“ | Master... I'll make you proud. | „ |
~ A.K.I.[1] |
Summary
A.K.I. is a character introduced in Street Fighter 6. She is F.A.N.G's protégé and assistant, as well as a sort of adoptive daughter. A.K.I. was a street child living of expedients and hoaxes, until the day she and her brother tried to extort money from F.A.N.G. The former Shadaloo responded by putting them before a deadly trial that would have killed them both regardless of the choice. However, A.K.I. unexpectedly asked to learn more about F.A.N.G. instead. Intrigued by the child's attitude, F.A.N.G. took her in and raised her in the ways of the Poison Hand.
Today A.K.I. is known as a reliable dealer of traditional medicines, a mask meant to cover the shady errands F.A.N.G. assigns her. Overwhelmed by a twisted love, A.K.I. desires nothing more than to please her master and be praised, despite being well aware of her status as an expendable tool.
A.K.I. is 173 cm tall, weighs 57 kg, likes snakes, rain and master F.A.N.G, while she hates nice weather and anyone but her master.[2]
Powers and Stats
Tier: At most 9-A
Name: A.K.I., Phantom, epithets "開花する毒"/"Blossoming Poison", "食欲をそそる爪"/"Tantalizing Talons", "バイパー"/"Viper"
Origin: Street Fighter
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Assassin
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery and Thread Manipulation, Acrobatics (Makes use of several jumping attacks[3] and acrobatic techniques. Can perform spinning jumps, mid-air backflips to maintain her balance after being striken and do a recovery roll to regain her footing after a knock down[3]), Damage Boost (Can perform enhanced versions of her Special Attacks), Poison Manipulation, Air Manipulation (Via Nightshade Pulse), Explosion Manipulation (Via Toxic Blossom, an ability that makes A.K.I.'s poison burst out when an already poisoned opponent is hit by another poison-based attack), Pressure Points (Induced spasms and twitches in a man paralyzed by her poison and forced the Player to open their mouth and swallow.[4] Also via Claws of Ya Zi), Durability Negation (Via Claws of Ya Zi), Healing (Instantly nullified the effects of her poison by striking a pressure point.[4] Since poison and medicine are essentially two sides of the same coin,[5] she should be able to utilize her abilities even in non-harmful ways), Perception Manipulation, Biological Manipulation and Paralysis Inducement (Her poisons can induce blurred vision, paralysis of the central nervous system and a variety of other effects[4]), Social Influencing (Made the Player believe to having being poisoned and feel its effects through her speech, while in reality he had just taken a harmless medicine[4]), Body Control (Inhumanly flexible and able to perform extreme movements during combat), Stealth Mastery (Instructed by F.A.N.G. into a professional assassin. Slipped past JP's security detail[6]), Empowerment (Claws of Ya Zi turns into a different and stronger attack whenever A.K.I. is at low health), Resistance to Precognition (Reading the future of fighters such as her is difficult, because they always fight[7] against it) and Poison (Poison Hand users develop immunity to many types of poison through controlled exposure[8] and A.K.I. went through the same exact practice.[5] Can ingest[9] and breath[4] her poison without dire consequences)
Attack Potency: At most Small Building level+ (Squared off on seemingly even grounds with Chun-Li and JP[6])
Speed: Supersonic+ (Kept up with Chun-Li and JP)
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (At least comparable to Chun-Li)
Striking Strength: At most Small Building level+
Durability: At most Small Building level+ (Can withstand attacks from Chun-Li and JP)
Stamina: Superhuman (An excellent fighter able to contend in multiple battles within relatively short timespans. Very few people survive the Poison Hand training[8] and she herself has endured excruciating sufferings[5] in her way to mastery)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Several Meters with her talons and ranged attacks
- Talons: Ten long and sharp metallic claws that cover A.K.I.'s fingers. Their thin tip makes them ideal to strike pressure points with accuracy and inject poison. They are composed of several segments connected to a long chain laced with poison, which then flows through the claw. Such chains are incredibly long and are normally wrapped around A.K.I.'s arms. She can extend them at will with great dexterity. They can be used for slashing or to snare one or multiple[5] foes.
- Bags of poisons and medicines
Intelligence: Above Average (A.K.I. was shaped by F.A.N.G. into an excellent fighter and assassin, having her mastered both the Poison Hand and the Snake Fist and being able to carry out a variety of tasks for her master, such assassinations and investigations. She is profoundly knowledgeable[5] of seemingly any type of poison, from old to new types, including their origin,[5] effects, potency, scientifical details[4] and, of course, the best way to utilize and counter them. A.K.I. has also good expertise in the field of medicine, because of them being instrinsecally related to poisons and her needing maintain her cover as a dealer[5] of traditional remedies. Despite not being yet at the same level of her master, she proved herself a match for the likes of Chun-Li and JP, and could successfully teach her fighting style to the Player)
Weaknesses: Her poison might require higher dosages and more time against larger and/or stronger opponents opponents.[10]
Fighting Style:
- Pu Lao: An overhead slash delivered by pivoting on place.
- Chi Wen: A double claw thrust performed while lunging forward.
- Qiu Niu: A small forward hop that enables two rising kicks in a row.
- Gong Fu: A diving slash from above the opponent.
- Hun Dun: A pair of claw slashes at chest height.
- Qiong Qi: A lunging stab to the chest followed by yet another stab, this time from a crouching position and with the added effect of poisoning the target.
- Zao Chi: A low roundhouse kick delivered while advancing forward in a crouching stance.
- Feng Shi: A reverse, low front walkover resulting in a hefty overhead kick.
- Whisper: A.K.I breaks the opponent poise with a series of arm movements, then locks their neck and sweeps their leg, sending them crashing to the ground.
- Gluttony: A.K.I. twists the opponent arm, switching places and forcing them onto their knees, defenseless against a double claw thrust.
- Nightshade Pulse: A.K.I. launches a bubble at the opponent which explodes on hit and poisons them. She can also perform an enhanced version that travels faster and deals more damage.
- Nightshade Chaser: A.K.I. extends her talons to burst the bubble, increasing its blast range and triggering Toxic Blossom
- Orchid Spring: A.K.I. pierces the ground with her talons, generating a puddle of poison.
- Toxic Wreath: A.K.I. slashes downard while also creating and bursting a bubble that poisons the opponent.
- Serpent Lash: A.K.I. lashes out with her talons to pierce and poison the enemy. The enhanced version is stronger and travels faster.
- Cruel Fate: A.K.I. does a reverse somersault to place herself over the opponent and claw them as she descends. With the enhanced version, she clutches the opponents neck with her legs and stabs their face several times, poisoning them in the process.
- Snake Step: A.K.I. quickly slides forward and/or behind the opponent. She can also perform a deceiving feint. With the enhanced version A.K.I. covers a higher distance.
- Sinister Slide: A.K.I. slithers on her back like a snake to close in on the opponent and avoid incoming attacks. She can follow up with three attacks.
- Venomous Fang: A.K.I. punces forward claw-first and poisons the opponent on hit.
- Heel Strike: A.K.I. revolves on herself and delivers to low kicks as she rises up.
- Entrapment: A.K.I. crawls on the opponent and snares them with her body, constricting them into submission before letting go.
- Deadly Implication: A.K.I. does a handstand, kicks the opponent upward and traps them into a large poisonous bubble, which then explodes.
- Tainted Talons: A.K.I. bends forwards and extends all her talons to lash at the opponent, triggering a poisonous burst and leaving a large toxic pool on the ground.
- Claws of Ya Zi: A.K.I. punctures various pressures points on the opponent's body, sending her poison coursing through them. After inducing a complete paralysis, the toxins violently burst out from within. If A.K.I. is drawing close to defeat, she will snare the opponent in her chains with every strike, binding them completely and causing the poison to deal even more damage as it detonates.
Poison Hand and Fanged Snake Style
A.K.I. is the inheritor of the Poison Hand, a martial art developed by the Nguuhao, a now-extinct clan of Chinese assassins once led by F.A.N.G. Users of this style combine hand-to-hand combat with the usage of toxins, wearing them down with every hit until they succumb to the poison.
She wields a variant of the Snake Fist[5] as a secondary style, also imparted onto her by F.A.N.G., and she puts it best use with fluid motions and unpredictable strikes.
A.K.I. focuses on pressuring the opponent, reaching them from a distance with ranged attacks or closing up the distance through serpentine movements. Her poison also compels the victim to act quickly but usually, by the time they realize it, it's already too late.[4]
Poison Manipulation
Poison Hand users develop the ability to produce poison[8] through their own body and virtually never run out of it. This is likely the reason why A.K.I.'s talons, which lay wrapped around her arms, are always laced in toxins. It is not too clear what or which types of poisons she exactly produces. Its most basic effect is to slowly deplete the target's health, but it has several others, probably dictated by what A.K.I. decides to inflict upon her enemies.
She carries satches of different poisons and one of medicines. It is unknown whether she does use them for combat or they serve only as stores and experiments, but even very low amounts can badly mess up a normal person. A.K.I. says that some poisons can kill people in the thousands[4] with the amount contained in one of her pills and most fall with mere milligrams of her handiwork. Moreover, she has a special liking for neurotoxins.[5]
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ Street Fighter VI - A.K.I. character select
- ↑ Street Fighter 6 - Official Website (US - Jap)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Street Fighter VI - Gameplay
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Street Fighter VI - World Tour - A.K.I.'s cutscenes
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Street Fighter VI - World Tour - A.K.I.'s Dialogues
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Street Fighter VI - A.K.I.'s Story Mode
- ↑ Street Fighter V - Menat's Versus Mode Quotes (Vs. Alex)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Street Fighter V - F.A.N.G.'s Story Mode
- ↑ Street Fighter VI - A.K.I.'s Taunts
- ↑ Street Fighter VI - A.K.I.'s Versus Mode Win Quotes (Vs. Luke, E. Honda and Zangief)
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