The King of Fighters '98/Heavy D!

Heavy D!

Heavy D! is a black boxer/actor/rap artist from the U.S.A. The D in his name is a mystery.

In a nutshell

Heavy D! is a combo/poking/mixup-based character with some decent mid-range pokes and the fastest backdash in the game. He is a low-mid tier character, but he still has all the tools to win and is only really lacking a good reversal. He is not such a good character for beginners, since nothing he has is really abusable; playing Heavy D requires fast execution and good knowledge of matchups and his normal's properties to make him shine.

Moves

Normals

Name

Command

Special Properties

Standing Light Punch

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Standing Light Kick

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Standing Heavy Punch

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Standing Heavy Kick

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Standing Blowback

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Close Light Punch

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Close Light Kick

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Close Heavy Punch

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Close Heavy Kick

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Crouching Light Punch

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Crouching Light Kick

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Crouching Heavy Punch

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Crouching Heavy Kick

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Jumping Light Punch

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Jumping Light Kick

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Jumping Heavy Punch

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Jumping Heavy Kick

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Jumping Blowback

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Command Normals

Name

Command

Special Properties

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Throws

Name

Command

Special Properties

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Special Moves

Name

Command

Special Properties

Rolling Soul Diver

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Blast Upper

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Ducking Combination

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Soul Flower

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Dancing Beat

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Shadow

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Desperation Moves

Name

Command

Special Properties

D. Crazy

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D. Magnum

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Move Analysis

Normals

• Standing Light Punch ()-

• Standing Light Kick ()-

• Standing Heavy Punch ()-

• Standing Heavy Kick ()-

• Standing Blowback ( + )-

• Close Light Punch (Close )-

• Close Light Kick (Close )-

• Close Heavy Punch (Close )-

• Close Heavy Kick (Close )-

• Crouching Light Punch ( + )-

• Crouching Light Kick ( + )-

• Crouching Heavy Punch ( + )-

• Crouching Heavy Kick ( + )-

• Jumping Light Punch ( + )-

• Jumping Light Kick ( + )-

• Jumping Heavy Punch ( + )-

• Jumping Heavy Kick ( + )-

• Jumping Blowback ( + )-

Command Normals

• f+A - Fast overhead when done alone, faster cancelable non-overhead when chained. Good for late-canceling from cr.A/C (ie chaining the f+A a little late to have it retain it's non-chained properties).

Throws

• OR + - Unbreakable (mashable), forward knockdown, face forward, rollable.

• OR + - Unbreakable (mashable), reverse knockdown, back turned, un-rollable.

D version preferred, but they are both good for being unbreakable throws.

Combos

Most important combos listed at the top. He has a lot of different variations on things so experiment!

• cr.B(xN),cr.A,f+A xx RSD (qcf+P)

• cr.B(xN),cr.A xx D. Crazy (qcb,hcf+P)

• cr.C/cl.C,f+A xx RSD (qcf+P)/Blast Upper (qcf+D)

• cl.D (2 hits) xx RSD (qcf+P)/Blast Upper (qcf+D)/D. Crazy (qcb,hcf+P)

• cr.B, cr.C xx D Blast Upper (qcf+D)

• powered up, MAX only dp+P, D. Magnum (qcf,qcf+P)

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