Extra Mode charging and general meter management looks definitely to be very good right now, id say just a smidge better than Advanced Mode meter management at this stage of the game’s lifespan. one can easily charge 3 full Extra Mode stocks in the same round which honestly seems to be an advantage over the Advanced Mode opponent in at least the early rounds, Round 1 moreso than Round 2. Geese’s SDM Deadly Rave DOES NOT have invincibity, it was CLEANLY batted away by Takuma’s Guard Cancel Attack aka CD as Geese did a normal, Takuma blocks an activates Counter, Geese interrupts with SDM DR startup, Takuma CD Counter comes out and smacks Geese during initial DR rush.
I think right now Ult. Mode looks the best… and yes Iori in Ult. Mode still looks top tier.
I’ve seen some Eiji users whoring Dp+K and Hyperhop D, and yes Krauser is looking strong, he may enter my team of Geese, Krauser, O. Chris/Iori.
Also the guy using Lucky, Rugal, Kensou is really fucking good. :tup:
Also I know Geeses SDM Deadly Rave doesnt have Inv, but I’m talking his regular one…its beating quite a bit of stuff.
Guys is this a good change or not? I’ve seen enough in a recent vid to think Choi has what he needs now to be top tier in 98UM…
He can now combo his crossover C into his OG/2k2 etc bnb now…I just saw that shit…jump Crossover C into cr.bx2, st.a TO RANBU SUPER…
Looked like 2k2 to me… 
Meaning my team may have changed to Geese, Krauser, Choi!!!
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this is a newb question but could you do a SDM in Advanced mode 98 with out powering up first?
in one of the vids on battlepage.com i saw a kyo who had four super balls and he did cr.A, cr.b xx QCFX2 SDM but he didnt charge up first to do it… also i noticed when he did that the SDM ate up three super balls instead of just two since he didnt charge up… is this something new to UM or am i just trippin
edit: by charge i mean go into max mode
Yeah I took it down on my vid notes that you dont have to activate anymore to do a HSDM…which IMO is a good thing…you had to activate in the older one to do an HSDM…thats just how it worked…a foretelling sign
Now you just dont know…
The changes look good though…
Tournaments may come down to Geese/Iori, Krauser, Choi (ULT) though…Choi looks hella buff…
I’m actually starting to see people whore my latest thought for a tournament team- Iori/Krauser/Choi…
wtf are you talking about HSDM shit is 2k2
SDM’s can be activated anytime without max mode for 3 stocks.
i think you have to have three stocks to do the SDM without activating… so it seems like a last ditch thing to me cause stocks arent something you want to throw away in 98
whats HSDM? i thought it was Desperation Move and Super Desperation Move
so you’re saying this isnt new to UM?
i didnt play 98 too seriously to notice things like that but thats a cool system quirk that im aware of now…
It wasn’t in vanilla 98 at all. Definitely a last ditch thing though.
Yeah arstal is telling the truth. Also something I am noticing is its harder to dizzy people in this game vs. reg. 98…Iori damn perfected someone before dizzying them…
A good thing then because dizzies are one of the most stupid additions to fighting games.
lol I was just saying yesterday that Krauser is basically Daimon with fireballs.
Also Daimon’s hcfx2k super can grab you out of the air(!) and his f+A seems to be overhead now (though there’s no way to be sure of that until someone actually tries it and lets us know) but it sure as hell seems overhead in the videos.
I’ll try to find the vid where he supers them out of the air.
edit: it’s this one http://www.mncast.com/?4407568 at 9:55
Yeah it seems they either beefed up Krauser after the betas or people know what they are doing with him…
Also I’ve noticed EX Geese’s music is his RBSpecial/2 version. Many things can punish EX Geeses Zan Ei Ken I am seeing…Krauser with Kaiser Wave etc.
He had that in good old '98 too.
To buff Choi, I’d give him the ability to follow up his chipping ball move (qcb + P) with qcf + K while on air, a la 2k2. Does anyone know if he has that in UM?
Well maybe its because in 98 I do it differently…I dont do it the cr.bx2 to st.a way…I do mine cr.b to cr.a to ranbu super…thus in 98 reg it seemed to me he didnt have that.
Plus like 80% of the Choi players I see in 98 would hitconfirm into super via just st.a…
Which to me is like “Okay you aint telling me thats ALL HE’S GOT?”
I havent seen anyone follow up qcb+p to aerial qcf+k in UM yet with Choi.
Also guys I just saw videos of Boss Goenitz, Boss Orochi and Iori turns to Riot of the Blood during the intro, and Boss Omega Rugal…
Pharoan has been uploading hella KOF 98 UM matches on youtube. So thanks Pharoan for these Korean matches. Looks pretty awesome to say the least.
Krauser will definitely be on my team now. But I don’t want to replace Takuma? Hmmm I wonder lol.
edit: http://youtube.com/user/Pharaon92i
That’s better.
question: What are the differences between Mary and EX Mary?
EX Mary looks more like her Real Bout 2 self…she even seems to have the Escalation super…
Those vids makes me say, ‘’ The Rebirth of a Classic’'
Good to see 98 in a new way.
Does alternate guard still work?