New KOF player looking for advice

rcorporon

I decided to take the plunge and pick up KOF XIII. My background is primarily Capcom fighters (mainly SF, I don't like vs. games) but the 2d sprites and overall cool characters in KOF XIII made me want to try it out.

My main in SFIV is Cody and I really enjoy his playstyle. Does he have a comparable character that I can use in KOF to get my feet wet a bit with the new game?

Also, any resources / guides that anybody knows would be appreciated.

I'll be playing on Xbox (XBL name: Yewni) if anybody wants to add me and show me the ropes.

Thanks, and look forward to playing!

Dr. Grammar

Some characters to try: Terry, Hwa Jai, Ralf, Mature, and Ryo.

It's still being worked on, but check out the SRK Hyper Guide: http://wiki.shoryuken.com/The_King_of_Fighters_XIII
Watch the video here: http://wiki.shoryuken.com/The_King_of_Fighters_XIII/Series_Guide

WinThenTalk

I strongly recommend Ralf, Shen Woo, and Benimaru / Terry / ex-Iori..

rcorporon

After watching a lot of videos and learning that in KoF you can combo into your command grabs, I think I'm going to give Daimon a spin.

rcorporon

Is there a website that is built more for KoF than SRK? A place with character specific sub forums, etc? Kind of like how dustloop is for BB.

Terrastorm

rcorporon, post: 6472375, member: 39898 wrote:

Is there a website that is built more for KoF than SRK? A place with character specific sub forums, etc? Kind of like how dustloop is for BB.

dreamcancel.com

WinThenTalk

rcorporon, post: 6472375, member: 39898 wrote:

Is there a website that is built more for KoF than SRK? A place with character specific sub forums, etc? Kind of like how dustloop is for BB.

Check MAD_KoF's YouTube channel for various matches. Videos are an hour long, but there are time-stamps of every matches in the videos descriptions.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MADKoF13

blockhead

Orochinagi too

Ajtucker22

Uh, I don't really feel like making a new thread so I suppose I'll ask it here.

Thinking about taking KOF seriously, but after sitting in training mode for a good hour I realized.... I don't really know what I'm looking to train for. And for the most part it feels like most of what I need to learn is match up knowledge. So what exactly should I be practicing? Obviously BNB's, but is there anything else? Is there anything else I should know? I'm typing this before I go and search for my specific character's BNB's and any other videos I can find, but if anyone can link me to something I may have missed it would be much appreciated.

blockhead

Understanding the gauges
Hopping
Rolling

davidkong07

I have a thread on dreamcancel specifically for helping new players:

http://dreamcancel.com/forum/index.php?topic=2033.0

Hope to see some of you there!

Ajtucker22

davidkong07, post: 6483731, member: 16990 wrote:

I have a thread on dreamcancel specifically for helping new players:

http://dreamcancel.com/forum/index.php?topic=2033.0

Hope to see some of you there!

I actually went to that thread and was reading a good amount of the posts. I tried signing up to ask some questions myself but, sadly, I'm getting errors while trying to sign up (specifically, it never sends me a confirmation email) which is why I ended up asking my question here. I'll definitely keep lurking though, at least until I can figure out what's wrong.

4neqs

This playlist may help, especially the first two vids. Dandy J's introduction to KOF vid(s) are good, not only for XIII.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACBF928FE62B806F&feature=plcp

thefloydian

I just bought the game as well. Which character would you suggest for a Ryu player? I have never played a KOF game before.

Alenth

thefloydian, post: 6535493, member: 63107 wrote:

I just bought the game as well. Which character would you suggest for a Ryu player? I have never played a KOF game before.

Kyo, Iori and K´ are good starts.

Zeromurasame

thefloydian, post: 6535493, member: 63107 wrote:

I just bought the game as well. Which character would you suggest for a Ryu player? I have never played a KOF game before.

Ryo, Robert, and Andy are characters that somewhat mirror Ryu. They all have the standard tool set and fundamentally handle like shoto's do. While having enough things unique to them to dig deeper into. One thing to note is that Ryo's fireball isn't like a conventional fireball, but more like a flashy poke(Think of Ryo as Dan if he were legitimately good) and he has parries that can cancel into specials. In essence he could be compared to a 3rd Strike character to an extent.

Bunnycap

Thinking about picking up this game as well. Any characters close to home like Hibki(cvs2, lastblade 2), Cammy, Rose, or Lili (from sfxt )?

Union

Just bought KOF XIII and really want to get into it, this may seem like the most noob question ever but is there a trick I'm missing with hops? I cant seem to get them to come out consistently. Also team is Iori/Kensou/Chin with Iori starting. Any general advice would be welcome.

GT: Union Garside if you want to beat the hell out of me.

Louiscipher

If just tapping up doesn't work for you, you can do a reverse super jump. Basically you hit up, then you immediately hit down. Takes a while to get it right though.

Union

Louiscipher, post: 6924102, member: 20911 wrote:

If just tapping up doesn't work for you, you can do a reverse super jump. Basically you hit up, then you immediately hit down. Takes a while to get it right though.

Wow, thanks for that, works pretty much everytime :)

ComboCrafter

rcorporon, post: 6471222, member: 39898 wrote:

I decided to take the plunge and pick up KOF XIII. My background is primarily Capcom fighters (mainly SF, I don't like vs. games) but the 2d sprites and overall cool characters in KOF XIII made me want to try it out.

My main in SFIV is Cody and I really enjoy his playstyle. Does he have a comparable character that I can use in KOF to get my feet wet a bit with the new game?

Also, any resources / guides that anybody knows would be appreciated.

I'll be playing on Xbox (XBL name: Yewni) if anybody wants to add me and show me the ropes.

Thanks, and look forward to playing!

i'll show or three on kof today if like ComboCrafter is my gamertag btw