The King of Fighters '98 UMFE/Saisyu Kusanagi/Matchups

Matchups

Geese Howard

• You can use 623A/C, 236236C and 63214D in between the first and second hit of Double Reppuken to interrupt Geese.

Orochi Shermie

• Orochi Shermie's zoning and abare are incredibly potent against Saisyu, and so when you're not in her face with massive amounts of frame advantage you're going to have a hard time.
• Ideally, you should focus on going straight into tricky mixups to cash out on meter or hard knockdowns, or wait for O. Shermie to do something punishable and punish it. Her best abare options are usually punishable with the right move, so being patient during the rare chances you do get to establish pressure is paramount to avoid being put into electric kiss zoning.

Terry Bogard

• Lots of advancing mids and semi-decent pokes in neutral. Overcoming advancing specials such as Burn Knuckle using dodge or roll makes fighting Terry a lot easier.
• Regular Terry's Power Wave can actually stop hops, so be wary when approaching.
• Rising Tackle isn't the best DP, but it works. Make sure to be wary of it, and punish accordingly.
• Terry struggles to pressure or mix you up. Take advantage of this and get back on offence.

EX Terry Bogard

• Almost identical to regular Terry bar three changes: Power Wave, Round Wave and Fire Kick (Slide).
• Power Wave now goes fullscreen, but can be hopped over.
• Round Wave is cancelable, which allows for gimmicky pressure. Learn and punish the gaps.
• Fire Kick is a low profile slide with a cancelable first hit, often the most common choice for Round Wave pressure.
• Mostly the same matchup as regular Terry, but with the added risk of a low profile slide, and more notably, an Extra mode combo that does some insane damage.