The truth about A.K.I. Season 2 Matchups

[@vetri99tsukuya20]

Only Jaime's divekick is supposed to have a big hurt box you silly billy

[@remylebeau34]

Haha the games been out for over a year you all should know better 😂

[@jarikjarikson]

Best KZbin intro there is

[@anantp8797]

I literally clicked on the video for the intro

[@_ADiSSY]

THANK YOU! I know (or at least think) most of the time, people speak from the topic character's perspective, but I still prefer specifying who wins what in the tiers. It just makes my brain happier (but I might also be a little stupid in general)

[@kyoruh]

honestly at first i was like "i don't want akuma to be weak but i hope he gets toned down a bit :)" but after playing this fucking matchup all day for months i hope this trash ass character gets nerfed to the ground and only recovers last season

[@Chanse1989]

Love these tears lmao

[@kyoruh]

@@Chanse1989 happy for you

[@Arcane_Fanpage-jinx]

EXACTLY AKI VS AKUMA IS SO ANOYYING FOR AKI

[@Spabobin]

The lower extended hurtbox on Akuma's demon flip Divekick is projectile invuln, it's basically designed as a hard counter to fireballs if the Akuma sees you throw one while mid-air

[@scorchone2310]

I refuse to hear it from anyone, Akuma is so blatantly top 1 it’s insane. People are going to look back at this season and make video essays being like “oh wow that was one of the most blatantly busted characters in SF6’s history”

[@girlweird833]

And then Ken gotta be right behind him. Akuma at least has the lowest heealth. What flaw does Ken have?

[@monomonty2071]

​@@girlweird833akuma's health is a non-factor if his dmg turns even gief effectively into a 9k health character.

[@ScuffKinn]

Bison

[@basilvitamin8878]

​@@monomonty2071I wouldn't say it has no downside, but the pros of his moveset being so broken far outweigh the cons

[@MrBones105]

I fully agree with this. I've said this before but he is so obviously, egregiously busted and the amount of collective downplay from the community is ridiculous just because he's "cool" and popular.

[@MrMisfortune]

That starting match was one hell of a Demon Flip moment

[@CeilingPanda]

Playing the same character as Broski in a game is such a good previlige :D so much great info :D

[@1000Tomatoes]

Akuma's only redeeming quality is that I have so much matchup knowledge against him because there's so many ranked Akumas. My fireball perfect parry success rate is like 10x more against Akuma than anyone else.

[@OkairMcLaren]

Aki's poison bubbles 🫧 hitboxes don't fully match the animation, they're more towards the center of the bubble 🫧 - Also whenever characters jump, their hurtbox gets drastically reduced and they have fireball invulnerability on their lower legs

[@verbatim7508]

But Akuma wasn't jumping, he was dive kicking. Dive kicks are supposed to have giant hurtboxes below them. But yes, you're right that AKI's bubbles have much smaller hurtboxes than they appear to have.

[@SaltyKeldion]

​@verbatim7508 There's your problem, thinking he has Jamie sized hurtboxes and hitboxes on his dive kick.

[@Calhasnopals]

The real worst AKI matchup is the people choosing to complain about her strength instead of Ken/Bison/Akuma

[@girlweird833]

On the thumbnail is that Ryu where that says easy? I cant figure who that is. Its Marisa, i figured it out.

[@KiTTtheKiDD]

In retrospect, now all the AKI buffs make so much damn sense with Akuma dropping. Imagine S1 AKI going up against this dude!!

[@aledantih6524]

Mostly agree with this list. I would put Guile in disadvantage. I hate Guile in general but AKI still very much struggles against him. I'd also move Ed and Bison into slight disadvantage. I struggle with Ryu too but I think that's just because I get tired of fighting him over and over again lol

[@gameclips5734]

meanwhile jet-lagged broski holds his own against bonchan's akuma

[@old_man_fran]

Yay... Marisa is top of a tier list!! 💪

[@tilian6660]

Blanka doesnt have a 6f medium to check drive rushes with but he does have a 7 frame heavy kick with 9 active frames that ppl just run into all the time imo, doesnt convert as hard as some other ppl might off a check but its still super easy/low effort due to the fact that it also is a decent antiair tool

[@rigoFGC1]

“He has 9K health so the match up is even………no” LMAO

[@juliokazuki5185]

Terry can also whiff punish Aki`s whip with burn knuckle. Is not easy, but it`s pretty doable if you`re looking for it.

[@kyoruh]

i'm happy that most of these line up with my experience

[@creyosbear]

I play a LOT against a good Zangief player, and I would say AKI does have an advantage. The fact that she can cancel her fireball in reaction to him trying to LVL2 completely negates his anti-fireball super, she can punish his 720 with double poison combo, and she actually has better wakeup options than him. Basically i feel like the knockdown into death can go either way, but she chips at him with poison and whip when nothing is happening. Oh and also the buffs to crHK whiff punish make it even harder for Gief to use his normals.

[@lazzygnome4060]

I think the fireball not connecting has more to do with the tiny hitbox on the fireball than the relatively large hurtbox on Akuma's Demon Flip.

[@Raxyz_0]

I think the stupid damage Bison gets push it to disadvantage to Aki. It's considerably easier for Bison to get the right conditions for 7k damage than it is for her. Whoever gets the ball rolling first has a massive advantage in the round, but Bison just gets to convert any kind of stray hit into a guess for game from anywhere in the screen. Honestly, that's how I feel about a lot of matchups with Bison though. Regardless of how well or poorly the tools of two characters interact, the fact that Bison only realistically needs to win neutral once makes it awkward to judge matchups. It's like every MU is 5:5 at round starts and becomes 8:2 in favor of whoever gets the first hit in. lol

[@jessekummer7093]

I was a longtime geif player who swtiched to aki when she was released because i thought she seemed so cool. Ive spent so many years traumatized by dhalsim in the gief matchup that i cant get out of the scrambly headspace i get in when fighting him even as aki lol

[@PoojaMan64]

As a turbulent wind enjoyer I feel like most of his matchups are even until lvl 2 comes in😂then it shifts to 7-3

[@AB54099]

My selfish buff for AKI would be the ability to low profile psycho crusher with either sinister slide or snake step.

[@duxnihilo]

Broski's back!

[@IRiiV4L]

“Yapping” - broski 2024

[@RachaelCross]

imo although i know bison and AKI do similar things, i feel a slight disadvantage in that matchup entirely based on the executional gap between them

[@h2_]

I wanted to drop Deejay for Aki, but run into Akuma or Cammy so frequently that he's still effectively my main, when his only job is handling those matchups 😔

[@chimpmasterflex]

Only related to the akuma complaint part, but I actually like playing Manon vs him, cause ex legs shatter all of his stupid air options, from 99% of ranges. On other characters I play, I have to respect most of that stuff wayyy more lol.

[@Aggrofool]

Ex rondpoint sometimes does not catch his fireball

[@NewMat1]

Technically Aki Mirror should be Aki Advantage

[@ancientcaller]

Idk why but as a plat 1 aki, akuma has never been much of a problem for me. Maybe its just cause he has less health so mid rank akuma players make more mistakes and get insta blown up

[@shaunmcisaac782]

32:38 regarding future buffs - if SFV is anything to go by, the Akuma matchup will be made even more horrendous when Capcom realizes that an insufficient number of players are using the SiRN Akuma transformation and start giving him a fast way to access it. It's in line with how they kept buffing the VT no one used.

[@bluejay7058]

Despite modern devs doing the really smart thing of giving characters access to all their tools and changing things if it's hard/awkward...yeah. Power budget is ABSOLUTELY critical and some opportunities are wasted/entirely too good because of it. DBFZ buffed nearly 90% of it's roster several times just so they could match power with the top tiers, and it worked out pretty damn well in context.

[@HellecticMojo]

God Marisa armor is so bad. It's somehow worse than Season 1 Broly armor from DBFZ. Every time few weeks when I log in, I pick Marisa then remember why I dropped her despite wanting to main her. I wish she was Abigail

[@hamonoverdrive6111]

Also her throw loop is trash… Very hard to use it consistently while most characters with throw loops feel like autopilote

[@Fk8td]

I think Marissa could be ridiculous if her armor covered her whole body. Honestly I she is a cool character. Just not that great.

[@remylebeau34]

I have a horrible feeling they will barely touch akuma with nerfs...

[@HellecticMojo]

I honestly only see a slight fireball nerf and nothing else

[@remylebeau34]

@HellecticMojo yeah that sounds accurate tbh lol

[@Zen-th4sl]

The capybaras in the intro had a better fight than Paul and Tyson

[@jayro792]

Didn’t Citizens Dhalsim put you in losers in the last World Warrior? Are you sure its advantage? Considering how few top tier Dhalsim players there are; have fully tested AKI out against top tier Dhalsims like Mr Crimson?

[@ocoro174]

1:57 what

[@gameclips5734]

numbers mean different things to different people, yes unlike words...

[@verbatim7508]

I can accept AKI/Chun being even. Chun is basically just a slightly stronger Kimberly with a slow fireball this season, in that she simply needs to win too many interactions to be actually scary at any point in a match. Also, you're a coward for not saying AKI loses to Zangief. All Zangief players need to know how carried they are.

[@Haplano]

I hope they nerf Akuma and JP. I dont even play Aki but these two characters are the worst...Akuma because is broken and everyone plays him and JP because...well you know. PS: Also nerf Gief please

[@tomc3130]

I play akuma, and I hate AKI

[@ivaerz4977]

Cmon Pick Sim already i know u want it

[@HellecticMojo]

He really dislikes Sim. Unless Sim gets tk air fireball and actual loopable offense, Broski is done with Sim

[@thepeasant269]

let me guess, Marisa is trash

[@thelandlocksurfer]

Bruv why aren't you in this year's Street fighter League??

[@dredgen-hawk5179]

I think Aki has the advantage in the Aki mirror. No matter what I do Aki wins. 🥲