The Modern Demon Is REAL - Modern Akuma Guide

[@MrShinTensei]

"modern akuma sucks" Months later haitani makes top 6 with modern akuma at evo. "Modern akuma is one of the best" lol

[@duxnihilo]

I doubt it. He seems really bad.

[@MrShinTensei]

@@duxnihilo that's what every content creator said about modern Chun li. All it takes is a person in a tournament to do good with them for opinions to change lol

[@LiquidChamploo]

A professional using a character is different than the masses though. They have the knowledge and experience so things like this.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Haitani showed the power of Modern Super in neutral (Chun Level 2). Akuma supers are bad.

[@Gookeem]

That will say more about haitani than akuma, modern akuma is hot garbage. I expect a rework

[@solomon9655]

I'll be playing Akuma because I spent the money. I'll be playing on Modern because Classic hurts my hands on faster characters. Yes I'm part of the problem you cannot stop me. In all seriousness if I can wrap my head around Akuma's game plan in Modern to the point where it's second nature, I might be able to make the switch over to Classic.

[@Dimchek970]

Modern got me into street fighter for real,it made it so much easier to learn the fundementals, to the point where now i'm at the point where i have an actual gameplan and i'm executing it, or registering and reacting to my opponents gameplan. Reached master with ryu, chun, ken, luke, cammy,, so akuma is next for sure

[@anso3886]

⁠@@Dimchek970 same here 😊

[@HappyPuppiesRonnieAndCoco]

As Modern-only Master Ken, I appreciate your videos about Modern stuff.

[@kaigai-nikimajikoi325]

5:52 damn that’s some good ass damage even with the modern 😵

[@CosmicRPG]

Make total sense Modern Akuma is bad, specially Modern Akuma dont have Modern Raging Demon, so Jiyuna, Classic Akuma > Modern Akuma

[@erno6155]

Modern raging demon is slightly altered from classic. They removed the forward input, so u just have to press the buttons. So it's about 1 button faster.

[@nassattack]

tell that to all the Modern Akumas that beat me up lmao

[@malacara1335]

8:02 the cut made me think Luke had an antiair grab for a second.

[@ryuenjin]

Satsui no Modern

[@Jinir]

I'm struggling in high plat/low dia...I'm doing nothing of what your guide says to do! Excited to implement these strats into my gameplay and start enjoying him more

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Good luck.

[@walt8899]

For me, it's weird. I can do the raging demon, but not the demon teleport

[@John.D.Onepiece]

You have to press L M and H all at the same time, to make it easier on yourself you can remap a button to be that input.

[@omersiddiqui4371]

Really like your guides. Will we be getting a modern Ed guide?

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Modern Terry next

[@Id0nthavename]

I don't care about your Akuma tips man, what are your jukebox tips?

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

I’m only using EX Troopers atm, it’s comfy

[@thatmonokeros2429]

he can at least do the classic demon shortcut of combining the last 2 inputs so its L>L>LMH still 3 inputs, but at least its slightly easier than having to press 2 buttons and a direction. He also easy anti-air confirms off jMP cause your supers are one button. (but losing jMK is definitely not worth) Missing the overhead alone is enough for him to be worse than classic, and raging demon is like a treat you really don't use it cause he has such high dmg combos worth dumping meter for. (he also technically has an overhead off his M>H target combo that you can mixup between stHK as a psuedo mixup but it is not worth it just very meme-worthy)

[@ZzigZaG00NIN]

I'm hoping one of the DLC characters will be crazy with modern 😂

[@drzero7]

I actually dont mind Modern Akuma.

[@GarethXL]

yeah, no jump medium kick and over head or reversal super make me go back to ryu

[@TheAmazingHow]

Not as good as classic and Still top 10 lol

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

I wonder 🤔

[@PieceofPeace]

Only character I can really play right now is Classic Cammy -- if I wanted to learn another character but for Modern controls what would be the best choices?

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

If you’re not a tournament player than literally anyone works. Modern Chun/Camny/Luke/Ed/Lily are strong

[@PieceofPeace]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATI Awesome thank you!

[@Hermenegildo_das_Casas]

Great Guide!. For me is very dificult to do drive rush Auto+M->cr.H . I get like 1 in 10. I found that a fine replacement could be drive rush M->Auto+M->Auto+M. It makes a little less damage, but it also make crouching oponents to get up so the Tastu can connect. I don't have any problems with drive rush foward+H->cr. H, but the other one I just can get it.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Yup, that’s actually how I started and it’s completely fine. More important to finish the combo than to maximize damage.

[@SousuiGamebox]

I never knew about the double dash gives you +4frames. Thanks for the tips, bro!

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

That’s the core of his game!

[@adlerjeramie]

If you're only playing modern because you want an advantage, you're going to left wanting every time because you will always be trading in a portion of the classic arsenal. Modern is simply a different way to play the game and clicks better with some people.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Some Modern characters are much better than others. I’m very satisfied with my Modern Cammy for example.

[@adlerjeramie]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATI Definitely! I'm diamond 5 with my modern Rashid and on my way to Master. I play mostly casual matches and I've just been playing a few ranked matches every week. My biggest problem with Modern is that the devs decide how good each character is purely by what they lose. It feel arbitrary at times because some characters lose overheads and some keep them. I think there should be like Modern A, B, C, versions of each character that have different tradeoffs. Or let the player decided which level (light, medium, heavy) of the direction specials they get.

[@trevor_mcdonald]

ehh idk, still feels like a decent character in modern. Tachikawa seems to be doing well with him

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Tachikawa will be the first person to tell you he stinks in Modern lol. All he does is complain about the character.

[@gus051]

How do you open people that just crouch block and tech throws

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

That is the core of SF - you cannot tech throws on reaction so they are guessing everytime. To beat throw tech, you need to do a delayed attack or shimmy to punish their throw tech attempt.

[@beepybop3187]

Hey man great video! Recently I changed my name in granblue rising to I Am Jiyuna, then all of a sudden last night I had a dream where seofon got revealed for rising then i woke up with a mysterious pair of shorts. What does this mean??

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

He’s coming..

[@xXxGodThanatosxXx]

i literally just wanted the overhead, plz capcom don't take away the overheads

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Seems to be their universal strategy for Modern. It’s sad 😢

[@xXxGodThanatosxXx]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATI unfortunately, and that alone makes a huge difference in viability, especially at high levels where players realize they can only defend crouching and just tech throws

[@NosBlueade]

For seeing you as THE M-ism advocate, this is disappointing news but I'll trust your notes as definitive.

[@spookyfeliciano94]

Wait you can use raging demon on modern

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

L L M H is the input

[@Limit5482]

Capcom new moderns are just gonna feem for air fireball->land fireball-DP 😂

[@boredgames4794]

you can get 6500 in corner on modern with full resources but yea still 100 or so damage less than classic

[@misplaydave]

When are you going to a modern tier list?

[@colombiansRul3s]

M Akuma does get 1 advance thing over Classic, micro walk M punch

[@LiquidChamploo]

It was only a matter of time before modern controls hit a wall. The team may have to get more creative to make modern players happy, I honestly thought this would be more of an issue with AKI but here we are. I’m kind of excited to see how they improve on the “simple” gaming option, they go hard on players who use modern but I couldn’t imagine not having access to all my normals 😭😩😩

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Modern Ed just qualified for EWC lol

[@LiquidChamploo]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATIO lawd 😩😩😭

[@Psikick4]

​@@ANIMEILLUMINATIwho was it?

[@Coswalker27]

I swear I watched an overview video about modern akuma. You can do all his demon flips by pressing 1 of the attack buttons while in the air. Also, teleport by pressing all 3 attack at the same time.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

You can do the followups but not choose the initial trajectory. And yes, teleport works fine.

[@tman1782]

He is fine

[@bananabike279]

I wonder what Dynamic Akuma would play like...

[@elitexoxo2190]

this is how it should be. wanna use modern lose best shit. good trade imo

[@Cbacn]

title change huh?! 🤔

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Yes, too many people thought I was saying he was unplayable.

[@darkimmunity0210]

What about modern Shin Akuma though????

[@ThePlayerHasNoName]

I still can't believe we did not get an instant raging demon in modern.... (even though the demon input is somewhat simplified in modern). Also, if you do the shin akuma in modern, you still cannot do the double air fireball nor one of the added supers (quarter circle back twice + kick)

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Oh noooo

[@ShiShi12]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATI I think you can do modern demon by inputting light attack + the 3 button macro (dont quote me on that tho)

[@xXxGodThanatosxXx]

Meanwhile M. Ed is competitive like Cammy/Luke/Lily? is there any other character that became better in modern with the update?

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Update didn’t change much for Modern I think?

[@Aphextal93]

Agreed.

[@bdizzle145]

I like the old title better haha, I've still yet to use a modern character but I think I'd be interested after remapping the controls on pad, I don't like the default so much.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Worst part about Modern are the controls/Assist button

[@Christian-wr4ge]

I think you're the only creator out there doing content for Modern characters. Thank you sir.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Modern is life

[@OfficeArcade]

Do you have an updated modern tier list? New to sf6 and not sure who are some good characters to invest in on the modern side.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Cammy/Luke/Chun/Ed/Lily and shotos like Ryu/Ken/Akuma are fine.

[@OfficeArcade]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATI thanks man!

[@OfficeArcade]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATI thanks man! Appreciate the reply!

[@zombietaker9936]

Hey everyone I know this has nothing to do with the video but im actually asking for help lately I usually do well in tournaments with modern characters like cammy, akuma and guile but now lately I’ve been doing so bad that I don’t even win my first winners and losers matches anymore. I was wondering if anyone can help and if so please. I would like to spar and perhaps if any of you have time to coach me as I’m worried for evo because I’m actually going to compete at evo for the first time in this game. Thank you for understanding. I’m in a dark place especially cause I lost again right now in a tournament. And I feel so defeated

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Just have FUN. If FG’s are making you depressed you should put them down. I just went 0-2 in tournament on Tuesday and I don’t care at all, just excited for the next one.

[@brayenmorrison3199]

First. M for Messatsu.

[@YungBl3ss94]

I don’t think you know about mapping controls for modern akuma I mapped his teleport and his raging demon is two button input

[@Ryukekun]

i mapped mine to right thumb stick..all i do is press foward and dubble tap and it works like a charm lmao

[@misplaydave]

You’re a good teacher

[@misplaydave]

Just switched to Modern Chun and modern Akuma looks easier and stronger than her

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Modern Chun is stronger and still putting up results in Japan. Watch Edamakoto

[@lucianoaguero6795]

Tell me it ain't so, the Modern Demon isn't meta?

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

😢

[@DarkProdigy820]

Commenting on every video before Arakune BBCF combo trials. I still think that modern Lily is a ton of fun and should be played.

[@1994silent]

Jyuna "Akuma sucks " Akuma wins Evo Jyuna apology video

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Modern*

[@CommandThrow]

Legitimately surprised they didn't just let you go full M gorilla with Akuma. Fine you like it like THAT Capcom? Beatrix is RIGHT THERE bro.

[@michael13849]

Literally my reaction. After i have my fun im moving into slayer. If capcom dont got me, arcsys will.

[@Ryukekun]

Highly appreciate the honesty and gameplan of modern akuma..I was discouraged to play akuma..because i realised how many moves he's missing on modern. But with a correct gameplan..I can do this. I believe. Thank you man

[@cylondorado4582]

Yeah, Akuma’s thing is being Ryu with more tools but less health, so it makes more sense to play modern Ryu then Akuma with less tools.

[@zesso1205]

Im new to SF and fighting games I like Akuma but can only play with modern :D Classic too hard for me

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Have fun with him! I'm still playing Modern and beating people up

[@zesso1205]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATI Hey ty. If you could give me one tip for learning combos, getting better or have an easier start as a beginner what would it be? What im doing right now is going into training and well train the combos there :D It just feels overwhelming because I really never played fighting games before. I feel kinda stupid asking this question but as a beginner it is not so easy for me to get into SF6 not gonna lie.

[@jaskaransidhu231]

Did they remove demon on modern?

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

No, but the input is L L M H

[@johnwright-b2l]

Classic is the better way to go when learning Gouki/Akuma .

[@magusomnius3201]

not one demon was flipped in the making of this video

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

I still don’t use it.

[@Floridamangaming729]

So I’m new and i don’t really get why the crouching medium punch is so good. Does it have good range or something?

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Good range, faster strartup than cr.MK, solid combo tool. Overall very good button.

[@pensologohesito]

Thanks for the Modern video. Most people have completely forgot about Modern, which is a shame because I really like modern in this game. Not much content about it in the last months.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Modern Ed just qualified for EWC! Video soon

[@thelastgogeta]

E.X. Troopers music!

[@thelastgogeta]

You still make Modern Akuma look like an menace, but he seems to be the kind of character who really benefits from playing Classic even before we get into the damage difference. They made the right call by tuning him for Classic, though he's aight in Modern.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

It’s great

[@therealtombrokaw]

Hard disagree, he's so easy to play on modern. Modern raging demon is also way easier. Medium assist combo comes out fast and is an auto hit confirm and does big damage. Don't forget assisted combos do not have a damage penalty

[@hifen9406]

nobody using modern for real is using assist combos

[@MrShinTensei]

He's nasty in modern.

[@therealtombrokaw]

@@hifen9406 What does using modern for real mean? I put three people in masters using only assisted combos. If by "for real" you mean pro level play then that is irrelevant to the vast majority of people.

[@ANIMEILLUMINATI]

Modern demon is exactly the same as Classic in terms of input speed. Auto combo is also not something worth using past the basic level.

[@therealtombrokaw]

@@ANIMEILLUMINATI basic is a vague term. I'd argue a majority of players would do more damage over time using auto combos than manual or hybrid modern combos just due to reliability. It's like every kid thinks he should shoot threes because it's the most efficient choice for NBA players when these kids would score more going for lay ups. Most people are basic and will forever be basic

[@ThirtyfourEC]

At least he's not as bad as Modern Ryu.

[@Psikick4]

You are so wrong lmao. Modern Ryu still has all his good buttons. One of the best modern chars.

[@MrShinTensei]

Modern ryu is even better now with the update lol

[@tndrunning3328]

Modern Ryu is good! Like really really good

[@dawsan2691]

Nah so Im the #1 Akuma in northwestern Brazil, modern Akuma is super broken hes top 1 for sure. Yall just dont have the tech yet.

[@Itslewcario]

I’d say more like top 5. Sure he loses some normals but honestly I don’t notice it much.. I did change my binds which allows for me to only press two buttons tho. Mf is a menace 😭

[@neohayabusa13]

If modern akuma sucks, then Good! you have to earn to play as akuma with skill. It's always been that way since he showed up. Even to get to fight against him you had to prove yourself worthy.

[@tman1782]

😂 Skill?

[@MrShinTensei]

Well from that it must mean that winning with modern akuma since he sucks takes more skill than winning with classic lol