Can’t wait to see the videos. So far it seems that Wolverine and Doom are gonna be Akuma’s best partners for now…
it seems everyone has problems getting that last slot filled
i hate playing sentinel, but i found a decent team with wesker/akuma/trish
trish, with her tri lazer assist(forgot what it’s called) if very fast, spammable and covers a huge horizontal area for both akuma and/or wesker to get in. wesker does a ton of damage without meter, so he basically builds meter for akuma
also used trish/akuma/morrigan, where morrigan uses her meter building assist. morrigan works out great as the last person on the team too, so that’s good.
I’ve kinda settled with Taskmaster/Akuma/Sentinel. Taskmaster’s arrows are great for zoning, especially with Sentinel’s drone assist. Taskmaster’s vertical arrow assist is also great pressure for when you’re up in someone’s face as Akuma and you want to open them up for a combo. Taskmaster’s hyper DHCs into both Akuma and Sentinel’s pretty easily as well. Tasky also has good range attacks and pretty damaging web swing combos, and again is just phenomenal to zone with when they have a new character jumping in (m. arrows + sentinel drones = lots of pressure), and he can hyper arrows when you see any projectile like Deadpool’s guns anywhere on the screen. He just synergizes with the other teammates well, builds meter, and zones very very well, yet can hold his own up close in combat with a good amount of health.
I recommend trying him out!
Thanks Riot, I was having the exact same issue as you were - Akuma, Sent, ??? (And I was actually trying Iron Man as well) I’m definitely going to give Taskmaster a shot.
Akuma/Dante/Doom
They work great together
Akuma can be really annoying with doom’s Hidden Misiles
Has anyone been able to get Akuma’s Dive Kick assist to OTG for other characters at all?
Seems too slow for me, but I just might not be using the right partners/setup. Would suck that there are other assists for OTGs but yet they wouldn’t allow Akuma to do it. This pretty much makes or breaks the assist for me. Overhead is nice but it has a long start-up and needs cover and spacing. If I can’t get it to OTG, I’ll just have to assist with tatsu…
My team is
- Deadpool Katanarama (otg) assist
- Akuma Tatsu assist
- Sent Drones assist
It?s been working out great for me. I think deadpool and akuma go great together. deadpool is super fast rushdown char and he can be play keep away really well (infinitely better than akuma can.)
As long as you are able to keep 2 meters at all time you can safely tag out between them without risking getting hit.
These are super great combos you can use that I?ve messed around
Crouching L-M-H S L-M-H-S H.katanarama-H (wall bounce) qcb hyper cancel with akuma beam hyper or shoryu hyper.
If akuma is out you can do:
Crouching L-M-H S L-M-H S jump back fireball hyper (non beam) cancel with deadpools qcb hyper.
I think akuma is well suited with deadpool, the reason I play deadpool in the first slot is because I don?t mind him getting hit at first, if they kill dead pool early (which doesn?t typically happen to me) I?ve still got akuma and sent up my sleeve.
This team fits my play style well, I like the fact that if you have 2 meters and you hit confirm with deadpools guns from full screen you can cancel into his guns hyper and cancel that with akumas beam. Tons of damage off a full screen safe hit confirms.
My team is Akuma, X-23, and Hulk. The team synergy is actually pretty great. After an Akuma BnB (usually with the help from an unblockable set up from X-23) about 90% of the time you can DHC in X-23’s QCF Hyper, then DHC into Hulks QCB Hyper (Gamma Crush).
X-23s hyper launches the oppnent in such a way that Hulk’s Gamma Crush does insane damage. This 3 bar combo is over 1 million damage, its fantastic.
For this team I usually save Hulk for X-Factor.
I’m still trying to figure out a team. right now im using him with Magneto/She-Hulk
might try switching someone for chun or switch out she-hulk with x-23 i guess. dont like wesker.
magneto beam assist is nice for ppl that are zoning hard. i mostly use akuma like justin was using him but with magneto. using she-hulk for the low assist. works pretty decently with demonflip for unblockables/ rly hard to block mixups.
havent tried x-23 much so im not sure what her low assist is. maybe ill try her since she prolly has better tools than she-hulk but she-hulk is pretty hype.
My biggest problem right now is getting my combos started against players with good blocking. With his relatively stubby low kicks I have a lot of trouble breaking them open. I think I need a low assist. Thoughts? How do you usually enter with akuma?
I wouldn’t say “safe” you know how many people spam that shit in the courner? You know how many people I took out by baiting with akumas qcf+2attks? Playing someone who knows just a little about the game would pick up on that quickly and punish you.
This is my light bashing dont take it so harsh. I like how most peoples teams are always like akuma, sent. Chun, sent. Sien Ko, sent, haggar, sent.
Sentinel in EVERY CLASS! HAHA REALLY!!
Back on topic:
I’ve been playin an Akuma, Hulk (gamma wave), Dante (jam session). The point is to fill the screen up with shit for a rushdown. Air proj. followed with hulk assist(hits full screen I believe) cuts off air and ground mobility. Get in and do whatever combo you prefer. I dont just throw out endless tatsu though. I play a way more fireball game of rush in rush out, rinse and repeat.
Seriously though some of you should throw hulk in the class and check that out!
I use Akuma/Tron/Hulk
Tron im not sure about but I like the DHC capabilities of that team. I think Hulk works really well with the gamma wave assist it allows Akuma to set the pace IMO.
Oh yea for sure man every time I jump in the air to throw a fireball or close in on the opponent they think they can run under me and bam! gamma assist all up in ya face piece. haha im enjoyin it
This is my 3rd team. I use the rocks to help akuma get in, chasing behind them. The dhc’s on this team is solid and mostly safe. Good offensive fun all around. What assists you use for akuma and dante? I use the crystal with dante and the hurri with akuma.
Akuma/Dante/Trish I might switch out trish for someone better later
Akuma (DF Assist) / Dante (Jam Session) / Doom (Molecular Shield)
I love this team so far. Doom’s assist is just as good as it was in MvC2. Rocks fill up the screen and allows me to DF kick or palm in and apply pressure. If I use snap back I immediately do rocks and then command dive kick or go for a xup tatsu into a BnB into Hyper or air combos. Very good DHC team IMO as well, but more so in the corner. (Doom’s Sphere Flame is the corner is too good) If anywhere from 1/4 screen from corner, doing A B C hk.tatsu into Hyper Hado, you can DHC into Doom’s lv 3 Hyper for upwards of 900,000.
Doom himself is a good point man so far IMO. He’s slow, but using Akuma’s assist then immediately photon beam leads to good pressure, plus the yellow fills up the screen and tends to hide akuma. Lots of people I’ve played so far get tagged by this because the DF assist is an overhead.
I think so far it seems like Akuma does not make a good point man. Instead he is better in the middle position. Have the first character build up some meter so when Akuma does come on to the screen he can actually do some damage.
Also Akuma’s assists are great. The Tatsu assist is awesome for OTG.
Akuma is a great last slot character. Level 3 X-Factor on him is amazing and he’ll have meter for Raging Demon.
I use akuma/magneto/morrigan, i kinda like it… start akuma off while playing back and covering morrigans assist to fill up my bars… if theres sent or doom on the other team i look for them to come out and if they do come and i stashed 2-3 bars i go for assist kill with beam hyper x-factor hyper. now if theres no doom or sent assist to be wiped first i tend to play mid screen and use mags disruptor to cover my teleport that leads into BnB if it hits while i cross them up with teleport. And alot of the times morrigan gives me enough meter to bnb into hyper into mags lvl3 for 100% combo, thats the only team i have played tho … need more ideas