Anyone have their own Shirai Ryu Matchup Chart vs the most common used variations for each character? Does he have ANY winning matches?
Here's the thing, I feel with all the new buffs for everyone else, i dont really think he does any more. The ones he did have, seem not in his favor anymore, and thus he is completely reliant on whoever is playing him. imo, It comes down to the skill of the player -more so than pretty much anybody else in the game- when trying to make him a threat when playing at high level.
You simply can't be "brain dead" and play takeda if you want to win. People who don't play him just assume b21 and njp is all you need and they say shit like well he has range and footsies (when most dont even grasp the concept of footsies in the first place) so he should beat so-and-so all day. Negative... The shit thats gonna have me beat so-and-so is dedication to making takeda better ( read trickier) , match up knowledge, AND understanding the player I'm facing.
subzero, takeda, goro, Jacqui are the only even match ups for me. Everything else seems out favoured.. I mean I still have pretty good win ratio vs the rest of the cast but I feel I don't have to give these characters that much match respect as much as I do with say kung Lao, dvorah, Liu kang, etc.