Im sorry you cannot really play tira, and know how to play against her, and say those people understood the match up.
At all.
He was a great player.
He chose Tira.
He could have chosen yoshimitsu and done well.
No one studied up on anyone but apat, viola and nightmare. admit it.
Maybe you guys are faring a lot better then me, but shockingly surprise tactics like that work. The ce I dig but I prefer just using 4k when I want a ce. IIRC the distance from 4B+K B, may not allow a full ce to connect, unless its counterhit.
With what they've done you have to either perfect...
I have to say, you do best with Tira in Jolly when trying to confuse the enemy.
One thing you must avoid is a pattern. She's slow enough that you can actually see patterns quite quickly.
Obviously the only thing she can do is a bunch of short combos in jolly to deal damage, everything it adds up...