Akuma General Discussion Thread: "I am the Master of the Fist!"

I love that he can charge ex air fireball.
I really hope he retains all the combos from the trailer. I’m finna style on fools.

Will tatsu sweep even have a use in this game? Maybe to set up some meaty pressure, but i can’t see there being a vortex.

I’m watching the gameplay videos. I won’t lie, he looks sick and fun as fuck.
Isn’t it time to give him his own character sub-forum? @Preppy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeCC65ctYWo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBsUBHRZxLE

cr. jab x2 xx tatsu into reset into demon flip?? MY BODY IS READY

Love how much hitstun air fireballs have.
It also looks like he has some good variety in combos.

I’m also observing regular fireball knocking down in some situations, then not in others? Dunno whats going on there.

I wasn’t sure in the beginning but Lion Akuma (default) is best Akuma. It’s an excellent design and I think better represents the character and all he’s become.

Is it safe to say that Harada got fucked? They will be releasing what looks to be a funnier version of Akuma way before Tekken 7 even comes out.

Yeaaaaah, give us some gouki news! I can’t wait to play the demon again! :smiley:

Anyone else think his V-Skill looks absolutely terrible?

From what I’ve seen and what’s been said by observers in the footage:

  1. Requires parry timing (can’t be held)
  2. Need to read a high/low parry
  3. Can only parry 1 hit
  4. CAUSES GREY DAMAGE
  5. Counterhit status on recovery (like Ryu’s parry)

The positive is that it looks like he might be able to punish almost anything 1 hit with the launcher kick into a juggle combo for solid damage (the launcher out of the parry looks really fast), but when you consider that Zangief gets a similar reward off his V-Skill absorb into SPD / flex xx V-Trigger juggle, doesn’t have to guess high/low, can parry 2 hits or more if he decides to move, doesn’t have a counterhit recovery state AND has 225 more health to absorb the grey damage risk…

Just what the fuck were they thinking? This V-Skill is way too risky.

It might be more useful for combos after a st. mk. Use it more like Necalli’s vskill tc.
definitely wouldn’t risk using it in neutral like ryu or gief’s vskill just because of 875 health.

I did forget that he can just use it manually in combos to build V-Gauge. It still means that he has one of the worst V-Skill tools out of anyone with his neutral V-Skill.

I don’t know but it’s still pretty nice that it’s not his demon flip.

They could have went the easy way and use teleport vreversal and demon flip vskill.

At least this one will allow for some plays for sure even if it’s rare.

Looks like he’s able to absorb more than one hit? @2m48s

I wish his demon flip was still a DP+K motion instead of a HCF+K motion.

so nostalgia Gouki has shirtless alt.
Good my muscle offs with Gief won’t be just restricted to Urien now.

what the fuck, what is the dp motion for then, teleport?

I still think his V-Skill shouldn’t cause grey damage. High/Low guess + counterhit recovery on whiff is more than enough considering Akuma’s low HP.

Safe to say that Tokido will dominate again?

no

Well that and… DP