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Ive been playing with a buddy of mine who uses Mitsuru and Ive got to say its quite a pain. This is one of the matchups where you definitely don't want to go around throwing J.B around without thinking about it. Like Aloci said its a very patient matchup. Her anti airs are very strong, and her pokes will beat yours 90% of the time. I'd say its without a doubt a 6-4 matchup in Mitsuru's favor, if not 7-3. Learning how to deal with her is gonna be rough.

<3 P4U is fun. Big dumb AOEs are big and dumb, Mitsurog is boring, legit oki is sexy but I'll probably never get it. Edit: this is Klein being too lazy to change accounts.

Ah alrighty, for some reason in CS1 I would always add a 5a before 5c after 6b @_@. Not sure where I picked it up from, glad to know I can get higher damage off of 6b now though.

For all the guys and gals who have extend, what combo do you typically do off of her 6b in the corner. The old combo that was just 6b 5a 5c 236b 5c 2c 214a 6c 22c etc. now drops at the 22c in extend. Its probably because of the 6c changes. I typically just do something basic like 6b 5a 5c 236b 5c 2c 214a 236b, but I feel like their is a higher damage version of the combo floating out there somewhere.

Yeah, those weren't even tough in CS2. At least fighting noel and makoto wont feel as dumb.

She feels pretty weak still from what Ive played of her. Her items are significantly better, and her new 5b and 632146c ender is nice, but the nerfs to only being able to string 5a three times now is pretty painful. Her normals still feel weak as ever though, which was my biggest problem in CS2. Might just be me, but I wouldn't be surprised if she remained C tier T_T

It took me about 1 or 2 months for platinum, her combos were super easy, but her pressure was awkward feeling at first, and some of the matchups still get me. Always practin' though

Hakumen with more damage and better anti airs is gonna suuuucckkkk, hes gonna be a close second for me

I actually like the tao matchup :S Lambda is boring and dumb though

My biggest problem was always Mu. Shes so annoying

I dunno, imo she isnt really what id consider to be good right now. Her normals are kinda bad and a lot of her items arent useful in certain matchups. She gets outclassed in a lot of matchups against characters with fast/good normals. Shes a cool character but I do feel a bit weak playing her

Keeping it different makes sense, just need to get it into muscle memory, ive got a bad habit of using the same thing over and over again anyhow

Is 5axN into dash 5a safe on block? I see it quite often as a way to reset pressure but i always saw it as a bit risky

Makes sense, thanks, time to head back to training mode @_@

Actually ive got one last question, i know its already been asked in the f.a.q. but what kinda pressure strings do you usually use without getting simply mashed out of? I know simple things like 5a 2a 5a 5c 3c are pretty safe but how do you get away with things like tk'd swallow moon and 5a 2a 5a dash 5a etc. I end up having a hard time getting people to respect my pressure ;-;

Ah, thanks for the tips. I got sloppy after CS2 got released due to the scene dying around. Probably just need some IB and character specific matchup experience. Thanks for the tip though :3

Ive got a question Id like to throw out there, lately Ive been getting back into the game and one of my major problems in BB just in general is getting out of pressure. I should probably just take the time to sit down and read some frame data, but I was wondering if ya'll did anything specific, like which normals should be used (Outside the bat anyways) Most people tell me to just wait until they throw out an overhead which works for the most part, but I thought there might be other key times to get out of it that I was missing.

Wow I havent been here in a while. Im gonna try and make it to the next tourny if at all possible, but Im not promising anything.

I really doubt her buffs are gonna make her much better then she already is. Shes barely B- tier, at best she might move to A-. IMO this would be greatly welcomed, she feels really weak in some matchups.

Corner only: 5b 5cc 6b 5d 2c 214bd 2c 2d 2c 214b J.b J.d 2366ad 214bd orb oki

Fuu a ga, My favorite out of the whole soundtrack

This matchup is really lame due to all of makotos buffs. You want to try and keep a good game of footsies without being to obvious as too avoid parries into corner into 4k. Remember, she does have a dp, but its very unreliable so you probably wont see much of it on wakeup. Try to keep your pressure as safe as possible to avoid getting 2a mashed. The frying pan is always a good item, and the bombs and missiles really help with getting in.

If you see her 214d J.C crossup coming you can easily 2c reaction time it. Like the above poster said, she only get bid damge of things like jump C or 5c hit confirms, otherwise its probably gonna be something like hit confirm 236aaa into some kind of mixup/pressure reset. Also notice her mixups aren't as scary as they look. Her only standing overhead is her 6b, which is only able to combo into 236236d

There is online, and I wouldnt say its a complete waste. Your fundamentals will grow, and you will get used to the way your character acts in general. The move from #R ky to AC ky wasnt too tough for me, but I didn't really start to get tourny viable as him until AC anyways

There are some instant overhead setups against tager that are really easy as seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nn1Urcvmak#t=01m26s