The King of Fighters 2002/Iori

General Info

The second-handsomest man in Japan, Iori awakened his Orochi blood so that he could hunt down and kill the first-handsomest man, Kyo Kusanagi. He'd be doing a better job of it if his legs weren't tied together -- but Iori understands what's truly important.

Crouch height: Low
Jump: 4/31/1
Hop: 4/23/1
Dash: 3/10~∞/3
Backdash: 3/16/3
Wakeup: 28 frames
Recovery roll: 24 frames

Stand	Crouch	Jump	Grab	Run

Colors:

Strengths	Weaknesses
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Movelist

Normals

Far Normals

st.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	6	3	3	-	+6	+4	-

st.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	7	3	20	-	-3	-5	-

st.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	K,C,S,Su	7	3	20	-	-3	-5	-

st.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	10	8	20	-	-8	-10	-

Close Range Normals

cl.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	K,R,C,S,Su	4	5	5	-	+2	0	-

cl.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	-	K,C,S,Su	5	3	5	-	+4	+2	-

cl.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	C,S,Su	2	2+5	11	-	+2	0	-

cl.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	5	6	13	-	+1	-1	-

Crouching Normals

cr.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	K,R,C,S,Su	5	4	7	-	+1	-1	-

cr.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	-	R	5	5	5	-	+2	0	-

cr.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	K,C,S,Su	7	5	16	-	-1	-3	-

cr.D

stop using sweep

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	-	-	5	6	31	-	KD	-19	-

Neutral Jumping Normals

nj.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	3	9	-	-	-	-	-

nj.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-

nj.C

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

nj.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	5	3+2	-	-	-	-	-

Diagonal Jump Normals

dj.A
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	3	9	-	-	-	-	-

dj.B
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-

dj.C
/+

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

dj.D
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	5	3+2	-	-	-	-	-

Hop Normals

HH.A
tap /+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	3	9	-	-	-	-	-

HH.B
tap /+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-

HH.C
tap /+

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

HH.D
tap /+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	5	3+2	-	-	-	-	-

Blowback Attack

CD
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	C,S,Su	11	5	24	-	KD	-7	-

jp.CD
//++

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	12	4	-	-	KD	-	-

Throws

Sakahagi
/+

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

Saka Sakahagi
/+

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

Command Normals

Ge Shiki~Yumebiki

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	Su,F+A,A	8	4	19	-	-3	-5	-
can only cancel into DMs on the 1st hit
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	S,Su	9	7	15	-	-2	-4	-

Ge Shiki~Goufu In Shinigame

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	27 (23)	3(3)3 (5(3)	20	-	-9 (-11)	-11 (-13)	-
Second hit usually whiffs, this has been taken into account in the frame advantage calculations. when canceled into, it no longer an overhead, has worser frames on hit and block, but now gains special and super cancel properties

Ge Shiki~Yuri Ori
Jump

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	4	5	3	-	-	-	-
Has three frames of additional landing recovery. Whiffs on most crouchers.

Special Moves

108 Shiki~Yami Barai

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	10	-	39	-	-7	-9	-
Iori throws a ground projectile
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	9	-	40	-	-8	-10	-
qcf+C travels alot faster than qcf+A, although both don't have good recovery

100 Shiki~Oniyaki

A version

C version

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	Su	5	2*2*8	11+16	-	KD	-17	-
a decent fast, vertical anti-air but lacks much invincibility free cancellable into dp+A free cancellable out of, dp+C free cancellable out of on the first and second hit dp+A is supercancellable, dp+C is supercancellable on the first and second hit while Iori is on the ground
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	Su	5	2*3*7+6	22+19	-	KD	-36	-

127 Shiki~Aoi Hana
x3

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
1st Rekka	-	Mid	-	-	8	3	26	-	-9	-11	-
Iori will do a punch, moving him forward. This can be done three times. For the third hit, Iori will jump into the air and hit them from above the followups can be delayed to confuse the opponent qcb+A comes out faster than qcb+C, free cancellable into free cancellable out of on the first and second hits
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
2nd Rekka	-	Mid	-	-	7	3	28	-	KD	-13	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
3rd Rekka	-	Mid	-	-	17	2	29	-	HKD	-13	-
the third hit is very punishable on block third hit is an overhead and hard knockdown

127 Shiki~Aoi Hana
x3

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
1st Rekka	-	Mid	-	-	11	3	28	-	-11	-13	-
qcb+C is slower, but covers more horizontal range than qcb+A
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
2nd Rekka	-	Mid	-	-	11	3	29	-	KD	-14	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
3rd Rekka	-	Mid	-	-	17	9	31	-	HKD	-22	-
the third hit is very punishable on block third hit is an overhead and hard knockdown

212 Shiki~Kototsuki In

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	6	16	14	-	-	-	-
Iori runs forward, faster than his running speed. If he connects, he will grab the opponent and blast them in the face hcb+B runs slightly more than half screen, while hcb+D will make him run full screen he recovers quickly if he whiffs but has horrible recovery time if the opponent blocks the attack hard knockdown does alot of guardcrush damage on the first hit free cancellable into free cancellable out of on the first hit
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	6	24	14	-	-	-	-

Kuzukaze

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	throw	-	-	11	1	31(16)	-	+16	-	-
a delayed command throw with some startup invincibility can be followed up by any combo, although running up to combo them before they recover requires some practice

Desperation Moves

Kin1211 Shiki~Ya Otome

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	mid	-	-	1+5	4+12	42	-	HKD	-25	-
Iori dashes across the screen. If he connects, he does a combo on the opponent. Otherwise, he will do nothing and is very open to attack
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	1+5	4+20	44	-	HKD	-27	-
can be followed up by qcfx4+AC, which should be done the moment the explosion from the end of his qcf hcb+P begins

Ura316Shiki~Saika
> x4+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	-	-	1+7	-	-	-	-	-	-
the opponent is lifted into the air, where Iori hits them with an attack it is possible for this move to whiff if it was cancelled into a bit too late in the corner, it can hit opponents off the ground and still not whiff even if cancelled late requires one bar of meter in order to preform after maiden masher

Super Desperation Move

Kin 1211~Ya Otome
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	1+11	3+21	44	-	HKD	-27	-
Iori dashes forward full screen length. If he connects, he will do a series of attacks doing 50% damage to the opponent. Otherwise, he does nothing and is very open to attack

Hidden Super Desperation Move

Ura 1219 Shiki~En'ou
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Throw	-	-	1+18	1	38	-	-	-	-
Iori jumps very quickly across the screen, grabbing the opponent unblockable Iori is invincible during the leap, and when he is recovering

Combos

Basic Combos

• cr.B, cr.A >
  • qcb + A x 3 {20-25%}
  • qcf + C (Point blank.)

• cl.B, cl.C ...

• Very close: cl.C >
  • hcb + K [30%]
  • dp + C [24%]
  • dp + C (2) >>
    • DM qcf hcb + P > [48%] {2 stocks}
      • DM qcf qcf qcf qcf + AC [65%] {3 stocks}

• cl.C / st.C / (cl.B > f + A > A) >
  • qcb + C x 3 [24%/24%/36%]

• cl.C / st.C
  • qcf + C

• (cl.C > f + A) / st.C / (cl.B > f + A > A) / (cr.B, cr.A > f + A)
  • DM qcf hcb + P > [??%/32%/44%/??%] {1 stock}
    • DM qcf qcf qcf qcf + AC [??%/49%/61%/??%] {2 stocks}

Corner

• Iori in corner: cr.A > hcb f + P, cr.A > hcb f + P, any combo

Max Mode

• cl.D >> BC, run, cl.C >
  • (hcb + K (1) >> dp + C (2)) x 3 >>
    • DM qcf hcb + P > DM qcf qcf qcf qcf + AC {87%}
  • qcb + C >>
    • (hcb + K (1) >> dp + C (2)) x 2 >>
      • SDM qcf hcb + AC {90%}

• Opponent about one screen away from corner: cl.D >> BC, run, cl.C > hcb + K (1) >> dp + C (2) >> qcb + C x 2 >> hcb + K (1) >> qcb + A > qcb + A (delayed), DM qcf hcb + P > DM qcf qcf qcf qcf + AC {85%}

• Iori in corner: air b + B, cr.A > hcb f + P, cl.D >> BC, run, cr.A > hcb f + P, run, cl.C > f + A > HSDM qcb hcf b f + AC {75%}

• air b + B, cl.B > f + A >> BC, run, cl.C > qcb+C >> dp + C (2) >>
  • (hcb + K (1) >> dp + C (2)) x 2 >>
    • DM qcf hcb + P > DM qcf qcf qcf qcf + AC

Counterhit

• Counterhit: CD >> BC, SDM qcf hcb + AC {55%}

• Counterhit: j.CD,
  • hcb + K {32%}
  • DM qcf hcb + P > DM qcf qcf qcf qcf + AC {50%}

Strategies

• Iori has a solid pressure game. His options include crouch B, close B, f + A (two lows) and hcb f + P scum gale. He can also attempt to tick scum gale from a close B. The mindgames can be further increased by instead doing a close C after close B (which does actually combo), in the case that he thought you would scum gale after the close B. Iori also has his jump b + B crossup, although it is best done as a surprise attack by hyper hopping over the opponent. Most people however, use it in a very obvious manner, by running full speed before jumping over the opponent, which is useless against an experienced player. This crossup can be blocked low. Some characters can simply sweep Iori when he attempts this crossup. Hyper hopping over the opponent into the crossup makes it a far more dangerous tool

• Using b + B during the beginning of a backdash will make him dashback nearly a full screen length. Use this to easily get away from rushdown, as well as baiting opponents (mainly on wakeup). This can be used to run up then backdash away for mindgames

• sometimes attempt to do the jump b+B crossover (the trick to doing this is when jumping over your opponent hold the forward and hit the B reasonably late)

• use jump C or jump A air to ground battles, early jump D or jump CD for air to air battles. If opponent is close, hopping up or back with D stops most jump attempts

• if qcb + A is blocked, do it once more or stop, not a third time. You can use random delays between them, for mindgames. However, there are many pokes that can still punish this move even if it is not fully completed, such as Joe's far D

• hcb f + P has some startup of invincibility and can grab people out of their jumpins, similar to Clark's dp + K frankensteiner

• run up to opponent and do close C, as it will stop all jump attempts. Even better, if the opponent happens to jump behind you when the close C comes out, Iori automatically faces the correct side and will anti-air them

• hcb + K on the first hit guardcrushes fairly well. If the opponent's guardcrush bar begins to flash, a close C/far C, hcb + K will guardcrush on the first hit of hcb + K