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The character select screen. A number of hidden characters are found off-screen.

Introduction

Released in arcades in 2005, The King of Fighters XI is SNK's latest and hotly anticipated 2D fighting exploit. Featuring a roster of over 40 characters, XI continues the saga set out in KoF 2003 as Ash Crimson continues his hunt for power. Featuring a series of new gameplay systems such as Skill Stocks and Dream Cancels, KoF XI shakes up the established King of Fighters formula. Add onto that the 3-man tag system from KoF 2003 and SNK strikes back with an A+ title in an age of dying 2D fighters.

Game Versions

Arcade (Atomiswave)
Playstation 2

Game Mechanics

Controls

The buttons are laid out differently from previous incarnations of the KOF series. While the familiar Neo Geo KOF names and functionality have been kept, the basic buttons have been rearranged, and a fifth has been added:

(A) (C) (E)
(B) (D)

A = Light Punch

B = Light Kick

C = Strong Punch

D = Strong Kick

E = Blow-Off Attack

Start = Taunt

Special Commands

Move	Command
Tag/Shift	AC (first character) BD (second character)
Quick Shift	During certain attacks, AC or BD
Saving Shift	AC or BD when hit
Guard Cancel Shift	AC or BD when blocking
Emergency Evade/Rolling	AB
Guard Cancel Emergency Evade	f or b+AB when blocking
Guard Cancel Blow-Off	E when blocking
Fall Breaker/Recovery	AB or f+AB before hitting the ground
Throw Escape	f or b+C or D
Attack Cancel Forward Roll	AB during normal or command attacks

Strategy

Tiers

Kula, Gato
Oswald
Duck, Eiji, Jenet, Gai, Kim
Ralf, Clark, Kyo, Jyazu, Silber, Ryo
Ash, K', Terry, Maxima, Vanessa
EVERYBODY ELSE

Or

SS-tier ~ Gato, Kula

S-tier ~ Oswald, Eiji, Duck (2P), Kim, Clark, Hayate*

A-tier ~ Ralf, Duck, Kyo, Maxima, Ryo, Gai

B-tier ~ Jenet, K', Ash, Terry, Shen, Jyazu, Silber, Vanessa, Kensou

C-tier ~ Malin, Iori, Duolon, Adelheid, Benimaru, Elisabeth

D-tier ~ Yuri, Ramon, Mary, Shingo, King, Griffon

E-tier ~ Kasumi, Momoko, Athena, Whip, Hayate*

PS2 Character 2011 Tier List

GOD Tier and Banned: Magaki, Shion

S+: Gato, EX Kyo, Kula, Oswald, Duck King (2p), Duo Lon (L)

S- Kyo, Kim, Eiji, Duck King, Ash (L)

A: Jyazu, Geese, Adel, Malin (L), Vanessa (L), Silber, Maxima, Ralf, Clark, Ash, Ryo (L), K' (L), Benimaru (L)

B: Tung, Robert, B. Jenet, Ryo, Whip, everyone else

Character Usage At Tougeki 2006

~ Courtesy of Snowman ~

Gato - 46
Kula - 38
Oswald - 28
Kim - 11
Duck King/Clark - 8
Maxima - 7
Eiji - 6
Kyo - 5
Ash/Ralf/Terry - 4
K'/Duo Lon/B.Jenet - 3
Ryo/B.Mary - 2
Yuri/Elisabeth/Kensou/Shen/Athena/Malin/Iori - 1

K-Tani (Japan) Tier List

This tier list being more recent and since many Japanese play kof 11, it's the current official tier list for Japanese players.

SS : Kula , Gato

S+ : K' , Oswald , Ryo

S : Kim , Ralf

A+ : Eiji , Kyo , Duck

A : Adelheid , Jazu , Maxima , Iori , Gai

B+ : B.Jenet , Tizoc , Yuri , Mary

B : Benimaru , Ramon , Terry , King , Clark

C : Ash , Vanessa , Malin , Athena

D : Elisabeth , Kazumi , Whip , Richard , Silber

E : Kensou , Shingo , Sho , Duo-Lon

F : Momoko

Magaki and Shion are banned

The Characters

Hero Team

Fatal Fury Team

Rival Team

Ikari Warriors Team

Agent Team

NESTS Team

Anti-Kyokugenryu Team

Kyo & Iori Team

Art of Fighting/Kyokugenryu Team

Mark of the Wolves Team

Psycho Soldier Team

EX Characters (Sub-Bosses)

Boss Characters (Playable on PS2 Only)

Shion
Magaki

PS2 Exclusives

PS2 Arranged Mode

Codes

Arcade
PS2

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-== Introduction ==
+[[Image:KoFXIlogo.gif|right|The logo of ''The King of Fighters XI''.]]
-<center>[[Image:KoFXIlogo.gif]]</center>
+[[Image:KoFXI screen1.jpg|right|The character select screen. A number of hidden characters are found off-screen.]]
+==Introduction==
+Released in arcades in 2005, ''The King of Fighters XI'' is SNK's latest and hotly anticipated 2D fighting exploit. Featuring a roster of over 40 characters, XI continues the saga set out in ''[[The King of Fighters 2003|KoF 2003]]'' as Ash Crimson continues his hunt for power. Featuring a series of new gameplay systems such as Skill Stocks and Dream Cancels, KoF XI shakes up the established ''King of Fighters'' formula. Add onto that the 3-man tag system from KoF 2003 and SNK strikes back with an A+ title in an age of dying 2D fighters.
-Released in arcades in 2005, The King of Fighters XI is SNK's latest and hotly anticipated 2D fighting exploit. Featuring a roster of over 40 characters, XI continues the saga set out by KoF 2003 as Ash Crimson continues his hunt for power. Featuring a series of new gameplay systems such as Skill Stocks and Dream Cancels, KoF XI shakes up the established King of Fighters formula. Add onto that the 3-man tag system from KoF 2003 and SNK strikes back with an A+ title in an age of dying 2D fighters.
+[[Image:KoFXI screen3.jpg|400px]]
+[[Image:KoFXI screen2.jpg|400px]]
-[[Image:KoFXI screen1.jpg]]
+==Game Versions==
-[[Image:KoFXI screen2.jpg]]
-[[Image:KoFXI screen3.jpg]]
-== Game Versions ==
 * Arcade (Atomiswave)
 * Playstation 2
-== Game Mechanics ==
+==Game Mechanics==
+'''Controls'''
+The buttons are laid out differently from previous incarnations of the KOF series. While the familiar Neo Geo KOF names and functionality have been kept, the basic buttons have been rearranged, and a fifth has been added:
+<pre>
+(A) (C) (E)
+(B) (D)
+</pre>
+A = Light Punch
+B = Light Kick
+C = Strong Punch
+D = Strong Kick
+E = Blow-Off Attack
+Start = Taunt
+'''Special Commands'''
+{|border="1em" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid #999; background: #1B1E23;"
+!Move !!Command
+|-
+|Tag/Shift ||AC (first character)<br>BD (second character)
+|-
+|Quick Shift ||During certain attacks, AC or BD
+|-
+|Saving Shift ||AC or BD when hit
+|-
+|Guard Cancel Shift ||AC or BD when blocking
+|-
+|Emergency Evade/Rolling ||AB
+|-
+|Guard Cancel Emergency Evade ||f or b+AB when blocking
+|-
+|Guard Cancel Blow-Off ||E when blocking
+|-
+|Fall Breaker/Recovery ||AB or f+AB before hitting the ground
+|-
+|Throw Escape ||f or b+C or D
+|-
+|Attack Cancel Forward Roll ||AB during normal or command attacks
+|}
+==Strategy==
+===Tiers===
+# Kula, Gato
+# Oswald
+# Duck, Eiji, Jenet, Gai, Kim
+# Ralf, Clark, Kyo, Jyazu, Silber, Ryo
+# Ash, K', Terry, Maxima, Vanessa
+# EVERYBODY ELSE
+'''Or'''
+''SS''-tier ~
+Gato, Kula
+''S''-tier ~
+Oswald, Eiji, Duck (2P), Kim, Clark, Hayate*
+''A''-tier ~
+Ralf, Duck, Kyo, Maxima, Ryo, Gai
+''B''-tier ~
+Jenet, K', Ash, Terry, Shen, Jyazu, Silber, Vanessa, Kensou
+''C''-tier ~
+Malin, Iori, Duolon, Adelheid, Benimaru, Elisabeth
+''D''-tier ~
+Yuri, Ramon, Mary, Shingo, King, Griffon
+''E''-tier ~
+Kasumi, Momoko, Athena, Whip, Hayate*
+===PS2 Character 2011 Tier List===
+GOD Tier and Banned:
+Magaki, Shion
+S+:
+Gato, EX Kyo, Kula, Oswald, Duck King (2p), Duo Lon (L)
+S-
+Kyo, Kim, Eiji, Duck King, Ash (L)
+A:
+Jyazu, Geese, Adel, Malin (L), Vanessa (L), Silber, Maxima, Ralf, Clark, Ash, Ryo (L), K' (L), Benimaru (L)
+B:
+Tung, Robert, B. Jenet, Ryo, Whip, everyone else
+===Character Usage At Tougeki 2006===
+~ Courtesy of Snowman ~
+# Gato - 46
+# Kula - 38
+# Oswald - 28
+# Kim - 11
+# Duck King/Clark - 8
+# Maxima - 7
+# Eiji - 6
+# Kyo - 5
+# Ash/Ralf/Terry - 4
+# K'/Duo Lon/B.Jenet - 3
+# Ryo/B.Mary - 2
+# Yuri/Elisabeth/Kensou/Shen/Athena/Malin/Iori - 1
+==K-Tani (Japan) Tier List==
+This tier list being more recent and since many Japanese play kof 11, it's the current official tier list for Japanese players.
+[[File:K-Tani kof 11 tiers.jpg]]
+SS :
+Kula , Gato
+S+ :
+K' , Oswald , Ryo
-== Basic Strategy ==
+S : Kim , Ralf
-== Advanced Strategy ==
+A+ :
+Eiji , Kyo , Duck
+A :
+Adelheid , Jazu , Maxima , Iori , Gai
-''Tiers''
+B+ :
+B.Jenet , Tizoc , Yuri , Mary
+B :
+Benimaru , Ramon , Terry , King , Clark
-S tier
+C : Ash , Vanessa , Malin , Athena
-Gato > Kula ≧Oswald
-A tier
+D :
-Kim > Eiji ≧ Kyo
+Elisabeth , Kazumi , Whip , Richard , Silber
-B tier
+E :
-Clark > Duck ≧ Ash = K` ≧ Jenet > Maxima
+Kensou , Shingo , Sho , Duo-Lon
-C tier
+F :
-Ralf > Terry ≧ DL ≧ Kensou > Shen ≧ Iori > Vanessa > Beni = Adel > Malin ≧ Yuri ≧ Kasumi > Ryo ≧ Gai > Jyazu > Elizabeth > Silber
+Momoko
-D tier
-King > Shingo ≧ Ramon ≧ Mary > Athena ≧ Griffon
-E tier
+Magaki and Shion are banned
-Whip ≧ Momoko > Syo
--Latest Jap list
+==The Characters==
+===Hero Team===
+*[[Ash Crimson (KOF:XI)|Ash Crimson]]
+*[[Oswald (KOF:XI)|Oswald]]
+*[[Shen Woo (KOF:XI)|Shen Woo]]
-== The Characters ==
+===Fatal Fury Team===
-=== Hero Team ===
+*[[Terry Bogard (KOF:XI)|Terry Bogard]]
-* [[Ash Crimson (KOF:XI)|Ash Crimson]]
+*[[Kim Kaphwan (KOF:XI)|Kim Kaphwan]]
-* [[Oswald (KOF:XI)|Oswald]]
+*[[Duck King (KOF:XI)|Duck King]]
-* [[Shen Woo (KOF:XI)|Shen Woo]]
-=== Fatal Fury Team ===
+===Rival Team===
-* [[Terry Bogard (KOF:XI)|Terry Bogard]]
+*[[Elisabeth Branctorche (KOF:XI)|Elisabeth Branchtroche]]
-* [[Kim Kaphwan (KOF:XI)|Kim Kaphwan]]
+*[[Duo Lon (KOF:XI)|Duo Lon]]
-* [[Duck King (KOF:XI)|Duck King]]
+*[[Benimaru Nikaido (KOF:XI)|Benimaru Nikaido]]
-=== Rival Team ===
+===Ikari Warriors Team===
-* [[Elisabeth Branctorche (KOF:XI)|Elisabeth Branchtroche]]
+*[[Ralf Jones (KOF:XI)|Ralf Jones]]
-* [[Duo Lon (KOF:XI)|Duo Lon]]
+*[[Clark Steel (KOF:XI)|Clark Steel]]
-* [[Benimaru Nikaido (KOF:XI)|Benimaru Nikaido]]
+*[[Whip (KOF:XI)|Whip]]
-=== Ikari Warriors Team ===
+===Agent Team===
-* [[Ralf Jones (KOF:XI)|Ralf Jones]]
+*[[Vanessa (KOF:XI)|Vanessa]]
-* [[Clark Steel (KOF:XI)|Clark Steel]]
+*[[Blue Mary (KOF:XI)|Blue Mary]]
-* [[Whip (KOF:XI)|Whip]]
+*[[Ramon (KOF:XI)|Ramon]]
-=== Agent Team ===
+===NESTS Team===
-* [[Vanessa (KOF:XI)|Vanessa]]
+*[[K' (KOF:XI)|K']]
-* [[Blue Mary (KOF:XI)|Blue Mary]]
+*[[Kula Diamond (KOF:XI)|Kula Diamond]]
-* [[Ramon (KOF:XI)|Ramon]]
+*[[Maxima (KOF:XI)|Maxima]]
-=== NESTS Team ===
+===Anti-Kyokugenryu Team===
-* [[K' (KOF:XI)|K']]
+*[[Malin (KOF:XI)|Malin]]
-* [[Kula Diamond (KOF:XI)|Kula Diamond]]
+*[[Kasumi Todoh (KOF:XI)|Kasumi Todoh]]
-* [[Maxima (KOF:XI)|Maxima]]
+*[[Eiji Kisaragi (KOF:XI)|Eiji Kisaragi]]
-=== Anti-Kyokugenryu Team ===
+===Kyo & Iori Team===
-* [[Malin (KOF:XI)|Malin]]
+*[[Kyo Kusanagi (KOF:XI)|Kyo Kusanagi]]
-* [[Kasumi Todoh (KOF:XI)|Kasumi Todoh]]
+*[[Iori Yagami (KOF:XI)|Iori Yagami]]
-* [[Eiji Kisaragi (KOF:XI)|Eiji Kisaragi]]
+*[[Shingo Yabuki (KOF:XI)|Shingo Yabuki]]
-=== Kyo & Iori Team ===
+===Art of Fighting/Kyokugenryu Team===
-* [[Kyo Kusanagi (KOF:XI)|Kyo Kusanagi]]
+*[[Ryo Sakazaki (KOF:XI)|Ryo Sakazaki]]
-* [[Iori Yagami (KOF:XI)|Iori Yagami]]
+*[[Yuri Sakazaki (KOF:XI)|Yuri Sakazaki]]
-* [[Shingo Yabuki (KOF:XI)|Shingo Yabuki]]
+*[[King (KOF:XI)|King]]
-=== Art of Fighting/Kyokugenryu Team ===
+===Mark of the Wolves Team===
-* [[Ryo Sakazaki (KOF:XI)|Ryo Sakazaki]]
+*[[B.Jenet (KOF:XI)|B.Jenet]]
-* [[Yuri Sakazaki (KOF:XI)|Yuri Sakazaki]]
+*[[Gato (KOF:XI)|Gato]]
-* [[King (KOF:XI)|King]]
+*[[Tizoc (KOF:XI)|Tizoc]]
-=== Mark of the Wolves Team ===
+===Psycho Soldier Team===
-* [[B.Jenet (KOF:XI)|B.Jenet]]
+*[[Athena Asamiya (KOF:XI)|Athena Asamiya]]
-* [[Gato (KOF:XI)|Gato]]
+*[[Sie Kensou (KOF:XI)|Sie Kensou]]
-* [[Tizoc (KOF:XI)|Tizoc]]
+*[[Momoko  (KOF:XI)|Momoko ]]
-=== Psycho Soldier Team ===
+===EX Characters (Sub-Bosses)===
-* [[Athena Asamiya (KOF:XI)|Athena Asamiya]]
+*[[Adelheid Bernstein (Adel) (KOF:XI)|Adelheid Bernstein (Adel)]]
-* [[Sie Kensou (KOF:XI)|Sie Kensou]]
+*[[Gai Tendou (KOF:XI)|Gai Tendou]]
-* [[Momoko  (KOF:XI)|Momoko ]]
+*[[Sho Hayate (KOF:XI)|Sho Hayate]]
+*[[Silver (KOF:XI)|Silber/Silver]]
+*[[Jazu (KOF:XI)|Jazu/Jyazu]]
-=== EX Characters (Sub-Bosses) ===
+===Boss Characters (Playable on PS2 Only)===
-* [[Adelheid Bernstein (Adel) (KOF:XI)|Adelheid Bernstein (Adel)]]
+*[[Shion (KOF:XI)|Shion]]
-* [[Gai Tendou (KOF:XI)|Gai Tendou]]
+*[[Magaki (KOF:XI)|Magaki]]
-* [[Sho Hayate (KOF:XI)|Sho Hayate]]
-* [[Silver (KOF:XI)|Silver]]
-* [[Jazu (KOF:XI)|Jazu]]
-=== Boss Characters (Playable on PS2 Only) ===
+===PS2 Exclusives===
-* [[Shion (KOF:XI)|Shion]]
+*[[Mai Shiranui (KOF:XI)|Mai Shiranui]]
-* [[Magaki (KOF:XI)|Magaki]]
+*[[Mr. Big (KOF:XI)|Mr. Big]]
+*[[Geese Howard (KOF:XI)|Geese Howard]]
+*[[Tung Fu Rue (KOF:XI)|Tung Fu Rue]]
+*[[Robert Garcia (KOF:XI)|Robert Garcia]]
+*[[Hotaru Futuba (KOF:XI)|Hotaru Futuba]]
+*[[EX Kyo Kusanagi (KOF:XI)|EX Kyo Kusanagi]]
-=== PS2 Exclusives ===
+==PS2 Arranged Mode==
-* [[Mai Shiranui (KOF:XI)|Mai Shiranui]]
-* [[Mr. Big (KOF:XI)|Mr. Big]]
-* [[Geese Howard (KOF:XI)|Geese Howard]]
-* [[Tung Fu Rue (KOF:XI)|Tung Fu Rue]]
-* [[Robert Garcia (KOF:XI)|Robert Garcia]]
-* [[Hotaru Futuba (KOF:XI)|Hotaru Futuba]]
-* [[EX Kyo Kusanagi (KOF:XI)|EX Kyo Kusanagi]]
-== PS2 Arranged Mode ==
+==Codes==
+*[[Arcade]]
+*[[PS2 (KOF:XI)|PS2]]
 [[Category:The King of Fighters XI]]