Akuma’s overpowered status in Street Fighter 5 isn’t getting enough discussion, here’s how we feel Capcom will address him in upcoming balance changes

Believe it or not, we're entering the final months of 2020 and that means a Street Fighter 5 balance patch is likely on the horizon. With that in mind, we're a bit surprised at how little we're hearing in the way of calls for Akuma nerfs and so we're diving in to highlight the specifics of why he's overpowered and how Capcom should go about fixing him. Also, we recently got more information about Season 5's first DLC character, Dan, and it sounds as though there's a chance the joke character might present some very intriguing opportunities for both casual and eSports players if the stars indeed align like they're threatening to.

Timestamps
01:51 - Not enough people are talking about the best character in Street Fighter 5
08:16 - How far are we hoping Akuma falls down tier list mountain and how does that specifically happen?
19:16 - What do we think Capcom will actually do?
28:58 - Tournament performance observations in 2020
31:16 - Why Dan has different potential than any SF5 character we've seen yet
39:22 - Potential for eSports charisma
50:02 - Depressed, sweatpants, plastic vodka bottle Alex