Akuma FAQs: Quick questions & answers!

or cr. lk, cr.lp, cr. mp as hit confirm…

yeah i like cr.lk, cr.lp, cr.lp because it hits low (if they block high) and doesn’t push them far enough back to screw up the lk tatsu (assuming you’re not playing a big hitbox character).

yeah i usually use the tech throw input to do the cr.lk to start my combo, too. especially on cross-ups.

Pretty useless question, but: st.MP, cr.MP doesn’t seem to work on Evil Ryu. How’s that?

I mean it doesn’t combo even activating turbo (at first I thought it was me who couldn’t combo it), it’s like the pushback is so much, crouching Strong doesn’t reach on his first active frame.

Anyone tried it?

Just had to update SSF4 ae on my PC, anybody know what that’s about?

Any idea what the best way is to force stand a crouch without FADC?

I just realized today I’ve only been practicing only the regular LK tatsu bnbs which don’t work on crouchers :<

DFDK or Cr.HP will both stand a crouching opponent, though good luck trying to hit confirm cr.HP. Most guys just use ex tatsu rather than LK tatsu if the opponent is crouching.

Just curious, has anyone come back to playing after a break for a week or 2 and noticed that they play like total idiots? Because that’s what’s happening to me right now…

I’m losing like 70% of my matches right now because im doing stuff i know doesnt work but i do it anyway. Autopilot ftw…

ALL THE FREAKIN TIME

Same. I stopped playing 3so for awhile and I can barely even get through the Evo Moment #37 trial. Its frustrating as hell. Usually its my execution that suffers but its nothing a few minutes in training or playing someone of decent skill, cant fix.

Yup, execution takes the hardest hit. For some reason i did bnb into the vanilla lp srk fadc shaku combo and then went wtf to myself. also doing harder setups are the worst. you may as well not try until you have them down again. timing is off and everything.

Anyone know a DF Palm safejump timing after a successful DF Palm?

Any tips on stuffing DPs? When I got the vortex going I know Kens and Ryus are just mashing them so hard and sometimes I’m able to just stuff them. But sometimes they just hit me clean even when I’m doing them extremely late. What should I be doing?

There’s one setup in the video posted above. Pretty much just do another DF Palm (see the video for exact timing). Hope that helped!

I’m having trouble landing sweep on Seth after a cross up tatsu. Does this happen to anyone else?

It’s not you, it’s Seth. Awkward hurtbox during air tatsu juggle. f.s.HP is a much more reliable follow up.

Yep… I just played this weekend after a hiatus of 9 days and I lost all my matches. At one point I was having the hardest time throwing a fireball, FFS!! I was like: QCF + HP = St.HP… QCF + LP… st.LP… Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-ck!!.. The worse part is that I KNOW i don’t usually play like this, so why is it happening? So frustrating…

On a side note, my SSF4 DVD is broken now so I’m gonna not be able to play for a long while. :frowning:

Ryu and Ken can blow up our vortex by doing a delayed SRK on wakeup that auto-corrects, so keep that in mind. Also MP SRK beats out dive kicks as any good Shoto user knows.

sorry about that man. but the truth is that players always have on and off days

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A tip for Akuma

Does it matter the strength of Fb when ur cancelling from a normal, does it make much of a difference? Trying to practice St.Hp xx FB > Fadc loops and just wondering.

Also, Ive kinda given up in frustration at the moment ( gna have a thorough session over the weekend) but this damn stick…any tips for getting DP motion from cancelled normals? I kno its a pretty common problem with making this nightmare of a transition. Also, part of the reason I picked up Akuma in the first place was because I was getting super with ryu a lot, I kno its not strictly akuma related but Im just wondering, Ive read around a bit…still happening, any tips? I dont mind grinding it out ( I actually enjoy practicing with the stick…matches are a diff story) I’m just not sure how to get past that. I kno its got something to do with hitting forward when doing the shortcut from crouched or something.

Trying to work frame traps into my game a bit more, theres a lot to akuma, definitely enjoying it. If anything, win or lose the matches are over real, real fast lol.