I think Athena’s Psycho Ball is probably the biggest or only reason why she had a few detractors. From how spammable the move is to the way she yells it. Great job with this list, Shoryugame.

"It's Yamazaki, everything about him is perfect." Finally, someone gets it.

Rugal's Genocide Cutter is enough for me...

2:56 You know K’ probably responded with a loud “SHUT UP” when Whip humored the idea of bringing that attack back.

I'd like to add Chris' slide (3B). Strong and annoying move that can punish jumps and even go under most projectiles

My wife hates Athena's voice when I playing 😂

I CAN'T BELIEVE MY PICK WAS NUMBER 1! THANK YOU SHORYUGAME! YOU UNDERSTAND TRUE PAIN!

PSYCHO BALL

When asking about fighting game characters who scream very loud, Makoto Mizoguchi (from the Fighter's History series) comes to my mind. Ray McDougal (in the first FH game) too, then Clown (another FH character)... .... Looking back, the characters in the original Fighter's History game have the funniest screams in 90s fighting games 😆 'THESPIO!! THESPIO!! THESPIO!!' 'TAKE A LOOK AT THAT!!' 'DEDEDE!!' 'BIG POTATO!!' 'DYNAMITE!!' I would love to see Mizoguchi as a guest character in another SNK game (he was in KOF MI Regulation A)

I love Athena and find her Psycho Balls super melodic.

So excited to see the video, Shoryu! Can you do one on the worst/useless moves in KOF? PS: I was expecting Kasumi's jump D to be part of the list as it is, arguably, the most powerful move in 2002UM.

As soon as I saw the video topic, my mind went straight to Choi and Athena. 🤣

I do hope Mian come back! And I never get tired of hearing "PSYCHO BALL!" hahahaha

I agree with the number one. That move has saved me so many times. Seems you forgot chris slide.

Choi is the Chad Korean Freddy Krueger 😂😂😂

Remember that Mad Iori in KoF 97? he got the most annoying jump kick/punch ever, he can do that all dat through the whole match and still win,

Krizalid's Typhon Rage would also make a killer Assist trophy move making him one of the most powerful and rare Smash 6 Assist trophies.

surprised Iori's Rekka wasn't on the list

Iori’s 96 upper cut. It is fast and if done at the right moment can cause a lot of moral drop when you are in the receiving end.

This video gave me flashbacks to when an online Daimon in 98UM wiped the floor with my team, not one of my proudest moments

"Once you hear the scream you'll understand" *doesn't play the sound*

The most annoying is definitely Sinobo Amou, boss of KOF Howling Blood. He has 2 phases, as a wind user, then a lightning user. If you think Goenitz is annoying, try fighting a boss with half screen, no frame start up lightning attack.

I'm still watching this channel and supporting the show!! Great channel and been watching since the beginning

My Guy totally forget about takuma projectiles from 98, billy down and forward A in 2002, Mature standing CD in 96 etc 😅. Very entertaining video none the less.

I don't find Athena's screams annoying when she fires her Psycho Ball.... Except in KOF 97! That game has the WORST Athena's voice! 9:29 I think the reason why Athena is overhated is because many western players (especially in the FGC) hate 'cutesy/magical girl' characters for some unfair reason.

Great list! Great video as always! One suggestion though; if you ever make a list of annoying things again, have a list of 'dis'honourable mentions before announcing the number one most annoying!

While I do love all the lore videos on this channel, it's refreshing to hear you talk about moves and gameplay aspects too! Keeping with that type of content, I think it would be cool if you did a "Top 10 DP's" or a "Top 10 Command Grabs" list, focusing on specific types of moves. You could even do something that focuses more on aesthetics, like "Top 10 Satisfying Animations" or "Top 10 Most Impactful Supers". Just throwing some ideas your way!

As I said before, Whip's Assasin's Strike is annoying for how much the AI loves to spam it in KOF 99, plus that scream (THAT DAMN SCREAM), to make thing worse it seems that team that I faced the most in KOF 99 is the Ikari Warriors, which mean more spamming and screams.

I instantly thought of Athena's projectile

definetlly mature's CD in kof 96 , that cd canibalize the entire roster

96 Mature's standing CD is one of the most fucked up moves in KOF history

Bro fighting someone who's a pro with choi is downright hellish.

Great list! Thought for sure either Psycho Ball or Genocide Cutter was going to be number 1 haha

This deserves another sequel or sort. I think you also forgot Sie Kensou from the 99 version. Or Ralf's strong punch(D button) normal attack.

I can't believe "Lucky" from KOF98 basketballs , didn't even make a honorable mention , the most annoying character ever on KOF98.

When I play KOF, yes, some moves can be outright annoying. Good to see you still got it mate.

10.- Krohnen and Nameless are very broken, but with the nerf, Krohnen dropped a lot as a broken character and is no longer invincible. Nameless, on the other hand, his normals are quite powerful and has a terribly fast recovery, plus a 2 power bar combo that lowers almost 80% of life bar. Curiously, K9999 in KOF 2001/2002 was never top tier, and he was a regular character, kind of bad, and is much more difficult to control. Nameless doesn't. He has easier combos than K9999. 9.- Whip's 'Assasin Strike' is not the most broken thing in KOF '99. It's annoying, but not broken. Ralf's normals are much more terrible than that, and have horrendous range and speed. There's a reason the Ikari Warrior is Top Tier in that edition. 8.- Choi is annoying, yes. But with characters with good anti-air (like Iori, Kyo and Kim) and a lot of patience, you can stop him. Very few people use him because it is very easy to be vulnerable to anti-air, projectiles, and long range hits. The only game where it is broken is in KOF '97, and even then, it suffers a lot against Tops like Daimon, Chang, Iori and Chizuru. 7.- Annoying move, but there are worse things in KOF 14. 6.- Yes, that kick is annoying. But it's much more annoying the diagonal C fist in KOF 98, which has a disgustingly big range and a very big speed, although in KOF '98 UM they nerfed it. 5.- Annoying, but very predictable movement. With a projectile character or with counterattack you can neutralize it. 4.- In this I agree. Ex Ryo's DP is an excellent move. It was nerfed in KOF '98 UM but it's still good. 3.- 3.- Here it depends on the version of the character. Where the Pycho Ball is really annoying is in the original KOF 2002. In the other games, it's not such a good projectile. You just have to learn how to deal with Athena's projectiles. 2.- Exactly, K''s overhead in 2002 UM comes in so fast that you can barely react to counterattack. H.M.- Very much in agreement with most of the movements mentioned, especially Iori's command grab (which was fixed in KOF '98), and Yuri's hard kick Super Slash. 1.- 100% agree. Chris' CD is cancer, especially in KOF '98. In the other releases it's nerfed, but it's still very strong, but it's not so unfair anymore. There are still more things that are truly more broken and annoying than the ones mentioned in the video, like Angel's infinite combos from KOF 2002, Kyo in '95, Iori in '96, Terry and Yamazaki in '97, Kensou in KOF '99... and moves like Mature's CD in KOF '96, Kim's normal ones in 2002... and the list goes on and on.

Capcom ironically fixed Choi by making him Chang's personal striker in CvS2, but for some reason, that was a one-time thing as Choi not only remained a separate character from Chang in later SNK games, but was even a *solo act* in SVC Chaos. Apparently the Korean fanbase took a liking to him, but eh, their cup of tea I guess....

I'm really happy everytime you make new video. Thanks

The most broken attack is ShoryuGame's "subscribe" attack. I can't block it; I only keep hitting it.

Great video! 😄

Anything from Goro Diamon. I hate playing with and against him.

I have seen people coming back and winning a sure shot losing game playing with athena as the last character thanks to psychoballs, same with chris and goro for their pesky kicks

Ryo's 2002 Dp is OP too. 😎 Congratulations we can now call him Ryu.

Thanks for this video, mate ;)

Jhun from kof 99 had a hop kick (activated from stance) that was anti air and overhead at the same time. Safe on block too, if I recall correctly.

I love Athena's Psycho Ball is my favorite out of the list! One of my favorite characters in the entire franchise!

10. These normals are pure frustration to deal with. 9. This move is indeed annoying to deal with. The dramatic scream makes it funny though 8. All my homies hate Choi. 2002 Choi is pure hell to fight against 7. these are fun to use but if I played against a Mian main I might lose my mind 6. Standing D is nice but landing blowback (both standing and air) is better than sex 5. I'll be real with you, I love this move. 4. Best shoryu ever. 3. Oh god. PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO BALL PSYCHO BALL (PTSD intensifies) 2. This is how you know the devs love K' 1. Playing Chris is fun and this is part of why

If Mian, Nelson, or Banderas were DLCs I would not be mad at all

Unrelated but I'm pretty sure you've seen the COTW recent reveal & gameplay trailers. And that it would be released in early 2025. In that case, do you think we'll get another season of KOF XV content? I badly wanted Oswald, Duck King, & many more I can't think of right now ...

no billy Cr.lp?

Good list!

Perfect list ! Except for number two ! Everything is perfect for this character ! 😅 (Yes, I play with him on this game!)

I would add Kim's Hangetsuzan (EX ver.) from XIII, a strong mid range tool that is plus on block and can beat projectiles really well and give combe opportunities from anywhere you land it whether midscreen or corner.

I hate Leona's qcb+p in kof 97/98. It annoys me there's a move I can't see why it exists. What's its the utility?

No mention of Brian Battler's air tackle?

2:56-3:00 😆 At least that technique is useful to annoy human players If you think Whip's screams are loud, you should listen to K' voice in KOF 2001 He sounds so fierce and angry in that game, he also screams very loud . I think it makes sense why he talks like that, KOF 2001 was the final chapter of the NESTS Saga, K' and his friends were very close to destroy NESTS once and for all.

kensou holding on for dear life vs athena lmfaoo

I dunno, I like Athena's voice, what can I say. Also, you should have mentioned Krauser's standing CD on 98 Ultimate Match. So fast and with such a good priority it was a powerful anti-air and also had decent forward coverage. Titled "God Kick" by fans, it had to be nerfed (along with several parts of his arsenal) in the Final Edition version of the game.

solid list but my #1 is definitely Kula spamming Diana in 2002 Plus

Whip's yells are '99 nostalgia bliss, fight me.

Firstly thank you for making these! Just downloaded um02 and am honestly aching for um98. It's a good game but 98 is classic. Kulas ice spike strong punch attack borders on projectile and seems pretty broken. Other than that... Hm.. yeah takuma/ryo with full projectile, flying kick and DP is pretty broken.

I miss that move of whip. It was good for getting out of sticky situations. plus the rising C move which has vanished i

Great video

97 Athena voice is extremely annoying too when she Psycho Balls 🤣

I'm surprised Iori's sweep didn't make it into the list.

9:10 the ASMR I'm here for

nice analysis

I like frustrating my openents into carelessness by constantly poking them with Yamazaki's Snake Arms and then when they are sufficiently goaded using Sadomaso to counter them trying to rush in.

"That is Chris broken, annoying and bs jump CD" lol i really felt the anger on that part ,😂😂 and I totally agree to it being #1 on the list lol, it'really a pain specially if your dealing with a skilled chris player 😅

Those in honorable mentions are the true top10.

I remember Ralph's glactica phantom being a menace.

Chris qcf p in KOF98 is super annoying too. It can even act as an antiair

About Goro's moveset, I find more annoying his diagonal C (3+C): Insane range and it's the only normal attack with two separate hitboxes.

Kensou QCF moves in 99..😂 BTW Shoryugame, would you like to perhaps make another fighting game as a topic discussion? I would like you to pick one of my fave; Power Instinct..I'd happy to hear that..thanks

OMG I knew I wasn't the only one annoyed by Choi! I just can't stand fighting him :c

Chris is my favorite character from KOF not only that, his df+B slide far and go under some fireballs, his f+B is great and in 2002 if someone use Block+CD it didn't hit him in some occasions I recall. No 2002 Kim ultra-super-fast overhead? Safe even blocked and easy to start a combo canceling after it hits.

I was surprised to not see Rigal's "Genocide Cutter" in this list.

Number 8 : Choi, the entire character. LOL I agree completely.

That 98 ryo was the best he ever was just the pressure he could put down was enough to make him one of the best and that dp was just extra would love an old school version of him in 15 or at least give him this dp back

If i could add one it would be choi's shoulder ride throw in kof94, a lot of people who pick choi often combine his dashes and jumps with his throw, some characters are simply too vulnerable to that tactic, like yuri, her moves are way too slow and everytime choi fights yuri in kof94 i'd say 60% of the time you're going to see choi riding on yuri's shoulders like an annoying little kid slashing her face viciously

For me it is k's overhead in 2002UM ...he can land a combo only doing crouch b and an overhead fast af that he can cancel in a minute spike

I just noticed that nameless and jotaro has the same actor you guys .

The thing is about Krohnen/Nameless is the fact that their DP is some of the strongest in the game Heck, it got so bad, it's reminiscent of Bob during Tekken 6 or Meta Knight in Smash where everyone is using them (And how I got my guts to play Team Krohnen through and through)

what I was expecting: old school Galactica Phantom (Ralf) and Chizuru's DP what was listed: holy crap - yeah, I like Athena, but certain installments, her voice was grating and how easy it is to spam with her made a bad combination.lol I liked her '96 voice though. it wasn't so high. - the infamous Chris kick greatly deserves its spot. - Ryo's DP. His recovery is the best I've seen with a DP (aside from Batsu's from Rival Schools since if I remember correctly, it doesn't even leave the ground)

They should implement ban system tho, that will prevent this kind of abuse in tournament

King spamming Venom Strikes and that ANNOYING Surprise Rose where she catches air kicks on you while your stunned in that attack, Clark’s freakin Grabs are the absolute worst I keep my distance and zone him. Also Heidern’s move where he leaps on you unblockable and spin slices you he especially spams this in KOF94(making Team Ikari one of the worst) and in 95. All of Sie Kensou’s special kicks and one anti air move particularly topped with spamming Psycho Balls and Athena too spamming that and her Psycho Barrier made Psycho Solider Team in 94 tough contenders along with Ikari Warriors I think throughout the series they continued to be annoying. Also Andy Bogard’s Kuuha Dan for its annoyingly long reach and Shouryuu Dan being anti air. Most of Ramon’s specials anything where he says Tiger and grabs lol. Most of King of Dinosaur/Tizoc’s unclose personal attacks yeah I don’t like Grapplers if you can tell. Those from the top of my head.

Angel's rekka's don't jail and have dead windows, so she's up to the brain to make sure they work, not really annoying imo

The King of Fighters 98 Character Lucky has Down Down Motion + Any Button air ball attack, has been very annoying, when Players utilise it at perfect timings.

As Justin Wong calls it, the "anti-air."

Kasumi's jump D that has great range, lots of active frames and huge cross up reach. Enough said.

Pro Chris! Pro Chris! Pro Chris!

Goenitz and those fucking tornadoes!

Its hilarious how many moves got on this this list through the sheer ear bleed they cause alone.😂😊

KOF is full of "typical" characters like those.

athena is my main... i just love throwing psycho ball, psycho sword and phoenix arrow... and also that ungodly teleport spamming that put even akuma to shame...

Had good laugh watching this🤣🤣

Clark's armored grab is so powerful that it protected him from this video.

12:32 Lol I see this move so many times as a spectator

you can roll out of it or dodge it