c.mk is very difficult to discern due to its (fast!) speed and short reach - it’s very akin to Ken’s and certainly lacks the dominance (if you could describe it that way in SFV) of Ryu’s. In action it almost looks like c.lk - very odd.
Yes at first I thought it was his cr.lk as well. I’d like to say maybe the animation isn’t finished yet? The 20th is still ways away
Simba didn’t have a Dragon punch in Lion King!!
I am confused at how he does that axe kick attack outside of his vskill counter. i.e. as what appears to be a standalone move, or perhaps even as a special. It launches too.
In multiple videos, including the formal reveal video @ 51secs onwards:
https://youtu.be/9Y7TRMISkGE?t=52
Akuma performs this combo:
s.hk > f.hk > s.mk(!) xx that axe kick attack I am talking about > xx ex demon flip > demon flip tatsu
Initially I thought perhaps this (the axe kick attack) was something only available when he is Triggered, but this isn’t the case as he pulls this axe kick attack out in his regular mode also.
Additionally, you can see the same attack as part of his vskill counter at 29s:
https://youtu.be/9Y7TRMISkGE?t=29
In this instance, he cancels the axe kick launcher into lk demon flip palm.
Is this perhaps the result of holding down + vskill? Outside of a counter situation, does the move come out in its own perhaps? So for example when not parrying/countering an attack:
mp+mk = his counter punch on its own
d+mp+mk = this axe kick attack on its own
Both of which have 1 hit of armour? Both of which can be cancelled into from cancellable normals? I dunno. Its very difficult to discern right now and I am almost positive from gameplay footage I have seen him ‘whiff’ his vskill on its own, like Ryu doing a failed parry. Perhaps the ATTACKS come out on their own (i.e. no parry/armour effects) if you cancel INTO them from normals.
Thoughts?
b.hp is two hits on block. Curious to see if this is the case on hit ala Urien’s elbow.
Edit: b.hp, not c.hp. Interestingly, b.hp is a similar animation to SFIV’s c.hp. c.hp in SFV has a similar animation to SFIV’s focus attack.
@Gamogo, the parry stance always appears before the palm strike or launcher kick. Think of Balrog’s V-Skill, except I don’t know if you can activate the attacks on whiff. MP+MK -> P/K. And since it seems to appear in combos always after s.MK, that may be a target combo, like the V-Skill target combos Vega and Balrog have. S.MK -> MP+MK -> K (P too?).
Potentially, however there is no mention of a target combo/unique attack stemming from s.mk on the formal move sheet, which is why this is odd:
Akuma’s V-Trigger seems to work like Cammy’s in that special moves are strengthened but EX special moves are disabled.
Teleport invulnerable, but grab-able?
Interesting.
Oh! Here, at 8:45, Akuma whiffs his V-Skill kick. I assume the same can be done with his V-Skill punch.
Yeah, I kept checking that command list. But that same command list says that EX Airborne Tatsumaki Zankukyaku is only available during Hyakkishu (Demon Flip), where the same video above at 0:20 proves that to be false. Same thing for EX Zanku Gohadoken being only available during Hyakkishu. I’ve seen that done during a normal jump before.
That command list is not 100% correct.
Nice catch! Most likely this thing is a command normal that can be cancelled into, or s.mk is the initial hit of an undocumented target combo.
LPN Day 1 Akuma footage
I need someone at Capcom to explain how the hell Akuma grew a fucking mane
And why does his face suddenly look more catlike. The bridge of his nose is literally wider and flatter like that of a Lion.
Does anybody else feel like Akuma is sorta… slow? Some of his normals also look weird
Guess he’s not 100% finished yet and they still have almost a month to finish him up
Everyone in SF5 feels slow compared to previous versions of themselves. The feeling disappears once you are used to the new motions.
He’s slower for sure. In the Capunity post he was described as being “burlier” than previous iterations. Obviously an effect of being a mix of Gouki & Oni.
Not exactly happy about it, but I been using Bison since Feb, so what the fuck ever.
You can vt cancel his fireball.
Fireball xx vt, raging demon here I come
The guy will be out in 16 days. This is very likely his final version.