samthegreat

Well this is why you don't use TD against a grounded Hazama.

Actually it's pretty sad by itself but pole damage on BBL has been buffed greatly and she can place 2 or 3 quite easily in a single combo, so it's pretty nice.

I will. Also I know Air will be there and kirbster told me he would come as well.

Yep the route is stable but it takes practice. Hit the j.2C as low as possible, same for second hit of 5C. Just a matter of timing. N-O -> Mostly reflections about Rachel play in general. Looks interesting. Rin-hime Zero Chourou -> he posts a loooot of Rachel tech. Too much work for me to translate Tetsuwo Finally, 5C fatal combos are sexy.

^This, hardest part is her complex neutral. Tons of options available and things to watch on the screen. Match-ups with a lot of particularities. You also have to think a few steps ahead; while some of her options can appear safe you actually put yourself in a corner little by little while wasting wind. This is why wind management is so important and honestly there isn't a single Rachel player that doesn't have something to improve in this area (N-O's is the best, watch how he almost always has a wind stock available). Finally she is a momentum character x1000, so grind that execution cause you don't wanna drop a combo and lose your wind regen, oki and momentum.

Yeah but he lets them have fun and stretches games a bit sometimes by staying in the corner and mashing.

Nah he lost one game to the Relius at some point. but lol

You're not supposed to end up on the other side. What's the combo you're doing? Also j.[C] > j.C > 2D is kinda useless in EX. Edit: N-O just won his 4th a-cho ranbat in a row

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dOUSJlh9gm4#t=4866s Neat.

It launches if you 5D during 6A, for whatever reason. Also yeah her neutral is pretty hard and varies greatly depending on the match-up. Combos are pretty specific in CS too. Be prepared for a little challenge. Sooo worth it though.

Well she can delay it a bit (altough it's rather easy to block, esp since ppl are used to it by now) and then go for the fuzzy guard (50/50). But the instant overhead being gone itself hurts her mixup. However in the next game you can go for two lightning fast coin flips in a row on the whole cast, that's some scary shit.

@Errol this is how you make Litchi your bitch

This a thousand times.

Except Rachel's instant overhead doesn't work on Litchi.... One of the reasons this matchup is bad. K maybe not bad but not quite even, I think only TD thinks that lol We have a thread for that though.

Amène-le quand chu la salaud!!

Nah you can't. You'd catch the opponent so high with 5B (cause 6A only combos into Iris/BBL at that height) that the follow-up wouldn't be worth it. CP Rachel converts anything into a BnB with corner carry and that is awesome (altough only N-O does it with this level of efficiency lol). Also her corner combos have a few variations such as j.C > j.236A > 2/3D x 2 or 3C > (frog hits) > B lobelia> etc. According to N-O they're pretty hard actually... EDIT: ah yeah there's kerokero (what TD said). The combo is almost intact in CP as well. But as for this kind of confirm... Idk, I think what N-O did is far more reliable. EDIT2: after re-watching this match with Hazama, I'm pretty sure of it now... N-O is sandbagging against low dan players and mashes shit or plays dumb defense until he is one round from losing and then bodies them completely. This happens way too often lol.

He gets better every time that's for sure

Don't wanna break your bubble but this 'tier list' isn't accurate and Tager isn't A tier.

Feels good to live in Montreal

I mash 6A and w[5B]

So he asked to make Nanako playable? I am proud.

Roughly accurate but using dan/ticket as a ranking method creates anomalies. For example Rachel is easily high/top tier but very few players can actually use her decently. Relius is also pretty strong (at least more so than all the characters in A- except maybe mu imo) but he's underrepresented. Anyway I'm guessing you knew all of this in the first place and it was just for kicks.

All godlike except Zombie.

https://twitter.com/No_104KANA

I talked to N-O on twitter and told him he was a huge inspiration to NA Rachel players watching his matches on YouTube. He seemed very happy to hear it. I also asked about his impressions of CP Rachel and it boils down to the same idea I had. She could be considered S-tier but only in the hands of a very smart player can her full potential be demonstrated. He also said some of her new combos are difficult and that he'd try to improve his execution.