The King of Fighters '98 UMFE/Heavy D!

Normal Moves

Standing

• st.A : Standard far standing jab meant for anti-airing hops. Has extremely fast startup and lots of reach, so it can also function as a poke in some situations. Whiffs on crouching characters.

• st.B : Slower and way less safe than far standing A, with the tradeoff being that it doesn't whiff on crouching characters. However, crouching A also doesn't whiff on crouching characters and doesn't have these downsides. Don't use this button.

• st.C : Gigantic poke with tons of range. Decent preemptive anti-air against hops.

• st.D : It's supposed to be an anti-air, but it's really slow and range-dependent, and the priority isn't great. Heavy D! has way better anti-airs, don't bother with this.

Close

• cl.A : Solid, lightning-fast combo filler. Has a really nice hitbox.

• cl.B : Interchangeable with close standing A in combos. Also has a really nice hitbox.

• cl.C : Fantastic punish material. Comes out fast and combos into everything combo-able, including Dancing Beat at close enough range.

• cl.D : Basically a little self-contained hit-confirm. Hits twice, with both hits being cancelable. Won't combo into Dancing Beat. Does the same damage as close standing C.

Crouching

• cr.A : Has insane range for a crouching A, and is otherwise pretty much identical to far standing A (except that it hits crouchers). Great for picking up combos after you chain a bunch of crouching Bs in a row.

• cr.B : Heavy D!'s low combo starter. Range is pretty small, but it can chain into itself a ridiculous number of times for excellent confirms.

• cr.C : Excellent anti-air with a ton of priority and nice speed.

• cr.D : Sweep with a surprising amount of range.

Jumping

• j.A : Good all-purpose jump-in. Good priority and not much pushback.

• j.B : The most crossup button imaginable. Ambiguous as hell and with barely any pushback, allowing for lots of followup chain combos.

• nj.B : Decent air-to-air.

• j.C : Two-hit normal that does the most damage out of all of Heavy D!'s jump-ins.

• j.D : Far-reaching jump-in and air-to-air.

CD Attacks

• st.CD : Nice poke that knocks down. Fairly slow.

• j.CD : Covers basically the same range as jumping D, but with a little more range and priority.

Throws

Stomach Buster: (close) b/f + C

Untechable mash throw. Opponent can mash to take away some of the hits, you can mash to do the hits faster before that happens. Doesn't switch sides. Soft knockdown.

Reverse Stomach Buster: (close) b/f + D

Another untechable mash throw. Opponent can mash to take away some of the hits, you can mash to do the hits faster before that happens. Switches sides. Hard knockdown.

Command Moves

Rock Crush: f + A

Extremely standard KoF command normal. By itself, it's a decently fast overhead. When canceled into, it combos from just about any normal and combos into Rolling Soul Diver or D. Crazy, although it's no longer an overhead. If you juggle into it, it's not damage-optimal but does give a hard knockdown with your opponent right next to you. Good for some useful conversions from lights.

Special Moves

Rolling Soul Diver: qcf + A/C

Heavy D!'s long-range dash punch. Good for ending grounded combos with lots of pushback or ending juggles if you want oki instead of damage. The A version is fast, while the C version goes further and does more damage. All the hits connect at every range. Shadow makes both versions faster and more damaging, to the point that the A version combos from lights.

Blast Upper: qcf + B/D

Heavy D!'s other big combo ender. Does more damage than Rolling Soul Diver, but has less range. Has a big-ass hitbox, so it makes a nice zoning tool and anti-air. Both versions do the same damage, but the B version is a bit faster (and combos from lights) while the D version has more range (and can be spaced to be safe). Great for ending juggles and just taking up space generally. Shadow makes it do more damage. Can nullify one projectile.

Ducking Combination: qcb + A/C (up to 2 times)

A weird but powerful rekka. The first part of the rekka has a ton of invincibility and moves forward quite a bit. The C version is slower than the A version but goes further, and has more invincibility. The second part of the rekka hits low and combos from the first part for the C version, and hits high but doesn't combo from the first part for the A version. Both versions of both parts can be mixed and matched. Ducking Combination is too slow to combo from anything, unfortunately, but it does a ton of damage and the invincibility makes it a great tool for blowing past neutral and forcing a mixup for free. Shadow makes both parts do more damage, although the extra damage for the first part only comes out if you don't follow it up.

Soul Flower: qcb + B/D

Sort of an anti-air move with limited invincibility. Slow, but very damaging, and launches for further damage. Fantastic for some juggles. B version is faster, while D version is more damaging and launches higher. Shadow makes it do even more damage.

Dancing Beat: (close) dp + A/C

A proximity unblockable, meaning it's basically a command grab at close range and doesn't come out otherwise. Does very nice damage. Shadow reduces the damage but makes it an insanely powerful launcher that opens up all of Heavy D's most damaging combo routes. Both the A and C versions are the same.

Shadow: d, d + A/C

An install move that powers up Heavy D!'s next special move in some way (generally more hits and damage). Once you have it, nothing gets rid of it except using it on a special move (or doing raw Rock Crush for some reason). If you do it twice in a row you end up spending it on a powered-up version of itself, which is pretty much useless. It's a very good idea to pop this in neutral whenever you get the chance, although the D. Shadow DM makes it much less important.

Desperation Move

D. Crazy: qcb, hcf + A/C

• a ranbu type super. has short invulnerability on start up.

D. Magnum: qcf, qcf + A/C (push down to hold)

• big super projectile.

D. Shadow: qcf, qcf + B/D

• super version of shadow special. has 0f start up and recovery. so is a great reversal tool, since you can see what is coming during super freeze. and works as free cancel from any button.

• normal version will stack 5. and will disappear over time. max version will last until next round.