Air Blocking

Current Fighting Games King of Fighters
1

Hi, I have some basic questions about air blocking in the KOF series:

  1. Which games have it and how does it work (if there are differences with other games in the series)?
  2. Is it ever useful?

Thanks,

2

In 98 (and 98um) you can block air moves and projectiles at the peak or on the way down from jumping if you are jumping straight up or back only. After 98 they got rid of it. It’s useful if you mis-time a jump and land on a fireball, or are getting pressured in the corner. It’s more useful in 98um than og98 because there are a lot more fireball and sf-ish kind of characters that are strong in 98um.

3

Interesting… thanks. I was vaguely aware of it in 98, but I couldn’t see how it would fit into the metagame.