Sub-Zero is a video game character.
Overview
Oliver Queen standing next to a TV showing Sub-Zero.
Sub-Zero is a video game character in Injustice 2 which was played by William Clayton and Felicity Smoak. The latter chose Blue Beetle as her fighter and lost to Clayton's Sub-Zero after a match in Gorilla City.[1]
Powers and abilities
Powers
Sub-Zero (as played by William Clayton) transforming into ice and generating an ice sword to beat Blue Beetle.
- Cryokinesis: Sub-Zero can generate ice and manipulate it with cold weather.[1]
Sub-Zero generating a shockwave while fighting Blue Beetle.
- Shock wave generation: Sub-Zero is able to hit the ground with ice objects to such a capacity, that he creates a shock wave which knocks other fighters off their feet.[1]
Abilities
- Hand-to-hand combatant: As a character in a fighting video game Sub-Zero is a proficient fighter.[1]
Equipment
- Ninja attire: Sub-Zero wears a complex attire reminiscent of the Japanese ninjas.[1]
- Ice sword/hammer: Sub-Zero's cryokinesis allows him to create weapons made of ice.[1]
Appearances
Arrow
Season 6
- "Promises Kept" (video game)
Behind the scenes
- Sub-Zero is a character from the Mortal Kombat fighting video game franchise with the ability to generate ice. Notably, the version shown on Arrow is from Injustice 2 that is based on characters from DC Comics. He is one of the "guest characters" in the game as he is not based on any of DC's properties, and appears as a downloadable character.
- He is the second MK character in the Injustice franchise after Scorpion, who appeared in the previous entry, and the first MK character to appear in the sequel. The other being Raiden.
- The snapshot of Sub-Zero's victory pose is based off his infamous and controversial "Spine Rip" fatality except he does it to the cameraman up close while breaking fourth wall.