Who Should I choose?

hav u tried the MOVELIST????

anyway, ++ +

 

Thanx for that man,cos you made me laugh.Why, because my dad is sitting at home all day trying to do it.(he thinks he is Akira expert.)

 

Good Luck to your Dad, he's going to need it. /versus/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

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PhoenixDth said:

errr, thats not i was talking about. Most of what Minami did were simple moves taken to an extremely high level. His basic combo was (as you said) , (crumple). No DLC, no SPOD, just extreme high level of basics. Now when actually talking about the topic here, Minami is point proven that you dont need all that flashy akira mumbo jumbo to win. If you work on your fundamentals long enough, you get stronger. Therefore akira is a suitable beginners character, but has a different flow chart to learn to the path to victory.



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Ok I just dug out about 30 matches I have of Minami, before, during, and after his win at KSII.

In the videos you can see him use the SpoD, DLC, Yoho, and EVERY single move in Akira's movelist effectively and efficiently.

If you need specific examples:

-in the semifinals against Yono he used the SpoD after he was throw escaped to which he back dashed from a low punch to move in with the SpoD.

-in the finals he used the DLC on Heruru to knock him into the wall from the shrm.


-also the vids that were on the A-cho thread had ones of him from his Kumite event, watch all four of them and he uses tons of extremely high level techniques, even the Yoho, punch, shrm, dblplm combo.

 

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he uses tons of extremely high level techniques, even the Yoho, punch, shrm, dblplm combo.

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This is a staple for Akira & could only be "extremely high level" if what you mean by "extremely high level" is something along the lines of "competent". If you can modify , you can do this. True, you'll see good players miss the dbpm and throw out sgpm or elbow but you'll also see 46% Louisiana redneck scrubs such as myself dial it up. Please. Anyone who wants to play Akira would have a blast doing so...he takes some practice but guess what? Virtua Fighter takes some practice.

 

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-in the semifinals against Yono he used the SpoD after he was throw escaped to which he back dashed from a low punch to move in with the SpoD.

-in the finals he used the DLC on Heruru to knock him into the wall from the shrm.


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Oh wow 2 whole whopping examples from a 8 matches of play which a minimum of 3 round, maximum 5. By doing math, (watch closely kid) 24 rounds to 40 rounds. The average of that is 32. Lets say by akiras strength he performs 12-14 offensive move executions a round. Lets take that average (13) and multiply it by 32 rounds. Wow a big number 416!!. Now lets cite your 2 whole examples in the tournament, and divide it by 416 move executions. We get a whopping 0.48% likelyhood to use SPOD or DLC. That shit doesnt even make a percent point. Do your research before you spout bullshit.

btw Yoho, punch, shrm, dblplm combo, should be standard for any akira player in japan. If you cant do the combo, they're using the character, simple as that. I love how you say "tons" of extremely high level and list one akira combo.

 

Yes, but Minami rarely (if ever) misses any combo, or throws out a high risk move without the gaurentee that it will hit.

 

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EmpNovA said:

Yes, but Minami rarely (if ever) misses any combo, or throws out a high risk move without the gaurentee that it will hit.

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Dude thats not the argument here. Remember, we're talking about how necessary SPOD and DLC is!!. Oh no theres less then half a percent chance that minami will use it as his next move !! But wait we're staying even more on topic. We're just a north american VF beginner!! Damn that SPOD and DLC is the only thing thatll guarentee my akira VICTOLY!! (not a typo)

 

Basically you NEED to know those move in order to master Akira, those moves being DLC and SpoD, oh and also the KNEE (the harder one).

 

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Basically you NEED to know those move in order to master Akira, those moves being DLC and SpoD.

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Again who made you the authority on akira. Maybe you need them, but at beginning level of VF play there is no NEED to learn those moves. What good is learning those moves if you dont even have to fundamentals to set up their execution. Like YOU said, minami set up a low punch that whiffed after TE so SPOD can be executed. If any beginner has the ability to set up that SPOD and DLC execution should be a cakewalk.

I think you need a page out of . . .
http://www.exitbackwards.com/boardpics/dummy.jpg
because you never know what the shit your talking about.

 

Sigh, you need to read slower, I said nothing about newbs playing AKira, I said you need the moves in order to MASTER (yes MASTER implying that you are at a high level of play with) Akira. Seriously man, in order to MASTER Akira you need the DLC, SpoD, and Knee.

 

why the hell are you talking about mastering akira. Arent you always the one to tell people to stay on topic. We're on beginning level of VF play. Oh look the topic read "Who Should I choose?". Not how do i master akira with the DLC SPOD. Take a page from your own book and stay on topic.