akuma or ken?

[levibelew927]

who's got the better neutral, defense, offensive mixup, max potiental, etc?

[Scrub]

which one are you better with

[sougo]

Ken

[B.dot]

which ever character you think is more interesting

[levibelew927]

im talking about objectively whether ken may or may not be better than akuma?

[Bumblescrump]

Akuma has better fireballs but Ken has better hair.

[X]

Ken is still considered better than Akuma by most. EVO had 8 Kens and 2 Akumas in top 32 if it means anything. Unless your playing at the top 1% it's not gonna matter except for who you personally play better.

[Gleap]

ken and akuma are two of the strongest characters in game and the difference between the two of them power level wise is minuscule if it even exists.

If I had to pick one I'd go ken but really just because he can afford to make mistakes a little more.

[Doc Holiday]

Ask Tokido

[S'cool]

Originally posted by Doc Holiday:

Ask Tokido

Lol.

[Free_Izzy]

Akuma has higher damage, more ways to start offense, more robust fireball game.

Ken has better corner carry, longer ranged pokes, more health.

There are more differences but I think these are the main ones.

Ken is easier to win with at lower levels and is still strong at high level. He is great at maintaining a neutral presence and pushing opponents to the corner to start his strike/throw game. Simplistic game plan but a strong one and getting good at that may be less overwhelming.

Akuma is more for the lab monster. Many option for combos routing into side switch, setups, damage, corner carry. His fireball game is very strong for lame play and the jump fireball can be a good approach too against predictable grounded options. Stubbier buttons overall but many more ways to engage.

[Tanner_Lindberg]

Easily ken. Virtually all pros gave up on akuma and went back to ken. Akuma has the single lowest online win rate in diamond and masters.
The only thing akuma has going for him is walk speed and a great fireball. Outside of that ken is objectively better at everything else. Also akumas damage is way below average mid screen. He depends on hitting S.hk which literally no one past like 1600 mr throws out since yoy will eat over half your life if it's ducked or di'ed

[lostperiod]

For ranking under Master, Ken.
Why? Jinrai Kick
For ranking in Master, Ken.
Why? Ask Tokido or AngryBird, don't ask Daigo as he love fireball.

[Johann Von Floydmann]

Akuma is the best shoto (or maybe Luke) but has lower health

[ndeke]

ken. It way easier to win with ken.

[FAT WANZER]

ken;1 mistake with akuma and you lose 60% healhbar,100% vs marissa on round 2