Zhang Fei

Introduction
Zhang Fei is the protagonist of The King of Fighters '99, replacing Kyo Kusanagi as... wait, wrong game, sorry.

Yeah, he's basically K'. Except he has a guitar and a mohawk?

Strengths & Weaknesses

 * Well-rounded; has a strong reversal, a counter and one of the best projectiles in the game
 * Excellent range on his focus attack
 * Relatively low meterless combo potential
 * Ultra is a highly telegraphed counter, severely limiting its usefulness

Super Combo
Issen (236236P)

Zhang Fei enters a quick-draw stance with his guitar before letting out a large forward moving swing. This super is chargeable, and at the final level, it becomes unblockable. Takes too long to get to the unblockable, so you'll mainly be using this to tack on damage with super cancels.

Ultra Combo
Hyper Cross Counter (236236BD)

After a short cinematic, Zhang Fei assumes a counter stance. Upon catching any physical attack, the opponent will be on the receiving end of what is essentially Balrog's Dirty Bull ultra before being launched into the air. While the timing is somewhat tight, it is possible to combo after this ultra, although the combo isn't usually very rewarding without a MAX Cancel. Even then, due to how telegraphed this ultra is, you probably won't be getting much use out of it.

Strategy
Zhang Fei is a fairly simplistic character. Eins Trigger~Second Shoot is an incredibly good projectile, so using that in conjunction with the excellent range on his Focus Attack, you can play a semi-threatening mid-range game. You can also threaten from greater distances with Narrow Spike.

On defense, you can use Crow Bites to call out gaps in pressure strings, or use Cross Counter to punish particularly greedy opponents.

Combos
The One Combo: 2B 2A 6C 6D 236A~C 214D~D 623A

This will be Zhang Fei's primary source of damage without spending bar. His EX and super aren't particularly noteworthy, and his ultra is literally unusable in combos, so it's not really worth spending bar on anything that isn't MAX Mode.

MAX Mode loops: From your bnb combo, MAX cancel from 214D~D and then follow up with:

[j.C j.D j.CD |> 623A>236A~A]xN when midscreen

[623A>236A(whiff)]xN when in the corner

The best way to input the Crow Bites>Trigger free cancel is 6236A~A.

If for some reason you get an air combo outside of MAX Mode: ...j.B j.C j.D j.CD |> 2C 236C~C 214D~D 623A