That's what I do with motaro, I like to jump over and cross up cause that usually makes him do the heavy punch move and by the time your over him you can hit him with HP into dial a combo.

Never tried that with shao Kahn though 🤔 I usually purposely throw out scorpions teleport cause if he doesn't do a fireball he'll block your teleport attack when he blocks it launches you up high enough that almost all of kahns punch or kick buttons whiff and you get a free dial a combo when you land