KOF XIII Discussion and Media Thread

[Cabjoy]

Hi all,

I know a bunch of us in the KOF XIII contacts thread like to post match videos and combo videos and things like that to show each other from time to time, so I thought a dedicated thread to this kind of thing would be the way to go so we can keep the contact thread about contacts.

Since we're a fairly tightly knit group of players, I figure the more we post informative and interesting videos, as well as just talk about the game itself, the more it'll help us develop as players. Since, you know, it's not like we all get to actually PLAY the game that often unfortunately.

Hope you guys are keen for some KOF talk!

I'll kick things off with this combo vid from Combonauts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT9J1TOclNI&feature=player_embedded

[fkuspencer]

Reserved.

[A1Major]

I didn't think I would see those fireball glitches again, brings back fond memories of 98

[Cabjoy]

You guys have probably seen this but I'll post it anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJcoUuKQ-Kg

It's the first part of the Team Korea vs Team Mexico.

Main reason I posted though, is I wanted to know if any of you know how the hell the Koreans are landing an uppercut with EX Iori after the first two hits of the Rekkas. Is it a 1F link or something? Because it feels almost impossible to do for me.

[kyokugen]

Main reason I posted though, is I wanted to know if any of you know how the hell the Koreans are landing an uppercut with EX Iori after the first two hits of the Rekkas. Is it a 1F link or something? Because it feels almost impossible to do for me.

The technique is to cancel to 2nd rekka into a super, but past the super cancel timing. If done correctly, it will shorten the recovery of the 2nd rekka, allowing for additional followups such as st.C, dp+C etc.

Seems to be only on hit, because on block, the 3rd rekka just comes out.

[fkuspencer]

Zerp has recently tweeted top players' opinions of who is strong or weak in King of Fighters XIII, listed by players on his twitter including his own opinion back at 13th of July.

I am also going to bold and underline Karate mentions on the list for lols.
Note that Tengu = Karate.

First off! My list! Strong: Karate, Shen, Hwa, and Beni (he can fight everybody). Weak: Mai, Terry, Maxima

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223642220165742593

Taiwan's Ryo_Ren list. Strong: Tengu, Ex Iori, Shen, Beni, Kyo, Kim. Weak: Mai, Leona, Terry, Athena-she is only strong if the player is too

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223642800384774144

Jpn's Kaoru. Strong: Karate, Ryo?, Daimon. Weak: Elizabeth, Mature. I didn't get a chance to watch Kaoru's Ryo at all this weekend...

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223643085178019842

Japan's Kyabetsu. Strong: Karate, Karate, and Karate. Weak: Elizabeth and Kula

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223643307706822656

China's Dakou. Strong: Tengu, Shen, Kim. Weak: Dakou's only training partner is XiaoHai and they cannot determine who is weak yet

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223643570945536001

China's XiaoHai: Kim, Duo, Chin (if you don't understand the matchup). ... This list seems very influenced by EVO results.

Also, XiaoHai believes that Karate is only upper mid. Both of them believe that this game is more about matchups and gimmicks

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223643825032273920
https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223644078414364672

Singapore's @XianMSG Strong: Karate, Ex Iori, Billy. Weak: Clark, Maxima (if you do not know the matchups, they will OCV you)

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223644845368029184

Chile's @KaneBlueriverCL Strong: "Easy touch of death combos" Shen, Joe, Hwa, Takuma, Vice, Claw (uses too much meter),cont.

Goro "The Forbidden Combo" Daimon, Ralf. Weak: "Have to work hard for damage" Duo, Leona, Mai, Ash

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223645413423587329
https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223645583968174082

@itzRomance list. Strong: Karate (opinion was changed after a long session with Ren), Shen, Both Ioris. Weak: Mai-has too many bad matchups

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223646147758129152

France's @eLivefrionel Above the rest: Kyo, Karate, Claw, Benimaru. Weak: Nobody is weak

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223646553825476609

France's Pharaon. Strong: Karate, Kyo, Claw, Saiki. Weak: No one is weak

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223646849905590272

France's Fox. Strong: Karate, Kyo, Yuri. Weak: Maxima, Ralf, Elizabeth

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223647034169757697

And the last person I got in contact with @balaLuisito. Strong: Karate, Ex Iori, Hwa, Beni, Claw, Kyo. Weak: Leona, Mai, Robert, Ash

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223647707665936384

Last tweet from Zerp;

That's everybody I found at EVO after finals ended. Couldn't find any of the ‪#CafeID‬ guys or other international players

https://twitter.com/Zerpin/status/223648135401054208

[17yearoldwarrior.]

stuff karate
i should start playing this some more, anyway anyone know some good duo players?
i always liked that guy cuz his f**king creepy lol.

[MadeManG74]

Execution/patience for learning links etc seems to be my biggest weakness for KOF. Who would you say are good options for low-execution characters? I spoke to Kyokugen about this at the last YSB, he said Maxima was a good choice (who I'm happy with) and maybe Kula. I'm currently running with Max, King, Billy, basically I want to replace King since I feel I'm not using her to the best potential (mainly using her as a zoning character atm).

[jarop]

Execution/patience for learning links etc seems to be my biggest weakness for KOF. Who would you say are good options for low-execution characters? I spoke to Kyokugen about this at the last YSB, he said Maxima was a good choice (who I'm happy with) and maybe Kula. I'm currently running with Max, King, Billy, basically I want to replace King since I feel I'm not using her to the best potential (mainly using her as a zoning character atm).

Regular Kyo is low execution (IMO anyway) and has ridiculous damage output. I would give him a go and ruin people's day with jump d.c

Has anybody been able to consistently hit the DP~DP plink shortcut? For example, apparently if you do DP+C~D with Yuri (DP drive cancel to demon flip) that should come out with only the single DP input. I can only get it when i mash so i have no idea in regards to the timing.

[fkuspencer]

- Romance defeated Kaoru, 2-0. It has been recorded and will update with youtube video.

Edit: I forgot to put this up before hand 4-5 days ago. It seems this was a good time to post this.

[Alexk]

Regular Kyo is low execution (IMO anyway) and has ridiculous damage output. I would give him a go and ruin people's day with jump d.c

[Cerillos]

- Romance defeated Kaoru, 2-0. It has been recorded and will update with youtube video.

Romance was so lucky in the 1st match. Taking notes about Kaoru's Daimon.

[Theundyingmage]

Mai is weak.....

but she will always be on my team on point regardless 

[Tom]

Execution/patience for learning links etc seems to be my biggest weakness for KOF. Who would you say are good options for low-execution characters? I spoke to Kyokugen about this at the last YSB, he said Maxima was a good choice (who I'm happy with) and maybe Kula. I'm currently running with Max, King, Billy, basically I want to replace King since I feel I'm not using her to the best potential (mainly using her as a zoning character atm).

Regular Kyo is low execution (IMO anyway) and has ridiculous damage output. I would give him a go and ruin people's day with jump d.c

Has anybody been able to consistently hit the DP~DP plink shortcut? For example, apparently if you do DP+C~D with Yuri (DP drive cancel to demon flip) that should come out with only the single DP input. I can only get it when i mash so i have no idea in regards to the timing.

Yea the single input plink dp has an odd timing to it, I got in around 1 in 3 when I tried it a while back. I find just doing dp+C into dp+D is easier.

[KellyNUTS]

Fuck, I need to start playing this game offline!