Whn daigo is mastering a character he first focuses on the fundamentals of the characters game play, ND then once he's done that he learns and adds all the flashy bits. So in the beginning more practical than optimal.

he really isn't even using 80%of Akuma yet. no one is. I can't understand how Tokido and angry bird gave up so quick

@@Darkness-ie2yl they gave up because sf6 tournaments right now are racking in the biggest pay days it ever has in every major tournament. Wiyj prize pools going upto one mil nobody is wasting time with characters that takes more effert to win with. Akuma is a fun character but absolutely too risky to play in tournament at that level. Especially with the mechanics of sf6, had this been sf5 maybe but with drive rush drive impact and perfect parry including meter use Akuma loses all his life in 2 optimal combos. He's even worse than Cammy in this aspect.

@@Darkness-ie2yl same here I think they didn’t go deep enough with aluma and just defaulted back to kens solid play But soon we’ll see some insane aluma players