The King of Fighters XIII/Kim

Kim

In a nutshell

Move List

Normal Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Standing Light Punch

lp

25

rapidfire nocancel

Standing Light Kick

lk

30

Standing Heavy Punch

hp

80

supercancel

Close Heavy Punch

hp

70

Standing Heavy Kick

hk

30, 45

nocancel

Close Heavy Kick

hk

70

Crouching Light Punch

d + lp

25

rapidfire

Crouching Light Kick

d + lk

30

low rapidfire

Crouching Heavy Punch

d + hp

70

Crouching Heavy Kick

d + hk

80

low softknockdown

Blowback Attack

hp + hk

75

softknockdown

Jumping Light Punch

air lp

Jump: 45
Hop: 40

high

Jumping Light Kick

air lk

Jump: 45
Hop: 40

high nocancel

Jumping Heavy Punch

air hp

Jump: 72
Hop: 70

high nocancel

Jumping Heavy Kick

air hk

Jump: 70
Hop: 68

high nocancel

Jumping Blowback Attack

air hp + hk

Jump: 90
Hop: 80

softknockdown

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Nerichagi

f + lk

65

high nocancel

Nerichagi (cancelled-into)

f + lk

65

Yopuchagi

f f + lp

45

whiffs crouchers

Throw

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Sakkyaku Nage

f or b + hp or hk (while close)

100

throw softknockdown

Special Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Hangetsuzan

qcb + k

lk : 60
hk 1st till 4th hit : 40x4
ex 1st hit :70
2nd hit : 100

drivecancel juggle softknockdown

Kuchugetsuzan

qcb + k

lk : 75
hk : 80
ex 1st till 5th hit : 50x5

aironly drivecancel
k : hardknockdown
ex : juggle

Hishokyaku

qcf + k

k 1st hit : 0
2nd till 5th hit : 18x4
6th hit : 20
ex : 40xn

aironly drivecancel
k : juggle

Follow-up

Hishokyaku, then hk

4

Hienzan

d (charge) u + k

lk : 70
hk 1st hit : 50
2nd till 3rd hit : 20x2
ex 1st hit : 100
2nd hit : 60
3rd hit : 50

drivecancel softknockdown startupinv

Tenshou Zan

hk or ex Hienzan , then d + hk

50

hardknockdown

Desperation Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Hououkyaku

qcb hcf + k

k 1st hit : 0
2nd and 3rd hit : 5x2
4th till 8th hit : 10x5
9th hit : 150
ex 1st hit : 0
2nd and 3rd hit : 10x2
4th till 8th hit : 20x5
9th till 11th hit : 40x3
12th hit : 80

startupinv maxcancel
k : airok softknockdown
ex : groundonly hardknockdown

Hououhitenkyaku

qcf qcf + k

100

startupinv juggle

Rei Shiki Hououkyaku

qcf hcb + lp + hp

1st hit : 0
2nd and 3rd hit : 5x2
4th till 9th hit : 10x6
10th hit : 5
11th till 16th : 10x6
17th hit: 5
18th to 22nd hit : 10x5
23rd hit: 250

startupinv hardknockdown

Strategy

Tips and Tricks

• Kim's ff.a does not hit crouchers, so avoid using it in strings where the opponent is crouching. However, if you do accidentally do it, the actual hitbox of the attack sticks out for a really long time, so an opponent may miss the somewhat small window on the punish, since as soon as kim stops skidding he can act again.
• Kim's ff.a travels a significant distance when its not done as part of a combo or it just misses in general, roughly 1/2 of the screen. Kim is also considered airborne during this move, so it will go over ground fireballs such as Kyo's or low moves in general. Due to the speed of it, it can be used to punish Kyo's fireball on reaction, or catch opponent's unawares, as unless they are crouch blocking it will probably connect, leading into many potential combos, and if it's blocked you can safely end in a divekick.
  
• Kim's ff.a can "wallbounce", as if Kim's kick connects to a wall then it's considered the same as if he hit an opponent. The difference is, Kim turns around after doing this. However when he does any other aerial move, Kim autocorrects himself to face the opponent. This can be used to really screw with the opponent's head since it looks really confusing to someone not used to it! You can also use to extend corner pressure a bit by chaining into ff.a and then coming back down with a quick jd or jc.
  
• Kim's qcb b is only -2 on block. Combined with a very fast close c and crouch b, he can abuse this slight disadvantage to do a lot of irritating "safe" blockstrings.
  
• You can make Kim's flashkick Hienzan safe by drivecanceling it into a divekick in the the air.
  
• Kim's far standing d is 5 frame startup, making it one of the fastest long range moves in the game. It also links into close c or crouch b, meaning throwing this move out on neutral can lead to very big rewards, especially considering it covers many angles and will stop most jumps. However it will lose to most low angled moves, such as a sweep.
  
• Kim's ja is an extremely good crossup. Combined with his multitude of hard knockdowns, abuse it to do some ambigious mixups constantly.

Combos

Generally, with the exception of some Hienzan and Hououhitenkyaku combos, nearly every combo that Kim has can also be started from a jump attack or from a st.D. st.D links into cl.C and cr.B, so keep these starting additions in mind. Crossups allow any combo to work as well.

0 Bar, 0% Drive

• (standing opponent) (jump attack/st.D) cr.B cr.B st.B ff+A xx qcb+B - 183, 29
• (standing opponent) (jump attack/st.D) cl.C ff+A xx qcb+B - 179, 27

These are Kim's basic bnbs, and lead to hard knockdown for a mixup. However, because they only work on standing opponents, you'll need to be able to confirm the state of your opponent prior to doing the ff+a.

• cl.C/cr.C xx charge d~u+D d+D - 192, 21 (must be very close)
• (jump attack/st.D) cl.C xx qcb+D - 178, 19
• cr.B st.B xx charge d~u+D d+D - 173, 20 (difficult)
• (jump attack/st.D) cr.B cr.B cr.B/st.B xx charge d~u+B - 144, 15

These are your meterless combos to do on crouchers. The D Hienzan combos are either difficult or require very close range so there are easier but less damaging alternatives listed.

• (corner only) (jump attack/st.D) cl.C xx qcb+B charge d~u+D d+D - 242, 27

This is your best corner meterless combo.