The King of Fighters XIII/Shen

Shen

In a nutshell

The self-trained Shanghai God of War still hungers for stronger opponents to beat. Shen is an offensive beast with almost every tool imaginable available to him to deal with whatever is thrown his way. While infamous for his killer Hyperdrive combos, Shen is strong placed anywhere on a team. His low mixup is somewhat lackluster without HD Meter, but Shen can easily make up for it with his command grab and the wall of hitboxes on his normals. Shen's a low execution character who's easy to learn while being a superb team member for advanced players.

Move List

Normal Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Standing Light Punch

kof.lp

25

chaincancel cancel

Standing Light Kick

kof.lk

30

Standing Heavy Punch

kof.sp

80

autoguard supercancel

Close Heavy Punch

Close kof.sp

70

cancel

Standing Heavy Kick

kof.sk

70

Close Heavy Kick

Close kof.sk

80

cancel

Crouching Light Punch

d + kof.lp

25

chaincancel cancel

Crouching Light Kick

d + kof.lk

30

low cancel

Crouching Heavy Punch

d + kof.sp

70

1st hitbox: cancel

Crouching Heavy Kick

d + kof.sk

80

low softknockdown cancel

Blowback Attack

kof.sp + kof.sk

75

softknockdown specialcancel

Jumping Light Punch

Air kof.lp

Jump: 45
Hop: 40

high

Jumping Light Kick

Air kof.lk

Jump: 45
Hop: 40

high

Jumping Heavy Punch

Air kof.sp

Jump: 72
Hop: 70

high

Jumping Heavy Kick

Air kof.sk

Jump: 70
Hop: 68

high

Jumping Blowback Attack

Air kof.sp + kof.sk

Jump: 90
Hop: 80

softknockdown

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Fusenkyaku

f + kof.lk

65

specialcancel

Throw

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Kokakugeki

f or b + kof.sp or kof.sk (while close)

33+33+40

throw softknockdown

Special Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Gekiken

qcf + P

kof.lp : 65
kof.sp : 70
ex : 100

drivecancel
ex : armored

Gekiken!

kof.sp Gekiken then hold

Charged lv. 1: 80
Charged lv. 2: 85
Charged lv. 3: 200

drivecancel
Charged lv. 3: guardcrush crumple

Gekiken (Feint)

Gekiken! charge then k

0

Fukkogeki

qcb + kof.lp

kof.lp : 60
ex : 70

high

Koryugeki

Fukkogeki then qcf + kof.lp

kof.lp : 50
ex : 80

drivecancel

Danken

hcb f + p

120

throw
ex : crumple

Danken (Reflect)

qcb + kof.sp

0

projectileabsorb specialcancel

Tenrenken

qcf + k

kof.lk : 50
kof.sk : 70
ex (close range) : 55×2
ex (far range): 50+55

drivecancel

Desperation Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Tatsu: Gekiken

qcf qcf + p

p : 220
ex : 320

Counterhit : wallbounce maxcancel

Bakushin

kof.sp ~ kof.lp ~ kof.lk ~ kof.sp

240

Requires 2 Stocks. 30% Damage increase maxcancel

Tenshou Bakushingeki

qcf hcb + kof.lp + kof.sp

200+250

Strategy

Move Analysis

Normal Moves

• Standing Light Punch () -

• Standing Light Kick () -

• Standing Heavy Punch () -

• Close Heavy Punch (Close ) -

• Standing Heavy Kick () -

• Close Heavy Kick (Close ) -

• Crouching Light Punch (+ ) -

• Crouching Light Kick (+ ) -

• Crouching Heavy Punch (+ ) -

• Crouching Heavy Kick (+ ) -

• Blowback Attack ( + ) -

• Jumping Light Punch (Air ) -

• Jumping Light Kick (Air ) -

• Jumping Heavy Punch (Air ) -

• Jumping Heavy Kick (Air ) -

• Jumping Blowback Attack (Air + ) -

Unique Attacks

• Fusenkyaku ( + ) -

Throw

• Kokakugeki ( or + or [While Close]) -

Special Moves

• Gekiken - ( + ) -
• Gekiken! - ( + [Hold to Charge]) -
  • Gekiken! (Feint) - [While Charging + Press ) -
  • Gekiken ( + + ) -
• Fukkogeki - ( + ) -
  • Fukkogeki - ( + + ) -
  • Koryugeki - ( + ) -
• Danken - ( + ) -
  • Danken - ( + + ) -
• Danken (Reflect) - ( + ) -
• Tenrenken - ( + ) -
• Tenrenken - ( + + ) -

Desperation Moves

• Tatsu: Gekiken ( + ) -
  • Tatsu: Gekiken ( + + ) -
• Bakushin - (~~~) -
• Tenshou Bakushingeki - ( + + ) -