The King of Fighters '98 UMFE/EX Terry

Introduction

EX Terry is a character with tools for every distance, like a fireball for long distances and solid pokes for midrange, but close up is where he shines. He has great confirms from both lows and jump-ins, a mix of frametraps and true blockstrings, and great combo damage. One of his best aspects is that his go-to strings are good combos on hit and safe blockstrings/frametraps on block, letting him autopilot his way through. With Extra mode meter, he also gets access to some very damaging Quick MAX combos that make him a lot scarier. His weaknesses include fairly weak anti-airing options, and a lack of mixups outside of the general system tools.

Changes from Previous Versions

98 to 98UM

Normals:

• The activation range of cl.D has been reduced

• st.D's priority has been reduced

• Full jump j.D now has less downwards priority, meaning that you can no longer use it to instant overhead on regular height crouchers; hop j.D still works for instant overheads, though

Specials:

• qcf+P now has 5 frames less recovery

• d~u+P now has some throw invincibility on startup

• hcf+B's damage has been reduced by 5 points

• hcf+D's damage has been reduced by 6 points

• dp+P has been added as a new move, it is special-cancelable on hit or block

Supers:

• qcb,db,f+P's hit effect is now the one from Real Bout Fatal Fury Special

• Third hit of qcb,db,f+AC has had its hitbox increased behind it

• All hits of qcb,db,f+AC now connect even at the edge of the screen; it will drop if used all the way in the corner though.

98UM to 98UMFE

Normals:

• st.B's damage has been increased from 5 to 6 points

Specials:

• qcb+D's recovery has been reduced by 3 frames

• qcb+D's hitbox has been extended downwards, it can now hit short crouchers

• hcf+K is now special-cancelable into any other special than another hcf+K

• qcf+C now builds less meter

• d~u+C now has extra invincibility

Supers:

• qcb,db,f+P now has 8 frames faster startup, but it no longer has invincibility after the super flash.

Normal Moves

Close

• cl.A: A standard cl.A. Whiffs on short crouchers. Chainable and cancelable.

• cl.B: Will hit all crouchers. Cancelable.

• cl.C: Two-hitting cl.C. Good to use in combos, as both hits are cancelable, making it easy to confirm from. Cancelable.

• cl.D: Larger activation range than cl.C, but only does 1 hit. Has a lot of active frames, so good as a meaty. Cancelable.

Standing

• st.A: Standard jab. Good for stopping hops. Whiffs on regular crouchers. Chainable and cancelable.

• st.B: Good far-reaching midrange poke.

• st.C: Whiffs on low crouchers. Comes out at a nice height for stopping hops.

• st.D: Slow startup and recovery. Long range.

Crouching

• cr.A: Standard crouching jab. Chainable and cancelable.

• cr.B: EX Terry's main low confirm option. Chainable.

• cr.C: Fairly fast, nice range and combo-able. Cancelable on hit, block, and whiff.

• cr.D: A long-range sweep with fairly long startup. Decent for midrange poking when canceled. Cancelable on hit, block, and whiff.

Jumping

• j.A: Nice priority for air-to-airs. Can also be used as a jump-in.

• j.B: Mostly good as an air-to-air. Whiffs on regular crouchers.

• j.C: Decent jump-in. Can crossup.

• j.D: His most-used jump-in and a great multipurpose tool. It's good as an air-to-air and as a jump-in. It can also crossup, and the hop version can instant overhead on regular-height crouchers.

CD Normals

• st.CD: Slow attack with a lot of startup. Has a lot of low invincibility. Cancelable on hit, block, and whiff.

• j.CD: Great jump-in for pressure due to its downwards angle.

Throws

Grasping Upper: b/f+C (close)

• Regular throw, techable. EX Terry grabs the opponent and uppercuts them, sending them almost fullscreen away and causing a soft knockdown.

Buster Throw: b/f+D (close)

• Regular throw, techable. EX Terry slams the opponent to the ground behind him, sending them almost fullscreen away and causing a backturned hard knockdown.

Command Moves

Back Knuckle: f+A

• Two-hitting move for combos and blockstrings.

• The second hit can whiff if there's too much pushback before the f+A.

• Only the second hit is cancelable.

Rising Upper: df+C

• Has two hitboxes, the first one in front of him and the second one diagonally above him. Only hits once, however.

• The second hitbox can function as an anti-air, and in fact works as EX Terry's main anti-air normal against full jumps.

• Good to use in combos that starts with lights, as f+A won't combo from them.

• Cancelable.

Special Moves

Burning Knuckles: qcb+A/C

• A dash punch. A version goes a short distance and C version goes fullscreen.

• A version is a good pressure tool, as it's safe when properly spaced out, works as a preemptive anti-air to catch jump-outs, and has a good hitbox to catch pokes.

• C version is safe from fullscreen away and can be used as a way to get in, but use it sparingly as its slow startup makes it easy to react to and stuff.

• Can be low-profiled and then punished by some moves.

Power Wave: qcf+A/C

• A grounded projectile. A version travels slower than the C version.

• Good zoning and pressure tool, as it's safe on block.

• Can be hopped over.

• Has a deadzone right in front of EX Terry.

• Moves with low invincibility can go through the projectile.

Round Wave: dp+A/C

• A close-ranged stationary projectile.

• On hit and block it's special- and super-cancelable, so you can use it to extend pressure or combos.

• Long startup and recovery, making it very punishable on whiff since you can't cancel it into something safe.

• Also very punishable on block and hit if you don't cancel it into anything.

Crack Shot: qcb+B/D

• An arching kick. B version travels shorter and lower down than the D version.

• B version is a good preemptive anti-air, and can be fairly safe on block if spaced.

• B version will whiff on short crouchers.

• D version takes longer to come out, but is plus on block and does multiple hits.

• as an anti air D version hits higher up than B version.

• only the last hit of D version will hit short crouchers.

Fire Kick:hcf + B/D

• a sliding kick with two hits that hits low.

• the first hit of the sliding kick is special cancelable which means you can make some true blockstrings and frame traps when combined with his other specials.

• the second hit is only cancelable into his rising tackle.

• good move to cancel into both as a combo and on block as it has a lot of reach and comes out fast so you can combo even from further distances.

• unsafe on block unless the first hit is cancelled into qcf+A or qcb+B.

• when not cancelled it causes a juggleable state so you can do a j.D for a reset. if you just let the opponent fall it causes a soft knockdown.

Rising Tackle: d~u + A/C

• a big upwards travelling spinning kick. B version goes a shorter distance but comes out faster.

• B version has startup invincibility and can be used as a fast anti air.

• D version has startup + some active frame invincibility making it a good reversal.

• unsafe on block or whiff.

• Causes soft knockdown.

Desperation Moves

Power Geyser:: qcb, db, f + A/C

• a large energy wave in front of Terry.

• has a large range upwards and in front of Terry so it works great as an anti air.

• its large range also makes it easy to combo into from all of his super cancelable tools.

• has full startup invulnerability but none on the active frames so it can trade.

• causes soft knockdown.

• the Max version does 3 big power geysers in a row, each appearing in front of the last.

• does more damage but the last hit can whiff if the move was done too close to the corner.

• causes soft knockdown.

Combos

• cr.B cr.A cr.A df+C hcf+K d~u+C/ j.D

low confirm combo. the rising tackle finisher is for max damage and the j.D is for a reset.

• cr.B cr.A cr.A df+C qcbf+P

low confirm into super.

• (j.X) cl.C f+A hcf+K d~u+C/j.D

standard combo from a jumpin or a heavy starter. on a jumpin you need to go into f+A on the first hit of cl.C for the combo to work.

• (j.X) cl.C f+A qcb,f+P

simple super combo from a jumpin or heavy.

• cr.B cr.A cr.A df+C hcf+K ABC qcb,f+P

Low confirm into a extra mode quick max that allows a super to connect after the second hit of hcf+K

• (j.X) cl.C df+C hcf+K(1) qcb+D ABC cr.A df+C qcb,f+P

A quick max combo that works on standing opponents only as the qcb+D will whiff on crouchers. on a crossup starter you can replace the later cr.A with a cl.D for more damage.

Videos

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