I think Akuma's best bet would be to try and limit the amount meter Gief gets otherwise it will get worse for him (Now doing that is harder than just saying "Get in there") Now that he can actually build the meter (The speed of the meter built fluctuates with the different matchups), I think it forces the opponent to think about whether to give Gief loads or go in risking that low health for the knockdown to start your own stuff.
Akuma can't play a fireball game vs gief. He either can't get the chip, gives gief too much meter, or leaves himself too vulnerable to a jump in depending on which fireball he uses. He's gotta get the knockdown and bully him imo.
I'm down to play. And my akuma sucks. So yeah.
yea his fireball really just sucks at doing the whole zoning thing. It's great for a bunch of other stuff but he can't use it for typical fireball stuff :/
Raging demon can be done pressing all 6 buttons. It seems as long the sequence is somewhere present it activates.
No it can't. Taunt can't be canceled into demon. That input won't work. At least not fast.
His fireballs are literally no worse than Ryu's at jump range outside of startup being a frame slower. Their travel speed is a little worse, too. Akuma's DP is also marginally better, with lower recovery frames and identical frame data otherwise. The only reason you have to respect Ryu's more in most cases is because you can blow up Akuma's lifebar harder for jumping one. Akuma's AA game can also be stronger, since he can use some of his other AAs to net knockdowns with prime positioning for oki.
Akumas fireballs are generally worse they've either got more recover, less range, or more startup than ryus(yes I think 2 extra recovery frames and a startup frame make a difference, even if it is slight) his ex dp also has an unfortunate tendency to hit once and whiff the rest, that on top of him having just straight up worse risk/reward with fireballs does lead me to say Akumas fireball game is worse. I think it's slightly cheap to specify the only specific range where ryus fireball and his are somewhat comparable and ignore that they're worse everywhere else.
Man I love daigo as much as the next guy, but there are 30-40 other people in the world at his level. Calm yourself.
I know there's plenty of great players. Daigo is my favorite fgc player, but I know just a name doesn't win tournaments, but I have a feeling this will be his time now to shine.
Couple moves(cr hp, st mp, st lk mostly)got slightly better frame data and v reversal isn't punishable anymore for buffs.
Cr HP ??!! Hmmmm sounds niceee. Wasn't s MO already +2 ? Is it +3 now?
Yes st mp is plus 3. Cr hp is plus 1 now and st lk has an extra active frame.
Was a joke but when I saw it you had to jump. The dude landed and RD came out. I've been told you can do that in 4 too.
Wish I had Akuma so I can lab that shit. Knew something felt odd about his super.
But why go for the extra slow attack though? If what you're saying is true why wouldn't I just block it whenever I see it? What about backdash and jump?
If you block I'm plus 10000. So I don't really care all that much. If you jump you get hit. If you backdashing I can cancel the taunt early or get this since it has 0 recovery frames I can press ANY button to catch your dash if I whiff. Yeah I said it, 0 recovery. I can even cancel the last few frames into anything if I want so I could start the taunt and then meaty low.
