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Anyone here familiar with kokiga (コキガ)? It's basically a repeated 13 input that basically abuses the game's instant guard system (aka stylish move) that lets you instant guard any attack as long as you have guard meter (you can even cancel your taunt into kokiga!). Currently the only way to deal with this is via throw/command throw. I'll try to find some videos later and edit this post to include them. EDIT: Couldn't find any tutorial-ish videos, but found some netplay videos of a Kawajiri player using kokiga. Notice the amount of crouch guarding and the frequency of instant guards. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21725500

GGs to Mr. Biscuits! I thought I started out pretty good, but I ended up losing about 10 straight haha. I feel like I learned some stuff about the Teddie matchup though and did a little better near the end. Again, thanks for the games!

Will be flying in from Japan the night before, but I'm planning on showing up! Looking forward to this!

Sketched this up real quick a few days ago.

Shoutouts to everyone I played against, and also my awesome teammates Sodelic and monz! I didn't do too hot myself, but it was a really fun experience. Looking forward to playing you guys in the future!

BGs to qunqun24 for ragequitting our rank up/rank down match. It was yukiko vs akihiko too, you have no one to blame but yourself if you're losing that matchup.

Thanks Khan, unfortunately I can't make it out this Friday. I hope you guys have fun and maybe I can come some other time!

Had a great time tonight. Met LK, Khanh and a bunch of other guys. My bracket was intense and I'm tired as hell but it was worth it!

So I'm most likely gonna be going to Big Two tomorrow (or technically today I guess). Will anyone from Dustloop be showing up?

Looking to improve my Akihiko game. Can anyone help me out by running sets with me? Going to bed. Shoutouts to all the guys on the East Coast lobby and LastStarSavior, all who bodied me pretty hard but still some good games overall!

Can anyone tell me what time they'll be playing P4U at Big Two? I'm planning on dropping by sometime soon.

The way I see Akihiko is he has very pronounced strengths and weaknesses. He has a great guessing game at close range and great damage output when he can get in, but also gets zoned out easily by characters like Liz, Yukiko and Teddie. Even his strength at close range is used to his disadvantage against Kanji. Another thing about Akihiko is there are no real guaranteed ways to get in, despite this being a vital part of his game plan. And once you do get in you have to make sure you keep your opponent guessing. I feel like playing Akihiko takes a lot of adapting and ad-libbing. His cyclone system gives you a lot of options, and it may seem overwhelming at first but learning how to use all of his moves is one of the keys to success. There are times when knowing how to do things like d weave after kill rush > hook to bait the DP and weave > SB cork from across the screen can steal you games. The way I see it Akihiko's versatility is a double-edged sword: he has no moves that are good in most situations (like mitsuru's 5a), but it also gives him the opportunity to win games just by keeping your opponents guessing. And you can always do funny stuff like DP>mahaziodyne>IK. To make this long post relevant to ongoing discussion, I think Akihiko is a stron character, but he requires a lot of out thinking your opponent, which is probably why Kubo is so good with him.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm18728082 Video uploaded a few days ago detailing Akihiko combos. Nothing new it seems, just stuff from the Japanese wiki and BBS threads. Combos are sorted by the starting move: 5a start：#00:00 5B start：#03:19 2B start：#04:10 A Kill Rush start：#05:27 Throw start：#05:54 SB Ducking start：#06:35 AoA start：#07:09 Corkscrew start：#07:57 5B(fc) start：#09:48 Lv3SBHook(fc) start：#14:11

GGs to everyone I played on ranked/player matches today!

Got my PS3 set up and running sets with Cirno. You can find me at psn: tsubame41.