The King of Fighters '98/Yuri

Introduction

She has a balanced moveset and is a lightweight character based on rushdown strategies, her main weakness is that a lot of her specials have a long recovery and can be unsafe on block.

Low-mid tier character, I recommend using Advanced mode for her.

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In-depth Analysis

Movelist

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox					Notes
Standing Close
	3/4/5	+3/+1	C	HL						Very fast and cancelable. Good vs short hop. good priority.
	4/6/6	0/-2	C	L						Low move and cancelable.
	3/2+4/20	-6/-8	C (1st part)	HL						Only first active period is cancellable
	3/8/14	-2/-4	C	HL						Best move to a meaty. Cancelable.
Standing Far
	3/4/5	+3/+1	C	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	HL
Crouching
	3/5/5	+2/0	C	HL
	3/4/5	+3/+1	-	L						Footsie move. Main combo starter. Links to cr.C and can combo in Ko'ou Ken (qcf + A), Yuri Chou Upper (dp + C) and Yuri Chou Mawashi Geri (qcb + K).
	2/3+3/22	-8/-10	C (1st part)	HL						Good as an anti-air. First part of this move is cancelable. Good priority.
	7/5/21	KD/-9	C	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 +	16/-/27	-/-	-	HL						Ko'ou Ken (qcf + P) Decent poke tool.
qcf +	17/-/28	-/-		HL
qcf +	8+6~27/5/19			HL						Raiou Ken (qcf + K) Good move to punish projectile spammers, B travels short, while D travels a longer distance. Needs timing to use effectively.
qcf +	8+6~28/4/21			HL
dp +	2/4+8/20+13	KD/-27		HL						Yuri Chou Upper (dp + P) A has some invincibility, but it goes a short distance, C will be your main combo ender. Beware, this move is unsafe on whiff/block.
dp +	10/4+8/20+14	KD/-28		HL
> dp +	3/3*20/23+16	KD/-41		HL						Double Yuri Chou Upper (dp +P after dp + C) Always do this after using dp C, it's extra damage, and you can sometimes catch the enemy off-guard when they try to punish you. Unsafe on whiff/block. Best meterless combo ender.
qcb +	21/10/11	KD/-3		HL						Yuri Chou Knuckle (qcb + P) Doesn't hit crouchers. A is faster but goes a short distance, C is slower but goes a longer distance, unsafe move regardless of the version you use. Use this move very sparingly.
qcb +	29/19/13	KD/-14		HL
qcb +	7/ 2(6)2(6)2(6)2/ 1+16			HL						Yuri Chou Mawashi Geri (qcb + K) A standard spin kick move. Doesn't knockdown, B is faster, D is slower but travels a longer distance. Ok for corner carry, but be careful, the second hit can whiff.
qcb +	13/ 2(6)2(6)2(6)2(6)2/ 1+16			HL
DMs
qcf hcb +	1+7/16/35	KD/-33		HL						Hien Hou'ou Kyaku (qcf hcb + K) Does a lot of damage, best meter combo ender.
qcf hcb +	1+7/24/37	KD/-43		HL
qcf hcb + (SDM)	1+7/16/39	KD/-37		HL
qcf hcb + (SDM)	1+7/24/39	KD/-45		HL
qcf qcf +	1+4/ 4*10(16)3*4*13(18)3*4*22/ 23+20	KD/-47		HL						Hien Rekkou (qcf qfc + P) Good meter combo ender, do this if qfc,hcb + K won't land. Has invinicibility.
qcf qcf +	1+10/ 3*10(16)3*4*13(18)3*4*22/ 23+22	KD/-47		HL
qcf qcf + (SDM)	1+13/ 3*10(16)3*4*10(16)3*4*10(16)3*4*13(16)3*4*22/ 23+12	KD/-37		HL
f hcf +	1+18/-/45	KD/-15		HL						Haou Shoukou Ken (f hcf + P) A fast projectile super, a good punish move.
f hcf +	1+18/-/47	KD/-17		HL
f hcf + (SDM)	1+18/-/49	KD/-19		HL

Normal Throws

• b or f + C -

• b or f + D -

Breakable. They are average throws.

• In air, b / d / f + C / D -

Fastest Attacks

• 0F: C throw; D throw
• 1F: -
• 2F: cr.C; dp + A
• 3F: cl.A; cl.C; cl.D; st.A; cr.A; cr.B
• 4F: cl.B
• 5F: st.B; DM qcf qcf + A
• 6F: st.C
• 7F: cr.D; qcb + B
• 8F: (S)DM qcf hcb + K
• 9F: -
• 10F: dp + C

Combos

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

• cr.B, cr.A, st.A >
  • dp + C > dp + C
  • qcb + B (Second hit may whiff on some crouchers.)

• cr.B, cr.A >
  • (S)DM qcf hcb + K
  • DM qcf qcf + A
  • dp + C > dp + C
  • qcb + B (Second hit may whiff on some crouchers.)

• (cr.B, cr.C) / cl.D / cl.C >
  • (S)DM qcf hcb + K
  • DM qcf qcf + A (Close.)
  • dp + C > dp + C
  • qcb + D (Second hit may whiff on some crouchers.)
  • qcf + A
  • qcb + B (Second hit may whiff on some crouchers.)

• Simple buffers:
  • cr.B, st.A / cl.A / cl.B > (S)DM qcf hcf + K
    • cr.B, qcf + A/B > hcb + K (As cr.B is not cancelable, qcf + A/B will chain into a normal attack.)

Strategy Corner

• MAX: cl.D > + C > + C

deals ??? than

• cl.D > + K

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