Match-up Discussion Raiden vs. Kenshi - what are your thoughts?

[MKR]

Please share experience ideas Raiden against Kenshi

 

[Under_The_Mayo]

The obvious problem is the spirit charge punishing raiden's teleport. But tele is a great option against spirit charge pressure that other characters simply don't have.

Kenshi can easily exploit the holes in Raiden's attack strings with his buckets of armor, but unlike something like Sonya's Cartwheel or Jax's Dash Punch, Kenshi's specials leave him standing in one place. So you're gonna have to condition him to interrupt with EX SC or EX RK and then start mixing up your attack strings with canceling into teleport to blow him up.

 

[Fractured_Shadow]

^That pretty much sums it up... the MU is based more on MU XP than anything imo... I place it at 5-5...

 

[Eddy Wang]

Raiden's teleport is a tool used for escape direct approaches only, do not use teleport to start an offense or you will get punished.

 

[GamerBlake90]

I played this match-up with Pig quite a lot back in the day.

It is a 5-5, but a heavily read-based match-up. One thing Raiden has going for him is that Kenshi cannot play his zoning game with overhead swords or tele-flurry, as Raiden can easily evade all that with teleport and get a combo, or he can armor through with EX Superman, which will quickly carry Kenshi to the corner. This can cause the Kenshi player to become hesitant, which opens up your options as the Raiden player.

However, as @Under_The_Mayo correctly stated, Kenshi's EX specials are drenched in armor and can therefore exploit the gaps in two of Raiden's main attack strings: b3 1 2 and 3 3 4. So when taking the offensive, you've got to switch up your attack patterns quite a lot. If you read Kenshi's attempt at an interruption with an armored special, try cancelling your attack into a teleport. If your read is correct, Kenshi will be stuck in a recovery animation and it's time for you to inflict damage.

You can also use EX Shocker in anticipation for an interruption, but this is heavily punishable and costs one bar. Then again, teleport is also punishable, but it's worth noting. You want to manage your meter effectively while forcing Kenshi to waste his.