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The King of Fighters 2002 UM/Sie Kensou
Movelist
Throws
Power Blast - close, 
/ 
+ 
Psychic Slam - close, / + 
Command Moves
Tiger Takedown Punch - + 
Reverse Mass Kick - + 
Special Moves
Super Bullet Attack - 
+ /
Earth Dragon Fang Nibble - 
+
Heaven Dragon Fang Nibble - +
Arrow Kick - 
+ /
Dragon Uppercut - 
+ /
Dragon Talon Tear - in air, + /
Desperation Moves
Dragon God Kick - 
+
Dragon God Drubbing - +
RESPECT Meat Dumplings - + /
Super Desperation Move
Hermit Power Blast - close, +
Hidden Super Desperation Move
Dragon Awakening - +
| 0 Bar |
Low Anywhere |
cr.B, cr.Ax2, st.B = 13% (jump-in), cl.D, hcf+A = 21% |
| 1 Bar |
Low
|
cr.B, cr.A, qcf,hcb+D = 31% (jump-in), cl.D, qcf,hcb+D = 33% |
| 3 Bar |
Low Anywhere |
cr.B, cr.A, qcfx2+AC = 41% (jump-in), cl.D, qcfx2+AC = 42% |
Normals
Close
- cl.A/B/C/D are all cancellable
- cl.A/B chain into themselves and each other
Standing
- s.A is cancellable
- s.B is Kensou's furthest reaching normal and a decent hop killer
- s.C hits twice and is cancellable on the 2nd hit. It will connect both hits from a pretty far distance
- s.D is slow, but a decent anticipatory anti-air
Crouching
- cr.A/C are cancellable
- cr,A/B chain into themselves and each other.
Jump
- j.A/D are very solid jump in/combo starters
- j.B crosses up on standing opponents, but misses frequently on crouching ones
- Kensou lacks a solid crossup normal, but j.D acts as a fake crossup til the opponent understand there is nearly no risk of being crossed up.
- poor jump normals are mildly augmented by Dragon Tear special
Blowback
- s.CD is whiff cancellable
- j.CD has an interesting downward hitbox for jump ins.
Overall a pretty mediocre set of normals with some upsides.
Throws
Power Blast - (f/b + C)
- Soft knockdown
Psychic Slam - (b/f + D)
- Soft knockdown
Command Moves
Tiger Takedown Punch - (f + A)
- Kensou slams both fist into the opponent. Hits overhead
- can be comboed into, then becomes cancellable, but moves Kensou pretty far back so usually can't connect afterwards.
- can cancel into BC mode
Reverse Mass Kick - (f + B)
- Kensou hop forward with a short flying kick. Hits mid.
- can be comboed into and then becomes cancellable
- good spacing tool
- slightly negative on block
Special Moves
Super Bullet Attack - (qcb + A/C)
- Kensou's fireball move.
- A version is much slower to move across the screen allowing time to position
- A version is even on block point blank, C version is pretty negative on block
Earth Dragon Fang Nibble - (hcf + A)
- Kensou dashes in with an elbow then a two kick combo.
- causes soft knockdown
- good combo ender
- very unsafe on block
Heaven Dragon Fang Nibble - (hcf + C)
- Kensou kicks the opponent into the air with an ascending kick combo
- whiffs on crouching opponents
- can be comboed into
- with correct spacing can be used as an anti-air
Dragon Talon Tear - in air, (qcb + A/C)
- Kensou strike diagonally downward with his fists.
- hit mid
- can be comboed into
- A version is faster
- C version has a longer pause before descending and hit for 1 more hit than A version
- both versions be tiger kneed (qcb+ub)
- both versions a relatively safe on block
Dragon Uppercut - (rdp + B/D)
- Kensou spins upward in a cyclone of kicks
- can combo into them
- B version is faster and covers less vertical space
- C version moves Kensou forward a bit more and covers more vertical space
- both versions are unsafe on block
- B version is Kensou's go to reversal
Arrow Kick - (qcf + B/D)
- Kensou flips on his hand and send the opponent flying with a double kick
- both versions allow a juggle state on hit that you can combo into lots of specials, supers or reset
- cancellable into, but not comboable.
- the first part of the active frames of both versions have autoguard.
Desperation Moves
Dragon God Kick - (qcf hcb + B)
- super version of Kensou's hcf+A move, ends with his rdp kick.
- Second and third hits are overheads
- can combo into it as a decent ender
- causes soft knockdown
Dragon God Drubbing - (qcf hcb + D)
- super version of Kensou's hcf+C move, ends in rdp kick.
- Hits high, whiffs on low crouchers unless you combo cl.D into it point blank, in which case iit'll only whiff on crouching(Yuri, Kensou, Kula).
- can combo into it as an ender or for aerial punishes
- causes soft knockdown
RESPECT Meat Dumplings - (qcb x 2 + A/C)
- Kensou pulls a giant dumpling out to snack on
- 3 possible outcomes:
- Kensou cries in a long and fully vulnerable animation, no health gained. Probability: 50%
- Kensou dances in a long and fully vulnerable animation while recovering health, up to 25% if he's not interrupted. Probability: 47%
- Kensou leans back and clenches his fists in a very short animation with full invuln. If he's not interrupted, only grabs, he recovers all his life. Probability: 3%
Super Desperation Move
Hermit Power Blast - close (qcf x 2 + AC)
- Kensou put his hands towards the opponent and fills them with 4 rapid energy blasts then a last stronger one that sends them away.
- Causes 34% damage to the opponent.
- proximity unblockable that can be combo'ed into.
- causes soft knockdown
Hidden Super Desperation Move
Dragon Awakening - (qcf x 2 +BD)
- Kensou throws out a projectile that causes soft knockdown on hit.
- It destroys most meterless projectiles but just phases through super ones. Essentially if you use it against a DM projectile, you'll get hit.
- After it hits/phases through something, it also phases through the opponent without dealing any damage.
- A follow-up projectile floats back on screen from the opposite direction and if it hits Kensou he goes into a powered-up mode after a fully invuln non throwable animation.
- The follow-up projectile explodes if Kensou gets hit, blocks it, or destroys it with his own qcb+P projectile or the autoguard part of his qcf+K.
- While the follow-up projectile is on screen, the opponent can't throw projectiles anymore.
- Kensou does about 50% more damage when he is in his powered-up state and can't use his HDSM anymore.
- powered up state lasts until the next round.
Combos
0 Stock
Anywhere
★ cl.D, hcf+A
- cl.D, f+A
- cr.B/A, cr.Ax1~2, far B
- cl.B, rdp+D
Corner
- cl.D, f+B, air qcb+A
- f+B whiffs on crouching(Bao, K’, Joe, Benimaru, Iori, Mature, Vice, Leona, Athena, Kensou, Mai, Yuri, Chris, Kula, Foxy, Angel).
1 Stock
Anywhere
★ cr.B, cr.A, qcf,hcb+D
- Good 1 bar conversion to default to. Do it as cr.B, qcf, cr.A, hcb+D.
- cl.D, qcf,hcb+D
- qcf+K, qcf,hcb+D
- You can delay the DM to get more hits.
Corner
- cl.D, f+A, qcf,hcb+B
- f+A doesn't combo on crouching Bao.
2 Stocks
Anywhere
- qcf+K, run, rdp+D(2), (SC) qcf,hcb+D
- cl.D, BC run, cl.A/cr.A, rdp+D(2), qcf+K, run, rdp+D(2), (SC) qcf,hcb+D
- The first rdp+D whiffs on crouching Bao and you only get one hit on crouching (Vice, Mature, Benimaru, Jhun).
Corner
- cl.D, BC run, cl.D, [(C) hcf+A(2), (C) air qcb+A(1)]x2, (SC) qcf,hcb+K
- This is the only max route that works without issue on crouching Bao.
- cl.D, BC run, cl.A/cr.A, rdp+D(2), (C) qcf+B, air qcb+A(1-2), rdp+(2), (SC) qcf,hcb+D
- The first rdp+D whiffs on crouching Bao and you only get one hit on crouching (Vice, Mature, Benimaru). You can either TK the air qcb+A or jump then do it.
- cl.D, BC run, cl.A/cr.A, rdp+D(2), [ (C) hcf+A(2), (C) air qcb+A(1) ]x2, (SC) qcf,hcb+K
- rdp+D whiffs on crouching Bao and you only get one hit on crouching (Vice, Mature, Benimaru).
- cl.D, BC, f+B, air qcb+A(2), [ (C) hcf+A(2), (C) air qcb+A(1) ]x2, (SC) qcf,hcb+K
- Doesn't work on crouching(Bao, K’, Joe, Benimaru, Iori, Mature, Vice, Leona, Athena, Kensou, Mai, Yuri, Chris, Kula, Foxy, Jhun, Angel).
3 Stocks
Anywhere
★ cr.B, cr.A, qcfx2+AC
- Good 3 bar conversion. Do it as cr.B, qcf, cr.A, qcf+AC.
- cl.D, BC run, cl.A/cr.A, rdp+D(2), (C) qcf+B, qcfx2+BD
- rdp+D whiffs on crouching Bao and you only get one hit on crouching (Vice, Mature, Benimaru, Jhun).
Corner
- cl.D, BC run, cl.A/cr.A, rdp+D(2), (C) qcf+B, air qcb+A(1-2), qcfx2+BD
- rdp+D whiffs on crouching Bao and you only get one hit on crouching (Vice, Mature, Benimaru). You can TK qcb+A but jumping forward then doing it gives you more range.
- In any other corner 2 stocks combo, replace qcf,hcb+K by qcfx2+AC SDM
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