A.K.I. is the latest combatant to join Street Fighter 6’s roster. However, initial impressions of the character from a variety of top players suggest that A.K.I. may be a low tier in the current meta.
Even BST|Daigo’s impressions of A.K.I. paint her as being definitely not strong, but fun. Unsurprisingly, it seems that Daigo intends to stick with Ken in Street Fighter 6.
Though Saishunkan|Nemo very recently climbed to the highest MR with A.K.I. in Street Fighter 6, it wasn’t long ago that Hikaru was the highest ranked A.K.I. user. In a couple of videos uploaded by YogaFlame24, Hikaru recently went up against Rohto|Tokido and Daigo, both using Ken.
In the latest video, Hikaru is shown to have around 2,107 MR. As such, he’s being matched up against Tokido and Daigo since they’re both within the region and have similar MR.
While A.K.I. has some rather effective anti-fireball tools at her disposal, it’s sometimes clear that she has difficulty dealing with Ken’s superior buttons. A.K.I. is also somewhat weak defensively, so it can be a challenge to escape the corner against Ken.
However, Hikaru is clearly able to do better against one of these players over the other. You’ll have to check out the videos below to see how things turn out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3q8HvlmHFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEeZDI35aBY
