There are usually players around evening to a little beyond midnight in EST. Also, like most foreign games like this, SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Online KR, etc. it's just about meeting the right kind of people if you want to go deeper than shuffles.
What are you even supposed to do against pressure? Maybe it's because I don't have a lot of experience but it feels like he doesn't have many defense options other than his DP, and his Puppeteddie can only really dodge moves if you do them preemptively.