Board Thread:M.U.G.E.N Discussion/@comment-26235365-20160109054451

I did this a long time ago and made a docx for it. My friend copied this onto this website on my account, but he said administrators removed it for some reason. If there's a problem with this thread, just let me know. Not sure if you guys would have any interest, but here it is:

After two days of failed attempts, I was finally able to defeat the impossibly hard to defeat "Rare Akuma" character for MUGEN with "Psycho Shredder". It was so rewarding, I can't even tell you. This isn’t a huge thing; there are harder things that other people have accomplished, but I’ve wanted to do this for a while.



Psycho Shredder is actually uber powerful, but only uses melee attacks (aside from having one area-of-effect attack that has no effect on Rare Akuma). Yes, I actually played as Shredder, A.I. as Shredder wouldn't stand a chance.



Rare Akuma is unbelievably powerful. He teleports, has a super block that does damage, and his ranged attacks are bullet hell. Typically, you only see him beaten by characters that can't be killed at all. Even worse, Akuma heals himself. And yes, I had him controlled by A.I.



Advantages against Akuma:



Shredder has a combo attack that I was able to activate through smashing the keyboard that makes him dart across the screen a few times and can do a pretty decent amount of damage to Akuma.



Shredder seems to have a weird collision system. This means he can simply jump straight through Rare Akuma's bigger attacks.



Main disadvantages against Akuma:



Shredder's normal melee attacks do tons of damage to normal foes, but they do very little to Akuma. This means you better either know Shredder's combos, or



<p class="MsoNormal">Because Akuma is all over the place all of the time, actually managing to hit him can be hard.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Shredder's area of effect, electricity attack does no damage to Rare Akuma at all. It can get rid of his miniature clones, however.

<p class="MsoNormal">Shredder may move fast, but he’ll automatically stop moving (for whatever reason) when he is hit by attacks. This can be a problem when trying to dodge Akuma’s energy skulls.

<p class="MsoNormal">There are countless more disadvantages, but those are the main ones.

<p class="MsoNormal">Now onto Rare Akuma’s attacks and how to (if you can) evade them. This doesn’t go in any specific order.

<p class="MsoNormal">Akuma’s attacks:

<p class="MsoNormal">Teleportation: Rare Akuma’s most commonly seen teleporting all around the arena. If you can, try and keep track of his location. If you hit him a couple of times, he’ll simply teleport to the other side of the arena, or even into the air.

<p class="MsoNormal">Normal punches, kicks, etc.: Most of Akuma’s normal attacks don’t do much to Shredder, but can be hard to dodge. Since Shredder’s faster in melee, just hit Akuma when he gets close to you.

<p class="MsoNormal">Logs: This rarely happens, but if you hit Rare Akuma enough times, he’ll spawn a log that does some (but a very small amount) damage. Usually the log doesn’t hit you, so it isn’t really any problem.

<p class="MsoNormal">Super Blocks: That’s what I call them. If you happen to hit Akuma when he’s doing certain attacks or when he just feels like being “that guy”, he’ll send a white shockwave-thing that can do either no damage at all or truly massive damage. These super blocks seem to be impossible to evade or predict.

<p class="MsoNormal">Spinning kick: Rare Akuma sometimes does a spinning kick. This is hard to predict at times, but all you have to do is either duck under him, or jump over him.

<p class="MsoNormal">Energy skulls: His most common ranged attack; Green energy skulls that can do a pretty decent amount of damage. They are slow, but they will follow you and they can be hard to predict.

<p class="MsoNormal">Minion: Sometimes Rare Akuma will fart (yes, fart) out a small clone of himself. Sometimes even more fall from the sky when one is killed. The clones will die in a few hits, but has all of the same attacks, except for specials/hypers. Because of their small size, they are hard to dodge or hit, but they can easily be removed by Shredder’s electricity attack. On longer stages, Rare Akuma spawns these a lot and they can be a real pain.

<p class="MsoNormal">Minion Ball: Rare Akuma will sometimes throw his “pocket” version, which is curled up in a ball at you. It can do even more damage than a single energy skull and when it hits, it will spawn a minion. The ball goes straight and it goes fast (but it slows down when it is hitting its target), as opposed to following you, like the skulls sometimes do.

<p class="MsoNormal">Time Freeze: One of Akuma’s worst attacks. It can only be evaded by hitting Akuma before he does it. He temporarily freezes time, so neither you nor any projectile can move, but Akuma can. And yes, I said any projectile. If Akuma decides to shoot a huge amount of projectiles at once, they will all be frozen until time unfreezes, and then you are bombarded with tons of projectiles.

<p class="MsoNormal">Super Spinning Teleport Kick: Rare Akuma can do a more powerful spinning kick and teleport around you while doing so. This attack doesn’t do much to Shredder, but it is hard to dodge or evade.

<p class="MsoNormal">Teleport Grab of Death: Rare Akuma will try and teleport to you. Once you notice him doing this, keep moving and he’ll eventually give up. If he grabs you, you will sit through a black screen and some music. Afterwards, you’ll either be sent to space, Akuma will grow in size and stomp on you, or you’ll explode. All of which instantly kill you and cannot be evaded.

<p class="MsoNormal">Skull Roll: Rare Akuma will roll and shoot a few skulls while doing so. This attack doesn’t do much to Shredder, but can just be annoying at times. Just try to keep your distance from Akuma when he’s doing this.

<p class="MsoNormal">Power-Up: This ability is actually his taunt, and with the A.I. controlling Akuma, you rarely see it happen at all. Akuma with stomp on the ground and green flames will appear from below him as rocks fall from the ceiling. The flames and the rocks both do small amounts of damage. The flames are usually easy to avoid, just step away from Akuma. The rocks can be a bit tricky, but there’s usually a gap in between them where you can avoid taking damage. Since this is Akuma’s taunt, it raises his power level.

<p class="MsoNormal">Giant Skull: Sometimes Akuma will throw a giant Energy Skull that doesn’t seem to disappear and it follows the player forever until they die. This attack is particularly annoying, and I haven’t found any real way to evade it. Just keep moving, if he does use this attack.

<p class="MsoNormal">Dessert Laser: Akuma sometimes stands on his hands and shoots a red laser from his eyes. If you are hit by this attack, you will be temporarily turned into a random sweet and will be unable to attack. Once you take damage, you will turn back to normal. This attack can be a pain when you are trying to attack Akuma. If you see him doing this attack, all you have to do is jump fast, since the attack itself is very fast.

<p class="MsoNormal">Katamari Ball: Rare Akuma has a semi-common attack where he’ll grab a huge ball of characters (this is a reference to the video game, Katamari Damacy) and try to roll it into you. It can take away a large amount of health, if you manage to get caught in it. Due to Shredder’s wonky collisions, you can simply jump through the ball and this leaves an opportunity for you to attack Akuma from behind.

<p class="MsoNormal">Super Flying Kick: Rare Akuma can do a flying kick that can do a pretty decent amount of damage. All you have to do is either jump over him, or move under him to avoid this attack.

<p class="MsoNormal">Ducks: If Akuma hits you multiple times, a duck from the game “Duck Hunt” will appear falling from the sky. They are slow and easy to dodge. Even if you do manage to get hit by one, they do very little damage.

<p class="MsoNormal">Skull Rain 1: Akuma will jump in the air and try to bombard you with tons of Energy Skulls going diagonally. This attack can be hard to avoid at the wrong time, but if you try to get into the corner behind Akuma, you’ll end up avoiding most of the skulls.

<p class="MsoNormal">Skull Rain 2: Akuma will raise his hand in the air and shoot a large amount of Energy Skulls into the air and they will try to come back down onto you. This attack leaves little room to move, and I particularly find it very hard to dodge. Whatever you do, don’t try to attack Akuma while he is doing this. He doesn’t take damage and he can Super Block.

<p class="MsoNormal">Uppercut: Rare Akuma can uppercut. This doesn’t do much damage and it is easy to avoid. Just move backwards just a little.

<p class="MsoNormal">Line of Uppercuts: Rare Akuma has an attack where he uppercuts in a row, across the screen. This attack is easy. Just wait until he goes up, and then go behind him.

<p class="MsoNormal">Explosive Jump: This attack is tricky, and no matter what, you will inevitably take damage. He will try to jump on you and temporarily clone himself while doing so. The clones are nearly impossible to avoid and you will take damage by hitting them. Try to jump away from the center; because once they finish their “jump”, they’ll create a large explosion that does a lot of damage.

<p class="MsoNormal">Moon/Death Star: Rare Akuma has an attack where he’ll go into the sky and pick up either the moon or the Death Star and try to smash the player with it. When he does this, Shredder can just jump straight through it. This attack is easy but time consuming, as you can’t hit Akuma while he does this.

<p class="MsoNormal">Large Laser: Akuma can shoot a massive green laser from his hands. This attack can be hard to dodge and it can do some damage. Try to get behind Akuma if you can, then attack him from behind.

<p class="MsoNormal">Nuclear End: This attack is extremely rare, but it is by far the worst. You can’t attack him while he’s doing this, because he’ll Super Block you and take no damage while he floats in the air for a little bit and then blows up the entire arena, including you and himself. So it ends up being a draw. However, with Shredder, I’ve noticed due to his weird programming and wonky collisions and damage system, the explosion sometimes doesn’t hit Shredder and Rare Akuma ends up killing himself.

<p class="MsoNormal">That’s all of the powers that I need to go through. And now the actual fight:

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<p class="MsoNormal">Fighting Rare Akuma is all based around RNG (Random Number Generator). You have to hope that Rare Akuma does attacks you can avoid with ease, and hope that Akuma goes in the right places at the right times, since he usually screws you over by going above you when you are trying to attack.

<p class="MsoNormal">What makes this particularly difficult is that Shredder only uses melee attacks. And Shredder’s normal melee doesn’t do much damage to Akuma. If it weren’t for Shredder’s combo that I mentioned earlier, I would have given up.

<p class="MsoNormal">Rare Akuma is known for beating even some of the most powerful characters. Unless if you have an invincible character (like Chuck Norris or Dark Donald), defeating him is next to impossible. Fighting Rare Akuma is basically bullet hell. There are projectiles and other attack flying throughout the entire arena.

<p class="MsoNormal">Just know that if you suddenly have a black screen and some music, or if you are at half health or less when Akuma’s health is still above 1000, you’re screwed. Just press F4 and restart the round. You want to be able to deplete his health at a swift speed, or else Rare Akuma will start doing attacks you can’t avoid. As the battle goes on, he seems to get harder and harder. I don’t know why.

<p class="MsoNormal">You would probably have an advantage if you knew all of Shredder’s combos, so you could just repeat that zippy attack until Rare Akuma’s death. Theoretically, I could have looked them up, but I had no clue what the combos were. My only hope was to smash the keyboard until something happened. And I did this using the keyboard. A joystick or controller would be the end of me.

<p class="MsoNormal">Hopefully this helped anyone who may want to do this or anyone who just wants to fight Rare Akuma in general. He’s definitely no easy foe, but it can be done.

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