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Kim Kaphwan / Re: Combos
« on: March 19, 2013, 11:58:11 AM »
There is a lot of discussion and things on the french kim combo community (That's more people that you might think hahaha)
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1/ His normals have limited reach. I don't think that's a very subjective statement; it might be relative, but he's the smallest characters in the XIII roster and in this case has one of the shortest reach if not the shortest.
2/ His specials ARE mostly unsafe. He only has two safe moves which aren't specials technically, they are EX Specials. Both counters, both versions of qcb P (non-EX) are unsafe. Anything you free cancel off the hcf K including df B (which is technically listed as a command move) is punishable. Df D is also punishable. Once again, only his Ex hcf K and Ex qcb P are -1.
3/ You cannot activate HD off his overhead. You can after you follow up his overhead into stance cancel s.C.
I also wrote ^that back in the arcade days when he didn't have the s.C cancel from d x2+K but those statements are still true unless I'm mistaken which I will gladly correct if that's the case.
-King's neomax is 1F, not 0
King's NM when done in the air, is 0F. Test it yourself, try jumping at the opponent, right when you're at about 1'0 clock of the character do the NM, AFTER The screen flashes try holding block--it won't work.
If you weren't blocking before the flash you will eat the NM. This much I know is true as I remember testing this back at Atlus, in fact it was Yu Namba (project manager for XIII console release) himself who showed it to me.
CONS :
-even if you do, normals have limited reach
-Specials are mostly unsafe
-Overhead cannot activate HD (due to it being in the air)
Yeah, Kyo can punish Billy's f. A on block with an EX orochinagi, but it's extremely difficult to do and kind of impractical in a match IMO. If the Kyo player misses that 1 frame timing they just wasted 2 bars, and on top of that they're more than likely going to get punished harder than the EX DM was worth anyway. But yeah it is something to look out for if you're facing a very strong Kyo player.
I will at least enter HD mode first and hit confirm into it. That's what most decent players would do. Besides, in HD mode, Neo Max will only cost two meters instead of three. If you already have three meters, you'll keep one in case your Neo Max whiffs or is blocked.