Why Akuma Is Top Tier In Every Street Fighter Game
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Published 2024-01-25
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All Comments (21)
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Gouki is fair & balanced no idea what you guys are talking about.
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Akuma is so good that he will appear as a guest fighter in other games and be broken there too.
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He doesn’t need to be balanced, this is lore accurate.
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He's so broken, he broke the balance of a game from another franchise 😂😂 (Tekken 7)
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No matter what happens to him, I know his Raging Demon is going to look sick as hell in SF6 and I'm all here for it.
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Akuma is still beloved as a character even after being OP for most of his existence. That says something. I don't think most people want him to be game breaking but he should be right at the edge. Give us Akuma, Capcom.
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I still miss jump back air fireball.
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Honestly I'm waiting to see Akuma for "World Tour" more than anything else, just to see why he takes on the character's avatar as a student. Does he recognize the Satsui no Hado within them? "If Ryu won't be a worthy rival, then I'll just train my own!" (Heck, Akuma won't live forever regardless; maybe he wants to pass on his knowledge of "True Ansatsuken" as Goutetsu had to him.)
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I think Akuma's identity is about him being broken. Conversely, Dan had been consistently bad by design. Because he's intended to be a joke character, and it's only in SFV where he isn't in the absolute bottom of the tier list.
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His appearance as Oni and in Asuras Wrath deserves honourable mentions...they were awesome.
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I think it's really important to note that he's never been the problem character in any of the games you mentioned other than Super Turbo. Maybe Tekken, but in any version of Street Fighter past Super Turbo that was played competitively for a long period of time there was usually characters better than him. Third strike Chun, AE Yun, Ultra Elena and SF5 Luke especially come to mind.
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Akuma hasn’t been “overly dominant” since like 2008 tbh. Just top tier and only in the right hands
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Zangief player: This is fine (all in fire around)
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Akuma is such badass not even Capcom can stop him.
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sfv akuma is fine when Tokido uses him, only Tokido won tourneys with akuma while today luke is everywhere
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I always liked Akuma, but didn't play as him much until 2019 when I won an event with Akuma in a card game (of which he was equally as strong as he is in the video games). The success with Akuma brought a new found appreciation for him, resulting in Akuma becoming one of my mains in 3rd Strike. I look forward to what he has to offer with Street Fighter 6's mechanics.
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to me what makes akuma so strong no matter how many times they nerf him is the tools he has access to. Especially if no other character has access to the same stuff. The air fireball, for example, is so good at screen control and mix ups in general that even with good counter play its still hard to predict and therefore still useful.
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Unimaginably hyped to see the atrocities people commit with sf6 akuma
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Air Fireball with drive rush about to go crazy 😂😂😂
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Akuma is a great example of how fighting games don't need to be completely balanced. If using the strongest character is either extremely technical or fragile, than it makes the character seem less of an auto win button due to the skill required to play them at their best, and reduces the amount of players who shame those who use top tiers.
