|EVO2010| SSF4 - Tokido (Akuma) vs. Rico Sauve (Abel) Semi-Finals

[@Slagomancer]

@djmaui When you hold down the Focus Attack ( Med Punch and Med Kick ) it gives you a deflection like guard ( Called Hyper Armor ) which "absorbs" a hit. It's quite useful, but, a quick follow-up hit can still connect, and moves like Dudley's Corkscrew Cross Ultra, actually break through the Hyper Armor, so it's not total safety. Hope this helps a little.

[@bahaanaldo]

@yourleftnut1 I believe he means doing an air fireball with a tiger knee motion. When executed like that, it can become a crossup fireball.

[@Wulfsten1987]

@wccira basically he's inputting the command for demon in a situation where, depending on what abel does, two different priorities take effect. If abel rolls, then the kick part of the demon command whiffs and therefore the demon takes effect and catches abel whilst he's rolling. If he blocks, then the kick gets blocked and demon doesn't come out.

[@PGFXKiu]

@Wulfsten1987 I believe the input is the demon flip then the palm, which doubles as the first punch input for the demon. If the opponent blocks, then the palm will hit and then they're in block stun. If they backdash, or, in this case, Abel does a roll to try and get out, the palm whiffs and then the demon comes out, thus, grabbing him.

[@lilboosie5]

good fights, there is definitely a skill set to this game that only few have

[@Jacob.Streiff]

Great game...excellent execution by tokido and a couple of crucial mistskres by rico sums it up

[@yahoo1o1]

@FlipNautix i agree with everything but... the button is known as 'round house' kick or 'hard' kick... it would be just as if he was saying low hard kick. not really an uncommon thing as he is just describing the input that was used, not the move(sweep) the character performed. i think we can excuse him for that 1

[@SCHeartless]

@csynn I think so too, but Tokido is so fun to watch!

[@NhemLee]

@FlipNautix jab, strong, fierce (punches) short, foward, roundhouse (kicks) Its just an old school way of saying light, medium, and heavy attacks. The commentators like S-Kill and James Chen are just OG street fighters is all. I guess once you learn the name of moves a certain way, it's hard to drop them.

[@direlament]

@ReSe2k I liked infiltration's better, he had some crazy mix-ups and was not afraid to get in anyone's face

[@indyanbigboy89]

@cyrax555 when he says tiger knee, hes referring to the motion of tiger knee with the stick

[@Wulfsten1987]

@FireBlazenTKX I'm not sure precisely what the input is for that option select but it might be something along the lines of pressing the appropriate kick at the same time as the last inputs of the demon, I'm not an Akuma main, but I'm sure you can find a better, more detailed explanation on SRK's Akuma boards.

[@TheFinalGoose]

@Telescreen5 maybe but I doubt it since MvC2 isn't popular in Japan.

[@ShtoiiiBoiii]

@94Stoka94 dont get me wrong i love tokido,and he is my favorite akuma cause i main akuma too but he could work on his footsies by learning from daigo or mago

[@bahaanaldo]

@AbirXtreme001 Oh yeah, it was Floe with Rufus in the semi finals!

[@AcidGlow]

The Iceman lol

[@Hapsmash]

Tokido is ridiculous with that raging demon option select.

[@Kosunde]

@bigwootaw i think that abel lacks a good-quick antiair, crouching mk is not enough, and it has very bad matchup with thawk and zangief. Though it became a lot better in ssf4 still cant compete with higher tiers with its unbeatable headbutt =P

[@wccira]

@csynn No Momochi would not have done a better job because Momochi plays Akuma much differently. Momochi plays akuma more like a ryu, he has superior zoning, uppercuts jumps ins and is very strong with footsies. Tokido plays Akuma with a vortex that is unmatched. He has the best vortex in the world, and you cannot argue that. Once you're down, he keeps you down. Both playstyles work and are equally devastating but I would argue that momochi would have done "Different" Job.

[@Kosunde]

@bigwootaw i think that abel lacks a good-quick antiair, crouching mk is not enough, and it has very bad matchup with thawk and zangief. Though it became a lot better in ssf4 still cant compete with higher tiers as balrog with its unbeatable headbutt. I'd love to see a quick antiair like cody's

[@Calcos323]

JUICEBOX AT THE END! MY HERO

[@tuber52]

rico's abel has the biggest balls in the game. the TT he lands are freakin disgusting. and everything he does seems so high risk but he does it anyways.

[@bahaanaldo]

@AbirXtreme001 I thought he lost to that guy who used Rufus? I don't know of a Jr. I'll have to look up the match.

[@sparty007]

come on seb! come back to FADC.com and stream videos! we miss you

[@beastb83]

lol at the beginning when they were saying this was a bad matchup and abel got his ass whooped.....perfectly....

[@retrohunter06]

but it doesnt MATTEURR

[@kakashiSensai00]

Tokido so beast

[@TechniqueSan]

both very good players.

[@ImpetusZwei]

holy shit. 2x baiting into shin shun goku satsu? i thought im seeing things.

[@patrone411]

@yaktr12 he was scared for ultra fireball punishment i think

[@blkart15]

@XAeolusX they fixed it in the next couple of rounds

[@bahaanaldo]

Wait, if Tokido was at EVO, what happened? Who beat him?

[@EGGAndCoProductions]

1:56 tokido looks like he's ready to kill someone lol, he did run circles around rico for the majority of the match

[@Nemonstitch]

needs more seb

[@jaytothelu]

@cyrax555 Because that's what it's called....

[@albertlance]

hey sorry for my ignorant question, but when you talk about "tokido's vortex game" about what are you meaning?

[@EGGAndCoProductions]

1:56 tokido looks like he's ready to kill someone lol, great play from both players anyway

[@Spacemonkeymojo]

Good match.

[@Splurgendii]

3:47 that low kick into roll... what kick was that.. to fast to be a sweep isn't it?

[@wccira]

Can someone please explain that demon Option select.

[@Winterhe4rt]

raging demon OS? omg...

[@TheDonaldduck911]

lol *there's so much yellow on screen*...it's true

[@meganabaja]

not teleport, warp! shikaka!

[@Saint3M]

@acwh79 Look for it here in ytb.

[@nights1515]

lmao @ 7:32 OHHHH MYYY GOOODDDDD

[@MrNaughtyHands]

what option select did he use? anyone have the input?

[@Wedgez]

What happened to Seb?

[@Baqsam]

TROPHY

[@AshaDemus]

why dont seb do FADC anymore?

[@Toxicmountain97]

lol a japanese man named after my favorite mexican food ahhh.

[@CoronaFlamez]

TOKIDO-CHAAAAAAN

[@larsattack]

What was the trophy?

[@lockeezlulz]

@cyrax555 lol he did. should read it up before you make judgements

[@gavrina63]

ex roll maybe?

[@iorilamia]

tokido should have just kept fireballing at the end of round 2, fucked himself up.

[@csynn]

i think Momochi would have done a better job

[@blinktgaming]

Overall, a lot of the commentary is interesting, but my goodness how many ways has that one guy messed up terminology. I remember the SSFIV fight club before the game came out, he was going around calling it "Sonic Hurricane Kick", and now here right at the beginning, he talks about Akuma "Standing round house to standing jab to LOW ROUNDHOUSE". WTF? It's a sweep, or a trip. How on earth do you get a low roundhouse from that?

[@Xurre90]

lag is in the air...

[@FreezeCrackerFun]

rico sauve

[@vhdesouza]

say how

[@VERGILDEVILL]

@TheAcad3mic my opinion does not mean i have to prove anything it is just my opinion lol i hope u understood

[@Rogond09]

ay-bull not aa-bull uh-koo-muh not aa-koo-muh

[@falcord]

I hate when one commentator starts a very very long sentence and everyone has to shut up while the match is being decided.

[@TheSo4p]

@mgabruha disgusting = a good thing, bud. as in hes so good it makes me sick. i didn't think id have to explain this elementary shit xD

[@Trode57]

@larsattack Land 100 EX moves.

[@cutupyo]

abble and akahmah? wtf is going on here..

[@EBCX]

oh shit i thin they were the best players at evo, i mean they got a trophy xD lol

[@TheSo4p]

christ, tokido is disgusting. props to rico though, he did his thing too

[@AnGrYM4N]

lol @ rico gettin bodied

[@alekschang]

SEBIEL!

[@Shockingbeard]

Cheap player ? what the hell is that commentator saying !

[@VERGILDEVILL]

what the heck tokido is just running and using projectiles he is as useless as daigo

[@megac4]

And right about it. Akuma is so op that picking him is imediately cheap. Idiot programmers just want to please fanboys, so lets nerf the already weak Abel, lets nerf some ultras from the weakest characters, but leave shotos untouched, to even more imba. lol to such minds. :D

[@mgabruha]

@TheSo4p disgusting? why? lol. he's good. admit it.