And here is a little history I found on the net by Sage Ryock: "Let's go back to MK3 when he first appeared. Kabal was a new character that carried a pair of exotic looking Swords. He wears what seems to be like a gas mask, and has super speed. The mask he wears is part of a life support system on his back which at the time was covered by his shirt and is now exposed in Mortal Kombat Deception. The injury he carries around was caused by one of Shao Kahn's extermination squads. As a result, he nearly died, and now wears that support system to keep himself alive. You could say that hes now kinda like Darth Vader now. His Moves and Fatalities were deadly and quick. His fatalities featured him turning his opponent into a balloon, screeching the opponent to death, an Animality where he turned into a dead Rhino, a babality, and a Friendship. His moves included an attack where he would spin past the opponent, giving Kabal a chance to strike his opponent with an attack. He could also fire a blast of energy from his mask and summon a saw blade to scewer his opponent.
In Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, which was pretty much just a remake of the older version, Kabal was granted another finishing move. Added to his already cool finishing moves, he got a Brutality, in which the opponent is constantly whacked until he/she explodes into nothing but Bones and Flesh. The story was pretty much the same even up to Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
In Mortal Kombat Trilogy, I'm afraid that the story of the game was just slightly changed and they just added more characters to the game. But thats what happened to Kabal. "
Now backt to the show....

The spin is his great stun move. You have to be able to do it at any time. Personally this is where I screw up all the time.
The plasma blast is a great projectile, that will constantly harass your enemey. Shoot as many of these as you can safely.
The ground Blade is a slow special move, reserved best against beginners. What most people don't know is that it is a stun move as well as a damage causing move. Summon the blade and then run up for a combo, or spin them as I prefer. They are helpless to block your spin! best used to panic those who run at you. A buzz saw chasing you forces you to think twice. Best preformed when your opponent is at the other end of the screen.

Fatality 1...D,D,A,T,Block (one jump away) inflate their head
Fatality 2...R,BL,BL,BL,HK (very close)scare them out of their skin
Stage fatality...BL,BL,BL,HK (in Kahn's tower,subway, and my favorite the pit.)
Mercy...(R)D,D,D,D(release R),both must have won a match. Need to be out of sweep range. You can hit the down many times to be sure.
Animality...(HP)T,T,D,T(rel. HP) ,very close
Babality...R,R,LK (can't use block in final round)
Friendship...R,LK,R,R,U

Uppercut...21%		Jumpkick...15%		Plasma blast...13%
throw...17%		jump punch...9%		Ground blade...10%
roundhouse...17%
sweep...12%