Goenitz

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Overview

Originally the final opponent in The King of Fighters '96, Goenitz is an extremely unbalanced Zoning Character. He is considered to be one of the hardest bosses in SNK history, to the point he can actually become unbeatable depending on which strategy he decides to take. This is especially apparent in KOF XV where surprisingly, despite being a unbalanced zoner, he is extremely aggressive and can possibly infinite the player if he desires. The most dangerous move in his arsenal is his Yonokaze, a very quick move which can cover basically all of the visible stage, does heavy damage and cancels all projectiles, even Supers. It can appear wherever Goenitz chooses and there is no way to tell where it will spawn. Besides that, Goenitz has also strong and quick multi-hit moves like Wanhyou (Tokobuse or Mametsu variants) and Shin Kototsuki Souga. Additionally, he can also teleport with his Hyouga. The one way to beat Yonokaze is to try and bait it, as there exist some deadzones where the move cannot cover (especially in close-range).

As of his more balanced appearances in SvC Chaos, 2002 Unlimited Match and more so KOF XV, Goenitz is a dedicated-zoner as before but focuses much more on direct offense, with a bevy of strong jumping normals for solid short-hop approaches. Goenitz gains his advantages through forcing the foe to make small mistakes and gives him room to blow them up with potent vortexes and/or combo confirms (due to his fast movement speed and Hyouga). While his zoning isn't as obnoxious as it was in his boss versions, it is still potent enough to enforce his gameplan. With meter, his pressure and combo potential increases notably. He can be easily compared to Iori Yagami to a degree with his focus on instinctive vortexes and landing potent confirms, given the two of them share a number of techniques.

At a cost however, Goenitz's deadzones are still prevalent, and his grounded normals throughout the games are rather awkward to use (not being as potent as his jumping normals). But on direct defense, this added with his lack of meterless reversals and on-reaction anti-airs (crouching does not cover as vertically as it looks), means that he does not have much assistance in getting calculated rushdown fighters off of him. Added with his tall frame, Goenitz is also forced to try and preemptively anti-air against deft aerial approaches that can force him into hesitation. This leads to his potent instinctive vortex game to come with a huge-risk-and-reward gameplay loop.

The King of Fighters series

	Name	Command Input	Description	Appears In
Throws		or +	Goenitz spins around and slams his opponent down.	All appearances
	СОКАЦУСАЦУ (Soukatsusatsu)	or +	Goenitz puts his hands on his opponent's face in a cross, strangles them, then slams them behind him.	KOF '96 - 2002 UM
		or +	Goenitz puts his hands on his opponent's face in a cross, jumps up, then slams them down behind him.	KOF XV
Command Moves		+	Goenitz does a spinning backhand strike.	All appearances
		Far ・	Goenitz does a spinning backhand strike.	KOF XV
Special Moves		+ or or or ( OK)	Goenitz calls up a pillar of wind in a designated location.	All appearances
		+ ( OK)	Goenitz turns and snaps his fingers with a lowered hand, creating a flurry of wind around his hand.	All appearances
		+	Goenitz turns and snaps his fingers with a raised hand, creating a flurry of wind around his hand.	All appearances
		+ or ( OK)	Goenitz disappears into the wind, teleporting.	All appearances
	СИНКОТОЦУКИ СОУГА (Shin Kototsuki Souga)	+ or	Goenitz dashes forward a short distance while performing two swipes. If he connects with either one, he will lift up his opponent at the end of the dash and manifest a momentary whirlwind on them, slashing them away.	KOF '98 UM
		( + or ) x3 (SvC Chaos and KOF 2002/UM) + or , ( + or ) x2 ( OK) (KOF XV)	Goenitz claws at his opponent.	KOF 2002, KOF 2002 UM, KOF XV
		+ or ( OK)	Goenitz leaps forward with and unleashes a downwards swipe with his hand. Goenitz can cancel into other special moves following this attack. The boss challenge version of this move must be blocked standing.	KOF XV
Super Special Moves		+ or ( OK)	Goenitz lifts his opponent by their head, and manifests a immense whirlwind to strike them while he holds them inside. In KOF XV, the version has Goenitz manifest another whirlwind blow after the initial attack.	All appearances
	МИЗУЧИ (Mizuchi)	+ or	Goenitz dashes forward. On a successful hit, he proceeds to slash at his foe while moving forward. He will finish by holding them up as blood continues to flow out, then slam them to the ground with a Soukatsusatsu.	All appearances excluding KOF XV
		+ or	Goenitz teleports forward. On a successful hit, he proceeds to claw at his foe three times. He will finish by summoning a whirlwind that flings his opponent up, and another that floors them.	KOF 2002, Neowave, KOF 2002 UM
	ЖИССОКОКУ (Jissoukoku)	+	Goenitz teleports forward. On a successful hit, he proceeds to slash at his foe at a faster pace while moving forward, generating a whirlwind with each slash. He will finish by holding them up as blood continues to flow out, then leap up and smash them into the ground.	All appearances excluding KOF XV
		+ or ( OK)	Goenitz dashes forward (with / versions) or teleports forward (with version). On a successful hit, he proceeds to slash at his foe while moving forward. He will finish by holding them up before ending it with a cross-claw attack. The version has Goenitz manifest a whirlwind that blows the opponent away as a follow-up to the cross-claw attack.	KOF XV
MAX2	ИБУКИ НАГАЁ (Ibuki Nagayo)	+	Goenitz creates a giant tornado around himself that draws in the opponent. If they stand too close without blocking, the tornado lifts and damages them several times as they are sucked in and whirled about.	KOF 2002 UM
		+ during Ibuki Nagayo	Goenitz flings the massive tornado at his opponent.	KOF 2002 UM
Climax Super Special Move		+	Goenitz calls up a pillar of wind. If it connects, he then engulfs the opponent and himself into a massive tornado before manifesting it while blowing the opponent away helplessly from the inside.	KOF XV

SNK vs. Capcom series

	Animation	Name	Command Input	Description	Appears In
Throws	???	МЭЙФУ НО МОН (Meifu no Mon)	or +	Goenitz spins around and slams his opponent down.	SVC Chaos
	???	СОКАЦУСАЦУ (Soukatsusatsu)	or +	Goenitz puts his hands on his opponent's face in a cross, strangles them, then slams them behind him.	SVC Chaos
Special Moves		ЁНОКАЗЭ (Yonokaze)	+ or or or	Goenitz calls up a pillar of wind in a designated location.	SVC Chaos
		ВАНГЁ ТОКОБУСЭ (Wanhyo Tokobuse)	+	Goenitz turns and snaps his fingers with a lowered hand, creating a flurry of wind around his hand.	SVC Chaos
		ВАНГЁ МАМЭЦУ (Wanhyo Mametsu)	+	Goenitz turns and snaps his fingers with a raised hand, creating a flurry of wind around his hand.	SVC Chaos
	???	ГЁГА (Hyouga)	+ or	Goenitz disappears into the wind, teleporting.	SVC Chaos
		СИНАОИХАНА СЭИРАН (Shin Aoihana Seiran)	+ or [x3]	Goenitz claws at his opponent.	SVC Chaos
Level 1 Super Special Moves	???	ЯМИДОКОКУ (Yami Doukoku)	+	Goenitz lifts his opponent by their head, and manifests a immense whirlwind to strike them while he holds them inside.	SVC Chaos
	???	ФУУДЗИН ИБУКИ (Fuujin Ibuki)	+ or	Goenitz teleports forward. On a successful hit, he proceeds to claw at his foe three times. He will finish by summoning a whirlwind that flings his opponent up, and another that floors them.	SVC Chaos
Level 2 Super Special Moves	???	ЯМИДОКОКУ (Yami Doukoku)	+ or	Goenitz lifts his opponent by their head, and manifests a immense whirlwind to strike them while he holds them inside.	All appearances
	???	ФУУДЗИН ИБУКИ (Fuujin Ibuki)	+ or	Goenitz teleports forward. On a successful hit, he proceeds to claw at his foe three times. He will finish by summoning a whirlwind that flings his opponent up, and another that floors them.	SVC Chaos
Level 3 Super Special Moves		Shin Ya Otome Mizuchi	+ or	Goenitz dashes forward. On a successful hit, he proceeds to slash at his foe while moving forward. He will finish by holding them up as blood continues to flow out, then slam them to the ground with a Soukatsusatsu.	SVC Chaos
		Shin Ya Otome Jissoukoku	+ or	Goenitz teleports forward. On a successful hit, he proceeds to slash at his foe at a faster pace while moving forward. He will finish by holding them up as blood continues to flow out, then slam them to the ground with a Soukatsusatsu.	All appearances

Trivia

• Goenitz does not run, and instead dashes in. The different sound effect used reflects this behavior as well.
• The translations of his move names are approximate, since they are written in Cyrillic with hiragana (save for Shin Ya Otome, which is translated with kanji and only "Mizuchi" and "Jissoukoku" are written in Cyrillic in that case). The suspected kanji in light of the above translations with the Chinese version movelists as context are as follows:
  • Meifu no Mon/Hell's Gate: 冥府の門
  • Soukatsusatsu/Vitalizing Kill: 爽活殺
  • Yomi e no Michi/Path to the Underworld: 黄泉への道
  • Uranagi/Reverse Lull: 裏凪
  • Oroshi/Mountain Wind: 颪
  • Yonokaze/Wind of Night: 夜の風
  • Wanhyou Tokobuse/Brachial Hail--Endless Collapse: 腕雹常伏
  • Wanhyou Mametsu/Sagittal Hail--Steady Destruction: 弯氷磨滅 This is "sagittal" not as relating to the skull suture, but as relating to an arrow.
  • Hyouga/Icy Creek: 氷河. The term normally means "glacier", but given the art's nature as a wind-aided teleport, a more literal translation seems to be called for.
  • Shin Kototsuki: Souga/True Zither Moon: Claws and Fangs: 真琴月: 爪牙.
  • Shin Aoihana: Seiran/True Hollyhock Flower: Azure Storm: 真葵花: 青嵐
  • Shin Tsumakushi: Yoarashi/True Claw Comb: Night Storm: 真爪櫛: 夜嵐
  • Yami Doukoku/Dark Lamentation: 闇慟哭. Chinese versions prefer to use "banka/elegy" (挽歌) likely as a double meaning.
  • Shin Ya Otome: Mizuchi/True Eight Maidens: Mizuchi: 真八稚女: 蛟. A mizuchi is a young dragon, seen at that age as having cruel tendencies. As a result, the mizuchi is often a byword for flat cruelty.
  • Shin Ya Otome: Jissoukoku/True Eight Maidens: Intrinsic Domination: 真八稚女: 実相剋. "Jissoukoku" appears to be a play on the Buddhist term "Jissougi" (實相義), referencing the nature of ultimate reality. Where 義/gi suggests a natural state of justice and virtue, 剋/koku instead suggests a natural state of dominance--given Goenitz's nature, of the strong doing all they please to the weak.
  • Shin Ya Otome: Yomotsu/True Eight Maidens: Yellow Spring: 真八稚女: 黄泉. The Yomotsu marks the beginning of the Yomi no Kuni underworld--what the "Yomi" in "Yomi e no Michi" is shorthand for.
  • Fuujin Ibuki/Wind God Breath: 風神息吹
  • Ibuki Nagayo/Breath Eternal​: 息吹永世
  • Tokoshie no Kaze/Eternal Wind: 永恒の風