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Fine for me but I remember this was a big thing last year where it was happening to several people including myself. It was quite irritating.

Kyaku has switched to litchi?

that's their fault if they cant block. sucks for them. l say, like who you like, but i'll avoid saying fuck the haters although it has already been said

So many balls in here today

She has changed drastically but all the fundamentals are still there. You just learn her like you learn any other character: play, read stuff here, watch videos. If you get good with ex rachel you should have no problem transitioning to cp rachel.

I forgot about litchi, but it doesn't look too bad in cp. probably 5.5 litchi favor max. It looks close. As for hakumen, well you are able to play spark and what you say is pretty much true. I will agree with Mac though and say its not as bad, though it is a difficult matchup. It is very hard for rachel to zone Haku if he knows the counters. She can stay on Haku a long tone though once she gets in, even with the counters, but she has to end the match quickly which can be difficult. Pumpkin is still decent to keep out, 3c with wind is good against kishuu, sword iris is harder to predict/cut, lobelias can be shot in a way so that he can't cut them at all. We just have to be very creative and counter what we can.

rachel has a few problems against hakumen which arent -crippling- but it does throw off her game a bit. he can cut her projectiles, including her staple attacks (5b, 2b) which forces her to alter her timing for attacks. his good approach tools make that difficult, she can turtle but he gains meter each second and his combos hurt. both of their pressure is good but his defense is better. not much of a problem right? combine that with OD/insane meter gain, combos that kill, and agito. basically, the matchup would be bad because of haku being really good as opposed to character specifics, though that plays a (big) role too.

l heard if you press the green button on the ps3 really fast, the lasers whiff. but it takes lots of practice. apparently.

From my observations, it looks like it regens slower in combos and neutral, like a bigger cooldown (but you are saying its faster, so I dunno) or just because the combos are shorter... In fact, is there a post talking about wind buffs/nerfs anywhere? Perhaps my data is in need of an update. Also, a little matchup topic. Who do you guys think rachel will have the most trouble with this time? I think it'll be hakumen, hazama, maybe bang and relius. With primers gone and a general guard break system, Rachel's defense is as strong as its going to get without a dp, and for this reason, I think mu and lambda will be less threatening if they get you to block one of their +a lot moves. Then there are those she might be very good against. Looks like bullet is going to have severe trouble gaining momentum. Tager. Also looks like Carl is going to have a huge mountain to climb dealing with lotus. Of course this is just speculation.

I won't be off work until well after 9. You probably shouldn't wait up.

This sounds familiar. Has time began to loop again?

If anyone wants to play I made a room.

l think its not used because frog activates too late after the normal pickups, 5b and 3c. it shouldnt be a proration issue though. there are still combos that link into frog late into it, and from an ok starter at that. the problem with using frog in combos now is that he gained so much cooldown time, and heat gain/wind regen was nerfed, all traits that made him a staple in the first place. so outside of early in a combo or connecting into bbl, we'd probably be better off doing a melee combo into both summons oki or just save frog and use pumpkin. also, maybe 5b 5cdc frog 5b 6a 4b 236a (frog hits) 3c works. all of the smp moves are being used so it'd be hard to extend this...

Just read the wiki. All of her combos and more are there. It'd be a hassle to say which ones are the best because litchi has quite a few situational starters that change on counter hit. The combo theory is explained in the wiki: http://www.dustloop.com/wiki/index.php?title=Litchi_Faye_Ling_(BBCSE)

Looks possible from a decent starter like 2b. It probably wouldn't be the most optimal combo though, at least outside of the launchers like 6a, 5c fc, etc Very nice, this shows how we can combo off of George in the corner with a extra upward wind. Maybe not as worth it with Nerfed wind regen and shorter combos... And it may be character specific. (maybe.)

No no you're correct, I was going to say this but opted for a more detailed explanation. And thank you.

Like you said, style points. There really is no other reason. Besides I'm very nonchalant about having to block all day and possibly taking a hit. I've been playing this game long enough and I'm very confident in my offensive and defensive prowess. So now it's all about the style.

dash 6a bbl. its the first combo in my cmv.. l goofed the timing for the dash and the inputs reversed. can l blame this one on netplay? absolutely.

This sounds like both an ingenius and absolutely horrible (in a good way... if that makes sense :v )idea. Seriously who is going to come out on top. The suspense

She lost kote cancel for everything. Not that much of a loss, her pressure lasts a little bit less than forever now. 6b[m], iirc, goes into 6c into full combo. If anything they just made the confirm more risky.

ah. something similar to this happened in the rachel combo video. with b lotus rachel was able to get a level 3 j.2c from a super double jump and one wind. looks like the wind boost properties happen immediately after pressing d. pretty cool. and if l had to guesstimate, lotus makes wind effects about 1.5x stronger than non-lotus wind effects.

in the past few videos, when rachel bursted, she didn't use wind. if this problem has been fixed i'd certainly count it as a buff.

Well she's top tier... So...

see, this is why america is the dumbest country, people just don't give a fuck. ignorance is bliss l guess... NOT directed to anyone in particular, just saying

glad you liked it. most rachel players l know do not like rachel mirrors. l personally dislike mirrors in general, but rachel mirrors are a new breed of annoying.