#the use of the samadhi fire as a plot device was poorly executed and left so much to be desired

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Pretty sure the point was showing that SWK was willing to do anything it took including using a fire that could famously be one of the only things to kill him and the extra power boost from Mei having the fire added enough power to everyone's combined power at the end to defeat LBD? MK couldn't beat her with just the staff alone he was still having trouble before everyone else joined him.

Okay but for how much they hyped it up it REALLY wasn't relevant. If they wanted to show that Wukong would do ANYTHING they could've had it been a last minute decision as a last ditch effort but they decided to spend the ENTIRE SEASON building and hyping up this fire and how it was the ONLY THING that could possibly stand a chance the bone demon...only for it to be useless.

it adding a slight power-up to MK's attack does not make it's hype paid off. in fact it negates any power it had because it was just helping like everyone else instead of being this big special ultra powerful fire that it was claimed to be. We barely saw it used, we barely saw what sort of destruction it could cause. it was all Tell and no show and it felt weak as a result. for something that was so heavily focused on it ended up not living up to the build up it had and joined the 0 payoff pile like so many other things this season.