The King of Fighters '97/Yamazaki

Introduction

Ryuji Yamazaki is a character that is good at controlling space with his Snake Tamer attacks as well getting in close for Headbutt combos, and Infinite pressure. Along with throwing Taunt counters to people who jump attack at Yamazaki too often.

Strengths	Weaknesses
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Movelist

Normals

Far Normals

st.A

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	-	6	5	7	18	-	0	-2	-	-	-

st.B

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	-	5	4	9	18	-	-1	-3	-	-	-

st.C

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	-	13	5	26	44	-	-11	-13	-	-	-

st.D

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	-	9	6	26	41	-	-12	-14	-	-	-

Close Range Normals

cl.A

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	command	3	5	5	13	-	+2	0	-	-	-

cl.B

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Low	command	4	4	7	15	-	+1	-1	-	-	-

cl.C

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	command	2	6	22	30	-	-8	-10	-	-	-

cl.D

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	command (1st hit)	5	3,7	16	31	-	-3	-5	-	-	-

Crouching Normals

cr.A

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	command	5	4	7	16	-	+1	-1	-	-	-

cr.B

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Low	-	5	5	7	17	-	0	-2	-	-	-

cr.C

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	command	3	3,3	24	33	-	-10	-12	-	-	-

cr.D

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Low	-	8	12	18	38	-	KD	-12	-	-	-

Neutral Jumping Normals

nj.A

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Overhead	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

nj.B

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Overhead	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

nj.C

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

nj.D

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Overhead	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Diagonal Jump Normals

dj.A
/+

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Overhead	-	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

dj.B
/+

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Overhead	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

dj.C
/+

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Overhead	-	4	3,5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

dj.D
/+

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Overhead	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Blowback Attack

CD
+

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Mid	special	16	8	18	42	-	KD	-4	-	-	-

jp.CD
//++

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Overhead	-	12	4	-	-	-	KD	-	-	-	-

Throws

Shime Age
/+

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Throw	-	1	1	0	-	-	HKD	-	-	-	-

Bun Nage
/+

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Throw	-	1	1	0	-	-	HKD	-	-	-	-

Command Normals

Bussashi

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
overhead (mid)	(special)	12	3,5	24	44	-	-9	-11	-	-	-

Special Moves

Hebi Tsukai
// (Hold)

Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	8	3,5	29	45	-	(-18)KD	-20	-	0	-
this can hit certian characters standing but is -18 on hit
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	8	3,4	31	46	-	-11	-17	-	0	-
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	12	3,4	31	50	-	-15	-17	-	0	-
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
[ // ]~	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Stance cancel leaves yamazaki -4 on block and -2 on hit when canceled from light normals leaves yamazaki +4 on block and +6 on hit when canceled from heavies and command normals leaves yamazaki +8 on block when canceled from stand CD leaves yamazaki -1 on block and +16 when cancel from dpK>qcb P.

Sabaki no Aikuchi

Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	11(13)	2,3	27	-	-	KD	-12	-	0	-
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	13(10,8,13)	2,3,2,3	30	-	-	KD	-15	-	0	-

Bai Gaeshi

Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	8	3,3	28	42	-	-11	-13	-	0	-
absorbs projectiles
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	8	3,3	34	48	-	-17	-19	-	0	-
reflects projectiles

Suna Kake

Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	9	6	23	38	-	+6	-11	-	0	-
Can follow-up into Hebi Tsukai (214X).
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Mid	-	12	6	25	43	-	+4	-13	-	0	-
Can follow-up into Hebi Tsukai (214X).

Bakudan Pachiki

Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
Throw	-	1	1	-	-	-	HKD	unblockable	-	0	-

Sadomazo

Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	-	-	2	49	10	61	-	-	-	-	0	-
reverses high's,mid's,specials,Dm and SDM's
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	-	-	4	73	14	91	-	-	-	-	0	-

Super Moves

Guillotine

Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
(SDM)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Drill
(mash A and C)

Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Throw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
will only activate if the opponent is in grab range
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
	Throw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Version	Guard	Cancel Properties	Startup	Active	Recovery	Total	Invulnerability	Hit Advantage	Block Advantage	Stun	Guard Damage	Damage
(SDM)	Throw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Combos

General notes:

• when in max mode. moves will have more pushback which can be a problem in certian combos.

meterless

(midscreen)

• cr.Bx1-2, cr.A, qcb B

Works against all standing characters, but whiffs against small crouchers.

• (cr.B,cl.B) / (cr.B,cr.A), dp B (cr.C), qcb B/C

good low confirm that deals solid dmg. requires you to be close to the opponent so dp B won't whiff. you can also link a cr.C after dp B for abit of extra dmg.

• (cr.B,cl.B) / (cr.B,cr.A), dp B~qcb B~D, dash, cr.C, dp P

an even more damaging variation of the combo above utilizing snake canceling

• (j.X), cl.C / cr.C, dp C / hcf P

simple BnB combo into specials.

• (j.X), cl.C, f.A, qcb B/C

Combo from a close heavy starter. Use qcb+B if they're standing and qcb+C if they're a small croucher.

• (j.X), cl.C / cr.C, dp K~qcb B/C

Combo into dp+K.

• (j.C/D), cl.C, dp K~qcb B~D, dash, cl.C, dp C

combo that fully stuns the opponent. requires some timming to get this to work.

• dp K~qcb B~D, (cr.A), dp K~qcb B~D...

yamazaki's inafmous infinite in KOF97. one of the more doable yet difficult infinites in the game (think of it as a harder terry infinite). while it does seem easy on paper, doing consistent snake canceling can take time, you also have to be very close to the opponent so dp K won't whiff. you can also add in a cr.A for an eaiser confirm for doing this.

with meter

(midscreen)

• (cr.B,cl.B) / (cr.B,cr.A), qcfx2 P

Metered combo from lows.

• (cr.B,cl.B) / (cr.B,cr.A), dp B~qcb B~D, dash, cr.C, qcfx2 P

slightly more difficult metered combo for abit of extra dmg.

• (j.X), cl.C / cr.C, qcfx2 P / hcbx2 P

Simple metered combo from a heavy or jump-in confirm. qcfx2+P gives you corner carry and better oki, while hcbx2+P gives you more damage.

• (j.X), cl.C, dp K~qcb B~D, dash, cl.C, qcfx2 P / hcbx2 P

more difficult metered combo. requires some timming to get this to work.