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WithFatal Fury: City of the Wolvesfinally out, the return of the old school fighter is back and better than ever, offering a fresh coat of paint over its tight and fluid combat systems, allowing veterans and newcomers to enjoy and find ways to express themselves and their favorite characters.
And for the veterans, you will see many familiar faces make their return, such as Kim Dong Hwan, the Taekwondo master with electrifying combos. He’s still as fast and devastating as ever, which is only elevated with the new systems and mechanics introduced in City of the Wolves!
Kim Dong Hwan Overview
Kim Dong Hwan is the prodigal Taekwondo master, making for anexcellent rushdown fighterwith the ability to executedevastating aerial attacks,as well as prevent his opponents from jumping inwith great anti-air options.
For the most part, his move list is relatively straightforward, making him a decent choice for newcomers.
He’s stylish, electifyingly quick, and has flashy combos, making him remarkably fun and rewarding to play. While he does haveexcellent pokes and can convert them into full combos,he canstruggle at far ranges,as helacks the ability to toss out projectiles,which could be a problem if you want some zoning options on offense.
Nonetheless, Kim Dong Hwan is still an excellent character overall whoexcels at being hyper-aggressive.While it may take some time to get used to his aerial attacks and breakneck speed, he should still be a decent character, no matter your skill type. He hastremendous combo potential and can snowball quickly,which are always welcome traits to have!
Kim Dong Hwan Command List
Before diving into Kim Dong Hwan’s electrifying combos, we should go over his completeCommand List,as you willuse these moves to build and execute those very combos.While his move list isn’t overly complex, you should still know what you’re in for and how to perform them before looking at the combos.
Additionally, he also has avery extensive Command Listcompared to other fighters, whichcan make him a little bit harder to pick upif you’re a newcomer. Still, they’rerelatively straightforward to executeand won’t branch into several other options, making them pretty manageable overall!
c. = Close
f. = Far
j. = Jump
[While Airborne] ⬅️ HP
c.LK > HK > ➡️ HK > HP+HK during SPG
⬇️↙️⬅️ LK/HK
[While Airborne] ⬇️↙️⬅️ LK/HK
⬇️↘️➡️ LK/HK
Kuusajin[FE] [BR]
➡️⬇️↘️ LP/HP
⬇️↙️⬅️ LP/HP
[While Airborne] ⬇️↘️➡️ LK/HK
⬇️↘️➡️, ⬇️↘️➡️ LK
[While Airborne] ⬇️↘️➡️, ⬇️↘️➡️ LK
⬇️↘️➡️, ⬇️↘️➡️ HK
[While Airborne] ⬇️↘️➡️, ⬇️↘️➡️ HK
⬇️↘️➡️, ⬇️↘️➡️ REV
Kim Dong Hwan Combos
As you can see from Kim Dong Hwan’s extensive Command List above, he hasmany air-based options,making him ajump-in fiend,which you willsee throughout many of his combos.Most of hisSpecial Moves can also be Braked or Feinted,allowing him tochain several actions togetherfor massive combos.
Furthermore,while the combos below are very potent and showcase Kim’s skills,this is merely thetip of the iceberg,and there arebound to be substantially more damaging and optimal combosout there. So, with that in mind,use these combos as the baseline and experiment with them in training modeto find ones that are either more comfortable for your playstyle or substantially better!
Combos For Kim Dong Hwan
Kim Dong Hwan Tips And Tricks
To close out this guide, we’d like tooffer a few more tips and tricksfor Kim Dong Hwan in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. As you’re able to tell from the combo list above,his combos are pretty dang cool and very involved,which is one of many reasons he’s so fun and rewarding to play.
Hisjump-ins in particular are some of his strongest combo starters,allowing him toconvert a simple hop jump LK or HK into a full-fledged combothat deals an extreme amount of damage to his opponent. However,if your opponent is on the ball, they can stuff these attemptswith well-timed anti-airs, forcing you to change your approach.
Fortunately, for Kim Dong Hwan,he also has excellent close-range normals and speed,enabling him toconvert disgusting combos once he can close the gap.An excellent example of this is the following string:
Being able to doall of that froma single Close Heavy Punch conversion is kind of ridiculous,and itdeals a whopping 416 damage,making it a phenomenal combo to dish out if you have the meter for it!
