His ground control would take a hard hit, losing it would hurt a lot
Akuma depending too much on the “angle” of the air fireball to counter a ground based projectile like Nash’s Sonic Boom is not easy unlike the usual ground to ground projectile war that everything is horizontal that never matter to be delayed by a bit.
So Akuma still enjoys his advantage of aerial projectile like the previous series but needs to be careful and precise against ground projectiles that can make him vulnerable. Lacking traditional and responsive hadouken would gave him a repercussion towards the Zankuu Hadouken advantage against timed horizontal projectiles.
While keeping his Shakunetsu Hadouken as the sole/only horizontal projectile would gave answer if properly timed against those projectile spammers that depends only into abusing spacing and distance.
Gouki should have the SSFIIX air fireball…
What if Akuma’s trailer was just a teaser for Marvel vs Capcom 4?
There’s no Street fighter logo in the video after all, and the character seems different from SF5 style.
He and the background totally look like SF5 style to me.
It would be epic fail.
Look below.
Totally agree.
I kinda want his tatsu to look like it does in Tekken 7, the animation for it is sick in that game. I also prefer rising tatsu over the horizontal ones, just swag factor.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O1wLpGFnR9s
I hope they keep his normal tatsu, his power ups looks like turning some of his specials to ONI mode?
Looks like they took of his ground regular hadou good route!!
His VT looks similar to Bison’s and Necalli where it unlocks powered up versions of his specials.
Didn’t catch his V-skill or V-reversal.
Also I hope him having two CAs means everyone is getting 2. Otherwise, I think the second CA is unlocked after VT is activated.
his vskill is probably that launcher kick, he enters some kind of stance right before performing the kick (watch it in super slow mo, you’ll see)
and it looks like he’s got 2 supers. That pound and the raging demon
Seems like his v-trigger is an activation trigger that turns his shin mode on. far roundhouse returns as an option because of it.
Here’s the full featured trailer
Can we take a moment to talk about his beard and hair? He looks like a motherfucking lion.
He’s Akumufasa.
Since no one posted the link in this. Capcom Unity’s blog on Akuma.
Updated OP boys!
Called it.
Akuma got semi Focus Attack?
Super is-not-Kongo-Kokuretsuzan?
from capcom unity
Here’s my Akuma frame data analysis from the trailer…
s.lp 3f
lk tatsu 8f?(11f?)
c.mp 6f
hp red FB at least 18f
air FB recovery 12?
s.mp(?) 7f
vskill punch 8f (from armor absorb)
vskill kick launch 15f (from armor absorb)
vt FB 9f
mk tatsu(?) 4f
EX DP 3f
c.hk 8f
s.hp 8f (old far s.hp)
s.hk 12f (old far s.hk)
s.mk 5f
vskill kick fastest startup 21f (canceled s.mk to it)
EX demon flip 7f
air EX tatsu 7f