Fatal Fury Special/FAQ

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What does the tier list like?

2019 Tier List by U-Q:

S: The strongest characters. Great normals and specials that can completely demolish the opponent if given the chance. The top 3 especially have amazing damage output.

  • Kim
  • Joe
  • Mai
  • Billy

A: Lots of great normals and specials, but some moves have short reach or strange properties. Good damage potential once you get used to them.

  • Jubei
  • Andy
  • Terry

B: All about tactics and reading your opponent. Suited for expert players. Good at tick throws. Duck is hard to master but can win a round from one good read.

  • Geese
  • Duck King
  • Krauser

C: These specialist type characters have their strong points, but their general footsies game is pretty tough. Gameplay goal can be hard to understand, thus they require some studying in that regard.

  • Laurence
  • Tung Fu Rue
  • Cheng
  • Axel

D: Pretty tough. Good hitboxes but has almost no combo potential. Long reach on his command grab, but it requires precision. Terrible matchups against Joe and Jubei.

  • Big Bear

Tier List from 2004.11.4 http://www.ii-park.net/~garosp/

Joe Kim Mai Andy Billy Jubei Geese Terry Krauser Axel Cheng Duck Tung Bear Laurence Totals
Joe - 3 5 5 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 91 +21
Kim 7 - 6 6 3 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 89 +19
Mai 5 4 - 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 85 +15
Andy 5 4 5 - 5 7 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 6 7 83 +13
Billy 4 7 4 5 - 6 4 6 5 6 7 7 8 7 7 83 +13
Jubei 2 4 4 3 4 - 3 6 7 6 7 8 7 9 9 79 +9
Geese 3 4 5 5 6 7 - 5 4 6 6 6 7 7 6 77 +7
Terry 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 - 6 6 6 5 6 4 5 67 -3
Krauser 3 3 4 4 5 3 6 4 - 7 4 3 7 6 7 66 -4
Axel 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 - 6 7 7 6 5 63 -7
Cheng 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 4 - 5 6 7 4 59 -11
Duck 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 7 3 5 - 2 6 8 57 -13
Tung 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 8 - 7 6 54 -16
Bear 2 4 3 4 3 1 3 6 4 4 3 4 3 - 5 49 -21
Laurence 2 3 2 4 3 1 4 5 3 5 6 2 4 5 - 49 -21
  • Kim is no longer the dominant force he was once considered, he's not even Rank 1 anymore, Joe is. The Top tier is a lot more closely contended as well.
  • The Top 5 looks more or less the same, with only Terry dropping in the ranks, and Andy receiving a massive boost from rank 11 to joint 4th.
  • Bear goes from joint 6th to joint bottom, I wonder what made the guys at gamest think he was good to begin with.
  • Jubei goes from a fairly mid tier character to just outside the big 5, no doubt to his insane traps.
  • In the gamest tier list, everyone apart from Kim (rank 1), Cheng and Tung (rank 14 and 15), you could argue everyone else is more or less in a mid tier, but in the later tier list, there looks to be much more defined tiers.

January 1994 GAMEST tier list

Kim Mai Billy Joe Terry Bear Axel Geese Jubei Krauser Andy Laurence Duck Cheng Tung Totals
Kim - 6 4 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 91 +27
Mai 4 - 5 5 7 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 7 6 7 77 +7
Billy 6 5 - 6 4 4 6 4 7 3 5 5 6 8 7 76 +6
Joe 5 5 4 - 6 6 4 6 6 6 5 4 6 6 5 74 +4
Terry 5 3 6 4 - 5 5 5 5 6 7 5 5 7 5 73 +3
Bear 2 6 6 4 5 - 6 4 4 6 7 6 5 6 4 71 +1
Axel 3 5 4 6 5 4 - 5 7 5 5 4 5 6 7 71 +1
Geese 3 5 6 4 5 6 5 - 5 5 5 6 4 4 7 70 +0
Jubei 2 4 3 4 5 6 3 5 - 7 5 7 6 4 7 68 -2
Krauser 3 5 7 4 4 4 5 5 3 - 5 7 4 6 6 68 -2
Andy 3 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 5 5 - 6 5 6 5 66 -4
Laurence 3 4 5 6 5 4 6 4 3 3 4 - 6 5 6 64 -6
Duck 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 4 6 5 4 - 5 4 64 -6
Cheng 3 4 2 4 3 4 4 6 6 4 4 5 5 - 5 59 -11
Tung 3 3 3 5 5 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 5 - 58 -12

Any useful FFS links I can use?

Creators of fantastic Matchvids (Japanese)
The original FFS Supersite (Japanese)

Is there a discussion forum?

SRK Fatal Fury Special Thread

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