The King of Fighters XIII/Dark Ash

Dark Ash

In a nutshell

Dark Ash is the final boss of the game. It is well-known across the fighting game community that SNK's bosses are known for their undisputed cheapness, and Dark Ash is no exception. He has no delay on his fireballs whatsoever, and he will endlessly spam them in an attempt to keep you out. In addition, his Germinal, which used to require the Sans-Culotte to be used and disables your specials, can now be used freely. His AI also command reads and is able to almost perfectly react to everything you do. The secret to beating Dark Ash? Sweeps. Pressure him in the corner and sweep kick him until death.

Move List

Normal Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Standing Light Punch

15

Standing Light Kick

18

Standing Heavy Punch

42

Close Heavy Punch

42

Standing Heavy Kick

48

Close Heavy Kick

42

Crouching Light Punch

+

15

Crouching Light Kick

+

18

Crouching Heavy Punch

+

42

Crouching Heavy Kick

+

48

Blowback Attack

+

45

Jumping Light Punch

air

Jump: 27
Hop: 24

Jumping Light Kick

air

Jump: 27
Hop: 24

Jumping Heavy Punch

air

Jump: 43
Hop: 42

Jumping Heavy Kick

air

Jump: 42
Hop: 42

Jumping Blowback Attack

air +

Jump: 54
Hop: 48

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Floréal

+

30

Floréal (backward)

+

30

Throw

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Récompenses

or + or (while close)

100

Special Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Ventôse

+

 : 36
 : 13+34+24+35
 : 48+45+43+40

 :

Nivôse

+

 : 30+18
 : 39+18x2
 : 48+24x3

Germinal Caprice

+

 : 36
 : 45
 : 12x3+48

Génie

+ or

/  : 18
 : 24x2+30

Desperation Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Thermidor

+

12x7+24

Pluviôse

+

 : 12x6+18x3
 : 12x9+24x3

Germinal

+ +

15x8

Fructidor

+ +

288