Street Fighter V‘s cast of characters has an array of strengths and weaknesses, but nobody is easier to kill than Akuma.
Akuma, the red-haired devil, is what’s known as a glass cannon — he dishes out tons of damage but can’t take much. Out of all the characters in SFV, Akuma has the least stamina and can get knocked out quicker than anyone. Recently, some Street Fighter players have been taking on a new challenge: taking out Akuma using just two combos.
Finally!
Chun can do it! Raw jump combo into VT then dash up low combo for the stun and kill. The microwalk into 4HP at the end is so hard! pic.twitter.com/N7ZoHd3OWT
— Javits Arias (@jav1ts) March 24, 2017
The challenge was started by player Javits Arias. He kicked it off by taking Akuma all the way down to death with two combos from Chun-Li.
The responses have been trickling in, showing just how quickly Akuma can be taken down by players with expert-level combo skills.
Zangief can do it.
Another one for the 2 combo challenge. 🙂 #AkumaChallenge #GoukiChallenge #Zangief #SFV pic.twitter.com/79vW1AglbS
— Frame Data V (@FrameDataV) March 24, 2017
Ryu can do it.
@jav1ts Done for Ryu pic.twitter.com/YY1CXGNUus
— Delz (@DelzonFire) March 25, 2017
Cammy can do it.
.@jav1ts There it is. #Cammy kills Akuma in 2 combos (2nd with a light) with no subtlety #AkumaChallenge cc @FrameDataV 🙂 Fun idea! pic.twitter.com/NkM34dO58e
— Loïc Petit (@WydD) March 25, 2017
Kolin can do it.
#2ComboDeadAkuma #Kolinlab i did it. Janky AF, but i killed him.https://t.co/z4hrkPrrAp pic.twitter.com/O0hsY4t4Tl
— Olaf (@OlafRedland) March 25, 2017
F.A.N.G. can do it.
@jav1ts #2comboDeadAkuma Sorry this took forever, fraps was giving me tons of issues. Nonetheless, here’s the Akuma Challenge with F.A.N.G! pic.twitter.com/1Kiae8yyJl
— Steven Shao (@Shaosprojects) March 27, 2017
Players have shown that the feat is possible with a good chunk of the SFV roster, which shows just how weak Akuma is against other characters. It also explains why you almost never see Akuma played in competitive SFV — he’s just too easy to kill.
Akuma can block combos when in the hands of a capable player, but his damage output doesn’t make him a balanced character. Capcom is giving a buff to Akuma in the next update, bumping his stamina from 875 to 900 to hopefully give Akuma players a bit more confidence.
Whether that will be enough to make Akuma a viable pick remains to be seen.
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