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Hien Shikkyaku (飛燕失脚ひえんしっきゃく; "Flying Swallow Loss Leg") is one of Geese Howard's Command Moves in both the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series, first appearing in Real Bout Fatal Fury Special.

Input
All appearances +
FFWA + while crouching
RBFFS +

Description[]

Geese jumps and claws at his opponent from above. However, the animation across games have heavily varied:

  • In Real Bout Special and Real Bout 2, (Nightmare) Geese leaps and slashes inwards and upwards with his following arm, going into an upwards uppercut-esque follow-through upon landing with some recovery.
  • In Wild Ambition, he leaps forward with an outwards-downwards chop swipe of white energy with his leading hand, akin to the finisher of his Hishou Nichirin Zan.
  • In KOF 2002 UM as Nightmare Geese, it follows akin to the first variation but Geese only stops part-way during the swipe in midair without the upwards follow-through upon landing. It also downs the foe with a hard knockdown on hit instead.
  • In Tekken 7, Geese instead claws inwards with his leading/left arm forwards at a downwards angle upon hopping.

According to lore, Geese during his younger years intended for this technique in ode to "losing one's footing" to be a counter to the Hien Shippuu Kyaku of the Kyokugenryu Karate.

Strategy[]

With this classing as a hop, Geese can quickly transition into Shippuken to both get some extra damage in, and gain some distance if the version of Shippuken is used.

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