The King of Fighters '98 UMFE/EX Terry

Normal Moves

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Close

• cl. A: a standard cl.A. Whiffs on short crouchers. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cl. B: will hit all crouchers. Not chainable. 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.

Stand

• st. A: standard jab. Good for stopping hops. Whiffs on regular crouchers. Chainable. Cancelable.
• st. B: good far reaching mid range poke. Not chainable. Not cancelable.
• st. C: Whiffs on low crouchers. Comes out ata nice height for stopping hops. Not cancelable.
• st. D: slow startup and recovery. Long range. Not cancelable.

Crouch

• cr. A: standard crouching jab. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cr. B: Terry's main low confirm option. Chainable. Not cancelable.
• cr. C: fairly fast, nice range and comboable. Cancelable on whiff and contact.
• cr. D: a long range sweep with fairly long startup. decent for midrange poking when cancelled. Cancelable on whiff and contact.

Jump

• j. A: nice priority for air to airs. Can also be used as a jumpin.
• j. B: mostly good as an air to air. whiffs on regular crouchers.
• j. C: decent jumpin. Can crossup.
• j. D: his most used jumpin and a great multi purpose tool. its good as an air to air and as a jumpin. It can also crossup and instant overhead.

Blowback

• st. CD: slow attack with a lot of startup. Has a lot of low invulnerability. Cancelable on whiff and contact.

• j. CD: great jumpin for pressure due to it's downwards angle.

Throws

Grasping Upper: (close) b/f + C

• regular throw, techable. Terry grabs the opponent and uppercuts them sending them almost full screen away causing a soft knockdown.

Buster Throw: (close) b/f + D

• regular throw, techable. Terry slams the opponent to the ground behind him sending them almost full screen away 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 on in front of him and the second on diagonally above him.

• the second hitbox can function as an anti air, and this is important because terry lacks a good anti air move among his normals.

• 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 full screen.

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

• C version is safe from full screen away and can be used as a way to get in, but use it sparingly it's easy to in a multitude of ways.

• 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 Terry.

• Moves with low invulnerability can go through the projectile.

Round Wave: dp + A/C

• a close ranged energy wave.

• on block it's special and super cancelable so you can cancel out of it for pressure or combos.

• long startup and recovery, it is not whiff cancelable so on whiff it is very punishable.

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

Crack Shot: qcb + B/D

• a arching kick. B version travels shorter and lower down than the C version.

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

• B version Will whiff on short crouchers

• D version takes longer to come out but is + on block.

• 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.

• (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.

• 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.