King of Fighters All Star Tier List [2023]

King of Fighters All-Star is a beat’em up mobile game that shares in-game mechanics similar to a role-playing game. There are fighter cards for each character in the game; therefore, each fighter comes in multiple incarnations. If we were to rank every single fighter of the game in our King of Fighters all-star tier list, this list would have included nearly 150-plus entries. Such a lengthy tier list would surely cover all the fighters, but it will lose its essence in the process.

Here’s a summary of King of Fighters All Star Tier List Rankings:

Moving on, let’s have a look at the statistical comparison between these Fighters:

King Of Fighters All Star Tier List

As mentioned above, we have narrowed down our radar for the sake of our tier list and found these top 50 players. They are remarkable and offer good value in the game. Many of these characters are suited for select in-game modes, and only a few perform exceptionally well in PvP, PvE, Time Attack, and Epic Quest.

S-Tier List

Orochi 97

This variant of Orochi is from the King of Fighters 97 game, and he has the best stats from the rest of the characters in our King of Fighters all-star tier list. If you had the chance to play with Orochi 97, you’d know that he is a perfect match for PVP and PVE fights.

Mukai 03

This S-tier version of Mukai comes from the King of Fighter 2003 game. One of the annoying game mechanics many players hate about KoF All-Star is the inability to stop your opponent from executing combos on you, not unless your character gets petrified.

Terry 03

Terry’s 2003 version is the third-best character that fits in our S-tier list. Some of his attacks are slow but make no mistake; he is a heavy hitter. If you want to play with this character, don’t forget to keep the power gauge more than once because doing so grants you bonus damage on his skill 3.

Kazuya

Kazuya is a character who performs exceptionally when it comes to fighting alone and providing buffs to other Tekken fighters by 55%. If you manage to push an enemy against the wall, Kazuya will land infinite combos. His fast power charge rate is another strategic advantage that we think is really helpful while spamming his two special skills alongside his basic skill.

Jin Hoodie

The hoodie version of Jin in King of Fighters All-Star is quite a balanced fighter for PVP and PVE encounters. All of his attacks land serious damage, and when it comes to defense, hoddie Jin does not disappoint. This character offers three-second damage immunity, and all three skills stack quite remarkably.

Nameless 02

This version of Nameless is taken from King of Fighters 2002. Even though he is a powerful character in the game, for some reason, we think he is better suited for PVP and not PVE. His overpowered ability, S1, offers exceptionally long range, disables opponents from using skills for some time, and stops them from rolling as well.

Omega Rugal 98

This S-Tier-worthy variant of Omega Rugal comes from King of Fighters 98. Overall, he is reliable and a balanced PVP and PVE fighter in the game. If you look at how his S1, S2, and S3 work, you’d come to know that he is a great fighter when it comes to landing chain attacks. Omega Rugal’s S3 ability offers a ranged attack along with three seconds of damage immunity, super armor, and stun.

Geese XIV

This hot-headed, high-offensive, and low-defense fighter version of Geese is from King of Fighters XIV. As mentioned, he is quite a hitter and lands high-damage attacks, and his skills deal with shock damage.

Xmas Elisabeth

Xmas Elisabeth is the last S-rank contender in our King of Fighters all-star tier list. Other than Orochi, she is another fighter who shares a self-healing ability. However, she heals only a tiny portion of her health, and this passive ability activates once her health is over 50%.

A-Tier List

Orochi Shermie 97

In our A-tier list, we believe Orochi Shermie performs better, and overall she is a balanced fighter than other characters in this tier list. Shermie’s skill set is better for PvP fights. Her S1 and S2 are ranged stun attacks.

Orochi Leona 97

Once again, if you are looking for a fighter in our King of Fighters all star tier list who can destroy competition in PvP, then Orochi Leona 97 is an excellent pick. She comes with a balanced attack and defense stats and can land infinite combos if you use the right cooldown cards. Leona is a devastating fighter in PvP.

Krizalid 99

This A-tier version of Krizalid comes from King of Fighters 99. Most of the fighters in this tier list are better for PvP fights, and Kirzalid is also one of them. His S3 offers super armor and is a grab attack. While playing PvP, if you trigger S3 up close to an enemy, there is no chance of escape or block.

Igniz 01

This version of Igniz comes from KoF 01, and he excels in both PvP and PvE battles. He offers range attacks and shock damage and is an excellent asset if you want to play from a distance or up close and personal. His S1 grants super armor whenever he is close to an opponent, and the S2 disables the enemy’s skill.

Orochi Zero 01

Like the most fighters in our A-tier list, Orochi Zero is another remarkable fighter for PvP encounters. He is also a fantastic pick for Time Attack and Epic Quests because of his ranged skill attacks. Zero’s S2 attack is unblockable and gets reset whenever S3 is used in the fight.

Ash Crimson 03

In our King of Fighters all-star tier list, Ash Crimson’s character deserves special attention because this fighter offers a plethora of passive abilities in fights. Whenever an opponent lands a burn, poison, or bleed status effect attack on Ash, he gets bonus armor for five seconds and a damage boost from his defense stats for ten seconds.

Jin Classic

Jin Classic is a crossover fighter who is unparalleled in PvP if you corner your opponent to the wall. He can land infinite combos, and his S2 stuns enemies – all the more reasons to push an opponent against the wall. Jin’s S1 offers super armor, and S3 launches enemies in the air to chain more combo attacks.

Paul

Paul’s fighting style is centered for PvP encounters. His S1 skill becomes available whenever he is hit, and it grants Paul super armor for one second. His S1 is good enough to block or interrupt chain combos. Paul’s S2 ability deals heavy damage, and his S3 is unblockable. Other than his core abilities, his self-healing passive ability kicks in whenever Paul gets petrify, frozen, and bleed status effects.

Haohmaru

Haohmaru is another brilliant fighter who joined KoF All Star roster during the Samurai Showdown 4 crossover event. As a red affinity attack type fighter, he can increase all fighter’s attacks by 55% by using his leader skill. The brilliant attribute about all three skills is not only the land pure raw damage on enemies but they also offer status effects.

Lady Chang

Lady Chang is extremely helpful when it comes to offering attack buffs to female fighters of the team. She is one of the few fighters in our King of Fighters all star tier list who enhances attack power of female fighters. For a 10% health penalty, she lends 60% extra attack damage to the team’s female characters. Lady Chang does not endure stun damage whatsoever, and she is immune to stun attacks.

Orochi Iori 97

This A-tier variant of Iori comes from KoF 97, and let us tell you one thing straight, his attacks hit like a truck. He is an excellent pick for dealing an enormous amount of damage in PvE fights. He becomes enraged by sacrificing 10% on defense while increasing the 60% attack in the process.

Ling

This A-tier fighter became available after the Tekken crossover event. Ling’s abilities grant fighters a short burst of healing if they land on an enemy. Her S1 offers super armor, S2 can stun opponents, and Ling’s S3 disables enemies from rolling. She is a great attacker and can land infinite combos if the opponent is cornered to the wall.

Sentai Clark

Like in many KoF games, Clerk specializes in grab attacks, and his skillsets are pretty similar in KoF All-Star as well. His S1 ability grants three-second damage immunity and super armor, which is useful for countering or approaching opponents. Clark’s S2 is an unblockable grab attack, and triggering the S3 skill allows him to fire a long-range sniper round.

Nests Kyo XIII

Fire yielding fighters are quite rare in our King of Fighters all star tier list. Nests Kyo is one such character who has a lot of fire attacks in his arsenal, and he is the best pick for anyone who wants to deal maximum burn damage in PvE and PvP.

B-Tier List

King 94

This B-tier variant of King is from KoF 94, and she is a great fighter and a better support character for the team. Her S1 and S2 both are kick attacks and deal nearly the same amount of damage. As a lone fighter, King’s S3 offers stun which can be used first to land an infinite combo on the opponent.

Kyo Kusanagi 95

Kyo 95 is another great addition to our B-tier list. As a blue affinity fighter, his leader skill offers a 50% bonus attack for blue element fighters of your team. We think he is the only character in our B-tier list, which is an excellent pick for Time Attack. His attacks have explosive animations dealing raw damage.

Mai 95

Mai 95 is probably the best offensive character in our entire B-tier list. Her universal leader skill offers a 25% attack per hp boost on many of her attack types. She can also do infinite combos if her abilities are executed and timed perfectly.

Orochi Chris

We would have placed Orochi Chris 97 in our D-tier list if the recent update had not overhauled his skillsets. Like Kyo, Orochi Chris also deals burn damage on opponents, although not strong enough as Kyo but still a solid pick for PvE and PvP encounters. His attack and defense stats are balanced, but he does not offer anything extraordinary as a team player.

Orochi Yashiro 97

Orochi Yashiro packs a macho appearance, but he lacks brute force. He has above-average defense stats and offers health regeneration over time. Sadly, as an attacker, he is quite a weak fighter and does not deal enough damage. The only way to land more damage on enemies is to trigger the S1 skill and draw extra attack power by sacrificing defense points. This may look like an advantage but actually is a waste of S1’s ability.

K’99

As a red affinity fighter, K’99 grants his leader skill to other red affinity players on the team.  He is good at Time Attack, but while fighting in PvE and PvP encounters, he tends to miss combos because of bugs.

Zero Clone 00

Zero Clone is yet again another flawed fighter mainly because of his low attack damage attributes. He can be unlocked using Team Chain Quest, but bear in mind that he is suitable for defense only and seriously lacks damage-dealing attacks.

Zero Clone can be used as a support player in PvP encounters and Arena or League matches. We placed him on our B-tier list because his health recovery kicks in whenever HP falls below 30%. Otherwise, there are other fighters worth picking.

Ling School Girl

There are many active and passive abilities of Ling School Girl that can turn the tide in PvP and PvE fights, but we placed her in our B-tier list even then. For starters, like many other fighters in this tier list, she, too, offers a slight advantage in PvP because of her meager attack damage stats.

False Advent Orochi

Probably the only fighter in our B-tier list who deserves an upgrade to A-tier but is held back by a lack of variety in attack patterns. Even though his attacks land a good amount of damage, most of the attacks are repetitive and dull. Fake Orochi has petrified as a passive skillset and can break enemy chain attacks.

Yuri in Wonderland

Yuri in Wonderland grants 60% bonus attack damage to other defense-type teammates by sacrificing her own hp by 10%. Her S1 freezes enemies for 2s, and S2 deals the greatest damage of all three skills with the addition of Increasing one stat (attack or defense) by 26% for 7s. Her S3 and striker skills are the two downsides of this fighter – they offer little in fights and are nearly useless.

Whip 99

Whip 99 shares similar traits as Rabbit Yuri. She is a great addition if you are looking to build a team containing defensive fighters only. Her leader skill grants 60% extra attack damage to other defense-type fighters of the team. She provides buff at the cost of -10% defense points of her own.

C-Tier List

Ryo 95

As a red affinity defense fighter, Ryo 95 increases 50% HP of red elemental teammates when his leader skill is activated. He is not much of an attack fighter in the game. Instead, he can prove to be a good defense/support character if you utilize his skillsets properly. His S1 launches enemies in the air, while S2 hurls a series of fast punches and is very effective in close combat.

Mature 96

Mature 96 is a defense fighter with green elemental affinity. Her leader skill buffs fighters’ attack by 25% and HP by 20%, and she also increases the overall power charge rate by 20% as well. Mature’s S1 and S2 slash attack land nearly the same amount of damage.

Shermie 97

This C-tier list fighter probably is the only one who offers high attack buffs. Shermie 97 can increase her attack power by 60% only if her HP is above 70%. Even though she seems a fairly good attack fighter on paper, the condition of a minimum of 70% hp kills the replay value for the fighter. Her S1 deals the most severe damage of all three skillsets, and it also launches an enemy into the air.

Brian 98

This C-tier variant of Brian comes from KoF 98 game. He is a yellow affinity fighter who can increase 15% attack and 35% HP of yellow elemental teammates with his leader skill. Brian’s S2 attack deals the most damage. His S1 is a quick dash attack, while his S3 is a leaping attack, and it offers super armor for 4 seconds if the attack lands.

Kensou 99

This C-tier variant of Kensous is from KoF 99 game. He offers a bonus of 25% attack damage and decreases 25% damage from Yellow elemental enemies through his leader skill. Kensou’s leaping punch S2 ability deals the highest damage. His S1 is a spinning kick attack with moderate damage, and S3 grants super armor, which is great for defense and approach tactics.

Armor King

Armor King rocks a humongous build which could have played better if he’d have been an attack fighter. Sadly, he is a defense character with red affinity in KoF All-Star. Armor King’s leader skill increases 25% power charge rate and 45% bonus attack for all Tekken fighters in the team. His S2 grants him Super Armor for 3s whenever he uses a skill.

Sentai Ralf

Sentai Ralf is a red affinity defense type player in the game, and he pairs well with Clark. His leader skill grants a bonus of 15% attack power and 30% Hp but only if Clark is also in the team. All three of his skills land nearly the same damage.

Swimsuit Kula

There is nothing extraordinary about Swimsuit Kula, and had it not been for her freeze status effect, she’d have been sitting on our D-tier list. Her leader skill grants 50% attack damage to blue elemental fighters in the team. Her S1 and S2 deal the same amount of damage.

Andy 98

This C-tier list variant of Andy is from KoF 98 game. He is a defense-type green elemental fighter who buffs 25% attack and gives 40% bleed damage to his green affinity members of the team. Andy’s S2 deals low but raw damage. His S1 deals bleed damage equal to 28% of the attack to the foe for 10s. You can also stack this attack up to a maximum of three times.

Similarly, Andy’s S3 lands 32% of the attack on the enemy for 10s. Once again, he seriously lacks in the striker skill category. Right now, he can decrease all enemies’ bleed resistance by 55% for 10s only.

Ramon 00

Ramon 00 loves grabbing, and most of his skills involve grab attacks which not only are unblockable but also land pretty good damage on enemies. He is a balanced type of fighter with yellow elemental affinity. He increases the critical hit rate and damage by 11% and 65%, respectively, by using his leadership skill. Ramon’s S1 and S2 offer armor damage which is something you don’t see in a C-tier list fighter.

D-Tier List

Heidern 94

Heidern is from KoF 94 game, and currently, the high-skill cooldown and weak striker skill are the reason he sits in our D-tier list. On average, all of his skills have a 13s cooldown which is a big letdown considering many fighters have 10-11s cooldown on their S1, S2, and S3 abilities.

Chizuru 96

Chizuru is a yellow affinity defense fighter in the game, and her leader skill buffs 25% attack of yellow fighters and decreases damage taken by 20%. She is probably the only character in the game who has the most flawed striker skill.

She reduces the active team members’ damage by 17.6% for 10 seconds. Basically, she negates your team’s attack power, which is devastating not only in PvE but also in PvP. Even the recent update did not fix her skill.

Takuma 98

Takuma is an excellent character with high damage dealing S1. His leadership skill and striker skill are the two reasons why we think he is not the most picked fighter in the game. First of all, his leader skill increases HP and active skill damage but only to the art of fighting characters.

Heavy D 94

Heavy D 94 is an attack fighter who can increase all fighters’ 17% critical rate through his leadership skill. This is quite impressive, and his skill links well with teammates in PvE and PvP encounters. Still, he failed to impress us because he has underwhelming S1, S2, and S3 abilities.

Halloween Yashiro

His skill sets work very closely with Takuma 98, and his animations are also a bit faster than his. Even though Halloween Yashiro offers stun damage on his S3 and striker skill, he ranks below Takuma in our list because of the short stun duration. His S1 and S2 land pure attack damage.

Maxima 99

Maxima rocks a giant-looking build, yet his attack types and damage stats failed to impress us. All three of his skills have raw damage only and do not grant any buffs whatsoever to you or your teammates. The worst part is that none of his skills pack a serious punch and all of them are pretty weak. Moreover, all three of Maxima’s abilities have high cooldowns, averaging 12s.

Which one is the best fighter in the game?

There is no single fighter in our King of Fighters all-star tier list who ticks all boxes. Each fighter is unique and distinctive and plays differently in each mode. In any case, here is our take on the best fighters for the following modes.

• For PvP: Orochi 97
• For PvE: Jin Classic
• Time Attack: Orochi Iori 97
• Epic Quest: Orochi Zero 01

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