Elsa vs Sub Zero - Who Would Win

Elsa vs Sub Zero - Who Would Win

I’d advise you come with a coat today because things are going to get as cold as ice. I thank Ben Hunt for giving me this idea. We have Elsa, Queen of Arendelle and Kuai Liang, the second Sub Zero. In a fight to the death in neutral environment with no outside assistance, who would win? Let’s find out.

 

I wasn’t exactly a fan of Frozen but I have to admit that Elsa was by far the best thing. In fact the issue with Frozen was everything else. Elsa is born with unexplained ice powers and severely injured her younger sister. After spending years in isolation her powers took over and she fled to the mountains. However after being taught the power of love or something she now seems to be fully in control of her strange assortment of powers.

 

Elsa is in possession of Cryokinesis and Frigokinesis. Cryokinesis is the elemental ability to slow down the movement of particles/atoms to alter temperature, even to the point of freezing. Frigokinesis is quite simply the elemental ability of snow manipulation and thus ice manipulation. She is certainly not limited in what she can do, she can move and create ice structures including a castle and sheets of ice from the floor to act as a barrier. She can also fire her magic directly at someone and if it hits they will eventually freeze into a solid ice statue. However depending on where it hits depends on how easily cured the victim is. In the movie we see Anna hit in the head and the heart. The head is easily cured by strange rock trolls but because of Disney logic a hit to the heart can only be thawed by an act of true love. However this does take a long time to take effect and freeze the victim into a statue.

 

Despite what powers she has listed Elsa can also do some more things that honestly don’t really make a lot of sense. Perhaps the strangest but simultaneously most useful is her ability to create sentient life. During Frozen she creates two living snowmen, Olaf the annoying comic relief and Marshmallow who somehow manages to rip off Ghostbusters and a Frost Atronach from Skyrim at the same time.  Despite this however Marshmallow is a very powerful ally that will be allowed to assist Elsa as she can create him herself. Marshmallow’s greatest strength is his well strength. Being a giant snowman he is far more physically powerful than a normal Human. While he cannot control ice and snow like Elsa can he is capable of growing Ice out of his own body to use as weapons and armour. He can also fire a blizzard from his mouth. He’s not without flaws however.  He lacks in the agility department and is not very bright. He was easily outsmarted by a naïve 18 year old princess and a man who shares carrots with his reindeer. He is protective and loyal however and is not to be taken lightly.

 

There is an interesting catch to all of Elsa’s abilities however in that they seem to vary depending on her emotions. When calm she seems to have complete control in doing what she wants. However when scared or frightened she freezes things without meaning to, even to an extent of freezing the entire kingdom. It could also be however that after experiencing an act of true love she gained complete control over her powers, although it seems likely her emotions will still affect how her powers work. Being inexperienced in combat, during a one on one fight she would likely be scared meaning her powers would  be more aggressive and lash out at everything around her.

 

But enough of Princesses and Disney and the power of love, let’s talk about ninja assassins! Here’s a question, what’s even cooler than a ninja assassin. A ninja assassin that can control ice! Kuai Liang is actually the second Sub Zero and younger brother to Bi-Han, the first Sub Zero. I am using Kuai Liang as according to Raiden, the god of thunder and defender of earthrealm commented that he is infact the stronger Sub Zero.  He was son to a Cryomancer father and Human mother and thanks to his Cryomancer father he can generate and control ice. This would make him a formidable force by itself but he is also a ninja who served as a Lin Kuei assassin.

 

 

Being a member of the Mortal Kombat universe, Kuai Liang is a natural and talented fighter and certainly more skilled than Elsa in physical combat. He is strong, agile and judging by what kind of blows characters take in the games extremely durable. A large amount of his fighting moves involve freezing his foes or using ice as a projectile or defence mechanism. Some of his notable combat moves include simply firing ice at his enemy, freezing the ground and everything around him, creating an ice clone of himself and shooting ice overhead which falls on his opponent.

 

So Sub Zero is a badass. But this clearly isn’t enough. So I’ll ask the question, what’s cooler than a ninja assassin than can control ice? A cyborg ninja assassin than can control ice of course! Being a cyborg boosted Kuai Liang’s strength to far greater levels but also gave him some other incredibly useful abilities. He can now shoot ice blasts from his chest cavity and shape the cold around him into weapons meaning he often uses an ice sword. That is one of the coolest things I have ever heard. He can also now teleport by separating his limbs and reconfiguring behind his opponent. The slight catch is he can no longer create ice clones. He can however perform a counterattack called flash freeze that counter melee attacks. Finally of course I should mention that being part of Mortal Kombat he can perform Fatalities where he kills the opponent in an extremely violent and brital way that is probably banned in Australia.

 

As a cyborg Kuai Liang has performed some incredible feats.  He has defeated Lin Kuei, Sektor, his older brother and Kinatro and Goro. Also strangely during Mortal Komabat vs DC universe he became Earhrealms version of Batman … somehow. Interestingly in Chinese his name literally means fast cool, Sub Zero is without doubt, a Cyborg ninja assassin who can control ice. I don’t think it gets much better than that.

 

Surely this is a miss match. Yes it is … but not in the way you’re thinking. If you’re a girl (Although if you’re reading this then it seems unlikely) then you can punch the air in delight because Elsa would win this no problem. The strange thing is she may not even know what she was doing. Allow me to explain.

 

You may remember during Frozen that Elsa’s father gave her gloves to stop her powers. I remember thinking that a thin pair of gloves could never stop such power. My theory was proven later on in the film where she freezes through the shackles on her hands in the dungeon meaning covering her hands does not prevent her powers from working. What appears to have happened is since she trusts her Father and he told her it would stop her powers she believed this would happen. It could also be because she is calm around her father. Therefore what fuels her power seems likely to be her will and belief. When she lets go and starts unleashing all her power on the mountain some of the feats she performs are incredible. After the act of true love she easily thaws the entire kingdom because now she believes she can. This would imply she can do with her power whatever she believes she can as the sheer force of will and belief seems to be the most important factor in the strength of her power. There’s more however.

 

Elsa’s powers have acted on their own when Elsa is in peril. When the soldiers were attacking her with crossbow, a cross bow bolt was fired at her and she raised her arm in defence like anyone would by natural instinct. Ice fired out of the ground and performed a shield. However when Hans was about to slash her with his sword Anna got in between them and her power didn’t activate, suggesting it knew she wouldn’t be harmed. This means her lack of combat experience is irrelevant as her powers act independently at times to defend her when she would be killed.

 

Sub Zero could take down Elsa in one attack, he’s far stronger and more brutal while Elsa is quite frail. This however is irrelevant as there is now way he could land an attack on her. Even his teleport ability would not be enough as ice would form around Elsa to protect her. Don’t forget that Elsa would be scared and angry meaning her powers would be highly violent and aggressive. She also builds an entire castle in the film meaning she should be able to do the same here to protect herself. She could also create Marshmallow who would not be able to defeat Sub Zero himself would certainly be enough of a threat to give her what time she needed to unleash her power on him. Sub Zero is durable but there is only so much he could take before being taken down. Elsa would struggle to land a killing blow but with Elsa’s practically unlimited power it would only be a matter of time before he was taken down. This is disappointing as I really wanted a fatality used on a Disney Princess but I can’t deny that the victory goes to Elsa.