Cheers man that helps with the spacing
How much does a fully charged FA > Ultra do, as I never see people use it in Akuma videos? Is it weaker than a normal combo? Or is it risky in building people’s Ultra and Super Meters.
That was a nasty combo, nice video. The HK > HP link is pretty hard to pull off, though.
The link itself is easy since the HP© has a very short start up, but the spacing can be a pain. For the most part I aim to use the c.MP and if I happen to see that I got the spacing right for the HP I use that instead. When you can use it, the combo packs a ton of damage.
I’ve done it a while back, and it scales down so much it’s not even worth it. Something like 539 damage if you hit the Ultra after FA. Why? Because after the FA, damage for the Ultra is scaled down to 80%. Usually you’d hit 26 x 21 damage, with the last hit scoring anywhere from 52-54. Add it all up and you get 598-600 just for the Ultra.
After the FA, the Ultra hits for 484 damage. Not worth it…
Um I don’t know about you, but if I have a chance to land a hit for 500+ damage I am sure as hell going to take it. That is still more than half of just about every character’s health except the heavy weights. Sure the ultra works best alone, but then again it is a hell of a lot easier to land it after a FA.
Well, you basically have to land a lvl.3 FA on someone… Haven’t met too many abysmally bad SF players yet that will just stand there waiting for me to get a lvl.3 FA in their face. So for the risk involved in trying to get that in, I’d rather bait them to jump over a standing FB from a distance, which happens much more often, and do a pure Ultra for almost 600 damage.
Otherwise, IF I could land the FA and then Ultra? Sure, why not… Like you said, 500+ damage combo and garanteed ultra sounds really good. 
But personally, I have had no luck trying to land it on a real live player… Yet.
anything into level 2 focus into ultra works.
apparently tragic thought this didnt work, it definitely does.
multiple tests include:
air fb, level 2 focus, ultra (29 hits)
meaty fb, level 2 focus cancel, ultra (29 hits)
c.HP, fb, level 2 focus, ultra (30 hits)
this is highly impractical, but whatever.
btw are you really that self absorbed that you need your name in the topic? lol…
guys, quick newbie question:
i see a lot of Ryu’s do c.lpx3 > c.mk > fb as a blockstring.
can akuma do this safely?
Block strings in SF4 are not safe - if your opponent has a move with invincible/fast startup, you’ll eat a reversal. You’re at +2 after the last lp, and c.mk comes out in 5 frames. The same holds for Ryu.
On hit, it’s a 1 frame link, so also tough to hit consistently (For me at least, especially online).
Lvl 2 > Ultra works just fine. Does about 508 damage. Lvl 3 does 564.
Both are fine damage options. So if I can land a FA in the middle of a match I have no reservations on using my Ultra especially since I may not get a second chance to use it.
[2] 442: HP© -> QCF+HP -> FADC, HP© -> QCB+LK, DP+LP -> FADC, HCB+HP
You have this combo twice
Thanks for the Bread and Butter combos Trag.
Between u and Neo Russell, I am about 2 Be the SYCKEST Akuma player around. Thanx-a-million!
Between u and Neo Russell, I am about 2 Be the SYCKEST Akuma player around. Thanx-a-million!
I have a question about the nuances of doing the FADC after the HP xx Fireball (or MK xx Fireball as case may be) into another HP.
The way I input the motion is:
:d:+:hp: :df: :r:+:mp: :r: :r:+:mp:+:mk: :d:+:hp:
I used to always try to do like this:
:d:+:hp: :df: :r:+:mp: :r:+:mp:+:mk: :d:+:hp:
Using the forward from the fireball motion as one of the forward inputs for the FADC. I switched to the first input I mentioned because I would too often input the fireball motion too quickly and the forward motion from it would no longer count towards the dash part of my FADC.
I’m wondering what motion others use.
Do you use the Forward motion from the fireball as one of the forward inputs for the dash cancel or do you enter a 3rd forward input to make sure that it registers as a dash?
The first one is a more efficient motion but the timing seems to be tricky to get the FADC to register properly… Wonder what is better in the long run…?
I apologize if this was already found or mentioned before If yes, please let me know and I will edit this post.
In my opinion the best combo for casual and competitive matches looks like this:
FA2 crumple, dash forward, TAUNT xx SRK, FADC, redFB
Damage should be ok for 2 exbars and the psychological effect is priceless. If you actively use FAs in your game this can also be done in matches.
If u mash the taunt after the dash and then mash the SRK to cancel the taunt, the SRK should still combo from the crumble (tested in training mode on Ryu). Looks hilarious particularly with taunt 4, 5 or 7.
As I do not have a cam, please test for yourself in training mode, as this is really easy.
Is there any trick to landing this combo? I have an issue linking the red text part of this combo…
[0] 247: c.LP-c.LP, c.LP -> QCB+LK, DP+HP
thanks!
The trick is that any one of the first 3 jabs has to be a link so try to time each of them as one. Trying to time each of them gives you a greater chance of hitting a link whereas throwing them out as quickly as possible will chain them instead of link them, making the last c.lp into tatsu impossible. You can also just try just using 2 cr. lp’s. If I’m not mistaken (and I might be) you can’t cancel 3 chains into a special but you can cancel 2 chains into one. So cr. lp - cr.lp - cr. lp - tatsu wouldn’t work unless you link one of the cr.lp’s whereas cr. lp - cr. lp - tatsu would work.
could be wrong, but i was under the impression the last c.lp had to be linked inorder to cancel into lk.tatsu. also, i didn’t think you could cancel a chain into special; therefore, 2 cl.p xx special would need to be linked (c.lp link c.lp cancel special). i’m sure someone with greater knowledge can verify or correct me on this.
regardless, what works for me is hitting the first two c.lp fairly quickly, then slight pause, followed by the last c.lpxxlk.tats. i seriously practices these things (three normals into special 1hr/day), so be prepared to spend some time training.