Akuma 101: The Demon (part 2)

[pcutta1000]

i always thought u couldnt plink lp? i use the reversal method all the time, but why does it give u two lp???.. just curious

[TubeKnow]

hey this might be a stupid question but anywho, how do u fadc after srk without throwing the FA punch? ive read that its, srk, medium punch/kck, dash forward but everytime i try to do that akuma still throws the punch.

[lordofultima]

@TubeKnow Hold focus, dash, then release focus. Practice this timing, if you release the buttons before you dash, you will get the focus attack itself.

[TubeKnow]

@lordofultima ah ok, it works :) now i just need to have the timing down to finish it with the fire hadoken.

[saif03paul]

i luv akuma but he is sooooo easy to get koed... any tips how i can get alot better

[TubeKnow]

@saif03paul the best way is to keep your opponent in akumas vortex for as long as possible :) try mixups and what not just to keep them guessing.

[wildreams]

Whats a Sushi demon? 8:50

[lordofultima]

@wildreams tsuji

[ImVeryB2stly]

and if u cant tell me how to do it, where do i buy arcade sticks, im from canada

[ImVeryB2stly]

ok how do u do these in regular controllers for ps3

help me !

[weefunker]

@ImVeryB2stly it will be too hard, I got a matcatz te stick and its still too hard

[pharohnintey]

LMFAO!!!!! @ "oooooookkaaaayy or whatever he says" LMFAO thanks man

[zUkUnFtsBeAt]

Haha awesome..... last part of the vid blew it lol

[AdventTerra]

is it possible to do moves like itabashi slayer and the other special techniques mentioned in this clip with a regular ps3 controller or do i need the joystick controller you have?

[CrucifiedxSaint]

@lordofultima can you give a generic basic "range" on the Demon? I've had several instances where an opponent jumped backwards at the time I input the Demon. Visually it appeared that the person landed directly in front of me while Akuma's animation was still going for the ultra. Now I have experienced sever occasions where I've tried to back jump out of this ultra and been grabbed from the other side of the screen, yet it appears mine whiff. Can you explain why that is to me?

[garonchristopher]

you my friend, are what i hope to be. I watched this video like 200000 times already(impossible but you get what i mean). When I buy a stick, do you mind teaching me some stick drills, so i can practice to get up to that level.

[lulzultra]

Hey - I know I'm a little late to the party. I didn't really start playing SF4 until SSF4. I decided to play Akuma lately, and kara demons has been giving me some real trouble. Should I learn to do it the double tap way or will it be better to learn it the plink way? I mean if I ever want to play 3s or something (doubt it) I'd probably want to learn to double tap, right?

[Pianoblacks]

sushi demon?

[hazeddon]

So if a ryu/akuma/any character with a fireball has you in a block string that you believe is gonna end with a fireball can you raging through it?

[wasd88]

does crouching forward demon still hit if the opponent mashes out dragon punch after the jump in kick?

[lordofultima]

@wasd88 Still works, they have landing recovery so there can be no dp mashing if you low forward demon at the proper space.

[TheNoobKiller]

-There's no escape!

-My fight money!!

[Armdevil]

demon! deba deba deba deba deba! lol XD love you shinanigans Ultima

[Drizzydid]

i liked the costume colors in this game more than super xD

[MashNinja45]

Sick Akuma videos! He's the best character in my opinion and your tutorials are really useful!

[Rotarrius]

i use a fightpad - this is too difficult : (

[EddieFivespeed]

fantastic thank you again

[blaquechylde]

you are more than a man you are like a god of fighting!

[artisticTogether]

very good tips man, thanks alot

[jelaninoel]

what is suji demon and y is it so hard?

[daniel72arch]

Thanks for your feedback. I appreciated. Do you know if the madcatz TE fighting stick works on a PC?

[daniel72arch]

It looks like you pull off the raging demon farly simple on the joystick. On the pad, this move is somewhat simple, but i want to move back to the arcade sticks. I really woudn't want to spend an arm and leg on a good stick, but what do you recommend? If you know of a stick that can be used on the PS3 and PC would be great!

Thanks and keep up the good work. This is the best tutorial I've seen for SF4, nice editing.

[lordofultima]

@daniel72arch I recommend the Madcatz TE. That's the only stick I would recommend, cheap stuff is cheap for a reason.

[daniel72arch]

Dude, I'm an akuma (gouki) player and I need to ask you, what type of fighting joystick do you recommend? I play on the PS3 and I've done a tone of research on sticks. You probably already know they range from 45dlls to 300dlls in some cases. What joystick do you use?

[IBetYouWillFemales]

Your vids are awesome-surprised I didn't find them back then, Thanks!

[daniel72arch]

Nice video dude. Thanks for the tips

[spidbot200]

what the hell does buffering mean

[tok1879]

Nice video man. Question. In a mirror match when two Akuma's do the Raging Demon, Which one goes through? Does it matter which is first or not?

[FrozenLkea]

nice tokido

[abuseplz]

thanks ultima. mastered this technique pretty much in an hour. your a god :)

[CanadaMMA]

This tutorial was really informative. I hardly ever use the super demon myself however, because Akuma's EX moves normally prevent my meter from filling up.

[Doober717]

I like your vids man, I feel like a scrub cause I don't use an Arcade Stick, I refuse, I hate SFIV, (I am getting SSFIV, i have to just man the fuck up) I love Third Strike, but seeing your vid gives the Ultra Demon hope, fuck that new ultra, give us the goddamn KKZ dammit.

"Fuck Wes, I hate that guy" nice lmao

[his1nightmare]

now this is a helpfull tutorial with skillfull stuff up to infinity

the special about the hitbox is something really helpfull

[fuzegt]

ROFL 5:25 "Cammy's like OOOH IM GONNA KICK YOU! and I'm like, ohh no you not bitch"

[shinvergil]

Thanks man. :) This really helped me.

[artixazn]

8:40

A what demon? Lol Can't hear you.

[lordofultima]

@artixazn Tsuji Demon, walk forward one input magic demon.

[artixazn]

@lordofultima

Wha? How is this possible.

[2ossy]

4:34 didnt know that a blanka ball can be punnished

[aznpikachu215]

What if you perform a meaty attack going into the Ultra/Super Shun Goku Satsu?

[Zwietracht]

Isn't there supposed to be a setup where hitstun is so long that you can't jump out of a RD? I can't remember but I once got resetted with hp so that I couldn't jump out and got RD'd.

Was I just sleeping or is it really possible to set up a guaranteed Raging Demon like that? (I mean the ultra, not the super)

[lordofultima]

@Zwietracht if you're trying to grab in block or hit stun it won't work, a demon is a throw so it won't work either. You probably just fell asleep at the wheel.

[itsjustavi]

akuma and seth have the most offensive options

thats why they have the leesthp.......................­.......... 850 for akuma i belive and 800 for seth.. something like that.. if they had any more they would be broken

[MokiSenpai]

Sometimes, i do a tick crossup super. I cross up the OP with a throw buffer (throw, throw, forward direction), and when you do a throw in the air, the light kick gonna came out, so you will hit him with that at the other side, and you finish the super input while landing, and there... when he comes out from the stun, he gets a super in the face :D

[spikeyguy777]

holy crap blankas ultra does that much just on chip!!

[Ammaculate44]

You could do a fireball, focus attack into ultra right?

[lordofultima]

@Ammaculate44 Right, as I said the only way to combo into Demon is Focus Attack. Fireball, Focus Attack would fall under that.

[Ammaculate44]

Anyways, thanks for the video; helped me a lot.

[DaUsher]

Btw, great vid!

[DaUsher]

I heard that the Ultra's invincibility also allows Gouki to go through projectiles at startup. Can you confirm that?

[kege]

yep. when timed correctly

[gokusennin]

thnx XD

[SIKM4N]

"no u not bich demon demon demon"

hahahhaa

plz tel me how u do shortcut 4 ps3 control pad??

[Thomasrobert3rd]

But I do think its funny that gouken has a larger invincibility frame than Akuma with the ultra, he is the only 1 who can go through it

[superphiphi]

(continued)...

i used to spam, when i first got the game 6 months ago, but now im more of a combo'er after maining ryu for so long. i never throw out random moves or non hit confirmed moves.

however my problem now, is my ultra is just not used anymore with akuma, i remember to go for it maybe every 10 rounds which is a waste. i kind of wish i was a bit more of a scrub player and threw it out randomly just for luck but that isnt my game. is there anyway of linking it/ half linking it etc

[lordofultima]

Nope, you can only combo into a raging demon with a lv2/3 focus crumple. The rest is all reactionary punishes.

[BlackShiraya]

you could link the raging demon into another demon for a terrible humilation, anti-air ultra demon which ever way as long as it hits, if you have the super meter full, once the ultra is over immediately jump over them and do the super demon, its point blank and they cant do anything totals to over 900

[JazzyJames019]

@lordofultima

I got a question for you. Akuma is my Main and im using a standard 360 controller. I have my Y button set on all 3 punch buttons. So all i gotta do is: hold back, press Y and Hard Kick? How exactly does this work for me?

[superphiphi]

hi, wanna start by saying wow, thanks for all the help with your videos. i used to main ryu which got boring and now maining akuma ive been looking all over youtube for practical use of the raging demon to no luck. aside from reversals (timing is hard), anti air (which is good, but you have to wait for an attack at crucial times of the match) and focus attacks (where i always rather a flashy bnb FADC etc)....

[TheBubby1]

Too bad Akuma can't grab people out of the air with his Ultra/Super. Considering his low health, you'd think Capcom would have hooked him up so he can do some Sagat style damage to folks. I also think they should have given him that "Shockwave" style super from Third Strike.

Great videos, my man. I will make sure to have my nephew watch your whole series. He mains Akuma and has been wondering how to best use the demon.

[jdigitalseven]

Akuma is already over powered, why give him more options?

[darkself]

because he TAKES SO MUCH DAMAGE almost like seth

[lordofultima]

@darkself He already has enough options, if they gave him more options he'd be broken, and more health he'd also be broken.

[Taatiz573tpt]

lowering your hitboxes with crouching forward kick BUFFER = fucking AWESOME ....!! bro your tutorial vids are LEGEND

[uKzLuXaFleX]

yes your right , i get the idea but how you do it? he tells me but wats crouching rounhouse?

[lordofultima]

LP (light punch) = Jab

MP (medium punch) = Strong

HP (hard punch) = Fierce

LK (light kick) = Short

MK (medium kick) = Forward

HK (hard kick) = Roundhouse

[juanreyes1212]

lmao "I'm gonna get you. No you're not, bitch. Demon-Demon-Demon."

[Akabane69]

@juanreyes1212 Rofl I laughed there too so bad.

[Anfmethodjor]

great video man, thanks for the tips. Can't wait to live the nightmare trying to recreate these buffers on the X360 controller, I'm a pad user.

[TheBubby1]

You know, Microsoft really should be slapped for not making a Saturn style fightpad. There are people who've never played Street Fighter in an arcade. The cats that live in Cali or NY still have arcades, but the rest of the USA is hit or miss with the majority of people being console players. The average kid can't just plop down 150 bucks for a TE joystick.

[lordofultima]

Well Madcatz does make fightpads you know.

[Anfmethodjor]

I've never liked fight pads, but as of lately I've been considering getting one because after I reached G1-C, I realized that some characters really need an arcade stick in order for me to be able to pull off certain combos consistently like Gen's Mk,hands, and other characters like Honda and Cammy. Some hard trials seam impossible with the pad.

But if I get an arcade stick, it will have to be wireless, so the official Tekken 6 one is high on my list.

[Anfmethodjor]

And by the way, these inputs work perfectly (70% of the time ;) on the controller, I'm able to do it by buffering [directional input of choice, f, b, df, or db]+Lp+PPP+Lk

[TheBubby1]

True, but to rely on a company that had such a "shaky" rep until they produced the TE is..well not the best way to show that you have your customer's best interest at heart. Plus they had a whole bunch of problems with the fightpads not reading diagonals.

[xsly15]

lol west is an asshole? hahaha **** that guy

[Dellenyum]

PLZ how do u do the cross up lp air fireball, realy having problems,shooting the air fireball,just as i leave the ground.thx

[lordofultima]

PLZ Stop spamming my videos with comments that are completely off-topic Tiger Knee that shit, look it up.

[Jehjoa]

Isn't Sagats Tiger Knee done with a DP motion? I'm guessing you meant Fei Longs chicken wing motion?

[lordofultima]

The motion has always been called the tiger knee motion, since originally that's how you had to perform a tiger knee with sagat. if you hear about TK'ing, realize that they're talking about that and not a DP motion.

[RawGamePlay]

Dude you are a fucking genius. Love this video and all of your other videos. Your smart. Michael Hurdle From Raw Video Game Play.

[snakeater]

i always find myself watching gameplay vids. lol this looks real fun.

[Gene512]

sick stuff dude ^_^

[Cubanned]

This man has my child, Loltima... You need to pay dem bills!

[xxCoolbreeze]

you ever thought about taking your akuma to evo?

[lordofultima]

Yep, thought about it -- I should work on taking it to local tourneys before that, though.

[akaisyaoran]

lol i love that last combo...

[Jtehbunny]

Balrog says "No escape!".

[lordofultima]

I know this, but that's not nearly as hilarious is it? It's just like English VO Fuerte, "Apeekapoka!" way cooler than fajita buster.

[1nertia]

LOL at 5:30 .... "DEMON DEEMON DEMOON"

[M4st3rM1nd1337]

gotta love those fadc into ultras xD

gonna try them online just for the laughs

[MokiSenpai]

Wow... great work man. i sucked in a lot of raging demons like in the video with Ryu :D I'm playing with a keyboard but man... i have to buy on of those arcade sticks :D

[luneydesmond]

Great commentary and video quality. May I ask what you use to record your gameplay? Also what type of arcade stick are you using? Keep up the great work~

[lordofultima]

I use Fraps to record the PC version of Street Fighter IV, as seen here (1280x720, 60fps). I'm using a Madcatz Fightstick SE modded with Sanwa parts, the artwork has been removed.

[juanreyes1212]

What are you using to edit these videos? I love the style.

Do you have to reduce the graphics in order for fraps to work better or you like the game more like that?

[lordofultima]

I use Adobe After Effects CS4 for the fancy editing, and then the final cut is done in Sony Vegas.

I do have to reduce the model quality to medium to record steady frames in fraps, but I do sort of like the clean look to them despite that.

[uKzLuXaFleX]

one last thing wat do you mean with Buffering?

[Taatiz573tpt]

when you input another button while pushing another...?? soo he does a CROUCHING MK at the same time he is pushing the LP button "buffering"!! crouching and pushing the HK to sweep kick k.

[KuramaElo]

Mad Catz Street Fighter Fight Stick.

I'm not sure if you meant the actual joystick or not.

[Mettleh3d]

nice editting

[skd1337]

good work, love your tuts!

Im going to kick you... no your not bitch!

[xBokkiNx]

you should note cMK drops your hitbox back as well sometimes catching ambiguous cross-ups and putting them in front of you.

[lordofultima]

Yeah there's a couple things I should note but I hate youtube annotations and I hate going back and editing this even more.

[rugiOHHHH]

yes. fuck west. :|

[Ossi101]

Great video, a lot of those shouldn't do stuff I use to do early on playing as Akuma. But I learned it the hard way. Sexy tips man - I'm totally going to try these out.

[Abvance]

Post some vids of you playing online, win or lose.

[lordofultima]

I have plenty of those..my xbox is currently dead so you'll have to wait on that front.

[Raweriio]

awesome.

[JOELSYKO]

Thanks bro, i guess it does kinda help, but this might be asking much but what i'd really like is a vid on FA canceling, having little trouble with that, its either my timing or execution, would appreciate it.

[MrCookTM]

really nice man! @weird stuff: i kinda lol'd! :D