King Of Fighters XIII

[CrazyMobius]

 Saw Cody beasting a few people including Bill. I can't tell if it plays good or bad but it looks AMAZING. Use of light is really impressive. The only thing is the characters seem quite small.

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[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

I really wanna get into this game. Can't wait to try it out when I'm there this December 

Anyways Bill, I was reading that you've got unlimited amout of Drive Cancels for a period of time while the Hyper Drive meter is full but is that the only time you can cancel? Sorry if that's a KOF noob question, never really played any of the KOFs much except for KOF98.... But I'm total scrub at that and am keen to get an ass whooping at that on GGPO sometime if anyone is keen 

Yea unlimited when youre in EX mode or whatever its called. Outside of EX mode each drive cancel costs half your drive meter.

Saw Cody beasting a few people including Bill. I can't tell if it plays good or bad but it looks AMAZING. Use of light is really impressive. The only thing is the characters seem quite small.

Vote for next ranbats at Yifans.

Yea fuck im pretty useless. Cody's basic KOF is ridiculously awesome. He's at the point now where he is SO GOOD at the KOF fundamentals that he can pick up a character he has never played before and be awesome with him. We scrub out trying to pick our characters, and cody just goes random and slaughters people.

[gunsmoke]

Yea fuck im pretty useless. Cody's basic KOF is ridiculously awesome. He's at the point now where he is SO GOOD at the KOF fundamentals that he can pick up a character he has never played before and be awesome with him. We scrub out trying to pick our characters, and cody just goes random and slaughters people.

Is common when you sees Cody s play all KOF series . I usually spend 2-3 credit just to win hi on 98UM . He's timing of pressing button n command 98%(including reaction) . I guess for those who play with him in SF4is way different than KOF13. Lol cant wait to slaughter me today . 

[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

Raiden is fucking ridiculous.

Been watching a few SBO/Tougeki vids. And whenever there is a match where only one player has raiden, raiden always goes last, and ALWAYS reverse OCV's the other team. The only time i have actually seen raiden lose a match in a decent video is in a raiden mirror.

Random shoulder charge/combo into shoulder charge -> dropkick -> s.a -> dropkick ->EX grab/Neomax = 90% damage for only 2 STANDARD meters. Theres no drive cancel in that shit.

Hes the kind of character i want to learn and then NEVER EVER USE except to cheese out someone i dislike.

[zos'la]

that is if u can land it

[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

that is if u can land it

Its easy. Like, dumb easy.

Sort of like landing Ryu j.mp -> ultra in SF4. ITS THAT EASY. You dont even need to time anything. You score one random hit, and then you get 90% damage off of it. Its broken as all hell.

Even without meter, just getting dropkick -> jab -> dropkick is 50% damage.

Look at the last combo in this video.

And you can land the dropkick off of just about anything raiden does. Its insane.

All the characters in the game have a combo that does that much damage. The reason im so hype about raidens is BECUASE its so easy to land.

[gunsmoke]

Drop Kicks madnessssss

[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

Its so broken but SO AWESOME

[[NIUE] weazzyefff]

I bags Raiden. He suits my playstyle.

[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

TBH Weazzy this whole game suits your playstyle. In KOF, the counter to everything is to rush down harder than the other guy.

[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

Some of the tournaments for this game use a really really interesting format.

They use a points based ratio system.

Say youre playing in a "6 point" tournament, like the last Arcade Infinity tournament was. This means that your team can only be worth 6 points total. Each character has a certain number of points based on their tier.

5 Points: Raiden, K'
4 Points: Kyo, Elizabeth, Kula, Andy, Robert
3 Points: Iori, Shen, Takuma, Yuri
2 Points: Kim, Benimaru,
1 Point: Mai, Leona, Terry, Chin, Mature, Ash, King
0 Points: Joe, Athena, Ralf, Ryo, Maxima, Hwa Jai, Vice, Daimon, Duo Lon, Clark, Kensou

So if I wanted a 6 point team, i could use Andy/Ash/Terry. (4+1+1=6) But i wouldnt be allowed to use Raiden/K'/Kyo (5+5+4 =14)

This is a really interesting tournament format. We used something similar for a low tier marvel tourney we had not too long ago.

As far as the tiers go, I haven't played the game enough to comment on them. I know Raiden is top. And im sure K' probably is once people get a bit better. There doesnt really seem to be much difference between the tiers at this point IMO. Besides Raiden because hes so braindead.

[fluxcore]

So like cvs ratios then...

[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

Yea kind of. Obviously not built into the game. Just an interesting way of playing a tournament so that you see a better mix of characters.

[cha]

Raiden > Sagat
but AFAIK none of the Raiden players made it to the final of Tougeki? So i guess its not that bad.

Some advices for match up against Raiden I gathered from the web:
1. Rush him down in the first 10 seconds (the time he needs to charge for it to be effective), at least you should make sure your HP is higher then him after the first 10s.
Since its only scary when he's holding both kicks, he can't roll/quick recovery, so setup jumpins more with knockdowns say c.HK and j.CD and do crossup/non-crossup mixups, which is ridiculously hard to see in this game. You can even make it so you don't even know if its a crossup yourself, then hit confirm with light attacks -> combos.

2. After 10s, play defensive run away style,  wait for dp or any knockdown, then do the crossup mixup again. Remember never ever do fireball or backstep(if the other guy has the reaction). If your HP is lower than him, then good luck.

3. Character with better matchup against him, because of easy crossup: K, Kyo, Yuri, Iori, etc

4. use Raiden

[geneterror]

Yea kind of. Obviously not built into the game. Just an interesting way of playing a tournament so that you see a better mix of characters.

I think it's an awesome system. Damn I can't wait to find the time to go and play this. Even more I want dates for the console versions!!!!!