The King of Fighters 2002/Andy

General Info

Crouch height: Low

Stand	Crouch	Jump	Grab	Run

Colors

Movelist

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox					Notes
Standing Close
	2/3/7	+2/0	R,C,S,Su	HL
	3/8/5	-1/-3	C,S,Su	HL
	2/4*6/17	-3/-5	C,S,Su	HL
	7/5/20	-5/-7		HL
Standing Far
	5/3+3/10	-4/-6		HL
	5/5/11	-4/-6		HL
	7/8/17	-5/-7		HL
	11/3+9/5	+1/-1		HL
+	23/3+8/20	KD/-9	C,S,Su	HL
Crouching
	4/4/5	+3/+1	R,C,S,Su	HL
	4/4/5	+3/+1	R,C,S,Su	L
	6/7/18	-5/-7	C,S,Su	HL
	6/4/19	KD/-5		L
Jump
	3/11/-	-/-	S	H
	5/12/-	-/-		H
	5/14/-	-/-	S	H
	6/4+6/-	-/-		H
+	13/7/-	KD/-		HL
Neutral Jump
	3/9/-	-/-	S	H
	4/12/-	-/-		H
	5/8/-	-/-	S	H
	6/4+6/-	-/-		H
Hop
	3/9/-	-/-	S	H
	5/10/-	-/-		H
	5/5/-	-/-	S	H
	6/8/-	-/-		H
+	15/7/-	KD/-		HL
Command Normals
f+	16/4+4/21	-9/-11		H						Goes over lows Unsafe on hit unless spaced
f+ (cancel)	14/4+4/23	-11/-13	S	HL
df+	7/2*3/22	-5/-7	S,Su[1]	HL						Jugglable afterwards if it hits an airborne opponent
Special Moves
qcb+	15/4/28	KD/-3		HL						Hishou Ken - qcb+A Andy releases a small burst of energy in front of him, which has limited range has good recovery on block opponent is in a jugglable state after getting hit with this move
qcb+	15/ 4(24)12*12*12*13/ 28	-2/-4		HL						Geki Hishou Ken - qcb+C Andy extends his palm creating a ball of energy in front of him. The ball stays in front of him for 5 hits not possible to punish on block if the opponent has no stock and it is difficult to guard roll behind him, unless the opponent does so on the first hit. It's a good chipping tool if opponent has no stock
dp+	5/ 3*2(4)4*4/ 12+12	KD/-20		HL						Shouryuu Dan - dp+P Andy performs a rising uppercut attack with good startup priority dp+A doesn't rise as high and has much better recovery than dp+C, though technically both are punishable supercancellable on the first hit though technically you will do about a jab's worth of damage since the majority of the qcb hcf+K DM will whiff free cancellable out of on the first hit to ground attacks and on the rest of the hits to qcf+K(air) hard knockdown on the last hit
dp+	6/ 3*2(4)4*4*4/ 23+14	KD/-37		HL
rdp+	11/2*2*2*2/29	KD/-17		HL						Yami Abise Geri - rdp+K Andy rolls backwards, creating a flame in front of him, acting as a reasonably good prediction anti-air that is also very safe the move is very slow so it shouldn't be used as a reversal. rdp+D comes out slower than rdp+B but does more damage rdp+D has a lot of startup invincibility free cancellable out of
rdp+	23/3*3*3*3/31	KD/-22		HL
hcf+	11/ 4*9*10*6*7/ 16	-3/-5		HL						Kuuha Dan - hcf+K Andy performs a very high priority spiraling kick that travels in a parabolic motion. The arc on hcf+D is bigger than hcf+B only sometimes punishable on block by throws or fast normals but can be rolled behind and punished easily. It is also possible for the move to go over the opponent, allowing them to just run behind and combo you in the back free cancellable out of on the first hit to ground attacks and on the rest of the hits to qcf+K(air)
hcf+	17/ 5*11*12*10*5/ 18	-3(-36)/-5(-38)		HL
hcf+	8/-/-	KD/-		Grab						Gekiheki Haisui Shou - hcf+P a proximity unblockable attack that only comes out if Andy is in throw range and opponent is not in blockstun. Otherwise, a close A/close C comes out instead last hit knocks the opponent into the air where they can be juggled free cancellable out of on all four hits
j.qcf+	11/-/2+17	-/-		HL						Gen'ei Shiranui - qcf+K(air) Andy performs a diagonal "dive" downwards which has a very large hitbox free cancellable into can be followed up with either P or K, see below
j.qcf+	15/-/2+17	-/-		HL
>	9/4+5/27	KD/-18		L						Gen'ei Shiranui: Shimo Agito - P (after j.qcf+K) Andy performs a low kick that comes out fairly quick and has good recovery if blocked low attack supercancellable, though supercancelling into qcb hcf+P will whiff free cancellable out of
>	2+7+7/4/9+19	KD/-17		H						Gen'ei Shiranui: Uwa Agito - K (after j.qcf+K) Andy does a hop kick that comes out fairly quick though not as fast as the P followup has horrible recovery time if blocked, so it's a risk to use it free cancellable out of into qcf+K
db,f+	10/8/7	-/-		-						Zan'ei Ken - db f+P Andy performs a dashing attack forward. db f+A comes out faster than dp+C db f+A goes less than half screen distance, while db f+C goes full screen an alternate motion for this move is to just do hcf+P. If you are not in throw range, this move will come out instead of the hcf+P proximity unblockable on whiff, this move recovers extremely fast, though it is very punishable if it hits or is blocked can be followed up with qcf+P on hit or block supercancellable free cancellable into free cancellable out of 22 frames of hitstun, 20 frames of blockstun
db,f+ (connect)	0/7/24	-8/-10		-
db,f+	12/21/20	-/-		HL
db,f+ (connect)	0/8/28	-13/-15		HL
> qcf+	9/9/15+15	KD/-21		HL						Shippuu Ouken - qcf+P (after db,f+P) Andy does another strike that pushes him back a bit, which is safer than just not doing this followup supercancellable but all DMs whiff anyway free cancellable out of although all attacks whiff anyway 17 frames of blockstun
DMs
qcb,f+				HL						Zan'ei Ryuusei Ken - qcb,f+P Andy dashes forward similar to his db f+P, except it comes out much faster. If the first hit connects, he will a series of additional hits, koncking the opponent back very low damage, but comes out very fast and has very good recovery time
qcb,f+				HL
qcb,f+				HL						Chou Reppa Dan - qcb,f+K This move is similar to Andy's hcf+K except his feet are on fire, dealing more damage, but the super flash activation makes it easier to react to and punish by rolling
qcb,f+				HL
SDM
qcb,f++				HL						Chou Reppa Dan - qcb,f+BD Similar to his DM version except does even more damage and can usually juggled for all the hits in the air, unlike hcf+K or the DM best to use in juggle combos, such as after hcf+P
HSDM
qcfx2++				HL						Zan'ei Shitou Reppa Dan - qcfx2+AC Andy performs a dash forward similar to his db f+P that comes out very fast the move does one hit only, but after it hits or is blocked, Andy will continue to dash forward for a few seconds. At any point during this, as well as before it has made contact, the move can be followed up by BCD
> ++				HL						Hiryuu Bakuha Dan - BCD (after Zan'ei Shitou Reppa Dan qcfx2+AC) Andy does a diagonally upwards attack that does several hits has a long recovery time if blocked

Throws

1. Gourin Kai - b/f+C

• Andy grabs the opponent, throws them down, then delivers a kick while they are on the ground
• hard knockdown
• it is possible to cancel the kick part of this throw into maxmode, which creates a glitch in which Andy's sprite can pass straight through the opponent's. This bug is explained in the strategy section
• kick part of this move is free cancellable out of, though nothing that you cancel into will combo

2. Kakaekomi Nage - b/f+D

• Andy grabs the opponent and throws them behind him across the screen
• Since it can be recovery rolled and Andy takes a while to recover from the throw, it isn't useful for setting up additional pressure afterwards
• the opponent gets up with their back turned

Notes

• cancellable normals are close A, crouch A, close B, crouch B, close C, crouch C, jump A, jump C
• CD is cancellable into command moves, specials and DMs

Combos

Anywhere

• close HP (1 hit),hcf+P,dash df+LP,jump HP or dash dp+HP
• crouch LK,df+LP,qcb+LP
• crouch LK,df+LP,qcb,hcf+P

Strategies

- In the corner, doing close C(1), qcb+C puts the opponent into block stun. It is difficult to guard roll this move since Andy gets pushed back and the opponent's guard roll will make him roll back into the ball. It can be guard rolled on the first hit and punished. Thus, it is best to use this when the opponent does not have any stock, which will guarantee 5 ticks of chip damage, and is not punishable in any way, if they blocked the close C(1). Since Andy will be the first character, the opponent won't have stock, so this strategy could be used more often.

Andy Throw Glitch

Andy has a strange glitch involving his b/f+C throw. The throw itself has two parts - the slam to the ground, followed by the kick. It is possible to cancel the kick into maxmode. Doing this creates a glitch in which Andy can move through the opponent's sprite. Since the throw is a hard knockdown, you can setup some ambigious crossups by just positioning your character on top of the opponent's sprite on wakeup, then in the last moment, walking back or forth and immediately doing close C.

The glitch also has some applications in the corner. If the opponent is in the right corner and is crouch blocking, they have to crouch block his close C as expected - by holding downback. However, in the left corner, the opponent has to actually hold downforward to block it

The glitch effect ends when Andy is hit with an attack or blocks it, as well as if he executes a normal throw, command normal, special move or DM. Rolling also ends the glitch state.

Safejumps

In the corner, Andy gets a safejump on Ryo and Kim off dp+C. After recoverying from dp+C immediately superjump. Normal jump does not work.