The Demonic Invader Who Broke Tekken

Akuma might be in Tekken, but he's not from Tekken, and that means he breaks all the rules.
From the moment Akuma was put in Tekken 7, he began to change it, warping the game around him and his mechanics. Tekken's own characters never stood a chance.
Akuma changed Tekken, but he also may have broken it forever.
Written by: Malcolm Abbas (@Smashhh)
Edited by: Andrew Faigal (@Brrrning)
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[@alcatraz8623]

guys your not supposed to give akuma his lore power in the game

[@carrastealth]

That's what smash initially did with Bayonetta too.

[@alcatraz8623]

@@carrastealth Ohhh big time

[@zyonhenderson67]

@@carrastealth Big factz on that one. Became Smash Bayonetta

[@Simon_E32]

carrastealth we don't talk about bayo 😭

[@cashordeals3672]

Honestly tekken and smash was asking for it 😅

[@ngedenkiondalle216]

I mean what did people expect. Putting akuma with his street fighter abilities on tekken, is like putting magneto in Mario bros

[@JaeBee1718]

Gawdlike analogy

[@DerpEpicFace32onXbox]

Mario Bros body Magneto what are you on

[@President_Shin]

The jumping attacks are the most annoying thing to me, he’s plus on block if I’m correct, which he shouldn’t.

[@gameboi6131]

@@President_Shin no he is not plus on jumping attack, he is plus on demonflip attacks. You can test that i guarantee, if you blocked the jumping attack, then try pressing 1 immediately after his jumping attack. Im always being interrupted by those. Losing an akuma momentum. Plus u can sidestep his demonflips it is very effective.

[@Ravemaster620]

@@gameboi6131 I'm gonna have to disagree on that front. Sidestepping Demon flip isn't all that effective, if at all, as it's not a consistent way to avoid it. The amount of times I've been hit by DF 4 after a sidestep are immense, not to mention the other options that aren't homing but seem to track almost as well.

[@knox7945]

Akuma jumps. Tekken players: wait thats illegal.

[@shamexu7991]

Yup and a lot of players dont notice that he takes risk when he jumps you can jab him while he is in the air and combo him

[@Gilthwixt1]

Akuma: *Throws Fireball* Tekken character: *Sidesteps* Akuma: Wait that's illegal

[@Onigumo.]

​@@Gilthwixt1 Tekken character: *tries to corner Akuma* Akuma: *teleports* Tekken character: wait thats illegal

[@mattiguess8094]

​@@shamexu7991not every tekken characters jab is designed for anti airs

[@brainzzombie5322]

​@@shamexu7991 Tekken wasn't planned for jump-ins, so little to no jabs are anti-airs. Obviously you can still use moves that are dedicated to punch/kick upwards.

[@ddespair]

Akuma has the greatest move set in fighting games. You can put him in any fighting game and he’ll do well. Dive kicks, mix ups, air projectiles, get off me tools, teleport, the list goes on.

[@MSCDonkeyKong]

well, yeah. he has a really good moveset; the thing holding back his kit in street fighter is his low health bar, and tekken doesnt have different health bar sizes for each character

[@tl1326]

is smash even a fighting game

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

@@tl1326 yes

[@LiakkDoesStuff]

@@tl1326 yeah, its a platform fighting game which has a different set of skills you have to master, but yes.

[@theone05]

@@tl1326 that's like asking if Mario is a platformer game or if Forza is a racing game

[@Rinin.]

Why is Super Akuma getting interviewed in a 4ft attic.

[@specialk314]

Attic or basement?

[@lethal3268]

@@specialk314 attic

[@TrevarThePastor]

He’s a hobbit

[@skull19hm]

thats a regular sized attic. super akouma is actually 7ft tall

[@asiancynical4682]

That's memeuolus height right there

[@rhen4610]

The dude was like a milimeter away from the ceiling

[@vagg1536]

mom's basement

[@Sgt-Wolf]

@@vagg1536 Actually i think that's a loft.

[@patrickuri4898]

was looking for this comment lmao

[@parikshit28]

@@vagg1536 eating mom's spaghetti?

[@TheKingOfCurses98]

😂😂😂

[@billsmith30]

"nobody wants to get hit with a combo that takes all their health" Marvel players: "First time?"

[@VelvetVelva]

We don't talk about vergil

[@neptune2184]

phoenix moment

[@slimballs9650]

I was literally thinking the same thing!

[@ian-qo8fq]

Jojo hftf players: "Those are basic combos"

[@neptune2184]

@@ian-qo8fq i mean most of old fighting games has death combos

[@jiroweiler5883]

As a SF player... i have mixed feelings about this.. on one part it warms my heart to see Akuma show dominance in another game (i mean its kinda like the character essence) but it pains me to no end that an outside game got a better version of Akuma than the one we got IN STREET FIGHTER 5

[@khalz13]

Whats wrong with Street Fighter Vs Akuma? Hes really good imo, tho he plays alot different. The Tekken 7 version of Akuma is basically Street Fighter IVs version with FADC etc.).

[@looweegee252]

Agree

[@vibhorsharmax]

@@khalz13 he is kind of combined version, nothing new but nothing boring as well, he is still cool but come onn dide raging demon should get a properr animation like wtf we don't want to just see kanji language white he smashes other characters.

[@MansMan42069]

SFV Akuma is better. If they had given SFV Akuma's moves and V-System to Tekken's Akuma, he'd be even more broken.

[@looweegee252]

@@MansMan42069 @Khalz13 Oh I can see you're new to this conversation, let me fill you in: Akuma's character design in SFV looks like a totally new (and ugly) character. Most 'fans' of Akuma are not happy with SFV Akuma's design. He looks silly to most. In Tekken, he still looks like Akuma. Now you know! You're welcome =)

[@sleepylad9829]

Akuma: Very technical but very good. Leroy: Mashy Mashy button me good

[@zacharylester2865]

Namco be like: Yeah so let's bring in a character with a fireball and a DP. Then let's bring in a character that can auto parry, the competitive scene is gonna love that!

[@biggiefats]

Let’s bring a character who requires a lot of skills and techniques to use but if learnt then can be used for very good setups and combos. Or we could bring a character who requires no skill and parry mashing to win every character.

[@sirj5922]

Hahahahaha Leroy should be nerfed as much as Akuma was nerfed (in my opinion) Leroy's too easy to use and his b+2 parry is braindead. I've been practicing Jin's parry for months and then may friend who literally just started playing tekken can parry better than me just because he picked leroy.😂😂😂

[@biggiefats]

Davis1228 Light blue/ Green Leroy’s are mostly trash players who spam parries but Jin’s parry has a bit more skill required towards it nd his combos aren’t as easy as Leroy’s.

[@bloodmoontalon]

Hahahhaha

[@easygoingdude9990]

Another thing about Akuma is that in the sf games he has far lower health than average making him a glass cannon type character. He has incredible tools but is very vulnerable himself. In Tekken he has the the same amount of health points as everyone else removing that weakness.

[@silvarace]

That's a really good point, completely forgot about that. Suprised they didnt mention it

[@easygoingdude9990]

@@silvarace yeah ikr? Maybe they didn't want to go into too much detail or something?

[@silvarace]

@@easygoingdude9990 yeah but I feel like going hey tekken forgot to include the thing that made akuma balanced is kind of important

[@easygoingdude9990]

@@silvarace yeah lol

[@mikenieborg1894]

@@silvarace tekken doesnt scale health on characters

[@albertdadzie4567]

Akuma was Namco's way of getting SF players to play Tekken.

[@mrpuss2519]

Or Tekken players to join SF? xD

[@redfieldwong717]

@@mrpuss2519 The chicken or the egg😊

[@remlet3753]

it's also a way for SF players to piss off Tekken players

[@realchezboi]

Worked on me

[@blacksquirdward3301]

Akuma literally is one of the best fighting game characters. I remember he made a special guest appearance in Asuras wrath that fight was so epic lol. It's like every guest appearance he makes no matter the fighting game hes either gonna keep up or just dead on whoop anybody's ass he comes across.

[@Valigarmanda]

I also liked how Asura played as an SF character, granted he needs more moves than he used in Asura’s Wrath.

[@cashordeals3672]

That was low key dragon ball 😅

[@solid3180]

Messatsu!!!

[@nowanimportant8887]

@@Valigarmanda Yeah, can't even block. At least he can recover HP tho and insta-end a fight with full meter. (R2 Cutscene)

[@umarb7325]

it's a videogame character. The devs could have translated him to be balanced

[@bigmflan7871]

I mean his fists do know no equal 😏

[@bettercallpaul3579]

Try Paul Phoenix, his fist is also no equal because of his Deathfist :P

[@alexandersze49]

BetterCallPaul35 Safe on block 50/50 combo starter that does 80% life bar damage and are both un-reactable. VS. Mid non homing 50 dmg launch punishable single hit move. The differences are obvious

[@happybruther7059]

alexander sze true dat

[@SparseS17]

That kinda pride ain't good for ya health

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

Oro can wash Akuma up if he used both his arms, theoretically

[@JIX9ISLER1986]

''The true warrior enters thee arena with ALL his powers at the ready'' -Gouki

[@nayomisins7472]

And that's why he broke every game hehehe he even became Cyber Akuma ni Capcom vs Marvel as a boss battle wihich he's ridiculously overpowered

[@JIX9ISLER1986]

@@nayomisins7472 oh man cyber akuma was crazy broken in the arcade back in the day lol

[@beanvan99]

JIX9ISLER1986 I remember lol foreal

[@ShimodaNexus]

Love that movie.

[@SolitaryObserver4]

Akuma is broken because of his 2D abilities. Eliza: *sad noises*

[@boitahaki]

Kreygasm

[@Shyuthrosnaevin]

Now that i think about it... Kinda hilarious he didn't mention her once in this video. The topic of this video is akuma's influence on tekken... And Eliza's entire kit was completely *replaced* by one that *mimicks* akuma. But hey... I didn't even think of Eliza while watching this. 💀

[@lkfhjto]

Watch Minhler play Eliza... He's good.

[@KaoMinerva]

They only cry because he ISN'T DESIGNED TO BE TRASH. Akuma & Geese are some of the most powerful characters from their universe. Why would they be weak?

[@oliveoiloliver147]

+ unblockable r1

[@ProteanDev]

So Bandai was like; WTF Capcom, I let you play in our game and you're owning it? Capcom; I didn't asked you guys to pick Akuma 🤷‍♂️

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yeah there could be ryu, chun li, or even gouken. But i think that the most fitting character for tekken would be Karin with her gameplay from sf alpha

[@spanbab]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 would be ryu dumbass

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@spanbab what

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@spanbab i mean the most fitting in terms of abilities. She hardly has any Ki/Energy attacks, she is just plain punches and kicks and she is famous for usually having more normal attacks than the rest of the cast, and Tekken characters are famous for having a lot of normal moves and hardly having any Energy based attack.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@spanbab and also Karin's attacks have names that are really similar to the ones on Tekken. i don't know if you are just trolibg around but i will still say this so other people (that are actually serious and not messing around with their time) can see why would Karin be a great Tekken character

[@years-ti7xl]

Akuma: *broke Tekken* Leroy: hold my beer

[@musica2]

Missed the chance to say "hold my stick" :(

[@yomanwtfisthisshit]

Also Akuma was way more broken for a while in the game, albeit his brokenness was much harder to realize as a player. At the time the Pakistani splashed on the scene and their Akuma made the rest of the tournament world cry like little children he was already nerfed several times. Leroy was just "too good" all around and people acted like matches against him were unwinnable, which they weren't. Nerfs were warranted, but he is so far from being the most broken character in Tekken history, it is ridiculous how people acted out.

[@Aliens1337]

@@yomanwtfisthisshit Being a "too good" all around character is literally one of the most broken thing a fighting game character could be. This means the character doesn't have any bad match up, so if you mained that character, you do not have disadvantages towards any character you fight, because you always have the right tools. Look at Chun Li in 3rd Strike, her only "bad" match up is Yun, and it's a 50/50 match up. Being a better than average all rounder in a fighting game is broken.

[@chrisap7053]

Tekken 5 steve: You wannna try me guv

[@cashordeals3672]

@@yomanwtfisthisshit smash player's : 😅 first time

[@wolfie78918]

*Pakistan team walks into Tournament* *PILLAR MEN THEME INTENSIFIES*

[@zhin8294]

Ayayayayyy

[@10MT10]

AWAKEN MY MASTERS

[@thebrownbaldy]

JoJo reference on deck

[@blueeyeschaosmaxdragon8186]

lol im pakistani and a jojo fan reading this gave me the biggest smile possible

[@user-he3kk7lf4f]

@@blueeyeschaosmaxdragon8186 wait what Pakistan has Jojo fans, why the fuck I never met one yet 😂

[@animalblundetto6510]

Akuma appearing in any fighting game universe is terrifying. His moves never change you will die

[@Valigarmanda]

Ryu: *gets ported into another game* oh cool an SF character Akuma: *breaks the game*

[@ebadsheikh792]

The sad part about Chikurin's win for TWT with akuma wasnt even the fact that he used Akuma but the fact that his Akuma nearly wasnt as good as others'.

[@bobimaria]

well, at least ulsan didn't win

[@haziqbambam]

@@bobimariaI'm curious, why shouldn't ulsan win? i dont follow fgc so I dont know about him

[@bobimaria]

@@haziqbambam ah it's just a joke from my part, but some ppl don't like him bc they say he lacks style and plays kazumi (I also play kazumi lol, but ppl say she is a bit busted). But idk he complains too much about characters being too strong for someone that's getting that far in tournaments, that makes me not like him less. If the character is that good why aren't you playing it and winning?

[@inuhigh4339]

@@bobimaria why because that character is what he met in every other matches both online and offline also it's good to see different characters instead of the same ass ones that you see everyday in your daily rank.

[@bobimaria]

@@inuhigh4339 bro, u wanna look cool or win? I'm not a pro so I play like whatever but if you want to win you should use what's more effective, blaming your loss on a character and not your opponents skill is ridiculous, just that

[@skar9556]

"The Great Demon who thrives to mastering the ways of Satsui na Hado, The Ruthless Gouki whose fists know no equal, The Devil Ogre whose punches are so vicious you can't even see them coming.., You thought you could bring him down to the level of mere mortals.? You thought wrong."

[@whatisyoudoin1474]

where's that from?

[@skar9556]

@@whatisyoudoin1474 The Aliases of Akuma are from his lore, the quote is penned by me

[@X1x1Scrolls1x5X]

Gouki*

[@skar9556]

@@X1x1Scrolls1x5X thank you.. Corrected now.

[@X1x1Scrolls1x5X]

@@skar9556 I love you now

[@thelivingtestimonychannel]

Akuma: *Uses energy blast* Steve Fox: *weaves with simplicity.*

[@Atoedaso]

He didn't break Tekken, he just showed us some other shit lol

[@Atoedaso]

@teknomogul that's fair, and it's fair to argue he was in Tekken as well, he didn't break Tekken for me tho

[@HRKFUNNYMOMENTS]

@LION TAMER He Wasn't Broken in SF, The Controls Were Just Clunky🤣👍 That's Like Saying A Kid Could Beat His Dad. Oi, Chuh Say 2Me Boi😱🥊🎅C'mere

[@ShaunInce123]

2019 was an interesting time for T7. It was the moment where Akuma's potential was finally realized in game. From the beginning when Super Akouma won the first masters event & the epic comeback on Chikurin, to Awais Honey running through everyone in the later half of TWT. And then it all led up to Akuma winning the TWT Finals. Early on in the games console release, a lot of people didn't rate Akuma all that high on the tier list. Even the pro players put him at mid tier. That all changed in 2019.

[@manligi9701]

Well to be fair the nerfs put him at like mig high tier, but then everyone else got nerfed and he then rose because everyone else dropped

[@Jordan64852]

I still remember before everyone knew how good akuma was, you could use his rage art against with green and orange ranks and they would try to block it since Akuma was never used.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

And it makes me so angry because I played Akuma in S1 and S2 and people went from trashing him as a useless lowtier to whining that he was broken in a heartbeat because he has the strongest combos in the game, despite not having much else aside from his dickjab to get them out easily. Switch to Kazuya at the start of S3, and what happens? His hellsweep gets buffed and now everyone says he's broken too. I can't win with this fucking game.

[@Beanpolr]

​@@THENAMEISQUICKMANDon't worry about what people say. Tier lists don't matter unless you want to focus on winning. If you play a character because you find them fun, don't worry about other people calling them broken. The viability of a character means nothing if you just like the character themself. If people complain you only won because your character was better, that's their issue.

[@echo3s191]

Only people with the biggest of balls can admit that they have an Azumanga Daioh set, on camera. Giga Chad right here.

[@dennisazurdia2638]

When i saw it i was laughing my ass off

[@kyon2221]

Underrated series so far.

[@kyon2221]

Alongside School Rumble

[@Valigarmanda]

@@kyon2221 Ah, School Rumble and Haruhi Suzumiya was my shit lol

[@kentoriram8586]

Leroy at the begining was like: One launch(with wall in sight) will deplete 80 percent of your health bar and dude that is meter less.

[@genzoutzu]

akuma a legendary character that imposes on any game

[@MagickjellyMC]

Ah yes. Azumanga daioh Man of culture.

[@silzero1104]

Notice that as well!

[@wiggi0620]

Yooooo. Man, I miss my Azumanga Daioh omnibus ;~; Mr. Tadakichi is still best boy.

[@wastedsoul1024]

@@wiggi0620 Mr.Tadakichi is still, reigning Best Boy.

[@effartolacobo6742]

HELLO EVERYNYAN !

[@effartolacobo6742]

HELLO EVERYNYAN !

[@willn8664]

lol. I saw the thumbnail and was thinking about Tokido before I actually read the title.

[@theflashgordon193]

wow same lol

[@malizbabelz2310]

He did play Akuma in Tekken though. Exhibition match with Nobi. They brought tokido to play Akuma Tekken. Nobi win the match though.

[@gyarurespecter3386]

Akuma was the beloved villain full of character that you loved to hate because of his interactions with the heroes Leroy was the unexpectedly terrifying villain from a seemingly innocent children's show that made you shit your pants whenever he showed up on-screen

[@PowerStunna]

"You fools! You can nerf me but I'm still the master of the fist! Still solid in SFV and Tekken 7! You will still die 1,000 salty deaths! MESSATSU!" - Akuma/Gouki 2020

[@UriPhoneCracker]

Having tried to play Akuma as someone new to Tekken, i eventually gave up on him. His staple high damage combos are VERY difficult to do, so he’s only ‘broken’ if you have excellent execution

[@cactuz116]

Not if u already play 2d fighters tbh. If u come from SF and pick up akuma ur set

[@STGcritical]

@@cactuz116 As I laugh in Street Fighter

[@RolandJCD618]

I’m a casual player on both games and I don’t even have a chance to beat online Akuma players. When I win a round, I end up speechless for the rest of the battle like if I were living a dream.

[@Null97266]

@@RolandJCD618 don’t care invest in strive

[@omariblake21]

If you have played akuma in STreet fighter and you are good, you are pretty much unbeatable with him. When he first came into tekken, I said to a friend of mine that if they give him the same controls he will be a problem in the whole game .

[@alltheworldsastage4785]

You spelled "Leroy Smith" wrong.

[@helloimvic7451]

You spelled "balance team" wrong

[@parikshit28]

You spelled 'lars' wrong

[@AlexiasPlaylist]

Are you being funny? You do know that before Leroy everyone was having a meltdown over Akuma right? I used to go into chats riling people up who hated him, it was hilarious

[@ken-yo2hz]

Kappa Emote Ignore the Season 3 plebs

[@michaelvaldivia2891]

Perfectly balanced game with no tricks, gimmicks, or inconsistencies, where even Knee who's practically a poster boy for Tekken Pros got 3-0'd and perfected by Akuma

[@Brian_F]

Thank you for doing more FGC videos!

[@saintgeekdom5754]

Akuma is still very strong in Tekken 7 now, despite the nerfs (I know I'm late commenting here). I remember playing Arcade online with Akuma against Leroy Smith in a number of matches (Mind you, Leroy Smith has not been in Tekken a year yet). And, while playing as Akuma, I still was winning against Leroy Smith with all the nerfs that Akuma got.

[@tanikaze7697]

heh, you think you're late huh

[@pikatzer]

why is the room Super Akouma in so short? lol the ceiling is right above his chair and if he sits up straight, he'll hit his head on that lightbulb lmao

[@ricemenarq6230]

*laughs in Leroy*

[@cyriszx]

Geese still laughing as he falls from s2 balcony onto s3.

[@Ramsey276one]

:p) happy doggo

[@cake6851]

Akuma players be feeling themselves.

[@itsyaboi1245]

-3 Orbital kekw

[@Jewkiller618]

Laughs in oro

[@valentynesimbol9245]

Akuma's been broken since his intro in Street Fighter 😂 He's the Akuma

[@jangonauta]

true wuahahhahah

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

In Street Fighter 2 Turbo (his first ever appearance) he uses a Raging Demon and kills M. Bison in one shot. Taking over as the game’s secret final boss

[@noobsterzftw]

Of course the frenchman wins the tournament by running away :(

[@ilovetweek000]

hahaha so funny hahaha

[@TheDuelfreak]

"nocits could possibly break the game" me: *wheezes in ora*

[@srankoutcast348]

To be fair Noct is a pretty viable pick though.

[@TheDuelfreak]

@@srankoutcast348 *wheezes in ora*

[@generalkenobi5173]

@@TheDuelfreak did someone say ora? Muda then?

[@RR-vp7zr]

@@generalkenobi5173 DAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!!!!!

[@c3st0fd3rk]

Krusty the clown guy living in the attic or something

[@Zafarnama111]

Your content is great, especially the Tekken stuff.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

HEIHACHI: You broke the rules AKUMA: What rules? I was just passing by

[@theStonerKid69]

I mean, realistically what broke the pro Tekkan scene initially was none of these tournaments implementing a, "Hey, this new character just got released like less than 2 weeks ago. We should ban him since we have no idea what he'll do to the meta game," kind of rule. It's like we live in a reality where no one realized doing massive character changes right before big tournaments is a terrible idea. Do we need Riot games to do another set of 4 or more champ reworks right before their Worlds tournament again?

[@Ironraven24]

I agree releasing a character weeks before a major is pretty uncommon and is likely to affect the outcome of results but some could see it as a risk as well, and fg fans tend to put trust in the developers' to understand the competitive season/cycle and release patches accordingly. It's not common at all for them to implement bans because of that I think. In the case of Riot, im of the opinion that they intentionally overbuff/nerf to sell skins and to shift the meta when people are tired of overtuned [insert new character]

[@Twisted_Logic]

So when we gettin' Captain Falcon in Tekken? With dash dancing, just to make it as silly as possible.

[@popperama6478]

Put his tech chasing from Melee in, make people really hate it

[@Twisted_Logic]

@@popperama6478 I like the way you think

[@ShaunInce123]

2022. Captain Falcon for T7.

[@minxy6121]

Stomp to knee does 80 damage

[@Valigarmanda]

is this a new meme? i’m in. put IC in Tekken.

[@killa6tv931]

This video was helpful and entertaining with all my fav tekken peoples... thx to all involved

[@GRIMLOCK07]

*_"The True Warrior enters the Arena with all his powers at the ready."_* _Akuma_

[@Roasty420]

Akuma will go down in history as the greatest fighting game character of all time! #Facts

[@acronyx991]

ONE of the greatest. There are way too many iconic fighting game characters to even call one the best.

[@ksporty15]

Fishbunjin, Meta knight, Bayonettta, Pikachu, Fox, Falco, Jiggilypuff, Luigi and Petshop would like a word

[@deniswalczak8577]

*Scorpion and Sub-Zero entered the chat*

[@Roasty420]

I don’t know my dude. Akuma is legit the most overpowered character when it comes down to story. I mean you also have Oni Akuma, Destroyer of Heaver. Akuma would slap gods left and right and He has always been top tier. Street Fighter 5 as wel as Tekken 7. I will say Scorpion and Kazuya are great as well, but Compared to Akuma they just fail to match up. I will admit Smash characters are OP as well.

[@Roasty420]

Meta Knight > Bayonetta, Cloud > Ice Climbers > Kirby #Facts

[@jorugarushia9167]

Akuma has always been one of the best fighters in gaming history. He’s meant to be a powerful character.

[@xXJM01Xx]

That didn't excuse his release state. Release Akuma was by far the most broken character, more broken than Leroy even with the high execution requirement and mainly so because release Akuma didn't need as much execution as his normal non meter combos could be crazy too (demon flip chaining was a thing). After all of the nerfs I think Akuma is in a much more reasonable state because if you want to do any sort of good damage you need to have good execution and the nerfs to his frame data force him to play a certain way that makes him more predictable.

[@michaelvaldivia2891]

@@xXJM01Xx The guest characters were pretty ridiculous on launch Blame it on the dev's and their budget. Whether its marketing or lack of testing, the people who made the character are at least halfway aware, and they've done it repeatedly with T7

[@xXJM01Xx]

@@michaelvaldivia2891 well Negan seems to be the only guest character that has been decent since launch. He was the guest character that was most like a Tekken character and has been pretty balanced overall as he didn't do anything that really broke the rules of Tekken unlike how Akuma, Geese and Noctis did.

[@behindel]

@@michaelvaldivia2891 You know now what we ( street fighter community ) suffer since street fighter turbo !!! hahahahaha

[@doggo7514]

@Frax yeah but this is only partially true bc then devs wouldn't bother to hire QA testers and let them play constantly so they can do their job, not hating on what you said or anything though, just pointing this out.

[@JoeInTheElement]

Since Akuma was soo perfectly incorporated in Tekken,no doubt another Street Fighter-Tekken crossover by Namco would be a hit

[@ansrfururactions]

Assuming it isn't ROYALLY borked up by the Dev team.

[@ansrfururactions]

Akuma is my favorite thing in Tekken 7 save for 90% of the Mishima saga. Not because he is powerful, but because of his personality, role, and the potential he has in the right hands. I already learned how to perform an actual combo with him and managed to familiarize myself with his movement-based inputs such as his spin-kick and learned that it only triggers when you press a kick button AFTER he rises from his crouch position. Still need practice with his shoyuken tho. I can can go on, but that would probably bore you out of your mind.

[@Sgt-Wolf]

I find it funny that when they where talking about the guest characters they completely forgot about negan.

[@theflashgordon193]

lmao true

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

It's because Akuma was first, and Negan wasn't game breaking lol

[@xXJM01Xx]

I think it's just because of the context of the video. As a Tekken character Negan is actually not bad and is about the only guest character that plays like an actual Tekken character. It just feels weird seeing a character like him in the Tekken world as it does not make sense thematically.

[@theflashgordon193]

@@xXJM01Xx yeah true

[@laflame4029]

The man who suplexed the gods of tekken vs the demonic invader who broke tekken

[@Hassan_Omer]

I pre ordered Akuma action figure from PCS collectibles and finally received the order almost after 3 years. It was worth the wait. I love this character and the action figure is awesome!!!

[@mirageghost4396]

2016- 2019: Akuma 2020: *LEROY SMITH*

[@noway4879]

nobody is gonna mention that basement?

[@nutchunder]

was looking for this, pretty impressive dungeon eh?

[@noway4879]

@@nutchunder Fits the gamer profile I'd say, only thing missing is a pile of used energy drinks and empty soda bottles.

[@mawhulk]

hiding from akuma haters

[@alexaristud6340]

I am Alucard there is coke bottles near his leg on the left lol

[@dekuskrub2154]

@@noway4879 Yeah, because your setup is so much nicer

[@greentea5534]

Akuma : Delete your health bar with 2 dx meters Marduk : "Laughts in ground throws"

[@jecicada]

Marduk : deletes you on the floor Bamco : deletes the floor

[@IIllIIllIIllIIll]

0:22 dude dressed up like his video game character this represents the gaming community so well

[@119hulkify]

“Akuma is broken” Leroy: *laughs in hidden *

[@Noum77]

I think the motto from now on is: if you want to introduce a character the right way, make it broken. Because if it ain't broken, no one will talk about it

[@Philphy]

Literally every character release video game ever, it happens in MMOs, MOBAs, even first person shooters (with guns)

[@brentgulde]

Still waiting for Leroy Smith video. Title "Pay to win"

[@Mick-hp4yg]

Namco needs to make Tekken x Street Fighter. They tanslated Akuma so perfectly into Tekken that a street fighter player could pick him up and place 3rd at EVO. I think they meshed the 2 game styles together better than Capcom did with SFxT.

[@ReMeDy_TV]

@ 15:42 I knew you were proud of that Azumanga Daioh when your camera is framed with it in mind, lol. And then at the end you whip it out because why not.

[@Mad_Thirsty]

is that super akouma's room ? holy crap the ceiling light is half an inch from his head

[@michawoo9560]

Oh I see you’re feeling yourself!

[@SnipingMachines]

Solid content keep it coming 🙏

[@SankofaNYC]

2:22 what kind of room is Super Akouma in?!?! Can he even stand up in that chair... His head is like on the light fixture... It's like a little kids secret clubhouse room

[@aplezauz8809]

Ahh yes, the reason I started playing Tekken in the first place. This will be a good video

[@jinjinjinrou]

It's awesome to see that Pakistan tekken scene is on the forefront now thanks to Arslan. They're pumping out great players suddenly. Still waiting for ph with AK leading the fray.

[@popthatbeep]

The day I saw Tekken announced Akuma, i was like "Tekken itself has ended, you want Akuma in the game you better build him his throne and commit to his existence, he's the god now". Akuma single handedly raise the bar for the whole Tekken franchise. The pro players were forced to step up their game because of this Demon.

[@jehryn407]

Woah! You have an Azumanga Daioh tankobon. Didn't expect you to have that. Anyways, great video as always. Cheers!

[@hamidhamoody]

“The demonic invader who broke tekken” You mean leroy?

[@NoName-zg1cl]

akuma was the hidden character from early street fighter editions

[@ryanchristophergregorio9026]

My experience in Tekken is its focused on sequence attack, while street fighter where akuma came from is attack sequencing with combo

[@deadpooljr13]

Akuma was always one of the strongest fighting game characters no matter what game he was in there was never a bad Akuma.

[@President_Shin]

DeadPoolJr. U say that like it’s a special thing, he’s designed to be, nothing special about that.

[@Throbbin-Robin]

@MIRAGE MAZINGER Not to my knowledge

[@flickeykrunchofficialYT]

*Everyone's playing akuma* Lil Majin: ............ *raising his eyebrow*

[@imranharith8936]

Hello can you help to understand tekken, does it have parrying enemy attack. I mean that Akuma look nonsense in his special with japanese word. Wtf was that, any explanation? When does we able to to use that?

[@user-tv6hf9gs8n]

@@imranharith8936 i recommend watching that blasted salami he makes great vids about tekken

[@waterdog737]

Case study about adding one of the most powerful character 2D fighting game, and put him in a 3D fighter.

[@donshyne]

0:23 the dude to the left’s expression never gets fucking old bro. Even under that Bryan mask. I felt so bad for him lol

[@srdjan455]

It still boggles the mind that he isn't just a guest character but also a part of the canon

[@PerfectPencil]

The ultimate end of Akuma's introduction is adding WILDLY different mechanics to Tekken. That allows Bandai to add new characters that can use these mechanics and players will already be familiar.

[@imaika281]

As a side note, the Bryan player in that clip showcasing Akuma's damage passed away last year. Rest in peace. :(

[@MansMan42069]

Cause of death?

[@imaika281]

@@MansMan42069 Cancer.

[@MansMan42069]

@@imaika281 RIP

[@WallKenshiro]

Basically, Akuma happened to Tekken. Those who know who, and what he is, aren't surprised.

[@FocusedGio]

WallKenshiro I agree

[@grzib]

Great video !

[@spgt117]

Just got the game last week for the wife and I to play, and boy was I shocked he played like ss4 akuma.

[@saadhasan2518]

As a fighting game enthusiast who loves both 2d and 3d fighting games such as King of Fighters Street Fighter and Tekken I would say he was broken but required execution plus people always complain instead of learning the character and not to mention they put USFIV's Akuma which was one of the top 3 characters in the game same goes for Geese we got his KOF 14 version where he is usually placed as an anchor with high damage output

[@onesecondbaobab]

I like that they are talking about the character as a living person.

[@RogueAssassin1429]

Imagine Akuma being in Mortal Kombat

[@balbin0329]

Would love to see how other Street fighter characters like Zangief or Guile do in Tekken.

[@Valigarmanda]

I’d love to see Asura in Tekken ngl.

[@nattoo7k406]

akuma broke sf, akuma go tekken, akuma broke tekken, akuma go mortal kombat?

[@harjotsingh-ps1wo]

Well Akuma is stronger than most SF and Tekken players because they are mostly human fighters..,.mortal Kombat is a whole different story, sub- zero , scorpion , raiden, and even liu-kang are stronger than Akuma.

[@Valigarmanda]

Akuma goes to Injustice when? at this point it shoud be Akuma’s fighting game bonanza where he guests in several fighting games.

[@hamzab4433]

@@harjotsingh-ps1wo i think he'd do fairly well against Subzero and Scorpion(maybe even Lui-Kang) But i agree the majority of the MK characters are above him. But i'd still love to see a fatality by Akuma in MK.

[@harjotsingh-ps1wo]

@@hamzab4433 what makes you think Liu Kang is stronger than Sub-Zero and Scorpion? Anyways, Sorry but Akuma won't have a chance even against Hanzo hasashi let alone scorpion. Akuma had a hard time fighting Gotestu,gouken,heihachi and kazuya. Hanzo is incredibly fast. Akuma cannot use shungoku Satsu on him as he can teleport. For subzero he just freezes at contact. Not to forget crating swords,hammers and axes of ice instantly. Maybe Gill would have a chance but not Akuma. Having said all of this, if scorpion and subzero dont use hellfire and cryomancing and it's just a hand to hand Kombat then it would be even and can go either way.

[@farazhuq2129]

@@harjotsingh-ps1wo Akuma split an island in half with one chop. What the hell are you guys on about?

[@ShaunInce123]

Figured I'd come back to this again seeing as this week's TWT Finals was won by an Akuma player.

[@KingNexusMOCs]

I love how the audience was shouting evertime a hit was made. You can see how into it they were. It was literally an event haha

[@cyriszx]

Poongko got so high cuz no one knew how to play vs Akumer , now he's basically irrelevent every other Akumer onetrick shits on him.

[@gaddeath]

RIP was saying that because he was a Street Fighter player, learning Akuma was quick and easy.

[@pugdragon]

When I played Akuma at the beginning, many players who aren't used to 2D fighters seem to not respect wakeup shoryuken and just ate them up. Few would rematch me too as my game "plan" consists of hopping back and chucking air hadokens. And teleporting away when my opponent gets close. No surprise. That goes against the very vein of tekken.

[@leebronjemas3156]

i remember this dang..stopped playin tekken7 since then.. leroy came out..i went back to playin tekken 3

[@pound14poundking]

His head is the foundation for the house, he is one sneeze away from tripping the circuit breakers in his house, if he stretches his arms up he can get to the fridge.

[@BorkBigFrighten2]

"Leroy Smith, the most broken character Tekken has ever seen" Tekken 1 King, Tekken 3 Ogre, Tekken 4 Jin, Tekken 5 Steve, and multiple other characters: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@oss956]

What about Tekken 2?

[@marcorodriguez8792]

I thought Tekken 5 was Jinpanchi and Tekken 6 was Azazel

[@ashuraopan3539]

@@marcorodriguez8792 to be fair those are kind of boss characters

[@electricant55]

Compared to Leroy, yes they are

[@chiefkamachi1]

Akuma is absolutly fine now! I will always prefer getting beat up by a high execution character than some braindead char like the 2 latest additions to the game. In my opinion high execution characters should always be high tier. reward players who put in all the time to learn the difficult stuff.

[@chinogambino9375]

High execution scaling with advantage sounds intuitively logical but its an easy way to break game balance. The execution barrier is never really an issue for top players, so they would just end up overpowered.

[@chiefkamachi1]

@@chinogambino9375 I absolutly disagree. People are always dropping akuma combos in tournaments, even the pakistani guys. Or punishing with an electric. Also dont forget about stuff like taunt jet uppercut or ch df2 ewgf.There are people who are really good at this stuff but theres no way you can get it all the time.

[@chiefkamachi1]

@@davis1228 you are definitly right! Couldnt agree more. But then why would you ever take the risk of playing a more execution based character if the reward is the same for a low execution based character?

[@blackmark2899]

Tekken Akuma is the combination of all his previous iterations that flowed seamlessly. He's has SF mechanics, gameplay, and combos with only addition is that he can move sideways. Add that to the point that Akuma's main weakness in SF which is his low health was completely removed in Tekken makes him busted. Akuma has a been extremely powerful to busted ever since his debut.

[@HFMurasama]

Coming back to this video after getting into tekken for a year, I can say Akuma is STILL broken in 2023