SF4 Akuma Combos

Quick question…

Why does this thread suggest that I use:
c.LP, c.LP, c.MP -> whatever

Instead of:
c.LP, c.LP, HP© -> whatever

???

It does way more damage, and seems just as easy to execute. Why link into crouching medium over close standing heavy? Unless I hit 3x with c.LP first… then HP© doesn’t reach, and I’d use c.MP.

How often will you be in a “training room point blank range” to be sure cl.HP wont suddenly become far.HP ?
The later combo is safer and universal. The first combo is char specific and range specific.

Red Focus Combo: St. HP > Heavy Tatsu> RF > Cr. MP > St. HP > Light Tatsu > Sweep/Shoryu Ender

I’ve got an interesting new combo thanks to EX Shaku:

cs.HP xx EX Shaku > LP.Shaku

This does 281 Damage and 600 Stun. It does however have some prerequisites:

Corner specific and has to be done deep in the corner.

Character specific: works on C.Viper, Deejay, Abel, Dhalsim, Balrog, T.Hawk, Hugo, Cammy, Elena, Seth, Fei Long. (There may be more, I will test later)

Need one bar.

Given these prerequisites, for 3 bars it is possible to do fj.HK > cs.HP xx HP.Ball FADC cs.HP xx EX.Shaku > LP.Shaku.

The stun and damage figures are…well…erm…check the video to find out!

The great thing about it is the next combo/overhead/mixup is guaranteed stun. Oki is great off LP.Shaku as well.

That’s terrifying, especially because it’s a soft knockdown. We can go for j.lk (fake)crossups backed my lk.df OS.

I tested a tkd air fb followup and it looks like it’s going to crossup, but it doesn’t.

Mmmm. That’s a tasty combo!

HP ex shaku x2 works anywhere on the screen. Lol

That should only juggle 2 times, which should be 180 extra stun. We’d get more damage and stun with a fb FADC right? Is it worth the meter?

So I guess the question is can you do ex.shaku, ex.shaku. lp.shaku in the corner?

I don’t think so but worth a try. You can do EX shaku x2 Ex tatsu though

In the corner, ch cr.mp, fs fiercexx ex shaku, jab shaku, ex tatsu. 705 stun. Only got it to work on Balrog, Cammy and Sim (does 729 to him.)

I have been using fs.HK > fs.LP > fs.HP > LK Tatsu its kind of neat

I was fucking around with ex shakudu in the corner.
I mighta got it wrong, but after the 2nd shakudu, doesn’t the juggle end?
I do fucking love that you can combo into it ex shakudu now. mmmmm

EX Shaku combos off s.MK on crouching characters, but not on standing characters. At least I’ve found this to be the case against Cammy and Chun.

Strange.

how many people does standing LP work on after standing round house?
does it just work on everyone, but now we can cancel into FsHP really easily?

Close lp always links to st.hp. Far jab doesn’t work on everyone. I hope someone can make a list cause I’m lazy.

Anyone using ex shaku instead if the traditional bnb? After a sweep knockdown, two mixups with ex shaku leads to stun on most characters. Nice mixups after ex shaku too whether they quick rise or not. Also crossover palm into cs.fiercexx ex shaku can be followed up with dp midscreen. Nice way to tack on some stun too.

anybody know akuma link combos that work on hugo