The King of Fighters XV/Ramón/Combos

Combos

General Notes

• Any combo which includes dp+BD can be combo'd into from cr.B > cr.A > cr.A/cr.B as well as any close heavy starter.
• cl.D deals ten points more damage than cl.C and cr.C, but it is much slower than cl.C and has worse range than cr.C, making its usage situational.
• Unlike command normal overheads, dp+D is still treated as an overhead even when it is used in combos, and thus XV's damage scaling rules for overheads will apply. Even if you can link into df+D, for example after df+BD, it is preferable to go for df+B instead because you will lose plenty of damage otherwise.

Rush Auto Combo

Meterless: Ends with hcf+A. (172 DMG)
1 Meter: Ends with hcb,hcb+A/C. (223 DMG)
2 Meter: Ends with hcb,hcb+AC. (347 DMG)
3 Meter: Ends with qcb,hcf+CD. (452 DMG)

Meterless

Combo	Damage	Stun	Meter cost	Meter Gain	Location	notes
c.B/2B > 41236C	144		0		Anywhere	Doubles as a tick throw on block, given 41236C's slower startup. You can use 41236A instead for a more reliable combo.
c.B/2B > Rush Auto Combo	192		0		Anywhere	Yes, he's one of those characters.
c.C/2C > 3D > 236A	207		0		Anywhere	Forward hard knockdown.
c.C/2C > 3D > 41236A/C	225		0		Anywhere	Backward hard knockdown.
c.C/2C > 3D > 623B~623K > 22C	257		0		Anywhere	His most-damaging meterless combo, but it's a soft knockdown.
c.C/2C > 3D > 214A > 22AC	241				Corner	214A gives you generous amounts of corner carry, so you'll have an opportunity to land an inescapable Bird of Paradise OTG more often than you'd think.

EX

Combo	Damage	Stun	Meter cost	Meter Gain	Location	notes
2B > 2A > 623BD, 214A	228				Anywhere	Low starter, hard knockdown. Also works from c.C > 3D.
... > 623BD, 623B~623K > 22C	275				Anywhere	Low starter, soft knockdown. Also works from c.C > 3D.
... > 41236AC, 22AC					Anywhere	Backward hard knockdown. The Bird of Paradise OTG is guaranteed.
... > 623BD, 214A, 22AC					Corner	Nearly the same amount of damage as the midscreen soft knockdown ender and with much better oki.

1 Bar

Combo	Damage	Stun	Meter cost	Meter Gain	Location	notes
... > 236CD, 623B~623K > 22C	232 (raw 236CD)		1	0.5	Anywhere	Shatter Strike combo. You get meter back to use dp+BD, but doing this after Shatter Strike will automatically end the combo.
c.C/2C > 3D > 6321463214A/C	279		1		Anywhere	Leaves the opponent behind you but way too far out to get pressure from it. Using EX Tiger Neck Chancery gives you better damage and okizeme for half the price, so do that instead.
... > 3D > 623B~623K > 22A > 6321463214A	355		1		Anywhere	Only practical use for Tiger Spin over his other grabs is for super cancels such as this one.
CD > 214C, 2141236B/D	235		1		Midscreen	Grounded wall splat combo. The combo won't work if you don't feint cancel stCD for whatever reason. The super will fail to land in the corner.
... > 623BD, 623B~623K > 22A > 6321463214A	429 (c.C > 3D)		1.5		Anywhere	Minor damage improvement if you need to kill.
... > 236CD, 623B~623K > 22A > 6321463214A	344 (raw 236CD)		1.5		Anywhere	Shatter Strike combo. If it hits anti-air you can still land the dp+B, but you have to time it.

2 Bars

Combo	Damage	Stun	Meter cost	Meter Gain	Location	notes
c.C/2C > 3D > 623B~623K > 22A > 2141236BD	467		2		Anywhere	This super deals more damage than EX Tiger Spin and gives much better corner carry and okizeme.
... > 236CD > 623B~623K > 22A > 2141236BD	472 (raw 236CD)		2		Anywhere	Shatter Strike combo. If it hits anti-air you can still land the dp+B, but you have to time it.
CD > 214C, 2141236BD	363		2		Anywhere	More expensive version of the wall splat combo above.
... > 2141236BD, 22AC			2		Corner	Free Bird of Paradise OTG in the corner.

Ramón can turn any of his 1.5 bar combos into 2.5 bar combos by using 2141236BD instead of the non-EX version.

3 Bars

Combo	Damage	Stun	Meter cost	Meter Gain	Location	notes
... > 623B > 2141236CD			3		Anywhere	Being a two-hit Climax, Hyper Sonic • Ramón is hit hard by damage scaling. Cancelling Rolling Sobat itself is optimal for Climax combos, as the Hoist sequence will scale it down too much. This doesn't affect EX Volando, as its damage is spread across many hits and it has a tendency to miss when cancelled into from raw Rolling Sobat anyway.
236CD > 2141236B/D > 6321463214AC	527		3	0.5	Back to Corner	Very situational anti-air Shatter Strike combo which only works if your back is near the wall. Worth noting because this is the only feasible way for Ramón to land an Advanced Cancel, unless you actually go for qcb,hcf+B/D raw for whatever reason.

4 Bars

Combo	Damage	Stun	Meter cost	Meter Gain	Location	notes
... > f.B/3D > BC > c.C/2C > 3D > 623B > 2141236BD > 2141236CD					Anywhere	You're super cancelling Rolling Sobat itself because otherwise you won't have enough time to cancel into Climax, and even if you did the combo would be hit harder by damage scaling.

5 Bars

Combo	Damage	Stun	Meter cost	Meter Gain	Location	notes
... > 623B > 2141236BD > 2141236CD			5		Anywhere	Not exactly anchor material. If you do a Hoist sequence you will lose damage.