Introduction
Hakan has made a fortune by becoming the president of the world's leading cooking oil manufacturer. He also gained fame and prominence in his expertise in Yagli Gures, the Turkish sport of oil wrestling. Hakan has made numerous friends due to his lively personality (including sumo wrestler Edmond Honda) is married to a beautiful wife, and has a family of seven daughters. So what else is there for such a man to do? Enter the world of Street Fighting for the fun of it, to promote the joys of oil wrestling, and to make his family proud.
Hakan is certainly an oddball in the Street Fighter universe. Hakan is a grappler, but he introduces a gimmick that makes him either one of the best characters in the game or one of the worst characters in the game. He essentially has two fighting styles - Oil Mode, and Non-Oil Mode. Starting with the AE 2012 update, Hakan now starts every round in Oil Mode, which, in addition to giving him a huge boost in mobility and power, also gives him incredible grab range, a small defense boost (causing every hit he takes to inflict less damage), and the deadly ability to cancel both of his dashes into his normals! Sadly, the fun ends once he runs out of oil. He loses all of the bonuses that the oil gives him, making him much less threatening when not oiled; therefore, it is almost always necessary that he stays constantly oiled up just to keep up with the other characters. His overreliance on his Oil Mode often makes his gameplay very gimmicky and knockdown-heavy, but if you love to subdue your opponents with endless mindgames and don't mind the menial task of oiling up every once in a while, Hakan might be for you.
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Players to Watch
MLSwear (US), Infiltration (KR), Ebi (JP)
