Cassie Cage at best 4-6. I spam d1 at the end of every single one of her strings that aren't already punishable (mainly her overhead fucking kick) and nothing came out. I lost every time to her d3. It's complete bull. And he rediculous range on her whiff punish is absurd. and her unpunishable 50/50 game is beyond absurd... and the unpunishable 50/50 game blows up the wakeup.
Yes I know her low is punishable, but holy shit is it hard to block. That low high is tighter than playing against Erron Black
My little brother plays a great Cassie, and imo the matchup is very even in both spec ops and Hollywood.
You only mash d1 after getting hit by a normal nut punch. You can't just toss out f11s to try and catch her if she's constantly pressing buttons, it doesn't end well most of the time. However once you get used to the f112 block string, and are able to perform f22s and b1s while they're still jailed, this matchup gets a lot easier. Her getaway flip is 100% punishable by f11 though, and since we can get 49%+ off of it it hurts a lot. Her f33 is punishable by 112, WC, 212 xx db1, f44, run, b12 throw which is 36%. Her overhead and low starter are punishable on block.
As for the low, just get used to blocking it in the training room. It becomes pretty natural after a little practice. Her d3 is annoying, but you can eat a few then block to try to get her to do a combo starter and then punish it. You can also backdash it if you don't think she anticipates it, but she can catch it with a b1 so be careful.
Neutral is your best friend in this matchup(112 is as well tbh). She has to be in your face, and keeping her out for a while with a solid neutral game using d2/d3/d4 can do some real damage to her and make her do something risky. She can whiff punish those too, but its a lot harder for her to do consistently and she usually has to be waiting for it. Be very careful about using f4, f11, and f22 when in neutral though, because if it whiffs you're gonna eat some damage every time. When in the corner, you can also db1 when you have a small chance to breathe. If the animation gets far enough to the point it comes out she eats it, blocks it, or has to back off so you get a chance at offense. I do not recommend tossing out db1 fullscreen though, because she will be waiting for it and you're gonna eat some big damage again.
This is one matchup where our bad wakeup is heavily exploited, but we have great tools to fight her despite that.
Edit: also, while venomous can't punish as hard with raw damage, you still get to start your offense off the punishes.
