Marvel vs Capcom 2/Akuma

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Mastering the Dark Hado wasn't enough for him- Akuma now seeks the mightiest opponent on the battlefield of Marvel vs Capcom 2! Generally, Akuma's considered a lower-middle tier character in this game, but don't write him off. Like many of his other appearances, Akuma is a character of extremes. On one hand, Akuma has a very capable offense. He's got a kit of good shoto normals, as well as useful special moves and supers, a number of which are air-enabled. To balance this offensive flexibility out, however, his defensive ability is pretty bad. He has close to the worst vitality in Marvel vs Capcom 2, so it is very important that you not get hit. He's not as easy to kill as, say, Phoenix is in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, but he's gonna die if you get caught in a combo. He still has special moves like a teleport and a divekick he can use to stay slippery, but he really needs to get into the opponent's face and stay there to be effective. Thankfully, you can bring in assists to help with covering his weak points, so if he sounds appealing, he may make a good addition to your team.

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Gameplay

Akuma is a brutal offensive presence who can use his variety of powerful specials to keep the opponent guessing. His main weaknesses are his dangerously low stamina and his lack of range outside fireballs and beams.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Very nice offensive toolkit- plenty of fast and powerful moves Stubby but quick normals Very damaging Level 3 super- the Raging Demon does a lot of damage when you can land it Five super moves, all of them allowing for some big damage Good wavedash, as well as a quick teleport and a divekick makes for above-average mobility His Zankuu Hadoken (air fireball) is great at harassing your opponent from the air, as well as evading attacks

Terrible defense- he takes more damage from attacks than most of the cast, so he must be careful to avoid getting hit Overall lacks range on his attacks- his normals are a bit stubby, so he has to use his projectiles and mobility to compensate Struggles against strong zoning. Not completely helpless against it, but his options for evading it are kind of limited Sort of like Magneto in that he has to play aggressively to win- he can't turtle very well Raging Demon is quite slow to come out, even though it hurts when it hits

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Character Summary

Special Moves

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Gohadoken (Fireball)

• +

Zankuu Hadoken (Air fireball)

• + / ()

Goshoryuken (Dragon Punch)

• + / ()

Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku (Hurricane Kick)

• + / ()

Tenma Kyuujin Kyaku (Divekick)

• + / ()

Jigoku Guruma (Command Throw)

• + (close)

Super Moves

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Messatsu Gou Shouryuu (Shoryuken super)

• + +

Messatsu Gou Rasen (Hurricane kick super)

• + +

Tenma Gou Zankuu (Air fireballs)

• + + (Mashable)

Messatsu Gou Hadou (Beam super)

• + +

Shun Goku Satsu (Raging Demon)

• , , ,

Assist Types

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Type α - Projectile Type

• Assist: Gohadoken
• Counter: Gohadoken
• Combination: Messatsu Gou Hadou

Type β - Anti-air Type

• Assist: Goshoryuken
• Counter: Goshoryuken
• Combination: Messatsu Gou Shouryuu

Type γ - Expansion Type

• Assist: Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku
• Counter: Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku
• Combination: Messatsu Gou Rasen

Moves List

Normal Moves

Ground Normals

Light Punch
5LP / s.LP

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	5	4	4	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
Quick punch, low range and damage with good speed

Medium Punch
5MP / s.MP

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	4	8	15	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Heavy Punch
5HP / s.HP

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	6	9	17	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Special, Super	-	-	-

Light Kick
5LK / s.LK

Kick

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	7	11	7	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
HL	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Heavy Kick
5MK / s.MK

Kick

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	10	9	8	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Heavy Kick
5HK / s.HK

Kick

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	10	9	8	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-

Crouching Light Punch
2LP / cr.LP

Caption

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	4	5	5	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
Quick low move, good up close

Crouching Medium Punch
2MP / cr.MP

Caption

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	5	5	9	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Punch
2HP / cr.HP

Punch them into the air

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	5	13	12	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Crouching Light Kick
2LP / cr.LP

Low kick

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	5	7	5	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Kick
2LP / cr.LP

Low kick, now with more range.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	6	7	9	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Kick
2HK / cr.HK

Knocks down, of course!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	6	7	9	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-

Air Normals

Air Light Punch
jump+

One punch.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	8	11	1	High
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
Quick air normal

Air Medium Punch
Jump+

Another punch.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	6	10	1	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
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Air Heavy Punch
Jump+

Sends them down if they're in the air.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	9	7	5	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-
Helpful for building meter- usable several times in a super jump

Air Light Kick
Jump+

Big knee

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	8	11	1	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Air Medium Kick
Jump+

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	10	8	10	High
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-

Air Heavy Kick
Jump+

.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	8	7	9	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-

Command Normals

Forward Heavy Punch
6HP // +

Karate chop

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4+6	27	17	9	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Template:Overhead	None	-	-	-
A slow karate chop that works as an overhead. Blockable on reaction and unable to cancel into anything else afterward, so be sure you'll hit before you throw this one.

Forward Heavy Kick
6HK /+

Hop kick

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	19	17	5	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-
Useful for putting your opponent in position for his air fireball super during an air combo.

Air Up Medium Kick
j.8MK / jump + +

Smaller, but higher hitbox than your normal j.MK

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	5	17	5	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
Useful for putting your opponent in position for his air fireball super during an air combo.

Air Up Heavy Kick
j.8HK / jump + +

Different hitbox, same good damage

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
12	13	7	10	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-
Flows from j.8MK pretty well.

Universal Mechanics

Launcher
3HK / +

Akuma's universal launcher

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	5	13	12	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Template:Launcher	Super Jump, Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
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Special Moves

Gohadoken
236 + P // QCF+P // +

It's not that color in-game, but the hitbox is the same

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
14 (both versions)	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Super	-	-	-
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Zankuu Hadoken
236 + P // QCF+P // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13 (both versions)	-	-	-	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	Super	-	-	-
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Goshoryuken
623 + P // F,D,DF+P // +

This move has odd hitboxes

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
19 (light) / 16 + 4 + 4 (heavy, 3 hits)	-	-	-	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	Super	-	-	-
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Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku
214 + K // +

Not quite SFA3 good, but useful.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6 x 3 (light) / 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 4 (heavy)	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	Super	-	-	-
Like most of his other appearances, this move pops the opponent up for some minor juggles. Can lead into his air fireball super if it hits.

Tenma Kuujin Kyaku
214 + K // +

Makes you fall very quickly- can be handy

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
12 (light) / 18 (heavy, all hits)	-	-	-	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	None	-	-	-
Akuma drops like a brick when you use this, so it can be useful for dodging stuff.

Jigoku Guruma
63214 + HK // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
16	-	-	-	N/A
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
Command throw. Doesn't have a whiff animation. Because it shares part of the motion with your Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku, it can be used as an option select up close.

Hyper Combos

Messatsu Gou Shouryuu
236 + PP // ++

Akuma's version of the Shoryu Reppa

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
41 max	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	No	-	-	-

Messatsu Gou Hadou
214 + PP // ++

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Easier to get max damage if you do this from a distance rather than close

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
45-51 if all hits connect	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Difficult to combo into, so better used to punish an opponent's mistakes

Messatsu Gou Rasen
214 + KK // ++

Rising blender kick- Shinryuken with kicks instead of a punch

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
45	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Really good corner carry on the last hit- sends them flying

Tenma Gou Zankuu
236 + PP // ++

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
45-46 (varies)	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-
Useful to end air combos with

Shun Goku Satsu (Raging Demon)
5LP, 5LP, 6, 5LK, 5HP // , , , ,

I still have more!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
70	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Grab, Level 3	-	-	-	-
Slow to come out, but does very nice damage if you hit.

Variable Assists

Projectile Type
A1 // A2

Type α

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
HP Gohadoken. Variable counter is also HP Gohadoken. Variable Combination super is Messatsu Gou Hadou.

Anti-Air Type
A1 // A2

Type β

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
24 (total)	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
HP Goshoryuken. Variable counter is also HP Goshoryuken. Variable Combination super is Messatsu Gou Shouryuu.

Expansion Type
A1 // A2

Type γ

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
23 (total)	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
HK Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku. Variable Counter is also HK Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku. Variable Combination super is Messatsu Gou Rasen.

Other

Ashura Warp
241 + PP/KK or 623 + PP/KK // or + + or +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
0 (no hitbox)	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Full invincible during startup and movement