Akuma 101: The Loop

[studynerd]

Thank you for the slow motion and other effects, more videos like this please.

[BeeferPig]

how does gouki keep his sandals on his feet. they must be glued down.

[user3708]

Its like a flam on the drum :D (look it up :D)

[HinataChan30]

I think you can c.MK, Hadoken, FADC once they're at the edge of the loop's range and then start the loop over again. Not sure how long that works but it'll certainly give you another trip 'round the horn. At the end of that, you'll have exhausted the damage scaling anyway so there's no point to go further, I assume.

[FirEner]

visual appealing, slowmo replays, button display and a listenable voice.

that was a long time ago I've enjoyed a tutorial like this even tho' it doesn't work anymore.

[winsomelosenone]

this is why i need a fightstick, as you see it is very hard to plink on a controller lol

[Sosozanyway]

@winsomelosenone Don't worry about plinking that much, it's not as important as people make it out to be.

[masterangel16]

how cancel the attack ?

[Triforce9426]

Akuma is already a BS character, dont make it worse.

[Tuffadandem]

What exactly is plinking and what are hitboxes????...please respond..anyone

[TheNoobKiller]

How do you do it on smaller characters (Ryu)? I tried adding cr. jab but the standing jap wont link.

[nekosama23]

after the round house or jab, can you follow up with a raging demon?

[lordofultima]

@nekosama23 You can't combo a raging demon. I suppose you could follow up with a demon, but I doubt it would work out for you.

[wildreams]

@lordofultima What if you used the super version close enough? Will it result in a situation where it is impossible for the other player to escape? I ask the same question for any other combo that ends close enough from the opponent with enough frame advantage.

[betagamma18]

Not too interested in the video itself, but the way you break things down is beautiful.

The slow-mo and stop motion effects are nice.

[iamunforgivable]

Don't know if you're still reading these lordofultima, but your editing is sick and your videos are very helpful. I still can't get the timing on the loop right though. D'oh!

[im2tall4u1]

Can this work on a dualshock 3 controller? I'm a pad player and I seek to further my game.

[alexanderegrt]

Thanks for this video for teaching me the techniques of plinking. It's also helpful when trying to do a crouching roundhouse after a light hurricane. :)

[IsabelaV]

the loop in SSF IV is out!!!doesn't work anymore rofl it's not looooooooooooot harder to connect simply is OUT!

[lordofultima]

@IsabelaV Incorrect. In certain hit and idle animations for certain characters, sometimes the standing far jab can hit meaty, causing the roundhouse loop to connect. One of my SSFIV replays has me doing it to Abel, two or three times.

[buNi5D]

@lordofultima But now you can't connect the roundhouse more than once, right? Or can you somehow set up that funky animation during the combo?

[a7xfan20]

@lordofultima

Could you possibly show us a tutorial video to connect it in SUPER?

[beastb83]

would you recommend plinking for pads or no?

[CaptainARR]

Sounds like one of UT tunes.

[CaptainARR]

UT music?

[Gise634]

hey only on arcade stick can we do that?

[Gise634]

the this combo can be use too in ssfiv? thx

[Jayybumm]

you should teach FADC it would be very help full.

[BahaVII]

I miss your stun Mr Loop =(

[soggytoast111]

I'm pretty sure they removed this is super. Jab no longer links to RH, only crouching short does.

[concujak]

Isnt this Unreal Tournament music ? Lol

[ditn]

Plinking gives you an extra change to hit a link

say you have a 1 frame link,with linking it becomes a 2 frame link etc

[iYewTube]

holy crap, tried doing this on the pc and find it imposible...

[Makingnewnamesisdumb]

I don't understand the point of "plinking", it doesn't do anything. You can just press roundhouse and if you time it correctly you get the same thing. If you don't time the roundhouse correctly you miss either way.

[lordofultima]

@Makingnewnamesisdumb No, if you don't time the roundhouse correctly, if you plink it you can still hit it. That IS the point of plinking.

[Zico10101010]

@lordofultima nice video and what fightstick?

[lilgoldfish]

@Makingnewnamesisdumb plinking in simple gives you double the chance of linking something that is hard.

[SmokeyAmp]

@Makingnewnamesisdumb The reason p-linking exists is because it's a more reliable method for hitting one-frame links than double-tapping. You can't physically tap a button twice in succession within two frames, but with p-linking you can. You're giving yourself a two-frame window to hit a one-frame link.

Also, I'm not sure why lordultima is trying to plink jab, since, as far as I know, that's impossible since it's the lowest priority button in p-linking (priority linking).

[IzunaDR0P]

awsome vids bro -- can you or anyone here explain how the  "plink" concept is done?

[monsoon56]

does this work in super now?

[101zlatan]

Not to sound like a noob but can any1 tell me what the poin of plinking is an is it possible on a regular joypad instead of fightstick??

[5465377]

lordofultima, how do i link these loops or even any combos. How do you time till its perfect? For every combos, the timing is different. Can u explain more about these?

[thearrah]

it was meant for me to find you and your videos....I was pretty intermediate w my akuma just from watchin youtube vids of tourney and trail and error...I always needed a "how to" guide..you are the saviour for me to own w the Demon..thanks in advance..so much win in your posts man...

[rtc7788]

Why does it look like you're only pressing fierce and strong punches when you're doing the loop?

[rtc7788]

@rtc7788 nvm i just realized you're using the "american style" keys

[FREEdomxxxZGMFX10A]

By the way, wouldn't jab+roundhouse give you roundhouse. I think you can't plink standing jab at all.

[lordofultima]

@FREEdomxxxZGMFX10A Yep, you're right. That plink was basically for nothing, although at the I didn't realize it. I plink HK~MK now, and that's it.

[Elipsys]

Nice video.

[SundownPnP]

@assmasin6 the timing in sfiv vanilla is 1 frame, it cant be stricter i think

[FREEdomxxxZGMFX10A]

@SundownPnP I heard SSFIV runs on 120 frames. That's the revolution, baby!

[sirshaunathan]

this is so great

im such a noob, i can't even connect a second HK

i assume the timing is super strict

can someone help me out? please

[Gutterbreaks]

why does the input of say HK~MK give two inputs for HK?

[lordofultima]

@Gutterbreaks The game registers it as HK, then HK+MK, so therefore two HK inputs.

[Gutterbreaks]

@lordofultima I seeeeee I think I finally understand plinking! cheers

[lordofultima]

@Gutterbreaks Good to hear, enjoy!

[FrozenLkea]

@Gutterbreaks

thats the basis for plink. The game prioritises the two inputs, and selects the higher priority one, which HK +MK , is HK, Essentially it adds a few frames for the link to occur. And this Tokido move only requires 1 frame

[SeraphArc]

It's too bad I hear this isn't gonna be in SSFIV :\

[NEzodLau]

@SeraphArc u mean akuma loop tactic is not in ssf4?

[SeraphArc]

@NEzodLau lol. I heard it wasn't. You can still do it in SSFIV, only it's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT harder from what I hear.

[DnbDubJunkie]

@SeraphArc well needless to say now since it came out long time ago but capcom released ssf4 to balance out the gameplay, for one in sf4 sagat was wayyyyyy to powerful and it was just awful.

[thewarrior195]

So pLinking is the same motion as like a kara grab, right?

[lordofultima]

@thewarrior195 Yeah pretty much.

[assmasin6]

@lordofultima wasnt there a video in eventhubs showing you can still do it in ssf4 but the timing is more strict?

[AxxesS9000]

You make kickass vids, dude. I'm ashamed of myself for not figuring out to apply plinking to this loop.

[juanreyes1212]

I love all of your effects. I'm jealous and trying to learn how to do some such as when you freeze the video lol...

[COOLERU]

excellent now i can use akuma as my main

[JavitsArias]

Hey just to clarify, you cannot pLink jabs and shorts. short can only be pLinked while crouching because throw will not come out. pLinking only works from stronger buttons to weaker buttons. you cant pLink a jab with a strong because by rolling to strong ur just giving the game the input (jab+strong) which will register as a strong. this is a good video but i just wanted to clarify that pLinking is only from stronger to weaker buttons. the order of strength (priority) is HK,HP,MK,MP,LK,LP

[lordofultima]

@JavitsArias Yeah I know, if I felt like messing with youtube annotations I would clarified this after the fact. I just do the jab normally and plink roundhouse with HK~MK nowadays. Thanks for the heads up though.

The short plink would make sense since that's what I use for regular roundhouse bnb.

[thewarrior195]

So pLinking is the same motion as like a kara grab, right?

[pbrubaker]

The production values of your videos is great dude. Keep it up!

[andollio1337]

I see you stole some UT3 sountracks huh? Go down suspense mix.

[lordofultima]

@andollio1337 Well I own the UT3 soundtrack, wouldn't call it stealing.

[KGE2807]

how do you time the standing light punch after roundhouse to sweep,cause I"m having a little trouble with the timing

[justdl]

@Flux289

great stun. decent damage w/o meter usage. pushes opponent to the corner. good meter build. on certain characters it's easy to do it even on crouching cause you can still easily get the far lp (ie. sagat) and st. hk forces stand-up.

best reason: looks cool and scares your opponent :D

[benjeezorus]

Awesome video, was waiting for it, you are ownage <3

[yvnas]

Your stick looks like it was bought in a communist country.. :P get some color on there :)... O yeah and fuck west...

[lordofultima]

I make stick like mother Russia to represent where communist come from. Better than weak American democracy. =P

[WujuMaster]

Nevermind, you mentioned the OST at the end :)

[TehPeaches]

theHardbag is a real All-star.

Loltima, I'm having a disagreement with a friend, who says that you can consistently do the roundhouse loop out of pure muscle memory. I really don't think this is possible, especially not in a fight which is the only time it matters. What are your thoughts? Thanks for the video, it was helpful as usual.

[lordofultima]

Well I'm sure anything is possible, I do other combos from muscle memory, so I imagine the more I do the roundhouse loop in actual matches the more accurate I will become with it.

Plinking is merely changing the 1 frame link into a 2 frame link, so it's really not that big of deal, I already have to know the basic tempo of the combo to perform it. That said, even top Japanese players double-tap and plink combos to make sure they're as efficient as possible.

[theHardbag]

i have a question.

ever been laid?

"plinked" a vagina?

try it. it's more fun than street fighter 4!

[lordofultima]

wowza vagina wuts that

plinked your moms vag the other night in fact, no where near as good as sfiv brao

[lordofultima]

you signed up for youtube just to say that bro, you must really enjoy my tutorials! much love dog!

[4evil2me]

Man you rock! I wish you could tell me things about Sagat... He's my main character, I'm a new beginner and everyone says that Ryu, Ken and Sagat are easiest to start with...

[nezura]

awesome once again!

[xsly15]

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO! was looking forward to this

[AirPhforce]

What kind of stick do you have? And did you just take the graphics thing out?

[lordofultima]

Madcatz Fightstick SE, I peeled off the artwork and sanded down the metal to make the metal reflective and smooth.

[Sephlock]

Just out of curiosity, do you tend to play like Momochi (more defensive) or like Tokido (OMGWTF DEMON FLIP)?

[lordofultima]

Both two of my favorite Akumas, I'd like to say a little of both, but not as good in either area as those two. Haha.

I get more success zoning players out, and then throwing in occasional mixup for large damage opportunities.

[lokithesly]

lolultima...great as always. I picked up akuma about a month ago and I'm just getting to this level. and The Vortex vid helps alot. Thats what I'm focusing on now.

[lordofultima]

Good to hear, I wish your Akuma 1000 successes.

[yquetantawea1234]

thanks... got my TE stick yesterday and i needed this kind of tutorials, keep it up

[lordofultima]

Thanks for the words, will do!

[kdot123456]

Thank you for the video, I always wanted to learn how to do this it, this is why I subscribe to you, you always make the most useful Akuma vids keep it up bro!!