Pad Akira

I haven't been able to acquire a VF stick for my 360 so I'm still forced to playing Akira on the pad. It was a tough obstacle to overcome to even get Akira to become playable but with a few weeks of practice it looks like it isn't AS impossible as people on the board make it out to be. Granted I still get creamed around half the time while playing online but I don't think thats any fault but my own, primarily learning the changes from Evo to VF5 (Akira and the fighting system).

The toughest things that I am having trouble with while playing (and not just with Akira) is proper use of ETEG/DTEG. I can successfully do 2 TE during it but no more. I go for 3 it just doesn't work (in EVO I could do 3 with a PS2 pad.) If I go for any more I usually end up messing up the G and just doing an ETE, usually getting CH for lots of pain. Another are the elbows, no matter how hard I try I just can't make /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif come out properly after /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif, or more specifically anything that has a fast recovery. Moves like knee or yoho I can do it every time but why would I, I'd just get punished even harder after whiffing anyway.

Well, this post isn't really a question, its more of a rant of boredom but I really wanted to share my thoughts on my Pad Akira. I can FINALLY buffer /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f_.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/df.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif (special thanks to AkiraZero, Beligerent_feck and any others with that one, wasn't putting it in fast enough after the /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f_.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif) CD>ETEG, CD>knee, yoho > /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif > knee > DP, DLC ( /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/b.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/f.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif + /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif, and of course the canned /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif + /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif) as well as many more.

Overall I think my pad Akira is ok, it is far from being pro, but I think with a little practice Akira is playable for those who don't have a stick.

Oh yeah, I don't use the D-Pad when I play, I use the joystick on the pad. Its very accurate after using it and with practice buffering becomes second nature (though I swore up and down it would never happen when I first got VF5 and my 360). The hardest part of learning was letting the stick go to neutral when it should (so hard with a thumb, ugh).

And then there is the knee problem. I solved that problem on my pad, sort of...

I just rebound /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif + /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/g.gif to the A button on my 360 pad, left everything else alone. Scrape A and B on the pad (B = /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/k.gif) and with a few days practice I can now do it on command and routinely splm>knee>knee>knee>knee scrubs I encounter online, they usually send me a message saying I'm cheap and I just tell them to put Sarah away and go try to use Akira's knee and get back with me.

Anyway, I've been rambling. Ramble ramble ramble, someone really needs to tell me when to STFU!!

Any feedback would be appreciated. Love to hear from other pad Akira's.

 

*Walks into PAA meeting* (Pad Akiras Anonymous)

Hi, I'm Seidon and I've been using pad Akira for a few months now. (sits in circle)

I have got all of his god moves going for me now after beating on people online for a while and running the dojo ragged.

I perform the knee using the pre set buttons on my 360 pad.

I described how I do it in another post which I'll quote:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...to do the knee put your index finger on square and your middle finger on circle.

Flick over the bottom of square, as if you were trying to hit the plastic beneath it and accidentally swept over the button. While pushing circle.</div></div>

I'm a Wolf player but some people moan when you beat them with Wolf saying I use should use a character who takes "skill" to play.

So when HOWL decided to get better with Akira I done the same thing.

He is now one of my strongest characters. I wouldn't consider him better than my Wolf but some people do.