KOF XIII: Iori Yagami

[Torri]

A new king of fighters always means a chance to play Iori. I'm surprised I'm the one to start the thread though.

XIII version of Iori is a raw upgrade of his XII version.

Movelist

Normal Moves:
Sotoshiki: Kui: +
Sotoshiki: Yurifuri(+mid air): +
Ge Shiki Yumebiki: + ,

Special Moves:
401 Shiki: Shougetsu: + or
104 Shiki: Nueuchi: + or
Sayatori: or
203 Shiki: Tsuchitsubaki: +

Desperation Moves:
Forbidden 1211 Shiki: Yaotome: + or

NeoMax:
Forbidden 1218 Shiki: Yatagarasu: X2 + and

Movelist Vid

Special Move and Cancel Tutorial

http://www.elive.pro/en/watch/NhqJpA1FUaYg

Iori Trial Vid

Strategy Tutorial Video by Kuzukaze

Console Changes

* Geshiki Kui (df + C) has a larger hitbox than before. Easier to attack opponent from his command throw.
* Fierce Shogetsu (qcb+P) moves more forward. It combos in most situations after close C> Yumebiki(forward + A A).
* Yaotome (including EX) can’t be saferolled after it hits.
* EX Shogetsu’s invinciblity has been taken out. However, he’s still invincible on his legs.
- Fierce Akegarasu (qcb+K) has shorter recovery when blocked. Can’t be punished with normal moves.

Producer Yamamoto says: With Fierce Shogetsu’s longer reach and Fierce Akegarasu’s shorter recovery, it’s easier to do strings and combos. His Yaotome can’t be saferolled so attacking on wakeups may become important. With his EX Akegarasu’s projectile invincibility and EX Yaotome’s long invincibility, we’ve designed him to be playable in a different style from Flame Iori. Enjoy this Claw Iori that’s a bit different from the arcade version.

Changes and insight:

So In XIII Iori has gained a lot towards making this version of him complete. The first being his regained yurifuri, making his cross up game much stronger. The next is the addition of Kui, a overhead that brings to mind Yashiro. Iori's standing B has been re-added. The properties of most his special moves are the same as they were in XII, with the exception of his EX moves. When Iori EX's Shougetsu, he moves forward move then the regular version and is invincible until the attack executes. Nuechi becomes a three hit and gains a bit more invincibility, but the function of the move is pretty much the same. Tsuchitsubaki works in the same manor as well, Only through Drive cancels and EXing, I can be connected into combo's. Yaotome's regular version has downgraded from XII, losing some of its invincibility, but the EX version buffs it back, giving it invincibility and anti air properties with good timing. EX yaotome has also gained a cool end, with the screen turning red with the final hit. The neomax, Yatagarasu, has a slow start up but is a fairly fast move over all and has good priority. Yatagarasu also has amazing combo-ability.

Cosmetic:
Iori has a tenth color edit that makes him wear the same colors as his original clothing, down to adding a crescent moon on back. Very cool, if you ask me and it has been positively looked on by fans as the best color edit.

I would play Iori even if he had no special moves, but I'm glad he has so many great moves and properties. Almost every aspect of him has improved from XII, and I would go so far as to say he may be stronger then his flames version, in power, mix up...but maybe not priority. His low jumps and fast moves really make for a fun play, having mained Freeman in garou for so long, Its good to have something similar and different all at the same time in a game worth playing...(xii killed me with its crappy brokenness....). Anyway, feel free to ask any questions or discuss tactics.

[Dark_Chaotix]

wtf is +C?? What it look like and hit properties?

[SonicTempest]

Like Torri said, df+C is an overhead punch that looks like Vice/Yashiro's f+A. It also hits overhead, as you might expect. Considering that you can start HD combos off overheads, this seems important.

[Torri]

Yea, When I first saw + , I laughed at how much it looked like yashiro. Overheads are the spice of mix up, so the addition of it gives Iori a crazy amount of mix up when coupled with his command grad.

[Glimmerous.Fop]

I would like to point out that Iori's old , , combo from KOF12 can now be accomplished by simply performing:
, , instead.

The range of Iori's has been reduced somewhat, that's why you have to use standing instead of standing .

Has anyone figured out any good juggles after landing Iori's ? The old staple followup from KOF12:
, does not seem to work anymore.

Never noticed that Iori had a new attack. Does it combo from any normal attacks and can it be canceled?

[Dark_Chaotix]

Ah ok, i must of missed that explanation about that move. I havent seen it yet so yeah being that its meant to resemble yashiro, it does sound weird.

Im assuming that his DM is an aware juggle?

[fiol]

[Toxic Avanger]

Has anyone figured out any good juggles after landing Iori's ? The old staple followup from KOF12:
, does not seem to work anymore.

It does work, but in order to make it hit you need to dash BEFORE the it sounds hard but it's really easy to adjust yourself to it with some practice.

I don't think that his Neo Max is an anywhere juggle.... it's more like that all of Iori's special moves leave the enemy open and as such there is always some space to fit the NM.

[Torri]

The more I see Iori's NM, the more I see how useful it is. If you can manage to get his Tsuchitsubaki with enough meter then you can guarantee his Yatagarasu by canceling after yaotome. I know a lot of characters have good cancels, but Iori's ability to connect it through tricking some one into his command grab makes me feel like its pretty ferocious. Especially with a tick grab. Also, the timming on Iori's changed XII staple combo isn't as bad as I though it would be, just get the dash out fast and execute quickly. Great input guy, lets keep building a comprehensive breakdown on XIII Iori.

[SonicTempest]

HD combo posted in Arcadia (seems pretty similar to the ones everyone has been doing already):

crossup b+B stand C, f+A, A (HD activate) dash C, f+A, A, (QCB+B xx QCB+C) x 4 (HD ends), QCF,HCB + P

655 damage, 1 stock.

[Perfect Stranger]

Other Arcadia combos:
Close , , , drive cancel p or [HCF p -> assorted follow ups. Dash, , being my favorite]
Back against the wall: p, , , ,Stand

Other Arcadia Notes:
EX goes through fireballs. Very fast recovery even when blocked, unpunishable except by command grabs.
can be cancelled into Yao Otome ( p)

Personal Notes:
If you can't do the dash , follow up after , you can do the lazy man's version of , EX

[Perfect Stranger]

HD Combos for those of you like me with REALLLY bad execution skills:

Near corner : [ , HD Activation, Auto Dash, ] (or whatever else you prefer to start with), , Drive Cancel (by now in corner) , Drive Cancel 2nd hit , [slight delay , Drive Cancel ] x n ( I think you can do up to 4?), .

For some reason near the corner whenever I do [QCB , Drive Cancel ] there's a tendency for to come out. Really annoying Normally this tends to happen at either the 2nd or 3rd iteration of the , Drive Cancel loop.

Outside of corner:
[ , HD Activation, Auto Dash, ] (or whatever else you prefer to start with), , Drive Cancel , Drive Cancel 2nd hit , Drive Cancel , Drive Cancel , slight delay .

will not hit if you're in the corner. Maybe delay slightly?

Both cases you should have enough time for Ya Otome to finish completely before max cancelling, if you have stock. (For the first combo, I think you can do up to 2 loops).

[Toxic Avanger]

Iori doesn't really do it for me, but the vid is pretty interesting (for example, he lands a normal throw, and then activates Hyper Drive mode prior to following up with a combo).

There is also several other combos meant to utilize different types of spacing, set ups and ~ or amount of bars. The user also has other combo vids in his channel, but his other long clip (one for K') wasn't that incredibly interesting. Most of his other single combo clips are in the board already.

[Dark_Chaotix]

Iori doesn't really do it for me, but the vid is pretty interesting (for example, he lands a normal throw, and then activates Hyper Drive mode prior to following up with a combo).

That would be the roll cancel activation

[Kane317]

Iori doesn't really do it for me, but the vid is pretty interesting (for example, he lands a normal throw, and then activates Hyper Drive mode prior to following up with a combo).

That would be the roll cancel activation

Not a normal throw, it's his command throw. Performed, dash (has to be dash) roll, -->