The King of Fighters 2002/Orochi Shermie

Normals

Cancelable Normals

• Close A, close B, and close C
• Far A and far B
• Crouch A, crouch B, and crouch C
• f + B is cancelable on the 2nd hit

Notes

• cr.B is so low that she evades mid air fireballs of Athena,Robert and Kensou. Also Chris's qcf + P. Therefore, preventing herself to fall victim to their trap and dirty fighting.
• cr.C and Standing CD have extremely good priority, great for anti-air attacks
• cr.C can counter even Billy's cr.A & f+A and even most of Choi's attacks. Its that good!
• cr.C is however better in KOF98, because it doesn't have slow recovery at all, but it doesn't hit as low as it does in KOF2002 (even hits crouching attacks).

• CD is also great. It's a good anti-air (Choi killer) and its free cancel-able on every frame. So, you can do any of her move during CD animation, making it fairly safe. Be aware cr.C and st.CD have a rather slow startup and recovery. So if you miss, they are punishable. Use them wisely.
• Air CD is great anti air. It also can keep your opponents staying on their side. you can follow up with qcf+B, CD (IDK if its air or ground) then follow up with qcf + A or qcb + D

• O. Shermie's standing CD in '98, although i'ts not as effective as the one in 2002, it's still a good move. It's still fast and can negate lower attacks, especially sweep lovers. It can also be canceled with any move (my suggestion is to cancel it with qcf+B/C, ideal if you are fighting a sweep lover like Leona so it'll up your chances of landing a counter hit, as the lightning sphere hits it, you can follow up with a DM (Ankoku Raikouken if you catch them in the corner or qcfx2+K if mid-scree), a really nice juggle!

• Her straight jump D kick is good for air to air attacks.

• She also has a good crossup attack. jump-in C. However, it's hard to follow-up with standing normal because the opponent usually recovers to block quickly after it. So, it's best to use is when opponent is getting up (on wake up).

• Crossup is also slightly better in KOF98.

• Other than that, she is same in KOF98.

Throws

Bakura - Close, b/f + C

Wipes out - Close, b/f + D

Command throws

Kourai - f + B

Special Moves

No Yatanagi Muchi - qcb+A/C

Shajitsu No Odori - qcb+B/D

No Mugetsu Raiun - HCF+A/B/C/D

Raijin no TSUE - qcf+B/D in air

Super Cancels

None

Free Cancel Into

• qcb+P only from a non-special move
• hcf+A/B/C/D only from a non-special move
• qcb+K
• (air) qcf+K

Free Cancel Out of

• f+B
• qcb + K

Cannot Free Cancel

None

Desperation Moves

Shukumei, Gen'ei, Shinshi - qcfx2+B/D

Ankoku Raikoken - qcfx2+A/C

Super Desperation Moves

Shukumei, Gen'ei, Shinshi - qcfx2+BD

Ankoku Raikoken - qcfx2+AC

Hidden Super Desperation Moves

Unmei no Ya - hcbx2+A/B/C/D

Strategic Run-down

• O. Shermie is a mind gamer, however, be careful if you are facing a skilled Yamazaki, he might repel your spheres pretty fast and he has pretty long range attacks who can prevent you to move. The best strategy against him is attacking while waking up as he doesn't have really quick recoveries from the ground. Then, just pressure him to death!

• Her hcf+A/B/C/D are good for mind games. But they also have slow recovery, so use it wisely as well.

They are excellent as an okizeme tool. For example, every time you knock down the opponent, do hcf+A and immediately run and do a jump-in C over the opponent before he gets up. It gets really confusing because you don't know which side to block, as you are between hcf+A fireball on one side and Shermie's crossup C on other. To confuse your opponent do a whiff, cr.C, b+A/C, d + C, f +A/B/C/D

• If your opponent gets hit with hcf+A on the ground try using qcb+P afterwards as it's a great combo ender. After that use another hcf+A to keep the mind games going.

• qcb+P is fast, but it doesn't hit crouching opponents because it will whiff and you can/will be punished afterward. So, use it only in combos or when you're absolutely sure. It can also negate fireballs and counter attack. It's especially good for short distance. Highly recommended against Athena, Kensou, and other fireball heavy characters.

• She's excellent in air attacks because of her qcf+K in air. It's really difficult to counter her jump because qcf+K slightly pushes her back in air, if you see opponent's attack coming use it. Jump a lot with alternating between jump C and jump qcf+K. Keep your opponent guessing what's coming.

• You can also do a real quick qcf+K by executing it after a back dash. Lethal when opponent is trying to catch you on ground or run up on you.

• qcb+K is useless. It's good if opponent is doing crouch D though, but I hardly ever see anyone doing spamming crouch D a lot nowadays except a few Iori's and maybe a few Kensou's. It also has poor recovery, even if you connect you and your opponent will recover almost at the same time. You can use it for mindgame situations, the D version can get you over mid-fireballs from a backstep.

• Both of her DMs have great priority. Both go through almost anything. qcfx2+P is almost as good as Benimaru's qcfx2+P in KOF97.

• Remember her qcf, qcf + P (DM) is your key move so whenever your opponent misses shots punish them with it.

• Whenever you hit your opponent with Air qcf+B/D move, stand close to your opponent and perform her qcfx2+B (DM) before the opponent gets up. It will be unblockable cause it reverse the guard.

• HSDM is useless. Don't use it since 50% of the time you'll just end up hitting yourself.