The King of Fighters '99/Benimaru

Introduction

The famous electric seducer and Kyo's Friend in KOF. Top-tier character (best character of game among no-banned characters). Existing in all the teams or almost.

Gameplay Overview

Benimaru builds meter fastly with his meterless combos and Dizzy fastly also.

Gets a very good mixups with his crossup j+D, his long range move (cr+C) where you can option select with (at 2:33 of this video), his cr+B to pressure, his instant overhead (j+B) who can be useful after cr+B, his st+B to poke (invincible move), his j+qcf+P to chip damage opponent, his air throw etc

High priority normal attacks with st.B, j+CD, cl.D, st.D , neutral j+D , j+D and his cr+D

His cr+C permits to pass opponent's jump attacks.

His main combo : cr.B, cr.B xx qcf,qcf.A must be mastered.

His problem in this kof is that except his Raijin Ken (qcf+C), he doesn't really get anti-air moves, what can be a problem versus Choi.

Mid-Tier as Striker.

Movelist

THROWS-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Catch and Shoot >> When close - b / f + C

Front Suplex >> When close - b / f + D

Spinning Knee Drop >> When close in the air - any dir. except u + C / D

COMMAND ATTACKS----------------------------------------------------------------

Jackknife Kick >> f + B >> No Overhead.

   Evades several low attacks.
   Can be cancelled into a special move or DM move.

Flying Drill >> In the air - d + D

SPECIAL MOVES------------------------------------------------------------------

Iai-geri >> qcf + K >> Can be followed with Handou Sandan Geri.

/Handou Sandan Geri >> After Iai-geri - d, u + K

Shinkuu Katategoma >> qcb + P

Raijin Ken >> qcf + P

Kuuchuu Raijin Ken >> In the air - qcf + P

DESPERATION MOVES--------------------------------------------------------------

Raikou Ken >> qcf, qcf + A

Gen'ei Hurricane >> qcf, qcf + K >> Evades 1-hit strong normal attack and specials.

Combos

cr.Bx1-3 > qcf+K > d,u+K

cr.C > qcb+C or qcf,qcf+A

Jump Attack > cl.C or cl.D > qcf+P or qcf+K or qcb+P or qcf,qcf+P

cr.Bx1-3 > qcf,qcf+A

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox		Notes
Standing Close
	3/2/9	+1/-1	R,C,S,Su	HL			Chain: repeatable
	3/5/7	0/-2	R,C,S,Su	HL			Chain: repeatable
	4/3+3/15	-1/-3	C,S,Su	HL
	2/6/16	-2/-4	C,S,Su	HL
Standing Far
	3/4/9	-1/-3	-	HL			Chain: repeatable
	3/7/9	-4/-6	-	HL			Chain: ender
	5/6/18	-4/-6	-	HL
	11/5/16	-1/-3	-	HL
+	17/4/20	KD/-2	S	HL
Crouching
	3/4/5	2/0	R,C,Su	HL			Chain: repeatable
	2/4/7	1/-1	R,C,Su	L			Chain: repeatable
	4/3+3/24	-10/-12	C, S, Su	HL
	5/6/23	KD/-11	C	L
Jump
	5/9/-	-/-	-	H
	3/12/-	-/-	-	H
	5/3+7/-	-/-	-	H
	5/8/-	-/-	-	H
+	14/5/-	KD/-	S	HL
Neutral Jump
	5/9/-	-/-	HL
	3/12/-	-/-	H
	5/3+7/-	-/-	H
	2/10/-	-/-	H
+	14/5/6	-/-	H
Command Normals
f+	19/3/27	-10/-12	S,Su	HL			Jackknife Kick - f+B
j.d+	13/1(1)2(2)2/-	-/-	-	HL			Flying Drill - d+D (air)
Special Moves
qcf+	/ /	/		HL	File:Beni qcfA.jpg		Raijin Ken - qcf+A Benimaru extends his arm forward and a ball of energy surrounds his hand
qcf+	/ /	/		HL	File:Beni qcfC.jpg		Taikuu Raijin Ken - qcf+C Benimaru extends his arm diagonally upwards and a ball of energy surrounds his hand comes out too slow to be reliable as an anti-air, unless the opponent did a high jump from full screen away
j.qcf+	/ /	-/-	Fi	HL	similar to his qcf+P except done in the air. Benimaru does the attack diagonally downward and it comes out fairly fast make Benimaru float in the air for a bit, before coming down if Benimaru jumps over the opponent and does this move, Benimaru will face the correct direction free cancellable into
j.qcf+	/ /	-/-	Fi	HL
qcb+	/ /	KD/	Su,Fi	HL			Shinkuu Katategoma - qcb+P
qcb+	/ /	KD/	Su	HL
qcf+	/ /	/	d,u+K	HL			Iai Geri - qcf+K Benimaru does a quick knee If the second active period hits, it couses hard knockdown, and on counterhit, counterwires. can be followed up by Handou Sandan Geri d,u+K on hit or whiff, 5 frames after the active period. free cancellable into
> d,u+	7/3(9)1+2+2/19+11	KD/-17	Fo	HL			Handou Sandan Geri - d,u+K (after qcf+K)
> d,u+	8/3(8)1+2+2/31+18	KD/-44	Fo	HL
DMs
qcfx2+	/ /	KD/		HL	File:Beni qcfx2 A.jpg		Raikou Ken - qcfx2+A Benimaru extends his arm forward and an electrical ball surrounds his hand, larger than his qcf+A
qcfx2+	/ /	KD/		HL	File:Beni qcfx2 C.jpg		Taikuu Raikou Ken - qcfx2+C same as the Raikou Ken qcfx2+A but instead he extends his arm in a 45 degree angle decent for anti-airing high jumping opponents as long as you reacted the moment they left the ground, but comes out too slow to punish hops A: Invincibility Frame 1-2. C: Invincibility Frame 1-6. Upper body invincibility: Frame 7-14.
qcfx2+	15/-/30	KD/-13		HL			Gen'ei Hurricane - qcbx2+K Benimaru disappears and a shadow of him quickly moves across the screen. If it connects when the opponent is on the ground, he will combo the opponent if the first hit hits the opponent in the air, the rest of the hits won't connect hard knockdown (if all the hits connects)
SDM
qcfx2++	/-/	KD/		HL			Raikou Ken - qcfx2+AC