Stray

It's hard to keep Tao out long enough to summon some defense. I like to try to score a knockdown with a Lobelia since she often moves in from the air. Just use wind to ensure you don't miss or at the very least, push her away from you. 6b seems to work for me well enough on the ground, until she gets baits it with the stupid crawl. The hardest part is getting the damn pumpkin out safely. After that, it's business as usual.

Carl, thanks for the shout out. Zoogstin, you're probably right. I may be going back to neutral too soon. Other times it's probably because I'm hitting D again too early. Carl takes some patience alright. With 2a, 2b, 3c, 22a, IAD, Alle-can, 2c, 8d, loop... it seems rather hard to hit-confirm. I've noticed that if I'm not buffering 22a well before 3c comes out, Nirvana ends up behind me instead. It's something I definitely need to work on. What is the best option if you are being blocked? I'm thinking 2a, 2b (blocked), 5c, IAD or whatever.

I've been toying around with Carl for a few days now and have decided to make him my sub (crazy I know). I've noticed that sometimes when I release D while tapping or holding a direction, Nirvana will sometimes do nothing. Needless to say, this screws me up when I'm trying to pressure or do a combo. I know the problem has nothing to do with activation start-up because I'm often holding D throughout an entire string. I also see Nirvana moving around while I'm doing this which further proves I'm not crazy. Additionally, I'm not being attacked so that can't be it. Is there something else to Nirvana's attacks that I'm not understanding? This has been driving me crazy since day 1.

This is exactly how I win my mirror matches. Most of the Rachels I've run into don't know how to properly use wind outside of doing combos.

I've never bothered to try. I don't plan on going for any of these until I get the 360 version. I would imagine spamming air specials would help suspend you in the air longer. Maybe 6C8D would help too.