Wavedash 10 ft. Super Akouma, GoukiAkuma - a podcast by Arya and guests
from 2020-06-16T17:00
0:00 Recorded in May
0.22 Introductions
1:25 Is Akuma a good addition to Tekken?
3:41 What does Akuma bring to the table? Akuma - yay or nay?
6:01 What drew GoukiAkuma to Akuma
7:03 What drew SuperAkouma to Akuma
10:23 The Wong factor
12:34 Which Akuma players inspire you?
17:05 Cross ups in Tekken
19:26 The good and bad things about Akuma
25:00 Does Akuma require too much labbing?
33:14 Akuma going against the grain
35:29 Fated Retribution Akuma
39:43 The best Akuma players in the world
40:10 I. SuperAkouma’s Akuma
40:34 II. Caiper’s Akuma
41:04 III. Awais Honey’s Akuma
42:49 IV. GoukiAkuma’s Akuma and the value of Shoryuken FADC on block
45:06 V. Farzeen’s Akuma and child prodigies
47:54 VI. Rickstah’s Akuma and slow-mo
51:32 Kuma vs Akuma
55:33 VII. Atif Butt’s Akuma
57:03 VIII. Chikurin’s Akuma and his new power-crush
59:18 Top 5 Akumas
01:00:06 IX. Kashi Snake’s Akuma and Pakistani Tekken
01:02:37 X. Bilal’s Akuma
01:05:00 How Akuma has changed since Season 1
01:06:33 Were Akuma’s nerfs since Season 3 justified?
01:11:01 Has Akuma’s identity been diminished?
01:15:56 Akuma’s S2 unescapable ki-charge Raging Demon
01:21:12 Listing Akuma’s recent nerfs
01:23:50 Punish hellsweeps with EX air fireball
01:25:10 Akuma’s useless moves
01:28:38 The rationale behind nerfs on red fireball and ff+4
01:37:07 SuperAkouma’s famous comeback vs Chikurin
01:40:26 Is Tekken 7 balanced?
01:43:48 Homogenisation in Season 3
01:46:18 Season 3 changes were more cosmetic
01:48:42 Balance =/= fun
01:52:43 The need for better netcode
01:59:13 Akuma’s bad match-ups
02:20:18 Akuma’s good match-ups
02:36:35 Akuma vs Geese
02:37:22 Akuma vs other top-tiers
02:39:52 What if Akuma had less health like in Street Fighter?
02:42:13 Why doesn’t Akuma’s d+4 cause a stagger on block?
02:54:15 Akuma (and Mishimas) are genuinely hard to play
02:57:56 60 homogenized characters, or 30 unique characters?
03:00:12 Has balance in Tekken 7 come at the cost of homogeneity?
03:05:21 Panda slaps back
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