Top 10 Broken / Annoying Moves in KOF

[@nintendolife25]

I think Athena’s Psycho Ball is probably the biggest or only reason why she had a few detractors. From how spammable the move is to the way she yells it. Great job with this list, Shoryugame.

[@Hola-ro6yv]

But I like it.

[@IchimanVRSNA5]

Dont forget its tinnitus inducing voice line, you’d want to make sure you’re not blasting the game volume at 100% if u wanna still hear stuff other than PSYCHO BAAAAALL

[@markcarloestabillo5461]

I turn off the volume when I fight agains athena.

[@catisreckless4647]

I mute my laptop when I'm watching a tournament and she pops up. Between the "PsYcHo BALL" and that "Di-Di-Di" sound she makes when using backdash, I simply can't stand to listen to her anymore.

[@djpegao]

98' was the worst, since the whole fight was nothing but: *PSYCO BAAAALLL, TELEPORT, EEEEEEYYYYY*

[@clarencegutsy7309]

"It's Yamazaki, everything about him is perfect." Finally, someone gets it.

[@yvk1y_4lt3r]

Rugal's Genocide Cutter is enough for me...

[@ginox_0736]

I'd like to add Chris' slide (3B). Strong and annoying move that can punish jumps and even go under most projectiles

[@kyokugenryudisciple9349]

2:56 You know K’ probably responded with a loud “SHUT UP” when Whip humored the idea of bringing that attack back.

[@theolanderdilag3872]

K' going full on pt.3 Jotaro with "YAKAMASHI" and everything

[@PaperPrincessChannel]

PSYCHO BALL

[@SahajPS]

Bao's psycho ball 😂

[@meganinten0078]

I don't find Athena's screams annoying when she fires her Psycho Ball.... Except in KOF 97! That game has the WORST Athena's voice! 9:29 I think the reason why Athena is overhated is because many western players (especially in the FGC) hate 'cutesy/magical girl' characters for some unfair reason.

[@RockawayCarter]

I CAN'T BELIEVE MY PICK WAS NUMBER 1! THANK YOU SHORYUGAME! YOU UNDERSTAND TRUE PAIN!

[@thiagoribnog]

My wife hates Athena's voice when I playing 😂

[@Hola-ro6yv]

She’s just jealous of Athena’s cuteness 😂

[@KhukuriGod]

"That cute bag of pixels is stealing my husband."

[@meganinten0078]

When asking about fighting game characters who scream very loud, Makoto Mizoguchi (from the Fighter's History series) comes to my mind. Ray McDougal (in the first FH game) too, then Clown (another FH character)... .... Looking back, the characters in the original Fighter's History game have the funniest screams in 90s fighting games 😆 'THESPIO!! THESPIO!! THESPIO!!' 'TAKE A LOOK AT THAT!!' 'DEDEDE!!' 'BIG POTATO!!' 'DYNAMITE!!' I would love to see Mizoguchi as a guest character in another SNK game (he was in KOF MI Regulation A)

[@guillermo4687]

So excited to see the video, Shoryu! Can you do one on the worst/useless moves in KOF? PS: I was expecting Kasumi's jump D to be part of the list as it is, arguably, the most powerful move in 2002UM.

[@tedjomuljono3052]

Leona's boomerang from the Projectile Ban era

[@guillermo4687]

@@tedjomuljono3052that piece of crap should be #1. However, Vanessa’s SDM in 2002UM gives it a run for its money.

[@meganinten0078]

Worst/useless moves in KOF? Kula's snowman in KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A The first time Kula got that special move, unfortunately it was not very useful 😅 I am glad SNK brought back that move for Kula in KOF XV and it works much better 😄 Characters got new special/desperation moves in the MI games. Hope SNK brings back those moves for future games

[@meganinten0078]

Hyena faking his death should appear in that list of useless moves in KOF He is the joke character in the KOF Maximum Impact games and he does a good job being a joke 😆

[@meganinten0078]

​@@guillermo4687 You are right! SNK destroyed Vanessa in 2002UM when she was high tier in vanilla 2002 (in my opinion, the best version of Vanessa in terms of gameplay) 😔

[@ColinLack]

I love Athena and find her Psycho Balls super melodic.

[@Hola-ro6yv]

You are not alone my friend. ❤

[@GattlingCombo]

@@Hola-ro6yv Both of you get out! 🤣

[@thekid8224]

Same here i love her voice kof 95 and 97 are my favourites

[@Blankult]

I also like to eat glue 🤓

[@Hola-ro6yv]

@@thekid8224 Isn’t Athena just the cutest? I can’t get enough of her 😍

[@Enn.Vee_Nkocee]

Bro fighting someone who's a pro with choi is downright hellish.

[@remyroland8016]

I hate that character so bad. Hee jumps more than a kangaroo, especially when he toasts you with his 2 legs while being up.

[@meganinten0078]

2:56-3:00 😆 At least that technique is useful to annoy human players If you think Whip's screams are loud, you should listen to K' voice in KOF 2001 He sounds so fierce and angry in that game, he also screams very loud . I think it makes sense why he talks like that, KOF 2001 was the final chapter of the NESTS Saga, K' and his friends were very close to destroy NESTS once and for all.

[@Jeffmetal42]

As soon as I saw the video topic, my mind went straight to Choi and Athena. 🤣

[@royshaheer]

Choi is the Chad Korean Freddy Krueger 😂😂😂

[@hmvivo366]

Yeah Freddy Krueger influence still stronger

[@josephyoun8480]

Speaking of, does anybody know how this combination came to be? I'm Korean and I'm not aware of any popularity on 'nightmare in elm street' In Korea.

[@hmvivo366]

@@josephyoun8480 is 1984 film from us

[@Hola-ro6yv]

Choi is KOF’s Genan (from SamSho)

[@hmvivo366]

@@Hola-ro6yv yeah make sense

[@JoNassRasierer]

surprised Iori's Rekka wasn't on the list

[@forcrit2562]

For real, especially in 98 where it's one of the best specials in the game. Damage, range, speed, it's got it all

[@gabrielcg89]

I do hope Mian come back! And I never get tired of hearing "PSYCHO BALL!" hahahaha

[@BridgetGX]

Found the Athena main

[@Wiziliz]

KoF XIV's newcomers are so awesome, it's a shame so few are in XV

[@meganinten0078]

​@@WizilizTrue. With the only exception being Gang-Il, he is so boring... I am glad my girl Sylvie came back but I do miss Mui Mui, Zarina and Alice. I would love to see Kensou and Mui Mui as teammates.

[@akilreid9476]

96 Mature's standing CD is one of the most fucked up moves in KOF history

[@videogamesareforever]

I agree with the number one. That move has saved me so many times. Seems you forgot chris slide.

[@RudiTheMan]

Remember that Mad Iori in KoF 97? he got the most annoying jump kick/punch ever, he can do that all dat through the whole match and still win,

[@brennanmoores299]

This video gave me flashbacks to when an online Daimon in 98UM wiped the floor with my team, not one of my proudest moments

[@Jugadorpordiversion]

10.- Krohnen and Nameless are very broken, but with the nerf, Krohnen dropped a lot as a broken character and is no longer invincible. Nameless, on the other hand, his normals are quite powerful and has a terribly fast recovery, plus a 2 power bar combo that lowers almost 80% of life bar. Curiously, K9999 in KOF 2001/2002 was never top tier, and he was a regular character, kind of bad, and is much more difficult to control. Nameless doesn't. He has easier combos than K9999. 9.- Whip's 'Assasin Strike' is not the most broken thing in KOF '99. It's annoying, but not broken. Ralf's normals are much more terrible than that, and have horrendous range and speed. There's a reason the Ikari Warrior is Top Tier in that edition. 8.- Choi is annoying, yes. But with characters with good anti-air (like Iori, Kyo and Kim) and a lot of patience, you can stop him. Very few people use him because it is very easy to be vulnerable to anti-air, projectiles, and long range hits. The only game where it is broken is in KOF '97, and even then, it suffers a lot against Tops like Daimon, Chang, Iori and Chizuru. 7.- Annoying move, but there are worse things in KOF 14. 6.- Yes, that kick is annoying. But it's much more annoying the diagonal C fist in KOF 98, which has a disgustingly big range and a very big speed, although in KOF '98 UM they nerfed it. 5.- Annoying, but very predictable movement. With a projectile character or with counterattack you can neutralize it. 4.- In this I agree. Ex Ryo's DP is an excellent move. It was nerfed in KOF '98 UM but it's still good. 3.- 3.- Here it depends on the version of the character. Where the Pycho Ball is really annoying is in the original KOF 2002. In the other games, it's not such a good projectile. You just have to learn how to deal with Athena's projectiles. 2.- Exactly, K''s overhead in 2002 UM comes in so fast that you can barely react to counterattack. H.M.- Very much in agreement with most of the movements mentioned, especially Iori's command grab (which was fixed in KOF '98), and Yuri's hard kick Super Slash. 1.- 100% agree. Chris' CD is cancer, especially in KOF '98. In the other releases it's nerfed, but it's still very strong, but it's not so unfair anymore. There are still more things that are truly more broken and annoying than the ones mentioned in the video, like Angel's infinite combos from KOF 2002, Kyo in '95, Iori in '96, Terry and Yamazaki in '97, Kensou in KOF '99... and moves like Mature's CD in KOF '96, Kim's normal ones in 2002... and the list goes on and on.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Krizalid's Typhon Rage would also make a killer Assist trophy move making him one of the most powerful and rare Smash 6 Assist trophies.

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

The most annoying is definitely Sinobo Amou, boss of KOF Howling Blood. He has 2 phases, as a wind user, then a lightning user. If you think Goenitz is annoying, try fighting a boss with half screen, no frame start up lightning attack.

[@Gengar-2]

You might think "well if a grappler has an anti air, why not just zone?", well lemme tell you, Daimon also has a move called Jiraishin, which basically he slams his hands on the ground and if his opponent is also on the ground, they fall over, giving Daimon an oppurtunity to get in. It's an anti zoner tool, which is broken considering he is also a grappler with anti air attacks. Which makes Daimon one of the most annoying fighting game grapplers, when fighting against him you just gotta hope you land that combo because you basically have no other options. Also, am I the only one that thinks Bao's psycho balls are more annoying than Athenas? Because they go in all sorts of different directions, like he has a fricking psycho ball for everything! I also find his voice more annoying than Athena(unless we're talking about 98 Athena).

[@IncognitaEX]

Anything from Goro Diamon. I hate playing with and against him.

[@acecab5397]

LoL you've never played '96 obviously. Mature is not on this list.

[@Blankult]

"Once you hear the scream you'll understand" *doesn't play the sound*

[@mhstylesmugen]

As I said before, Whip's Assasin's Strike is annoying for how much the AI loves to spam it in KOF 99, plus that scream (THAT DAMN SCREAM), to make thing worse it seems that team that I faced the most in KOF 99 is the Ikari Warriors, which mean more spamming and screams.

[@kamenitachi2191]

definetlly mature's CD in kof 96 , that cd canibalize the entire roster

[@BridgetGX]

10. These normals are pure frustration to deal with. 9. This move is indeed annoying to deal with. The dramatic scream makes it funny though 8. All my homies hate Choi. 2002 Choi is pure hell to fight against 7. these are fun to use but if I played against a Mian main I might lose my mind 6. Standing D is nice but landing blowback (both standing and air) is better than sex 5. I'll be real with you, I love this move. 4. Best shoryu ever. 3. Oh god. PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO BALL (PTSD intensifies) 2. This is how you know the devs love K' 1. Playing Chris is fun and this is part of why

[@halmousawimd5748]

Iori’s 96 upper cut. It is fast and if done at the right moment can cause a lot of moral drop when you are in the receiving end.

[@duyphan4617]

I instantly thought of Athena's projectile

[@jaipii1285]

My Guy totally forget about takuma projectiles from 98, billy down and forward A in 2002, Mature standing CD in 96 etc 😅. Very entertaining video none the less.

[@raheelali973]

Billy forward a is really annoying.very Very hard to punish

[@mohamedben8888]

I can't believe "Lucky" from KOF98 basketballs , didn't even make a honorable mention , the most annoying character ever on KOF98.

[@Wolfedge75]

Capcom ironically fixed Choi by making him Chang's personal striker in CvS2, but for some reason, that was a one-time thing as Choi not only remained a separate character from Chang in later SNK games, but was even a *solo act* in SVC Chaos. Apparently the Korean fanbase took a liking to him, but eh, their cup of tea I guess....

[@BlueMageWithSoulEdge]

The most broken attack is ShoryuGame's "subscribe" attack. I can't block it; I only keep hitting it.

[@sneharashmi7553]

Great list! Great video as always! One suggestion though; if you ever make a list of annoying things again, have a list of 'dis'honourable mentions before announcing the number one most annoying!

[@ShoryuGame]

Noted!

[@Hola-ro6yv]

Genius!

[@doutsida6715]

I hate Leona's qcb+p in kof 97/98. It annoys me there's a move I can't see why it exists. What's its the utility?

[@umararshad2601]

I have seen people coming back and winning a sure shot losing game playing with athena as the last character thanks to psychoballs, same with chris and goro for their pesky kicks

[@chefar]

no billy Cr.lp?

[@corpsedesecrator2612]

King spamming Venom Strikes and that ANNOYING Surprise Rose where she catches air kicks on you while your stunned in that attack, Clark’s freakin Grabs are the absolute worst I keep my distance and zone him. Also Heidern’s move where he leaps on you unblockable and spin slices you he especially spams this in KOF94(making Team Ikari one of the worst) and in 95. All of Sie Kensou’s special kicks and one anti air move particularly topped with spamming Psycho Balls and Athena too spamming that and her Psycho Barrier made Psycho Solider Team in 94 tough contenders along with Ikari Warriors I think throughout the series they continued to be annoying. Also Andy Bogard’s Kuuha Dan for its annoyingly long reach and Shouryuu Dan being anti air. Most of Ramon’s specials anything where he says Tiger and grabs lol. Most of King of Dinosaur/Tizoc’s unclose personal attacks yeah I don’t like Grapplers if you can tell. Those from the top of my head.

[@Chraan]

Yeah, Surprise Rose it is for me too, the only move I hate in any SNK game

[@publiqgc935]

If Mian, Nelson, or Banderas were DLCs I would not be mad at all

[@rsin207]

97 Athena voice is extremely annoying too when she Psycho Balls 🤣

[@virtualong]

KOF is full of "typical" characters like those.

[@benilinshingoseth2086]

Perfect list ! Except for number two ! Everything is perfect for this character ! 😅 (Yes, I play with him on this game!)

[@myfaves2974]

no no no number 1 not chris , but Yashiro's heavy jump kick , combine with low jump it's .............................. FREAKING ANNOYING !!!!!

[@drillmachine7]

Number 0: Mature CD in kof 96

[@rastapig1]

kensou holding on for dear life vs athena lmfaoo

[@belowaverageobungaenjoyer1727]

This whole video is a sugarcoating session.

[@TonyTheTGR]

I'll see your ten and raise you ten of my own. 1. Unlimited New Wave Smash / LK Oboros (Kyo in like, half of the games ever, and CvS 1-2) 2. EX Hangetsu-Zan (XIII) 3. Clark's Invincible Super Argentine Backbreaker (XIII/XV) 4. Unlimited, moving Gatling Punch/Machine Gun Punch/Ball Swing (KoF '94-'95) 5. Ray Spin (I say this even as a Kula main) 6. Yashiro/O. Yashiro's f.+B (it's completely FREE and on hit, can eat like, 30+% damage on a single meter) 7. De-Cide/Sleeve 8. Dam Breaker Punch/Renbu Kick (WHYYYYY is this an unblockable AND ALSO not a throw so it's also untechable??) 9. Billy Kane's d.+A 10. Yeah, Chris's j.+CD

[@ayambaasong4425]

Had good laugh watching this🤣🤣

[@yoman8027]

I dunno, I like Athena's voice, what can I say. Also, you should have mentioned Krauser's standing CD on 98 Ultimate Match. So fast and with such a good priority it was a powerful anti-air and also had decent forward coverage. Titled "God Kick" by fans, it had to be nerfed (along with several parts of his arsenal) in the Final Edition version of the game.

[@philjustyn]

There are better broken moves. In this list, i can only consider: Yamazaki' Snake arm, Chris Air CD, Athena/Bao Psycho ball in KOF98-2000.

[@ramoncitocatacutan2964]

This deserves another sequel or sort. I think you also forgot Sie Kensou from the 99 version. Or Ralf's strong punch(D button) normal attack.

[@arnumorales]

OMG I knew I wasn't the only one annoyed by Choi! I just can't stand fighting him :c

[@Nassimpro]

What about 100 shiki oniyaki, that move's broken, especially KUSANAGI's version

[@JA-Sol-]

I love how Tetsuo- i mean k9999s 6 A is predictable but you still managed to get hit by it its annoying af but you are laughing maniacally if youre the one doing it

[@jelehu]

"koko desu ka" ?

[@BridgetGX]

Goenitz was the hardest boss in all of KOF and that move is why

[@BrecciBR]

he said no bosses

[@Cloud971]

Ryo's 2002 Dp is OP too. 😎 Congratulations we can now call him Ryu.

[@Bluzlbee]

Angel's rekka's don't jail and have dead windows, so she's up to the brain to make sure they work, not really annoying imo

[@dannysimion]

I love Athena's Psycho Ball is my favorite out of the list! One of my favorite characters in the entire franchise!

[@sneharashmi7553]

Unrelated but I'm pretty sure you've seen the COTW recent reveal & gameplay trailers. And that it would be released in early 2025. In that case, do you think we'll get another season of KOF XV content? I badly wanted Oswald, Duck King, & many more I can't think of right now ...

[@jamesz1003]

in kof xv: angel's jump a terry's standing far D terry's hop CD Benimaru's jump b Athena's forward b followed with phoenix arrow B Hinako's charge etc etc

[@marwaneouad6804]

hey i have a question, do you play in fightcade because it's aa very good, plateform to play online games like kof or other neo geo games

[@mangopastor]

Personally i always choose chris and i love how people get annoyed by his HAAAAAAA! screams in kof98, but the worst is in kof2002 when insttead of screaming he goes: "Ribbit" everytime he attacks, they also succesfully made him more girly and annoying in his winning poses.

[@larrymasif5851]

The King of Fighters 98 Character Lucky has Down Down Motion + Any Button air ball attack, has been very annoying, when Players utilise it at perfect timings.

[@xjamex8416]

You forgot about takuma

[@PROJaiRU]

my dream? to invite all chris users to play tekken with me and wipe the floor with them

[@mangopastor]

If i could add one it would be choi's shoulder ride throw in kof94, a lot of people who pick choi often combine his dashes and jumps with his throw, some characters are simply too vulnerable to that tactic, like yuri, her moves are way too slow and everytime choi fights yuri in kof94 i'd say 60% of the time you're going to see choi riding on yuri's shoulders like an annoying little kid slashing her face viciously

[@theolanderdilag3872]

The thing is about Krohnen/Nameless is the fact that their DP is some of the strongest in the game Heck, it got so bad, it's reminiscent of Bob during Tekken 6 or Meta Knight in Smash where everyone is using them (And how I got my guts to play Team Krohnen through and through)

[@SuchPainter]

Chris old fullscreen superman. Kula old spam character summon. K9999 Akira Arm widescreen move

[@DesafioDosgames-tq6eu]

Legal

[@zerocalvin]

athena is my main... i just love throwing psycho ball, psycho sword and phoenix arrow... and also that ungodly teleport spamming that put even akuma to shame...

[@leonleon3267]

Flying attack with choi is easily number 1 all day, yeah sure chris jump cd is annoying but so what? he still is taken a risk flying attack choi can just sit there all game a build meter and even bait people into trying to punish it, look how many people abuse this move in games like 97 kof2000 it's broken

[@GodOfOrphans]

I like frustrating my openents into carelessness by constantly poking them with Yamazaki's Snake Arms and then when they are sufficiently goaded using Sadomaso to counter them trying to rush in.

[@ShahzadKhan-fo5kk]

KOF is annoying mostly when you are in the corners, way too exaggerated fight moves making it impossible to defend/evade/parry when cornered.

[@RolinhelMiranda]

"That is Chris broken, annoying and bs jump CD" lol i really felt the anger on that part ,😂😂 and I totally agree to it being #1 on the list lol, it'really a pain specially if your dealing with a skilled chris player 😅

[@PiscesAustrinus]

im suprised clarks idiotic super armor normal grab from 13 isnt on the list, that stupid thing can block anything, and i meen anything, i have seen it block super desperation moves even multi phases ones like K chain drive, blocking the glass then while in mid animation block the elbow strike then grab you and screw you over, not to mention it also negates other grabs wich its just stupid borderline reta***d, i seriously hate that atack with a passion

[@FewRxi]

biggest brokenest and annoyingest attak and im surprised isnt here, its athenas 02 b teleport and D kicks , practically frame 0 recover sheez, you find a veteran athena player, and youre pretty much done

[@a3lorenzo]

It's why I quit KOF, and many 2D fighting games.

[@Akephalos204]

Chris CD is ptsd

[@deadlyraver4454]

In all truth, I only wanted to see where Athena was going to be on this list. I knew choi and chris would be here, but Athena has been the one annoying me to death since '94. Imagine 30 years of that boys and girls. 30 years.

[@MegamanNG]

When I play KOF, yes, some moves can be outright annoying. Good to see you still got it mate.

[@gu1_n969]

For me it is k's overhead in 2002UM ...he can land a combo only doing crouch b and an overhead fast af that he can cancel in a minute spike

[@Hektols]

Goro's unlike the rest of grapplers he doesn't any more that make him advance towards the opponent, he lacks mobility so to compensate it he was turned into a walking fortress.

[@Raynotherebro]

PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO SHOOT PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO SWORD PHOENIX ARRO-

[@mappybc6097]

I'm going to guess boss attacks were off the table cause nothing here comes within a mile of Magaki turning the game into a bullet hell shooter with his bs projectile spam in XI.

[@lazydrug]

I think King's Double Strike is very annoying. It so fast and cheating.

[@kayhadrin]

Kasumi's jump D that has great range, lots of active frames and huge cross up reach. Enough said.

[@hungchu9103]

KOF 96 chin the lie down move then up D totally broken. he can move while on the ground!

[@معاويةابنعبدالوهاب]

K9999 was never high tir in 2k1 and 2k2 choi and Chong are garbage bug characters for noobs

[@raheelali973]

Chang kohean Jumping cd in entire kof series. Most broken move in kof

[@vonVile]

Heidern's Cross Cutter is worse than Chris's CD. In KOF94-95 you could do nothing against a turtling Heidern spamming this move because the projectile's hit box was a wall and he recovered way too fast making it impossible to jump in.

[@TWKIC]

Number 8 : Choi, the entire character. LOL I agree completely.

[@cinnamonhk]

Must include kof99 choi unguardable front A that can be connected to super combo

[@f4lleng0dz]

They should implement ban system tho, that will prevent this kind of abuse in tournament

[@uroy8371]

I like Clark, but hearing furia is annoying as my or the opponent character.

[@mingyaowu7720]

Chris jumping attack really very annoying.🤣