The King of Fighters '98/EX Yuri

Introduction

Slap slap slap, clap clap clap.

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Gameplay Overview

The KOF 94/AoF 2 version of Yuri Sakazaki is a zoning-focused version of the KoF98 Yuri with the Choupa and Slap attack. Her main weakness is that she has no meterless reversal and very limited combo options.

Low-Mid tier character.

In-depth Analysis

Movelist

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox		Notes
Standing Close
	3/4/5	+3/+1	C,S,Su	HL			Very fast and cancelable. Good vs short hop. good priority.
	4/6/6	0/-2	C,S,Su	L			Low move and cancelable.
	3/2+4/20	-6/-8	C,S,Su	HL			Only first active period is cancellable
	3/8/14	-2/-4	C,S,Su	HL			Best move to a meaty. Cancelable.
Standing Far
	3/4/5	+3/+1	C,S,Su	HL			Very fast and cancelable. Good vs short hop. good priority.
	5/3/13	-4/-6		HL			Close range poke. Not cancelable.
	6/4/22	-6/-8		HL			Long range poke. Not cancelable.
	11/5/22	-7/-9		HL			Long range poke. Not cancelable.
+	15/7/19	KD/-4	S,Su	HL
Crouching
	3/5/5	+2/0	C,S,Su	HL
	3/4/5	+3/+1		L
	2/3+3/22	-8/-10	C,S,Su	HL			Good as an anti-air. First part of this move is cancelable. Good priority.
	7/5/21	KD/-9	C,S,Su	L			Sweep move. Cancelable.
Jump
	6/6/-	-/-		H
	3/6/-	-/-		H			Air-to-air move.
	6/9/-	-/-		H			Yuri's main jump-in.
	8/9/-	-/-		H			Yuri's cross-up. air-to ground move.
+	12/3/-	KD/-		HL
Neutral Jump
	6/6/-	-/-		H
	6/7/-	-/-		H			Instant overhead.
	6/9/-	-/-		H
	6/9/-	-/-		H			Air-to-air move.
Command Normals
f +	14/12/13	-5/-7		H			Not overhead if cancelled into
Special Moves
qcf +	15/39			HL			Ko'ou Ken - qcf + P Your main zoning tool and good combo ender.
qcf +	15/41			HL
qcf +	21/15+13+8			HL			Raiou Ken - qcf + K B sucks, the jump is too small to avoid projectiles. Use D to punish projectile spammers.
qcf +	26/19+18+10			HL
qcb +	13/12/25			HL			Saiha - qcb + P Deals good damage. A is a decent anti-air, C has a slower startup but bigger hitbox. Use C as a very close combo ender.
qcb +	17/12/29			HL
hcb +	8+5/16/32			Grab			Hyakuretsu Binta - hcb + K Yuri runs up to the enemy, grabbing them and slaps them silly. B and D control the distance she runs. Can be used to set up an unblockable Ko'ou Ken on the enemy's wakeup, but it's very situational.
hcb +	8+5/24/34			Grab
DMs
qcf hcb +				HL			Hien Hou'ou Kyaku - qcf hcb + K Deals great damage. A good meter combo ender.
qcf hcb +				HL
qcf hcb + (SDM)				HL
qcf qcf +	1+4/-/29			HL			Shin! Yuri Chou Upper - qcf qcf + P Short ranged, but it deals HUGE damage. Has invincibility.
qcf qcf +	1+4/-/34			HL
qcfx2+ (SDM)	1+4/-/32			HL
f hcf +				HL			Haou Shoukou Ken - f hcf + P A projectile super, a good punish option.
f hcf +				HL
f hcf + (SDM)				HL

Normal Throws

• b or f + C -

Breakable. Techable.

• b or f + D -

Breakable. Techable. Back-Turned knockdown.

• In air, b / d / f + C / D -

Techable. Back-Turned knockdown.

Combos

• Best Jump-ins:
• j.C
• j.D (Can crossup.)

• cr.B, cr.A >
  • cr.B can link into cr.a > st.a (close)
  • (S)DM qcf qcf + A
  • (S)DM qcf hcb + K

• (cr.B (optional), cr.C) / cl.D / cl.C >
  • (S)DM qcf qcf + A (Very close.)
  • (S)DM qcf hcb + K
  • qcb + P (Close)
  • qcf + P

• Meterless combos:
  • j.C/D > cr.c/cl.c > qcf.A/C (Most reliable one)
  • j.D > cl.C > qcb.C (Very close/After crossup)

• With meter:
  • st.A/cl.C/cr.C/cl.D/cl.B > qcf + qcf + P
  • st.A/cl.C/cr.C/cl.D/cl.B > qcf + hcb + K

Strategy Corner

• MAX: cl.D > + P

deals ??? than

• cl.D > + K

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