Akuma combos

Bread n' butter

Bread n' butter combos are juggles that:

• Work on as many different launchers as possible
• Work on all body sizes

Launchers that require unique combos go straight to § Staples.

Regular launch (e.g. df+2,1)

4,3 S! 1+2*,f,f df+2,4,3

Crouching recovery (e.g. CH FUFT.3)

ws4 1 4,3 S! df+2,4,3

Special cancel launch

qcb+3+4 S! 1+2*,f,f df+2,4,3

Mini-combos

[15] DFLIP.1

[+13] d+4

[20] DFLIP.2

[+22] 2,hdb+3 dp+2

[10] qcb+3

[??] d+3 qcb+3

[+15] dp+2

[??] EX.qcf+1+2

[47] f+3 df+1 f+3 d+4

[30] wr3

[+13] dash d+4

Staples

Staple combos are juggles that:

• Can be done consistently by a skilled player
• Either work on all body sizes, or the characters it does work on are comprehensively listed
• Are not strictly worse than another combo listed in terms of difficulty, damage, wall carry, and oki

df+2,1

combo for df+2,1 here

FADC

Focus Attack dash cancel (FADC) means doing EX.1+2 and then immediately doing its dash cancel to get a quicker recovery on special moves so that you can combo off them.

The trick to this is knowing what timing to focus on.

• The 1+2 can be input at any time during the startup of the special move being cancelled. Regardless of when it's input, the EX.1+2 always starts at the same time.
• The first f can be input up to 20 frames before the second f. It can be input before or after the 1+2.
• The second f can only be input once the Focus Attack actually starts. The better the timing is here, the better the frame advantage.
• The input of the follow up can be done at any point during the input buffer of the dash cancel's recovery.

The best possible frame advantage from qcf+1 on hit FADC is +15, giving a 2 frame window on the second f to make b+1 combo, and a frame perfect window to make 2 combo.

	Dash cancel (No input accepted)
	Active Frame
	Focus Attack
	Dash cancel (Input buffer)

Latest possible FADC inputs for +15 and immediate b+1

Frame

Input

State

⋯

d

⋯

d/f

1

f1

2

3

4

⋯

18

19

f

20

1+2

1

f

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

⋯

15

16

b1

Earliest possible FADC inputs for +15 and immediate b+1

Frame

Input

State

⋯

d

⋯

d/f

1

f1

2

3

f1+2

4

⋯

18

19

20

1

f

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

b1

⋯

15

16

So the second f is the only input that must be timed precisely and the one you want to focus on.

[27] 2,qcf+1

[24] ws1,qcf+1

[22] CL d+3,qcf+1

[18] d+2,qcf+1

[+47] FADC b+1,dp+4 <DFLIP.3 S! dp+4 <DFLIP.3 1 f,f 1 f,f 1 f,F+2:1

[22] 1,dp+1

[20] d+1,dp+1

[+42] FADC dp+1 f+3 1 f,f 4,3 S! f,f uf (Forward jump peak).d+3 f,F+2:1

Wall

Regular carry (30% scaling)

[19] df+1,1 2,qcb+4

[19] df+1,1 2,dp+2

Float

1

combo when you anti-air with jab here

Stage break

Howard Estate

big boy break all the walls combo here

Extras

Extra combos are juggles that are:

• Strictly worse than one of the § Staples; or
• Too inconsistent to be a staple; or
• Joke combos for style points.

External links

• Akuma Combo Guide (Season 4) by Ryzing Sol