That said, SvC sports a decidedly SNK tone. The game is faster than the average Capcom game and is based on a King of Fighters 03 engine. SNK redrew all the Capcom characters in their own style and it shows. SvC sports a roster of over 35 characters and takes its characters from various sources in the Capcom and SNK stables. The game also features a very unique dialogue tree where every character in the game has specific comments for all of their opponents Who reply in a unique manner as well , a feature that should be included in more fighting games. SvC Chaos's Good and Bad Things You'll see this section on each character's page as well If you want to add more bad things, just do it. Game Mechanics Terms you'll need to get used to You have a joystick with 8 directions on a arcade. As the name states, it's just a combo with the character's Light Attacks involved. Some characters need it in their game, and some characters can't even do it, that just varies. Link is just comboing two moves, being them normals, Command Moves, Specials, Supers, and things like that. Some characters can link one normal into another one, or one Super into another Super, and there we go. It will have a different animation from a regular knockdown Something like a slamming animation on the ground , so you can see the difference. It's very useful to mixup the opponent. At the beginning of the round, each player's life is full. This bar, in fact, is made of two bars: A yellow one, and a red one. The red one will only go down once the yellow one go away. The first player to win 2 of the 3 rounds, wins the match. The Controls Attack Buttons - The buttons on the arcade have the traditional Neo Geo style: A and B - The Light Punch LP and Kick LK , respectively. If you're used to the Capcom style With 3 buttons for punch and kick , I'm sorry, but the Neo Geo games don't use 6 buttons. Important note: I'll most of the time, use LP instead of A, LK instead of B, and there we go, mainly for the Capcom players, because the Neo Geo players are already used to the ABCD layout. Moving Your Character The Joystick - Moving with the Joystick is something simple. If you press left, your character will move to the left, and if you press to the right, your character will move to the right. But it's not just that. You need to know that here we don't use left and right. We use BACKWARD and FORWARD here. So how can I know where is backward and forward? If a player blocks while standing, he can block middle, high, and air attacks But you'll be vulnerable to low attacks. The block can be used while crouching, and this stance will block the low and middle attacks But you'll be vulnerable to the air attacks, and the ground overhead attacks. Some high attacks can miss against certain crouching characters Like Choi, the smallest character in the game. Guard Meter - Well, every successful block will decrease your Guard Meter The green meter. It can be refilled slowly if you don't block any attacks. After the Guard Crush, the Guard Meter is refilled. You can refill your Guard Meter by doing a CD counter as well. Advanced Strategy Dash - Something basic, but advanced anyway. To use this just press ff To dash forwards or bb To dash backwards. You can attack or use any special move while dashing forward, but not backwards Mostly characters with air special moves can do this , but don't abuse this feature. You can jump while dashing too, and the character will jump higher with this See the High Jump section for more details. Most of the moves that have this feature don't make the character go to the blocking animation, but a brief pause happens instead, and then the move continues. Like in the normal block, triggering the Autoguard makes the Guard Crush gauge go down. Guard Cancel Attack GCA aka CD counter for the KoF players - To perform this, just press The HP C button and HK D button while blocking any attack. It costs one level of the Super Meter, so use with caution. When you do the input while blocking, your character does an attack Like the CD on the KoF series that knocks your opponent across the screen. It doesn't do any damage, but it'll refill your Guard Crush Gauge Which is useful in case you're feeling pressured. You can normal cancel the attack if it hits or if it's blocked Mainly used to get meter, or to charge some Supers. Guard Cancel Frontstep GCF - This is probably the most important thing in this game You'll see it a lot on high level matches , so you need to learn this technique. There are 2 ways to use it But you'll pick the second one : First Way : Do ff while blocking, it's like a dash, and it's kinda harder to do while blocking It's strange to stop holding back , but you can save the Super Meter if you master this As I said, this costs about 20% of one level. Second Way: Press LK B button , and HP C button while blocking. It's easier to do while blocking, because you don't have to worry about the directionals to use this. As I said before, this costs about 60% of one level. A good choice for beginners But it will be ignored on higher levels. High Jump - Any fighter can perform two different jumps: The regular jump Just press up on the joystick , and the High Jump. To do this jump, quickly move the joystick down and then up This works with up-forward and up-backwards as well , or do a forward dash f, f , and then just jump Works with the GCF too. If you do that, your character will jump higher than average. Although the engine used in the game is KoF-based, there is no short hop Which is sad. The first is A+B The two Light attacks , which throws your opponent forward. The second one is C+D The two Heavy attacks , which sends your opponent backwards. Just go to someplace near the opponent and press one of those two Some characters can do command throws, but let's use only those two now. You can escape from those throw too. I can only say one thing: It's hard. To escape from a throw, you need to press the exact combination made with the throw Note: You can't do that with Command throws, you won't need to do a 360 motion to escape from Hugo's Exceed. It would be unfair for Hugo, and most characters as well immediately after the animation begins. If a player used LP A button and LK B button on a throw, the other player must use the same buttons And only them in order to escape the throw You can use cheats too, but cheats are wrong. MAXIMUM Mode - This one is, without any doubt, the most important thing in this game It is just one of the things that make it broken, along with the GCF. At this time, the meter will be red, and the bar begins to decrease. P Sagat and Earthquake. During the MAXIMUM mode, you can use a move that decreases the meter even if you don't have enough power left For example, doing a Super move when you have only 1% of the bar. After the bar reaches zero, the Gauge will revert to the normal and almost boring Gauge. Once this gauge is empty, it will go back to the level 2, and you have to gain more power afterwards. If the round ends, and you're on the MAXIMUM Mode, the gauge will go back to level 2 as well. If you refill it again, you can go back to the MAXIMUM Mode anyway. Exceed Moves - Exceeds are like Super Moves, but you won't need any meter to use it. The requirement to use this are: The name of the character needs to be flashing. This will only happen with you when you lose your first bar The yellow one , and you have only the red one. There's something important in the Exceeds: You can only use them once on the match No, not on the round, it's on the match itself, which means, if you use any Exceed on the first round, you cannot use it on the round 2 or 3, so USE WITH CAUTION!!!! Recovery Roll - This is something easy, and good to begginers. It's a normal thing on the KoF series, so if you're used to it, it's a good progress. But if you don't know, just press A+B at the same time you land If you're in a knockdown state. This allows your character to recover on their feet quickly instead of being knocked down. You can even punish the opponent on certain situations. Move buffering - This is something tricky, but important. A nice example is dashing in the middle of the input, for example... Let's use Ryu's Shinkuu Hadouken. You probably know the input,right? If you don't know, which can be rare, here it is - QCF 2x +P. Now let's try to add a dash in the middle of the input. Just do this input: QCF, ff, QCF+P Works with GCF too. He can just swarm the entire screen with minions. Some characters can counter it too. Karate He could be higher on the list, because he is a boss character - Say that to Athena -, but... He needs to be on MAXIMUM Mode to do his things. Oh, he can't cancel normals too, and has almost no damage on his specials, making him almost useless outside of MAXIMUM Mode. Win with one of them, and you'll see how hype it is. Characters with a are selectable only on console versions of the game. I'm not sure if this tier list can be accepted I'm updating it from time to time, and I'll try to make sure that this Tier List is as accurate as possible. I think that the Low Tier part is okay , but anyway. Some Low Tier chars can win against characters from higher tiers, because what matters is the player, not the character Well, the problem is just... The game is just broken. For the console-only characters, it's just my opinion on where they are located. He isn't free to jump a lot too. If you learn how to use him, you'll be a small target jumping around any direction of the screen in an insane speed. He is not for beginners, but he is very fun to play once you learn how to use him. In my opinion, the SvC Chun-Li is one of her strongest versions. He has a huge amount of normals, which makes him one of the hardest characters to master. He is a big target as well although it doesn't looks like, and most zoning characters are very happy when they fight against him. SvC has the worst Sonic Boom too. If you like grapplers with 360 moves, he is yours. Oh, he can parry moves too. Zangief would be a better option, but we are okay with that. Not for beginners, but if you like grapplers... He has probably one of the best special anti-airs in the game, and if you like those Rekka characters, Iori is a great choice for beginners. I don't think she is for beginners. Has the best Shoryuken, and his fireball sucks. That's the Ken we know. Very easy to use, and I really recommend him for beginners. He is another easy-to-use Rekka character with great combo options in MAXIMUM Mode. I can say that she is for intermediate players. Has little-to-no combo options, his Exceed can't be confirmed, and his regular Psycho Crusher has no priority. The Dictador is not for beginners. He doesn't have many combo options, but he is very easy to learn, I recommend him for beginners. I can say that he is for intermediate players, because you'll need to know how to parry and counter almost any move. You don't know who you want to use? Just stick with Ryu to get used to the game, and one day you'll probably find your main. Sagat is just a zoning character, like on any other game. If you like to spam projectiles, Sagat is yours. Her combos are easy in my opinion, but she is a big target, sadly. You can begin with her if you like easy combos. She is kinda hard to learn here, so I won't recommend her for beginners. An easy and strong character to pick. I recommend him for beginners. He is not for beginners, but if you're already used to his playstyle, go ahead. Has infinites, easy MAXIMUM loops, and more stuff. If you're one of those tier whores, use him. Note: If you use Geese, only Geese players will like you. Second step - Repeat the first step, but use another button. Good for beginners, and in case you like spamming things from far away, he is a great character to choose. Top 3 in the game. The regular Iori is easier to use in my opinion, but their playstyle is pretty similiar. Oh, I almost forgot to say that the Gadouken got nerfed. He is not for beginners, obviously, but very fun to use. Easy to use, and has some good combos too. He is Top 4 in the game, excluding the console-only characters, and yes, most hidden characters are just broken. To do his things, you'll need good hands. You'll need some experience to use him. Is this one the same thing? Can be good for beginners, assuming that he can charge his meter. He is offensive-based, has double air fireballs, most of his Super Moves won't cost meter, and has an unblockable Exceed, the Misogi. Demitri is better anyway. Not for beginners, and has no crouching animation, but has crouching moves. She is the weakest boss in the game. Definitively not for beginners, but she has some of the most damaging normals in the game.
