Idol Showdown/Aki Rosenthal

Half-Elf From Another World - Magical Pressure From Afar

Introduction

Aki graces the stage with her otherworldly space control and evasive movement. She can summon the all-mighty MukiRose to assist her in battle.

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

5L

5L File:IS Aki 5L.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Aki stomps the ground near her. Surprisingly not a low.

5M

5M File:IS Aki 5M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Aki waves above her heard with one of her twintails. Decent anti-air

5H

5H File:IS Aki 5H.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid, Mid - - - - - None Aki attacks with both palms outstretched and then summons MukiRose for a giant stomp that groundbounces.

Crouching Normals

2L

2L File:IS Aki 2L.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Aki attacks above her head with her hands. This move does not have much range and will whiff on some low-profiles, but it is a decent anti-air.

2M

2M File:IS Aki 2M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Aki flips one of her twintails for a decently ranged attack that is jump cancellable. This move is a decent anti-air, but it will whiff on some low-profiles.

2H

2H File:IS Aki 2H.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Low, Mid - - - - - None Aki hits the ground near her with her hand and then summons MukiRose for a giant kick that wallbounces. MukiRose's kick whiffs on crouchers.

3H

3H File:IS Aki 3H.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Low - - - - - None Sweep

Jumping Normals

j.L

j.L File:IS Aki jL.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - High - - - - - None Can hit crouchers as an instant overhead while rising.

j.M

j.M File:IS Aki jM.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid, Mid, Mid - - - - - None Aki stabs in front of herself with her twintails three times. Longest-ranged of her air normals with a good number of active frames. Great for keeping the opponent out and will also hit crouchers, although it is not an overhead.

j.H

j.H File:IS Aki jH.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - High - - - - - None Aki performs an axe kick. Causes a hard knockdown on air hit.

Command Normals

j.2M

Aki-Drill j.2M File:IS Aki j2M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Dive kick. Causes a techable knockdown on air hit.

6M

Twin Tail Hook 6M File:IS Aki 6M.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Aki spins with her twintails for a decently ranged attack that vacuums the opponent on hit or block.

3M

Aki-Chopper 3M File:IS Aki 3M.png

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Aki flips one of her twintails for a long-ranged, jump cancellable attack that visually looks very similar to 2M. However, it has a large deadzone in front of Aki and only actually hits at a very specific range. This move can also anti-air at that range, but it's not a hitbox for the entire rising portion of the animation.

Universal Mechanics

Throw

Throw L+M File:IS Aki LM.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None

Overhead

Overhead M+H File:IS Aki MH.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - High - - - - - None

Special Attacks

236L/M/H

Good Boy 236L/M/H File:IS Aki 236L.png Good Boy Good Boy File:IS Aki 236M.png Bad Boy Bad Boy File:IS Aki 236H.png Hey Baby! Hey Baby!

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability 236L - Mid - - - - - None Aki produces a light beam projectile that starts high and then travels downwards. This projectile will hit grounded opponents further away but will actually whiff against crouching opponents somewhat close to Aki and against grounded opponents directly in front of her. Use 236M or 236H to hit in those instances. Using Hypnotic Hips causes the next projectile to home in on the opponent. 236M - Mid - - - - - None Aki produces a light beam projectile that starts low and then travels upwards. This projectile will hit jumping opponents further away. It will also hit grounded opponents in front of Aki from point blank to most of the screen away but will start whiffing against crouching opponents around half-screen. Use 236L or 236H to hit in those instances. If you want to use a fireball in a blockstring, this will probably be the one you want to use as 236L is liable to whiff. Using Hypnotic Hips causes the next projectile to home in on the opponent. 236H - Mid, Mid - - - - - None Produces both 236L and 236M light beams in quick succession, making the move difficult to crouch under or jump over. Using Hypnotic Hips causes both projectiles to home in on the opponent if 236H is the next fireball move that is used.

214L

Muki Fist! 214L File:IS Aki 214L.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - - Mid - - - - None Aki summons MukiRose to perform a fast, decently ranged gut punch. This move has slightly more range than 2M and is a solid blockstring and hit-confirm tool for her pokes.

214M

Muki Pound! 214M File:IS Aki 214M.png

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Aki summons MukiRose to perform a dive kick from the sky. Extremely early into the summon animation (but not frame 1), MukiRose's attack will be guaranteed. Thus, he will come out even if Aki is hit and can function as a combo breaker. However, he tracks to where the opponent was when she started the summon animation, so any horizontal movement from the opponent will often avoid this attack. Aki's summon animation is very fast, so she can teleport while MukiRose performs his attack.

214H

Muki Knock-Up! 214H File:IS Aki 214H.png

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - - - - - - - None Aki summons MukiRose to perform a spinning backhand into an uppercut. Extremely early into the summon animation (but not frame 1), MukiRose's attack will be guaranteed. This allows the move to function somewhat as a pseudo-reversal, as even if Aki is hit he will come out and can function as a combo breaker.

22L

Elven Flash 22L File:IS Aki 22L.png

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - - - - - - - None 22L - Aki will teleport a set distance forwards with very low recovery. If she is close to the opponent, she will cross them up. However, at most ranges further than that, this teleport can be used as the same-side option in her left-right teleport mix-ups. 22[L] - Aki will teleport behind the opponent with very low recovery. This teleport can be used as the cross-up option in her left-right teleport mix-ups. For some currently unknown reason, this move will corner steal in the left corner but not in the right corner. However, it will corner steal in the right corner if the opponent is walking backwards.

22M

Elven Flash (Vertical) 22M File:IS Aki 22M.png

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - - - - - - - None 22M - Aki will teleport high above and in front of the opponent with very low recovery that leaves her actionable in the air. In mix-up setups, this teleport can be used to bait out and punish certain mash and jump out attempts. 22[M] - Aki will teleport directly above and in front of the opponent and perform a quick kick that causes a techable knockdown on air hit before entering recovery that lasts until she lands. This teleport can be used to catch the opponent off-guard, especially to close out a round, but it is quite unsafe on block and is even punishable on grounded hit.

22H

Elven Hyper Flash 22H File:IS Aki 22H.png

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - - - - - - - None 22H - Aki will teleport high above and behind the opponent with very low recovery that leaves her actionable in the air. However, if she is further than about 3/4 of the screen away, then she will only teleport into the air a short distance in front of herself. For some currently unknown reason, this move will corner steal in the right corner but not in the left corner (OPPOSITE of 22L). However, it will corner steal in the left corner if the opponent is walking backwards. 22[H] - Aki will teleport directly above and behind the opponent and perform a quick kick that causes a techable knockdown on air hit before entering recovery that lasts until she lands. This teleport can be used to catch the opponent off-guard, especially to close out a round, but it is quite unsafe on block and is even punishable on grounded hit. This teleport will consistently corner steal.

22S

Hypnotic Hips 22S File:IS Aki 22S.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - - - - - - - None Aki performs a belly dance that powers up her next 236L/M/H so that the light beams created home in on the opponent.

j.S

Going Down j.S File:IS Aki jS.png	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - - - - - - - None Aki will teleport down from the air to the ground with very low recovery. This is the only attack that she can cancel her air normals into.

Super Star Attack

Bottoms Up! 236S File:IS Aki 236S.png

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Adv. on Block Adv. on Hit Invulnerability - Mid - - - - - None Aki's only frame 1 invincible reversal, she waves her hand up with her drink to perform a short-ranged attack that initiates a bombardment of attacks from a wave of Rosetai and MukiRose on the opponent if it hits. If it is blocked or whiffs, Aki will perform a very long drinking animation that is extremely punishable.

Matchups

Vs. Ayame

Matchup advice goes here.

External Resources

• Twitter Tech: #ISD_AKI

Colors

Original Outfit

Cosplay 1

Cosplay 2

Cosplay 3

Cosplay 4

Cosplay 5

Cosplay 6