The King of Fighters '98/EX Joe

Introduction

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Gameplay Overview

Joe '94 its another balanced EX Character but it have a lot of disadvantages, he loss his Overhead Special and Ryuko Ranbu alike DM, but have a buffed TNT Punch and Hurricane Upper useful for keepaway tactics.

In-depth Analysis

Movelist

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox		Notes
Standing Close
	3/3/9			HL			Hits crouchers, cancelable. Can be used as combo filler.
	7/3/7			HL
	2/2/20			HL			Fast and cancelable, one of the main hard hit combo starters.
	6/3/28			HL
Standing Far
	3/2/8			HL			Not a bad standing A. Not the best range but hits most characters crouching and is cancelable. Can be anti-air vs short hop.
	7/3/7			HL			Nice front poke. A little slow, but good reach/hitbox and cancelable.
	7/2/16			HL			Decent range/speed mid poke that hits all characters crouching other than Chin/Choi, but standing D is usually almost always better.
	6/3/28			HL			Longer range, bigger hitbox, and slightly faster than standing C. Great long range poke.
+	20/2/25			HL
Crouching
	3/3/6			HL			Standard low A, cancelable.
	3/3/7			L			Good range for a low B, main combo starter in-close. Great meaty as well.
	4/3/19			HL			Fast and cancelable, good for when you are too far for cl.C.
	8/4/9+14			L			Nice range cancelable sweep. Good as a meaty.
Jump
	3/7/-	-/-		H
	6/12/-	-/-		H			Good air-to-air since it does stay out for a moment.
	4/9/-	-/-		H
	4/12/-	-/-		H			Your main jump-in and also good air-to-air from range, jumping back. Has a nice big hitbox and can be used as an instant overhead effectively. Can cross-up if done very close to their head as well.
+	11/5/-	KD/-		HL			Good air-to-air.
Command Normals
f +	13/2/25			HL			Always the same speed and cancelable. not only your combo filler from hard hits, but it's actually a really good long-range poke. It has the longest range of any of his normals, and his entire lower leg up to the knee is invincible.
df +	13/4/24			L			Low slide kick. Crappy recovery, but you can use it to go under all non-ground fireballs.
Special Moves
hcf +				HL			Hurricane Upper - hcf + P Joe releases one hurricane projectiles that travels fullscreen. hcf + A sends out a slow projectile, while hcf + C sends aou a fast one. the projectiles are tall and cannot be jumped by most characters.
hcf +				HL
hcf +	14/4/4+22	KD/-12		HL			Slash Kick - hcf + K Joe performs a horizontal kick moving across the screen, which does good damage hcf + B version goes about 1/3 screen length while hcf + D goes 3/4 length has some recovery time if blocked, though if done from far away it's usually difficult to punish on block Depending on the distance, the startup of the D version is longer. The longer the startup, the shorter the recovery.
hcf +	14+0~5/7/4~9+24	KD/-22		HL
dp +	5/3*18/17+13	KD/-30		HL			Tiger Kick - dp + K Joe does a very fast rising kick attack that does two hits Invincible: B: Complete startup, D: Complete startup and first active period. Upper body invincible: First active period fo B version.
dp +	5/3*22/21+13	KD/-38		HL
rapidly			> qcf + A / qcf + C	HL			Bakuretsu Ken - P rapidly Joe performs a series of punches You may press forward to make him slowly move forward. each of those punches have a large hitbox, making it difficult to counter, though can be easily guard rolled and punished from behind can be followed up by qcf + A or qcf + C after any punch, whether that punch connected or whiffed.
rapidly			> qcf + A / qcf + C	HL
> qcf +		KD/??		HL			Bakuretsu Finish (A) - qcf + A Joe does a single hit uppercut that knocks down and is fast.
> qcf +		KD/??		HL			Bakuretsu Finish (C) - qcf + C Joe does jumping uppercut that deals two hits, knocks down and is slow (but can still combo).
DMs
qcf qcf +	8/-(24)-/67	KD/+9		HL			Screw Upper - qcf qcf + P Joe creates a vertical wall of tornados that moves forward a slight bit, maybe 1/3 screen can be rolled easily and punished Invincible: A: Frame 1-7, C: Frame: 9-14. First fireball is active for 24 frames. Second fireball is active for 48 frames and hits multiple times.
qcf qcf +	15/-(24)-/71	KD/+5		HL
SDM
MAX: qcf qcf +	8/-(24)-/88	KD/-39		HL			Screw Upper - MAX: qcf qcf + P Joe sends out a vertical wall of tornados similar to the DM version, except doing much more damage and traveling all the way across the screen Invincibility: Frame 1-18.

Combos

• cl.C / cr.C >
  • f + B >
    • D Slash Kick (hcf + D) (Whiffs on some crouchers.)
    • B Slash Kick (hcf + B)
  • (S)DM qcf qcf + C

• cr.B, cr.A >
  • dp +
  • DM qcf qcf + A

• st.B / st.A >
  • dp + D
  • dp + B (If not too far.)

• cr.A / cr.B (meaty), cl.C > f + B >
  • D Slash Kick (hcf + D) (Whiffs on some crouchers.)
  • B Slash Kick (hcf + B)

Strategy Corner

• MAX: cl.C > + B > + D

deals ??? than

• cl.C > + A

Keep this in mind, when you need to decide whether to trigger MAX or keep meter for a DM.