Hey guys! I need your help.
I cannot beat . Well, I mean. I can, sometimes. But not as often as I’d like. Here are my lifetime stats against him:
8-21
6-9
2-3
1-3
1-1
1-1
0-2
Total Lifetime: 19-41 (31.6%)
And that’s just the matchup chart! If we’re counting IRL games, I know that countless fights against @Hydro, @MadKing, and @ratxt1 further stack up the L column. Actually I think in the vs. fight, I am literally 2-20 against @MadKing if we count all the times we played the matchup either in tournaments, or in a closed setting where he was actively trying to teach it to me.
Keep in mind; this is NOT a salt thread or a place for me to complain about the character, nor is it a place to deride players who find success with him or enjoy playing him. I’m not trying to state that he’s broken or overpowered or anything like that (in fact, while he does have one of the highest winrates, it’s only 53% according to the historical chart), and if it comes across that way it is very much so not my intention. I am making the claim that every time I lose to a player, I am being strictly outplayed mentally, as I really am lost as to what my gameplan even should be.
It’s just become such a meme at this point. I have spent SO much time trying, labbing, playing casuals, theorycrafting how to beat him, etc. You’d think that if 100% of my “training room” time in Yomi is spent thinking about I’d have a solution at this point but I still don’t. I’m not even kidding about that btw; I spend zero time thinking about any other matchup and can go into any fight with full confidence that I have a gameplan, even against for example. I also don’t get salty when I lose to , but the despair I feel when fighting against is completely singular and only applies to him.
After all this time, I’m just upset with myself that I STILL don’t have a counterpick character for him and I STILL don’t have a valid strategy that beats him. It’s endlessly frustrating.
@MadKing is going to try to help me, but at this point I’m just emotionally checked out whenever I see that yellow bastard. If anybody ever questioned how close to a “real fighting game” Yomi is, they can be sure that the concept of the “Kryptonite character” is alive and well in Yomi, lol.
I’m hearing the best strategy is to just play . I’m not against doing this (I cp with too), but I don’t feel confident in the matchup. I guess I just need sparring time in it.
Excellent job to all of the strong players out there; too many to give shoutouts to. My recent deconstruction against @Southpawhare in Summer Smash is the catalyst for this cry for help, lol. GGs sirs (time to climb through loser’s to fight you again!)
Any tips you guys can give me are greatly appreciated. Especially in the vs. matchup since that’s probably going to be my main focus from here on out. Any info there so that I know specifically what I need to work on would be fantastic. I am already okay with the rest of the carousel so seems like the right choice.
As an aside; I also encourage other players to make their own threads asking questions about matchups they’re struggling with. There are a lot of awesome veteran players out there willing to share tech with you to help you get better at the game. I have given out so much anti- tech in my time it’s almost self-destructive but that’s what a real fighting game community does; drive everyone to get better in the long run.
Please guys, drive me to get better, too. Thanks.