Capcom vs SNK/EX Benimaru

Overview Move list Combos Matchups Strategy Resources

Introduction

After Kyo's kidnapping following the events of The King of Fighters '97, and Daimon's return to judo, Benimaru would be the sole member of Team Japan to fight in the next two King of Fighters tournaments (those being the '99 tournaments and 2000 tournaments, respectively). One of the few characters who has competed in every single KOF tournament to date, Benimaru is currently the character with the most KOF wins (sitting at 8 wins), and his team in KOF15 is considered to be the heavy favourite to win the tournament entirely. This sounds really good but apparently it means nothing to Capcom considering Benimaru is merely a Ratio 1 character (on the same level as scrubs like Dan!)

EX Benimaru plays much more similarly to Benimaru in KOF98, bringing over his command normal, anti-air Raijin Kens and his command grab. Normal Benimaru may be more up to your speed if you want a simpler Benimaru.

EX Benimaru
Character Data
Ratio Assignment	Ratio 1

EX Mode Changelist

• EX Benimaru gains a new command normal; his Jacknife Kick (F+LK)
• EX Benimaru gets two new specials, an anti-air version of his Raijin Ken, and a command grab.
• EX Benimaru gets two new supers, an anti-air version of his Raikou Ken, and a command grab.
• EX Benimaru loses his Denei Spark super that Normal Benimaru had.
• Far HK can no longer be steered like Normal Beni's.
• HP Raijin Ken cannot be charged anymore.
• To compensate, EX Beni's HP Raijin Ken does more damage than an uncharged version of Normal Beni's HP Raijin Ken.
• EX Beni's Shinkuu Katategoma knocks down on the last hit now, and keeps the same side.
• Shinkuu Katategoma now only does chip damage on the final hit now.
• EX Beni cannot cancel his Shinkuu Katategoma.

Normal Attacks

Far Standing Normals

s.LP

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Special/Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Chain ender.

s.LK

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
One of his farthest normals (tied with his sweep I believe), while also being very fast.

s.HP

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Standard punch.

s.HK

No longer the Polnareff Normal

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Mid	-	-	-	-
Hopping sobat kick. Can hop over lows attacks and low fireballs like Iori's fireball. Interestingly enough, Benimaru is not considered to be in the air for this move, so if you hit him out of it, you'll be able to do your grounded punishes. EX Benimaru can't steer his Sobats like Normal Benimaru could.

Close Standing Normals

cl.LP

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Special/Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Close jab. Chainable as well. Probably one of the better jabs. Very fast, can link into either of his close heavy attacks.

cl.LK

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Special/Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Does not hit low, despite the appearance. Chain ender (can be chained into, but not out of).

cl.HP

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Special/Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Standard heavy punch.

cl.HK

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Special/Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Knee. Not his knee special.

Crouching Normals

cr.LP

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Special/Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Standard low jab. Chainable

cr.LK

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Special/Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Low kick. Chainable.

cr.HP

Foot Punch

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Super	Mid	-	-	-	-
Super-cancellable only, useful for cancelling into Raikou Ken without accidentally getting a Raijin Ken (more useful with EX Benimaru, due to the lack of Denei Spark).

cr.HK

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
Special/Super	Low	-	-	-	-
Sweep. Special and super cancellable, but the only thing that'll connect is a Raikou Ken.

Jumping Normals

j.LP

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Overhead	-	-	-	-

j.LK

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Overhead.	-	-	-	-
Can crossup.

j.HP

Electric Shoryuken

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Overhead	-	-	-	-

j.HK

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Overhead	-	-	-	-

Command Normals

Flying Drill
(in air)

The Drill

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Mid	-	-	-	-
Benimaru drills his opponent with a downwards divekick. Does multiple hits. There's a minimum height requirement before Beni can drill. Can't cancel into this like you could in KOF, nor can you perform this from a backdash.

Jacknife Kick

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Mid	-	-	-	-
Benimaru steps forward and kicks his opponent. How far he steps forward...depends on which side Benimaru is. Left side travels further than the right side. Glitch aside, this move is probably his longest-range poke considering he travels forward. Unlike in KOF, you can't cancel into or out of this move.

Throws

It's worth noting beforehand if you're coming from KOF that his throws are swapped around. His C throw in KOF is his HK throw in CvS1, and his D throw in KOF is his HP throw in CvS1.

Front Suplex
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Grab and Slam

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Throw	-	-	-	-
Benimaru tosses his opponent to the ground.

Catch and Shoot
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Knee to the gut

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Throw	-	-	-	-
Benimaru picks his opponent up and knees 'em in the face. Like all HK throws, this has a slightly longer startup, but more damaging than his HP throw. In the corner, can combo into a Lv. 3 Raikou Ken or Taikuu Raikou Ken.

Spinning Knee Press
(any input except ) +

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Throw	-	-	-	-
Air throw. Unbreakable, keeps the same side. More damaging that his HP throw, less damaging than his HK throw. Still his highest damaging air attack.

Special Moves

Raijin Ken

The projectile

Version	Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
Benimaru shoots an electic spark from his hand. Both versions do one hit. Light has faster startup, heavy does more damage, and has a bigger range, allowing it to hit crouchers who could crouch under the Light version. Heavy version cannot be charged like Normal Benimaru's does, but it does more damage to make up for it, making it a better option overall.

Taikuu Raijin Ken

but up there!

Version	Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
Anti-air version of his Raijin Ken, where Benimaru aims his spark diagonally upwards. Both versions do about the same amount of damage as a heavy grounded Raijin Ken. Aimed upwards for anti-air purposes, this will whiff on most, if not all crouchers; as well as many smaller characters standing like Yuri.

Iai Geri

The Knee

Version	Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
Benimaru does a lightning-fast knee that hits the opponent. His fastest special, this is his only special that can combo from light attacks. Damage is identical between versions, so there's little difference on which move you do. Unlike later games, you can't follow it up with the Handou Sandan Geri.

Shinkuu Katategoma

The Handspin

Version	Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
Benimaru does a spinning kick on his sides. Light version has him do 3 spins, Heavy version does 6. Compared to N.Benimaru's version of this move, EX Benimaru's version now only knocks down on the final hit, and the opponent is no longer sent careening over to the other side of the screen; giving Benimaru a knockdown that doesn't have him swap sides. However, N.Benimaru's amazing chip damage is not present in EX Benimaru's version; only the final hit of the move does chip damage, and at a much lower damage value. You can't cancel this move midway as well.

Benimaru Collider

Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
-	Throw	-	-	-	-
Command grab. Benimaru's most damaging special move by far, giving him a better high/low/throw presence than N.Benimaru. Cannot be comboed into, unlike in KOF. Everything is identical between versions

Super Moves

Raikou Ken

The bigger projectile

Version	Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
A super version of Benimaru's Raijin Ken, shooting a bigger spark from his hand that does more hits and more damage. Level 1 version does 5 hits, Level 2 does 7 and Level 3 does 10. Has a slight amount of startup frames, even on his Lv. 3 version, but the Raikouken is generally big enough that it can work as an anti-air or something. If Benimaru gets hit, the Raikouken ends as well. Only the Lv. 3 version has any real invincibility on startup, and even then you could probably do a well timed trade to stuff it or something. This can combo from sweeps, anti-air resets and his HK throw (in the corner)

Taikuu Raikou Ken

...but up there!

Version	Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
	-	Mid	-	-	-	-
Anti-air version of the Raikou Ken.

Electrigger

Version	Cancel Properties	Guard	Startup Frames	Total Frames	Adv. Hit	Adv. Block
	-	Throw	-	-	-	-
	-	Throw	-	-	-	-
	-	Throw	-	-	-	-
A super version of his Benimaru Collider Special. Command grab with further range than the move it's based off. By far and away his biggest damaging super, even compared to N.Benimaru's supers. The Level 1 version of Electrigger does slightly more damage than a Level 2 Raikou Ken or Denei Spark (and same thing for the Level 2 version of Electrigger compared to the Level 3 versions of his other supers!) It doesn't have the easy combo potential of Denei Spark, you can't combo into it like you could in KOF...but it's damaging enough that an opponent can be wary of getting too close to a metered Benimaru.

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