@@gqphoenixclops3056 Golly! Sounds like the best date ever. Mignon and Ninon are easy characters to pick especially Ninon in MI2, that gothic lolita is the best zooner in that game. I am glad to hear people know about the KOF Maximum Impact games These games are fun.
I would put Ryo over Robert as easy to use. Ryo's light dragon punch works as an anti air or anti ground move most of the time. Ryo plays a lot like a shoto character. He does a lot of damage even without combos.
Terry was the first character i played in Fatal Fury because he was on the cover of the SNES cartridge. I find Mai to be super easy to play and she didn't even get a mention here. She has changed very little in terms of excusion over the years.
Same Mai is super easy and fun to play as , her supers are also extremely easy to pull out and she is super fast and strong character , and she didn't get mentioned -__-
Great video! Back in the arcades days, Robert in KOF 97 was so broken, but he was the only one who could take me to Orochi and make my $0,25 cents worth it
For Terry Id argue his weakness is just opening people up. He’s got incredible pressure and is not a guy you want bullying you in the corner but he’s reliant on forcing openings rather than finding them as he lacks a command grab or an overhead outside jumping moves.
First person I used when I started playing Garou Densetsu/Fatal Fury was Joe Higashi First person I used when I started playing Ryuku No Ken/Art Of Fighting was Ryo Sakazaki First team I used when I started playing King of Fighters was The American Sports Team
Idk about Athena being the easiest Character in all of Kof, in KOF 13 she was quite technical and was considered among the hardest characters in that game.
Even if that was true (it's an exaggeration), that's ONE game in 14, and only counting major titles. A proper generalistic judgement has to consider the whole history of her character in the series. This is not a discussion about Kof Xiii, but Kof in general.
I just disagree with her #1 place, but she surely is among top 4-5 most beginner friendly. Anyways, who is your pick of #1 easiest overall in the SERIES?
I find grapplers the most intuitive, so I always recommend them. The game plan for them is straightforward, combos are minimum, and winning with mind game feels nice. And of course there is Shermie.
That's not really true, you might say that their combos are minimal but that could be said about literally everyone, it's not like you need to know a combo to get wins with Terry or Kim. If anything they are harder as it requires you to get up close and put in inputs quickly.
@@kyotheman69 Easy to preform supers throughout all his games, not very many changes in his move set, fair damage output. That’s an example of a basic main really.
@@kyotheman69 I just disagree with his place in the list, which should be #10 at best compared to the other beginner friendly chars. But it's a right pick.
I Grew up on the Kof series with K' and Kula starting from Kof 13. They're both still my best pick to this day in Kof 13 and 2002 They were really the key for me to open the gate to other harder characters and eventually other fighting games
Thank you soon as I saw athena in the middle I thought nah Athena isnt easy to control. Athena has one of the hardest specials to pull off in 94 and 95. Then in 01 02 again her super specials are quite hard to pull off
cute and annoying, i loved playing her in arcades having person next to me groaning sound, some aspects she was cheap, her phoenix arrow did insane damage and reflect annoying people spam fire balls i loved it.
@@kyotheman69 💯💯💯 in kof 95 Athena super is hard to pull off and hands down one of the OP/broken supers in the game it does so much damage especially when he life is on red and shes fully charged
my 1st character is Athena and I always uses her... she is just so reliable since she barely chances, my 2nd character is Yuri, her damage output might be low, but she is just a shota character, if you use Ryu, Ken or Akuma before, you already know how to use Yuri. Athena's ultimate might be difficult to pull off in Kof 2002, but it's so satisfying once you did
Thank you for making this video I have been trying to look for characters to main in KOF 14 to get ready for 15 so far my team consists of Terry and K’
Terry is still one of my mains to this day. He's the comfy pick I fall back on in each game. I do love that hes got an answer to most situations and rising tackle is a great anti air
Kula was the character that taught me how to do KoF combos. I picked up Kensou because I liked the sound he makes when he does a CD in 14, and I grew to like the character to the point where he became my main. Maxima became the third character I learned how to use, and I'm surprised that he's not part of the list. Very small moveset, easy BnB combos, a fun command grab, and supers that are easy to execute and are very effective. Sure he's hard to use in high-level play, but I think he's great for beginners to learn. I'm glad you mentioned Sylvie as well. Despite her looks, she is fun and easy to play, and her combos do mad damage. Her main weakness though is her poor range, so getting in is what makes things difficult for her.
The point is that Maxima isnt eligible for a top 10... But he should be in honorable mention. And i'm also counting the fact that this list has some logical flaws and bias flaws. Still the "top 10" are more beginner friendly than him.
I started with the Mexico Team in KOF 94 (Ryo, Robert, Takuma) because coming from Street Fighter it was the team that felt most like the Shotos I used to play and is a good entry point because they all play almost the same so it's easier than trying to learn 3 whole new characters immediately.
my first characters were ralph, kim and leona in kof 96. I could even dragon punch I still like the Robert and Ralf of kof 96, 97 and 98. Athena is my main player now, alongside Iori and either Kim or Leona
i always thought shen was one of the super easiest characters in kof, great normals, easy 100% combos with no execution. i'm guessing the reason he didn't put him on the list is because i'm guessing learning to rushdown with him is alittle difficult
Yuri, yes, she definitely deserved to be in. Mai, maybe... I believe she should just be a "honorable mention". But according to his tricky logic, that put Robert and Iori in the list, maybe she deserved to be in just for the sake of coherence. Shen could be omitted because he is too new and the list is meant to be generalistic. But anyways i agree on the point that he is among the easier ones in the games he appeared.
I have always been using Ralf as my go to character when playing KOF. His moveset is pretty cool to me and I still have a lot to learn about playing him.
I really like watching this game, never understood how to play it tho, even got KoF2002UM on ps4 but still no idea what to do so just admire watching videos or streams xD
What make me sad is everytime there new trailer some people always comparing the graphics to guilty gear strive, hope people stop comparing, i personally admit kof not as beautiful as guilty gear but i still think it's pretty sad for playing comparison 😞
I consider Iori to be THE fighter designed to teach players "KoF". Not only is he easy to grasp for new players as you say, but he basically has all the tools to teach you rushdown, space control, command grabbing, that can be applied to other KoF archetypes once you decide to branch out.
Kyo and Iori were very carefully designed to be able to give an accurate idea of what Kof is. They are different than Ryu in the sense they are not made to be easy, but they are perfect "teachers" of the game exactly like Ryu in SF.
bcoz this video is probably based on shoryugame's perspective. i suggest yuri bcoz if your main fighting game is street fighter and you try to play kof, yuri is the best recommendation for those players because how similar her special moves to ryu and ken.
@@chadmolitor6691 Not very often, and the changes are not drastic. Not like Robert. Still, the list has some very arbitrary picks that ignore the "moveset change" factor. So that's why she had to be included. It's ridiculous that Robert or Kim are in but not her...
I don't find Yuri all that easy to learn. She usually has trouble doing anti-airs. Her dragon punch isn't an anti-air. Her combos are usually more difficult to learn than Robert or Ryo's combos.
Terry and Ralf were my first go to characters but I was also a big fan of Vanessa even though I didn’t know how to really play her lmao I just liked the fast punches
Ryo is always apart of my team. Blue Mary is another I use as a mains stay when ever she is in kof. As for the 3rd. It could be Terry, Takuma, or Angel.
I was expecting of Athena and I'm so surprised with her placement as first place. I love her since 1994 (and 1986 to some games eventhough I was not born that time.) Her Psychic Medley was so strong in 2001, 2003, XI and XIII while 2002 is the most creative. Years passed by and still I remember her moves and useful combos. Thanks buddy for ranking each members. Everyone is deserving. 😊
Kula was the first character I ever played as. Definitely one of the easier characters in the series, but a solid choice nonetheless! And yeah, as someone else in the comments said, you should definitely do a "Top 10 Coolest Supers in KOF"! I know my number 1 pick would be Yamazaki's level 3 from KOF 2002.
Another great video!!! I was a long time Fatal fury fan when I first played KOF 94 so I always play as that team. Also like using Art of Fighting team as well. Would love to see Serious Mr. Karate show up in KOF!!!
I came across SNK after playing CVS2 where I used Mai and Athena without really knowing much about them (I was 11 at the time) so when I picked the game up, I used them with with other familiar faces (like King) then Kula
For me in started in 02 in the laundromats I think I picked Kim, Joe and Terry I believe but you know how beginners/amateurs used Rugal and Yashiro(Orichi blood) but I beat them, sometimes I let them kill me just to see how they fight and boom they quit and give up but then the players who know how to play come in (they mostly Mexicans lol) and they kicked my ass I failed lots of times but more and more I learned their patterns I come close to surviving lot more too and there's days where it's 1 on 1 but that was like 2 or 3 years agoI believe if I could go back in time with the skills I have now yeah I would been kicking areses left and right but then I changed Terry with Yamazaki to I believe now I just do roulette with my 3rd character and stay with Joe and Kim with Joe first and Kim last but now since rona hit no one goes to spot no more but now it's little by little I just want a challenge from a dude I never met or seen play before and to honed my skills to finally meet a match someday I was thinking of finding arcade places with either Street Fighter or KOF that are big and people compete in. Either in California or anywhere really so I can kick some ass
I definitely would have put Kensou at # 1or 2 at the lowest, because of that backwards 421 dp motion. Defensively it's the easiest non-charge dp in the game. You can buffer it quickly without having to move forward or come out of block, which makes it so much easier to defend blockstrings in a game that already has fast jumps and hop jumps. It combos easily into his super motions. AND, his fb is punch while his dp is kick. So you NEVER get accidental dp when going for fb.
I like Whip. She is my favorite female of the Ikari Warriors. Her story is tragic. She is just a clone of K' sister I feel sorry when she cried for Krizzalid's death. Krizzalid was not a good person but I think he really cared for Whip
@@iqielokie6649 Glad to hear that ^_^ Too bad Whip is no longer with K and his team :( Looks like they replace her with Kula... Nothing against Kula is just that I prefer Whip. I hope we see K' and Whip interacting each other in KOF XV I wonder what K' thinks about Whip. As his friend, sister or like another person (because you know, she is a clone)
Isn't Whip's Lore basically the same as K' Lore? It's kinda like telling the same Story all over again Except it's Whip's Story which kinda feels like K' again.
@@joseurbina3835 I find Soiree Meira an easy characters to use in all Maximum Impact games. If you play the those games. I recomend you playing as him. He is a capoeira fighter with unpredictible combos and easy moves to execute.
I feel like "easy for beginners" is very subjective personally. I've always had trouble with balanced characters and tend toward specialists so at least of couple of these picks are characters I found rather challenging starting out (King felt real weird, and I still can't play old Ralf) while characters like K9999, Vice and Billy called my name (Vice being the first I ever learned). Also I'm surprised to see K' didn't even make an honorable mention! Dude's got it all man!
It's not as subjective as it seems, but the proper reasoning applied to make a list can be tricky. As this list indeed has some moments of flawed logic and a few other moments of apparent character bias. Like omitting some super obvious choices who are even veterans in the series. Now, K9999 is no way a beginner friendly char. The thing is, in this kind of lists it's implied that the char is picked to be actually "mained" and studied in order to be well used. It's not about picking a strong char just to cheese people less skilled than you (because using a bad K9999 can get you screwed against people just above the noob rank), therefore a subutilized char. King truly is a beginner friend char in the series. Billy, not as much... Only in the specific games where he is well done and strong, like most notably in 02. Vice i can kinda see her around there, but still not in "top 10 most beginner friendly", for the most part because she has a particular issue of being very uneffective just in beginner level, but becomes very nice above that point - but that will require learning her tricks. So Daimon is still above her among the easier grapplers. And K' isnt a beginner friendly char either.
@@carlosaugusto9821 I think you kind of made my point for me a bit when you had to define what beginner meant. There's the beginner character that will help with long term growth, but I feel those characters can be difficult to do well with to start out. A short term loss, long term gain sort of character. But if the player hasn't committed to a game yet, then that kind of character can lead to more early losses which will cause a loss of interest. In that case a beginner character is a short-term gains long term loss type of character that works as an advertisement. That kind of character is a good beginner character if we assume that by the time cheesy stuff stops working that the player is invested in the game to do the real work. This type works better for people new to fighting games I think. Of course there's characters that work well for people new to KOF (or a specific series) but not fighting games. Then we're talking about transferrable skills. Beyond all that though I tend to believe in the Heart/Body/Mind idea. Different players come into fighting games with different skills. The best beginner character is the one that plays to the skills and strengths the player already has. Then build the skills you don't as you get to higher levels. Also K' isn't beginner friendly? News to me. O=
My first trio is Terry, Iori and Billy (2002) and I’m just kinda learning the basic combos still but damn does Billy give that rush of adrenaline I crave. Prolly bc I’m so used to Richter in smash
I like to play as Terry and Mai in Maximum Impact 2/Regulation A Mai is always a very easy character for me. She got one of Andy's supers in MI2 Terry in Maximum Impact 2 is GREAT because he has access to all his special moves from the previous games plus a brand new move (a fire kick) Terry is very versatile in those games. Plus you can also choose Wild Wolf (AKA Terry from Garou). He got his Power Dunk back and he got a brand new DM The Rising Beat which is his version of Geese and Rock's Deadly Rave
The very first character I used/dedicated time to was Kyo, I loved his look and attitude. I already knew who Terry was but I decided I liked King more. Last was Leona but I found her too difficult to play so I picked Iori.
Back in the days of KOF97, I'd always finish Orochi with Ralf's Galactica Phantom. All the kids at the arcade would be like "wooooaah....." Man, what a time to be alive, it was.
My first KOF was 99 and I was the type to use Kyo-2 and Andy a lot, but after CvS2 came out and introduced me to the Psycho Idol, I basically went with Athena, Kula and Yuri (Yuri is just a bit more complicated to use) and never looked back since. This list is just about perfect really, Athena and Kula especially are simple but effective and can also be used strongly in nearly any KOF game, plus I just love them period. Also, I feel the 13 and 14 versions of Mai Shiranui are also incredibly easy to use, and this is coming from someone who struggled with her in older games when she used to have tons of special moves.
My favorites and first starters characters are Kyo, Iori, and Athena since 2006 (or 2005) and I played them in KOF XI at Chuck e. cheese (I’m not joking, don’t ask me how it ended up there, I was young. But hey, I was lucky tho and it was my first KOF game at the time.)
I remember the first time I played as the Beart sisters in KOF Maximum Impact 2 Mignon has good combos and special moves (plus she can move like a cat when she changes stances) I still remember how to do that combo that ends with her throw in Regulation A BUT in my opinion her little sister Ninon was even better. Ninon is the best zooner in the Maximum Impact games and her special moves did a lot of damage. She was really one of the best characters in MI2 sadly she was nerfed in Regulation A
When it comes to Sibling Characters in Fighting Games, they usually play like the same Character (Like Yun and Yang from Street Fighter), but the Beart Sisters on the other Hand, it's actually far from it, from you said in your Comment, it sounds like those 2 play totally Different Characters in terms of Moveset. That's really interesting, hoping those 2 Sisters will come back as either Base Characters or as Bosses in Future KOF Installments.
@@joseurbina3835 Well, in terms of special moves the Beart sisters have some similarities but also diferences. They can both be played rushdown or keepaway, Mignon seems better at rush and Ninon seems better at the latter. I have seen some Regulation A tournaments where people choose Mignon. She can combo into command grabs!
It was fun, but must not be his standard moveset in new games. Rather an Ex version like in 02um. That was a perfect ,and Ex chars should have been a standard in the rest of the series since 98.
I started playing this game with Iori, Terry and Kyo, then eventually switched to Shingo, Terry, Yamazaki. But even then I haven't got to a point of doing crazy combos, only with keepaway and short bursts. And I thought at first that Shingo was a beginner friendly character. The nightmare of arcades here back in the day were the Athena Sisters. Depending of the version, the players main Athena, then teamed up with either Shermie, Yuri, Kula, Mai, or Blue Mary.
Yeah it's very difficult to doing some crazy combo,but currently the south american player are technical doing crazy combo,I don understand why south american player are amazing than us why?? either me too Let me give you some links for south american player the streamer for brazil #KOFdadepressão
@@mczblaze8032 Regional preferences, I guess. Mexico and especially Brazil has a strong KOF player base. It's like how Tekken is with South Korea and Pakistan, the US has Marvel vs. Capcom, for SF it varies.
@@SiniBANG Well,I guess you forgot one more regional preferences like China player,China has a strong KOF player based especially like Xiao hai and Dakou the streamer player,they are very competitive at other KOF like 98,or even XIII and XIV it's a decently for fighting games at all #Xiaohai #Dakou
My first SNK game was Fatal Fury 1 on my Genesis. Then I got the Fatal Fury films. Terry was probably my first fighting game character I ever used and is still my main choice.
Great video! Im also inclined to add the fact of how op Kim is in Both KoF 02 entries (OG and UM'), due to how his basic moves has barely few to no startup frames, with long active time. Pair that with the many options his specials give him and you have a High-to-god tier character. On the other hand, Andy entry on this list surprised me. Since Im more of an Old School KoF player, I always regarded him as a tricky character to play, mainly due to how one should know how to properly zone the oponents out while not having many safe on block options, added to the fact that his punishes/combos are very frame specific, especially when it comes to linking his desperate move (Chou reppa dan). However, since you emphasized his XIII onwards entries, I cant be the one to argue with that since I dont know much about those games competitive wise. ;)
Thanks for your opinion. I agree with you that the Andy from 96 to 2002 isn't easy at all. But zoner Andy (the version is recent KOFs) is a straight forward shoto character and his Zaneiken is safe on block.
Chizuru is finally back in the game!! First time commenting, but always you were and are my go to when it comes to KOF and SNK-related content, love your videos man, as always thanks and keep up the good content!
KOF 2000 was the first in the series I thoroughly enjoyed. I was practically blindfolded when trying to pick fighters in Arcade-mode. Nevertheless, thanks to my pondering too much for the timer’s liking, the game picked a team for me: King, Takuma, Athena. This video proves that even the most relentless AI can have great taste, as I’ve had a smooth time playing fighters such as the top two on this list. 👍👍👍
Iori and Kula have always been my mains in my teams in old KOF games. For the 3rd character, it varies, from Kim, Ryo, Chris, Terry, Shermie, Clark, Athena and Mai Special mention goes to Vanessa, as she's one of my other mains in the games she's present in. She's a hard character to use, sure, but i have fun with her as I'm close to mastering her, alongside Kim
I totally agree about Andy. I started using him as my main since KOF XIII, and I think he has a better flow in both XIII and XIV. I am actually learning to master him rather backwards, from XIII to XIV, then 2002 and 1998. On the other hand, I really suck at playing as his brother Terry. I tried so hard but I just really couldn't.
Ralf sure changed when KOFXIV came along, Kinda like how my Boi *King* from "Tekken" who was my Main since "Tekken 3," but after "Tekken 5" *King* was not the same anymore. (He was the reason I was forced to use an Arcade Stick 😔)
@@meganinten0078 *Armor King* is probably the same situation as *King* but a little bit different in terms of Moveset, not sure if he's improved in Tekken 7 yet. Edit: I do find *Armor King* way more Challenging than *King* but he was Fun as Hell.
@@joseurbina3835 That is right. Armor King is going to appear in T7 As much as I hate Kazuya...that bastard is a good character for beginners 😑 I prefer playing as Heihachi tbh.
Iori Yagami is so sick that he always somehow manages to enter almost every list of shoryu gaming
he has one the best skill list, easy combos, amazing supers I still love desperation version of his Maiden Masher
King was my first and will always be “Best Girl” for me
Same.
100%
Agree
I disagree that king is one of the easiest to use some of her moves were definitely complicated to pull off in kof 94-95
@@thekid8224 Of the 90s versions of King, 98 was my favorite. But I never found her overly complicated in any of the series
As soon my wife an I saw Athena as your number one pick, she started screaming PSYCHO BALL! in my face, lol
Dude.
You have married an awesome woman 👍
@@meganinten0078
I got her into playing fighting games with me for frustration venting. Her favorites are magic girls.
@@gqphoenixclops3056 She would love to play as the Beart sisters from KOF Maximum Impact 2
Mignon and Ninon
@@meganinten0078
She has. That was the first one we played together. Special Versus was how I got her into it when we were beginning to date.
@@gqphoenixclops3056 Golly!
Sounds like the best date ever.
Mignon and Ninon are easy characters to pick especially Ninon in MI2, that gothic lolita is the best zooner in that game.
I am glad to hear people know about the KOF Maximum Impact games
These games are fun.
My first character was ryo
Not only did i like his personality but my siblings were only crazy about kyo but let's not forgot who started this mess.
Exactly
I would put Ryo over Robert as easy to use. Ryo's light dragon punch works as an anti air or anti ground move most of the time. Ryo plays a lot like a shoto character. He does a lot of damage even without combos.
Ryo is so fun to play!! I do prefer him over Robert for sure.
Terry was the first character i played in Fatal Fury because he was on the cover of the SNES cartridge.
I find Mai to be super easy to play and she didn't even get a mention here. She has changed very little in terms of excusion over the years.
Same Mai is super easy and fun to play as , her supers are also extremely easy to pull out and she is super fast and strong character , and she didn't get mentioned -__-
I feel like Mai gets picked for other... more "jiggly" reasons. 😂 Just joshing
@@Jeffmetal42 you are not wrong! I'll bet that is why I picked her at the arcade.
@@Jeffmetal42 Looks like Shoryu game doesn't like Mai.
I still remember how he didn't pick her in the top ten Waifus
Poor Mai.
Yes mai too
Thank for the existence of the shotos to introduce new people into the game
1:43 that transition tho
Why what's wrong with it
@@rosemarieromasanta4858
Nothing at all.
Did you not see how smoothly it went?
@@WAEVOICE oh yeah your right;-)
Terry is pretty easy and OKAY
I see what you did there. 😌👍
@@MrDraquo yeah by the way how u discovered the kof series I discovered by terry in smash
@@mrsimpleton4295 oh me too
@@AverageCatz OKAY nice pyra profile by the way u excited for the new xenonblade rep
@@mrsimpleton4295 hell yeah
Great video! Back in the arcades days, Robert in KOF 97 was so broken, but he was the only one who could take me to Orochi and make my $0,25 cents worth it
I know right!
Just spam the hcb Kicks!
I recently got Kof 2002 UM and it's the best purchase decision I've made so far
@Francisco Zagal I was thinking of getting that game funny enough.
I gotta get it
For Terry Id argue his weakness is just opening people up. He’s got incredible pressure and is not a guy you want bullying you in the corner but he’s reliant on forcing openings rather than finding them as he lacks a command grab or an overhead outside jumping moves.
to be fair
that 5HK
I like Maxima: he has high health, good damage, super armor an easy command grab, a nice cross-up and a laser
The vapor canon damage in some kof was insane
Yes but he is not eligible for a top 10 beginner friendly list
13:37 @@carlosaugusto9821yeah he's a slow grappler. Clark should make the list. I started with Clark then learn to like Ralf.
7:41 my boy kensou was my first carácter in kof97 and 98, eternal love for kensou
I remember playing Capcom vs SNK 2 with my first being Yuri.
I liked her pony tail braid.
First person I used when I started playing Garou Densetsu/Fatal Fury was Joe Higashi
First person I used when I started playing Ryuku No Ken/Art Of Fighting was Ryo Sakazaki
First team I used when I started playing King of Fighters was The American Sports Team
Idk about Athena being the easiest Character in all of Kof, in KOF 13 she was quite technical and was considered among the hardest characters in that game.
Very technical apart from her normal moves her supers are hard to pull off
Even if that was true (it's an exaggeration), that's ONE game in 14, and only counting major titles. A proper generalistic judgement has to consider the whole history of her character in the series. This is not a discussion about Kof Xiii, but Kof in general.
I just disagree with her #1 place, but she surely is among top 4-5 most beginner friendly. Anyways, who is your pick of #1 easiest overall in the SERIES?
imo Terry or King is the easiest
I find grapplers the most intuitive, so I always recommend them. The game plan for them is straightforward, combos are minimum, and winning with mind game feels nice. And of course there is Shermie.
Not in general. Some are beginner friendly and some arent. That generalistic logic works better in SF, not in KoF.
ive always been a grappler fan too ( clark )
That's not really true, you might say that their combos are minimal but that could be said about literally everyone, it's not like you need to know a combo to get wins with Terry or Kim. If anything they are harder as it requires you to get up close and put in inputs quickly.
Nah not really, their specials are usually half circles and beginners have issues pulling of special moves anyway
Kim Kaphwan: My first main in KOF games.
but i don't consider him easy, kind of scratching my head with this choice, it took me long while to get use to this guy
@@kyotheman69 Easy to preform supers throughout all his games, not very many changes in his move set, fair damage output.
That’s an example of a basic main really.
@@kyotheman69 I just disagree with his place in the list, which should be #10 at best compared to the other beginner friendly chars. But it's a right pick.
I remember that I loved using Shingo Yabuki, I was not that good with him but love the carachter
Team K were all my first characters in the series. Maxima is just awesome. K' has the swag and Kula is just... chill
Best way to describe them
Especially Kula
K is my boi too except I replace Kula and Maxima with Terry and Leona since I like them better but Leona is the hardest of them
@@mrespada6260
*SALUTE*
But that wasnt the same team in all games, only since XI.
I Grew up on the Kof series with K' and Kula starting from Kof 13.
They're both still my best pick to this day in Kof 13 and 2002
They were really the key for me to open the gate to other harder characters and eventually other fighting games
I always picked Athena because she was cute but for me she's really hard to control. I play better with other characters :(
I had that plan to beat every KOF game, Athena AI in all this games are 3 level ahead of all of them
Thank you soon as I saw athena in the middle I thought nah Athena isnt easy to control. Athena has one of the hardest specials to pull off in 94 and 95. Then in 01 02 again her super specials are quite hard to pull off
cute and annoying, i loved playing her in arcades having person next to me groaning sound, some aspects she was cheap, her phoenix arrow did insane damage and reflect annoying people spam fire balls i loved it.
@@kyotheman69 💯💯💯 in kof 95 Athena super is hard to pull off and hands down one of the OP/broken supers in the game it does so much damage especially when he life is on red and shes fully charged
Me too kof 2000 I play best with Athena
I agree on King - her tools make comboing looks easy.Then again,Terry,Kim,Kyo and Ryo have very good beginner tools,so i choose them alot as well B)
Maybe, do a “Top 10 Coolest Supers in KOF”
Kula is going to be #1
Her moves are the coolest
(Sorry, I couldn't resist 😅)
K' chain drive!!
Was the *Ice Puns* really necessary?
I just went through Hell with the freaking *"Winter Storm"* at my Place. 😑
Ryukuu ranbu
@@joseurbina3835 Hehehehe.
At least you are safe now.
my 1st character is Athena and I always uses her... she is just so reliable since she barely chances, my 2nd character is Yuri, her damage output might be low, but she is just a shota character, if you use Ryu, Ken or Akuma before, you already know how to use Yuri.
Athena's ultimate might be difficult to pull off in Kof 2002, but it's so satisfying once you did
Thank you for making this video I have been trying to look for characters to main in KOF 14 to get ready for 15 so far my team consists of Terry and K’
Terry is still one of my mains to this day. He's the comfy pick I fall back on in each game. I do love that hes got an answer to most situations and rising tackle is a great anti air
Athena's psyco medley is indeed hard to pull off but once you get the hang of it,you rule the field
You should do a Top 10 List of *NPCs (Non Playable Characters)* in the KOF series.
Kula was the character that taught me how to do KoF combos. I picked up Kensou because I liked the sound he makes when he does a CD in 14, and I grew to like the character to the point where he became my main. Maxima became the third character I learned how to use, and I'm surprised that he's not part of the list. Very small moveset, easy BnB combos, a fun command grab, and supers that are easy to execute and are very effective. Sure he's hard to use in high-level play, but I think he's great for beginners to learn.
I'm glad you mentioned Sylvie as well. Despite her looks, she is fun and easy to play, and her combos do mad damage. Her main weakness though is her poor range, so getting in is what makes things difficult for her.
The point is that Maxima isnt eligible for a top 10... But he should be in honorable mention. And i'm also counting the fact that this list has some logical flaws and bias flaws. Still the "top 10" are more beginner friendly than him.
I started with the Mexico Team in KOF 94 (Ryo, Robert, Takuma) because coming from Street Fighter it was the team that felt most like the Shotos I used to play and is a good entry point because they all play almost the same so it's easier than trying to learn 3 whole new characters immediately.
my first characters were ralph, kim and leona in kof 96. I could even dragon punch
I still like the Robert and Ralf of kof 96, 97 and 98.
Athena is my main player now, alongside Iori and either Kim or Leona
Yuri, Mai, and Shen are also other characters that are easy to use in my opinion
I'll bet 50 Bucks on ShoryuGame will do a Mai Shiranui Lore Video in April 1st this Year. 😂
i always thought shen was one of the super easiest characters in kof, great normals, easy 100% combos with no execution. i'm guessing the reason he didn't put him on the list is because i'm guessing learning to rushdown with him is alittle difficult
The problem with shen is his lack of options
Yuri, yes, she definitely deserved to be in. Mai, maybe... I believe she should just be a "honorable mention". But according to his tricky logic, that put Robert and Iori in the list, maybe she deserved to be in just for the sake of coherence. Shen could be omitted because he is too new and the list is meant to be generalistic. But anyways i agree on the point that he is among the easier ones in the games he appeared.
I have always been using Ralf as my go to character when playing KOF. His moveset is pretty cool to me and I still have a lot to learn about playing him.
I really like watching this game, never understood how to play it tho, even got KoF2002UM on ps4 but still no idea what to do so just admire watching videos or streams xD
What make me sad is everytime there new trailer some people always comparing the graphics to guilty gear strive, hope people stop comparing, i personally admit kof not as beautiful as guilty gear but i still think it's pretty sad for playing comparison 😞
I agree with you.
I don't care for the graphics if the game is fun.
That is the reason why I still love the Maximum Impact series
@@meganinten0078 the maximum impact games still look good though
@@matabishippuden6965 Yep.
I know these don't have the best graphics but it has a certain charm to watch.
well..it is unwise to compare them anyway.
GG has only a few characters to focus on.
KoF has many characters to improve and develop,
My team was Terry, Ryo & Kim as I remeber when starting playing this game in 96
I consider Iori to be THE fighter designed to teach players "KoF". Not only is he easy to grasp for new players as you say, but he basically has all the tools to teach you rushdown, space control, command grabbing, that can be applied to other KoF archetypes once you decide to branch out.
Kyo and Iori were very carefully designed to be able to give an accurate idea of what Kof is. They are different than Ryu in the sense they are not made to be easy, but they are perfect "teachers" of the game exactly like Ryu in SF.
King is definitely an easy pick for me and a cutie too
Top 10 EASIEST Characters for Beginners in KOF
sees Kim at 10
me : doubt
great vid! i started with Beni and Iori, still my faves
beginner-friendly character you say? try yuri instead.
I'm surprised yuri didn't make the list i rather have her there then kim or king, king isn't bad some games they kind of screwed her up.
bcoz this video is probably based on shoryugame's perspective. i suggest yuri bcoz if your main fighting game is street fighter and you try to play kof, yuri is the best recommendation for those players because how similar her special moves to ryu and ken.
The problem is, her move set changes very often.
@@chadmolitor6691 Not very often, and the changes are not drastic. Not like Robert. Still, the list has some very arbitrary picks that ignore the "moveset change" factor. So that's why she had to be included. It's ridiculous that Robert or Kim are in but not her...
I don't find Yuri all that easy to learn. She usually has trouble doing anti-airs. Her dragon punch isn't an anti-air. Her combos are usually more difficult to learn than Robert or Ryo's combos.
Terry and Ralf were my first go to characters but I was also a big fan of Vanessa even though I didn’t know how to really play her lmao I just liked the fast punches
Ryo is always apart of my team. Blue Mary is another I use as a mains stay when ever she is in kof. As for the 3rd. It could be Terry, Takuma, or Angel.
My first fighter was Athena 2002! When i did her psychic 9 move i was so confused but then i got the hang of it
I was expecting of Athena and I'm so surprised with her placement as first place. I love her since 1994 (and 1986 to some games eventhough I was not born that time.)
Her Psychic Medley was so strong in 2001, 2003, XI and XIII while 2002 is the most creative. Years passed by and still I remember her moves and useful combos.
Thanks buddy for ranking each members. Everyone is deserving. 😊
Ryo is my main stay and pretty easy to use. Though he is hard to combo with in 2002 um. But then again I haven't practiced at much as I should have.
Kula was the first character I ever played as. Definitely one of the easier characters in the series, but a solid choice nonetheless!
And yeah, as someone else in the comments said, you should definitely do a "Top 10 Coolest Supers in KOF"! I know my number 1 pick would be Yamazaki's level 3 from KOF 2002.
Thanks for the suggestion!
@@ShoryuGame Of course!
That's not True, the easiest character because is powerful, cheap and everyone can use is...
O M E G A R U G A L
I find Kryzalid to be even easier
what about Mr Infinite "Ignis"?
You're right I have play endless 100 with him in 2002 um
Another great video!!! I was a long time Fatal fury fan when I first played KOF 94 so I always play as that team. Also like using Art of Fighting team as well. Would love to see Serious Mr. Karate show up in KOF!!!
I came across SNK after playing CVS2 where I used Mai and Athena without really knowing much about them (I was 11 at the time) so when I picked the game up, I used them with with other familiar faces (like King) then Kula
For me in started in 02 in the laundromats I think I picked Kim, Joe and Terry I believe but you know how beginners/amateurs used Rugal and Yashiro(Orichi blood) but I beat them, sometimes I let them kill me just to see how they fight and boom they quit and give up but then the players who know how to play come in (they mostly Mexicans lol) and they kicked my ass I failed lots of times but more and more I learned their patterns I come close to surviving lot more too and there's days where it's 1 on 1 but that was like 2 or 3 years agoI believe if I could go back in time with the skills I have now yeah I would been kicking areses left and right but then I changed Terry with Yamazaki to I believe now I just do roulette with my 3rd character and stay with Joe and Kim with Joe first and Kim last but now since rona hit no one goes to spot no more but now it's little by little I just want a challenge from a dude I never met or seen play before and to honed my skills to finally meet a match someday I was thinking of finding arcade places with either Street Fighter or KOF that are big and people compete in. Either in California or anywhere really so I can kick some ass
I definitely would have put Kensou at # 1or 2 at the lowest, because of that backwards 421 dp motion. Defensively it's the easiest non-charge dp in the game. You can buffer it quickly without having to move forward or come out of block, which makes it so much easier to defend blockstrings in a game that already has fast jumps and hop jumps. It combos easily into his super motions. AND, his fb is punch while his dp is kick. So you NEVER get accidental dp when going for fb.
Good job mate, well told as always ;)
Hey, thanks!
I tend to favour towards Shotos when learning a game so I usually pick Terry and Ryo. That third slot is very open tho.
Put Robert in there and you get team Shoto, lol.
My next video idea :
The Story of Whip - KOF Lore
Hope you guys like my idea!
I like Whip.
She is my favorite female of the Ikari Warriors.
Her story is tragic.
She is just a clone of K' sister
I feel sorry when she cried for Krizzalid's death.
Krizzalid was not a good person but I think he really cared for Whip
@@meganinten0078 the same feeling here my dude!
@@iqielokie6649 Glad to hear that ^_^
Too bad Whip is no longer with K and his team :(
Looks like they replace her with Kula...
Nothing against Kula is just that I prefer Whip.
I hope we see K' and Whip interacting each other in KOF XV
I wonder what K' thinks about Whip.
As his friend, sister or like another person (because you know, she is a clone)
@@meganinten0078 Who knows, maybe she either teams up with The Ikari's or with K'. We just have to wait...
Isn't Whip's Lore basically the same as K' Lore?
It's kinda like telling the same Story all over again Except it's Whip's Story which kinda feels like K' again.
With Easy Characters to play (like in the List) is very safe to use a regular Controller to Main one of them.
I agree.
Who is your favorite easy character in KOF?
@@meganinten0078 K' in KOF 99 for me is a lot Fun and Safer to use a regular Controller to play with.
@@meganinten0078 Also, What's your Favorite Easy Character to use before KOFXIV.
@@joseurbina3835 I find Soiree Meira an easy characters to use in all Maximum Impact games.
If you play the those games.
I recomend you playing as him.
He is a capoeira fighter with unpredictible combos and easy moves to execute.
@@joseurbina3835 Soiree Meira and the Beart sister.
Mignon and Ninon.
I already put a comment here telling why.
I feel like "easy for beginners" is very subjective personally. I've always had trouble with balanced characters and tend toward specialists so at least of couple of these picks are characters I found rather challenging starting out (King felt real weird, and I still can't play old Ralf) while characters like K9999, Vice and Billy called my name (Vice being the first I ever learned). Also I'm surprised to see K' didn't even make an honorable mention! Dude's got it all man!
It's not as subjective as it seems, but the proper reasoning applied to make a list can be tricky. As this list indeed has some moments of flawed logic and a few other moments of apparent character bias. Like omitting some super obvious choices who are even veterans in the series.
Now, K9999 is no way a beginner friendly char. The thing is, in this kind of lists it's implied that the char is picked to be actually "mained" and studied in order to be well used. It's not about picking a strong char just to cheese people less skilled than you (because using a bad K9999 can get you screwed against people just above the noob rank), therefore a subutilized char.
King truly is a beginner friend char in the series. Billy, not as much... Only in the specific games where he is well done and strong, like most notably in 02. Vice i can kinda see her around there, but still not in "top 10 most beginner friendly", for the most part because she has a particular issue of being very uneffective just in beginner level, but becomes very nice above that point - but that will require learning her tricks. So Daimon is still above her among the easier grapplers. And K' isnt a beginner friendly char either.
@@carlosaugusto9821 I think you kind of made my point for me a bit when you had to define what beginner meant. There's the beginner character that will help with long term growth, but I feel those characters can be difficult to do well with to start out. A short term loss, long term gain sort of character. But if the player hasn't committed to a game yet, then that kind of character can lead to more early losses which will cause a loss of interest. In that case a beginner character is a short-term gains long term loss type of character that works as an advertisement. That kind of character is a good beginner character if we assume that by the time cheesy stuff stops working that the player is invested in the game to do the real work. This type works better for people new to fighting games I think. Of course there's characters that work well for people new to KOF (or a specific series) but not fighting games. Then we're talking about transferrable skills.
Beyond all that though I tend to believe in the Heart/Body/Mind idea. Different players come into fighting games with different skills. The best beginner character is the one that plays to the skills and strengths the player already has. Then build the skills you don't as you get to higher levels.
Also K' isn't beginner friendly? News to me. O=
My first trio is Terry, Iori and Billy (2002) and I’m just kinda learning the basic combos still but damn does Billy give that rush of adrenaline I crave. Prolly bc I’m so used to Richter in smash
damn I just watched your KOF tier list, that's crazy!
feels great to see kof getting some attention, keep 'em coming and I'll be here
I like to play as Terry and Mai in Maximum Impact 2/Regulation A
Mai is always a very easy character for me.
She got one of Andy's supers in MI2
Terry in Maximum Impact 2 is GREAT because he has access to all his special moves from the previous games plus a brand new move (a fire kick)
Terry is very versatile in those games.
Plus you can also choose Wild Wolf (AKA Terry from Garou).
He got his Power Dunk back and he got a brand new DM
The Rising Beat which is his version of Geese and Rock's Deadly Rave
indeed 97' #Ralf is the OG *_ONE PUNCH MAN_* 👊💥
good to see Athena being number one, she was my go to character for long time, because how easy she is to use and to combo with
The very first character I used/dedicated time to was Kyo, I loved his look and attitude. I already knew who Terry was but I decided I liked King more. Last was Leona but I found her too difficult to play so I picked Iori.
I loved Kim and Ryo When I was younger there gameplay was always so smooth and looked cool
Back in the days of KOF97, I'd always finish Orochi with Ralf's Galactica Phantom. All the kids at the arcade would be like "wooooaah....." Man, what a time to be alive, it was.
The easiest ones are always those who have both shooting and rising attack.
Fireball and dp motions you mean right?
It's an exaggeration
My first KOF was 99 and I was the type to use Kyo-2 and Andy a lot, but after CvS2 came out and introduced me to the Psycho Idol, I basically went with Athena, Kula and Yuri (Yuri is just a bit more complicated to use) and never looked back since. This list is just about perfect really, Athena and Kula especially are simple but effective and can also be used strongly in nearly any KOF game, plus I just love them period.
Also, I feel the 13 and 14 versions of Mai Shiranui are also incredibly easy to use, and this is coming from someone who struggled with her in older games when she used to have tons of special moves.
Still Mai isnt eligible for this top 10 list. This isnt about Kof Xiii or Xiv, but about the series overall.
My favorites and first starters characters are Kyo, Iori, and Athena since 2006 (or 2005) and I played them in KOF XI at Chuck e. cheese (I’m not joking, don’t ask me how it ended up there, I was young. But hey, I was lucky tho and it was my first KOF game at the time.)
I remember the first time I played as the Beart sisters in KOF Maximum Impact 2
Mignon has good combos and special moves (plus she can move like a cat when she changes stances)
I still remember how to do that combo that ends with her throw in Regulation A
BUT in my opinion her little sister Ninon was even better.
Ninon is the best zooner in the Maximum Impact games and her special moves did a lot of damage.
She was really one of the best characters in MI2 sadly she was nerfed in Regulation A
When it comes to Sibling Characters in Fighting Games, they usually play like the same Character (Like Yun and Yang from Street Fighter),
but the Beart Sisters on the other Hand, it's actually far from it, from you said in your Comment, it sounds like those 2 play totally Different Characters in terms of Moveset.
That's really interesting, hoping those 2 Sisters will come back as either Base Characters or as Bosses in Future KOF Installments.
@@joseurbina3835 Well, in terms of special moves the Beart sisters have some similarities but also diferences.
They can both be played rushdown or keepaway, Mignon seems better at rush and Ninon seems better at the latter.
I have seen some Regulation A tournaments where people choose Mignon.
She can combo into command grabs!
My first few playthroughs of my first KOF I use a mix between Terry, Andy, Ralph, Clark and Kim.
Man.
The charge style _Guile_ Robert was hands down the most enjoyable to play as.
I'd love to see it return in some form.
It was fun, but must not be his standard moveset in new games. Rather an Ex version like in 02um. That was a perfect ,and Ex chars should have been a standard in the rest of the series since 98.
I started playing this game with Iori, Terry and Kyo, then eventually switched to Shingo, Terry, Yamazaki. But even then I haven't got to a point of doing crazy combos, only with keepaway and short bursts. And I thought at first that Shingo was a beginner friendly character.
The nightmare of arcades here back in the day were the Athena Sisters. Depending of the version, the players main Athena, then teamed up with either Shermie, Yuri, Kula, Mai, or Blue Mary.
Yeah it's very difficult to doing some crazy combo,but currently the south american player are technical doing crazy combo,I don understand why south american player are amazing than us why?? either me too
Let me give you some links for south american player the streamer for brazil #KOFdadepressão
@@mczblaze8032 Regional preferences, I guess. Mexico and especially Brazil has a strong KOF player base. It's like how Tekken is with South Korea and Pakistan, the US has Marvel vs. Capcom, for SF it varies.
@@SiniBANG Well,I guess you forgot one more regional preferences like China player,China has a strong KOF player based especially like Xiao hai and Dakou the streamer player,they are very competitive at other KOF like 98,or even XIII and XIV it's a decently for fighting games at all
#Xiaohai #Dakou
@@mczblaze8032 I apologize for forgetting that.
@@SiniBANG it's fine don worries mate anything can be happened,anyway our conversations are end up here bye have a great weekend mate 😉👍
I usually use Shoto characters: Terry, Andy, Ryo, etc, because of their input commands. I haven't played a KOF game in a long time, though.
Yo guess who just made it in KOF 15 can’t wait for your reaction XD
My first SNK game was Fatal Fury 1 on my Genesis.
Then I got the Fatal Fury films.
Terry was probably my first fighting game character I ever used and is still my main choice.
Thank you for making this video because I am new to fighting games, especially with SNK fighting games like this.
Glad I could help!
Ive been a kyo Kusanagi fan since I started kof but the fact that he doesn't have a long range attacks, yamibarai and oboruguruma were my go-to moves
K' , Kim, and King was my first team when I rented kof 98' from Hollywood Videos back in the day.
K debuted in 99. You must mean 99.
Great video!
Im also inclined to add the fact of how op Kim is in Both KoF 02 entries (OG and UM'), due to how his basic moves has barely few to no startup frames, with long active time. Pair that with the many options his specials give him and you have a High-to-god tier character.
On the other hand, Andy entry on this list surprised me. Since Im more of an Old School KoF player, I always regarded him as a tricky character to play, mainly due to how one should know how to properly zone the oponents out while not having many safe on block options, added to the fact that his punishes/combos are very frame specific, especially when it comes to linking his desperate move (Chou reppa dan). However, since you emphasized his XIII onwards entries, I cant be the one to argue with that since I dont know much about those games competitive wise. ;)
Thanks for your opinion. I agree with you that the Andy from 96 to 2002 isn't easy at all. But zoner Andy (the version is recent KOFs) is a straight forward shoto character and his Zaneiken is safe on block.
Chris was my first character. I found his speed pretty good additionally with his moves easy input and overall attitude in fights
The way you pronounce those moves bro! THE WAY YOU PRONOUNCE THOSE MOVES BRO!!! GETS ME SO HYPE!
Athena and Yuri are my favorite characters to play in KOF. Fun for me as they just move around a lot!
my roster will always be Iori, Kyo and King!
Chizuru is finally back in the game!! First time commenting, but always you were and are my go to when it comes to KOF and SNK-related content, love your videos man, as always thanks and keep up the good content!
Thank you so much for the support!
I’m forever gonna have Joe & Ralf on whatever KOF team I have
Athena and Yagami is always comfortable for me to play
I always pick shermie and her orochi form to play in the beggining of 97
Video Idea : The Story of Mai Shiranui
KOF 2000 was the first in the series I thoroughly enjoyed.
I was practically blindfolded when trying to pick fighters in Arcade-mode.
Nevertheless, thanks to my pondering too much for the timer’s liking, the game picked a team for me: King, Takuma, Athena.
This video proves that even the most relentless AI can have great taste, as I’ve had a smooth time playing fighters such as the top two on this list.
👍👍👍
Iori and Kula have always been my mains in my teams in old KOF games.
For the 3rd character, it varies, from Kim, Ryo, Chris, Terry, Shermie, Clark, Athena and Mai
Special mention goes to Vanessa, as she's one of my other mains in the games she's present in. She's a hard character to use, sure, but i have fun with her as I'm close to mastering her, alongside Kim
Haha, nice!! I was waiting for this vid ^_^
Glad you liked it!
I totally agree about Andy. I started using him as my main since KOF XIII, and I think he has a better flow in both XIII and XIV. I am actually learning to master him rather backwards, from XIII to XIV, then 2002 and 1998. On the other hand, I really suck at playing as his brother Terry. I tried so hard but I just really couldn't.
The best Andy is in 02 and 02um
@@carlosaugusto9821 I agree, especially 2002UM. Love the ninja costume too.
Heh. Ralf was in both list.
Easiest and hardest characters.
I do miss the original Ralf.
Ralf sure changed when KOFXIV came along,
Kinda like how my Boi *King* from "Tekken" who was my Main since "Tekken 3," but after "Tekken 5" *King* was not the same anymore. (He was the reason I was forced to use an Arcade Stick 😔)
@@joseurbina3835 Hello jose
I didn't know that about King...
I am sorry to hear that.
How about Armor King?
@@meganinten0078 *Armor King* is probably the same situation as *King* but a little bit different in terms of Moveset, not sure if he's improved in Tekken 7 yet.
Edit: I do find *Armor King* way more Challenging than *King* but he was Fun as Hell.
@@joseurbina3835 That is right.
Armor King is going to appear in T7
As much as I hate Kazuya...that bastard is a good character for beginners 😑
I prefer playing as Heihachi tbh.
KOFs roster was great. I played a lot of Eiji, Kim, Kensou in 95. Lots of Kim, Ralf, King, Benimaru, and Takuma too
My first team was Terry, Ryo and Kim.
Sometimes I changed Kim for Yuri or Mai.
I feel all those characters are very beginner friendly.
U were right man we just got Chizuru Kagura and the sacred treasures team. This is so 😎
Since I play fighting game from the dawn of fighting game my first character are Fatal fury team and Art of fighting team.
I used Terry, Ryo and Robert...their moves were similar to SF2 Ken and Ryu.
Very nice vid. Terry is my first pick. Still is my favorite