1st post updated in here.
If anyone wants to contribute in any particular match-up, is welcome to do so.
For a start, i'll begin with three certain characters that i have a decent experience vs them:
Ivy vs NM: 4:6
- fast/semi fast WP moves can keep him at a nice distance (although that's not the objective of this match-up)
- long ranged WP moves (hit high or slow often) usually fail because of NM's 33B
- CL range is about the same as NM's general range.
- CL can play safe VS NM but cannot apply much pressure. Also, like WP, forces you to face NM at a range that he's very good at
- CL 214, is ineffective (not always, but most times) against NM (many range horizontal options & grab range)
- SW helps very much only if you play aggresively. Apply pressure to NM, do not let him make his game.
- SW "punishers" usually, simply, cannot punish because they are outranged or whiffed (most of them)
- SS/CS game not bad, but risky because of NM's GS (anti-high) and great RO capability
Ivy vs Taki: 7:3
If this was SC3 it would be an entirely different matter, but in SC4, it is very obvious that Taki has many problems with her short range.
- Ivy's CL backstep literally kills Taki's game, you can easily punish her just by stepping
- Another problem for Taki is that Ivy has very fast pokes at SW and (most important) she is AA-proof most of the times in SW. In other words Ivy in SW doesn't have to backstep (which is also great) but easily apply pressure.
- in WP you can easily outrange her and play safe at the same time
- Ivy's 4K is a great tool against a blocked (Taki's) 1B,A~PO. The only option it cannot beat is PO sidestep (which may cost you eat the PO UB), but it still is great against Taki.
- Ivy's 214 is also great against Taki. Depending on which range you use this, you can also evade many short ranged horizontals with this
- SS/CS game is ok (meaning: not very good, not very bad). Main reason is because some players may not attempt the throws because they don't know if they are fully safe from Taki's AA
Ivy vs Tira: 6:4
Why Ivy has advantage over Tira?
Because Tira is a character that can NOT easily punish, outrange, cause more damage, or apply pressure to Ivy.
- Ivy's WP is fun here. You can play a bit more flashy and perhaps unsafe against Tira. She may not be able to punish you easily. However Tira's range is deceptive, so a bit more attention won't hurt you.
- CL is also effective here. CL backstep not as usefull as with Taki, but still has uses.
- CL 214, is also good here, but use it mostly NOT so close to Tira
- SW IS safe against Tira, and CAN punish her (better than CL)
- However, when Ivy is in SW, in general terms, has shorter range than Tira. Knowing which options work on each occasion, can improve your gameplay a lot. Otherwise, you may find yourself whiffing sometimes in SW.
- Also SW has many good MID options that unfortunately are easily autoGi-able by Tira's GS B+K (I hope i wrote it correctly)
- Also you should avoid moves that can be punished by Tira's GS 1B (once again I hope i also wrote this correctly)
- Generally Tira has many tools to fight Ivy in equal ground, however overall I feel that Ivy has a slight advantage in this match-up. I always see Tira as an...immature Ivy. Meaning that, see has the potential, but in order to show it, you must have digged in her very much. The only thing that differs is that Ivy can payoff quite well. But Tira's gameplay in the end is mostly based around her mid/low or mid/throw options.
