Dude is a crazy light show with range and damage. He seems like he could be a free ride to E ranks. I'm solid mediocre, but when I see him it looks like the player has never lost on their way through mid F ranks. - everyone of them. If I can pin him down I can tell if a is player is just OK, but once I'm on defense I don't know how to get back into control.
6B is fast and I can't even side step 6BB if I'm in gloomy. I think I've had more trouble figuring out options in training against him than any other character so far. It's hard to tell what's going on through all the flash and stuff happens scary fast.
I'm a meh level player, so there are going to be characters that just blow me the crap up in this game.
Are you on Steam? I'd be happy to run through some practice sets with you. I don't think I've lost to a Tira yet...
His 6B starts up in 14 frames when he is in Ax mode. 6BB is +4, so if you block a 6BB, your best bet is probably GI or Reversal Edge. The 2nd hit of 6BB can be sidestepped, but if that's not working, I believe you can GI it on reaction pretty easily. Definitely try not to block it due to the frame trap and 12.5% guard crush.
If you can ever get offense started, it can tough for him to poke out. If he's not in Sword Stance, his fastest poke is 14 frames. His 2A is 22 frames! When in Sword Stance he gains access to 10-frame highs and 14-frame mids/special-lows.
When he's zoning, try to duck the red axes and sidestep the blue shields. You can tell he's going to do a shield because he'll go into Shield Stance first. The Ax is just 66A, but you should be able to crouch on reaction. It catches a lot of side-steppers, so crouching is the preferred method to deal with it. It's -10 on block and only does 4% guard crush, so blocking is also ok. The shield does 9% guard break, so try to sidestep or guard impact, just be careful not to get rung out by it.
His double Ax swing (6AA) is +2 on block and his 6B is 14 startup, so only try to poke with your 10-frame moves if you have any.
His low-hitting 9A is -16, so you should be able to get a decent punish. 9B is only -4 but with massive push-back, so be wary of walk-back whiff punishes.
If he goes into Ax Stance from mid screen or further, he's probably going for Ax-Stance-A, which is his high-hitting guard break. It's +2 on block and leaves him in Ax stance, so expect a 14 frame 6B or 18-frame 6A followup.
His powerful low-hitting Ax stance B+K is -20, and his other B+K moves are -16, so be sure to punish them hard on block.
While he's Soul Charged, his 6A+B becomes +4, his 44A+B becomes +2, and all of his attacks are stance-fast (so 6b is 14 frames, etc). 6A+B does 22% guard damage. 44A+B does 9% but isn't capable of actually breaking your guard.
Hope that helps!
