:: orochinagi

We whiners were blessed with the presence of our favourite-though-not-sure-why ninja this year.
So, stuff about him goes here.

Eiji has Zantetsu's super throw as his LDM.

Can't say that was unexpected, though.

Also, Eiji's sprites are his KOF'95 ones retouched to KOF'96-and-beyond proportions. Make of that any way you wish.

Down a,down a combos into super fireball dm
Stand D,forward D, quarter circle back a, ranbu super>(DreamCancel) LDM

Eijis fireball a can do wire damage (bounce off wall) then whatever followup (in those vids).

I love you SNKP, I really do. Thank you for giving us good Eiji, not some nerf version.

So will is be a special Iori/Eiji prefight scene?

I'm hoping.

So am I~!

So please tell me something....

Is eiji a slow motion character? like chang or chin or is he a fast one like Chris?

and what about his new move? and the motions for his moves? how can i do his LDM?

Thanks! =)

Eiji is pretty fast in this game.

Basically Eiji is, down b/Stand D, p/qcb p.
Qcb P SCable to either DMs.
Qcf K as a runaway or anti air move. (teleport btw.)
LDM is *2 E.

Brainless to use.

OK, here's what I noted of Eiji:

+P: He punches out a small burst of energy. Knocks down without recovery, and sends opponent flying pretty far back. Also works as a Counter Wire.

+P: He swings out a crescent-shaped slash, sorta like the first hit of Mature's +P, except this move can reflect projectiles. Dunno about DMs though.

+K: Is a fast teleport. It's faster than Lin's but slower than Duo Lon's. I don't think it can go past opponent though.

+K: Has Eiji rushing forward with a crescent'shaped slash.

+K: Eiji hops up and kicks multiple times. Lin sorta borrowed this as his +K. D version goes really high and can't hit opponent on the ground.

,hcb+P: Similar to his +P, except this time he thows out the crescent-shaped slash as a fast projectile. This used to be a normal move in 95, but it's way better as a DM.

,df,d+K: Eiji's autocombo DM that we all know and love.

I haven't tried his LDM, but it's a short ranged unblockable throw.

To be honest, I don't really like Eiji very much. On one hand, he's surprisingly damaging for a character with no command attacks and multiple hit specials. On the other hand, he doesn't have any real anti-airs, overheads or low attacks, so he's a little too straightforward. I can't say I missed him during those 10 years of absence from KOF, but I'm not complaining him being here either.

... for some reason, this Eiji feels like an Eiji released for Mugen 3 or 4 months ago :s

Eiji has the distinction of being the first keep away character without a real, full screen fireball (not counting the super). He's got all the tools to stay full screen from you all day- teleport, fireball reflect- and when he has meter, he *should* try to keep away, waiting for the opponent to stick out a move, then hit him with his super fireball. Lame but effective.

Lots of people play him with plenty of back hops> +P, which works similar to Yamazaki, back hop into snake arms, except that if it hits on counter wire, you get a free super. Lame but effective.

At mid-range, stand D is a great poke, and + A is anti-poke, anti-hop.

Despite all his -o-strats, tho, Eiji dies once you penetrate the mid range and rush him down non-stop. The keep is in being able to keep out of that fatal distance consistently.

In short, Eiji is all about distancing. He is indeed a very simple character, but learning to play him well, I think, is something else.

AcidicEnema wrote:Despite all his -o-strats, tho, Eiji dies once you penetrate the mid range and rush him down non-stop. The keep is in being able to keep out of that fatal distance consistently.

In short, Eiji is all about distancing. He is indeed a very simple character, but learning to play him well, I think, is something else.

Sadly, for a character whose moves are mostly short-ranged, his defence is pretty poor once you get up close. Eiji is pretty good for keeping opponent away, but it's kind of odd that you have to play him as a keepaway character instead of rushdown. You have to, because other than his +B, all his other specials are single hit attacks and easily punished if blocked. And since Eiji doesn't have any command attacks, he doesn't anything for mind games either.

To tell the truth, I never liked him in 95, but I really liked Zantetsu in LB and LB2, so I tried liking Eiji in XI as well. I can't say I do, but at least I don't hate him either.

So wait: You're saying Eiji waits for a guy to whiff a move and then punishes him with his fireball. That sounds kind of like Hadou-Burst for Sean in SF3. Is it that kind of use? It would be really fast then.

Tel: I think u missed to write a move. he has a +P where he does a horizontal slash with both his hands (with a zoing sound like rugal's +K) and I think this is the move that reflects projectiles.