However, Tokido’s Kim (a heavily-used character in the entire tournament) was too strong and he managed to win the second match again, knocking Xian out of KOF13. Xian started the first match using Elisabeth/EX Iori/EX Kyo and lost, forcing him to switch back to EX Iori/EX Kyo/Mr.
Karate/Kim) yet again, who had just been knocked out of the winners’ bracket earlier. In his next match in the losers’ bracket, Xian had to face Tokido (using EX Iori/Mr. Karate, allowing Xian to steal the win with a lucky 2-1 victory. Fox took the second point, and almost won the decisive third match, but dropped several hit confirms with his Iori against Xian’s Mr. This gave Xian a lot of problems, as he had difficulty killing off Chin. Xian managed to take the first point, forcing Fox to switch out Ryo for Iori, and to change his character order to put Chin first. Karate) had to face France’s Fox (using Ryo/Mr. Karate/Kim) just before the top 8.įor his first match in the losers’ top 8, Xian (using EX Iori/EX Kyo/Mr. He was sent into the losers’ bracket by reknowned Japanese player Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi (using EX Iori/Mr. Karate for most of EVO 2013, but occasionally swapped in Elisabeth into his lineup. Xian stuck with his well-known “triple DLC” team of EX Iori/EX Kyo/Mr. While this is not Xian’s best finish for KOF13 in a major (he was KOF13 champion in last year’s Canada Cup 2012), it is up to this point, his strongest finish at EVO, overriding the disappointment of EVO 2012 where he was knocked out early in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012 (AE: 2012) and barely missed out on the top 32 for KOF13. He shares the fifth spot with South Korea’s Shin-Min “Verna” Su.
KOF 13 TOURNAMENT SERIES
Singapore’s Kun-Xian “Xian” Ho has finished joint fifth place at this year’s EVO 2013 Championship Series for The King of Fighters XIII.
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