So far, one of the common complaints about Leatherface (aside from him being a guest) is what variations could you come up with for him. While I'm confident NRS has something up their sleeves, I'd like to throw out a couple ideas. Feel free to add your own or offer any constructive criticism.

We'll go with the obvious first...

Chainsaw- The visual que for this variation would be...the chainsaw. This variation would have saw-centric combos. It would extend the range on a few normals and jump attacks. I've heard a few people suggest a multiple hit jump punch. That could be interesting, but could also screw over some of the more armor dependent characters(ala Ferra/Torr).

Possible Chainsaw specific specials...
Berserker- LF swings his saw wildly(like the end of the first movie). This would be a multi hit move that would hit at different angles(low to high, or possibly a overhead starter).

Saw spark- LF would grind his saw along the ground causing sparks to fly up into the opponents face, disorienting them for a free hit.

Powered up Saw. LF gives an extra crank on the saw, powering up attacks for higher damage. Saw would temporarily be inactive for a cool down period, so the move wouldn't be over powered, and he would temporarily lose access to Saw centric moves, making it a high risk/high reward gamble.



Next variation-

Meat hook- Visual que will be LF carrying a rusty meat hook on the end of a chain. With that, Injustice players will likely know what I'm getting at. I am quite keen at what this variation could bring. Swinging chain combos like Kratos from MK9. Long range normals will be a common theme between this and Chainsaw. I'd basically like this variation to be a quicker, more useful "Lasher".

Special moves-

Untitled- LF lassos the opponent's leg and whips them around, smashing them to the ground once or twice. Meter burned version gets you a pop up.

Shoulder Charge- LF slams the hook into the ground and pulls himself in at high speed for a shoulder check (meter burn version becomes a tackle to the ground, with a few slashes of the hook for extra damage)



Final variation-

Untitled Grappler variation-

Visual cue will be a leather apron instead of the standard cloth. He will lose the range on regular attacks in exchange for powerful grapple attacks. I'd actually like to see a chain grappler in this game, and I think Leatherface's fighting style being largely unexplored, could be a good way to make this happen. Possible buffs, depending on the length of the grapple ala Grundy from Injustice. Would probably be fairly armor dependent.

Special moves-

Mainly consisting of chain grapples.

Anti air grab would be necessary with the loss of long range normals.



Those are the three that, to me, would make the most sense given what we have to work with.

I had a pretty out there idea of Leatherface wearing the faces of fallen warriors and gaining some of that warrior's attributes. But given that Leatherface is in no way supernatural, it would be hard to justify from a story perspective (yeah yeah, it doesn't make sense that he's in MK to begin with, STFU)

Welp, that's what I've got. I'd say given these variations, he could be pretty viable. Feel free to add on to what I've got here, or make up variations of your own.