I never played MK4, but Tanya is one of my personal favorites in MK:D. I think she's highly under-rated. She has decent combos, and overall good special attacks for every situation. Though, her fatalitles are somewhat weak, and lack originality, she one of my best charactors.

Tanya is my favorite girl in MKD!
She has good combos, not GREAT but good. She has good specials and she is not hard to play as. So overall in my opinion she is a great character.

Tanya is my favourite female also, she is the most effective to use all round. I think Mileena might be a little faster but Tanya is simple has good moves and a great weapon combos. Her story is good too and her character I like.

I really like Tanya's special moves, she's slower than what she was in MK4 but she is faster than most characters. Her invisibility is a nice new addition as well. She has a lot going for her. But as mentioned above, her fatalities are on the weaker side of the spectrum.

Maybe i'm dumb...but invisibilty?? in mk:d??...tayna??

yeah... its called "Find Me"

how embarassing...She's one of my best charactors, and I didn't even know she had it
well, more power to Tanya!

Yea, Tanya's alright. She's not my favorite female character but she's pretty good. Her first fighting stance is pretty weak but the second one is great and her kick ass weapons definately make up for her weak first fighting stance. Her moves are also really great. She isn't as fast as she was in MK:4, but it is an overall improvement in her character. Out of a 10, I'd give her a 7.5-8. That help you at all?

I dont mind Tanyas fatalities. But, I know its only a game, but how does she grab the bone of out the leg? I mean she must have really sharp nails to dig through all that muscle to get to the bone right? At least the others have *some* element of truth to them i.e Sharp knife, cuts neck, head WILL fall off...

LOL! I was asking myself the same thing but I kept telling myself that it is just a game as well. I think they could've been more original with her second fatality. I mean she slashes them then stabs them...BIG deal. (NOT)

Tanya is a really great character to pick.
She has great combos that can do decent damange, and she has A LOT of combos.
She has many special moves:
-A direct fireball: Her main projectile, as almost every character in the game has at least one projectile, I'd say use it when necessary like as for every character.
-A jumping fireball: she jumps and then shoot a fireball from the air at an angle of 45%. Is good, but has very long recovery and need more precise distance than most of the projectile. I rarely (not to say never) use it.
-Find me: She spins and becomes on fire then turns invisible. Same move as Noob Saibot's Darkness.
-She has a fire flip kick that is exactly like Nitara's unicorn flip kick. Quick and useful. Hers is on fire.
-She also has the Human Cannon Drill move. very quick: she gets at a mid-height and then thrust her body into the opponent, making him or her fly past Tanya. Thats a really good move against n00bs ! lol Dont use it against CPUs unless you know its the time to do it...
I should talk to you about how to play using her best combos for each situation. but I still need to study and practice her.
Tanya has cool fatals and hara kiris...... Her Kobu Jutsu are awesome and hboth of her style can own, but as many people said before: She VERY hard to master... I still need to train a lot with her.

Tanya is pretty hard to fight against if you play as a character you are not fully experienced with. I remember fighting as Ermac against her and had my ass kicked left and right. But when I picked Sub-Zero, I beat her senseless and performed Sub-Zero's 2nd Fatality on her.
You will learn to love to play as Tanya, I trained with her in Edenia and learned here combos and fighting styles. Tanya is a very good fighter in this game, I have her as my top 2 females in Deception right next to Jade.