Kintaro and Shao Kahn(MK2) for me.I know how to beat Kintaro easily with Kitana but Shao Kahn is another story...

I been playing mk3 on mat2 Shao Kahn is a pain to beat with Sonya its so wierd playing mk3 after playing umk3.The game seems so unfinished it is but i mean i never realized how big of a difference it is umk3 is a trillion times better then mk3.Playing Sonya in mk3 without her added moves from umk3 sucks.

Kintaro!

Goro is harder than Shang Tsung??? WTF???

i can beat the crap out of the shokan esily ina few matches, but tsung is far more deadlier than Goro in MK1.

Shang Tsung was easy and easily the weakest boss. Kahn was super hard in MK trilogy. Motaro was almost impossible to beat in MK3 same for Kintaro in MK2 and Goro of MK4.

hahaha, no offense, but i found Shang harder to beat on max than Tsung.

Motaro is easy, but he "cheaps" alot. Kahn in trilogy is uber hard however, but Kintaro is the weakest boss on the PC MK2 ever. Everytime I faxce him I get double flawless.

Err i mean harder than Goro. lol.

Shao Kahn from Mk3. Only Cyrax and Noob Saibot can defeat it.

I used Sindel to beat MK3 Kahn.

Shang Tsung from MK1 and Reptile from MK1 are the hardest.

Note: The game has to be set on very hard...and on revision 5.0 (t-unit)


They counter everything.

Goro is a joke

I finally beat Kahn with sonya in mk3 i found a pattern where he always knee lifts for a uppercut. Its cool when you find a way to make the computer always repeat the same move and hilarous lol.

I never got to Shang Tsung in the arcade version of MK1. I have MK1 on the Genesis. Their is a very very easy way to beat him on the Genesis. All you have to do is hold back on the controller before the round starts. When the round starts Tsung will float right to you repeatly and all you have to do is round house him to death on both rounds. I might pop out MK1 on my bonus Deception disc to find out if this would have worked on the arcade version. Edit just got back from test that round house trick on the arcade version ( Deception collectors). It doesn't work. I guess it was just the Genesis version.

DRFATALITY said... "It's Kintaro and Shao Kahn(MK2) for me.I know how to beat Kintaro easily with Kitana but Shao Kahn is another story..."

i cant believe u think Shao Kahn is harder ... with kitana u got close to 100pecent chance at victory!

just do this... round starts flip back do the fan lift.... he will pretty much almost always walk into it and when he does and gets lifted... just "jump kick + fan" and then flip back fan lift and repeat... like i say if i cant pull this off i would be very suprized since it's SO EASY! ... even if he throws a arrow at u here and there u still got a extremely high chance to beat him with kitana.

kintaro i just use alot of "drop kick + fan" ... gotta time your drop kicks so that he swings at u but misses ;)

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Shao Kahn in MK3 aint hard at all once u know what to do u can win with close to anyone... motaro is definately harder than Shao Kahn is hands down... cause motaro can be VERY CHEAP with those damn fireballs..... but overall i like fighting Shao Kahn alot.... he's my favoriate end boss to fight out of all the MK games todate (im talking about fighting him on MK3/UMK3) ... but in general i like the OLD mk games the best... the new 3d mk games are decent but nothing compared to the old mk games... the newer ones are slow compared to the old mk's.... just aint as fun to play overall... but there still solid fighting games ;)

in mk1(arcade)
against goro, pick liu kang, go to the left corner and jump kick goro when he approaches in a sweep distance(with a jump against the wall), and right after that, do the fireball move, again and again, he just will be hitted while he tries to stand up, and he also will be hitted by all the following fireballs without doing nothing if you're sufficiently fast.

against shang, if he metamorphoses in johnny cage, then duck and wait for him, and when he is in a sweep distance, do a roundhouse kick (I suggest you to pick one ninja, cause their roundhouse kick has a really good range), after that, duck again and wait he heads towards you again(it really takes a short time from that moment) and then do your roundhouse kick again etc....
if he metamorphoses in kano, sweep him when you're just almost in a sweep distance, because he will continue to walk towards you while you will begin your sweep move and he will enter in "the area of your sweep" right after you have finished to perform your move, but if you do it too close of him, he will cannonball you.
if he metamorphoses in everyone else, jump kicks are your friend, unless he metamorphoses in liu kang, then it's better to wait for his speed kick at the ground,and after having blocked, do a roundhouse kick)

in mk2 (arcade),
against kintaro, begin to sweep him when he is almost in a sweep distance, after that, jump back and repeat the process, but if you sweep him too close, he will block....to counter his stomp attack, you just have to listen carefully since you can hear a sound pretty similar to the sound of some teleports right before he does the stomp move, when you hear that sound, just jump kick towards the rear to hit him in the air ( you also can chain with a special move like liu kang's speed kick or kitana's fan), anyway even if you miss him in the air with your jump kick, you will avoid being smashed by his attack.

against shao khan, just go to the left corner, duck and block and wait for him, when he will be close to you he will do his shoulder charge, right after having blocked, just do an uppercut, then duck and block again and wait for him, and repeat the process...none special moves is even needed.

in mk3 (arcade)
against motaro, 2 things are important to know :
1) the special moves are pretty useless, since he is quickly on you, moreover he can response by his laserballs
2) just use your combo when you are close to him, if you are hitted by his tail, just jump kick him right after that, and then run towards him to begin your combo...

against shao khan, when you're sufficiently far, jump kick towards him, even if he can do his anti aerian "knee move", he will more probably do his fireball so, right after having kicked him, run on him and chain with your combo...even if he blocks the first hits, he will be hitted by the last ones, it's weird but it's like that ... you also can try to sweep him if you're far enough, but take care of not being trapped in the corner because it means death.

in mk4 (arcade)
against goro, heads just a tiny bit towards him and sweep him, while he tries to stand up, go almost close to him (then he will try to kick you ), then begins a new sweep when he just has achieved to stand up, then go almost close to him again and repeat the process... (but don't expect to see his kick to sweep him, otherwise you will be hitted by his attack)
if he blocks your sweep, just wait a tiny bit before doing an another sweep since there is a risk that he spit a fireball right after that.
to counter his stomp attack , jumping is no use, you have to run.

against Shinnock : he doesn't use any special moves, in fact he reacts like the others playable characters of the game.

in mkda (ps2)
against moloch, I recommend you to pick kung lao, even if some others are quite effective against him too.
try to be near the wall and then block , when he will be in a sweep distance from you he will try to punch you so after having blocked, do your combo (triangle, circle, down + circle), then walk back a bit, just to be agaisnt the wall and block, he will do very quickly an another attack which once blocked, will allow you to do again your combo and repeat the process.

in mkd (ps2)
against onaga, I recommend you to pick baraka.
just do his "multiple style combo" when you're within a sweep distance of onaga (that combo has a very good range), and after that, you can immediately chain with the "slice attack " (d,u,lp) , then walk back and repeat the same thing. at least with baraka, it's even not necessary to try to hit the kamidogus to weaken him...he will offer you a very cheap victory.
but I have to say that onaga is pretty hard to beat with some other characters.

I hope this will help

pierre