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The King of Fighters XV/Billy Kane/Strategy
General Gameplan
As stated on the Overview page; Billy is a read-based character that forces knowledge check situations and has to capitalize on them. Most of his important attacks are slow to start or have a lot of recovery and due to big hurtboxes they are prone to losing out or trading. The new cornerstone of his game is finding enough space to s.CD and play off of that. He is no longer king in the air and rather has to play grounded a lot. However he is quite good at batting air approaches either reacting with 214A, Shatter Strike, 2C or reading with jabs or a lucky 6B. Restrict them into situations such as 426C>236C (which is plus on block) or the tip of 6A on block for a guessing game. You need a lot of game knowledge and awareness on opponent tendencies to make the best use of your limited tools. Billy is very dependent on meter to make decisions count, but he's quite bad at building or sparing it. Arguments could be made for second or third slot.
Neutral
Billy needs a lot of space, his ideal range is somewhere on the inside of his s.CD and further away. Inside s.CD range your plan is to dictate the match by landing s.CD and canceling into one of three things:
- Either you go for 6A which on s.CD-hit will net a combo, on block the 6A should be spaced perfectly for your next guessing game. You need to hit s.CD from about the middle of its range to connect with 6A.
- 426C into 236C will vacuum your opponent in for plus on block pressure.
- 6B a somewhat risky play because it will whiff on crouchers, but this might catch them jumping or moving.
- You could also opt for no cancels, just wait, because all of them can be blown out with their own Shatter Strike.
Anything else you do is in hopes of getting the situation mention above. From jump range, swat them from the air with a reactional 214A or Shatter Strike. On the ground you can poke them with far C or 426A and at mid-to-close range you can go for far A, far B, 2A or sweep. All of which will eventually lead you to the 6A on block situation from where you can threaten another s.CD or blast them with Shatter Strike. Billy can run the traditional KOF gameflow too, but his tools are quite lacking for that at the moment.
