"I've been waiting for this moment" The Akihiko Thread

Dacid when over some set ups I think when he was on FGTV.

Lets thank Skye over at dustloop for his compilation of Akihiko to get us started right
http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?14480-Akihiko-Technical-amp-Gameplay-Discussion-Thread

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Remembered someone asking how to counter zoners as Akihiko. This is kinda what I do right now since people are still unsure about what happens when Akhiko weaves. Naoto’s horizontal bullets, Yu’s shots, and Yukiko’s fans are all avoided. Don’t know how well it works against Aigis as all the ones I have played against are more rushdown or use that fan spray of bullets while crouching. Doesn’t work against any projectile that hits his lower body/has vertical range, such as yukiko’s Air fans or Elizabeth’s ground giant beam of energy thing. Dunno what it’s called.

Edit: P.S. FACT: Slayer colors make you much more badass.

Where can I watch some high level Akihiko play?

I tried the SBO finals, but only got to see an Akihiko vs Akihiko match and that’s it.

How many of you guys are using Akihiko because you played Persona 3?
Seems like most people who are playing this game have never played a Persona game before.

I’ve seen some on youtube, but quality was complete crap and all I saw was blobs moving around. So, they were no help.

Some nice (from what I can tell) Akihiko play I found:
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At 4:00 and 25:00.
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There’s a ton of footage of Dacid, I just posted two random matches but you can find a lot of casuals.

Kill Rush > Boomerang Hook A > D weave on block will make all dps whiff except ?mitsuru’s?
after the dp whiffs you can usually get a FC 5B into a full FC combo.
Also EX Duck is awesome to catch people off guard with when it crosses up.

Alright I’m free for the rest of the weekend gonna update the OP tomorrow with links to all the important DustLoop stuff and the combo video every Aki should have seen by now and try and find his frame data.

Ace, for the Akihiko combo vid, try to add what every time section means. Some guy translated it in the comments. Here:

Spoiler

[LEFT]0:00[/LEFT]

  • Basic combos (Both corner and midscreen),
    [LEFT]1:20[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Intermediate/Advanced combos, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]2:24[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - 5B Fatal counter combos, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]5:20[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - 2B Anti-air combos, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]5:35[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - ???, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]5:58[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Combos off of a grab, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]6:11[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Blockstrings into a mixup, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]6:33[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Counter grab combos, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]6:50[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Jump-ins/Air-to-air, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]7:20[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Followups off of j.C (counter-hit), [/LEFT]
[LEFT]7:59[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Followups off of air grabs, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]8:50[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - All-out-attack combos, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]9:47[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Followups after DP, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]10:00[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - More mixups, [/LEFT]
[LEFT]10:30[/LEFT]

[LEFT] - Combos that Shinji saw[/LEFT]
[LEFT] [/LEFT]

I feel like for some reason I am the only one that is unable to connect with people with his kill rush raw. I don’t know how others can do it while I keep whiffing because they jump or they spam an attack.

You have to pick your spots better. I whiff it sometimes but I usually throw it out when they get comfortable sitting outside of my jab range.

Leo. has the best (or at least my favorite) Akihiko at the moment.
Match at 5:50

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I wish I got more people who did that. Everyone I fight that isn’t a zoner are jump dashing in on me the entire time.

Speaking of which, does anyone else have a few issues with his AA? I sometimes beat out everyone but at other times Yus and Mitsurus easily counter hit me.

idk 2B anti-air is godlike from my experiences. I just need to learn the optimal combo off it. I saw another Akihiko do like SJ back air-dash foward j.B st.B into stuff. I think thats what it was anyways.

Recently found this combo video, showing tons of fun tech. Even with Caesar too.
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Dude, that video shows up at least 2 times on the last page.

I’m converting from mitsuru to possibly akihiko…getting the 2B hit to combo after an air 5B juggle loop? I see it in one of the newer jourdal videos to keep a combo going for about three reps, but it’s god damn awful hard to get to work. Are the requirements specific or what? What do you guys do to insure high level damage from 236B starter?

I can never land that raw, but best bet is to B hook, dash forward double upper cut. That should be lvl 3 and you can sweep, kill rush, and corkscrew.

Got sidetracked by life :frowning: so I wasnt able to update OP yesterday. For sure though it will be done by tonight. Sorry.