Orochi/Move List

This is a compilation of moves for Orochi.

The King of Fighters
The following are all of Iori's moves in the main The King of Fighters series. In '97, Orochi is playable through cheats only.


 * Command Moves
 * Arahabaki (荒覇吐) -- '97~'98: ← or → + C or D near opponent
 * Orochi levitates its opponent into the air, then manifests a slash on them that knocks them away. The D version has Orochi switch sides with its opponent while levitating them.


 * Special Moves
 * Harae (解除) -- '97~'98: ↓ ↘ → + A
 * Orochi casts a mote of bluish-white light forward that creates a void rift as it travels. It is not strictly a projectile, as indicated by the fact that it does not disappear on hitting a foe.


 * Utsushi Iwai (顕斎) -- '97~'98: ↓ ↘ → + C or ('98UM:) B
 * Orochi juts a hand forward (B) or upwards (C). If its opponent hits with a physical attack where Orochi is gesturing, it counterattacks by generating a shield of energy that shatters and damages them. B defends against mid attacks, while C defends against specials, DMs, and aerial and high attacks.


 * Tadasu (糺) -- '97: ↓ ↘ → + B » '98UM: ↓ ↘ → + D
 * Orochi creates a momentary rift in front of itself. If hit by a projectile, the rift will swallow it and disgorge a bolt of violet fire in retaliation. The Tadasu bolt does little damage on its own, but will juggle a hit opponent.


 * Ho no Susori (火闌降) -- '97~'98: → ↘ ↓ ↙ ← + A or B or C or D
 * Remote attack, Orochi summons a pillar of bluish-white energy to strike down from the sky. The button used determines how far away the pillar appears.


 * Ukei (誓約) -- '98UM: → ↓ ↘ + B or D
 * Added in '98UM. Originally Orochi's standing D; anti-air attack. Orochi does an overhead outward-crescent kick that leaves a trail of cutting blue energy in a fashion of Rugal Bernstein's Genocide Cutter, only he remains on the ground.


 * Desperation Moves
 * Marokare (混) -- '97: ↓ ↙ ← + A or C » '98UM: ↓ ↘ → ↓ ↘ → + A or C
 * Orochi raises its hands upward and calls forth a storm of deathly white energy from the skies to attack the entire screen.


 * Oomiwa (大神) -- '97: ↓ ↘ → ↓ ↘ → + A or C » '98UM: ↓ ↘ → ↓ ↘ → + B or D
 * Orochi glows with pale blue energy while making the entire area flicker with white energy. During this time, the opponent will be pulled towards Orochi until Oomiwa wears off. If the enemy gets too close, Orochi will stab them with its hand and pull out a piece of their life force, in the form of a bluish white orb. It will then crush the orb, inflicting severe damage as the victim is blasted away.

Etimology

 * Arahabaki is the name of a Momunofu deity that predated the Shinto pantheon. As Arahabaki was an important deity to the leader of a rebellion against the emperor Jimmu, Jimmu decreed worship of him as heretical and treasonous.
 * Its literal translation, "Dweller on the Threshold", in theosophy is the accumulation of sins, guilt, and anger from past lives that obstructs the soul's ascendancy towards enlightenment and perfection.