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| 8s | hey everyone it's chef of the dead I'm |
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| 11s | sure you've read the title you know why |
| 12s | we're here and that's to talk about the |
| 14s | brand new character akos is an absolute |
| 16s | monster and his kit is just a ton of fun |
| 18s | with a whole lot of potential I'll go |
| 20s | over his skills and ultimates of course |
| 21s | and hopefully you'll get some insight as |
| 23s | to if you want to main him I know I |
| 25s | certainly will be for a good while I'd |
| 27s | say he's a sort of semi-transformer a |
| 29s | bit like Tarka he doesn't fully |
| 31s | transform but he does adopt some new |
| 32s | moves and some passive abilities as for |
| 35s | his skills though we have Roar and Roar |
| 38s | blast neither of them can be used while |
| 39s | under attack so they're definitely more |
| 41s | aggressive than defensive Roar is like a |
| 43s | ground slam it's a gold Focus attack and |
| 46s | does a bit of knockback and some damage |
| 48s | as well as granting you 30 damage |
| 50s | reduction for the next 8 seconds you can |
| 52s | sort of use this as a soft reset tool if |
| 54s | your opponent catches you in a 1-2 combo |
| 56s | knocking them back and resuming the |
| 58s | fight with your damage reduction |
| 59s | Advantage there are also ways to extend |
| 61s | combos with Roar so I'm sure we'll be |
| 63s | seeing plenty of ways to use it |
| 65s | creatively |
| 65s | but if you're looking for a more |
| 67s | combo-centric ability his second skill |
| 69s | will not disappoint a quick but very |
| 71s | important note about the first skill |
| 73s | before moving on the 30 damage reduction |
| 75s | is something you get on activation no |
| 77s | matter what but it can become a lot |
| 79s | stronger in team modes or even group |
| 81s | fights and solos this is because every |
| 83s | enemy you hit with Roar will give you an |
| 85s | additional 10 damage reduction it's a |
| 88s | great way to make yourself instantly |
| 89s | more tanky and will likely cause |
| 91s | opponents to Target the other person in |
| 92s | a third party situation with Roar blast |
| 95s | a single tap will trigger a fast |
| 97s | Shockwave attack with blue Focus that |
| 99s | can act as a combo starter but if you |
| 101s | hold it you very quickly charge to a |
| 103s | gold Focus state that will double the |
| 105s | damage and unlike Roar that knocks the |
| 107s | opponent back Roar blast knocks them up |
| 109s | into the air this has huge combo |
| 111s | potential as you can probably imagine |
| 113s | but it has quite a long cooldown so you |
| 115s | do have to use it wisely even if you |
| 117s | don't want to go for longer combos |
| 118s | though a Charged Roar blast will also |
| 121s | earn you a free Focus attack so |
| 123s | definitely keep that in mind if you're |
| 124s | looking for some burst damage his first |
| 126s | ultimate is feral frenzy and there is a |
| 128s | whole lot you can do with it for one it |
| 130s | can be used while under attack which is |
| 131s | great to make up for his skills not |
| 133s | being able to and once it's active you |
| 135s | can tap alt again to gain access to |
| 137s | three Tiger Strike attacks you can use |
| 139s | all three of these in a row or delay |
| 141s | them to try catching your opponent in |
| 143s | their Dodge recovery from alt activation |
| 145s | there's a full 35 seconds of uptime so |
| 147s | you do have quite a while to make use of |
| 149s | everything all of the passives while an |
| 151s | old are shared by the two versions so |
| 152s | I'll go over those and then go back to |
| 154s | the active of the second one first of |
| 156s | all akos gets access to an enhanced |
| 158s | version of scale Rush making it so |
| 160s | charging grants you purple Focus instead |
| 162s | of blue so it can't be parried only |
| 164s | dodged or clanked my favorite thing |
| 166s | about it though is that you can scale |
| 167s | rush in any direction off of anything |
| 169s | that means things like trees and pillars |
| 172s | that you typically have to charge on to |
| 173s | avoid rushing upwards you can just scale |
| 175s | Rush normally as if it was a wall then |
| 177s | there's tiger leap which is something |
| 179s | you can make use of basically non-stop |
| 181s | throughout your old duration and all you |
| 183s | have to do to activate it is Jump while |
| 185s | sprinting at any time during your leap |
| 187s | you can use a modified jump attack which |
| 189s | goes for both horizontal and vertical |
| 191s | attacks but it's once you hit the ground |
| 192s | after leaping that unlocks the true |
| 194s | potential of it if you attack moments |
| 196s | after landing you'll activate a pounce |
| 198s | attack that has great range and lets you |
| 200s | go right into a light attack combo |
| 201s | pouncing after your first leap will |
| 203s | grant you purple focus and after the |
| 205s | second leap and beyond your pounce gets |
| 207s | gold Focus the damage of pounce is |
| 209s | increased after each consecutive leap up |
| 211s | to three times both pouts and the jump |
| 213s | attack damage are affected by your |
| 215s | weapon Rarity but the jump attack damage |
| 217s | doesn't increase with each leap like |
| 219s | pounce does leaping is a great way to |
| 221s | mind game your opponent as long as |
| 222s | you're staying at the right distance |
| 223s | since they will have to predict when |
| 225s | you're going to pounce and think about |
| 227s | how to deal with each type of focus |
| 228s | attack both are just great opportunities |
| 230s | to bait and punish okay we talked about |
| 233s | the triple Tiger Strike ability that his |
| 234s | first ultimate has but finally going |
| 236s | back to how the second old actually |
| 238s | differs when you tap alt again after the |
| 240s | initial activation instead of entering |
| 242s | that state where you can use your three |
| 244s | strikes you have access to two lunge |
| 246s | attacks that can be used whenever as a |
| 248s | mostly solos player I prefer this one |
| 250s | over the first ultimate since it feels a |
| 252s | bit more versatile as a combo finisher |
| 254s | and just a much more unpredictable |
| 255s | attack in general it doesn't do a ton of |
| 257s | damage which is probably a good thing |
| 259s | and normally the amount of knockback is |
| 261s | too far to guarantee a follow-up attack |
| 263s | off of it but if you lunge into a wall |
| 265s | then you do end up close enough to keep |
| 266s | on the pressure if you're out in the |
| 268s | open though then going for a ranged shot |
| 270s | follow-up can be a good idea The Meta |
| 272s | hasn't totally settled yet so we can't |
| 274s | say exactly where he stands when it |
| 275s | comes to counter play and what he |
| 277s | potentially struggles against but what |
| 278s | immediately stuck out to me is his |
| 280s | potential to deal with zipping since he |
| 282s | has such easy access to gold and purple |
| 284s | focus with his skill rush and pounce |
| 286s | zipping players tend to use the skill |
| 288s | that negates stun from light attacks and |
| 290s | then hunt for a Parry but as we know |
| 292s | with purple and gold Focus that doesn't |
| 294s | work out too well it doesn't seem like |
| 296s | he'll be particularly strong against |
| 297s | true Transformers like tianjai and Feria |
| 299s | since most of his abilities while an ALT |
| 302s | won't be very effective at all against |
| 303s | them also because he doesn't have a |
| 305s | combo breaking skill he will be pretty |
| 307s | susceptible to the Tarka infinite so if |
| 309s | you find yourself up against atarka I |
| 310s | would really try to hold on to that all |
| 312s | as long as possible to either ensure the |
| 314s | kill or break out of that infinite I |
| 316s | found Takeda to be a relatively even |
| 317s | match up because your lunge can beat his |
| 319s | demonic strike but with takeda's |
| 321s | potential to pull off infinites as well |
| 323s | I would probably give the same advice |
| 325s | for playing against atarka akos is |
| 327s | definitely a character with a lot of |
| 328s | nuance he's got a fun and aggressive |
| 330s | skill set and in my opinion he's a |
| 332s | fantastic addition to the roster I'm |
| 334s | sure we'll be learning a lot more about |
| 335s | his full potential over the coming weeks |
| 337s | so be sure to stay tuned for more akos |
| 339s | content from the rest of the community |
| 340s | on Twitch and YouTube that's about it |
| 342s | from me though I hope everyone enjoys |
| 344s | the new update and hopefully I'll see |
| 345s | you in a game |