Akuma had been out for fewer than 8 hours when this combo showcase from Desk surfaced, meaning that the fighting game community’s most creative combo connoisseur figured them out almost immediately after the character dropped around midnight on Wednesday.
The Street Fighter 6 community is hungrily exploring all that the game has to offer now that Akuma and the Season 2 balance update are in place, and those of us hoping to see what kind of juice the game’s newest fighter have some required reading as Desk has already made a ton of headway when it comes to his combo potential.
Desk’s combos aren’t usually the most practical, but while we can’t say for sure, some of the ones we see here very well may wind up being ones Akuma users regularly go to. Not only do they do spectacular damage and look snazzy, some have a lot of corner carry and could be maximally efficient.
At one point we see him launch an opponent with Akuma’s back heavy kick and immediately Drive Rush cancel for a side switch reset. While not a combo, it looks as though this could be an ambiguous mix up (you may be able to cancel the Drive Rush early and not side switch) as well as a highly-coveted corner escape option.
The whole thing kicks off with a coast to coast juggle combo against Dhalsim (we have to worry a bit for our Dhalsim playing brethren now that the demonic fighter is loose) as Desk nails him with an air to air and proceeds to juggle with Drive Cancels all the way across the screen to the far corner.
The finale sees Akuma pull off a whopping 52-hit sequence against Zangief that ends with the game’s most epic cinematic Super: The Raging Demon. Check it all out below and be sure to subscribe to Desk’s YouTube channel for plenty more like this.