before everybody and theor moms starts bitching bout iori 95 in ff stage, it only against chin. how stupid do you have to be one youve fallen into that infinite to choose chin against iori i the first round in the ff stage.
imo the best canon kofs used for tourneys are 97 & 95, as long as you play with a rule that doesnt allow infinites thes are by fa the best kofs to play for tourneys. he reason fo that is that these 2 are 2 of the most balanced kofs around by far, i dare to say even better balance than 98 or 02 when you dont allow infinites, theyre that good.
kof xi is a tourney worthy kof imo but the balance is shittastic tier. so its way worse than 95 OR 97 WITHOUT INFINITES. 96 sucks balls, fact, same for 94, 99 is ass but not as bad as 94 or 96. 2000 is alright once you set a no infinites rule. 01 is ugly as hell but the gameplay is all there. 03 is ass though, why even bother with it when theres xi (xi has one of the shittiest casts of any kof though, so thats 1 point 03 has over xi).