Gold Characters
Raiden - Dark
Dark Raiden is a very special character in the game. He has a passive ability that we wish we have on each of our characters or at least part of it. He heals from DOTs as Fire, poison and bleed, he reverses the frostbite and gets more power instead of being power drained. Also, if he is confronted with Sonya Blade Kombat Cup, he instantly gets 3 bars of power instead of being tagged out. In addition, he also heals from any Dark Magic (often applied in Towers).
Now, it all sounds very nice, however, Dark Raiden is not invincible. There are many characters (eg Tremor - Aftershock) that can skip his passive, or just have better damage over Netherrealm characters in general and quickly defeat him, because of his low attack and health.
He is best teamed with Kenshi - Elder God and Shinnok - Vengeful.
Passive
Corrupted Elder God: Reverse DOT & Power Drain - Bleed, fire and poison will heal Dark Raiden instead of damaging him. Power drain gives power instead of draining it.
Specials
- Electric Fly - Attack: Medium damage
- Shocker - Grapple: High damage + Curse
- Shock Therapy - X-Ray Attack: Extreme damage + Power
Support
- God of Thunder - Bonus Attack in percentage for all Raiden characters
- Lightning Teleport - Bonus Health for all Raiden characters
- Ally: Fujin, God of Wind - Bonus Recovery for all Raiden characters
Kenshi - Elder God
Kenshi Elder God has the highest toughness among the gold characters. His passive works best when he fights together with other Elder God characters, as it will give his teammates a 20% critical hit chance on basic attacks and they will be immune to critical hits too, apart from gaining a bar of power when Kenshi defeats an opponent. I would team him up with Raiden - Dark (as an opener) and any other Elder God character. When it comes to equipment, I always give him his Sento Blade together with Vial of Infinite Blood and Shao Kahn's Helmet. This way, you can chain his basic attacks and get a pretty good chance of a critical hit on your opponents.
Passive
God of the Blade: Power Boost, Immunity - Critical, Critical Chance - When opponents are defeated by Kenshi's special attack, he and his teammates gain a bar of power. Elder God teammates are immune to critical attacks and have a +20% critical hit chance on basic attacks.
Specials
- Tele-Push- Attack: Medium damage + Power Drain
- Spiritual Flurry - Attack: High damage + Curse
- Tele-Strike - X-Ray Attack: Extreme damage + Power
Support
- Telekinetic Master - Bonus Attack in percentage for all Kenshi characters
- Acute Senses - Bonus Health for all Kenshi characters
- Ancestral Souls - Bonus Recovery for all Kenshi characters
Mortal Kombat Mobile Gold Characters Overview
The Gold tier is the most popular in the game with almost 100 characters. It come after the Silver and before the Diamond tier. We like to divide the golden characters into Challenge (the ones your can collect after completing a challenge mode) and non-challenge. Generally the challenge gold characters are stronger, faster and look and feel better when you play with them, whist the non-challenge characters are really good for support when it comes to their passive abilities. There are some exeptions ofcourse. Cassie Cage - Covert Ops for example has really good attack and health stats as well as really good passive ability. I believe she is the best non-challenge character for the price (only 250 souls from the store).