Talk:Liu Kang vs. Ryu/@comment-31439573-20170409231137/@comment-5035900-20170414064618

Except Ryu hasn't been shown to do so. I'd presume Akuma's impalement punch wasn't even close to a forest-destroying level of strength. How so? If that punch, or Akuma's standard punches, could destroy forests, the area around him would be obliterated. You'd literally have one punch and then down trees in an instant. There'd be nothing left around him after a combo of punches.

That was a joke they made during their 2nd episode. Maybe they said Liu Kang was nice because he didn't try to kill Shang Tsung while Akuma, a warrior who fights to the death, is someon who would.

Assuming that Ryu is Akuma's 100% equal simply because he's survived fights against him isn't something I agree with. There's so many other factors that would attest to Ryu's survival such as his skills as a fighter. Maybe Akuma's stronger, or maybe Ryu's faster or more durable: maybe they aren't equal in every single stat or category. Or maybe you and I are bound to disagree on scaling as a whole. In any case, we'll just have to agree to disagree.