[P4AU] Marie vs Akihiko

[Celerity]

Discuss your thoughts on the Akihiko matchup here! Every opinion is helpful.

 

General Gameplan

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Zoning and Trap Placement

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Offense

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Defense

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Things to Look Out For

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Summary

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[TheOneTrueScrub]

so am I suppose to just zone him out? Presents are nice until he goes into awakening. His mix-ups are pretty rush and cyclone makes it difficult knowing when to stop blocking.

[Buttface]

As any Akihiko player will tell you, he has a hard time in neutral due to all his normals besides 5C/j.C being so small

Meanwhile we have 5B, 5C, 2C, presents, 5/2/j.D, and sweep

 

don't overuse j.C, since Akihiko has a very strong 2B

 

be wary of trying to set things up in neutral whenever he has 50 meter in awakening, because Maziodyne is dumb 

[UnsafeUnblockables]

Make sure you don't throw out presents randomly either he can rush you down faster than you can pull presents

 

It's also really hard to stay in on him if you do have him cornered since he has good DP and fast 5a

 

If he is jump looping you don't burst or that's free damage

 

And if he does reversal Maziodyne make sure you guard cancel attack because he can get a free unblockable B hook