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

Strengths	Weaknesses
placeholder	placeholder

Movelist

Normals

Far Normals

st.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	3	3	7	-	+2	0	-

st.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	6	3	14	-	-5	-7	-

st.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	9	5	26	-	-11	-13	-

st.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	12	2+2+3	23	-	-11	-13	-

Close Range Normals

cl.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	R,C,S,Su	3	3	4	-	+5	+3	-

cl.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	-	R,C,S,Su	4	3	14	-	-6	-8	-

cl.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	C,S,Su	5	2(2)3	23	-	-6	-8	-

cl.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	C,S,Su	7	4	26	-	-10	-12	-

Crouching Normals

cr.A

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	R,C,S,su	4	5	6	-	+1	-1	-

cr.B

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	-	R,dp+a	4	4	6	-	+2	0	-

cr.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	C,S,Su	5	3[3]4	23	-	-13	-15	-

cr.D

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	-	C,S,Su	7	4	26	-	KD	-12	-

Neutral Jumping Normals

nj.A

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

nj.B

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

nj.C

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	S	6	8	-	-	-	-	-

nj.D

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

Diagonal Jump Normals

dj.A
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	5	15	-	-	-	-	-

dj.B
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	7	12	-	-	-	-	-

dj.C
/+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	S	6	5	-	-	-	-	-

dj.D
/+

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

Hop Normals

HH.A
tap /+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	-

HH.B
tap /+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	-	5	20	-	-	-	-	-

HH.C
tap /+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	S	6	5	-	-	-	-	-

HH.D
tap /+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Overhead	-	S	8	3+4	-	-	-	-	-

Blowback Attack

CD
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	S,Su	11	6	38	-	KD	-22	-

jp.CD
//++

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	S	14	5	-	-	KD	-	-

Throws

Spot Pile
/+

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

Knee Strike
/+

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

Command Normals

1-Inch
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	Su(s)	17(13)	19	20	-	KD (-19)	-21	-
Counterwire, hard knockdown. Free cancellable out of

Knee Assault
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	S	13 (12)	4 (5)	26	-	-10 (-11)	-12 (-13)	-
overhead when used raw Knocks down airborne opponent when used in combos, you can only cancel into air special moves

Special Moves

Eins Trigger

A version

C version

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	11	10	17	-	KD	-7	-
Negates normal projectiles Can be followed up by Second Shot (f + B) or Second Shell (f + D)
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	10	12	20	-	-10	-12	-
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)

2nd Shoot
+ > +

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
qcf+ > +	-	Mid	-	-	11	17 [1]	27	-	KD	-1	-
Projectile that changes speed depending in on which ein trigger you used
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
qcf+ > +	-	Mid	-	-	10	19 [1]	27	-	+1	-1	-

2nd Shell
> +

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
qcf+ > +	-	Mid	-	-	11	14(1)5+4	26	-	KD	-4	-
Vertical anti-air that knocks opponent into the air for juggles
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
qcf+ > +	-	Mid	-	Su	10	14(1)5+4	27	-	KD	-4	-

Crow Bites

A version

C version

2nd Bites

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	Su	3	3(4)3+6	16+25	-	KD	-32	-
dp + A is supercancellable on both hits, dp + C is supercancellable on the first two hits on the ground Free cancellable into Free cancellable out of on all hits
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	Su	7	3(6)3(8)3	3+31+24	-	KD	-54	Full: startup & active (1st part)
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
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
C ver. +	-	Mid	-	-	23	2+3	5+30	-	HKD	-59	-

Blackout

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	-	-	-	43	-	-	-	-	-	-

Minute Spike

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	17	3	27	-	KD	-12	-
Can be done in the air as well Can be followed up by Narrow Spike (qcb + K) Free cancellable into Free cancellable out of
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	18	3	31	-	KD	-16	-

Narrow Spike
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Low	-	Su	6	11	15	-	KD	-8	-
Low attack Supercancellable Free cancellable out of

Air Minute Spike
j.

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	10	3	23	-	KD	-8	-
unlike the grounded version,this cannot be canceled into narrow spike
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	13	4	26	-	KD	-12	-

Desperation Moves

Heat Drive
(hold)

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	mid	-	-	6 (183)	2+11	28	-	HKD	-23 (HKD)	-
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
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	8 (183)	2+25	32	-	HKD	-41 (HKD)	-

Chain Drive

Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	mid	-	-	1+9	projectile	38 [83]	-	HKD	-33	-
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) be careful when using this super as if it whiffs k' recovers extremely slowly
Version	Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
	-	Mid	-	-	1+9	projectile	39 [85]	-	HKD	-34	-

Super Desperation Move

Chain Drive
+

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Mid	-	-	1+10	projectile	42 [86]	-	KD	-37	-
Same properties as qcf hcb + P, except it is not a hard knockdown be careful when using this super as if it whiffs k' recovers extremely slowly

Hidden Super Desperation Move

Crimson Star Road
+~

Damage	Guard	Guard Damage	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Invulnerability
-	Unblockable	-	-	3+9	10	9+14	-	HKD	HKD	-
A must be pressed immediately after C K' travels forward a distance slighty more than his roll

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

• 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.

Ein trigger bug

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.

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.