The King of Fighters '98 UMFE/Blue Mary

Normal Moves

Format for Normals section. Be sure to add bullet points for multiple moves having a property (e.g. j. B/D cross-up; st/cr. A/B/C/D are whiff/cancelable). REMOVE AFTER WRITING IN

Close

• cl. A: fast startup and + on block. whiffs on short crouchers. Not chainable. Cancelable.
• cl. B: short ranged normal with good frame advantage. Can combo into cl.C with a 1f link. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cl. C: two hitting close normal. good to use in combos since it deals good damage and both hits are cancelable. Safe on block. Cancelable.
• cl. D: two hitting close normal. has a lot of startup and is less safe than cl.C so this one doesn't have much use. cancelable.

Stand

• st. A: fairly short range but it can be used to stop some hops. whiffs on short crouchers. Chainable. Not cancelable.
• st. B: great poke with fast startup, good range, nice active frames and good recovery. Whiffs on tiny crouchers. Not chainable. Not cancelable.
• st. C: long ranged poke with a lot of startup and recovery making it unsafe on whiff. Kinda hard to punish on block because of the pushback. not cancelable.
• st. D: slow poke with a lot of recovery. but it has a lot of low invincibility. Not cancelable.

Crouch

• cr. A: a crouching jab with fairly short reach. Kinda bad on block at -3. good combo tool after cr.Bs. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cr. B: her main low combo starter. has good reach. Shrinks her hurtbox quite a lot. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cr. C: moves her forward a little bit. Has a lot of recovery making it very punishable. can be used in combos from ranges cl.C would whiff. Cancelable.
• cr. D: long reach but has kinda long recovery making it unsafe on block and whiff. Shrinks her hurtbox a lot so she can go under some flying projectiles with it. Not cancelable.

Jump

• j. A: decent jumpin attack with a lot of active frames.
• j. B: has long reach downwards making it another decent jumpin attack. It can also be used as an instant overhead.
• j. C: has a nice hitbox in front and slightly below Mary so this move can function as both an air to air and air to ground attack. Comes out fairly slow though.

• neutral j. C: great hitbox for air to airing as it has loads of priority in front of Mary.

• j. D: Marys best jumpin normal due to it's good speed, reach and damage. Can crossup. can be used as a instant overhead when used during a hyper hop.

Blowback

• st. CD: good grounded poke that can be cancelled on whiff and on contact to make it safer or apply different mixups.

• j. CD: great air to air normal. Whiffs on low crouchers.

Throws

Victor Heave: (close) b/f + C

• regular throw, techable. Mary picks the opponent up and drops them behind her and then delivers a elbow strike. Sends the opponent half screen away behind Mary with a backturned hard knockdown.

Head Throw: (close) b/f + D

• regular throw, techable. Mary flings the opponent behind her full screen distance causing a soft knockdown.

Command Normals

Hammer Arch: f + A

• overhead when done raw, loses the overhead property when cancelled into.

• one of Marys primary mixup tools.

• punishable on block when done raw and when cancelled into.

• a staple in her combos as it combos after her heavy attacks and allows her to cancel into a special or super.

• gives hard knockdown when hitting an airborne opponent.

Climbing Arrow: df + B

• good anti air that hits high up.

• can be cancelled into dp on hit for a combo.

• shrinks her hurtbox so can low profile some jumpins.

• pops grounded opponents up for an aerial reset on hit.

Double Rolling: f + B

• a slow double kick. First hit has low invincibility but hits mid and second hit has no invincibility but hits low.

• unsafe on block and not cancelable so bad in combos as well.

• avoid using this move.

Special Moves

Spin Fall: qcf + B/D

• forward moving jumping kick. A version goes a shorter distance than the C version.

• will go over a good amount of grounded attacks so it's good to use as an approaching option.

• Safe on block -

• susceptible to anti airs.

M. Spider: qcf + A/C

• a jumping command grab. A version flies shorter and lower than the C version.

• very reactable and punishable if done raw and most of the time in any situation against good players.

• use it as an occasional mixup option.

• causes a backturned hard knockdown.

Straight Slicer: b~f + B/D

• a long range sliding kick. B version goes about half screen and D version goes almost full screen.

• can low profile a lot of mid height moves like pokes and some projectiles.

• It can also low profile jump in attacks so it functions as a good long range anti air as well.

• can combo from lights which gives her nice low confirms.

• it has a lot of active frames.

Crab Crunch: During Straight Slice hit, qcf + B/D

• a followup to the straight slicer. Mary grabs the opponent and breaks their leg.

• Always followup straight slicer with this since it only comes out on hit and nothing extra happens on block or whiff.

• causes a hard knockdown.

Vertical Arrow: dp + B/D

• a upwards travelling dp move. B version flies shorter than the D version.

• B version has faster startup than the C version.

• B version only has a bit of startup invincibility and D version has full startup invincibility that lasts until the 4th active frame

• B version can function as a fast anti air as it has a very good hitbox.

• D version functions as a reversal and as a late anti air.

• very unsafe on block and whiff.

M. Snatcher: During Vertical Arrow hit, dp + B/D

• a followup to her dp.

• always do this followup as it only comes out on hit and nothing extra happens on block or whiff.

• Causes a backturned hard knockdown.

Backdrop Real: (close) hcb, f + A/C

• a 1f command grab.

• good to use as a mixup tool and as a combo tool.

• also good as a fast punish tool against things that leaves the opponent point blank.

• very punishable on whiff.

• Causes soft knockdown.

M. Reverse Race Lock: qcb + B

• counters only high attacks-

• the counter is active on the second frame so excellent to use as a reactionary anti air.

• unsafe on whiff.

• causes a backturned hard knockdown.

M. Headbuster: qcb + D

• counters mid/low attacks

• Mary flings the opponent behind her leaving them in a juggleable state meaning you can combo after it with her dp+K, qcf,hcb+P super or a normal of your choice for a reset.

• unsafe on whiff.

Desperation Moves

M. Typhoon: (close) hcb, hcb + B/D

• a 1f command grab super.

• can be used in the same way as her hcb,f+P command grab but with more damage.

• Causes a hard knockdown.

• sends the opponent full screen away.

• Max damage just does more damage.

M. Splash Rose: qcf, hcb + A/C

• Mary travels forward fast and if it hits delivers a series of strikes.

• does less damage than her other supers and doesn't present many unique combo opportunities so this super isn't that useful.

• causes soft knockdown.

• Max damage does more hits and more damage

M. Dynamite Swing: qcf, qcf + B/D

• an invincible super that travels upwards a bit. If it hits Mary swings the opponent around and then throws them full screen.

• B version travels a shorter distance upwards and the throw hitbox after the first hit is shorter than the D version so using the D version is preferred.

• Good to use as a reversal due to the invincibility it has.

• Good to combo from lights with as her other supers won't combo from them.

• causes soft knockdown.

• Max version does more damage.

Combos

• cr.B cr.B cr.A b~f+B qcf+B

good meterless low confirm into a hard knockdown.

• cr.B cr.A qcfx2+D

simple low combo into super-

(j.X) cl.C f+A hcb,f+A/hcbx2+K

Your main jumpin and heavy button combo.

• st.B cl.C f+A hcb,f+P/hcbx2+K

a 1f link combo from a point blank st.B. Not very useful but it's there.

qcb+D run froward dp+K qcf+K/qcf,hcb+P/j.D reset

combo options after her mid counter.