The King of Fighters '98 UMFE/Yashiro Nanakase

Introduction

Yashiro is a big-buttons poking character with some excellent damage from his good confirms. Yashiro shines when he is in neutral and poking. He has multiple great poking normals, as well as a series of rekkas with different followups for combos that also have some poking and mixup use. Yashiro's close-range offense is a bit limited, but he does have access to an overhead and low confirms into DMs. On defense, Yashiro does have a DP, but it's pretty slow so it's hard to rely on. Yashiro is extra deadly when he has access to Extra mode meter, as that drives his combo damage up by a lot.

Changes from Previous Versions

98 to 98UM

Normals:

• st.C's recovery has been reduced by 5 frames

• cl.C's activation range has been reduced

• st.B's priority has been reduced

• j.D's active frames have been reduced

• j.D's priority has been reduced

• Raw f+A's startup has been decreased by 4 frames

• f+A can now OTG

• j.C now has a better crossup hitbox

Specials:

• hcf+P's damage has been reduced

• hcf+A's recovery has been increased

• dp+P's recovery has been increased

• hcf+C now hits overhead

Supers:

• qcb,hcf+P now has invincibility, MAX version is now fast enough to combo from lights

98UM to 98UMFE

Normals:

• cl.D now hits low

• j.C now easier to cross up with

Specials:

• hcf+A now has 2 frames less recovery

• hcf+A > qcf+A now has 3 frames less recovery

• qcb+K now does much more stun

Normal Moves

Close

• cl.A: Whiffs on regular crouchers. Chainable and cancelable.

• cl.B: Not very useful, as it has a short activation range. Chainable and cancelable.

• cl.C: Good as a close-up anti-air to catch jumps. Good combo normal. Whiffs on tiny crouchers. Cancelable.

• cl.D: Hits low. Another good combo button. Cancelable.

Standing

• st.A: Good long-ranged poke for checking movement, especially hops. Chainable and cancelable.

• st.B: Great long-ranged poke. Good for stopping hops and forwards movement.

• st.C: Fairly slow and doesn't reach very far. Very good hitbox. Cancelable on hit, block, and whiff.

• st.D: Slow move with a lot of recovery. Can work as an anti-air if done early enough.

Crouching

• cr.A: Great long-ranged cr.A. Good for comboing and blockstrings, as well as tick throws. Chainable and cancelable.

• cr.B: Long-ranged and fairly fast cr.B. One of his main low combo and blockstring starters. Chainable.

• cr.C: Great anti-air, as it comes out fast and has a lot of priority. Also great as a grounded poke for the same reasons. Cancelable.

• cr.D: A fairly slow sweep with long range and great priority. Cancelable on hit, block, and whiff.

Jumping

• j.A: A great jumping normal due to its nice priority. Can work as a jump-in or as an air-to-air.

• j.B: Good air-to-air normal. Hits quite high up.

• j.C: Good jump-in normal. Can crossup.

• j.D: Great air-to-air normal. Whiffs on crouchers.

CD Normals

• st.CD: Moves forward. Good priority. Cancelable on hit, block, and whiff.

• j.CD: Great air-to-air normal when the opponent is higher up.

Throws

Liver Blow: b/f+C (close)

• Regular throw, techable. Yashiro punches the opponent in the stomach, sending them fullscreen away with a soft knockdown.

Hatchet Throw: b/f+D (close)

• Regular throw, techable. Yashiro picks the opponent up and slams them behind him, sending them fullscreen away with a backturned hard knockdown.

Command Moves

Regret Bash: f+A

• Done raw, this is an overhead that causes a hard knockdown and can OTG (and can even combo into itself as a result).

• When canceled into, it becomes cancelable combo filler.

Step Side Kick: f+B

• This move is the same whether canceled into or done raw.

• Good to use in combos, as it's cancelable.

• Hits mid, but does more damage in a combo than f+A.

Special Moves

Mighty Missile Bash: hcb+A/C

• Yashiro delivers a series of punches. On hit, the last hit launches the opponent into the air.

• The A version only does 2 hits and the C version does 4 hits.

• The recovery is too long to connect anything after the launch without Quick MAX.

• Both versions are very unsafe on block; therefore, this move is only really useful as a combo ender.

• Only combos from heavies.

Dual Upper: dp+A/C

• Yashiro does a big uppercut.

• Slow startup, but has full invincibility lasting into the active frames, making it a real reversal.

• Also has a guard point on the first hit.

• The slow startup makes it hard to use as a reversal, as it's quite easily baited and punished.

• Very unsafe on block.

Sledgehammer: qcb+B/D

• Yashiro jumps up and delivers a hammerfist to the ground.

• Hits overhead.

• Causes a hard knockdown.

• Very unsafe on block.

Jet Counter: hcf+A/C

• Yashiro does a quick forwards-dashing punch.

• The A version is a small uppercut that hits mid.

• The C version is a slower punch that hits overhead.

• The A version will combo from heavies, but the C version won't combo from anything.

• The A version is safer on block than the C version.

Steel Jet Counter: (during Jet Counter hit) qcf + A/C

• A version has Yashiro do a straight punch.

• This leaves the opponent standing on hit.

• this followup whiffs on short crouchers.

• the C version has Yashiro doing an uppercut that launches the opponent. This hits on all crouchers.

• both of these lets Yashiro combo after them when using the extra mode meters quick max cancel. Without it he doesn't get followups from them.

• The C versions quick max combo will only connect from the qcf+C starter and not the qcf+A starter. The A versions quick max combo connects from both.

Desperation Moves

Million Bash Stream: qcb, hcf + A/C

• Yashiro delivers a series of punches.

• has invul so can be used as a reversal.

• combos from heavies but not from lights.

• mainly good to use for the invul as it is outshined by his other super for combos.

Final Impact: qcf, qcf + A/C

• Yashiro delivers a powerful punch.

• can combo from lights and heavies. This move is extra important because it's Yashiros main way of comboing from lows as all his specials are too slow for it.

• very fast startup which makes it great for punishing.

• can be held to charge it up. The more you charge it the longer it's range becomes and at full charge it becomes unblockable and does 40% damage.

• Max version works the same as the regular version but has more damaage.

Combos

-Note: cr.B, cr.A is quite a hard link (2f), so you can also use cr.A in place of cr.B in any of the following combos, although cr.A doesn't hit low

0 Stock

Low

• cr.B/cr.A, cr.Ax2, st.B

• cr.B/cr.A, cr.A, dp+A

Anywhere

• (jump-in), cl.D, f+A, hcf+A, qcf+C

• (jump-in), cl.D, f+A, hcb+C

-Note: same damage as the first combo, this one grants slightly better oki but you have one less hit to hit confirm

1 Stock

Low

• cr.B/cr.A, cr.A, cr.A/st.A, qcfx2+P

Anywhere

• (jump-in), cl.D, f+A, qcb,hcf+P (mash)

-Note: qcb,hcf+P normally does 5 hits, but you can mash to get up to 13 hits

Quick Max

Anywhere

• (jump-in), cl.D, f+A, hcf+A > qcf+A, ABC, qcfx2+P

3 Stock/2 Stock Max/Low Health 1 Stock Extra Mode

• In any 1 stock combo, replace qcfx2+P with qcfx2+AC or qcb,hcf+P with qcb,hcf+AC

-Note: qcb,hcf+AC normally does 7 hits, but you can mash to get up to 23 hits

Videos

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