[CP] Litchi vs. Mu-12

[Urichinan]

Discuss the Mu-12 matchup here.

[Wokker]

Been playing this matchup for a while, and im still not sure on how you should play it. Getting in can be tricky if Mu got steins out since they can "cancel" the staff flight if you get hit/block, and midscreen Mu got her 5C which beats Litchis normals at that range. Mu's AA's you also have to look out for since they are quite good.

 

Any advice on how to get in easier vs Mu?

[TD]

fullscreen, make her jump by setting 2d. if she jumps without setting a stein you have less to worry about and more time. switch to 5d set often via 623d if she is using air tactics instead. jd will set the staff in 2d while having litchi move a certain way to avoid lasers. 5d 236d is ok here, esp. after a 623d or two. IAD as a last resort, make sure theres no lasers or youre not too close to be 6a/2c. midscreen, itsuu beats 5c, 6c, all her projectiles and everything else except 2b/3c. threaten with this. 6b is ok as a general poke, so is 3c. l dont really like 5b here to contest her 5c but it can win l guess. that's all l have

[TD]

oh, if you block a laser while staff was going in 2d, super jump d again to have it go again. it will avoid lasers. if no lasers will shoot, just d is fine. if you find yourself blocking the bukkake, you have to approach slowly and unpredictably. use any combination of fast movement: dash (include 4ab!), superjump airdash, j2d, jd... whatever the situation calls for. in order to avoid lasers you must pay attention to the timing. small laser hit = 116f + placement of stein vs you + speed of the laser. it's final track is around 60ish? frames and after that can be avoided by moving vertically.

[Wokker]

Ahh, I see.

Thanks for the help~

[bakahyl]

Also watch out for the obvious stein cancel into dp if you were trying to approach her without throwing out your staff. Her dp also nullifies your "all green" distortion on reaction (during the superflash) while she was setting steins as well, so you should probably save your heat for something else

 

edit: litchi has too many good tools to stop mu from going air to ground on Litchi: 2a, itsuu and her new aa. So most of the time it should not be an option for mu to get in on litchi in the air without laser support.

As for neutral it's pretty wierd, because it's more even than you think or even in Litchi's advantage. Mu's normals are good but litchi's aren't that bad and using her staff and itsuu will dominate Mu's neutral quite well. Normally Mu has to keep away with a barrage of steins but you can prevent that like TD said with well placed staff sets