ShenYuan
[10] Knight
Asta is pretty weak to characters with very strong poking since his evasion, to get out of disadvantage is kinda mediocre IMO.
like saitoh said, asta cant really punish 236 at range well... especially when at 1K range, and 1K is annoying agaisnt asta because of the -1 and the force crouch. 2B after 1K will beat many many many options.
Xianghua vs Astaroth is bad because
Xianghua can't really space astaroth. Doing Step B, which is her best spacing move against most of the cast IMO, is stupid against astaroth due to 4A/bullrush/66A... So her best spacing tools, in my opinion are 3B and 44A+B... which are also very risky against astaroth.
So X's best bet is to get in, but Asta's spacing is ridiculous. If X wants to beat a spacing move from astaroth, she would have to commit to it completely to launch it with step B or FC3B... sucks to have no 3B launch on normal hit.
Even when she is in, X's mixup is very mid/throw dependent against astaroth... she can poke with mid low, but its really risky against asta due to his crouch throws. 1K is very safe against him, but if asta does a reversal throw from disadvantage, its a back throw... and good asta's will do reversal throws.
And the damage difference is really crazy. No need to explain this.
However, I feel that the saving grace that X has in this matchup is aK, because it shuts down many of asta's options when she is in medium advantage... aK beats bullrush, 6A, and throw from disadvantage, It only loses to 6B+K... but thats not so much of a threat compared to the rest.... still the damage is really low.
OH and 6B+K is another important move agianst Astaroth since it leaves him crouching on block, does good damage, hits mid, and is very hard to step since there is good tracking for both hits... it also contributes to the soul gauge.
ITs really uphill for X... its not unreasonable to say its 7:3, although I think its 6:4.
I Hate this matchup so much
like saitoh said, asta cant really punish 236 at range well... especially when at 1K range, and 1K is annoying agaisnt asta because of the -1 and the force crouch. 2B after 1K will beat many many many options.
Xianghua vs Astaroth is bad because
Xianghua can't really space astaroth. Doing Step B, which is her best spacing move against most of the cast IMO, is stupid against astaroth due to 4A/bullrush/66A... So her best spacing tools, in my opinion are 3B and 44A+B... which are also very risky against astaroth.
So X's best bet is to get in, but Asta's spacing is ridiculous. If X wants to beat a spacing move from astaroth, she would have to commit to it completely to launch it with step B or FC3B... sucks to have no 3B launch on normal hit.
Even when she is in, X's mixup is very mid/throw dependent against astaroth... she can poke with mid low, but its really risky against asta due to his crouch throws. 1K is very safe against him, but if asta does a reversal throw from disadvantage, its a back throw... and good asta's will do reversal throws.
And the damage difference is really crazy. No need to explain this.
However, I feel that the saving grace that X has in this matchup is aK, because it shuts down many of asta's options when she is in medium advantage... aK beats bullrush, 6A, and throw from disadvantage, It only loses to 6B+K... but thats not so much of a threat compared to the rest.... still the damage is really low.
OH and 6B+K is another important move agianst Astaroth since it leaves him crouching on block, does good damage, hits mid, and is very hard to step since there is good tracking for both hits... it also contributes to the soul gauge.
ITs really uphill for X... its not unreasonable to say its 7:3, although I think its 6:4.
I Hate this matchup so much