Chris/Move List

Chris

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Overview

Chris is a speed-type Rushdown/Mixup character, with a bevy of bulky pokes to play neutral footsies with, and speedy-approach options to confound his foes with. Chris is equipped mainly with an abundance of pressure and high-low-hitting options that can further confound defenders during blockstrings at the cost of longer range that other characters have. Added with a side-switching non-damage grab in the form of Direction Change and both his Scramble Dash and short-hop/diagonal j. for cross-ups, a strong Chris player is able to continuously rush his foe down with ease with okay damage to spare (and an invincible reversal option in the form of Hunting Air).

While Chris was initially underpowered with notable gaps in his moves in The King of Fighters '97, many of his moves saw a massive rework for streamlined-usability since The King of Fighters '98. Even then, among his tools that despite its nerfs in later games, has been his infamous jumping Blowback attack (j.) with its strong forward-and-downward hitbox and blockstun, making it one of the series' most powerful jump-ins to date.

Regardless, major weakness Chris has are lack of strong knockdowns and high damage. Without the former, powerful okizeme isn't often as guaranteed to balance out his strong high-low-left-right-mixups (especially since his hard knockdown options have him recover too late to take advantage of them). The latter also causes him to be lacking as a middle or anchor character in most teams due to his resource consumption resulting only passable damage (forcing him to stagger damage through short continuous combos and resets). On top of lack of projectiles or answers to truly deal with them, Chris has difficulty in enforcing his reward more often times than not, though his forte still makes him hard to underestimate.

For his Orochi counterpart's moveset, click here.

The King of Fighters series

	Name	Command Input	Description	Appears In
Throws	Step Turn	or +	Chris steps on the opponent's body and then sends them flying away with a backflip.	All appearances
	Aerial Drop	or +	Chris grabs the opponent then tosses them a half screen distance.	All appearances
Command Moves	Spinning Array	+	Chris spins around and two-hand swings his arms towards the opponent.	???
	Reverse Anchor Kick	+	Chris does an overhead handstand kick.	All appearances
	Carry Off Kick	+	Chris slides on the ground with his rear leg outstretched.	All appearances
Special Moves	Hunting Air KOF '97 ver.	+ or ( OK)	Chris does a backflip kick. In KOF '97, Chris rises straight upwards and kicks.	All appearances
	Glider Stomp	+ or ( OK)	Chris performs a steep angled dive kick.	All appearances
	Slide Touch	+ or	Chris slides forward then executes a thrust punch.	All appearances
	Scramble Dash; / ver. ver.	+ or ( OK)	Chris dashes forwards. The and versions has Chris staying on the ground, while the version has Chris leaping in the air. The version can also be followed up with Glider Stomp.	???
	Shooting Dancer Thrust; Startup Dash ver. ver. ver.	+ or (KOF '97 - KOF 2002 UM)	Chris performs a dashing elbow strike into a sliding kick (with / version) or a step side kick (with version).	All appearances
		+ or (KOF XV; OK)
	Shooting Dancer Step	+ or ( OK)	Chris jumps into a leaping overhead stomp and bounces off his foe.	All appearances
	Direction Change	+ or ( OK)	Chris turns around then back-flip's (while grabbing the opponents head) over the opponent to land on the other side of them. In KOF XV, he follows up with a roundhouse kick aimed at the head.	???
	Leading High	+ ・	Chris performs his Extra Mode evade move from KOF '98 with a roundhouse kick follow-up that hits as an overhead.	KOF 2002 & KOF 2002UM
	Leading Low	+ ・	Chris performs his Extra Mode evade move from KOF '98 with a low kick follow-up that hits as a soft knockdown.	KOF 2002 & KOF 2002UM
Super Special Moves	Chain Slide Touch	+ or	Chris does a series of fast strikes while moving forwards. The version ends with a '97-style Shooting Dancer Thrust.	All appearances
	Twister Drive	+ or	Chris does 3 consecutive Hunting Airs. The version has Chris does a Hunting Air, then drops down, followed by a repeating Hunting Air before diving back down again.	All appearances
MAX2	Honoo no Sadame no Kurisu	+	Chris transforms into Orochi Chris.	KOF 2002 & KOF 2002UM
Climax Super Special Move	Onslaught Mirage	+	Chris dashes towards the opponent then delivers a series of Slide Touches on the opponent, finishing them off by a hard axe kick into the floor.	KOF XV