The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Jin vs Lambda

Overview

Considering Jin's decrease in midscreen damage, I'd say this match up has finally tilted in Lambda's favor.

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

Things To Look Out For

5B: 5B...5B>2B...5B.......5B...2A>5B....5B>6A!......5B......5- Not really broken, but you better respect that mixup and learn to perfect block.

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Carl vs Lambda

Overview

Two against one. If either get behind you, you're in for some trouble. This is the most defense intense match you will be fighting.

General Strategy

Focus on Carl when you can. Anytime Ada is doing an action, she can be stopped by hitting Carl or forcing him to block. There are instances where you won't be able to hit him, and these are times you are going to recognize.

Good Tools For The Match Up

Jump Cancellable moves

Things To Look Out For

Ada

Vivace 236A/B:

Volante 421]D[:

Brio 623]D[:

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Taokaka vs Lambda

Overview

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

Things To Look Out For

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Mu vs Lambda

Overview

General Strategy

Mu is at a disadvantage. Her normals and drive have considerably more start up than Lambda. Mu's main advantage comes from appropriate set up and range which trumps our own. You do not want to give Mu an opening to set up her steins. You give her that set up, you give her control of the match until you can hit her out of it.

Good Tools For The Match Up

5D: The best midscreen punisher of stein placement.

6D: The best aerial punisher of stein placement. Sadly for Mu, when she sets up a drive, her aerial mobility halts as to give us an easy target for us to hit.

4D: A questionably good fullscreen punisher of stein placement. Just make sure you don't throw this out too close... because Mu can dash forward as a bait and pencil you into 5k.

236C: An anti air that covers a lot of screen.

Things To Look Out For

Pencil... 6C: This attack has specific, but great startup and range.

214D: This isn't necessarily something to look out for. Mu can set this up against you in the corner for free pressure. Don't overlap with a stein, just incase Mu explodes them- they actually do a considerable amount of damage.

236D: If you hit Mu and this attack is coming at you, make sure you go into a jump cancellable move to escape Mu starting a CH combo on you.

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Platinum vs Lambda

Overview

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

Things To Look Out For

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Hazama vs Lambda

Overview

Hazama is a versatile fighter. His drive allows him to shoot projectiles that he can then use to pull himself to that position. If anything, Hazama drive is reminiscent of our own. However, the problem with Hazama is: his drive can travel farther, in more directions, with more mobility than Lambda. Even his close range game is great compared to ours. Hazama outclasses Lambda in almost every regard... that is except one: Lambda is better at hitconfirming.

General Strategy

............................................................................. Run away and anti-air him when he approaches.

Good Tools For The Match Up

5A: Lambda needs all the anti-airs she can get... despite 5A not having upperbody invincibility, it is considerably faster than 6A/2C. With the speed that Hazama propels himself towards you at, he might land and block before for 6A/2C will come out.

6A:

2C:

Barrier Block (4AB): Hazama suffers from relatively low ranged normals, having to get close. Barrier blocking and perfect barrier blocking will push Hazama out of range so he will have to readjust.

Things To Look Out For

50 Heat

236236B: Hazama's signature move. 50 Heat section should usually come last... but this attack is so important to Hazama, his game literally depends on hitting with this. This super will lead to combos that involve Hazama dealing betweeen 4k~6k damage, generating almost all the Heat back in the process. Hazama deals fairly low damage outside of this super, it's important to keep it out.

6A: An overhead, can lead to his super.

(214D~A): A really fast overhead that can only be stopped by perfect blocking the attack prior to this and mashing 5A.

(236C): A fast command grab that will open Lambda up to Hazama's next attack. Even though the proration on this attack is big, this can still lead to good damage and massive Heat gain for Hazama.

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Litchi vs Lambda

Overview

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

Things To Look Out For

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Lambda vs Lambda

Overview

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

Things To Look Out For

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Relius vs Lambda

Hide yo kids, hide yo wife

-Carl on Relius' Family Man Skills

Video Section

Sekido vs KP

YY vs Kagetsu

Yoshiki vs Onii

Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi vs ?

Kyooju vs Toui

Ameyume vs Abeshi

Q vs Naaga

Q vs Naaga

Q vs Naaga

Jiren vs Hyaku Shiki

Mikoto vs ?

Mikoto vs ?

Maneja vs ?

Shin vs Tadanozako

Naaga vs Abeshi

YY vs Oni i

YY vs Oni i

TORI vs 4

Jaku jaku vs Kagura

? vs Yuuki

? vs Yuuki

Kuroe vs Maneja

Kuroe vs Maneja

Furukusha vs Shiva

Ko tsukuri banchou vs Under Night In-birth

Kuroi vs Nagatobi

Summary

Relius is the god of pressure. Unlike other characters which have a set pressure string path, Relius can simply reset his by sending his wife/doll, Ignis, to attack. As any Lambda player will tell you, "Lambda is not good at dealing with pressure."

This match up may eventually end up being even somewhere down the line, but even so, this is going to be a problematic match to fight.

Breakdown

It is really hard drawing comparisons with Relius to his son, Carl: a somewhat similar type of character AND bad match up for us. Ignis has far superior attack speed and options to Ada while not even suffering from any of her weaknesses. She does not require a heavy amount of position setup because she teleports to Relius after she is done. Attacking Ignis is worthless: the damage she suffers is minimal (like 1 damage per hit); she has super armor on everything; she can even regenerate her health back considerably faster than Ada; and it's not like Relius can't fight without Ignis... It isn't even worth trying. Focus on Relius.

She has a low attack that hits multiple times and an overhead where she dives down. Relius can go for a hard to see mixup.

She has an attack like our 4D where she attacks from behind with a vicegrip.

She has a super that is the exact same as Carl's. Note that Relius' mixup with it is even more scary because of the range of his normals, his dash, and his dodge move.

The biggest annoying move Relius has on him is a dodge-in-place move (will get name later). This move's startup is instantaneous, giving him seemingly full-body invincibility whenever he feels like it. Lambda has considerably more recovery time on whiffed attacks (especially D moves) than other characters. One whiffed move from Lambda can mean eating a full combo.

If Relius gets too spam happy, be sure to punish him on its recovery. I'm not sure if CH will be easy or possible to get on him, but take what you can get.

With this dodge move, Relius can use Ignis' attack-from-behind move to score a CH on Lambda, scoring a full combo. Watch out for this.

The dodge can feint out Counter Assaults. It's already hard enough knowing when to CA against A Character and His X, dodging in place between his attacks makes that window of opportunity even smaller to get him off you. You have to be really paying attention.

On wake up, Relius can dodge our 236D and even all hits of it if positioned normally... Positioning 236D a little further away from Relius probably works better against him since he will dodge the first few hits and recover on top of the last hits of the attack.

Also, if you're pressing him, 236X may get dodged by him completely. I don't recall any of the 236X series going past Relius (since A and B track his X position). However, 236C positioned correctly may hit him during recovery... or whiff miserably. Feel it out.

Obviously, this move will stop a lot of autopiloting pressure from us. Just remember, he has to take a guess when to use the dodge, make sure he guesses wrong or doubt the viability of it.

Conclusion

Don't fuck with Relius.

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Tager vs Lambda

Overview

Tager is a slow, close ranged, heavy hitting grapple character. His lack of speed is made up in the form of his magnetism. With certain moves, he can pull a magnetized character closer, throwing off their spacing and pulling them in for some pretty scary mind games and mix up.

Lambda is a great zoning character and Tager has major trouble getting in. This would be considered Lambda's best match-up, but that doesn't mean it's a walk in the park. When Tager gets close while Lambda is magnetized, the tables turn, badly.

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

Backdash:

3C:

5D: A move that should mostly be used to punish poorly timed and spaced Sledge Hammers. CH 5D will lead to 236C, which in turn is big damage.

6D: The best ground zoning tool Lambda should be using. Not only is Tager big enough to get hit by this, this move is jump cancellable, which puts Lambda is a good position to IAD forward or backward when it starts get risky.

4B: A lot of Tager's approach moves are projectile invincible, but not physically invincible. A properly timed 4B will CH Tager for good damage.

236A: At a close enough proximity, this move will phase through Tager. This move is especially useful in our blockstring to get out of the corner.

236B/C: More great punish moves for when Tager is throwing out bad moves.

236D: A good feint to use when Tager uses Sledge Hammer. Properly spaced will CH Tager for some good 236C combos.

214A/B/C: Gravity Wells can be used to make Tager's approach even slower, which may make zoning a lot easier.

Things To Look Out For

Backdash:

Sledge Hammer (236A/B): Sledge Hammer gives Tager a fighting chance against Lambda's D moves. Sledge and Hammer are projectile invincible. With improper spacing, you can get CH out of your zone. Sledge B can be charged; upon release will move Tager forward really far and leave him at +1. You want to IAD backward if you're spaced correctly or block it if you're not.

Tager Buster (360A/B): Always bad.

Atomic Collider (623C): Don't get predicted and jump into this when you're escaping. If Tager is pulling you in from full screen because you are magnetized, throw out any aerial move to stuff him.

Voltic Charge (214D): This move is upperbody invincible. If you do it close up, Tager can cancel into a Sledge Hammer. Use low attacks.

Spark Bolt (41236D): This move beats out all projectiles, except 236236D.

50 Heat

Magna Tech Wheel (236236B):

Emerald Tager Buster (720C):

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Rachel vs Lambda

Overview

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

Things To Look Out For

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Hakumen vs Lambda

Overview

General Strategy

Have you ever been in a starring contest? That's what this match is going to be. It will be Lambda and Hakumen moving back and forth from mid-to-full screen away, controlling space amongst one another. Lambda will be throwing out swords every so often as to keep Hakumen on his toes and punish mistakes in approach/defense, meanwhile Hakumen is going to play the reactionary foil to this and use those openings to approach/cut projectiles.

To Be Continued

Good Tools For The Match Up

All D moves:

Crescent Saber (j.214D):

Things To Look Out For

Projectile Barrier:

Magatama (Heat):

(623A):

Conclusion

The victor of this match is truly determined by your patience and your reactionary skills. Don't get caught making a mistake, otherwise it may cost you the advantage, which in turn can cost you the entire match. Be patient...

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CS1 Hazama vs Lambda

Lambda's (and the Lambda community's) worst matchup by far. Hazama has the most flexibility out of any other character in the game. Just like CS1, he is strong with many options offensively and defensive- he is also a popular character in tournaments so you may see him more often than not.

Similar to a Lambda mirror match, Hazama has much of the same options as Lambda from far away; however, the positions he can be at, the aims of his drive, and his follow-up damage from a hitconfirm are much better than Lambda's, especially with 50+ Heat. In order to fight against Hazama, Lambda must respect these options: one mistake against Hazama with Heat can lead to half of Lambda's HP gone...

Good excerpt from Xie on the matchup:

How to control space:

When pressing the D button, you need to attack in anticipation of your opponent's attack, and not on reaction to the attack itself. If you do it on reaction to the attack, you will just get hit 99.99% of the time, so don't bother doing this. Instead, you need to already put the swords where you think Hazama will be. Lambda's drive attacks have faster start-up across the board and reach their targets faster than Hazama's drive attack will.

A common scenario is like this. You start the round, Hazama does jump 6D. Instead of pressing 6D after he's already pressed his drive attack, you need to press it as he begins rising from his jump. If you catch him doing this, you can make a big payoff in terms of damage, and as a whole, Lambda's damage will out match Hazama's from projectile attacks.

Of course, this is all easier said than done, because a Hazama player does not have to commit against Lambda and can wait for Lambda to make a decisive move. Because of this, my strategy in neutral is to reverse turtle to gather more information. Lambda is actually quite good at dodging and maneuvering, and also resists negative penalty like a champ, so IADing backwards is a nearly unbeatable way to create space. Hazama's chains do not reach full screen and he does not have good mobility outside of using his drive follow up attacks, so you will force Hazama to commit by doing this. Thus, once you are able to force him to commit, you are then able to begin predicting his movement and attack patterns.

How to attack:

If you hit Hazama, but end in crescent, you pretty much will need to repeat the above process. On the bright side, if you grind it out in training mode, you'l be able to react to the different air techs and keep Hazama honest (IE, forcing him to block after an air tech, instead of air dashing/jumping/etc), and the above process will continue.

If however, you manage to knock him down solidly, you can begin a pretty decent amount of pressure. Specific to this matchup, Hazama is only particularly scary to Lambda when he has meter for Houtenjin. Whatever you do, DO NOT AUTOPILOT WHEN HE HAS 50 METER. You need to specifically try to bait it out, stay with attacks that are safe on block (2B, 5B, 6C) and moves you can jump cancel (5B, 2C, 6A, 6B) and for the love of god, don't press 5C, 3C or 4B. If you only use attacks like this in your block string, you will definitely be able to force the Hazama player to guess whether it's safe to Houtenjin or not, and just by baiting out one of them, you'll be in a good position to win the round (Hazama without meter deals shit damage).

One thing worth mentioning, is that while 3C is normally an auto-houtenjin punish, it can be canceled in its recovery frames into Calamity Sword after the superflash of houtenjin. If you are feeling fancy and brave, you can bait a houtenjin this way and score some major OMG BAITEDDDDDD points.

How to defend yourself:

First off, don't fucking panic. Hazama's blockstrings are linear and he can't deal major damage to you without 50 meter. Instant blocking and backdashing is extremely good in this matchup. His normals and dash are fairly short, so at any point there is a long delay, you can pretty much backdash it clearly and work on getting back to neutral. You can pretty much always backdash out of Ressenga's range, and Jabaki is extremely unrewarding on both hit or block, so you can use these gaps to make your escape.

You can also attempt to take his mixup options head on, and this is probably the most important in the corner, where you can't backstep. One example is to look for Ressenga specifically and try to punish it. Ressenga seems pretty fast and is annoying even on block, but you can actually stuff it with a well timed 5A. This sounds risky, but it is extremely rewarding as it will get you around 2000 damage and turn around the momentum of the match. There are a lot of other places where you can play the rock paper scissors game and get out of his pressure, it would be a little bit ridiculous to list them all, so keep an eye out.

Once he has 50 meter, okay you can panic. In this case, his options have gotten a lot scarier, but in reality, his pressure is identical. He's awesome against basically every character in this situation, but if you keep your cool and just think of it as the same as previously, you have a way out.

As for full screen, you need to come to understand what you can do at what ranges. You must know at what range his Xdd j.b will be unbeatable, and at what ranges you can stuff it with 5A or 6A. Instant blocking the chain will be extremely helpful for punishing a pull-in, so put this into practice as well.

I'll update with feedback

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend - λ-11 Tutorial Video: Part 2

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend - λ-11 Tutorial Video: Part 3

Notations

- RC = Rapid Cancel (A+B+C)

- CH = Counter Hit

- FC = Fatal Counter

- Aerial C = j.C > j.2C > jc > j.C > j.2C > j.214D

- Aerial D = j.DD > j.2DD > jc > j.DD > j.2DD > j.214D

Move List

236A/B/C = Act Parser Zwei/:Blade/:Cavalier

214A/B/C = Gravity Seed

236D = Sickle Storm

214D = Spike Chaser

j.214D = Cresent Saber

j./632146D = Calamity Sword

236236D = Legacy Edge

Notes

- 3C can usually be cancelled into either Sickle Storm or Spike Chaser for oki except against certain characters.

- Aerial D combo enders can use Calamity Sword instead of Cresent Saber for extra damage.

- TK Cresent Saber will be noted as 2147D in the combos listed, but can be input as 2148D or 2149D as well. Use whichever input you're most comfortable with.

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Tatsuki vs VER

Jima vs Hazure metaru

568 vs Ishie

? vs ?

Shou shu no shiva vs Alice

DIA vs Sazanami?

Rio vs Sazanami?

Yoshiki vs Supa

Moto rou kyubu vs Fumo

Supo vs Purotosu

Feika^ vs Megane

YY vs Supo

R tarou vs Hakumai

R tarou vs Supo

vs Bang

Uchiyama vs Jima

Shin vs Joruju

Naaga vs Tsugi maketara BB yameruwa

Kiryuu vs Hiro

Natsunoa vs Naaga

YY vs Kontora

Naaga vs Nezu

Naaga vs Nezu

Tsukasa vs ?

? vs Wanchan?

Maman vs Denchuu

? vs Tsukasa

? vs Tsukasa?

? vs ?

Rio vs ?

Sagatto vs ?

? vs ?

YY vs Denchuu

Minami vs R tarou

vs Carl

Yoshiki vs Nisshi~

? vs Purotosu

K taira vs Jinren

Jinren vs Ryuusei

vs Hakumen

Tatsuki vs ?

Koyatsu vs ?

Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi vs Jinpuu

DIA vs Jinpuu

Kagetsu vs Tatsuki

Maman vs Sodomu

YY vs Sodomu

Ekusu vs Abeshi

ki men vs hamu

ki men vs Pinose

Rio vs ?

? vs YY

Osukaru vs Shin

Shin vs FT

Rio vs ?

Orenren vs Furu Goro?

Blacky vs Yoshiki

Takosu vs Kagura

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Ora vs Yoshiki

Maneja vs ito

Shimu vs Abeshi

Ito vs Abeshi

Toui vs Noze

Shin vs jyajya

mashu vs Shin

R tarou vs Hokuto

vs Jin

Tetsuwo vs Yoshiki

? vs Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi

Goro vs Ren Goro match

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Ren vs Charlotte

? vs Abeshi

YY vs Ren

Hamu vs Dotto

Tsukasa? vs ?

KGR vs YY

? vs ?

? Sagatto Tsukasa?

? vs ?

? vs ?

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? vs Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi

? vs Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi

Abeshi vs Nagatobi

Jinren vs YY

YY vs Yoshiki

Nagatobi vs Maneja

Pinose vs Riko

Gin vs YY

? vs ?

R tarou vs Noguchi

Yuuki vs Tsukasa

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YY vs Youjo

Shuka vs Ishie

Ishie vs Kikuchiyo

Hane vs Goro Goro match

Goro vs Kimura Goro match

Hiro vs Youjo

Jima vs Kimura

a ^ chan vs Naaga

a ^ chan vs Naaga

a ^ chan vs Naaga

LeMU vs NMC

Nebuta vs Shin

Hane vs Yoshiki

Fio vs YY

Kimura vs Ame

Yoshiki vs Kimura

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Maman vs Z

Maman vs Yasuda

YY vs Yasuda

YY vs Z

? vs ?

Ryouta vs ?

Hiro vs Natari^

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? vs ?

? vs ?

Jinren vs Itabashi Serio

Goro vs Itabashi Serio Goro match

K vs Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi

Feikaa vs GUU

YY vs AKR

? vs ?

Tsukasa vs ?

YY vs ?

HH vs Yoshiki

Yoshiki vs AKR

vs Noel

Ishie vs Myuu

? vs ?

Naaga vs Douue

Shitorasu vs Charlotte

YY vs Neru

Pinose vs kou

Tsukaka vs ?

vs Platinum

Mogi vs Maneja

Jima vs Tamago

Tatsuki vs Aaru

gogo vs Purotosu

? vs Seido?

Hamu vs Kya

Poropicchotonatteimasu vs Naaga

Poropicchotonatteimasu vs Naaga

? vs ?

Ame vs Namakemono

vs Rachel

YY vs Ao kinoko

Kuroo vs Koyatsu

? vs ?

? vs Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi

Naaga vs Souhei

89Tera shinyoi vs Naaga

Naaga vs 89Tera shinyoi

? vs Purotosu

YY vs Asuruu

Tsukaka vs Jaeger

ebihara vs Shin

? vs Achiya

DalMa vs Pinose

Naaga vs so-hei

YY vs ?

Rin Hime vs Naaga

Rin Hime vs Naaga

Rin Hime vs Naaga

Rin Hime vs Naaga

Naaga vs So-Hei

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Tatsuki vs Yutta

Mokkori vs Yoshiki

Yoshiki vs Komomo

Sakamoto vs Jima

Hero★zu ni otsu vs Ishie

Sakamoto vs Pedooru

YY vs Yutta

Peso vs Goro Goro match

HARA vs ?

Rio vs XENO

Rio vs ?

Rio vs XENO

DIA vs HARA

Rio vs HARA

Zekusu vs Toui

YY vs Buraddimaririn

Masutaa vs Abeshi

Abeshi s KTa

Naaga vs Macchi

Tatsuki vs Yutta

Rori Otto vs Hiro

Inuo vs Hiro

Fouru vs Naaga

Fouru vs Naaga

? vs Nagatobi

Raru s Tatsuki

? vs ?

Hara vs Rio

? vs Tsukasa

Meruchina vs YY

Sousuke vs YY

YY vs Komomo

Sagatto vs ?

? vs ?

Naaga vs Fouru

vs Relius

Sekido vs KP

YY vs Kagetsu

Yoshiki vs Onii

Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi vs ?

Kyooju vs Toui

Ameyume vs Abeshi

Q vs Naaga

Q vs Naaga

Q vs Naaga

Jiren vs Hyaku Shiki

Mikoto vs ?

Mikoto vs ?

Maneja vs ?

Shin vs Tadanozako

Naaga vs Abeshi

YY vs Oni i

YY vs Oni i

TORI vs 4

Jaku jaku vs Kagura

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Tatsuki vs Yuumura

Koyatsu vs ?

YY vs Yuumura

Goro vs Akira Goro match

Maneja vs Teiga^ ha yome

Maneja vs Kude

Hiro vs Akizuki

tiku vs YY

Naaga vs Guran

Bareru vs Charlotte

Bareru vs Maman

Koyatsu vs Atorasu

tiku vs Purotosu

Mikoto vs ?

Tatsuki vs Akizuki

Pinose vs guruguru tsukai

Naaga vs Guran

Snow Coppella vs YY

Minami vs Gin

Orenren vs Akira Goro?

R tarou vs Tiku

Tatsuki vs Yumura

Buppa vs Yumura

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Ishie vs THE FALLEN

? vs ?

Yuuto vs Goro Goro match

Goro vs Satsuo Goro match

YY vs Sejii

Rio vs ?

ESP vs Jinren

Jinren vs Satsuo

Nai hito vs Neko mata

YY vs Sejii

Hige vs GANTZ

Maneja vs Hige

ESP vs Jinren

Pinose vs nihiki kansouritsu 5% miman

Kazuhira vs Yoshiki

Ame vs Yama Kaka

Sattsuo vs R tarou

Yoshiki vs ESP

Ame vs Sattsuo

Yoshiki vs Sattsuo

Tsukasa vs Izayoi Matoi

Tatsuki vs Waffuru

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Goro vs Kuresu Goro match

Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi vs Maximum

? vs ?

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Yoshiki vs Masashi

YY vs ?

YY vs Jamuwo

Yoshiki vs Dochigin

YY vs NAAO

Enumaru vs Charlotte

Enumaru vs Ichiritsu tomato youchien inu kumi

Maman vs NAAO

? vs Purotosu

YY vs NAAO

NAAO vs Yoshiki

Abeshi vs Sunacchi

? vs ?

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? vs NMC

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Naaga vs Nao

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Valkenhayn vs Lambda

Overview

I'm pretty sure Valkenhayn has the advantage in this match. His mobility is really good, which leaves Lambda's D moves extremely punishable on whiff. For this match, you're going to rely heavily on normals to stop him.

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

5A

6A

2C

Things To Look Out For

Wolf cancels

[w]236D: Command grab

Conclusion

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The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Bang vs Lambda

Overview

A bad match up for Lambda, and it only got worse. Bang is a highly mobile, mixup king. He's got every option available to rush Lambda down and the damage output to make her quake in her scissor boots. He's got double jump, double airdash, nails, bumpers, guardpoints with teleports, and the extremely threatening Fu-rin-ka-zan. The only things he doesn't have is a reversal move and a dependable anti-air- both of which belong to supers... void in a match where we avoid rushing him down, anyway.

General Strategy

Play smart and patiently. Defend the best you can and watch out for mixup game. Respond to his openings with good anti-airs like 5A/6A/2C and 3C as a good pressure stopper. Anytime you have the ability to deal pressure, make sure you have an escape plan via jump cancel or 236A, or a good confirm.

If you think you have a chance of winning the match and Bang is on the verge of getting all 4 seals, Burst out of it. You should always feel like you have a chance at winning, but there is urgency with preventing that Fu-rin-ka-zan. The mixup potential it gives him is insane.

Good Tools For The Match Up

Ummm....

6A

2C

214A/B/C

236A

Things To Look Out For

623C: This command grab is powerful. And with 50 Heat and the corner, can lead to a good 4~5k combo. Its only downfall is its range and its lack of combo ability...If he's doing a pressure string, he has to run up to do it successfully. If he's too far away or Lambda is in blockstun, this attack will whiff for an amazing 60+ frames of recovery.

j.623C: The aerial version of his command grab. This one is a bit scarier because he can pop this on you as soon as you aerial tech a combo. Don't fall into his trap... The best way to make sure you're safe is to note if he's used all of his airdashes, then aerial tech away.

Nails:

Guard Point Moves

5D: A great guardpoint, but also one of the hardest ones to time.

6D: The fastest guardpoint that comes out frame one. Sadly for him, it's also the one with the most startup. If he's guardpointing a non-D move, you can probably mash a fast normal to stop him.

2D: You're retreating and you do a j.2D. He does this and teleports under up to anti-air you.

j.D: If you're shooting a 6D/2D, and he catches it with this move, he can teleport and smack you.

50 Heat

Fu-rin-ka-zan (632146D + 4 Seals): Go to the next round.

Conclusion

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Tsubaki's VA got pissed off her character was shit. So she made a song about it called Deep Blue and now Tsubaki is pretty good. She's still raging that the song didn't replace CS1's opening for Consoles.

Question is, how does one go about this matchup? The biggest changes to Tsubaki is her charge meter is really fast and her D command moves got buffed. Her ABCs got nerfed, but they don't matter as much anymore. Who really knows what Tsubaki can do? But figuring that out is what this thread is for.

Charge Meter

The one thing to note about Tsubaki is her charge meter. Tsubaki's combos deal relatively low damage without bar, but do immense amounts of damage with bar. Obviously, it's important to prevent her from charging. Luckily, Tsubaki can't safely charge bar from anywhere on the screen against Lambda unless she scores a knockdown. 5D, 4D, 236B, and 236C counter her nicely across the stage, and it puts her in CH state too. If Tsubaki jumps in the air to charge, determine whether you can hit her with 2D or 236C. Tsubakis love eating 2D.

Blockstrings

One of Tsubaki's strongest traits is her blockstring ability. In the middle of her blockstring she can charge with 5D or 2D to reset her string. It takes time for her to cancel like this so just be aware of her actions and capitalize on the opening with a 5A/2A poke or even a 236A to get through.

Also, the only good ranged normal she has is 5B. Barrier blocking pushes her far enough to possibly whiff the rest of her blockstring. But watch out, Barrier blocking adds +1 blockstun to every attack you block. I recommend perfect barrier blocking as it pushes back much farther than normal barrier.

236ABCD

Dashes quite far across the screen, faster for earlier versions and longer for later versions. D version is pretty much instant. If timed well, it can beat a 5D shot before it comes out. If you're j.2D shooting then be careful of your height, if you get hit it can still start a combo for Tsubaki.

22ABCD

The C version is unblockable on full charge. The best time Tsubaki will throw this out is during a reset opportunity, but blockstrings are not uncommon. Stay awake for this sneaky attack.

Anyone have any idea what do?

I'll update with feedback

Lambda hasn't changed that much. In terms of optimal damage, from her best practical damage to her CV optimal combo's, she's been toned down. Everything in CSE is basically possible in CS2. If not, there were better alternatives in CS2. Her buffs are tiny and scattered, but her nerfs are noticeable.

Her Heat Gain (HG) and Damage have been increased for a lot of her A and B normals, as well as her Throw.

Her A pokes (5A, 2A, j.A) all do 300 damage now. Some normals have noticeably lower P1's (2C, 3C, 4B[#2 only]). A few Specials have different P2's, as well as different (worse) Repeat Move Prorations (RMP).

2DD > 6C is back as a gatling / chain.

2DD > 4B is now possible.

4DD > 4B is now possible.

Her Drive does not appear to have changed.

(partially subjective)

Buffs +

- 5A Damage +, HG +

- 2A Damage +, HG +

- j.A Damage +, HG +

- 5B HG +

- 2B Damage +, HG +

- j.B Damage +, HG +

- Throws Damage +, HG +

- 236D~C

Less CH frames

- 632146D Untech +

- j.632146D Untech +

- 222D

(No cool down) ?

- New gatlings

Nerfs -

- From 5 Primers to 4 Primers

- 4B[#2 only] P1 -

RMP 75%

- 5C[1-8] P2 -

Hold on for follow-up hits

Harder to delay and stagger

- Counter Assault

slightly more punishable

- j.214D

no longer takes a primer

- 236C RMP 40%

- 236236D

Cool down increased

Neutral + -

- System Changes

- 2C P1 -

11-34 frames Head invincible ? +

- 3C P1 -

CH 1-3 carry, follow-up possible if cancelled within these hits

- 236B P1 -

P2 +

The Enemy's Assessment: [CSEX] Arakune vs Lambda

Overview

Some things never change.

General Strategy

Good Tools For The Match Up

7/8/9: Jumping is a relatively good way to escape most of Arakune's shenanigans.

6D: When Arakune is far away, get a random hitconfirm into a standard air combo.

2D: Dashing 2D is considerably more dependable against Arakune than anything else.

j.D/j.2D: When the floor is lava (Arakune's j.D or 214214D), these attacks will help you.

236C:

214D: Not the best tool for this match, but definitely forces Arakune to prolong himself in the air. He's probably already used his jumps and has to fall into this if timed well. Just don't get hit by j.Ds while you're charging this.

Things To Look Out For

6A: A close ranged overhead that can lead to curse building combos.

6D: Bell bug. Arakune's head has a hitbox this time around, so he can safely cancel from his slide into this... still not that amazing.

j.D: This throws

(j.236D): Cloud

50 Heat

(214214D):

Curse

Everything.

Conclusion

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