SSF4 Akuma Match Up Thread

Double dash jump f normal is a 5f safe jump, so you wont block if u throw out a normal, emptyjump f and land to bait it tho.

Aight, thanks.

Against deejay, with what candeisis said, you can double dash hk demonflip cross over palm. You can also mix this in with the divekick. It may not look like it would hit it will.

guys… i don’t think exp. heart works on 4framer.

doesn’t work on guile,guy,deejay. at least not for me. btw ex jackknife have a stupid hitbox if u try to crossover palm it will autocorrect itself and get you.

Oh yeh sorry its a safe jump against 5f reversals not 4, sorry remembered wrong.

cody is like…akuma’s easiest matchup? Seriously, I can’t think of an easier one, even makoto is harder.

Learn to punish his shit and zone him, when he goes down he can’t do ANYTHING on wakeup…hell a simple ex tatsu will beat ALL of his options, wakeup ultra included. (this only if they don’t like to block, if they are actually good and try to block, that’s even better, just vortex his ass.) Blocked ex zonk is free ultra. End all your combos with sweep…you can even do 2 repetitions of akuma’s old s.hk loop on cody.
You should NOT be losing in this matchup, even though cody can kill you in 2 and half combos.

^^ Weird. I find Makoto much easier than Cody especially if properly zoned. I guess we all have different experiences and different levels of opponents. I also have a harder time jumping in against Cody even after knockdowns. Oh well.

It works on Guile, just need to space it differently. Also it doesn’t work as well on EX Flash kicks.

For Deejay don’t even try it. His reversal wins every time.

Well, that’s not exactly true (or fair)… Anyone can lose to any character provided they know how to use them. After all Even a Master with a Stone can defeat a Novice with a Katana

Lol yeah, i just don’t feel like im good enough to be taking up a spot in the stream, nor am i patient enough to wait for my matches lol. But as far as dj up kicks go, after fthrow i dash once, take a little step forward, then mk palm, and they usually throw it out. Sort of the same thing i do with cammy to try and bait out her cs. But then again, i don’t have a great track record against djs

Thats the beauty in it. F. throw 2x dash hk demonflip cross over palm will safe jump it because since Deejay wakes up 2 frames slower, this setup makes it autocorrect as a reversal so you still land in time.

Its a lazy setup considering the fact that I cant find any combination of dashes, normals or w/e to properly time a f. throw setup.

Thanks for all the Mak advice guys. And hell yeah, good match. Had me on my toes.

This particular Mak likes focusing the first kick of RH then backdashing … completely escapes it. And people complain about Rose’s backdash. :lol: I’ll try the meaty jump in, I’ve usually been trying x-up tatsu or dive kicks to experiment and try to stuff it. No success. I haven’t delved into OS other than OS throw tech, I should probably study that before WCW . :o

Buffer a Demon into your st.hk. The second you see them FA, cancel into Demon. Even if she back dashes you should catch her

Can someone give me some advice on how to get knockdowns on Rog? Once I get the knockdown I’m good to go. He gets destroyed by OS palm and throws, but getting that first knockdown is the hard part. A lot of his moves seem to go over sweeps and punish hard. I also find it hard to get into throwing range.

What are you guys doing?

Usually you just zone him until you can get in range. Even a techable knockdown is good, so if you happen to score one, go and do it. Learn to throw his dash punches (except light punch straight) and his turn punches. He will come to you, or else he can’t do any damage.

…so i just had a few matches against alioune’s cammy…total rape, i lost like 14-1. This matchup feels really bad with the newly discovered unblockable after her back throw…you cannot block and if you teleport it’s either OS spinning backfist (will beat teleport and even U2) or U1…

He obviously never missed a link and did crazy combos all the time…looked like i was playing vs sako.

Personal question to Chocolillo: I’m sure you played quite a few times vs alioune, how did it go? I felt totally helpless.

I usually zone him out or if I’m close enough, cross up tatsu>sweep while he’s crouching. Works wonders for rogs who aren’t expecting it.

ALioune is the best player from europe and he uses cammy(the best character in the game)

alioune+cammy=rape

I have played a lot with him and with my experience i think that matchup is almost 7-3 for cammy…hmm…maybe 6-4 i dont know. Last time we played the result was…30-2 or 30-3 i dont remeber xDDDD.

It is simple. she jumps on your face and you can’t do anything. Ex canon strike beat our shoryu. When you are on the corner…again…you can’t do anything.( AUtocorrect ultra to punish air-tatsu). cammy’s footsies are too much better than akuma’s footsies. Teleport is easy to punish. Cammy has vortex too and of course…they are so hard to see…She has an unblockable too…thanks capcom :).

At least we have the vortex so we can pressure her on wake up but alioune is very good he reads you so well…

I will upload some replays playing with him to my youtube channel.

You should just use HP Shoryu. It’s got invincibilities…

Um…she has nothing to beat a well timed DP, ex cannon strike will lose. She also does not have better footsies. If you are finding that you are losing the footsie battle you should work on leveling up your footsies.