The Evade Roll is fairly old in the King Of Fighters series. The Evade Roll that was introduced in KOF96 still remains the same. Much unlike the Evade Roll from KOF99, it has now reverted back to the original roll.

 

The Evade Roll is performed by pressing A + B + f / b. Pressing the forward direction and the A and B buttons will make the character Evade Roll forward. Pressing the backward direction and the A and B buttons will make the character Evade Roll backwards.

Whilst performing an Evade Roll, the character is invincible for a short period of time. This means the character is able to Evade Roll through projectiles and command moves, special moves and even some DMs/SDMs. But an Evade Roll is unable to pass through some certain special throws and DM/SDM throws.

When falling/being knocked down, a character can also perform a Recovery Roll. By pressing A + B whilst falling, the character will recover from a falling position into a roll. This will ensure that the character will not be hit by on the ground hits.