Super Street Fighter IV AE/Akuma

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's fundamentals have not changed much in Arcade Edition. He is still a powerful and technical, but very brittle Shoto. His vortex game is still one of the most potent in the game, despite his Aerial Hurricane Kicks now requiring much stricter timing due to the new arc. His Demon Armageddon has also become slightly more useful by means of it having a larger overhead hitbox when canceled from an Ashura Warp, at the cost of reduced damage. Akuma players will find the transition to AE a smooth, almost nonexistent one.

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Zugaihasatsu

f + mp

high

Tenmakujinkyaku

(at top of jump arc) d + mk

high

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Goshoha

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Syuretto

b + lp + lk

throw

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Gahadoken

qcf + p

ex

Shakunetsu Hadoken

hcb + p

ex

Zanku Hadoken

(in air) qcf + p

ex

Goshoryuken

dp + p

ex

Tatsumaki Zankukyaku

qcb + k

ex

Airborne Tatsumaki Zankukyaku

(in air) qcb + k

ex

Hyakkishu

dp + k

ex

   Hyakki Gozan

No input after performing Hyakkishu

low

   Hyakki Gosho

p

Perform after Hyakkishu; high armorbreak

   Hyakki Gojin

k

Perform after Hyakkishu

   Hyakki Gosai

lp + lk

Perform after Hyakkishu; throw

Ashura Senku

dp or rdp + 3p or 3k

dp moves Akuma forward; rdp moves Akuma backwards; 3p travels farther than 3k

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Raging Demon

lp lp f lk hp

throw

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Wrath of the Raging Demon

lp lp b lk hp

throw

Demon Armageddon

u u + 3k

Can be used to cancel Ashura Senku; armorbreak

AE Changes

• Medium Punch Shoryuken's invincibility was lengthened, now he is completely invincible for the first 5 frames.
• Air Hurricane Kick's jump arc was changed, so running away with it is impossible.
• EX Hurricane Kick damage and stun were reduced.
• His Ultra 2, when canceled during teleport only, has bigger hitbox downwards. Standing Hard Punch, Teleport into Ultra 2, is possible now.
• During back dash, airborne frame comes immediately after invincibility frames ends.

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	30	50	20	ch/sp/su	4	2	6	+3	+6
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	3	2	13	-1	+4
Close	HL	100	200	60	sp/su	4	2	26	-10	-6
Close	HL	40	50	20	-	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
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	60*40	125*75	60*20	-	8	2(8)2	16	0	+5
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
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	-
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
+ (air)	H	60	100	40	-	12	Until ground	-	-	-
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	60	100	20	-	21	2	35	-21	-21
Focus attack LVL 2	HL	80	150	40	-	17+12	2	35	-15	-
Focus attack LVL 3	-	140	200	60	-	65	2	40	-	-
Forward Throw	0.91	130	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Back throw	0.91	130	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-
Hadoken	HL	60	100	10/20	su	14	-	44	-4	0
Hadoken	HL	60*60	100*100	-250/0	su	14	-	44	-1	-
Shakunetsu Hadoken	HL	50	200	10/30	su	25	-	50	-4	-
Shakunetsu Hadoken	HL	35*35	50*100	10/16*16	su	25	-	57	-3	-
Shakunetsu Hadoken	HL	33x3	35x3	10/16x3	su	25	-	63	-1	-
Shakunetsu Hadoken	HL	47x3	70x2*100	-250/0	su	25	-	50	+12	-
Hadoken (air)	HL	40	50	5/20	-	14	-	16	-	-
Hadoken (air)	HL	40*40	50*50	-250/0	-	8	-	9	-	-
Shoryuken	HL	100[70]	100	30/40	su	3	14	17+18	-28	-
Shoryuken	HL	70*60	80*50	30/30*16	su*su	3	2*12	25+18	-34	-
Shoryuken	HL	70*50*30	70*50*30	30/30*10*10	su*su*su	3	2*2*12	28+18	-37	-
Shoryuken	HL	80*60*50	100*50*50	-250/0	su*su*su	3	2*2*12	28+18	-37	-
Hurricane Kick	HL	70	50	20/20	-	11	2(6)2	12+8	-9	-
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	-
Hurricane Kick	HL	80*40x3	100*50x3	20/20*10x3	su	5	2(5)[1(5)1](5)[1(5)1](5)1	13+8	-1	-
Hurricane Kick	HL	35x5	40x5	-250/0	-	11	1(3)1(3)1(3)1(3)1	18+3	-1	-
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	???	50	10/30	-	9	[2(6)2](6)2	10	-	-
Hurricane Kick (air)	HL	40x5	50x5	-250/0	-	7	1(3)1(3)1(3)1(3)1	4	-	-
Demon Flip	-	-	-	20/-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Demon Flip	-	-	-	0/0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hyakki Gouzan	L	100	200	0/40	-	39+7	15	14	-11	-
Hyakki Gousho	H	110	200	0/30	-	27+8	2	4	-	-
Hyakki Goujin	HL	70	100	0/30	-	27+11	Until ground	4	-	-
Hyakki Gousai	0.90	150	150	0/60	-	27+3	2	17	-	-
Teleport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	61	-	-
Teleport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	-	-
Super Combo	0.90	330	0	-1000/0	-	1+0	36	13	-	-
Ultra Combo 1	0.90	510	0	0/0	-	0+5	33	19	-	-
Ultra Combo 2	HL	50*450	0	0/0	-	0+14	2	46	-27	-
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes