There are also SDM attacks-these are performed just like DMs, but in addition, your Life Gauge must be extremely low (you can tell when it's low enough because it will flash red). Stocks can be used to perform DMs (Desperation Moves). You can hold three stocks total (1 - green, 2 - blue, 3 - red). Once the gauge is full, you gain one stock, and the gauge empties. Command attacks, normal throws, (S)DMs, Striker attacks, and certain special moves will not add energy to your Power Gauge, though. Taking damage earns you the least energy, while performing a special which hits your enemy earns you the most. It fills up in several ways: by taking damage, performing special moves, and hitting your enemy. The Power Gauge is now located below your Life Gauge. Guard Cancel Strike (CD counter) - Press C and D simultaneously while guarding a move.Using a command normal will cause the trajectory and recovery period of the back dash to change. During a back dash, you can perform air command normals and air special moves. Back Dash or Back Step - Tap back twice quickly.A super jump travels faster and further than a standard jump although tall vertical height of the jump arc makes this the easiest of all air options to anti-air. Combined with the widescreen ratio this creates more safety from fullscreen against being jumped on. A super jump travels a bit further than 1/2 of the screen length. Players cannot super jump neutrally upward. Super Jump - Super jumps are done by pressing any downward direction and followed by up-back or up-forward.Jumps end up getting punished more often than either hop, and so much like in any fighting game the player should have a set reason or strategy in mind before jumping heedlessly. Additionally, a normal jump covers the same horizontal distance as a hyper hop. Jumping carries a longer aerial hang time which gives the other player more substantial time to anti-air or air-to-air. Jumps reach a high vertical height which suits them for maneuvering over large specials or challenging the other player in the air. Jumps in KOF are performed the same way as in any game: just hold up-back, up, or up-forward. Jump - The option that should be the most familiar with most fighting game players.Hyper hops are even faster and travel further than normal 'Short Hops.'

Note that hyper hops cannot be done neutrally upward. They can also be done by running and inputting a short hop. Hyper Hop - performed by first pressing any downward direction, quickly pressing up-back or up-forward, and then releasing to a non-upward directional input.This forms part of the basic RPS system of KOF where hops beat low attacks, standing attacks defeat hops, and low attacks win against standing attacks. Short hops are great for baiting and then punishing sweeps. Once used to seeing short hops, they become easier to anti-air when an opening presents itself.

Using air-to-ground attacks from short hops is a quick way to keep the opponent blocking while gaining frame advantage afterward. Short hops are fast and possibly the least vulnerable of all jump types (the hopping player moves forward under 1/3 of the screen's length) which make them difficult to react to when under pressure. One trick is to quickly move from an upward direction to down in order to avoid holding up for too long and causing a jump.

Performing a short hop can be difficult at first but being able to select from any jump option at a moment's notice is absolutely vital to KOF.

Short Hop - Performed by quickly pressing up-back, up-forward, or simply just up and then inputting a neutral or any non-upward motion.

You can also block in the air while jumping up or back. While blocking, you take no damage from normals and a single pixel-per-hit when blocking special/desperation moves.

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