King Of Fighter R-2 Skills Faq ver. 4 By Mehdi Malekzandi (mehdi@andrew.cmu.edu) 7.12.1999 CONTENTS 1. changes and continuities 2. how do i get skills 3. why do i get skills 4. how can I beat the other guy to a bloody pulp while keeping safe 5. important notes before the beef of the faq 6. the skills 7. translated skills from the neogeo site. 8. final remarks ->Changes since ver. 2: Changed format back to text...o_O added a few more skills. Added a little skill pedigree :) ->Changes since ver. 1: More Skills, including those attained from the dreamcast link. Changed format from text to html 2. HOW DO I GET SKILLS? well according to the www.neogeo.co.jp site, each time you complete a stage you get a percentage increase in finding a rare skill, base on the difficulty setting. If you are plaing on easy, you get 0 points, normal 3, and hard gets 6 points. These points are the percentage of you obtaining a rare skill for the round. Not exactly sure how this works, but I have two ideas: let's say we are fighting at hard difficulty... you play against 4 people in the sunken ship stage, so you get a 24% chance of winning a rare, whereas you play 10 people in the ship graveyard, and so you get a 60% chance of getting a rare??? or you get 6% increases for each stage you play until you get a rare, and then it will reset to 0. Can't quite tell, since I've gotten a few streaks where three boards in a row give me rare skills. 3. WHY GET ALL THE SKILLS? It may sound pathetic, but snk is promoting the KoF r-2 with a little competition, in which 100 special seiko watches will awarded to the people who complete making mode. I only need three more. I haven't heard anything, but I think one of them is called scrap... :-/ Anyhow, It's also kind of fun when you get all the transformations to have Mai dressed as Rugal, talking to Kasumi about how Andy belongs to her... I guess I'm just a bit twisted here. Actually, some of the skills are a hoot. HIPITY is one of the most interesting, as it gives anyone a unique counter that draws from 5 of their moves. Basically, it's a 5 hit combo, but it seems to use different motions for each character... 4. HOW CAN i KILL OF MY ENEMY FASTEST, WITHOUT GETTING HURT? Some characters have a combo setup that will take advantage of the CPU's startup lag. The CPU takes about 2-3 seconds to actually start its attack, but in case you throw a projectile, or certain specials, it'll startup right away. Anyhow, here are a few ways too annihilate your foe without worrying about which skills you are holding. These are not really combos, but more like routines.When you see a part 1 and a part 2, you should do part 2 after the opponent is dizzy, as it is the more damaging combo. Chris (normal or orochi) jump A/B, stand A, forward+B, jump A/B, stand A, forward+B, QCB+A this will dizzy any opponent, unless your faint rate is altered. you can follow with: jump A/B, stand A, forward+B, QCB+A or more powerful (for RYO or IORI, who have higher intrinsic defense) jump A/B, stand A, forward+B, HCF+B and then: jump A/B, F,QCF+A. (should kill) or any DM/SDM SHERMIE (normal) (part 1)jump A/B, stand A, forward+B (part 2)jump A/B, stand A, forward+B, HCB+A, QCF+B follow with part 2 again. note:watch all the hits, and then look at the hit count on the screen. Even though the shermie whip hits twice, it is a throw and the hits are not counted. :-\ SHERMIE (orochi) (part 1)jump A/B, stand A, forward+B (part 2)jump A/B, stand A, forward+B, HCB+B, QCB+A follow with part 2 again. RUGAL jump A/B, stand A, jump A/B, stand A, HCB+A, walk close and QCF+A(hold) this will create the electricity ball, when the enemy gets up, it will either get ticked to death, or attempt to roll past, which is just as futile :) The second standing A should hit twice, otherwise, the combo routine won't work, so try to be close in the second punch. YASHIRO (part 1)jump A/B, stand A, forward+B (part 2)jump A/B, stand A, forward+A, HCB+A keep doing HCB+A right as CPU is getting up, even on difficult it is too stupid to block. IORI (part 1)jump A/B, stand A, forward A(two hits) (part 2)jump A/B, stand A, forward A, QCF+B(or F,QCF+B) QCB+Ax3 SHINGO (part 1) jump A/B, stand A, QCF+B (part 2) jump A/B, stand A, QCB+B BLUE MARY just kidding :) I wished that she was here, along with Yamazaki and Billy... 5. IMPORTANT POINTS: -> Any skill with the fifth box containing something like "'99 kyo" or "'99 anyone" means that the skill is from the dreamcast link. Keep in mind that some of these are attainable without the link. 6. SKILLS: the format of the each table is: -legend- HCF= half circle forward QCF= quarter circle forward HCB= half circle back QCB= quarter circle back atk= attack gd= gaurd RAZ= taunt ??????= hmmn, what will this be... Page 1 HARD2 normal up special up hard3 ... HARD3 normal up special up ... ... ORE WAP normal up hp max down chrome ... CHROME normal up hp max down ore bop ... ORE BOP normal up hp max down ... ... HEAVY1 special up normal up heavy2 ... HEAVY2 special up normal up heavy3 ... HEAVY3 special up normal up ... ... DOOM special up hp max down killer ... KILLER special up hp max down hades ... Page 2 HADES special up hp max down ... ... TECH1 skill up special up tech2 ... TECH2 skill up special up tech3 ... TECH3 skill up special up ... ... GORED skill up hp max down slay '99 Ryo SLAY skill up hp max down dragon ... DRAGON skill up hp max down ... ... SLAM1 toss up normal up slam2 ... SLAM2 toss up normal up slam3 ... SLAM3 toss up normal up ... ... Page 3 PRO POW toss up hp max down master '99 daimon MASTER toss up hp max down sumo ... SUMO toss up hp max down ... ... BISON critical up counter up asura ... ASURA critical up counter up grunt ... GRUNT critical up counter up ... ... TITAN pow charge faster ... atomic ... ATOMIC pow charge faster ... max ... TOPSTUF gauge up defense down melt ... MELT gauge up defense down max ... Page 4 MAX gauge: max hp max up ... ... STOCKUP gauge level up hp max up stock2 ... STOCK2 gauge level up hp max up ... ... GAUGE gauge level up hp max up gauge2 ... GAUGE2 gauge level up hp max up ... ... JUMP jump up speed up boom ... BOOM hp max up speed up bunny ... BUNNY hp max up speed up ... ... DASH speed up jump up xdash ... XDASH speed up jump up mdash ... Page 5 MDASH speed up jump up ... ... RUSH1 jump up counter up rush2 ... RUSH2 jump up counter up rush3 ... RUSH3 jump up counter up ... ... MACH1 speed up normal up mach2 ... MACH2 speed up normal up mach3 ... MACH3 speed up normal up ... ... SHADOW speed up jump up gale ... GALE speed up jump up bound ... BOUND speed up jump up ... ... page 6 BREAK gd break up gd pts down slip ... SLIP gd break up gd pts down crush ... CRUSH gd break up gd pts down ... ... MAD BOP ko pts up energy drain crusher '99 yashiro CRUSHER ko pts up energy drain die pow ... DIE POW ko pts up energy drain ... ... Fe HART faint down defense up ironsol ... IRONSOL faint down defense up nobili ... NOBILI faint down defense up ... ... GREATG gd pts up defense up superg ... page 7 SUPERG gd pts up defense up piped ... PIPED gd pts up defense up ... ... SOLID defense up hp max down ... ... GARG hp max up defense up ... ... HERO hp max up defense up king ... KING hp max up defense up duce ... DUCE hp max up defense up ... ... TUFF hp max up toss up macho ... MACHO hp max up toss up leo ... LEO hp max up toss up ... ... page 8 RES liveagain defense down res r ... RES R liveagain defense down res s ... RES S liveagain defense down ... ... NIRV sp control easy ... ... ... BURN1 normal up jump down burn2 '99 Kim BURN2 all atk not gd jump down burn3 ... BURN3 all atk not gd jump down ... ... GUIL1 special up speed down guil2 '99 Yamazaki GUIL2 all atk not gd2 all atk launch guil3 ... GUIL3 all atk not gd2 all atk launch ... ... page 9 HAMMA all atk launch all status change giant ... GIANT all atk launch all status change dyna ... DYNA all atk launch all status change ... ... DICER all atk launch all status change twister ... TWISTER all atk launch all status change taifu ... TAIFU all atk launch all status change ... ... HOT BLO all atk burn special up sear '99 Kyo SEAR all atk burn special up blaze ... BLAZE all atk burn special up ... ... 12000 all atk shock all statuschange 24000 '99 Shermie page 10 24000 all atk shock all statuschange 36000 ... 36000 all atk shock all statuschange ... ... THROWER toss area spread normal down dimen '99 Clark DIMEN toss area spread normal down vacuum ... VACUUM toss area spread normal down ... ... MINCER raz and... raz and... orc see ... ORC SEE raz and... raz and... aura ... AURA raz and... raz and... ... ... ANGER1 raz and... toss area narrow anger2 '99 Joe ANGER2 raz and... toss area narrow anger3 ... page 11 ANGER3 raz and... toss area narrow ... ... PEACE1 raz and... toss area narrow peace2 '99 Yuri PEACE2 raz and... toss area narrow peace3 ... PEACE3 raz and... toss area narrow ... ... HYPE1 raz and... special up hype2 '99 Iori HYPE2 raz and... special up hype3 ... HYPE3 raz and... special up ... ... KYO1 transform ... kyo2 '99 shingo IORI1 transform ... iori2 '99 leona TERRY1 transform ... terry2 '99 page 12 RYO 1 transform ... ryo2 '99 Robert SHING1 transform ... shing2 ... MAI 1 transform ... mai2 '99 Andy ATHEN1 transform ... athen2 '99 Sie YURI1 transform ... yuri2 '99 takuma KASU1 transform ... kasu2 '99 mary YASH 1 transform ... ... ... SHER1 transform ... sher2 '99 benimaru CHRIS1 transform ... chris2 '99 vice SAI1 transform ... sai2 '99 mature page 13 ESSE if it grew up and... ... bio ... BIO if it grew up and... ... horor ... HOROR transform defense up ... ... RUGAL1 transform ... rugal2 '99 heidern LEONA1 transform ... leona2 '99 choi KYO 2 transform special up kyo3 ... IORI 2 transform special up iori3 ... TERRY2 transform special up terry3 ... RYO2 transform special up ryo3 ... SHING2 transform special up shing3 ... page 14 MAI 2 transform special up mai3 ... ATHEN 2 transform special up athena3 ... YURI 2 transform special up yuri3 ... KASU 2 transform special up kasu3 ... YASH 2 transform special up yasiro3 ... SHER 2 transform special up sher3 ... CHRIS 2 transform special up chris3 ... SAI 2 transform special up sai3 ... RUGAL 2 transform special up rugal3 ... LEONA 2 transform special up leona3 ... page 15 KYO 3 transform special up ... ... IORI 3 transform special up ... ... TERRY 3 transform special up ... ... RYO 3 transform special up ... ... SHING 3 transform special up ... ... MAI 3 transform special up ... ... ATHEN3 transform special up ... ... YURI3 transform special up ... ... KASU3 transform special up ... ... YASH 3 transform special up ... ... page 16 SHER3 transform special up ... ... CHRIS 3 transform special up ... ... SAI3 transform special up ... ... RUGAL3 transform special up ... ... LEONA3 transform special up ... ... HEALING restore hp defense down holy '99 chizuru HOLY restore hp defense down restore ... RESTORE restore hp defense down ... ... LULLABY restore gauge hp max down anthem '99 athena ANTHEM restore gauge hp max down balm ... page 17 BALM restore gauge hp max down ... ... CHAIN hp restore hp max down chain ... CRAZY ultra up special up madness ... MADNESS ultra up special up berserk ... BERSERK ultra up special up ... ... TANTRUM if it grew up and... ... mace '99 Chin MACE special up ... sacre sacre SACRE special atk ... ... ... LEGEND if it grew up and... hp max down orochi '99 Terry OROCHI special up energy drain charge ... page 18 CHARGE special up faint up godbeam ... GODBEAM move:mushiki ... ... QCFx2+A/B PITY if it grew up and... hp max down hipity ... HIPITY w:burning knuckle ... counter, QCB+A WASTE if it grew up and... energy drain ... ... GUN move:aragami ... ... QCF+A GLOW if it grew up and... ... powshot ... POWSHOT move: ... ... F,QCF+A JUNK if it grew up and... normal down hatchet ... HATCHET move:75 ... ... HCB+A page 19 POWDER if it grew up and.. ... ... ... BOMBER move:orochi ... ... QCF,HCB+A DUCK if it grew up and.. toss area narrow ... ... NINJA critical moves normal down ... ... COWARD speed up hp max down ... ... SLAYER one blow win normal down ... ... SOVERN one blow win normal down ... ... KAISER one blow win normal down ... ... BITTER if it grew up and.. defense down ... '99 rugal REALITY if it grew up and.. defense down ... ... page 20 TOMORO counter x2 ... ... ... ?????? ... ... ... ... ?????? ... ... ... ... FETTERS if it grew up and... ... ... '99 chang PATTERN critical up ... ... ... KARMA normal down special down ... ... NEGA all moves counter hp max down ... ... EVILFLU normal up defense down anglmoa '99 chris ANGLMOA move:aragami move:orochi ... ... VOID if it grew up and... ... ... ... page 21 WINGS if it grew up and... ... ... ... JUMP UP triangle jump ok speed up ... ... STR UP all atk launch normal up ... ... RECOVER liveagain defense down ... ... OLD GUN move:aragami ... ... QCF+A ?????? ... ... ... HARD1 normal up special up ... ... WINLINE edit your message ... ... ... INLINE edit your message ... ... ... ENDLINE edit your message ... ... ... 7. SKILLS FROM THE JAPANESE NEO PAGE these came in three pages: rare, hidden, and skill I only tried to translate rare and hidden. I still need to translate the rest of the hiddens, but I'm not going to bother with the normal skills. RARE: 1. 12000 2. 24000 3. 36000 4. AIKI 5. AIKI NO GOKU 6. ASHIKASE 7. IATSU 1 8. IATSU 2 9. IATSU 3 10. IBIRU UIL (EVILFLU?) 11. IYASHI NO KAZE 12. OMEGA SOUL 13. OMEGA RUGAL 14. GAIRIMESUTO 15. CHROME 16. GIROCHIN 1 (GUIL 1,GUILLOTINE) 17. GIROCHIN 2 18. GIROCHIN 3 19. CRAZY 20. GOD WEAPON 21. ZIGOKU NO GAMU 1 22. ZIGOKU NO GAMU 2 23. ZIGOKU NO GAMU 3 24. STEROID 25. SEINA NO IBUKI 26. SOLUTION 27. CHAKRA 28. TENBURETO (TEN BULLET? TIN BURRITO???) 29. DRAGOON 30. BIO RIAKESA 31. BIO WEAPON 32. HERRING 33. PHOENIX 1 (RES) 34. PHOENIX 2 (RES R) 35. PHOENIX 3 (RES S) 36. BERSERK 37. MADNESS 38. MATERIAL 39. MUDANA AGAKI 40. SHINGO 1 HIDDEN: 1. AKU MONO SHISEN 2. ASHITANO TAMENI 3. ASHURA 4. AURA 5. OKURASU 1 6. OKURASU 2 7. OKURASU 3 8. OROCHI 9. ONSOKU TOBI 10. KAYAKU NO KONA 11. GIGANTO BLOW 12. KIRIMOMI BANCHI 13. KING MIND 14. GLOWING 15. KURO OBI NO WADA (BLACK BELT NO WADA??) 16. KOUSOKU TOBI 17. GODBEAM 18. KOWARE TAGON (BREAK TAGON?) 19. SATSUZIN KEN (MURDER STRIKE) 20. SABITA ONO 21. SANKAKU TOBI (TRIANGLE JUMP) 22. ZIGOKU NO KE 23. SHOCK-RETSUKEN 24. TOBI 25. SHURYU UDAN 26. SCRAP 27. SOUL HIRU (SOUL FIRE?) 28. SOLID BODY 29. SOLUJAR 30. TITAN BLOW 31. TATA KAI NO UTA (BATTLE SONG-ANTHEM) 32. TATSUZIN NO WADA 33. CHITAN NAKERU 8. FINAL REMARKS: special thanks to: ->Faust, kmfdm@technonet.com, who makes the full KoF R-2 faq. If not for him, I doubt I'd have bought a dreamcast. :) ->NeoGeo DHP mailing list, for giving me a good laugh, and a modicum of KoF info. ->SNK for sticking with the black and gold neogeo system and continually making it better no thanks to: ->The development team that brought us "Metal Slug: 1st Mission," they muffed a great chance at a great game. ->Anyone that intends to emulate the NGP, it's cheap, easy to find, and worth buying.