The King of Fighters 2002/K'

General Info

Crouch height: Low
Jump: 5/33/1
Hop: 5/24/1
Dash: 4/10~∞/3
Backdash: 4/12/3
Wakeup: 23 frames
Recovery roll: 23 frames

Stand	Crouch	Jump	Backdash	Grab	Run

Colors

Movelist

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox			Notes
Standing Close
	3/3/4	+5/+3	R,C,S,Su	HL
	4/3/14	-6/-8	R,C,S,Su	L
	5/2(2)3/23	-6/-8	C,S,Su	HL
	7/4/26	-10/-12	C,S,Su	HL
Standing Far
	3/3/7	+2/0	R	HL
	6/3/14	-5/-7		HL
	9/5/26	-11/-13		HL
	12/2+2+3/23	-11/-13		HL
+	11/6/38	KD/-22	S,Su	HL
Crouching
	4/5/6	+1/-1	R,C,S,Su	HL
	4/4/6	+2/0	R, dp + A	L
	5/3[3]4/23	-13/-15	C,S,Su	HL
	7/4/26	K/-12	C,S,Su	L
Jump
	5/15/-	-/-		H
	7/12/-	-/-		H
	6/5/-	-/-	S	H
	8/3+3/-	-/-	S	H
+	14/5/-	KD/-	S	HL
Neutral Jump
	5/5/-	-/-		H
	5/8/-	-/-		H
	6/8/-	-/-	S	H
	8/3+3/-	-/-	S	H
Hop
	5/10/-	-/-		H
	5/20/-	-/-		H
	6/5/-	-/-	S	H
	8/3+4/-	-/-	S	H
Command Normals
f +	17/19/20	KD/-21	Su	HL				Counterwire, hard knockdown. Free cancellable out of
f + (cancel)	13/19/20	-19/-21	S,Su	HL
f +	13/4/26	-10/-12		H				Knocks down airborne opponent
f + (cancel)	12/5/26	-11/-13	S	HL				Knocks down airborne opponent
Special Moves
qcf +	11/10/17	KD/-7		HL				Ein Trigger - qcf + P qcf + C comes out faster than qcf + A, but recovers slower Negates normal projectiles Can be followed up by Second Shot (f + B) or Second Shell (f + D)
qcf +	10/12/20	-10/-12		HL
qcf + > f +	11/17,1/27	KD/-1		HL				Second Shot - f + B (after Ein Trigger) Projectile that moves faster if qcf + C was used than if qcf + A was used
qcf + > f +	10/19,1/27	+1/-1		HL
qcf + > f +	11/14(1)5+4/26	KD/-4		HL				Second Shell - f + D (after Ein Trigger) Vertical anti-air that knocks opponent into the air for juggles
qcf + > f +	10/16(1)5+4/27	KD/-4		HL
dp +	3/3(4)3+6/16+25	KD/-32	Su	HL				Crow Bites - dp + P dp + A is supercancellable on both hits, dp + C is supercancellable on the first two hits on the ground dp + C can be followed up by f + D, which is an overhead hard knockdown. The f + D followup is free cancellable out of dp + C has some startup invincibility Free cancellable into Free cancellable out of on all hits
dp +	7/3(6)3(8)3/3+31+24	KD/-54	Su	HL
dp + > f +	23/2+3/5+30	KD/-59		HL
qcf +	32/-/-							Blackout - qcf + K Teleport's K' forward. qcf + B goes half screen length and qcf + D goes full screen length Can be hit out of it fairly easily
qcf +	43/-/-
qcb +	17/3/27	KD/-12		HL				Minute Spike - qcb + K Can be done in the air as well Can be followed up by Narrow Spike (qcb + K), on the ground only Free cancellable into Free cancellable out of
qcb +	18/3/31	KD/-16		HL
j.qcb +	10/3/23	KD/-8		HL
j.qcb +	13/4/26	KD/-12		HL
qcb + > qcb +	6/11/15	KD/-8	Su	L				Narrow Spike - (during Minute Spike) qcb + K Low attack Supercancellable Free cancellable out of
DMs
qcfx2+	1+6+0~183+10/2+11/28	KD/-23		HL				Heat Drive - qcfx2+P A version comes out faster, but C version will hit if the opponent is right in front of you Can be held to make unblockable (takes a long time though) Hard knockdown
qcfx2+ (full charge)	1+6+184+7/5+11/29	KD/KD		-
qcfx2+	1+8+0~183+11/2+25/32	KD/-41		HL
qcfx2+ (full charge)	1+8+184+8/5+25/32	KD/KD		-
qcf,hcb +	1+9/-/83+12	-/-		HL				Chain Drive - qcf hcb + P K' throws his sunglasses. If he whiffs, he will stand there for a long time, otherwise he will dash forward Hard knockdown qcf hcb + C is more likely to juggle than qcf hcb + A (mainly if used after his qcf + C, f + D)
qcf,hcb +	1+9/-/85+12	-/-		HL
qcf,hcb + (connected)	6+2/13/38	KD/-33		HL
qcf,hcb + (connected)	6+2/13/39	KD/-34		HL
SDM
qcf,hcb + +	1+10/-/86+6	-/-		HL				Chain Drive - qcf hcb + AC Same properties as qcf hcb + P, except it is not a hard knockdown
qcf,hcb + + (connected)	6+2/13/42	KD/-37		HL
HSDM
qcb + ~	3+9/10/9+14	KD/KD		-				Crimson Star Road - qcb + C~A A must be pressed immediately after C K' travels forward a distance slighty more than his roll Unblockable

Short Movelist

• f + A (Counterwire if not cancelled into.)
• f + B (Overhead if not cancelled into.)

• qcf + P
  • f + B
  • f + D

• dp + P
  • f + D (Only after C version.)

• qcf + K (Teleport.)

• qcb + K
  • qcb + K (Low. May follow with this on startup or active frames.)

• air qcb + K

• DM qcf hcb + P

• DM qcf qcf + P (May charge. Unblockable when fully charged.)

• SDM qcf hcb + AC

• HSDM qcb + C A (Unblockable.)

Notes

Cancellable moves

• Close: A, B, C (1-2), D
• Far: -
• Crouch: A, C, D
• Jump: C, D

• CD is cancellable into specials and DMs.

• f + A is cancellable to DMs, and can be cancelled into specials if cancelled into.

• f + B is cancellable (on air attacks) only when you cancel into it.

Super cancellable moves

• dp + P (1-2)
• qcb + K > qcb + K

Free cancellable into moves

• dp + P
• qcb + K
• air qcb + K

Free cancellable out-of moves

• f + A
• f + B
• dp + P (1-2)
• dp + C > f + D
• qcb + K
• qcb + K > qcb + K

Moves with Invincibility

• dp + C (Full: startup & active (1st part).)

Moves with autoguard

(none)

Other Notes

• There exists a bug where, if K' did his qcf + P on a waking up K9999, who decided to do his db hcb df + P moon DM, the moon DM will be negated entirely by the qcf + P. K9999's sphere animation will still be visible but since it was negated, K' can now just walk right through it.

• Ein Trigger (qcf + P) and its followups have unique blockstun. qcf + A has 20 frames, qcf + C has 19; both strengths of Second Shot (f + B) do 26 frames while both strengths of Second Shell (f + D) do 30 frames.

Combos

Anywhere

• cr.B, cr.A >
  • qcf + C >
    • f + B {20%}
  • dp + A

• (cl.C (1) > f + A) / cr.C / cl.C (2) >
  • DM qcf hcb + P {50%} {1 Stock}
  • DM qcf qcf + A {36%} {1 Stock}
  • qcb + K (Cancel this on startup) > qcb + K,
    • DM qcf hcb + P (Corner.) {55%} {1 Stock}
    • DM qcf qcf + A (Corner.) {41%} {1 Stock}
    • dp + A (Corner.)
    • >> DM qcf hcb + P {55%} {2 Stock}
    • >> DM qcf qcf + A {41%}{2 Stock}
  • f + B > (Except from cl.C (1) > f + A.)
    • air qcb + B {25%}
    • air qcb + D (Standing.)
  • qcb + B
  • qcb + D (Standing.)
  • dp + A
  • dp + C > f + D

Corner

• Corner: cr.B, cr.A > qcf + C, f + D,
  • DM qcf hcb + P (Timming required.) {1 Stock}
  • DM qcf qcf + P {1 Stock}
  • CD {32%}
  • dp + C > f + D {37%}

• Corner: cl.C (1) > f + A > qcf + C, f + D,
  • DM qcf hcb + P (Timming required.) {65%} {1 Stock}
  • DM qcf qcf + P {51%} {1 Stock}
  • CD {40%}
  • dp + C > f + D {45%}

Counterhit

• Counterhit: f + A,
  • DM qcf hcb + C (Timming required) {45%} {1 Stock}
  • DM qcf qcf + P {31%}

Maxmode

• Corner: cr.B, cr.A >> BC, qcf + C (Buffer: qcf + BC) > f + D,
  • SDM qcf hcb + AC {65%} {3 Stocks}
  • dp + A (1) >> qcb + D (Cancel this on startup) > qcb + D, dp + A(2) >>
    • (qcb + D (Cancel this on startup) > qcb + D (miss), dp + A (2) >> ) x 2 >>
      • qcb + D (Cancel this on startup) > qcb + D (miss), dp + A (1) >> SDM qcf hcb + AC {4 Stocks}

• cr.C >> BC, walk, cr.C > qcb + D (Cancel this on startup) > qcb + D, dp + A (2) >> qcb + D (Cancel this on startup) > qcb + D (miss), dp + A (2) >> qcb + D (Cancel this on startup) > qcb + D (miss), dp + A (1) >> SDM qcf hcb + AC {90%} {4 Stocks}

Strategies

Use your Trigger (qcf + P) wisely against your opponent and after 1 stock Heat Drive (DM qcf qcf + P) it at far distance

Safejumps

K' has a safejump against Ryo and Kim in the corner off the standard corner combo:

• ... qcf + C > f + D, f + A, immediately jump forward.