Guile is good vs. bison and rog…also pretty good vs blanka…but those aren’t really bad matchups, maybe with the exception of bison who might have a slight avdvantage over akuma. Guile sucks vs. cammy tho.
Balrog is basically cammy’s only bad matchup (and cammy is akuma’s only matchup where counter picking might make sense) and he’s also really good vs. blanka and goes pretty much even with bison.
Honestly, at your current level, I’d rather stick to akuma and actually get good with him…no point in learning a new character when you’re still not even close to mastering your main. You’d end up with 2 characters that you can play half decently but not a single one you can play good.
Either stick to akuma and don’t worry about counterpicking or change character altogether if you feel that akuma doesn’t give you results and makes you want to counter pick.
I knew superlollo would try to tell me those aren’t bad match-ups.
Also, lollo, you don’t know what level I’m at, so STFU. You’re the one acting like a badass and insulting JR, among others, yet no one in Italy or anywhere else ever sees you at any tournaments.
I would say Rog is even because while Rog can be hard to deal with at times due to his great normals, Rog is one of the easiest to pressure on wake up. You get a single knock down and Rog has so much trouble getting back up.
I also don’t get why people say Blanka is a bad match up. It is an annoying match up, it is a boring as hell match up, it is the biggest turtle fest you have ever seen match up, BUT it is not a bad match up. For as much as Blanka gimps Akuma’s pressure game, Akuma gimps Blanka’s equally as hard. Blanka has to control his ball attacks for any fear of the demon which means he is reduced to pokes and antics which can be shut down by Akuma. Overall the match up just sucks for everyone involved and usually the first blunder loses the round.
Now I will say Bison and Cammy are the more miserable match ups for Akuma along with Rose and Rufus. If I had to rank the worst match ups from best to worst I would say.
Bison
Rufus
Rose
Cammy
Each of those match ups have different counter picks. Bison is a character Akuma can still do well against, but it takes a lot of reading and understanding your opponent, but Akuma does have the tools to win. Rufus with U2 (Why Capcom Why?!) is just a royal pain. Frame traps, dive kick pressure, wacky hit boxes, and the ability to punish a teleport with ease makes it just a painful match up. Rose wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the fact her retarded U2 acts as a stop sign. Up until she gets that ultra Akuma can go toe to toe and sometimes even dominate Rose, BUT! as soon as she gets that U2 you have to stop everything you are doing and completely change your game plan. It is just retarded that she has an ultra that powerful with no downsides. I am so glad they nerfed that crap in AE.
And Cammy…we all know why we hate her. She seems to have an answer for everything Akuma has. IMO the worst match up for Akuma.
i know the level you’re at because if you think that blanka is a bad matchup for akuma you can’t be good…blanka is the typical character that gives lots of problems to unexperienced players. Also judging by the questions you ask on this forum, and by the bs you say the rare times you try to answer to someone (your tips for the ryu matchup from a while ago immediately come to mind…) it’s pretty clear that you are not good…also no one ever saw a video of you and you’ll probably never post one because you know you suck. Obviously you can prove me wrong, but you won’t, like the time you said you could “kick my newbie akuma’s ass”, or something along those lines, but you never actually invited me to play.
True, I don’t go to offline tournaments any more, so what? I got a full time job and a girlfriend, i barely even play online any more, where should i find the time to spend a whole sunday (my only free day) to play SF? It’s not like we got arcades here and I can go play 2 hours at evenings.
Whatever, i was just trying to help you with some REAL advice, if you think you know better, why even post a question (a stupid one at that, just look at a fucking tier list if you wanna see blanka’s bad matchups…) on a forum?
Loyal: At first i thought rufus U2 was really good against akuma, but now everyone seems to be switching back to U1 for that matchup…the damage that U1 can grant off a simple dive kick (and no matter how good your defense is, you’re gonna get hit by a dive kick eventually) into target combo is just too important vs a low health character like akuma. It’s not like akuma could really zone rufus that bad anyways, and with U2 (roflcopter) he cannot punish your teleports with his U2 anyways. I don’t know if it’s really a bad matchup for akuma, cammy is A LOT worse anyways. Rufus is completely free on wakeup to akuma. Not even Laughter is complaining about that matchup and this HAS to mean something =). There is only one Rufus of those i play against that can regularly beat me, and i feel it’s because he’s the better player, not because of the character…something that doesn’t always happen when i’m playing vs cammy.
I would probably go with Cammy as an alt. She is a good shoto alt cause she blows up alot of shoto “tough” matchups and automatic 50/50 with herself. However the big advantage about Akuma is that if you learn your matchups well enough he has all the tools to make every fight winnable.
Shhhhhhh, he asked for the easy way, don’t put strange ideas into his mind, heheh.
Anyways, cammy is good vs blanka, really bad vs rog and not that good vs bison. With regards to his specific question it’s not a good character choice. Not to mention he isn’t half as easy to play at a decent level as say rog or guile. She can steamroll new/average players because of her autopilot crazy offence that can be learned in 1 week, but after that it gets harder if you wanna win vs good players and actually need to learn some stuff.
that’s exactly what I said in my first reply…of all the characters he nominated the only one that is worth a counter pick is cammy. Let’s hope that the kid will listed now that someone else said it.
Rufus can really go either ultra and be just as effective. Either way I just find his pressure game is really good against Akuma and any attempt to teleport out is either a c.HP or Ultra waiting to happen. It isn’t the worst match up ever, but it is one you really need to be on your toes to win.
I do agree with Shin that you can win every single match up. Even Akuma’s worst match up you can use skill to overcome. Just that Cammy is definitely the hardest.
I never claimed to be a good player. I’m basically a scrub.
What I didn’t like about your comments is how condescending they were. If they were coming from JR or Loyal or ShinAkuma then I would take it on the chin. But I’ve seen videos of you playing and really, you’re nothing special. It’s kind of hard to take when someone with LESS PP/BP than me acts like he’s hot shit and I suck.
Also, I just want to point out something: in my original post I never said “bad match-ups”. I said “least favourable match-ups”. Subtle difference. But you, being the prick you are, assumed I meant bad match-ups and had a go at me for it. Akuma-Rog/Bison/Blanka can all be 5-5s and still be some of Akuma’s least favourable match-ups.
You seem to stalk these boards looking for opportunities to shit on people. Didn’t your mother ever tell you, don’t say anything if you’ve got nothing nice to say?
Yeah i got less pp/bp (how do you know my pp by the way lol) than you. That has to mean i’m not good. If you tell me when i can find you playing ranked I’ll be glad to steal some from you so I can gain your “ranked respect”, lol.
Go watch those videos again, there’s probably some new stuff for ya
EDIT: Whoa, look what I found
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Starts at 5:20 min, and this is from December, no excuses, lol.
You getting blown up by a 1000bp dudley who didn’t do a single combo in 3 rounds…you also didn’t…lots of random s.hk (no no vs dudley) , full screen tatsus, random ex srk, c.lk spamand the likes. Congratulations. But hey, you got more bp than I do, this makes you good!
Honestly, this is how terrible you are (I’m sure no one had any doubts tho), this should tell you something about the value of BPs as indicators of skill. I routinely go 10-1 or 10-2 vs a friend of mine who plays a 16k bp 4.6k pp ryu and often lose to players with less than 5k bp that simply don’t play much ranked unless they’re desperate (like me).
You really are a stalker, aren’t you. That’s so lame.
That wasn’t from December. That has to have been from probably last summer, just after the game came out. I haven’t been sub 3000BP since around that time. Whatever though. I could care less.
That IS from december…i don’t think someone records some random ranked matches in august and posts them 5 months later LOL!!! Read the description.
Just out of curiosity, how many bps do you have now? skillz. Oh and are you still that terrible? I never thought you were any good to begin with, but i wasn’t quite prepared for what I saw in that video. That’s even worse than i thought. Post some newer stuff please? If you want we can have a ft5 and i can post the videos…you chose akuma and i go random select ^-^
No it isn’t from December, dickhead. I should know. It’s from long before that. If you want some recent matches I’ll get you some. You seem kind of obssessed though?
I’ve got around 5000BP now (which isn’t much, but you asked).
I really thought you had more bp than me, you seem so obsessed by battle points and give them so much credit that i tought you were one of those that played ranked all the time. And you probably do, yet still only have 5k bp…that’s incredibly low, I can start a new account this saturday and get to 5k in 1 day. Shit I never play ranked, like twice a month and have nearly 7k bps…PPs were 4k at one point, then i played some cammy/ibuki and dropped to somewhere around 3.5k…
Anyways, that video I posted is from someone who uploads matches on a daily basis…he’s got 1300+ uploads. No way on earth he recorded that replay in the summer and posted it 5/6 months later. That’s simply unbelievable. You can still prove me wrong, of course, but your word won’t be enough.
Now, let’s stop this shit and get back on topic. Just stop insulting me, even if i might sound rough at times, I always answered your questions and a lot of times you just took the critiques as personal and started insulting me. Don’t ask for critiques on a forum if you aren’t ready to get some.
Stop insulting you? You insulted me you fucking meatball.
You’re pathetic. You link to a video some random nobody uploaded to youtube showing me losing as Akuma from almost one year ago (when I was still new to the game) and then you try to compare that to a handpicked video of your current Akuma winning a match. I think I could handpick a video of my own that would show that our skill levels are actually quite close. As a matter of fact, the next time I play a Dudley on XBL I’ll upload it here and you can say your apology then.
Why don’t you just stop being a prick for once in your life? It’s just a fucking video game FFS!
And LO fucking L at you insulting me multiple times in a post and then saying “let’s stop this shit”. Fuck off kid.
i thought i came in the quick question and answer thread but i think i clicked the inferiority complex thread by accident
smells like oneupsmanship
jesus, this messageboard is about a game. this board is meant to be about helping each other improve, not sniping about each others skill levels and typing up bitchy comments and backhanded insults. taking things personally on messageboards and trying to insult people back just makes you look daft too. fucks sake.
Come on then, i’m waiting for that video that shows “our equal skills”. I’m sure your cell phone can capture videos, you can upload one before tomorrow. Also, everyone here is hand picking the videos they post, it’s not like everyone posts every video of himself, that wouldn’t even make sense. You can go watch my other videos and the quality will be the same.
And that video is not from 1 year ago, come on…in every post by you it gets 2 months older,lol. By the time of your next answer it’ll be from 14 months ago, lol. That youtube guy uploads on a daily basis, if the vid was uploaded on the 3rd of December it means it’s either from the 3rd or from the 2nd of the same month.
Anyways, it was always YOU starting to insult (and by insults i mean dickhead, meatball, cock sucker bla bla bla and all the names you called me) me when I was just trying to help your newbie akuma ass by answering your stupid lazy questions like “any tips for [name] matchup? I always get owned in that matchup”.
I’m sorry if my answers sounded somewhat rude AT TIMES, but hey, i just don’t like when newbies keep on asking questions instead of actually SEARCHING for information. When i started playing akuma more or less 1 and a half year ago i looked for info by myself, i didn’t ask for everything to be served to me on a silver plate because i’m not a lazy fuck like you. And guess what, now i’m actually good and you still suck…that’s probably because you never even really tried to get better, you just asked stuff instead of figuring out for yourself, and let me tell you something, experience can never be replaced by reading stuff. You’re just showing arrogance by getting pissed and insulting everyone who doesn’t agree with you.
I’m 100% sure you’re not gonna post any videos like you never actually had the balls to challenge me after telling me i sucked. You’re just a kid full of lies, the last ones being A) that you had more bps than me (which isn’t even hard, but you suck SO BAD that in 1 year of constantly playing ranked you didn’t go over 5k) and **B) **that the video i posted is 1 year old…oh and if it’s one year old, you really went from 3.1k bp to “less than 5k” in 12 months? God let me tell this to you again, you must really suck…probably even worse than what’s shown in that video. Going from 3k to 5k for an AVERAGE player is like…winning 30 matches against people with low bp like you? Honestly, getting up to 10-12k bp should be piss easy for anyone playing ranked regularly…from there it actually starts to get somewhat difficult because when you win you get like 20bp and the time you happen to lose to some random fuck you lose 150.
Yeah, you’re completely right but I have the bad habit of taking it personal when i get called dickhead after actually trying to help someone multiple times