Awesome Vortex game by Momochi in that 3rd round. Looks like he got annoyed after that terrible 2nd round and just demolished that poor Sim player.
Rich, forward throw, walk forward pause DFDK beats Akumas SRK? Is that what you were going for with that?
In 5:15, he does st. HK, and the Vega uses his ultra. However, the Akuma has only done the first kick yet he goes into raging demon after Vega’s ultra flash. You can see that the Akuma doesn’t input the raging demon until after Vega’s ultra flash.
How is this possible?
Also at 2:40, he does crossover tatsu into sweep on Ryu. I thought Ryu was one of those characters where tatsu->sweep is a no-go? Sorry if this has been asked before, I haven’t kept up with the character as I much as I did with vanilla
Akuma can cancel any normal into ultra
Youre thinking of ground lk tatsu->sweep during a BnB. Cross-up tatsu->sweep works on anybody.
I was trying forward throw, one dash, walk forward a tiny bit, roundhouse df dive kick. It’ll beat/dodge all the srk’s. Maybe not if he delays it and does a nonreversal one. I forgot to test that. 
Same setup applies with Ryu’s shoryukens. The timing is really strict.
Akuma: beats delayed lp srk, trades with delayed mp srk, whiffs vs hp/ex srk
Ryu: beats delayed lp srk, trades with delayed mp srk, beats hp srk, loses vs ex srk
Ken: beats delayed lp srk, loses vs delayed mp srk, whiffs vs hp/ex srk
note: you need to use different timing vs Ken, that vs Ryu and Akuma to get those (optimal) resaults. Like it wasnt hard to begin with
that momochi match perfectly shows how vortex can absolutely dominate characters that don’t have good options against it.
i think the most important round was the second. the sim played real solid and momochi wasn’t able to get in. it is not so much momochi playing poorly, instead the sim playing very well. the next round showed what happens if akuma can get in. if someone saw that round and only that round, they would think the sim was a complete joke. if they only saw the second, they certainly wouldn’t think it was momochi.
i don’t have time to elaborate on this to an excruciating degree, but this does show a very important point about, in a small sense, the abilities of akuma and the character in general, and in a much larger sense the game itself. when people say “i don’t understand why i lose, i know all his combos” etc, that is not the reason they lost (most likely). you can bet your ass momochi knows all akuma’s combos. yet if you can’t get in on your opponent, it means nothing. momochi couldn’t get in, so he lost. the game is not about execution, it is about hitting your opponent and not getting hit.
i have to run right now, i think i might have left some loose ends in my post, but i’ll check it when i get back.
Sounded good, Stud.
Basically every normal Akuma has can be canceled into Ultra.
I believe there were 5 cases in my video. The one you mentioned, the fight against o ShinAkuma o (canceled cr.LP), and the fight against Capt SWAGGA (canceled cl.HP). Then there were the two fights against Rufus’ Ultra II (canceled cr.HK and f+MP)
It’s extremely useful for getting out of certain situations
tk air fireballs is poop.
fixed that
^lol. Good one.
Not much of a video, too busy with my new job doing Accountancy. I played a few games after about 3 weeks of none 2 days ago, learning Akuma. In the last game or two, I decided to just mess around.
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Did everyone know once you’re in the corner, and she does that, you can catch her with RD because he goes the other way? Out of the corner, she could probably just mash out of it.
realistically that’s pretty rare; both getting caught by random mash demons and a silly sakura doing a point blank :dp::lk:
that’s a once in awhile situation, we all get caught, get lucky.
Sick sick video of Tokido, showcasing Akuma’s Vortex. Props to SRK member 0ShinAkuma0 for making the video.
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guys we all know how to do his damn vortex. it is literally not impressive. seriously, all the vortex entails is guessing right. people being so damn concerned with his vortex lose because of it.
Some casual matches vs a friend who got a nice Akuma:
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false. that video is pretty good and helps out a lot of folks. Thanks for posting it up. I for one am happy to see it , learned a lot from it even though i play akuma since vanilla. Maybe the video is to subtle for you eh stud :p? cuz some good usage on how he spaced himself and timing is very relevant.
i didn’t watch it. i was just assuming he was happy how tokido did some cool combos, not some new possible technique or mixup.
you moved to fucking alabama? when? why?
ha ha, nah, i didn’t make that vid because i was happy tokido did some cool combos, i just thought it would be a good idea because it showcases akuma’s vortex game at it’s highest level [in fact, the combos are pretty basic, nothing too fancy] and i thought it would be helpful to ANY akuma player regardless of how good they are … The spacing, the timing, the tricks, the mind-games, the safe jumps to option selects, the baits, etc etc…all helpful stuff to an akuma player. 