The King of Fighters '99/Ralf

Introduction

Top-tier character (in top 3 of best no-banned characters in kof99 certainly).

Very powerful character. Tank / Counter-hit / Poke / Fundamental mixup type character.

Famous friend of Clark and Leona.

Qualities :

• Very good damage (more powerful character of game with Chang)
• Easy to play
• All his normal attacks gets high priority, good recovery and good reach
• Best j.CD of game or in all the cases one of best.
• Good stamina
• Gets unblockable Galactica Phantom after Umanori Vulcan Punch
• Gets a command throw and can built meter with it
• Very good frame trap gameplay

Faults :

• No fireball
• No reversal on wakeup

Mid-Tier as Striker.

Movelist

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

Dynamite Headbomb >> When close - b / f + C

Northern Light Bomb >> When close - b / f + D

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

None.

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

Gatling Attack >> Charge b, f + P

Super Argentine Backbreaker >> When close - hcf + K >> Unblockable.

Ralf Kick >> Charge K for 3 sec., release >> The longer you charge, the more damage you inflict.

Kyuukouka Bakudan Punch (Chijou) >> Charge d, u + P

Kyuukouka Bakudan Punch (Kuuchuu) >> In the air - qcf + P

Vulcan Punch >> Tap P repeatedly

Ralf Tackle >> hcb + K >> Has autoguard.

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

Galactica Phantom >> qcf, qcf + P >> Has autoguard (SDM).

Baribari Vulcan punch >> qcf, hcb + P >> Evades low attacks.

Umanori Vulcan Punch >> qcb, hcf + K

Combos

Jump Attack > Close C > mash C

Jump Attack > Close C > hcf+K or hcb+B

Jump Attack > Close C > qcf,hcb+P or qcb,hcf+K

j.C or j.D > cr.A * 2 > b charge f+C

In-depth Analysis

Strategies

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox		Notes
Standing Close
	1/6/5	+1/-1	R,C,S	HL
	2/6/5	+1/-1	C	HL			Nice as a meaty, since you can link stuff of of it. Good as a combo filler after a crossup, too.
	7/4/16	0/-2	C, S, Su	HL			Most damaging fast move to combo into backbreaker. Some characters can crouch under it, though.
	7/4/12	+4/+2	-	HL			Looks stupid, but hops over lows/throws, so be aware of that.
Standing Far
	2/7/5	0/-2	-	HL			Short range, but weirdly high priority. I've seen it beat quite a lot of shit because it stays out for longer than most standing As. Anti-air vs short hop.
	4/8/5	-1/-3	-	HL			Not bad, fast, hits most characters crouching, unlike standing A.
	11/5/21	-6/-8		HL
	10/7/14	-1/-3	-	HL			Can't be crouched under, so it's got that going for it. Slower and shorter-ranged than standing C, so don't use this if you can use that.
+	16/6/12	KD/+4	S, Su	HL			Nice range. Cancel into backbreaker for free on block in most situations. Some characters can crouch under it. Also note that as a CD counter, it will make him go far forward, which makes it miss against jump-ins a lot, but is very good against fireballs because of the forward range.
Crouching
	2/3/8	1/-1	R, C, S	HL			Cancelable, combo filler of choice along with cr.C for characters that can crouch under his close C.
	3/4/8	0/-2	-	L			It's low. Can link into backbreaker too.
	5/7/10	+3/+1	C, S, Su	HL			Awesome high-priority move, much like standing C but lower to the ground. Cancelable, and Ralf's most meaty attack. It's super meaty (ie stays out for a long time).
	5/5/14	KD/-1	-	L			A sweep.
Jump
	2/8/3	-/-	C	H
	4/10/7	-/-	-	H			Good, fast air-to-air or air-to-ground at range. Huge priority.
	8/9/4	-/-	C	H			Crosses up, good downward reach, cancelable.
	8/10/5	-/-	-	H			Best jump-in combo starter along with jumping C.
+	12/9/1	KD/-	S	HL			One of better jumping CD attacks in the game. A little slow, but great huge priority and blockstun.
Neutral Jump
	5/8/-	-/-	-	H
	3/8/4	-/-	-	H
	4/11/4	-/-	-	H
	8/10/4	-/-	-	H