No matter what anyone says, I think Hikaru is great. He managed to adapt quickly. Compared to the previous set, the difference is huge and it makes me happy. Only in battle with strong opponents is your true potential revealed! I hope Hikaru learns a lot of lessons from these fights before Punk leaves Japan 👍

@kingpharaoh84

29 күн бұрын

As if Hikaru will learn but it's a matter of time till his moves are exposed again! Let's go Punk!!!

@liz.6

29 күн бұрын

@@kingpharaoh84all you do is hate on hikaru man, take a chill pill and find something better to do with your life… how about you go up against him?

@kingpharaoh84

29 күн бұрын

@liz.6 sure why not and waste my time on analyzing the fighters, bro plz!

@yunkimin8104

28 күн бұрын

@@kingpharaoh84 what did actually analyze?

@samsunganycall1

28 күн бұрын

Omg when did people start hating him? 😨 last time I checked people was still amazed how he made Aki god like

Pretty smart correction by hikaru at 9:30 he knew he miscalculated how much damage a level 3 would do here and decided against it to save meter to protect himself in burnout. I know people have their issues with the drive system in this games but its small situations like this that i think make it a really cool mechanic

Just finished watching. It's DEFINITELY better than the last set of 0-5. You can see how much he's starting to read Punk and it's amazingly fast how he picked it up. It took Hikaru about 3 or 4 sets to finally win vs. Angrybird, he can definitely win next time!

The way Hikaru adapted from his previous matchup with Punk is INSANE! It's like seeing him deal with Daigo all over again. However, recently, I notice him using random buttons which opened up his defense. Nonetheless, this is a crazy development.

3:58 that was a nasty bait from Hikaru goddamn

Everyones talking about throws like Capcom didnt give aki a reversal that loses to throws lmao of course aki is getting thrown

@crimsonraiza3633

29 күн бұрын

And also if you see a player aiming to perfect parry you a lot what are you gonna do? Just lose rounds to perfect parry? No, you're gonna throw them. Hikaru os great offensively but he tends to either wake up backdash or perfect parry on wakeup a whole lot. Granted Aki doesn't have a DP, he makes his defensive options predictable at times. He lose and entire round dying to a meaties because he woke up backdashed 3 times in a row.

@jayro792

28 күн бұрын

They should have made her OD slide invul to throws and highs and also made her OD cruel fate as a reversal as well invul to throws and lows and allow her the choice to switch sides after she sits on the opponent’s shoulders and stabs them.

My favorite Aki❤

3:56 dudeee that bait was awesome

Hikaru is great, his MAIN issues is defensively. Also Perfect Parry wins games LOL

This is the difference between a top tier and mid tier character combined with a bad matchup. One of AKI’s main tools (fireball > drive rush) is disabled against Cammy and AKI’s defensive options especially in the corner are next to nothing. Despite this Hikaru played amazing and gave a great game with all the odds against him. I just wish he utilised fireball > OD slide, more when he was in the corner being piled on, or when he was coming back closer to the corner (to avoid being eventually piled on in the corner). In fact it may have been a good bait when moving back near the corner to purposely throw out fireballs in order to bait Cammy to do spinning knuckle/jump in>dive kick, and then AKI do OD slide instantly. Would allow AKI to move away from the corner if Cammy bites the bait and if she doesn’t bite then it would be keeping her at bay.

@thomasromano9239

29 күн бұрын

At the end of the day it just boils down to the best player... characters aside. The characters only makes a difference if it's a boss or so.

@jayro792

29 күн бұрын

@@thomasromano9239 thats not true. It wont make much of a difference and would be more based on player skill if it’s top tier character against top tier character. However there is a difference when it comes to top tier character against lower tier characters. The lower tier player has to work much harder than the top tier player for the same or less results. These amazing lower tier players are the exception and not the rule and if these same players picked up a top tier and played them with the same effort and passion they have for their lower tier character they probably would be doing a bit better or at the very least be able to play a bit more brain dead and get results with less effort. These top players who play lower tier characters, play them because they like the character and their design and like a challenge. They think the top tier characters are boring and brain dead. However for the average player most don’t want to work harder for the same or less results.

@thomasromano9239

28 күн бұрын

@@jayro792 The so called "low tier" characters have advantages that can be employed... the reason most people don't realize this is because everyone tries to mimic the pros. They look at the characters and playstyle of the pros... then when they are using other characters they use the same style of the pros which wouldn't work for that character. A good example is Sonicfox... when he was playing SF6 I remember him saying that Kimberly didn't have much reach with her normals and he stopped playing that character. However, Kimberly has a variety of ways to get in close to her opponent... she doesn't need to have "reach".

@symphonyinrose

24 күн бұрын

What game are you playing in which Cammy is only mid tier? 😂

@symphonyinrose

24 күн бұрын

​@thomasromano9239 completely untrue. Some characters are fundamentally better than others, as well as their being advantageous and disadvantageous match-ups. Cammy has absolutely everything you need to compete at the highest level in sf6, whereas aki has several handicaps in her character design that make the struggle very real. This is compounded by the fact that Cammy is among her very worst match-ups.

AKI needs some sort of buff that helps her fight rush down game plans, specially against Cammy whose tools basically prevent her from using her fireball. An OD reversal or invulnerability in the first frames of her OD slide should do the trick.

@argus5597

28 күн бұрын

First frame of OD slide is already invulnerable it's just that it can be grabbed out of and the recovery is shit when the opponent walks back and is directly up in your face while Aki still getting up from the ground.

@diogobocalon2159

28 күн бұрын

That’s what I meant, an OD slide which can’t get grabbed so the opponent would be at least hesitant between going for the meaty or walking back to punish the slide.

whenever aki uses the strong punch i suppose, he got countered with a massive combo most of the time

solid showing from AKI considering the match up

My 2 favorite characters

14:14? Ran out of invul frames?

@generalnarducky

28 күн бұрын

I was wondering this too?? I know doing a cross screen lvl 3 you run that risk but that wasn't cross screen and Punk reacted so fast! Seriously bad luck.

@justApplay

28 күн бұрын

Yeah, that was quite far and AKI's fireball is super slow.

@aq2241984

28 күн бұрын

@@justApplay Hikaru did the OD Nightshade Pulse though and Cammy isn't invulnerable during her SA3/CA. This same thing happened to me against Cammy but instead I baited her into her CA since she was burnt out and had a sliver of health. I jumped to the opposite end of the stage and threw out heavy Tainted Talons and she predictably went for CA but wasn't invincible to my LVL2 and lost the match.

@Mene0

28 күн бұрын

@@aq2241984 Cammy has 13 frames of invul in her lvl 3. Which is why I asked the question in the first place

3:57 that was disgusting.

3:59 This is the same grab bait that Punk did to him last set of 0-5. I swear, Hikaru always applies what he learns from every lost set from every Legend out there. He's so fun to watch!

@plannedtuna8293

28 күн бұрын

It’s just a shimmy man 😅

@kalebishop5182

28 күн бұрын

@@plannedtuna8293 Shimmy?

@plannedtuna8293

28 күн бұрын

@@kalebishop5182 When you walk out of range to make your opponent’s throw-tech whiff. It’s been one of the staples of offensive mixup since SFV and is one of the most commonly used terms in fighting games where it’s applicable - if you ever watch a SF6 tournament you’ll probably hear the term “shimmy” every match from commentary.

@kalebishop5182

28 күн бұрын

@plannedtuna8293 Then Punk Shimmies a lot and Hikaru copied it.

@crimsonraiza3633

28 күн бұрын

​@@kalebishop5182Bro you're looking too deeply into that. Shimmy is something people have been doing since SFV. You know, a game that Hikaru has played too. Some of y'all are hilarious.

God, I hate throw loops.

@Michelle-hz2rj

29 күн бұрын

It's funny

@samsunganycall1

28 күн бұрын

I didn’t play sf from 3-5… is it a new thing in 6?

@stewl6329

28 күн бұрын

@@samsunganycall1 I didn't play that much the other games. I dont think it was like that.

Most of the time, Hikaru cant get out of the corner... gogogogogogo

As a sf turbo cammy horrible mu for me smh.. lol Ggs!

١٥:٤٩ مَجْمُوعَةٌ مَجْنُونَةٌ

match was heated af

16:44 ???

@liz.6

29 күн бұрын

A level three does around 10% of clip damage, this was a string that could not be broken! 🥳

Cammy parece mais um Zangief.

パンクが1位とは、日本人頑張れよ！！

All the armchair pros in here telling Hikaru to get good as if it's not painfully obvious cammy outclasses aki in virtually every aspect 😂

Lmaoooo...Hikaru getting demolished again....lmaooo...Hikaru never gonna learn from his mistakes. Let's go Punk!!! Keep adapting better!!!

@groganaus

29 күн бұрын

demolished? come on it was a lot closer than that

@Cp450

29 күн бұрын

Right! Hikaru won the last set fyi

@sleepy6797

29 күн бұрын

Kingpharaoh84 once again showing his incredible coaching ability, taking Pink under his wing, leading him to victory. Surely he'll win Evo Japan now...................

@kingpharaoh84

29 күн бұрын

@Cp450 idgaf if Hikaru won last round. He hasn't adapt anything so no fucks given! Punk has his own strategy so it makes no difference.

@kingpharaoh84

29 күн бұрын

@groganaus nah, it ain't even close to that 0-5 match. Hikaru too readable on his attack patterns.