Mature/Move List



This is a compilation of move lists of Mature.

The King of Fighters '96

 * Throws
 * Deathblow - near opponent, ← or → + C

Mature grabs her foe's throat with both hands, then quickly slashes both hands down, slicing and flinging away her victim.
 * Backlash - near opponent, ← or → + D

Mature grabs her foe's shoulder with one hand and roughly pushes them into the ground behind her. The animation is similar to Ryuji Yamazaki's Bun Nage.


 * Special Attacks
 * Despair - ↓↘→ + Punch

Mature leaps into the air and flips upside down while slashing down and forward with one hand.
 * Deicide - ←↙↓↘→ + Punch

Mature swings an arm towards the opponent, stretching it like a wire. On a successful hit, she grabs her foe's feet and rapidly retracts her arm to normal length while staying in place, staggering her victim's balance.
 * Deathrow - ↓↙← + Punch; can be repeated three times in rapid succession

Mature performs a slash that trails metallic energy while moving forward a short distance. Each repetition will have her perform another metallic slash.
 * Metal Massacre - ↓↙← + Kick

Mature makes a rapid mid-range dash and does a horizontal one-handed slash that leaves a wake of metallic energy directly in front of her.


 * Desperation Moves
 * Heaven's Gate - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + Kick

Mature dashes forward. On a successful hit, she continues rushing forward while holding her foe by their head and dragging them along the ground, suffused with sickly white energy. On reaching the edge of the arena, she swings her opponent forward and blasts them with a pillar of white death energy. It basically has the same animation as Rugal's Gigantic Pressure DM.

The King of Fighters '98 (Ultimate Match)

 * Throws
 * Deathblow - near opponent, ← or → + C

Mature grabs her foe's throat with both hands, then quickly slashes both hands down, slicing and flinging away her victim.
 * Backlash - near opponent, ← or → + D

Mature grabs her foe's shoulder with one hand and roughly pushes them into the ground behind her. The animation is similar to Ryuji Yamazaki's Bun Nage.


 * Command Attacks
 * Crematory - → + B

Mature does an upwards knee strike, followed by a straight kick with the same leg.


 * Special Attacks
 * Despair - ↓↘→ + Punch

Mature leaps into the air and flips upside down while slashing down and forward with one hand, creating a wake of metallic energy.
 * Deicide - ←↙↓↘→ + Kick

Mature swipes an arm towards the ground, stretching it like a wire. On a successful hit, she grabs her foe's feet and rapidly retracts her arm to normal length while staying in place, staggering her victim's balance.
 * Deathrow - ↓↙← + Punch; can be repeated three times in rapid succession

Mature performs a slash that trails metallic energy while moving forward a short distance. Each repetition will have her perform another metallic slash.
 * Metal Massacre - ↓↙← + Kick

Mature makes a rapid mid-range dash and does a horizontal one-handed slash that leaves a wake of metallic energy directly in front of her.
 * Sacrilege - →↓↘ + Punch

Mature leaps forward while spinning, with one clawed hand extended upwards and the other at waist level. She will constantly slash her opponent while moving.
 * Ebony Tears - ↓↘→↘↓↙← + Punch

Mature rears back with both arms raised upwards and clenched together, then does a massive two-handed swipe downwards. This releases a giant arc projectile of metallic energy. It has roughly the same animation as Kyosuke Kagami's Cross Cutter in Rival Schools, but seems closer to that of Heidern's.


 * Desperation Moves
 * Nocturnal Rites - ↓↘→↓↘→ + Punch

Mature moves forward while performing several rapid, short-range Metal Massacres in a row. If she doesn't connect early enough, she'll finish with a single Deathrow; otherwise, she'll finish with a point-blank Ebony Tears. In the SDM version, she performs a full triple Deathrow between the Metal Massacres and the Ebony Tears.
 * Heaven's Gate - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + Kick

Mature dashes forward. On a successful hit, she continues rushing forward while holding her foe by their head and dragging them along the ground, suffused with sickly white energy. On reaching the edge of the arena, she swings her opponent forward and blasts them with a pillar of white death energy. In the SDM version, the pillar is blood-red. In Ultimate, she also creates momentary red pillars while dragging her foe in the SDM version. It basically has the same animation as Rugal's Gigantic Pressure DM.

The King of Fighters 2002 (Unlimited Match)

 * Throws
 * Deathblow - near opponent, ← or → + C

Mature grabs her foe's throat with both hands, then quickly slashes both hands down, slicing and flinging away her victim.
 * Backlash - near opponent, ← or → + D

Mature grabs her foe's shoulder with one hand and roughly pushes them into the ground behind her. The animation is similar to Ryuji Yamazaki's Bun Nage.


 * Special Attacks
 * Despair - ↓↘→ + P

Mature leaps into the air and flips upside down while slashing down and forward with one hand, creating a wake of metallic energy.
 * Deicide - ←↙↓↘→ + K

Mature swipes an arm towards the ground, stretching it like a wire. On a successful hit, she grabs her foe's feet and rapidly retracts her arm to normal length while staying in place, staggering her victim's balance. The weak version pulls the opponent towards her instead of lifting them off balance.
 * Deathrow - ↓↙← + P; can be repeated three times in rapid succession

Mature performs a slash that trails metallic energy while moving forward a short distance. Each repetition will have her perform another metallic slash.
 * Metal Massacre - ↓↙← + K

Mature makes a rapid mid-range dash and does a horizontal one-handed slash that leaves a wake of metallic energy directly in front of her.
 * Sacrilege - →↓↘ + P

Mature leaps forward while spinning, with one clawed hand extended upwards and the other at waist level. She will constantly slash her opponent while moving.
 * Ebony Tears - ↓↘→↘↓↙← + P

Mature rears back with both arms raised upwards and clenched together, then does a massive two-handed swipe downwards. This releases a giant arc projectile of metallic energy. It has roughly the same animation as Kyosuke Kagami's Cross Cutter in Rival Schools, but seems closer to that of Heidern's.


 * Desperation Moves
 * Nocturnal Rites - ↓↘→↓↘→ + P

Mature moves forward while performing several rapid, short-range Metal Massacres in a row. If she doesn't connect early enough, she'll finish with a single Deathrow; otherwise, she'll finish with a point-blank Ebony Tears.
 * Heaven's Gate - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + K

Mature dashes forward. On a successful hit, she continues rushing forward while holding her foe by their head and dragging them along the ground, suffused with sickly white energy. On reaching the edge of the arena, she swings her opponent forward and blasts them with a pillar of white death energy. In Unlimited, she also creates momentary red pillars while dragging her foe in the SDM version. It basically has the same animation as Rugal's Gigantic Pressure DM.


 * Super Desperation Moves
 * Nocturnal Rites - ↓↘→↓↘→ + AC

Mature performs a full triple Deathrow between the Metal Massacres and the Ebony Tears now.
 * Heaven's Gate - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + BD

Instead of a grey pillar it's blood-red now. It basically has the same animation as Rugal's Gigantic Pressure SDM, except the God Press is only done once.


 * Hidden Super Desperation Moves
 * Ecstasy 816 - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + AC / →, D, C, B, → (in the Original KOF 2002)

Upon contact Mature makes a secondary image of herself on the other side of her opponent then proceed to do a myriad of her moves ending with a Despair, her other image disappears then she blows a kiss towards her stunned opponent causing a large explosion.

The King of Fighters XII

 * Command Attacks
 * Deathblow - near opponent, ← or → + C
 * Mature grabs her foe's throat with both hands, then quickly slashes both hands down, slicing and flinging away her victim.


 * Special Attacks
 * Despair - ↓↘→ + Punch

Mature leaps into the air and flips upside down in an arc.
 * Despair Tsuika - Punch during Despair

Mature performs a downwards 'X' slash while airborne during her jump.
 * Metal Massacre - ↓↙← + Kick

Mature makes a rapid mid-range dash and does a one-handed slash that deals multiple hits.


 * Desperation Moves
 * Heaven's Gate - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + Kick

Mature dashes forward. On a successful hit, she continues rushing forward while holding her foe and dragging them across the screen before slamming them against the wall unleashing a pillar of red bestial energy that releases a skull-aura. It basically has the same animation as Rugal's Gigantic Pressure DM.

The King of Fighters XIII

 * Command Attacks
 * Deathblow - near opponent, ← or → + C

Mature grabs her foe's throat with both hands, then quickly slashes both hands down, slicing and flinging away her victim.


 * Special Attacks
 * Despair - ↓↘→ + Punch

Mature leaps into the air and flips upside down in an arc.
 * Despair Tsuika - Punch during Despair

Mature performs a downwards 'X' slash while airborne during her jump. It seems that the EX version of the move has autoguard properties.
 * Metal Massacre - ↓↙← + Kick

Mature makes a rapid mid-range dash and does a one-handed slash that deals multiple hits.
 * Ebony Tears - ↓↘→↓↘→↓←↙↓← + Punch

Mature creates and launches a cross-shaped projectile, which will knock opponent down upon impact. Negates normal projectiles. EX version travels a bit slower but does three hits upon contact. It has roughly the same animation as Kyosuke Kagami's Cross Cutter in Rival Schools, but seems closer to that of Heidern's.


 * Desperation Moves
 * Heaven's Gate - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + Kick

Mature dashes forward. On a successful hit, she continues rushing forward while holding her foe and dragging them across the screen before slamming them against the wall unleashing a pillar of red bestial energy that releases a skull-aura. It basically has the same animation as Rugal's Gigantic Pressure DM.
 * Nocturnal Rites - ↓↘→↓↘→ + P

Mature moves forward while performing several rapid, short-range Metal Massacres in a row. If she doesn't connect early enough, she'll finish with a single Deathrow; otherwise, she'll finish with a point-blank Ebony Tears.


 * Neo Max
 * Awakening Blood - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ AC

Mature removes her eye-patch and a huge red eye appears on the background as she fades away. Moments later a torrent of reddish energy slams into opponent, dealing massive damage.

The King of Fighters XIV

 * Command Attacks
 * Deathblow - near opponent, ← or → + C

Mature grabs her foe's throat with both hands, then quickly slashes both hands down, slicing and flinging away her victim.
 * Backlash - near opponent, ← or → + D

Mature grabs her foe's shoulder with one hand and roughly pushes them into the ground behind her. The animation is similar to Ryuji Yamazaki's Bun Nage.


 * Special Attacks
 * Despair - ↓↘→ + Punch

Mature leaps into the air and flips upside down in an arc.
 * Despair Tsuika - Punch during Despair

Mature performs a downwards 'X' slash while airborne during her jump. It seems that the EX version of the move has auto guard properties.
 * Deathrow - ↓↙← + Punch; can be repeated three times in rapid succession

Mature performs a slash that trails metallic energy while moving forward a short distance. Each repetition will have her perform another metallic slash.
 * Metal Massacre - ↓↙← + Kick

Mature makes a rapid mid-range dash and does a one-handed slash that deals multiple hits.
 * Ebony Tears - ↓↘→↓↘→↓←↙↓← + Punch

Mature creates and launches a cross-shaped projectile, which will knock opponent down upon impact. Negates normal projectiles. EX version travels a bit slower but does three hits upon contact. It has roughly the same animation as Kyosuke Kagami's Cross Cutter in Rival Schools, but seems closer to that of Heidern's.


 * Desperation Moves
 * Heaven's Gate - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + Kick

Mature dashes forward. On a successful hit, she continues rushing forward while holding her foe and dragging them across the screen before slamming them against the wall unleashing a pillar of red bestial energy that releases a skull-aura. The SDM version has mature slamming her opponent against the wall on both sides of the screen. It basically has the same animation as Rugal's Gigantic Pressure DM, with SDM version having Mature do two God Presses. Nocturnal Lights - ↓↘→↓↘→ + Punch Mature moves forward while performing several rapid, short-range Metal Massacres in a row. If she doesn't connect early enough, she'll finish with a single Deathrow; otherwise, she'll finish with a point-blank Ebony Tears.


 * Climax Super Desperation Moves
 * Iron Maiden - ↓↙←↙↓↘→ + AC

Mature bows with her lipstick in hand and moves forward swiftly while leaving behind a trail of the lipstick. She then looks at herself in her compact powder's mirror before closing it to detonate the lipstick's trail, damaging her foe in the process.

Trivia
The names of Mature's move list (along with Vice's) are inspired mainly in musical bands, songs and projects, mainly rock and metal. Here's a reference list of the names.
 * Deathblow - Song from the album Deftones by the titular band
 * Backlash - Neapolitan rock band
 * Despair - German Thrash Metal band
 * Deicide - (Misliteration for Da-Cide in old versions) American Death Metal band
 * Deathrow - German Thrash Metal band
 * Metal Massacre - A series of compilation albums by various metal bands
 * Heaven's Gate - (Misliteration for Heavens Gate) German Heavy Metal band
 * Crematory - German Death Metal band
 * Sacrilege - British Punk band
 * Ebony Tears - Swedish Death Metal band
 * Nocturnal Rites - (usually mispelled as Nocturnal Lights) - Swedish Power Metal band
 * Ecstasy 816 - (wordplay on XTC) British rock band
 * Iron Maiden - British Heavy Metal band