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[CP] Platinum vs Litchi

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Match Start



Neutral

Full Screen
Long-Mid Range
Point Blank


Offense and Defense

Your Offense vs Her Defense
Her Offense vs Your Defense


Gimmicks and Miscellaneous Info

Gimmicks
Misc. Info


Frame Advantage, Disadvantage, and Punishes

Frame Advantage
Frame Disadvantage
Punishes


Summary

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Some findings based on way over 100 matches against Litchi.

She has really good range in some of her pokes when she has the staff equipped, so when she is playing defensive it's best to approach with a jump in (barrier or j.b) or just dashing in with barrier cancels. When you are both running against towards each other, depending on when her staff hits you can opt to dash in with 2B (faster than many of litchis normals, good range and low profile against her 5A and 5B) or block. She doesn't seem to have any real instant overheads (except against standing) and her other overheads are not impossible to see. Many of her moves have some recovery, but do take note of where her staff is as good player can make many of her pressure strings safer than they look.

As for items, Cat hammer is easily the best item for this matchup. It outranges many of litchis moves and when used correctly can really make Litchis life miserable (Can punish most of Litchis staff attacks/placements). Bombs and missiles both serve well against her jump ins. Needless to say, that Bat is pretty good as well but you need to be a bit more careful when you use it as many of her pressure strings keep her away from bats range. Her DB is a bit weaker than what some other characters possess, as she can only use it when she has the staff equipped, making it possibly easier to bait.

In this matchup, it seems platinum has plenty of tools made especially to counter litchi. Litchi's gameplay seems to be really based on frame-traps and really good block-strings in which she can mix-up lows and overheads fairly frequently while pushing opponents back to corner. However her staff often actually plays against her in this matchup due to platinums new <b>Happy magicka</b> move that triggers from any hit including projectiles, so litchi simply can't just auto-pilot her pressure against Platinum. With bat you can just block while smashing D but against good litchi it's probably best to avoid doing that against most of her lows.

6A and 2C can destroy most of her air approaches but the timing can be really difficult, especially against her cross-jump attack that leads to a frame-trap or a nasty combo.

If you can, do keep track on his meter and OD as she can deal some sick damage even with level 1 overdrive (combo to OD All-green can deal like 6k damage..) so saving bursts to escape from these is probably for the best. If you get her to OD/Burst with your earlier do try to make most of it.

Occasional C-bubbles from safe distances can limit her options as well so don't be afraid to use them (if you already posses a good item), her staff can break these but she needs to choose between vertical and horizontal staff launch and to break C-bubble in early flight she needs to use the vertical one which makes approaching on the ground somewhat easier.

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