Talk:Shao Kahn/@comment-88.23.129.239-20140627224704/@comment-5035900-20140711225237

From Death Battle's 2nd Q&A:

"Akuma's low stamina is actually him just holding back. Why did you use that against him?"

Wizard: We didn't. He won.

Plus, Akuma's low stamina in gameplay is for the purpose of making Akuma a balanced character. In canon, he holds back against his opponents so as not to end the fight prematurely. If he finds a worthy challenge, he uses his full strength as Shin Akuma.

With that said, while I don't think Akuma would go down that easily to Shao Kahn, at the same time, I don't know if Akuma has what it takes to beat Shao Kahn. For all I know, the Shun Goku Satsu wouldn't work. Where Akuma could get to Shang Tsung's soul due to him having some, but not that many souls, Shao Kahn has at least 80 billion, so he'd practically have to go through a sea of souls just to get to Shao Kahn's soul, which may render the move useless.