The King of Fighters '98 UMFE/Clark Still

Normal Moves

Close

• cl. A: same as st.A
• cl. B: Clarks fastest normal at 2f so useful when you're up close and need the speed. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cl. C: very fast at 3f and his main heavy combo normal. Good for meaties due to its long active frames. Cancelable.
• cl. D: has low invul from startup until after the active frames so it can be good for blowing up lows on a read.

Stand

• st. A: has nice priority and a decent amount of active frames so it's good for stopping hops. Chainable. Cancelable.
• st. B: a decent poke as it has good speed and priority.
• st. C: reaches really far but whiffs on most crouchers.
• st. D: hits low crouchers, has better priority than st.C and is faster but it doesn't reach as far.

Crouch

• cr. A: is pretty standard. could be good for tick throws if you cancel dp+K out of it. Cancelable. Chainable.
• cr. B: your main low combo starter and a core part of his mixup and pressure game. Not cancelable but you can link his 1f command grab afterwards for a combo. Chainable.
• cr. C: has less range than his standing pokes but has a lot of active frames so it's good for meaties and comes out fairly fast, it also recovers really fast. can be used as a shorter ranged poke.
• cr. D: Fast sweep with decent range

Jump

• j. A: your main jumpin button for combos, comes out quite fast.
• j. B: a fast air to air normal, good for hitting characters straight in front of Clark.
• j. C: his most damaging air to air normal so good for max damage punishes but outclassed in other situations.
• j. D: great air to air normal that hits above clark. especially good when done with a short hop.

Blowback

• st. CD: has a large hitbox that essentially creates a wall in front of clark but it has quite a lot of startup, good for whiff canceling
• j. CD: is your main jumpin normal for pressure.

Command Normals

Stomping f+B

• mostly used after a meaty cl.C, though it won't combo into anything else after this due to the pushback of it. Cancelable.

Throws

Gallanting German: b/f + C (close)

• regular throw, techable. Clark goes behind the opponent and flings them behind him sending them full screen away with a soft knockdown.

Fisherman Buster: b/f + D (close)

• regular throw, techable. Clark picks the opponent up and suplexes them behind him causing a backturned hard knockdown.

Death Lake Driver: b/d/f + C/D (in the air)

• air grab, not techable. Clark grabs the opponent in the air and throws them down to the ground in front of him causing a hard knockdown.

Special Moves

Vulcan Punch: press A/C repeatedly (can be cancelled by pressing ABCD simultaneously)

• Clark delivers a series of quick punches angled upwards. the punches has 2 alternating hitboxes, one angled upwards and one angled in front of clark.

• this move isn't great as an anti air as it can be hard to time and even the upwards hitbox isn't that great.

• can be made safer on block or whiff by cancelling it with ABCD

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

Flashing Elbow: qcf+ A/C after ($) moves

• a followup to a variety of Clarks specials.

• adds extra damage and still gives him time to pressure and run oki so it's safe to always go for this followup.

Super Arabian Burglary Backbreaker: hcf + A ($)

• a running command grab that puts the opponent behind clark with a hard knockdown.

• has a nice amount of low invul when Clark has started running.

• can be followed up with qcf+P for added damage and oki.

Rolling Cradle: hcf + C ($)

• a running grab where Clark rolls around with the opponent backwards.

• Clark runs further with this version compared to the C version and this version has more corner carry as well.

• has a nice amount of low invul when clark has started running.

• can be followed up with qcf+P for added damage and oki.

• causes a face down hard knockdown giving Clark more time to put pressure on the opponent on their wakeup compared to hcf+A.

Super Argentine Backbreaker: hcf + B/D (close) ($)

• Clarks 1 frame command grab and a staple of his mixup and combo game.

• causes a hard knockdown.

Napalm Stretch: dp + A/C ($)

• an anti air grab designed to catch people trying to jump out of his grounded command grabs.

• not great as an anti air since Clark will get hit out of it if the opponent has an attack out.

• causes a hard knockdown.

Frankensteiner: dp + B/D (close) ($)

• a slower command grab with full invul until the grab comes out.

• great move to catch people trying to wake up with a button or reversal as your invul frames will allow you to go through those.

• staple move of his mixup game as this will catch people trying to beat some of your other options like cr.B or a meaty.

• causes a backturned hard knockdown.

Desperation Moves

Ultra Argentine Backbreaker: hcb,hcb + A/C (close)

Running Three: hcf,hcf + B/D

Napalm Strike: hcb,hcb + B/D

Videos

King of Fighters 98 UM FE: Clark Guide by Mash It Out