The King of Fighters '98/Kyo

Introduction

Kyo is a cool guy. His sexy looks get him all the popular chicks, making him a top tier character.

But like P. Diddy say, mo money mo problems!

Gameplay Overview

Kyo is an extremely strong character, focusing around mid/close range poking and rushdown. He does not have a command throw, but his mixups are very good thanks to high priority on his air (j.B, j.d+C) and ground moves (close C, crouching B, qcf+A). His meterless combos do a lot of damage and dizzy quickly, and can do around 50% easily with meter. He requires a medium level of execution; mostly dealing with hit-checking into qcf,qcf+A consistently, and being very familiar with doing short/hyper hops in execution and recognizing the appropriate range and situations to use them in.

Combos

Here are some important combos with kyo. I tried to list the most important combos at the top.

cl.C xx qcf+C~hcb+C~f+C

cr.B,cr./cl.A/cl.B xx qcf,qcf+A (PRACTICE this and get as consistent as you can with it to play an effective Kyo)

cr.B,cr./cl.A,d/f+D

cl.C xx qcf+D~D (note: only works from very close or from a crossup, or in the corner),

-> rdp+B (for stun)/qcb,hcf+A (for damage)/qcf+A~hcb+A~A (for max corner damage)

cr.B,cr/cl.A/cl.B xx dp+A

cl.C,f+B (2 hits) xx qcb,hcf+A (good against backturned, big characters, or when the opponent is dizzied)

Note that you can link close C from cr.B. It is a 1-frame link, but more if you perform the cr.B meaty.

The cr.B to qcf,qcf+A combo can be done as cr.B, qcf+A/B, qcf+A. This is because cr.B isn't cancelable, but is naturally chainable into standing A or B, so you can buffer without holding any buttons to keep qcf+A from coming out.

Move List

Special Moves

Hachi Tetsu           4 / 6 + C (close)

Issetsu Seoi Nage     4 / 6 + D (close)

Air Drop              2 + A (in air)

Double Overhead Kick  6 + B  

Double Foot Sweep     3 + D

100 Shiki Oniyaki     623 + A / C

R.E.D Kick            421 + B / D

212 Shiki Kotoyuki    63214 + B / D

75 Shiki              236 + B , B / D , D

114 Shiki Ara Gami    236 + A

128 Shiki Ku Kizu     236 + A / C (after Ara Gami)

127 Shiki Yasabi      63214 + A / C (after Ara Gami)

Migiri Ugashi         A / C (after Ku Kizu or Ya Sabi)

125 Shiki Nana Se     B / D (after Ku Kizu or Ya Sabi)

115 Shiki Doku Gami   236 + C

401 Shiki Tsumi Yomi  63214 + A / C (after Doku Gami)

402 Shiki Batsu Yomi  6 + A / C (after Tsumi Yomi)

910 Shiki Nue Tumi    214 + A / C 

Desperation Moves

108 Shiki Orochi Nagi 214 , 41236 + A / C (hold)

Taunt                 C (after 108 Shiki Orochi Nagi)

Saishuu Kessen Ougi   236 , 236 + A / C