The King of Fighters 2003/Shen

上海の戦争の神, Shanghai's God of War
Tier Placement	B+
Ratio Cost (Sarsen)	3 Points (4 Points Leader) of 15
Ratio Cost (China)	6 Points of 20
Best Position	Solo
Good LDM?	Inconvenient
Crouch Height	Medium
Wakeup Speed	22 Frames
Stun Value	900

Introduction

「　Shen Woo　」

Shen is a character that excels on melee, he usually has problems with characters that can stay away and safe from his Zetsu geki ken (qcfx2 + P) using low projectiles. (Iori for example)

In general, he is a fairly solid mid-tier character and with a few interesting options that we will list throughout this page:

Strengths	Weaknesses
One of the characters with the most potential for stun has a few ways to deal with projeciles high damage combos that are simple to preform good buttons Easy tick throw setups Very easy to learn	lacks a good crossup can struggle defensively as he has no reversal ouside of meter only low confirm is with Kohyou rengeki (qcfx2 + K) a bit dependent on meter to get things going bad LDM

Colors

Movelist

Far Normals

st.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	Special/Super	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
standard jab with quick and good range, useful for stopping hops

st.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	none	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
despite appearances, this is not a low alot of active frames if timmed as a meaty, you can link MSA/another st.B/Kouhyou Rengeki after a very good poke due to the ton of active frame it has, use this as a close range poke.

st.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	none	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
whiffs on a crouching malin doesn't have armor on it compared to later iterations can be a decent anti-air, it's alittle on the slow side in terms of start-up and recovery

st.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	none	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
whiffs on all crouchers moves shen forward alittle bit optimal anti-air, useful for hitting people hopping at him from a distance. just be careful whiffing this due to horrible recovery.

Close Range Normals

cl.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	CMD/Special/Super	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

cl.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	none	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
much like st.B, this hits mid doesn't have much use.

cl.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	CMD/Special/Super	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
main combo starter gives alot of frames to link MSA after

cl.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	CMD/Special/Super	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
does slightly more dmg than cl.C

Crouching Normals

cr.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	CMD/Special/Super	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
st.A but crouching, slightly less range but still useful

cr.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Low	-	-	-	-	-	none	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
a cr.B that links into itself and cr.A, doesn't have the best reach. still important for shen.

cr.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	CMD/Special/Super	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
only the 1st hit is cancelable optiomal anti-air, be careful if this whiffs as you recover slowly.

cr.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Low	-	-	-	-	-	none	-	-	-	-	KD	-	-

Neutral Jumping Normals

nj.A

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
same as jp.A but with a lowered hitbox

nj.B

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
good for hitting people above shen, but other than that, it's doesn't really have alot of use

nj.C

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
same as jp.C but with a lowered hitbox and slightly smaller hurtbox

nj.D

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
useful for air-to-air, just be weary of the slight start-up

Diagonal Jump Normals

dj.A
/+

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
can be a decent instant overhead overshadowed by other normals

dj.B
/+

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
very fast air-to-air

dj.C
/+

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
good as a jump-in, terrible as a air-to-air

dj.D
/+

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Overhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
shen's most commonly used jump-in, hits at a good angle and has a pretty decent hitbox, use it for zoning and as a jump-in

Throws

Kyakuten Zuchi
/+/

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Throw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
hardknockdown leaves the opponent next to shen it's possible to create an ambigous roll mix-up

MSA

MSA Startup
+/

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Strike/Projectile
shen's MSA is his cl.C, this MSA has decent range and can also be used as an anti-air like most MSA's

MSA Entry
After MSA

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Command Normals

Fusen Kyaku

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	none	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
overhead pretty slow to come out despite the appearance, this is actually his overhead. can catch some people off guard but it's fairly reactable due to the slow start-up. it also doesn't have great range which can be problem when used in combos.

Tenren Shuu

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	none	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
shen does a slow spin around before doing a fast kick horizontal that knocksdown on hit. Is cancelable from his normals but is too slow to combo from anything i don't recommend using this

Tenren no Kamae
(Hold)

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	Mid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
by holding D shen will not preform the kick shen is vunerable throughout the entire spin can be an OKAY tool for mix-ups

Special Moves

Gekiken
(Hold)

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Super	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Can be cancelled with K. unsafe no matter the distance
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Super	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Can be cancelled with K. if fully charged it will become unblockable unsafe no matter the distance

Fukoku Geki ~ Kouryuu Geki
~

Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
Fukoku Geki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Kouryuu Geki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
Kouryuu Geki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1st hit has much more range than the animation implies does alot of stun dmg mainly for show. used as a combo ender

Saikou Hougeki

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
prioximity unblockable re-stand's the opponent can reflect projectiles that's not a super this is shen's command grab; however, it's not treated like one, rather it's a proximity unblockable that allows you to combo after it. If you K.O with your command grab, shen will be in the perfect position to cross-up the opponent. just be aware that it has short range, not invinicbile and has very few active frames.

Super Moves

Zetsu! Gekiken

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
light version has lower body invinicbility heavy version has upper body invinicibility will cause a counter-wire on counter hit an enhanced version of his geki ken, mainly used in combos where kohyou rengeki will whiff. you can also use it to beat projeciles, but whichever version you use depends on the projectile.

Kouhyou Rengeki

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
invinicbile on start-up when used in combo's only the inital hit adds up to the combo counter, this causes the move to be almost unscaled in any combo.

LDM

Bakushin

Damage	Counter Dmg	Guard	Guard Damage	Damage Scaling	Stun	CH Stun	Meter	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
shen's install super, this LDM power up shen's damage output, allowing easy 50-60% combos. the buff will last 7 in-game seconds if canceled into, shen will skip the start-up of the move despite what's been mention, there alot of drawbacks to using this: a unique drawback of this move is that shen's will take much more stun dmg (this is noticeable when hitting his head) when done raw, it starts up extremly slow, leaving you wide open to be punished it has extremely small hitbox upon activation you can not build meter while in the buffed state overall,shen as a leader is not recommended, as he gains major drawbacks using his LDM all for the price of more dmg.

Combos

General notes:

• when landing from a standing MSA, remember to do the bnb's rather than the MSA ender (some Bnb's are more favored than others in this secnario)

• for the most part, counterwire combos are dependant on where you landed the move.

BnBs:

• cr.B, cr.A, qcfx2 P / qcfx2 K

low-confirm in ethier super. qcfx2 K is the prefered one since it does more dmg. for an easier time doing this, do cr.B~qcf,cr.A~qcf P/K.

• st.B, st.B / qcfx2 K

this only works if st.B is done as a meaty. st.B is an easy mode option while qcfx2 is alittle more difficult but more rewearding.

• cl.C / cl.D, f.B, qcf P (SC)qcfx2 P)

this combo only works if you don't implement a jump-in as f.B has short range.

• (J.X),cl.C/cl.D,qcb A~qcf A

combo using qcb A~qcf A. deals solid dmg.

• (J.X),cl.C/cl.D,qcf P (SC)qcfx2 P/ qcfx2 K

Heavy starter into super. If you feel qcfx2 K might whiff, use qcfx2 P instead.

• hcb,F.C, cl.C/cl.D,anything

proximity unblockable combo. hcb,f.C gives enough frames for shen to do a close heavy, allowing you to do any combo of your choosing. If you try to implement f.B, remember to run-up before you do cl.C/D.

• qcf P (CH), qcfx2 K

counter-hit geki-ken into qcfx2 K. The timming for landing the super depends on where you hit the opponent on the screen. if you automatically cross under the opponent after CH qcf P then reverse the motion input for qcfx2 K

MSA Starters:

• cl.C, MSA

shen's cl.C gives enough + frames to go into MSA. requires some timming to get used to.

• st.B, MSA

the st.B must be done as a meaty in order for this to work.

• qcf P (CH), MSA

counter-hit geki-ken into MSA. The timming for landing the MSA depends on where you hit the opponent on the screen. if you automatically cross under the opponent after CH qcf P then reverse the motion input for MSA

• hcb,F,C,(run-up st.C),MSA

proximity grab into MSA. you can add in cl.C for abit more dmg.

(corner)

• f.B, MSA

overhead link into MSA. useless set-up.

MSA Enders:

• (After landing from MSA) backdash,qcfx2 K

basic MSA ender. can be abit difficult to do.

Strategy

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Match Up

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

| - Ash:

| - Duo Lon:

| - Shen:

| - Terry:

| - Joe:

| - Tizoc:

| - Ryo:

| - Robert:

| - Yuri:

| - Kim:

| - Chang:

| - Jhun:

| - Leona:

| - Ralf:

| - Clark:

| - Gato:

| - Billy:

| - Yamazaki:

| - King:

| - Mai:

| - Mary:

| - Benimaru:

| - Shingo:

| - Daimon:

| - Athena:

| - Hinako:

| - Malin:

| - K':

| - Maxima:

| - Whip:

| - Kyo:

| - Chizuru:

| - KUSANAGI:

| - Maki:

| - Adelheid:

| - Mukai: