The King of Fighters '95/Kyo

Introduction

Strengths	Weaknesses
Extremely damaging combos Can TOD off of simple light hit confirms Specials for every situation Amazing super	Frames aren't as good as Saisyu's frames Infinite is harder to do midscreen You will lose friends

Movelist

Normals

Close Range Normals

cl.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Sp	3	3	-	-	+3	+2	-

cl.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	0	-	Sp	5	4	-	-	+0	-1	-

cl.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Sp (1st)	1	2, 8	-	-	1st= +3 ; 2nd= +4	1st= +1 ; 2nd= +2	-

cl.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Sp	4	2	-	-	+3	+1	-

Far Normals

st.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Ch, Sp	3	3	-	-	+3	+2	-

st.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	X	5	3	-	-	+2	+1	-

st.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Sp	7	8	-	-	+5	+3	-

st.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	X	7	5	-	-	+1	-1	-

Crouching Normals

cr.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	Ch, Sp	4	2	-	-	+3	+2	-

cr.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	-	-	Ch, Sp	4	3	-	-	+4	+3	-

cr.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	None	2	2, 2	-	-	1st= -3 ; 2nd= -1	2nd= -5 ; 2nd= -3	-

cr.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	0	-	-	9	3	-	-	KD	+0	-

Neutral Jumping Normals

nj.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	3	16	-	-	-	-	-

nj.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	3	16	-	-	-	-	-

nj.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-

n/bj.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-

Diagonal Jump Normals

dj.A
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	3	16	-	-	-	-	-

dj.B
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	3	18	-	-	-	-	-

dj.C
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-

fj.D
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	0	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-

Throws

Reigetsu
/+/

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Throw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Blowback/Guard Attacks

Blowback

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	-	9	2	-	-	KD	-8	-

Aerial Blowback
Jump

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	-	7	9	-	-	KD	-	-

Dodge > Counterattack
> Any button

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
Dodge	-	Mid	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
Counterattack	-	Mid	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Command Normals

Ge Shiki ~ Goufu You

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

88 Shiki

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ge Shiki ~ Naraku Otoshi
Jump

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

108 Shiki ~ Yami Barai

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

100 Shiki ~ Oniyaki

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

101 Shiki ~ Oboro Guruma

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

212 Shiki ~ Kototsuki You

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

75 Shiki Kai
>

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Super Moves

Ura 108 Shiki ~ Orochinagi

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Stun	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1F~15F (Upper Body), 1F~43F (Throw Invul)

Combos

• (j.X), cl.C/cl.D, qcf P

Simple stun combo that takes off a massive chunk of health.

• cr.B x1-2, cl.B, qcf P / dp A / dp C~dp A

Basic light confirm combo, though unnecessary if you can link into cl.C consistently.

• (j.X), cr.B x1-2, (link) cl.C/cr.C, qcf D > D, qcf B > qcf D, ([microwalk qcf B > qcf D] x1-2), rdp D / hcb K

Keep in mind the infinite does NOT work in KOF95 Special if you play that version instead.

The infamous Kyo infinite in KOF95. This is the variant you do when midscreen. Since the pushback on Kyo's upkicks pushes the opponent too far back, he must microwalk after the second rep of upkicks. Whether starting the combo as a jump-in or not, Kyo can link cr.B into cl.C naturally without any ABC cancels, but is not necessary if starting with a jump-in. Of course, you may ABC cancel to make the combo even more consistent and connect cl.C/cr.C much faster, but the option to link it naturally is there if you're bad with ABC cancels, unlike other characters. Almost always only 3 reps is necessary since the opponent will likely be dead by that point. Optionally, Kyo can also morph rdp D to do a cl.X reset, but this is also not necessary. Kyo can end the combo with hcb K if you want something flashier.

If you're struggling to do the microwalk, after the second rep, perform the qcf motion for the special attack, continue holding forward, wait a little bit to give Kyo the room to microwalk forwards, and then press B to perform upkicks, followed by qcf D to extend the infinite. It should look something like this example.

• (Corner) (j.X), cr.B x1-2, (link) cl.C/cr.C, qcf D > D, [qcf B > qcf D] xN, rdp D / hcb K

Infinite combo, only this time Kyo does not need to micro walk since both players are in the corner. Only difficult if you're not used to the stiffer controls of older fighting games. Keep in mind that it is possible to do the infinite too fast in which case Kyo can accidentally push the opponent too high up and whiff qcf D, but all you need to do is wait a smidge between each rep. If on Ryo's stage, this combo is even better since the stage starts out with both corners readily available as the platform rises to the top, which also resets at the start of every round.

• cr.B x1-3, qcf B > qcf D, [infinite combo]

Alternatively easy way to confirm into an easy juggle or infinite combo with one extra cr.B and no cl.C link.

• AB Dodge > Dodge Attack, qcf D > D, [infinite combo]

As if Kyo wasn't deadly enough, he can confirm into his infinite off of a dodge attack, though you'll need to be very fast in order to cancel the dodge attack. Be careful Kyo doesn't move past the opponent or else the controls will reverse sides as well.