In case you haven’t heard, BST|Daigo Umehara thinks that A.K.I. — Street Fighter 6’s second DLC character — is weak. Not only does he think she’s weak, but he is fairly adamant on thinking that she is one of the worst characters in the game and sits at the bottom of the tier list.
We’ve heard Daigo mention this twice before on his live stream, but it appears that The Beast continues to play her every so often to try and figure more about her out. In a new video from FGC Translated, which takes some recent footage from Daigo’s stream and translates it into English, Umehara mentions again that he believes A.K.I. is bad in this game, though this time he does offer a potential solution that he feels would make her strong.
Daigo starts off by saying that if A.K.I. were in Street Fighter 5, she would have been a really fun character. He goes on to say, “unfortunately, she’s weak,” however, and explains that even F.A.N.G had some matches in Street Fighter 5 that were in his favor, where Daigo feels that A.K.I. has zero winning match ups.
Responding to someone in his chat who asked if A.K.I. is mid-tier, Daigo gave a resounding “NO.” He continues by explaining that she “just has no button to press [in neutral],” and goes so far as to ask if Capcom even tested this character before releasing her.
“Every character is fighting with a gun while A.K.I. is shooting a toy gun,” said Daigo.
This time around, though, Daigo offers what he feels would be a good solution to A.K.I.’s weakness in Street Fighter 6. According to the fighting game legend, if Capcom gave A.K.I. the ability to chip KO with her poison, she would not only be even more fun to play, but also would end up being strong.
“I think they should’ve added poison chip-kill,” Daigo said. “That would’ve made A.K.I. way more fun and strong.”
Daigo believes that Capcom should have made her stronger up front because she’s a new character, and he fears players will stop playing her soon because she’s weak. “If she had poison chip-kill, I wouldn’t complain at all about her being weak,” Daigo stated.
Be sure to check out the rest of the video as Daigo walks viewers through why he believes A.K.I. is bottom tier in Street Fighter 6.
Footage source: DaigoTheBeasTV.
