The Beginner's Incomplete Guide to KOF (by Dandy J) 

We at kof15 and this is still relevant

Jumping 1:42 Fundamentals 4:28 Defense vs Short HOP 10:12 Offense Expanded 13:25 Rolling 17:09 Offensive Defense: 19:06

People like you should be employed to help bring new people into the community and make intro guides like this. Stuff like this has a bigger effect on my purchase decision than seeing an ad in a magazine.

12 year old video and its still the best one on this website. nothing has surpassed this

This video is 9 years old... and still a shining example of an outstandingly practical and beautiful teaching production~!!

This video must never be deleted.

Music used in the video: 0:00 - KOF 2000 - Terry 115 1:41 - KOF 2000 - Will 4:26 - KOF 2000 - Inner Shade 7:34 - KOF 2000 - The Trooper 10:12 - KOF 2000 - Beauty & The Beast 13:25 - KOF 2000 - Wild Party 17:08 - KOF 2000 - Stormy Scream 19:05 - KOF 2000 - KD-0084 20:42- Neo Turf Masters - BADEN National Golf Course

Rewatching because KoF is back and it's always smart to rewatch a really good tutorial.

Kyo wants *YOU* To play KOFXIV

I just got into KoF yesterday Was playing 98 with a friend and he sent me this video after our session I MUST get better at short hopping! 💪

I can't imagine Kyo would ever recommend street fighter 4

KoF 98' is my all time favorite fighting game of all time and I owe all of my thanks to this ingenious video that broke down most of it's basic systems. I used to play a little of KoF in the arcades, back in the day, but struggled to understand it as it was different from what I was used to (Street Fighter mostly) had no idea that it would become my absolute favorite fighting game series.

"This is not 'how to do move', or 'how to do combo', but 'how to do kof'!" got me pretty hard that's SUCH A GOOD LINE

I laughed when Kyo said. "If you speak English and you play fighting games, chances are you don't play much KOF, right?" ahahahaahaahahaahahahah yeah basically.

Wow. Still amazing to this day. What a masterpiece.

This video is an hidden gem

0:23 I felt totally identified xd. Amazing video btw.

the music was amazing

And this video becomes so much relevant again

very well made. almost professional level. kyo talks like if it was the real kyo from the kof series and this help me get a better feeling of kof games.

"LOOKIT DAT BIG BOY!"

Even though I've been playing kof since 94, this is exactly what you want young/new kof players to know. Excellent video!

Wow, this is really helpful. I feel like I suddenly understand so much more about these games now.

This is old. And it's fakken fundamental. It's a manual, a KOF bible reminder of the basics. It's profound than just the tutorials from Kof14. Thank you very much. I hope KOF14 didn't take down what this teaches and the future like KOF15

KOFXV will be my first KOF

This was so, so good. Was doing a quick search just so I could understand how KoF is different from other fighters, and bam, all the answers!

Professionally well done, and I can't believe how much that helped me, and i've been playing KOF for years. Yes I knew about most of what was in this but being explained in such a well constructed manner really helped. MUST WATCH FOR ALL FIGHTING GAME FANS

Amazing tutorial, I just love the creative approach. This helped me a lot, thank you!

I'm not even playing, I was able to win games just by watching the first 8 minutes of this video. Sure, I have experience with other FGs. But, KOF is a different beast. This video is so helpful and expedited my learning process of the game. I'm now playing KOF '02 and KOFXV and I feel MUCH more comfortable and know what to do in this game. I've been playing for just a week now and this is probably one of the best FG experiences ever. There's something about this series tbh. I love SF since it's my first real try-hard FG, 3S specifically. That said, KOF is something else.

6:26 This Kyo it's me always

This is easily the best guide for a fighting game i seen. Never player Kof before (mostly because no one ever talked about it) but this is definitely giving me some knowledge on the game when i get to it.

pov: you are shingo jokes aside this tutorial is seriously good.

Thank you for this! Incredibly helpful!

Well I am a noob at fighting games. Since The King of Fighters 98' is my favorite fighting game (Nostalgic too) and Iori Yagami is my favorite video game character of all time, I got to become a pro at this game.

This is a really amazing guide. I just got KOF '98 UM on Steam, and am so happy to find this :D

Video is still relevant even to this day for neophytes of KOF. And shout outs to King of Golf Turf Masters 2016.

"HE JUMPED! HIT THE GOD DAMN PUNCH BUTTON!" "HOLY SHIT" Oh God my sides

Amazing job on the edit!

Woooow! This was an amazingly made guide! It not only showed me some tatics I can use in other 2DF's, but it showed me how DEEP KOF is! I had no idea there was so much potential for mindgames and the such. I play SvC chaos but I had no idea about all the stuff you covered in this vid! 5*'s!

Thanks a lot dude. I love KOF since I was a kid back in 94 but I never got some mechanics quite right. You have explained it really well and it has been helping a lot.

I'm just here to express my thanks to the maker of this fantastic tutorial. Thank you DandyJ, you're the best, hope to see more tutorials from you.

This is really cool. I like the production value and everything on it.

I've been playing KOF wrong and this video is 10 years old. i didn't know jumping has a very important mechanic of the game.

+AMVGFan i see where your comin from. At the end of the day,it really all boils down to what your comfortable with.Or in my case,who you have the most fun playing as. Honestly,if it wasnt for the majority of KoF games having team specific endings,i would have Kim in every single team that i made. I honestly love how Kim plays. His moveset is overly complicated,but it is elegant in its simplicity. He's always been my favorite SNK character,and will continue to be. Also, im just glad this guide exists. Its hard enough to get people to play fighting games these days(let alone ones that don't have palette swapped ninja's,tons of gore,have 4th wall breaking mercenaries,pit video game mascots from a single company against each other,etc) and a guide like this helps. Yeah, KoF is technical. Nobody ever said it wasnt. But when you dig past all the different kinds of hops, jumps, character specific combos,DM's and SDM's and the massive character rosters,it really is just a fun fighting game at heart. No more,no less.

Saw this on SRK, total newbie to KOF. Thanks, it's a lot of information to process but I love these kinds of tutorials.

Thanks for the video, hopefully this can help me with my struggles. Don't know why but I just can't get a handle on how to approach KOF14. It's my first for the series. I've never had such a difficult time with a fighting game.

Beautifully made.. I remember watching this a while back

This is the best tutorial for a fighting game that I've ever seen in my life.

Man, you used 2000 music is the wise choice of your. Very good guide for newbie.

I'm so happy that this exists. I'm going to be referencing this video a lot while practicing KOF XV

Hi, I got Kof 96 some months ago but it was too difficult for me and now I wanted to learn it again. That video helped me so much! Thank you very much brother And God bless you!!!❤️❤️❤️

@7:18 That is VERY useful info.

KoF and GG are games I've always wanted to get good at, but have never been able to. KoF 98 on Switch, Fightcade and Steam plus this tutorial will be a big help. Thank you very much.

this is such a gold. I used to play 98 as a kid and recently went to an arcade parlor. I have forget the nitty gritty of the game however, I am happy that I was able to dish out desperate moves.

Holy fuck ima KoF veteran and I still need to learn a couple things and this video has them. what a great video, just incredible!

Very informative. I'm definitely coming back to this guide when KOF XIII hits. Now, all I need is some money, and a confirmation that those loading times won't be much of a problem anymore.

I love KOF and this video, perhaps my favorite on RU-vid. Thank you dandy j!

BEST TUTORIAL EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!

just 4 minutes and I'm loving this tutorial. It looks like a pro version one could find in the actual game XD.

Classiest tutorial I've ever seen.

This was pretty great, I found myself watching it all!

Thanks for uploading!

2021, many years after my Kof'first encounter I discover the hops... Shame on me, congrats To the maker of this wonderful guide. Makes me sooo impatient to practice It... It s a Kof's reborn for me ;)

KOF requires a lot of dedication, this is a bit off putting, since the real fun starts only when you are somewhat decent at the game. I still start XIII every now and then for a quick arcade match, but I don't go too much into it

I don't know how any1 can not like this vid its well done and has helped my game in all KOF's considerably.

Informative tutorial, and very appealing presentation!

amazing guide

One of the best resources for new KOF players.

I'm imagining this under the perspective of someone just getting started with kof (and congrats, it's a great game series !) Step 1, Minute 1:47 : "...there are 4 dfferent kind of jumps in KOF" hahahhahahahahhahaha

I've been playing sf for years, well. I cannot play this game. It destroys me. Edit:literally after watching the videos first tutorial about neutral I started to win arcade matches in garou with Rock. That's when I noticed how significant light to heavy combos are and why the buttons are mapped this way. It feels so different constantly dashing forward and backwards instead of tapping forward constantly for pressure and pokes and then cycling back to a block state. (Like SF.) After watching this video I feel significantly more comfortable with the games as whole because before I was looking at them completely wrong. These games are way more complex than their peers and you made great tutorial for it, and for the first time im really enjoying it. :)

Great soundtrack

Pretty cool. Never played a KOF game, but this little tutorial makes me feel more comfortable stepping into one. I could never get that short hop motion down. Maybe will have better luck using the tricks you've shown.

Played KoF for years, but didn't really pay attention to jump types! Didn't know

I thought it was a joke video at first when a KOF character is telling me to play a SF game, haha. But otherwise, the presentation was appealing enough to make me keep watching. It is very informative and interesting. I learned a lot, thank you. SNK should hire you to create in-game tutorials for their next KOF game.

awesome, all one part. thanks yoshi for spreading the vid :)

much easier to go from tekken to this then tekken to sf. I'd like to see a namco x snk :)

this vídeo is a MasterPiece!

"A dm, chinese for super" ah ah

The best tutorial on the subject, oh my god! Thanks :)

Fantastic guide.

Man, it's like I went all the way back to '98 again. This Tutorial brought back a shitload of nostalgia.

This is very good. Thank you for sharing!

THANK FOR OPENING UP MY EYES.

This is too good

Thank God!! A guide for these games in English! I wanna cry lol. 😂😭

Excellent Video

Thanks for uploading! It was very informative.

Awesome tutorial, congratulations.

You won me over from "What's really good?"

This video its so cool its done with so much love

I'm sharing this vid with everyone I know. They love it as much as I do.

Dope. Thanks for sharing.

This is great!

this video came out in 2009 and is still better than a lot of content on this website.

This is one of hardest fighting games I ever had to learn tbh I've trying to learning ever since I was a kid

Very well done I've been playing this series since '94, and I would have died for a guide like this when I started playing. One of the major mechanics that got me into KoF was the fact that you can't spam fireballs in this game. I was really tired of my cousins Ryu and my brothers Sagat in SF2

This a really good guide, gracias amigo

ive played kof for 10 years about, and i just learned that small jump trick. i needed it for kof xiii to, haha.

Helpful no matter what what skill youre at

This was an excellent video