akira vulnerability

Hey guys! Iwant to be brief bout akira vulnerability. I am good Akira player here in Philippines and I think this is important to me. Is there any way that akira is vulnerable to? Like his+ <font color="yellow"> </font>charged has a flaw.

 

Try being more specific, what do you mean by : '' Is there any way that akira is vulnerable to? Like his + charged has a flaw. '' It's pretty vague.

 

The only obvious weakness is his lack of spinning moves and lows (although he does have one of the best, if not the best half spinning move in the game).

 

Anyone who says the Akira has vulnerablilities must be a real moron or don't know how to use him. He's already powerful enough as it is.

Besides if Akira gets the things that ppl suggest like full circular moves would completely contradict his fighting style which is very Karateish meaning very direct.

 

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Devil7om said:

The only obvious weakness is his lack of spinning moves and lows (although he does have one of the best, if not the best half spinning move in the game).

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Are you talking about SPOD? If so, I don't think SPOD owns other good half circular moves in the game due to its slow execution and bad recovery.

 

i would assume doublefist, because its charge, half circular, -2 on block, and knock down on all hits.

 

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SiYkO said:

i would assume doublefist, because its charge, half circular, -2 on block, and knock down on all hits.

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+ is pretty good. Just a minor correction seems needed as it's -3 on block instead of -2. I remember back in the old days of VF4 Ver.B, Shoulder ram was half circular. I'd say that'd been one of the best half circular moves in the game.

 

just the way i like it /versus/images/graemlins/smile.gif,

infact, it be quite silly if akira did a roundhouse kick like lau--akira's a MAN, not a danser lol. his attitidude blends in quite well with his fighting style imho. akira vs. akira fights can last very long, evade..after and evade until someone uses a throw and pokes an eye out /versus/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

what I meant was that Akira's + makes him vulnerable by the time the enemy evades it. Ijust want to have some examples that akira cannot do anything but accept the retaliation... /versus/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

What you said that akira is tough enough to be the character best is a complete insanity. akira has a flaw, admit it what i just want to ask is your suggestion regarding akira when he's in trouble/ /versus/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

well every move in the game is punishable if properly dealt with, ++ is no exception.

 

The move is actually hard to evade more than any move that Akira has IMO. It's half circular, if not used on wake up, I wouldn't worry about getting this move evaded during a real match cause if people don't expect it, this move is really hard to evade on reaction.

If people start evading toward Akira's back on wake up to dodge the move, start using SPOD instead. It will discourage them a lot.

 

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mason666 said:

What you said that akira is tough enough to be the character best is a complete insanity. akira has a flaw, admit it what i just want to ask is your suggestion regarding akira when he's in trouble/ /versus/images/graemlins/frown.gif

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Akira has a strong defense techniques list in comparision to other characters besides Aoi. Even I haven't seen a high level Akira players for example use all of his Sabaki, Inashi and hi/mid/low reversals effectively in a high preasure defensive situation. Those moves are Akira's get out of danager free cards. The only reason you don't see Akira players use those defensive techniques like Aoi players is that the risk/reward ratio is not enough.

With that said Akira is pretty much the strongest character of the game. Using him to his actual potiential is a whole other story.

 

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what I meant was that Akira's + makes him vulnerable by the time the enemy evades it. Ijust want to have some examples that akira cannot do anything but accept the retaliation...

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There's an old Majoga dural combo vid where Akira charges DFS fully and is evade>bodycheck'd (Dural's ) for 3/4ths a lifebar...This is essentially max damage for the move & essentially what Dural would get for evade>DBC vs a slower mid like sidekick. This is how I would look at Akira's vulnerability after a successfully evaded +...as if had been MC evaded. I eat throws a good bit when I get in this situation, for whatever it's worth. On the whole though, DFS rocks.

 

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kungfusmurf said:

Anyone who says the Akira has vulnerablilities must be a real moron or don't know how to use him. He's already powerful enough as it is.

Besides if Akira gets the things that ppl suggest like full circular moves would completely contradict his fighting style which is very Karateish meaning very direct.

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I agree with the second part, but the first part is BS, powerful enough and has vulnerablilities are two different thing. Plus AKira isn't all that powerful now, the Evo Ver.B Akirais weaker than ever.(compare to VF4 and Evo Ver.A)

On to defense, reversals aren't very useful, not even high lv Aoi players use them very often, The +++ is grat though, not easy to land, but it deals a lot of damage, IMO the best way to deal with LP abuser in game.

 

Dude!!! Where in the Philippines are u? I'm dying to play VF with someone here as I haven't played VF in months. I'm in Tarlac City, Tarlac. Do u go on the Buhawi League forums? We can have Akira vs Akira matches going on. Holla back..