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[CSE] Iron Tager vs Rachel: Stomp da Frog

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Hey no more 6B>instant overhead.

Now we have to deal with...stuff into instant overhead.

Hurray!!

Objective:

Get through Rachel's tricky zoning and dismember her quickly.

Rachel is a very tough character get in on due to her ability to easily lock us down and zone us but once we are in we are in.

Reason:

She is a zoner and we don't have a lot of things that can do to her at her optimal range, lets not let her have her way.

Far range:

Because of Rachel's zoning tools I will add 2 things to this category outside of VTC and walk in.

When Rachel uses pumpkin on the ground (she spins doing this) she gives us a free spark bolt.

When frog is close to us then you have the option to destroy it with j.B or sledge. (sledge is more unsafe.)

Always IB frog if you have to block it.

Medium range:

Expect her to pumpkin wind into us and prepare to block or defend yourself in the best way you can.

Not a lot I can say to help you in this range.

She will also use fork to stuff sledge or just use it for its range at this range.

Close range:

When we are on the offense she has to guess her way since the chair's armor don't happen until frame 5, but if we are the defender then we are plagued with possible instant overheads and forced to the corner with her wind antic's, IB and try to create a hole, and remember she can't instant overhead if it's not jump cancelable.

Rachel strings:

5B>2B>5B>6CD

5B>2B>4B

2A>5B>4B>5B

5B>5CC>A lobelia

lobelia>sword Iris

5B>j2D>j.A(Instant overhead)

5B>j2D>2B

5B>j2D>4B

Special moves she likes to use:

Tiny lobelia: You see this you got 2 choices, sledge it or block it, its distance and speed changes with how she uses the wind, also leaves a lightning rod on the ground on hit, whiff, and block.

Sword Iris: The lightning rods Tiny lobelia creates lets her strike lightning down on the spot that the rods are on, if you block it she has a chance to pressure us, this is usually used for combos or to fish for hits in case we are not blocking.

Pumpkin: She uses this to punish us for being reckless with sledge and it's her way of making sure we block her approach, she usually use it in places that we can't hit her easily but if you have a spark she will always take to the skies to use this.

Frog: Her lock down tool and this guy is a trouble maker and will sometimes leave us scratching our head on how to deal with it.

It has HP so hitting it once won't always make it go away, sometimes you don't have a choice to block it, sometimes you gotta make the call.

All that matters is that you must try your best to not get yourself into a situation that makes you block it because if you do Rachel will have more than enough time to start her pressure/mix up, do not let her have that if you can.

Bodem bodem lily: She normally use this as a combo tool but sometimes we are in the air, this is to keep us in check and gives her free pressure.

I suggest you IB it.

Tempest Dahlia: Fun DD that lets her lob a bunch of bats, cows, and a frog at us of course it all depends on her wind meter, she usually use this when she needs time to gather wind or just wants us to sit still for the pressure/mix-up.

A little fun fact, when she approaches while this move is active some of her sprite hides behind the projectile making it look like she has some invisible mix up going for her.

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This match up is fun. I'm serious.

Any advice with her: knockdown to corner > frog summon > 6C > j.lobelia > (frog activate).

MTW may lose if she blocks, and george will probably survive, or should we just keep blocking/IB and save meter for CA.

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MTW hits George, It loses because MTW is nineteen weak hits into one really strong blow, frog activates before it takes enough damage to get popped and hits Tager out of MTW

since the auto-guard would end before that.

I have some info for Rachel but I don't think it's enough yet.

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This match up can be fun but not all the time. XD

What might help is to save for the CA then 2D as rachel recovers then try to pressure her

but watch out for the chair. not 100% sure she'll have time to get the chair out though, can only go so far with recording in training mode lol

3C DA FROG works good too.

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