The King of Fighters 2002/Iori Yagami

Movelist

Command Normals

1. Geshiki: Yumebiki - f+A, A

• swipes forward with his hand, which looks identical to his far C
• can be followed up by A, which does decent damage but will only connect from close range
• the A followup is cancellable into specials and DMs, f+A by itself is only cancellable to DMs

2. Geshiki: Goufu In "Shinigame" - f+B

• Iori does a very slow ax kick
• since it comes out so slow, it isn't of practical use. It can be punished on hit by a few moves unless cancelled out of
• overhead
• cancellable if cancelled into

3. Geshiki: Yuri Ori - b+B(air)

• Iori kicks behind himself
• Jumping behind is pretty much the only way to hit with this move, although some characters have large enough hitboxes that this move can hit from the front
• stuns longer than normal jump attacks, so it's very easy to combo into
• can be crouched under by most characters

Special Moves

1. 108 Shiki: Yami Barai - qcf+P

• Iori throws a ground projectile
• qcf+C travels alot faster than qcf+A, although both don't have good recovery

2. 127 Shiki: Aoihana - qcb+Px3

• Iori will do a punch, moving him forward. This can be done three times. For the third hit, Iori will jump into the air and hit them from above
• the followups can be delayed to confuse the opponent
• qcb+A comes out faster than qcb+C, although qcb+C covers more horizontal range
• the third hit is very punishable on block
• third hit is an overhead and hard knockdown
• free cancellable into
• free cancellable out of on the first and second hits

3. 212 Shiki: Kototsuki In - hcb+K

• Iori runs forward, faster than his running speed. If he connects, he will grab the opponent and blast them in the face
• hcb+B runs slightly more than half screen, while hcb+D will make him run full screen
• he recovers quickly if he whiffs but has horrible recovery time if the opponent blocks the attack
• hard knockdown
• does alot of guardcrush damage on the first hit
• free cancellable into
• free cancellable out of on the first hit

4. 100 Shiki: Oniyaki - dp+P

• a decent fast, vertical anti-air but lacks much invincibility
• free cancellable into
• dp+A free cancellable out of, dp+C free cancellable out of on the first and second hit
• dp+A is supercancellable, dp+C is supercancellable on the first and second hit while Iori is on the ground

5. Kuzukaze - hcb f+P

• a delayed command throw with some startup invincibility
• can be followed up by any combo, although running up to combo them before they recover requires some practice

DMs

1. Kin 1211 Shiki: Ya Otome - qcf hcb+P

• Iori dashes across the screen. If he connects, he does a combo on the opponent. Otherwise, he will do nothing and is very open to attack
• hard knockdown
• can be followed up by qcfx4+AC, which should be done the moment the explosion from the end of his qcf hcb+P begins

1a. Ura 316 Shiki: Saika - qcfx4+AC (after Ya Otome DM version only)

• the opponent is lifted into the air, where Iori hits them with an attack
• it is possible for this move to whiff if it was cancelled into a bit too late
• in the corner, it can hit opponents off the ground and still not whiff even if cancelled late
• hard knockdown

SDMs

1. Kin 1211 Shiki: Ya Otome - qcf hcb+AC

• Iori dashes forward full screen length. If he connects, he will do a series of attacks doing 50% damage to the opponent. Otherwise, he does nothing and is very open to attack
• hard knockdown

HSDMs

1. Ura 1219 Shiki: En'ou - qcb hcf b f+AC

• Iori jumps very quickly across the screen, grabbing the opponent
• unblockable
• Iori is invincible during the leap, and when he is recovering

Notes

• cancellable normals are close A, crouch A, close B, close C, far C, crouch C
• whiff cancellable normals are close A, crouch A, close B, far C, crouch C
• CD is cancellable into command moves, specials and DMs
• close B is a low attack