ScarletFirefly said:
I think I'm siding with Gouki here. Kaioh has a nice amount of hax that bypasses durability with pressure points, but Gouki has advantage in mobility, AP, Durability and range.
He can go intangible and can teleport which gives him a big advantage and enough time to close the distance and kill him using the Shun Goku Satsu or the Shin version.
I Like your reasonings and most are or do make sense, however they're lacking depth for the character Kaioh, and a little for is also lacking a bit I will explain both characters and in detail explain who wins.
Let's start with Akuma first. Being the self proclaimed "Master of the fist" this guy has a lot going for him, not only is he vastly stronger than Akuma he's also much more durable that much is known. Akumas skill is also quite impressive in the fact he's been able to best both Ryu and Ken in battle and tie with Oro. His best factors of winning are his trump card, the shun goku satsu an immensely deadly move that would instantly defeat Kaioh if he were hit by him, and his second advantage would have to be his teleportation move which lets him be briefly be intangible through attacks and reach his opponent. This fight is one that Kaioh could easily lose given the factors against him, however their are thing he has going for him as well.
Now to Kaioh, the man who has entered hell, the Devils shadow himself, his factors don't seem to be going for him, his disadvantage with dura and AP would make most thing his too winning is very low. However as many of you know he has one important going for him, and that is hax. But many of you don't know just how potent his hax is, as you know HNK focus heal it on pressure point based attacks that ignore dura and kill an opponent almost instantly.
@Scarlet said Akuma had the advantage of mobility, I disagree with that very much because of kaiohs Martial art, Hokuto Ryüken is a martial art that takes complete control of the arena around him, using their matoki they can hit opens far from them with ki blast that hit pressure points and mak enmities explode. Not only that but Kaioh has his ultimate move known as the Anryu Tenha, it's a move that creates a dome of matoki that protects a weightless environment and forcibly lifts and hold the opponent in place. This move complexity blinds all the sense of the opponent rendering them immobile and wide open for attacks, not only that it drains and distorts their ki making them weaker or sluggish This is a HUGE advantage for Kaioh making him dominate the plane field, but that's not all he's got going for him. His skill compared to Akuma is far more versatile and useful in battle, for one tun like Akuma, his move aren't just like enchanced versions of his basic moves, each one is unique in that it can oneshot Akuma with hax.
But the most important thing I see him using is his ki/absorption ability. From the moment Akuma and Kaioh fight Akumas ki will be drained at an incredibly fast rate, it was able to incapicate Kenshiro even after he powered up, draining his ki and stamina incredibly fast rendering all his attacks weak and useless,Akuma de isn't even have to be close to him he can drain him from a distance and he won't notice it until it's too late, this will affect Akuma immensely since most of his attacks are ki based, or ki powered. The last thing I would like to point out is their character, Akumas motto is always hold back on opponents sicne he's so used to winning, however kaiohs usual way of killing his enemy is too kill them as quick as possible, even using his trump card at the beginning, which will be bad for Akuma, since Kaioh only really needs one good hit on Akuma, Kaioh does not care for honor in battle, he just cares to win and accomplish his goals, making Akuma here at a huge disadvantage becasue of his character.
Overall after analyzing both characters, I'd say Akuma wins this one high difficulty, Akumas AP and dura would keep him at the initial advantage not to mention his shun Goku satsu if connected could kill Kaioh, however it can be dodged, and Kaioh is not one to test an opponents attack. Kaiohs advantage in mobility,hax, and skill could compensate for his lack of AP or Dura, not to mention his character is the foil to Akumas charscter which is too hold back and test opponent, while kaiohs is too kill them off as quick an effiecnt as possible. These are my reasoning on why Kaioh would win. high difficulty
