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212 Shiki Kototsuki You

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212 Shiki Kototsuki You (弐百拾弐式（にひゃくじゅうにごき）・琴月 陽（ことつきよう）; "Method 212: Zither Moon Yang"; "You" is read as "Yoh") is a Special Move in The King of Fighters series, being a semi-consistent signature move of Kyo Kusanagi.

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Description[]

The user runs at their opponent, drives their elbow into the abdomen, lift-grabs them by their neck (or for the XIV and XV versions, a face-grab), and explodes them.

While the elbow needs to connect on either hit or block to have the lift-grab come out, the lift-grab itself is a blockable hit-grab. The Yanosabi-bridge-version in the NESTS Saga games instead goes straight into the lift-grab portion which can pick up victims downed by the prior Yanosabi.

For the version introduced in KOF XIII, it forgoes the run for the immediate lifting-grab before ending it with the usual explosion. KOF XIV's version however, acts as a standard close-ranged command throw which adds in the classic-version Hatsugane before the lifting-grab explosion.

Strategy[]

Normally a hit-grab move, it can be blocked before the elbow can hit, so the move is used normally to end combos, or enforce guard gauge reduction during blockstrings. However, the Yanosabi-bridge version in later games tends to be punishable on block, even though the lift-grab portion if blocked unlike the Kototsuki In, has some notable pushback.

The version is a 3F command grab, and thus can surprise the foe when they least expect it, making it useful as a deadly mixup option, especially in the corner.

The move also returns in both KOF XIV and XV with its prior input, and replaces the 427 Shiki Hikigane; Hikigane itself on the other hand is limited with its variant only being an Aragami branch.

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Trivia[]

  • In the original 1.0 Arcade version of The King of Fighters XIII, 212 Shiki Kototsuki You was an unblockable move. This was fixed in the 1.1 version.
  • Only in Capcom vs. SNK (including Pro) and 2, the elbow lunge during the dash has Kyo's leading elbow emit a small bit of flame, which is not seen in any other variation of the Kototsuki You.
  • The NESTS Saga version of the Kototsuki You done off of the 114 Shiki Aragami is an OTG-hitting Kototsuki variation that predates Iori's Kototsuki In.

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