YOMI MITYEAP
Warrior
cyrax wins 6 4, no doubt about that. I actually know this from experience and watching high lvl raxs play high lvl laos. These are the things that just keep it manageable, but difficult for lao:
*D4: goes right under standing 2, has alot of advantage on hit, and has great reach and a great footsies tool for cyrax to use vs lao.
*AA grab, blows up divekicks, jump ins, and teleports almost everytime, keeps lao grounded
*Damage: One thrown out spin or mistake made by lao, and that is lights out, he can breaker, but that means no more x rax for lao and lao's xray is his most deadly and effective tool.
*Rushdown: everyone knows that lao despises getting rushed by chars, and with someone like rax, he better be thinking twice about doing a random spin. Also rax has got a command grab to mix in and a buzzsaw. The pressure he can apply is vicious and brutal, and also he makes it difficult for lao to build meter off block strings since the only way he will get in effectively is off footsies
*Lao's pressure: 2 1 is great, but can be low poked right after you block it and lao doesn't have the easiest time punishing d1s, lao can check you with a spin if you try to poke out, but that is a risk obviously and he'd only get a decent amount of damage for that, while rax gets you whole lifebar
*Ex net: if linked in a combo, drains lao's meter and will either lead to his death, or him having no meter at all.