Akuma 101: The Comboratory

My combo video for Akuma in Street Fighter IV. It covers "Bread & Butter" combos as well as "Links." This is definitely more informative than your average combo vid, it covering a lot of basic combos and setups that are integral to Akuma play. Gameplay recorded from the PC version of Street Fighter IV using Fraps, 1280x720 @60 fps. Arcade Stick/hand footage recorded with my JVC Everio Camcorder, 864x486 @29.970 fps. Major editing done in Adobe After Effects CS4, and the final cut compiled in Sony Vegas Pro 8. Music from Unreal Tournament III soundtrack, "Afterburn" and "Mekalopolis" respectively. Creators are Rom Di Prisco and Jesper Kyd. ------------- BNB Combos: 1A: HP(c) xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 1B: HP(c) xx LK Tatsu, LP SRK xx FADC, HP Shaku 2A: HK(f), c.LP xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 2B: HK(f), c.LP xx LK Tatsu, LP SRK xx FADC, HP Shaku 3A: HP(c) xx FB xx FADC, HP(c) xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 3B: HP(c) xx FB xx FADC, HP(c) xx LK Tatsu, LP SRK xx FADC, HP Shaku 3C: HP(c) xx FB xx FADC, HP(c) xx FB xx FADC, HP(c) xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK ------------- Link Combos: 1: c.LP, s.HP(c) 2: c.MP, c.MP 3: c.LP-c.LP, c.LP 4: c.LP-c.LP, c.MP 5: c.LK-c.LP, c.MP 6: c.LP-c.LP-c.LP, c.MK 7: c.LK-c.LP-c.LP, c.MK ------------- Link 1&2 Examples: 1: c.LP, s.HP(c) xx HP SRK 2: j.MK (x-up), c.LP, s.HP(c) xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 3: Demonflip Dive Kick, c.LP, s.HP(c) xx LK Tatsu, LP SRK xx HP Shaku 4: c.MP, c.MP xx EX FB 5: c.MP, c.MP xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 6: c.MP, c.MP xx EX FB 7: c.MP, c.MP xx EX Tatsu, HP SRK (opponent in corner) 8: Demonflip Dive Kick, c.MP, c.MP xx FB xx FADC, c.MK xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK ------------- Link 3 Examples: 1: c.LP-c.LP, c.LP xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 2: c.LP-c.LP, c.LP xx HK Tatsu 3: c.LP-c.LP, c.LP xx EX Tatsu 4: c.LP-c.LP, c.LP xx LK Tatsu, LP SRK xx FADC, HP Shaku ------------- Link 4&5 Examples: 1: c.LP-c.LP, c.MP xx HK Tatsu 2: c.LP-c.LP, c.MP xx EX FB 3: c.LP-c.LP, c.MP xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 4: c.LK-c.LP, c.MP xx FB xx FADC, HK(f), c.LP xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 5: Demonflip Dive Kick, c.LP-c.LP, c.MP xx EX FB, HP SRK (opponent in corner) 6: Demonflip Dive Kick, c.LK-c.LP, c.MP xx FB xx FADC, HP(c) xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 7: c.LP-c.LP, c.MP xx EX Tatsu, HP SRK (opponent in corner) 8: Demonflip Dive Kick, c.LK-c.LP, c.MP xx FB xx FADC, c.MK xx LK Tatsu, LP SRK xx FADC, HP SRK 9: j.HK, c.LP-c.LP, c.MP xx FB, HK(f), c.LP xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK 10: c.LK-c.LP, c.MP xx EX Tatsu, LP SRK xx FADC, HP Shaku (opponent in corner) 11: Demonflip Dive Kick, c.LK-c.LP, c.MP xx FB xx FADC, c.MK xx EX FB, HP SRK (opponent in corner) 12: Demonflip Dive Kick, c.Lk-c.LP, c.MP xx FB xx FADC, HP(c) xx FB xx FADC, c.MK xx LK Tatsu, HP SRK ------------- Link 6&7 Examples: 1: c.LP-c.LP-c.LP, c.MK xx EX FB 2: c.LK-c.LP-c.LP, c.MK xx EX FB, HP SRK (opponent in corner) 3: c.LP-c.LP-c.LP, c.MK xx HK Tatsu 4: c.LK-c.LP-c.LP, c.MK xx EX FB, LP SRK xx FADC, HP Shaku (opponent in corner)