every char gives me trouble here if they are good with the char.
the chars that have been giving me trouble the most off the top of my head are goukis, abel, and sagat. i havent fought enough of my counterfights (viper, rufus to really say they give me trouble, or i might be getting better at those matches.
my matchup theories are slowly falling in line with the japanese the more i play here. mago said sagat/sim is 6-4 and i kind of agree with that now.
i used to think honda was 6-4 sim now i think its 5-5.
i played another grand master honda at shinjuku sportsland tonight...honda is actually a really really good char and i leanred some things behind the obvious hhs setups
first, super invinciblity is more than his ultra, when honda gets a super, i cant throw a fireball, even from 3/4th screen super will go right through that shit free (he has to predict i will throw a fireball though.)
2ndly, his antiair options vs sim are very similar to zangiefs..meaning he has a wheel of options he can use for antiair vs sim if he guesses right. neutral fierce, and honda j. strong i believe will beat sim j. strong, j. far RH in the air
at specific angles j. fierce, j. rh, j. strong (when i throw a fireball) all beat sims b. rh antiair options from afar and trade at worst.
so then i tried using slide to tripguard this, but they will just delay the j. strong to hit my slide.
so, i have to treat this match like zangief kind of. rarely try to antiair him, instead, just let him whiff his antiair and whiff punish his normal in the air..and iat barckwards a lot, dont let him even get close to you. i was able to fuck up a grandmaster honda once i figured out to whiff punish his jumpins instead of trying to beat them straight up. this match is actually very grueling cause if he hits you once, its soooo much life...but i think i can beat akimos honda if i play him next week at trf if i play well.