Super SFIV Arcade - Akuma Changes

Are you like, 10 years old?

Thanks a lot for the info Gamogo, it’s really a shame the twins can’t be tatsu sweeped AND they can dodge the 2nd kick of far roundhouse =( It’s great to hear that teleports seem safer though.

If you’ve got any time to check stuff in AE, please try these if possible:

  • Can you try to play a mirror vs Akuma and see how many sweeps it takes to stun him?wishful thinking just maybeeeee his sweep could be 150 now and no one found out yet :stuck_out_tongue:
  • You mentioned that non-teleport U2 can be crouch blocked, see if that can effect the way you land x-up tatsu > U2 on characters like Ryu, if we can do it vs them and specially if the timing is lenient, that would be awesome!
  • Finally, see if you can teleport U2 and punish a low attack, such as Ryu sweeping, or Ibuki’s slide special grab thing.

Edit: When you said U2 can be crouch blocked, you meant when canceled from a teleport, right? Just saw U2 whiff on a crouched Gief and Yun so I guess I misunderstood what you said and probably x-up tatsu > U2 won’t be any different =(

No im just a kid at heart. But my akuma rocks.

Iirc the current theory is that Akuma is Ryu’s father.

Yeah I know thats what Ive always thought too but this new theory sounds possible too when you think about Akuma getting the time machine in the story and the Anakin/vader comparison by seth killian.

vid or it didnt happen :stuck_out_tongue:

This is what the Tatsu escape looks like in AE:

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A couple of seconds after that JR hits Blanka with the U2 combo.

what didnt happen?

he failed !

Oh yeah, Gamogo, thanks for all the info! Good stuff!

But how does that theory account at all for canon about Akuma being Gouken’s brother and being trained under Goutetsu and everything?

good point. that would have to somehow make Ryu Goukens brother too. Scratch that theory I guess unless Gouken also traveled back in time to make sure Ryu stayed on the good side. LOL

his low mk or hk?

LMFAO, i think i love you devil<3

Wait, if the hit box is lower on teleport xx U2, maybe we can hit more people off a focus crumple?

Hey Gamogo, can you just test to see if st. hp xx tele xx U2 works against a crouching Ryu puhhleasee?

I suppose against Yun and Yang youll just have to alter your knockdown strategy. Like Abel for example, you cant tatsu sweep however there is the hit confirm fs.jab, sweep ender.

Thank you Gamogo!

If you have the opportunity, it would be nice to know if U2 makes teleport safe, in others words, maybe U2 can punish some Option select like spiral arrow or Ultra from Cammy?

Both times I saw it hit crouching opponents (who were also blocking) was when I performed it out of teleport.

Yet to try it on its own on someone crouching - I’ll see if I can do that today.

Here’s me playing a Yang:

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You can see the goofy tatsu in round 2, lol.

hk sweep. It doesn’t have that lengthy hang time anymore. i.e. it comes out and recovers faster.

His forward plus heavy punch (?) when he slides forward with his fist extended is also faster. Seems to recover quicker but I perceived it as perhaps having less active frames possibly. The Dudley mainers here are very happy with him. Yet to see his EX ducking move.

I will try and perform U2 on a Cammy spiral arrow and also on a crouching Ryu today. Funnily enough, the Ryu players here have all but abandoned him (lol) and the Cammy players feel she’s really gimped with her tkcs nerf. Speaking of which, a mate of mine who mains Cammy played some games and it was striking just how much her offense has been scaled back as a direct result of this.

I was sad for him and pleased for me :smiley:

Lots of people are taking about Ken. We have four cabs and nobody chose him. I think I will just stick to Akuma to try and cover as much info as I can. I’ll try and get net access at the venue and pour some more finding in if I can. Honestly though, Akuma is much the same so don’t expect much by way of revolutionary finds.

  • better mp srk
  • dumb escape tatsu
  • sightly better tele recovery

I think any remaining juice will be with U2, so I’ll be sure to use it against all opponents today.

Hopefully my escape tatsu conditioning pays off today - I felt foolish using it yesterday and flopping back to the ground like a dead fish :confused: