The King of Fighters 2002/Kyo

General Info

Kyo is the prom queen and everyone wants to fuck him.

Crouch height: Medium
Jump: 4/33/1
Hop: 4/24/1
Dash: 3/10~∞/3
Backdash: 3/15/3
Wakeup: 26 frames
Recovery roll: 23 frames

Stand	Crouch	Jump	Grab	Run

Colors

Movelist

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox			Notes
Standing Close
	4/4/5	+3/+1	R,C,S,Su	HL
	6/4/8	0/-2	R,C,S,Su	L
	2/2+8/9	+1/-1	C,S,Su	HL
	4/3/22	-5/-7	C,S,Su	HL
Standing Far
	4/4/5	+3/+1	R,C,S,Su	HL
	7/3/14	-5/-7		HL
	12/2/17	+1/-1	C,S,Su	HL
	12/5/17	-2/-4		HL				Avoids lows
+	19/4/16	KD/+2	S,Su	HL
Crouching
	4/4/5	+3/+1	R,C,S,Su	HL
	4/4/5	+3/+1	R	L
	5/2+4/21	-7/-9	C,S,Su	HL
	11/3/19	KD/-4	C,S,Su	L
Jump
	4/6/-	-/-		H
	4/5/-	-/-		H
	5/4/-	-/-		H
	8/5/-	-/-		H
+	13/4/-	KD/-		HL
Neutral Jump
	4/7/-	-/-		H
	4/11/-	-/-		H
	5/4/-	-/-		H
	10/11/-	-/-		H
Hop
	4/8/-	-/-		H
	4/4/-	-/-		H
	5/4/-	-/-		H
	8/5/-	-/-		H
Command Normals
f+	22/2/27	-9/-11		H
f+ (cancel)	11/5(2)7/18	-5/-7	S,Su	HL,HL
df+	2/3(12)4/24	-8/-10		L,L
j.d+	6/5/-	-/-		H				Hard KD on airborne opponent
Special Moves
dp+	5/4*13/16+11	KD/-22	Su,Fo	HL				100 Shiki: Oniyaki - dp+P Invincibility: A: First active period. C: Startup and first active period.
dp+	5/4*16/22+13	KD/-33	Su,Fo	HL
qcf+	13/5/27	-12/-14	Fi	HL				75 Shiki Kai - qcf + K,K Can be cancelled from the 3rd active frame onwards.
>	7/6~9/0~3+11	KD/+1~-5		HL
qcf+	17/5/27	KD/-14	Fi	HL
>	7/6~9/0~3+11	KD/+1~-5		HL
hcb+	19/3/31	KD/-16	Su,Fi,Fo	HL				412 Shiki: Hikigane - hcb+K B version: Lower body invincibility: Complete startup. C version: Upperbody invincbility: Frame 3-12.
hcb+	14/2[1]3/25	KD/-13	Fi,Fo	HL
rdp+	18/2+2+2/3+15	KD/-4		HL				R.E.D. Kick - rdp+K
rdp+	29/2+2+2/2+16	KD/-2		HL
qcf+	11/2+6/24	-12/-14	>qcf+P,>hcb+P,Fi,Fo	HL				114 Shiki: Aragami - qcf+A Guard point: Frame 10-11.
> qcf+	8/4+4/31	KD/-21	>>P,>>K,Fo	HL				128 Shiki: Konokizu - qcf+P (after qcf+A)
>>	11/3/30	KD/-15		H				127 Shiki: Yanosabi - P (after qcf+A qcf+P)
>>	14/3/24	KD/-9		HL				125 Shiki: Nanase - K (after qcf+A qcf+P)
> hcb+	23/4/35	KD/-21	>>P,>>K,>>HCB+K,Fo	H				127 Shiki: Yanosabi - hcb+P (after qcf+A)
>>	19/14/22	KD/-18	Fo	HL				Geshiki: Migiri Ugachi - P (after qcf+A hcb+P)
>>	17/3/24	KD/-9		HL				125 Shiki: Nanase - K (after qcf+A hcb+P)
>> hcb+	9/3+2/38	KD/-25		HL				212 Shiki: Kototsuki You - hcb+K (after qcf+A hcb+P)
qcf+	17/6/21	-7/-9	>hcb+P,Fi,Fo	HL				115 Shiki: Dokugami - qcf+C
> hcb+	11/3/34	-17/-19	>>f+P,Fo	HL				401 Shiki: Tsumi Yomi - hcb+P (after qcf+C)
>> f+	13/4/21+21	KD/-28	>>>dp+P	HL				402 Shiki: Batsu Yomi - f+P (after qcf+C hcb+P)
>>> dp+	1/14/10+14	KD/-20		HL				100 Shiki: Oniyaki - dp+P (after qcf+C hcb+P dp+P)
DM
qcb,hcf+	20/17/27	KD/-15		HL				Ura 108 Shiki: Orochi Nagi - qcb,hcf+P 28 frames of blockstun. Can combo off a heavy attack if charged slightly. Invincibility: Frame 1-8 Charged: Frame: 1-2 and 4 frames after charge. Lower body invincible during charge.
qcb,hcf+	19/17/31	KD/-19		HL
qcb,hcf+ (held)	2+1~90+4+7/17/30	KD/-18		HL
SDM
qcb,hcf++	2/0~90(17)-/52	KD/+1		HL				Ura 108 Shiki: Orochi Nagi - qcb,hcf+AC During the charge of 90 frames, the attackbox surrounding Kyo flashes with the following framedata: 2(3)14x[3(3)]1. Framedata of the three fireballs after buttons release are: 14 active frames, after 11 frames: 14 active frames, after 22 frames: 17 frames active. Invincibility: Complete startup and 7 frames after charge. Lower body invincibility during charge.
HSDM
hcbx2++	5/1/30	KD/-		Grab				524 Shiki: Kamukura - hcbx2+AC Invincibility: Complete startup and active period.

Combos

Anywhere

1. cr.B, cr.A, df+D - 15-20%
2. C, qcf+C, hcb+C, f+C, dp+C - 24%
3. C, qcf+D D, qcb hcf+P - 40% (adding jumpin makes second hit of qcf+D D whiff)
4. C, qcf+D D, hcb+B, qcf+A - 25% (adding jumpin makes second hit of qcf+D D whiff)
5. C, f+B, rdp+B - 23% (only on Yamazaki, Goro, Chang, Yashiro, Maxima, Seth)
6. C, qcf+D D, hcb+B, (S)qcb hcf+P - 45%

Corner

1. C, qcf+D D, hcb+B, qcf+B B, dp+C - 35%

Max Mode Activation

1. cr.B, cr.A, df+D, qcb hcf+BC(hold for split second during flash and release)
2. (Anywhere, should end up in the corner) cr.B, cr.A, df+D, qcf+BC, (C)qcf+A, (C)qcf+C, (C)qcf+A, (C)qcf+C, (C)qcf+D D, qcb hcf+P - 65%
3. (Corner) C, BC, run C, dp+C(1), (C)qcf+C. (C)qcf+A, (C)qcf+C, (C)qcf+DD, hcb+B, (S)qcb hcf+P/qcb hcf+AC - 60%/80%
4. (Corner) C, BC, run C, qcf+D D, hcb+B, qcf+A, (C)hcb+B, qcf+A, (C)hcb+B, qcf+A, (C)hcb+B, (qcf+A, qcf+A, K)/(S)qcb hcf+P/AC) -
5. (Corner) C, df+D(1), BC, run C, qcf+DD, qcf+C, (C)qcf+A(whiff), qcf+A, (C)qcf+C(whiff), hcb+P, (C)qcf+A(whiff), qcf+A, (C)hcb+B, (S)qcb hcf+P -

Attack Strings

1. C/D, qcf+A, qcf+A, K
2. C, f+B, rdp+B
3. C, qcf+DD (repeat, corner)
4. cr.D, (f+B, rdp+B)/qcf+BB/qcf+A/rdp+B

Move Properties

-cancellable normals are close A, far A, crouch A, close B, close C, crouch C, close D, crouch D
-CD is cancellable into specials and DMs
-f+B, the P after qcf+A, qcf+P and the hcb+P after qcf+A are overhead attacks
-close B, and K after qcf+A, hcb+P are low attacks
-qcf+A/C has autoguard
-dp+C on first hit, and hcb+B, are supercancellable
-far D can evade low attacks

Timings

To get some of the qcbhcf+P combos to work you must use the JF timing release method.

How to do the c.B c.A df+D qcbhcf+BC combo

Surprisingly, the fastest hit possible from qcbhcf+P is not no delay, but a half second delay. It's just shortly after (like right away) Kyo says "ayeeee" when charging it up. To learn the timing, the easiest method is to practice the df+D qcbhcf+BC combo. The BC break timing is easy, it's right after the second hit, but to get it to combo, you must hold the BC (or just C) until Kyo begins to back up. As soon as you see Kyo move backwards, release. Master the timing, once you learn the timing you can now implement it in his hcb+B super cancel super, super combos.

Strategies

• Always backdash with d+C, as it makes him go back further than normal, and can hit some opponents out of their moves (such as far reaching Billy pokes)
• Learn to do the max mode combos. They aren't as hard as they seem, they don't require as much memory as it looks, and Kyo is much weaker without them.
• j.d+C has amazing priority, if you use it as a jump in, hit early. It stuns and staggers very heavily. If you hit late, you will stagger too far, comboing a far version instead of a close and killing any non BC cancel combo.
  
• Learn the art to comboing with Kyo instead of memorizing combos. This will make you more dangerous. Learn to BC cancel moves and combo them into qcf+C, after landing qcf+C you can push your opponent into the corner for a corner combo finish.
• While, qcf+A and qcf+C might look like good pokes, both are punishable, do not abuse them.
  
• rdp+K has high air to air priority, high air to ground priority and hops lows and fireballs, that said, don't abuse since on whiff it's very punishable. It has a nasty habit of beating late uppercuts.
  
• RED kick (rdp+K) will cross up if space right. This can be very effective on wakeup, since opponents will have a tough time anti airing kyo from above and will have to block from the other side, very difficult to see since most of kyo's body will still be in front of the opponent.