114 Shiki Aragami


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114 Shiki Aragami (Method 114: Savage Bite) is a Special Move in The King of Fighters series.

This, along with its follow-up attacks, is primarily used by Kyo Kusanagi.

Description
Kyo punches forward with his following arm for a fire-laced body-blow hook. This sets itself up for many of Kyo's several follow-up moves:

Strategy
As this move acts as a startup of Kyo's light rekka chains, the move can branch off into a few different input routes as depicted above. Due to that, this is a swiss army knife of a move and the lifeblood of Kyo's game, flipping between a mid-range harassment tool, pressure and mix-up tool, and core combo piece. You can use Aragami as a poke, or as a relatively safe blockstring ender (it's "unsafe" on block, but has quite a bit of pushback, actually making you somewhat safe). It's also useful for destroying projectiles, though this won't work on EX projectiles or super projectiles (such as Haoh Shoukou Ken). As for the rekka follow-ups, here are the useful strategies as explained below:


 * 128 Shiki Konokizu is mostly acts as a filler follow-up, not much special other than adding combo damage and making Kyo's rekka enders consistent. Leads to a soft knockdown if done without the other two follow-ups. Immensely unsafe on block, though it can be used as a (very) risky frame-trap if the opponent tries to press a button after blocking Aragami.


 * While 125 Shiki Nanase ends the Aragami chain by sending the opponent flying with a side-kick to cause a soft knockdown, the move is best used to end combos midscreen for corner carry in exchange for not being a hard knockdown. Unsafe on block however.

Trivia

 * Kyo's quote when using 114 Shiki Aragami, "Body ga..." (ボディが...) is often misheard as "Bodega". This slowly became a meme within the SNK community.


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114 Shiki Aragami Mikansei (Method 114: Savage Bite Incomplete) is a Special Move in The King of Fighters series.

This half-baked version is used by Shingo Yabuki.

Description
Shingo punches forward with his following arm for a body-blow hook. Unlike the original version of this attack, this does not have the power of flames attached to it.

Strategy
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