The King of Fighters '99/Ralf

Introduction

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

Ralf is a tank, counter-hit, poke and fundamental mixup type character.

Famous friend of Clark and Leona.

Mid-Tier as Striker.

Strengths	Weaknesses
One of the more damaging characters in the game Easy to play Great normals - huge priority, safe, good reach, and solid frame traps One of, if not, the best j.CD in the game Unblockable Galactica Phantom setup after Umanori Vulcan Punch Command throw to build meter and setup into	No fireball No viable reversal

Movelist

Normals

Far Normals

st.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
6 or 7 or 8	Mid	0	-	Chain	2	7	5	14	0	-2	No
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.

st.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
5 or 6	Mid	0	-	No Cancel	4	8	5	17	-1	-3	-
Not bad, fast, hits most characters crouching, unlike standing A and it stays out for longer than standing far A

st.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
13 or 14 or 15	Mid	0	-	No Cancel	11	5	21	37	-6	-8	-
Nice long-range poke with good power and priority.

st.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
12 or 13	Mid	0	-	No Cancel	10	7	14	31	-1	-3	-
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.

Close Range Normals

cl.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
6 or 7	Mid	0	-	Cancel	1	6	5	12	1	-1	-
Fastest close attack of game. Very effective vs short hop and good priority / hitbox. However it whiffs vs low crounching characters.

cl.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
5	Mid	0	-	Cancel	2	6	5	13	1	-1	-
Nice as a meaty, since you can link stuff of it. Good as a combo filler after a crossup, too.

cl.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
12 or 13 or 14	Mid	0	-	Cancel	7	4	16	27	0	-2	-
Most damaging fast move to combo into backbreaker. Some characters can crouch under it, though.

cl.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
11 or 12 or 13	Mid	0	-	No Cancel	7	4	12	23	4	2	-
This move is interesting for Ralf's mixups because it gets positive frame advantage like you can see.

Crouching Normals

cr.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Chain	2	3	8	13	1	-1	-
Cancelable, combo filler of choice along with cr.C for characters that can crouch under his close C.

cr.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	0	-	Cancel	3	4	8	15	0	-2	-
Can link into backbreaker too.

cr.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Cancel	5	7	10	22	3	1	-
Awesome high-priority move, much like standing C but lower to the ground. Cancelable, and Ralf's most meaty attack.

cr.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	0	-	No Cancel	5	5	14	24	KD	-1	-

Neutral Jumping Normals

nj.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-

nj.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-

nj.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	-

nj.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	-

Diagonal Jump Normals

dj.A
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Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

dj.B
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Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-
Good, fast air-to-air or air-to-ground at range. Huge priority.

dj.C
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Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	Cancel	8	9	-	-	-	-	-
Crosses up, good downward reach and good air-to-air priority.

dj.D
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Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	Cancel	8	10	-	-	-	-	-
Best jump-in combo starter along with jumping C.

Blowback Attack

CD
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Cancel	16	6	12	34	KD	4	-
Nice range. Very spammable move in kof 99 and one of better CD counter of game because you can juggle combo it with Close D or Umanori Vulcan Punch when you hit opponent in counter hit.

jp.CD
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Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	-	12	9	-	-	KD	-	-
Probably the best jump CD of game because it beats or trade all the strikers of game. A little slow but huge priority and blockstun.

Roll cancel

AB~any button
+~/

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	-	15	9	0	24	1	-1	-
becomes special cancelable in counter mode. Interesting forward roll cancel. You can combo it with cr.D or charge b, f + C.

Throws

Dynamite Headbutt
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Throw	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Light Bomb
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Throw	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Vulcan Punch
mash

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
can move during the move by holding forward

Gatling Attack
charge~

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kyuukouka Bakudan Punch (ground)
charge~

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kyuukouka Bakudan Punch (air)
jump

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Super Argentine Backbreaker

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Throw	0	-	-	0	1	30	31	-	-	-
Ralf's Best special move. You can use it to punish opponent. It's also the main combo ender.

Ralf Kick
hold for 3 in-game seconds

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The longer you charge, the more damage you inflict.
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The longer you charge, the more damage you inflict.

Ralf Tackle

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
has autoguard during the active frames of the moves
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
has autoguard during the active frames of the moves

Super Moves

Baribari Vulcan Punch

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
can evade low attacks
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
(SDM)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Umanori Vulcan Punch

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
This DM can combo with many strikers like Yuri, Leona, Kasumi or Clark for example
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
(SDM)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Galactica Phantom

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Especially useful to combo with Striker Clark
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
(SDM)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Has autoguard

Fastest Attacks

Ground Attacks

• 0F: C throw; D throw; hcf + K
• 1F: cl.A
• 2F: cl.B; cr.A; st.A
• 3F: ; cr.B
• 4F: ; st.B ;
• 5F: (b) f + A; cr.C, cr.D
• 6F: -
• 7F: cl.C; cl.D; (b) f + C; (S)DM hcb qcf + K
• 8F: C rapidly; (d) u + A
• 9F: A rapidly
• 10F: st.D; (d) u + C
• 11F: st.C

Air Attacks

• 0F:
• 1F:
• 2F: j+A
• 3F: nj+B
• 4F: j+B ; nj+C
• 5F: nj+A
• 6F:
• 7F:
• 8F: j+C ; j+D ; nj+D
• 9F:
• 10F:
• 11F:

Combos

• cl.C > hcb+B

• j.C / j.D > cl.C / cr.A > mash C

• j.C / j.D > cl.C / cl.B / cr.A / cr.C > hcf+K

• j.C / j.D > cl.C / cr.C > qcf,hcb+P / qcb,hcf+K

• j.C / j.D > cr.A x2 > b charge f+C

• cr.A * 1-3 > b charge f+C