The King of Fighters 2002 UM/Goro Daimon

Normals

Close

• cl.A/B/C/D are all cancel-able
• cl.A is chain-able into itself and into cr.A, cr. A & far B
• cl.B whiffs on crouching opponents

Stand

• only far B is cancel-able
• far. A is a good poke that can be used to stop incoming hops and it does not whiff on crouching opponents
• far B is a good poke that hits low and is cancel-able
• far C has the same vertical height has far A and be used to stop incoming hops in advance
• far D can be used as a poke to stop jump-ins and incoming hops. It whiffs on crouching opponents

Crouch

• cr. A, and cr. D are cancel-able
• cr. D can be whiff cancelled
• cr. B and cr. D hits low
• cr. B is chain-able from cl. A
• cr. B has a shorter horizontal range than st. B. while cr. D has a shorter range than cr.B

Jumping

• j.A is good for jumping in air-to-ground
• j.B can cross-up
• j.C swings downward at a short horizontal range & is good for air-to-ground
• j.D is good for jumping in air-to-ground and can instant overhead crouching opponents because of the deep downward hit-box

Blowback

• st. CD can be whiff cancel and has good horizontal range
• j. CD on hit causes a hard knockdown, and a counter wire on counter hit

Throws

Juuji Shime - close, (b or f + C)

• Goro grabs the opponent and chokes them ground

• Can be mashed out of by the opponent to lessen damage

• Causes hard knockdown

• The opponent lands less than a half-screen distance away from Goro, and Goro recovers faster than the opponent wakes up

Okuri Kyaku Harai - close, (b or f + D)

• Goro grabs and trips the opponent

• Causes a soft knockdown

• The opponent lands two character spaces away from Goro

Command Moves

Zujo Barai - (df + C)

• Goro's forearm uppercut that can be used as an anti-air. Not as powerful and spacial as his 98 version though.

• Only super cancel-able

• Can combo from his light normals, and close D (heavy kick)

Special Moves

Jiraishin - (dp + A/C)

• A button pounds the ground while C button is a feint

• Ground pound only hits standing opponents; can be evade if crouching

• Soft knockdown

Chou Ukemi - qcb + B/D

• Goro's cancel-able command roll. Doesn't have any invincibility frames at any point during the duration of the move.

• Can be cancelled from Goro's cancel-able normals

• B (light kick) version travels shorter than the A+B roll, while D (heavy kick) travels a bit further.

Kumo Tsukami - (hcf + A)

• Goro's anti-air command throw. Can throw falling opponents from a counter wire wall bounce.

• In counter hit state during command throw animation

• The opponent lands near the corner of the screen

• Can be beaten out by active jumping normal attacks

• Hard knockdown

Kirikabu Gaeshi - hcf + C

• Goro snatches the opponent off the ground (standing or laying down), then slams them the opposite direction. The opponent lands close to the corner of the screen.

• Can be blocked; Goro gains a great amount of push-back away from the opponent

• Can only throw OTG (on the ground) opponents that have not tech rolled

• Hard knockdown

Chou Oosotogari - close, dp + B/D

• Goro grabs the opponent then leg-trips them

• This is a delayed command throw that has some invincibility while Goro's steps toward the opponent

• The opponent bounces on the ground 3 times, then lands near the corner of the screen

• Hard knockdown

Tenchi Gaeshi - close, hcb, f + A/C

• Goro grabs and slams the opponent, then tosses them in the air. Goro steps forward during the toss a few character spaces from his original position.

• The opponent lands half-screen away from Goro. Goro recovers faster than the opponent wakes up.

• Has a whiff animation

• 1 Frame command throw

• Hard knockdown

Nekko Gaeshi - (qcf + B/D)

• After countering the opponent's attack, Goro grabs the opponent and over shoulder throws them

• The opponent lands a little under a half-screen distance away from Goro. Goro stands up and recovers before the opponent wakes up

• Can only counter standing mid attacks

• Hard knockdown

Ura Nage - close, (hcb, f + B/D)

• Goro runs toward the opponent, slides behind them, then body slams them

• The opponent lands a 3/4th screen distance away from Goro, near the corner

• Goro recovers rather slow after slamming the opponent

• Goro is in a counter hit state while running towards the opponent

• Hard knockdown

Desperation Move

Jigoku Otoshi Gokuraku - close, (hcb x 2 + A/C)

• This is the DM version of his hcb,f+P special move. Goro slams the opponent several times, to toss them towards the corner of the screen

• Can be cancelled from Goro's cancel-able normals

• Goro recovers almost around the same time the opponent wakes up

• 1 Frame command throw

• Hard knockdown

Nekko Meki - close, (hcf x 2 + B/D, hcf + B/D, then dp + B/D)

• This is both an auto-guard move and a delayed command throw Desperation Move.

• The auto-guard comes first then the delayed command throw. Opponents moves that are too far away that are auto-guarded, won't be caught by Goro's throw. If no moves are auto-guarded, the delayed command throw will still release if the opponent is in range.

• The first section of this DM (hcfx2+BD) is his throw from the qcf+K counter that does 10% damage

• The second section (hcf+K, Goro turns around after the first throw) is his hcf+P throw that does 12% damage. Goro recovers faster than the opponent wakes up which gives it the best okizeme opportunity.

• The final section (dp+K) is the body slam from his hcb,f+K throw that deals around 14% damage. Goro and the opponent recover around the same time after the knockdown.

• Hard knockdown

Super Desperation Moves

Jigoku Otoshi Gokuraku - close, (hcb x 2 + AC)

• This is a much more stronger version of the normal DM that deals around 45% damage

• Hard knockdown

Nekko Meki - hcf x 2 + BD (then, hcf + B/D, dp + B/D)

• This is a stronger version of the normal DM version that deals around 55% damage

• The last section (dp+K) is a combination of the animations of his hcbx2+P DM and his dp+P anti-air throw

• Hard knockdown

HSDM

Hourinkazan - hcb x 2 + BD

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