The hottest girls in this game are a tie between Sindel and Sheeva, that is all.
I don't think the Jade v.s. Sheeva match is super bad for Sheeva, but the fact that a teleporting Sheeva can get full combo punished off of a telestomp if Jade enhance glows, making Sheeva more hesitant to use her prominent mind games tool. Jade outzones her with shadow flash if the Jade player is on point, the boomerangs are about the same speed as her fireball though. Good Jades anti- air like nobody's business, it's an uphill battle to get in and by the time you do, she has meter to glow and punish your combo attempt, not sure if this match is dead even or not, up close Sheeva has the edge I think, so I guess it's semi-even.
The Baraka matchup is so annoying for Sheeva though, good luck effectively getting in consistently or telestomping, it's about as annoying as a Kung Lao match up, the blade charge hits you whether crouching or stand blocking and is safe, Baraka's projectile has better recovery, he can trade effectively. The matchup isn't Kung Lao bad, but Sheeva truly cannot pressure Baraka consistently or troll with the telestomp, he can spin or do his chop chop blades on reaction, which he can folow up with a blade charge for 19%, shutting down telestomp shenanigans. Baraka is like a hybrid of Kung Lao, Johnny Cage, and Sonya
Baraka's quicker than her up close, with the exception of 1,2, back 1 and 2,1,2,forward 1 every combo Baraka does easily beats out her attacks and Baraka's mix ups are much quicker too. The match is listed as even..but I think it's a 6-4 in Baraka's favor, not unwinnable, but not totally even. This is from playing a couple really good Baraka players, ThaRedsoul and Permodius.
I just don't understand what makes this match up even...Sheeva doesn't out do Baraka in anything other than damage output off of less hits, but how often are you really going to land the low grab into her back 2, 1+2, anti air grab or fireball combo for 41-43% , especially on a high level Baraka? Her highest damage is far too situational, especially considering his down 1 and down 4 are better pokes than anything she has to stop her in her tracks, unless she armors it. It's hard to land her BNB combos like 1,2,back 1,4, grab in punch because you can't really punish anything Baraka does and in most cases even if you could, Sheeva's speed sometimes prevents that. Baraka has no real legit reason to jump in...unless he jumping over a fireball to full combo punish.
Note: Not saying Sheeva can't beat him. just it's not easy.
I also find it fascinating how Sheeva is one of the only characters in the game who inherently has no match ups where they're just straight up in her favor, her best match ups are all even.
People talk about Jade and Stryker, but at least they have a couple matchups where they have a clear advantage.
I think Sheeva is better than Jade and Stryker slightly though.
