Ultra Street Fighter IV/Akuma

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Akuma

The art known as Ansatsuken (the Assassin's Fist) was created by Goutetsu, and he passed the skills onto two brothers: Gouki and Gouken. However, the dark nature of the art consumed Gouki, and he reveled in its ability to end the life of those who came against it and, thus, came to be known as Akuma. Determined to become the most powerful warrior on the planet, he not only murdered Goutetsu himself, but also turned the Satsui no Hado, "the killing intent," on his own brother Gouken. Now on a hellbent mission to fight against the most worthy opponents, Akuma has set his eyes on Gouken's student Ryu. Although Gouken had removed the Satsui no Hado from his teachings, Akuma intends to being that out in Ryu so the two can engage in the ultimate battle to the death.

In a nutshell

Akuma has always been the "balance" between Ryu's excessive defense and Ken's excessive offense. His playstyle is very technical and he requires a lot of practice, but the payoff is well worth it. Akuma players live by one simple motto: "The best defense is a good offense." Akuma has the second worst health and stun in the game, but his extremely high speed and massive damage output more than make up for it. His vortex game is absolutely unparalleled, and is practically the defining point of his playstyle. He has so many options at his disposal that the very prospect itself can be downright frightening. If you like playing mind games with your opponents, or if you feel that Ryu and Ken aren't challenging enough, Akuma may be for you.

Ultra SFIV Changes

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Moves

Unique Attacks

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5 2 7 +2 +5 Close HL 70 100 40 su 5 2 14 -2 +1 Close HL 40*70 125*75 60*20 su*- 6 2(4)4 17 -3 +2 Only +1 on hit vs. crouching opponents Far HL 30 50 20 ch/sp/su 3 2 5 +4 +7 Far HL 80 100 40 su 4 2 13 -1 +2 Far HL 120 200 60 - 6 3 16 -1 +3 Far HL 40 50 20 - 3 2 8 +1 +4 Far HL 80 100 40 - 9 2 13 -1 +2 Far HL 50*30 125*75 60*20 - 8 2(8)2 16 -2 +5 Forces stand crouch HL 30 50 20 ch/sp/su 3 2 7 +2 +5 crouch HL 60 100 40 sp/su 4 3 9 +2 +5 crouch HL 100 200 60 sp/su 6 4 23 -9 -4 Forces stand crouch L 20 50 20 ch/sp/su 4 2 9 0 +3 crouch L 60 100 40 sp/su 5 3 13 -2 +1 crouch L 90 100 60 - 6 3 24 -9 - Hard knockdown Jump up H 50 50 20 - 4 7 - - - Jump up H 80 100 40 - 5 3 - - - Jump up H 100 200 60 - 6 3 - - - Jump up H 40 50 20 - 5 6 - - - Jump up H 80 100 40 - 6 4 - - - Jump up H 100 200 60 - 5 3 - - - Jump forward H 50 50 20 - 4 7 - - - Jump forward H 80 100 40 - 5 3 - - - Jump forward H 100 200 60 - 6 3 - - - Jump forward H 40 50 20 - 4 6 - - - Jump forward H 70 100 40 - 6 3 - - - Jump forward H 100 200 60 - 7 3 - - - + overhead H 30*50 50*50 40*20 - 17 2*2 17 -5 0 Forces stand + (air) H 60 100 40 - 12 Until ground - - - Focus Attack LVL 1 HL 60 100 20 - 10+11 2 35 -21 -21 Focus Attack LVL 2 HL 80 150 40 - 18+11 2 35 -15 - Focus Attack LVL 3 - 140 200 60 - 65 2 40 - - Forward Throw 0.91 130 120 40 - 3 2 20 - - Hard knockdown Back Throw 0.91 130 120 40 - 3 2 20 - - Hard knockdown Hadoken HL 60 100 10/20 su 14 - Total 44 -4 0 Pursuit property, 17~18f cancellable Hadoken HL 60*60 100*100 -250/0 su 14 - Total 44 -1 - Pursuit property, 17~18f cancellable Shakunetsu Hadoken HL 50 200 10/30 su 25 - Total 50 -4 - Pursuit Property, 27f cancellable Shakunetsu Hadoken HL 35*35 50*100 10/16*16 su 25 - Total 57 -3 - Pursuit Property, 28f cancellable Shakunetsu Hadoken HL 33x3 35x3 10/16x3 su 25 - Total 63 -1 - Pursuit Property, 28~29f cancellable Shakunetsu Hadoken HL 47x3 70x2*100 -250/0 su 25 - Total 50 +12 - Pursuit Property, 27f cancellable Hadoken (air) HL 40 50 5/20 - 14 - After landing 16 - - Hadoken (air) HL 40*40 50*50 -250/0 - 8 - After landing 9 - - Shoryuken HL 100[70] 100 30/40 su 3 14 17+18 -28 - 1~2f Invincible, 3~4f unthrowable, 3~16f lower body strike and projectile invincible, 6f~ airborne, [] refers to active frames 3~14 Shoryuken HL 70*60 80*50 30/30*16 su*su 3 2*12 25+18 -34 - 1~5f Invincible, 6~16f lower body strike and projectile invincible, 6f~ airborne, 2nd hit pursuit property Shoryuken HL 70*50*30 70*50*30 30/30*10*10 su*su*su 3 2*2*12 28+18 -37 - 1~6f Invincible, 7~18f lower body strike and projectile invincible, 8f~ airborne, 2nd & 3rd hit pursuit property Shoryuken HL 80*60*50 100*50*50 -250/0 su*su*su 3 2*2*12 28+18 -37 - 1~18f Invincible, 8f~ airborne, 2nd & 3rd hit pursuit property Hurricane Kick HL 70 50 20/20 - 11 2(6)2 12+8 -9 - 7~20f lower body projectile invincible, 7f~ airborne, floats opponent Hurricane Kick HL 80*40*40 100*50*50 20/20*10*10 su*-*- 5 2(5)[2(5)2](5)1 16+12 -8 - 7~26f lower body projectile invincible, 7f~ airborne, 1st hit forces stand Hurricane Kick HL 80*40x3 100*50x3 20/20*10x3 su*-(x3) 5 2(5)[1(5)1](5)[1(5)1](5)1 13+8 -1 - 7~36f lower body projectile invincible, 7f~ airborne, 1st hit forces stand Hurricane Kick HL 35x5 40x5 -250/0 - 11 1(3)1(3)1(3)1(3)1 18+3 -1 - 6~27f lower body projectile invincible, 6f~ airborne, 1st-4th hit forces stand, pursuit property Hurricane Kick (air) HL 60 50 10/30 - 9 [2(6)2](6)2 After landing 10 - - Floats opponent, [] hits once at most Hurricane Kick (air) HL 70 50 10/30 - 9 [2(6)2](6)2 After landing 10 - - Floats opponent, [] hits once at most Hurricane Kick (air) HL 80 50 10/30 - 9 [2(6)2](6)2 After landing 10 - - Floats opponent, [] hits once at most Hurricane Kick (air) HL 40x5 50x5 -250/0 - 7 1(3)1(3)1(3)1(3)1 After landing 4 - - Pursuit property Demon Flip - - - 20/- - - - - - - 5~39f airborne, 27~37f cancellable into followup, 40f starts Hyakki Gouzan (slide) Demon Flip - - - -250/0 - - - - - - 5~39f airborne, 27~37f cancellable into followup, 40f starts Hyakki Gouzan (slide), tracks opponent, can cancel into Hadouken EX (air) Hyakki Gouzan L 100 200 0/40 - 39+7 15 14 -11 - Hard knockdown Hyakki Gousho HL 110 200 0/30 - 27+8 2 After landing 4 - - Hard knockdown, armor break Hyakki Goujin HL 70 100 0/30 - 27+11 Until ground After landing 4 - - Forces stand Hyakki Gousai 0.90 150 150 0/60 - 27+3 2 After landing 17 - - Hard knockdown Teleport - - - - - - - Total 61 - - 1~49f Invincible, passes through opponent, can cancel into Ultra 2 until 44f Teleport - - - - - - - Total 53 - - 1~44f Invincible, passes through opponent, can cancel into Ultra 2 until 36f Super Combo 0.90 330 0 -1000/0 - 1+0 36 13 - - 1f Invincible, hard knockdown Ultra Combo 1 0.90 510 0 0/0 - 0+5 33 19 - - 1~6f Invincible, hard knockdown Ultra Combo 2 HL 50*450[421] 0 0/0 - 0+14 2 46 -27 - 1~15f Invincible, hard knockdown, armor break, [] refers to damage when canceled from teleport Block Super Meter Frames Move Name HL Damage Stun Gain Cancel Ability Startup Active Recovery On Guard On Hit Notes Notes: