The King of Fighters XIII/K'

K'

In a nutshell

Move List

Normal Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Standing Light Punch

kof.lp

25

chaincancel cancel

Standing Light Kick

kof.lk

30

cancel

Standing Heavy Punch

kof.sp

80

cancel

Close Heavy Punch

kof.sp

40+30

cancel

Standing Heavy Kick

kof.sk

80

Close Heavy Kick

kof.sk

70

low cancel

Crouching Light Punch

d + kof.lp

25

chaincancel cancel

Crouching Light Kick

d + kof.lk

30

low chaincancel cancel

Crouching Heavy Punch

d + kof.sp

70

cancel

Crouching Heavy Kick

d + kof.sk

80

low softknockdown cancel

Blowback Attack

kof.sp + kof.sk

75

softknockdown specialcancel

Jumping Light Punch

air kof.lp

Jump: 45
Hop: 40

high cancel

Jumping Light Kick

air kof.lk

Jump: 45
Hop: 40

high

Jumping Heavy Punch

air kof.sp

Jump: 72
Hop: 70

high cancel

Jumping Heavy Kick

air kof.sk

Jump: 70
Hop: 68

high cancel

Jumping Blowback Attack

air kof.sp + kof.sk

Jump: 80
Hop: 70

softknockdown cancel

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

One Inch

f + kof.lp

75

crumple

One Inch (canceled-into)

f + kof.lp

60

specialcancel

Throw

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Issetsu Seoi Nage

f or b + kof.sp or kof.sk (while close)

100

throw hardknockdown

Special Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Ein Trigger

qcf + p

p : 50
ex : 60

kof.lp and ex : softknockdown

Second Shoot

Ein Trigger, then f + kof.lk

p : 50
ex : 80

ex : projectilenullifier

Second Shell

Ein Trigger, then f + kof.sk

p : 40
ex : 25×2

softknockdown

Black Out

Ein Trigger, then b + k

-

Black Out

qcf + k

-

ex : startupinv

Minutes Spike

qcb + k

k : 70
ex : 150

airok softknockdown drivecancel
ex : autoguard
Air ex : anywherejuggle

Narrow Spike

Minutes Spike (ground), then qcb + k

k : 60
ex : 130

low softknockdown drivecancel

Crow Bites

dp + p

kof.lp : 60+40
kof.sp : 50+40+30
ex : 20×8+40×2+80

startupinv softknockdown drivecancel

Secondary Bites

kof.sp Crow Bites, then f + k

40

hardknockdown

Desperation Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Heat Drive

qcf qcf + p

200

startupinv softknockdown maxcancel

Chain Drive

qcf hcb + p

p : 25+0+10×3+15×6+70
ex : 25+0+10×3+12×6+10×3+12×7+40+80

startupinv softknockdown maxcancel

Hyper Chain Drive

hcb hcb kof.lp + kof.sp

20×3+(20+0)×21

hardknockdown

Strategy

Tips and Tricks

• The combo cr.B qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+P can technically done with another cr.B to hitconfirm, but this has to be at an extremely close range. Since qcf+A is safe on block anyway, there is little reason to bother hitconfirming before the special.
• With the input buffer of KOFXIII getting cl.C f+A xx qcf+A to not come out as cl.C f+A xx dp+A can be a real hassle. Luckily the weird input buffer it is possible to bypass this difficulty. If you input the qcf+A as 2369 (that is: Down, down-forward, forward, up-forward) the qcf+A will always come out.
• K's C dp ender combos work much easier the greater the distance you were from the opponent when launching with qcf+A f+D. Although doing a single cr.B qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D(whiff) dp+C combo is tricky, doing a cr.B cr.B or cl.C f.A combo makes it a lot easier, and the average range you will be doing cr.B qcf+A is not point blank in a real match anyway, so it's worth practising.
• When in the corner or near it, you can use qcb+B qcb+B instead of D to make the combos slightly easier.

Combos

0% Drive

0 Bar

• cr.B cr.B xx qcf+A f+B - (137, 18)

A keepaway combo that isn't very damaging, but it is hit-confirmable and can be mixed in with cancels into b+B for pressure.

• (jump attack) cr.B xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+C f+B - (289, 37)
• cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+C f+B- (340, 44)

Alternatively you can end this combo in dp+A to make it easier, at the cost of a lot of damage. The same trend applies for pretty much all K' combos ending in dp+P.

1 Bar

• (jump attack) cr.B xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+C f+B - (357, 31)
• cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+C f+B- (404, 38)

2 Bar

• (jump attack) cr.B xx qcf+A f+D qcfhcb+AC - (438, 13)
• cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcfhcb+AC - (489, 20)

50% Drive

All of the combos not involving K's Chain Drive SDM here are corner carry combos. They work anywhere but outside of the corner you may need to delay your dp+A to make sure your second qcb+K will connect properly.

0 Bar

• (jump attack) cr.B xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (DC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+C f+D' - (357, 31)
• cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (DC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+C f+D - (404, 38)

You may need to delay your dp+A to make sure the opponent is low enough to get hit by qcb+D with these combos, same for the rest of them. 1 Bar

• (jump attack) cr.B xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (DC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+C f+D - (441, 41)
• cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (DC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+C f+D - (482, 48)

2 Bar

• (jump attack) cr.B xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (DC) qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+C f+D - (501, 35)
• cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (DC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+C f+D - (538, 42)

• (jump attack) cr.B xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (SC) qcfhcb+AC - (527, 23)
• cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (SC) qcfhcb+AC - (572, 30)

K's Chain Drive super will only connect from a dp+A near the corner, and the dp+A has to be as low as possible to get the followup after he throws his sunglasses to actually hit. You can input the super cancel from dp+A to qcfhcb+AC as forward, down, down forward, forward A, down, down back, back AC (6236A 214AC).

3 Bar

• (jump attack) cr.B xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (SC) qcfhcb+AC - 595, 17
• cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) dp+A (1 hit) (SC) qcfhcb+AC - 636, 24

100% Drive

0 Bar

• cl.C f+A (HD) cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) [dp+A (1 hit) (HDC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff)] x4 dp+A (1 hit) (HDC) qcf+C (input dp+A qcf+C as forward, down, down forward A, hold forward, C) f+D f+A dp+C f+D - 629, 50

1 Bar

• cl.C f+A (HD) cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) [dp+A (1 hit) (HDC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff)] x4 dp+A (1 hit) (HDC) qcf+C (input dp+A qcf+C as forward, down, down forward A, hold forward, C) f+D f+A qcfhcb+P - 749, 32

2 Bar

• cl.C f+A (HD) cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+D qcb+D (whiff) [dp+A (1 hit) (HDC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff)] x4 dp+A (1 hit) (HDC) qcf+C (input dp+A qcf+C as forward, down, down forward A, hold forward, C) f+D f+A qcfhcb+AC - 856, 32

This is pretty much THE K' HD combo. It does insane damage for the cost, very important to learn. Using more bars after this is mostly only really a good idea if you'll kill them or it's their last char.

3 Bar

• cl.C f+A (HD) cl.C f+A xx qcf+A f+D qcb+BD qcb+K (whiff) [dp+A (1 hit) (HDC) qcb+D qcb+D (whiff)] x4 dp+A (1 hit) (HDC) qcf+C (input dp+A qcf+C as forward, down, down forward A, hold forward, C) f+D f+A qcfhcb+AC - 912, 32

Using more than 3 bars is not recommended. However you can do so if you really need to squeeze out that damage, in which case you will merely be adding in qcb+BD's into your HD loop as is appropriate. Make sure you have at least 2 bars left at the end to do the SDM! At max you can do an additional 3, which will net you an exactly 1000 damage combo, which is 100%.

Video for all listed K' HD combos