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+	13/-/36	-4/-6		HL			Hurricane Upper - hcf+P Joe releases one or two hurricane projectiles (depending on the button used) hcf+A sends out one projectile, while hcf+C sends out two the projectiles are tall and cannot be jumped by most characters. It's difficult to punish hcf+A but hcf+C is easy to punish by rolling the second projectile hcf+A fireball stays active for 19 frames. both hcf+C fireballs stay active for 11 frames.
hcf+	19/-(22)-/36	KD/-6		HL
hcf+	14/4/4+22	KD/-12	Fi	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. free cancellable into
hcf+	14+0~5/7/4~9+24	KD/-22	Fi	HL
dp+	5/3*18/17+13	KD/-30	Su,Fi,Fo	HL			Tiger Kick - dp+K Joe does a very fast rising kick attack that does two hits dp+B does more damage than dp+D but has less priority Invincible: B: Complete startup, D: Complete startup and first active period. Upper body invincible: First active period fo B version. supercancellable on the first hit free cancellable into free cancellable out of on the first hit
dp+	5/3*22/21+13	KD/-38	Su,Fi,Fo	HL
mash	9/2(7)2(9)2(10)1(11)2(6)1(16)2(7)2(8)2(10)1(11)2(5)1/28	variable	>qcf+A, >qcf+C, Fo	HL			Bakuretsu Ken - mash P Joe performs a series of punches while moving forward slightly during the move he'll do about 10 punches, though after about 5 hits, Joe will be out of range and the next hits will not combo each of those punches have a large hitbox, making it difficult to counter, though can be easily guard rolled and punished from behind it's possible to juggle the opponent if this move hits them airborne can be followed up by qcf+A or qcf+C after any punch, whether that punch connected or whiffed free cancellable out of
mash	11/2(7)2(9)1(10)1(11)2(6)1(18)2(7)2(9)1(10)1(11)2(6)1/30	variable	>qcf+A, >qcf+C, Fo	HL	entire sequence repeats once
> qcf+	20/3/28	-11/-13	Su,Fo	H			Bakuretsu Finish - qcf+A Joe performs an overhead punch that deals good damage and is safe on block overhead supercancellable free cancellable out of
> qcf+	14/12/24	KD/-18		L			Shijou Saikyou no Low Kick - qcf+C Joe does a kick similar to his f+B, except that he slides forward a good distance (about 1/3 screen) while doing it the recovery on this move isn't good, it's riskier to do it as opposed to the qcf+A followup hits low
DMs
qcfx2+	8/-(24)-/67	KD/+9		HL			Screw Upper - qcfx2+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.
qcfx2+	15/-(24)-/71	KD/+5		HL
SDM
qcfx2++	8/-(24)-/88	KD/-39		HL			Screw Upper - qcfx2+AC 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

The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest