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| ==System 101== | | ==System Mechanics Videos== |
| This page gives a brisk rundown of the mechanics of KOFXIII.
| | ===Drive Cancels and Hyper Drive Mode=== |
| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Game Elements/Rounds | Rounds]]=== | | YamiBikutoru's tutorial provides a visual walkthrough of Drive Cancels, Super Cancels, and the key aspects of Hyper Drive Mode. Most KOF XIII's new meter-based systems are exposed in layman's terms.<br><br> |
| The King of Fighters is a 3 on 3 fighting game like Capcom vs SNK 2 where each teams' characters fight each other one on one in order of each players' selection. A full match can have from 3-5 rounds.
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| | ===Training Tips and Guard Canceling=== |
| | Part I of Dandy J's new tutorial series covers tricks for studying the game in training mode and goes into guard cancel roll and blowback strategies.<br><br> |
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| | ===Running and Backdashing Mechanics=== |
| | Volume II shows off buffering techniques that make backdashing and running more effective.<br><br> |
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| The winning player receives a health restoration bonus for the next round.
| | ===HD Mode Tricks=== |
| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Game Elements/Timer | Timer]]===
| | Volume III shows off different ways to activate and buffer HD Mode.<br><br> |
| Each round in XIII lasts 60 seconds.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Game Elements/Life Meter | Life Meter]]=== | |
| The green bar located at the top of the screen. All characters have identical life amounts.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Game Elements/Guard Meter | Guard Meter]]===
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| Found underneath the health bar, this blue meter depletes each time a player blocks a normal or special attack. Emptying the bar results in a guard crush where the player is unable to act and can be freely hit for a few seconds. The bar begins to regenerate after a few seconds when not blocking.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Game Elements/Stun | Stun]]===
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| Stun is a hidden value that cannot be viewed. Stun builds when being hit and a player will begin to lower one's stun amount once on the ground once back to neutral.
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| Once stunned, a player can attempt to mash the buttons and directions to recover faster. A stunned player is subjected to damage scaling from the previous combo that lead to the stun.
| | ===Corner Cross-ups=== |
| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Game Elements/Super Meter | Super Meter]]=== | | Volume IV of EXMrDandyJ's tutorial videos covers the specifics of setting up cross-ups in the corner, as mentioned on the strategy page.<br><br> |
| Super Meter is represented by the orange bar on the bottom of the screen. It's used for Desperation Moves (Supers), EX Specials, Neomaxes (level 3 supers), Guard Cancel Blowbacks (alpha counters), or Guard Cancel Rolls. A player can store up to three meter stocks on their first character plus one additional level for each teammate K.O.'d for a total of five meter on the anchor (last) character.
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| Meter can be built by using specials, hitting the opponent, being hit by the opponent, or by blocking attacks from the opponent. Meter will also carry over after every round.
| | ==Applying Close Range Pressure in KOF== |
| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Game Elements/Hyperdrive Meter | Hyperdrive Meter]]===
| | A tutorial video designed to teach players how to utilize movement options in KOF in order to create pressure and also teach the weaknesses, strengths, and counters to these fundamental actions. |
| The smaller cyan bar above the Super Gauge. The player can use 50% of the bar for a Drive Cancel or Super Cancel, or save the full bar for entering Hyperdrive Mode or to use a Neomax.
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| The Hyperdrive Gauge builds in conjunction with the Super Gauge from the same set of criteria.
| | ==Alternate Guarding== |
| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Meter Attacks: Drive Cancels | Drive Cancels]]=== | | Laban's second tutorial covers the uses of Alternate Guarding in KOF to avoid command grabs and ways to 'break' through to punish a player for using the technique. |
| Drive Cancels allow a player to cancel specific Special Moves directly into other Special or Desperation Moves.
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| Simply input the command for another Special or Super during one Special and if the player has half of their Hyperdrive Gauge filled then the cancel will occur. Not all Specials can be canceled and other are a poor choice to cancel into; play around to see what works or simply check out each character page for optimized usage.
| | ==Concise List== |
| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Meter Attacks: Hyperdrive Mode | Hyperdrive Mode]]=== | | *'''[[The_King_of_Fighters_XIII/System_Guide/Brief| System 101]]'''<br><br> |
| The most powerful use of the Hyperdrive Gauge; leads into the heaviest combos in the game. Hyperdrive Mode allows the player to cancel a normal or command normal by pressing B+C and causes a character to automatically run forward with enough frame advantage to combo into a heavy attack.
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| Every normal and command attack becomes cancelable in this mode. In addition to this, the player can use multiple Drive Cancels in the following combo. Optimized Hyperdrive combos deal huge damage and can be concluded with MAX Cancels--the act of canceling a Super into a Neomax.
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| This mode lasts until the length of the Hyperdrive Gauge naturally empties over time, but each Hyperdrive Cancel will take a portion of the bar away. Using a Neomax will immediately terminate this mode.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Defensive Actions: Guard Cancel Blowback | Guard Cancel Blowback Attack]]===
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| An attack that can be done only when in blockstun. It costs one bar of Super Meter to use and pushes the attacking player backwards into a soft knockdown but deals miniscule damage. These are mainly used to get out of a bad situation or to get another chance to work the neutral game, but the meter cost adds up.
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| It's also possible to bait and counter these attacks.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Movement: Rolling | Rolling]]===
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| By holding forward or backward and then pressing A+B, the player will roll on the ground. The startup of a roll is invulnerable to attacks up until the recovery at the end, but the rolling player is always vulnerable to throws.
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| For KOFXIII the amount of time a roll stays active has been increased which in turn increases the risk of rolling even more so than in previous games.
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| A successful roll can potentially lead to a full combo, although the heavy risk of being punished should limit the frequency of relying on them to land damage. Think of a 'random' roll as a jump-in from Street Fighter; if it works well it can turn into a big combo, but good players will confirm most rolls into guaranteed punishes. A player's main strategy should not involve landing a risky roll to win, just as a Street Fighter player shouldn't bank on landing a jump-in combo.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Defensive Actions: Guard Cancel Rolling | Guard Cancel Rolling]]===
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| Similar to a Guard Cancel Blowback Attack; the player cancels blockstun into a roll that is completely attack and throw invulnerable. This costs one Super Meter and is mainly used to escape predictable blockstrings and possibly punish the opponent with a combo.
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| While the roll itself is unpunishable, the rolling player can waste a meter only to be put into a meaty/throw/crossup mixup if the opponent used a safe blockstring.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Movement: Jumping | Hops, Hyper Hops, Jumps, and Superjumps]]===
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| Covered greatly [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3KVgI1LvU#t=1m42s here].
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Movement: Running | Running]]===
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| Activated by pressing [[File:f.gif]],[[File:f.gif]] and can be continued indefinately by holding [[File:f.gif]]/[[File:downright.gif]] after starting the run.
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| Runs can only be canceled into attacks, forward hops/jumps/rolls or by stopping, which has a delay. Running is great on the offensive and can also be used defensively to anti-air the opponent by running underneath an aerial opponent.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Movement: Running | Backdashing]]===
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| Backdashes have no invulnerability, but are able to quickly move the player backward out of the reach of an offensive opponent to avoid a disadvantageous situation. They also can be canceled into aerial command normals and specials.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Systems/Attacking: Throws Throwteching | Throwing]]===
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| Throws in KOFXIII are back to being activated with one button and thus lack a whiff animation. When close to the opponent, hold [[File:f.gif]]/[[File:b.gif]] and press [[File:snkc.gif]]/[[File:snkd.gif]] to attempt a throw. If the opponent is unthrowable, a Close Heavy normal will come out instead.
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| Throw techs are executed likewise, but a successful tech requires pressing the same button the opponent initiated the throw with. This can be done by pianoing [[File:snkc.gif]]~[[File:snkd.gif]].
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| ===Anywhere Juggle===
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| A move property that allows for an attack to always hit an aerial player, even if their character has flipped into a reset which renders them immune to normal juggles.
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| ===[[The King of Fighters XIII/Character States/Counterhit State | Counterhit]]===
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| Counterhits cause additional damage and can also put a player in a special state which allows further comboing.
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