How to cope with Akuma's low health?

[xBANDITx]

If you are interested in learning U2 just remember it can punish most of the cast’s Supers/Ultras & you can Cross-Up Tatsu (vortex) to U2 on most of the tall/large characters.

Try it on Hakan:china:

[Dee_Ay]

LOL TNB that was creepy, didnt mean it like that, cheers XD

I will try some U2 set ups but ill probably stick with U1, any feel free to add me on psn. Ill stop there b4 i say something else weird

[djfujiyama]

I’ve mained Akuma since vanilla. Gamogo more or less sumed all there is to Akuma strategy wise. Unlike all other chars Akuma takes time, patience, and solid … near perfection in execution to be competitive. Once achieved he is the most fun imho. However the learning curve is steep and daunting to say the least.
As for ultra, stick to U1 for now till you improve then you can experiment with U2. U2 is too situational and limited imho. A trick with U1 is to throw a fireball and U1. Timed it catches all jump ins, fadc, hops over fireball, blocked fireball etc. Hope this helps. Lastly, one has to learn the more advance moves and combos to be a great Akuma, rushdown.

Fireball/U1? How are you getting this to land? The only way i can see this landing is if your opponent is super new, if you catch them coming down AFTER they attack (good luck with that), or if you follow the fireball and when they jump in at you, you AA demon it.

Those are pretty specific/rare situations when you’re playing someone who isn’t retarded. Only the first few frames have invincibility so good luck trying to hit this from anything more than half screen away. And I’m curious to know how you demon someone who’s blocking a fireball?

[DoesntLikeGears]

Ok, akum-bra, heres the thing. Stick, it doesnt really matter. Akuma’s health is an issue, but that is why he has so many aggressive mixups, as well as fireball and DP space control. Online really isnt that helpful for a couple reasons.

1. the lag online makes everything get fucked up. I know this sounds like an excuse, but my friends and I can’t hit links correctly online that we can do 95% + irl.
2. Cause of the lag, you cant reaction block, which means DP reversals are stupidly good online. Bad news for Akuma, you mistime your DP bait and block and you are getting hit by fierce uppercuts left and right cough cough ken. You can’t afford to lose that kinda health.

Akuma can do shennanigans too, but overall, the best way to play is to play in real life, and practice your combos in training mode

[HaaGanDaaz]

Thing is, players who use akuma will allways have a love/hate relationship for him, i know tons of guys who just couldnt bare the low health and left akuma in the end. Like sooo many people above have mentioned you need to have a solid defense, however this doesnt mean you should be backing up at all, akuma has a good enough offense to pressure any character till they are stuck against a wall. One problem that is really annoying is if someone gets the clutch ultra, just be very cautious when the opponent is on low health and has a full revenge guage, if it hits it will make akuma BLEED to death. Tokido,momochi and issei suzuki prove that akuma is a match up for anyone.

PRACTISE PRACTISE PRACTISE

[FPStud]

practice spelling too, that is important