The King of Fighters 2002/Mature

Movelist

Throws

1. Death Blow - b/f+C

• Mature performs a basic throw that knocks the opponent back

2. Back Rush - b/f+D

• Mature grabs the opponent and slams them face down on the ground in the opposite side she is standing
• opponent is thrown right next to her and she is given enough time to start a mixup
• hard knockdown and opponent gets up with their back turned

Special Moves

1. Despair - qcf+P

• Mature jumps into the air and slashes, knocking the opponent down
• qcf+C goes further and higher than qcf+A
• it is possible to crossup the opponent at some distances with this move
• free cancellable into
• overall, quite punishable on block and not particularly useful even for going over fireballs

2. Decide - hcf+K

• Mature swings her arm and creates a shadow which reaches about half screen length and grabs the opponent if it isn't blocked
• very similar to Vice's hcf+K but Mature's cannot be comboed into normally since it comes out very slow. hcf+B comes out faster but doesn't reach as far as hcf+D
• hard knockdown

3. Death Row - qcb+P(up to 3 times)

• Mature performs a 3 hit slash at close range. She can chain a series of 3 qcb+P's for a total of 9 hits which does good chip damage (assuming they have no stock to guard roll)
• qcb+C goes slightly further than qcb+A, making it slightly easier to combo all the hits
• free cancellable into
• free cancellable out of on all hits

4. Metal Massacre - qcb+K

• Mature dashes forward and performs a 3 hit slash attack that has very good recovery
• qcb+B travels about 1/3 screen while qcb+D travels 2/3 screen length
• qcb+D does a slight bit more damage than qcb+B and can combo at all the ranges that qcb+B comboes at. Since it also seems to have the same recovery time, there doesn't seem any reason to use qcb+B over qcb+D in combos
• free cancellable into
• free cancellable out of on all hits

5. Sacrilege - dp+P

• Mature performs a rising uppercut attack that travens quite far horizontally doing many hits
• for dp+A, the second hit (and onwards) lifts the opponent into the air while for dp+C, the third hit (and onwards) lifts them into air
• dp+A free cancellable out of on the first two hits, dp+C free cancellable out of on the first three hits
• comes out fast and useful in combos (dp+C does more hits and more damage than dp+A), but is not fast enough and not invincible to be used as a wakeup reversal

6. Ebony Tears - qcf hcb+P

• Mature throws a projectile that has a very large vertical hitbox, but has some startup delay
• A version travels slower and recovers better
• difficult to jump over, especially the A version which travels slower

DMs

1. Nocturnal Rites - qcfx2+P

• Mature performs a series of 4 slashes, the initial one coming out very fast. If the 4th one hits, she will perform a final hit that knocks the opponent back
• doesn't do that much damage but combos easily off of weak attacks and can punish some whiffed moves. Not to be used on wakeup

2. Heaven's Gate - qcb hcf+K

• Mature dashes forward. If she connects, she grabs the opponent and slams them into the corner
• B version goes about 3/4 screen while D version goes full screen
• has startup invincibility, but is punishable on block
• hard knockdown

SDMs

1. Nocturnal Rites - qcfx2+P

• Mature performs aseries of 4 slashes, just like the normal DM version

2. Heaven's Gate - qcb hcf+K

• works the same as the normal DM but does more damage
• generally not worth using as the damage increase isn't worth the meter used

HSDMs

1. Ecstasy 816 - f D C B f

• Mature jumps forward similar to her qcf+P. If she connects, she will perform on them followed by an explosive kiss
• relatively low damage move for an HSDM and no practical ways of connecting it
• quite punishable on block

Notes

• cancellable normals are close A, crouch A, far A, close B(both hits), close C, crouch C, close D(2), crouch D
• CD is cancellable into special moves and DMs