Hey guys, lets talk about matchups vs the new cast. I haven't had experience with all of them yet, but i'll give my personal opinion atm.
Ein seems fairly even, maybe 5.5 for Lisa. He is just as good at controlling space as you, but he has a really limited arsenal and as far as i know, no real fast attacks to beat any shenanigans consistently. Fighting Ein is weird; you're both keeping a huge amount of space between the two of you waiting for someone to make a move lol.
Rachel seems 6-4 Lisa, but i don't know how she is now with the recent nerfs. I know there was a lot of buzz surrounding her, but she can't do shit to get close to you and she's slower too. Her FT shenanigans are gone now, which is the only thing that really made her threatening, but as a grappler you can punish and 1P shuts down that little twirl stance thing she does.
Momiji--i have no idea how to fight her lol. It seems disadvantaged for Lisa, but again new nerfs may change. I swear to god she has some fast ass midpunch that seem to just beat anything i throw at her. Are her jump attacks sidesteppable? I can't check because i only got Core Fighters lol.
Would love to hear any other Lisa players input.
- I agree on 5-5. He plays a similar way to Lisa, he has great spacing tools to initiate the stun game then will capitalize on using mixup and hold baiting. Ein's movepool is limited but he has more speed and better mixup potential. Lisa can throw punish almost all of of his string enders and all his lows apart from
and BT
. Ein still has an offensive hold which he can use to his advantage but it's damage output is quite weak. I would say it's all a matter of controlling space as much as you can and forcing mistakes to make your move. Ein is still quite a powerful character but punish his unsafety and it's smooth sailing.
- 6-4 to Lisa. Rachel is faster up close and safer, has spacing moves that can be used as great keepaway tools to prevent Lisa's passive-aggressive style and can throw punish her mistakes. Lisa on the other hand can infinitely harass with
as Rachel cannot punish it, shenanigans will also allow fantastic pressure in the stun game as Rachel's crushes are slow so she has no easy escape tactics other than to hold or slow escape which puts her at a big disadvantage. Lisa's
regains it's ability to be a great CH hunter and step killer from mid range as Rachel cannot reach that range without the risk of being interrupted.
- Easily 5-5 potentially 6-4 to Lisa. Momiji thrives on stun>launch setups so she needs constant aggression to keep momentum, her spacing tools are generally safe (apart from
) and hit mid so she can poke when needed, this can be an issue for Lisa if she wants to harass. Momiji's follow-ups from tenku can be avoided entirely on block, by pressing
or
you effectively crush all her follow-ups by crouching (avoiding her throw) and side step at the same time (avoiding her tenku
and
). She lacks crushes, those which she has are particularly slow so most of her pressure will come from tenku setups and using mid/throw strategy against turtles, which
answers to. If Lisa plays defensively, this matchup is definitely in her favor.