How could Raph's 4B beat Cervy's aB? Cervy's A whiffs but his B hits Raph way before 4B even touches Cervy.
So that means Cervy has to rely on other options. Itz basically rock, paper, scissor game where both have to out guess each other.
Tested already; Cervy's AA, K and aB beats Raph's 236B and I've tested Cervy's aB on Raph's 4B a couple of times and his aB still beats Raph's 4B.
Punish with what?
You've got the wrong idea.
The iGDR setup iGDR 22_88B 8A+K iGDR 28B leaves Cervy's back turned with a decent wake-up for him. If Raph gets up immediately he is in for a mix-up. Otherwise Raph has to play the wake-up game.
Piggy I'm aware of that but the reason for me stating on like this is to prove that Raph doesn't have the edge when blocking Cervy's bK.
ya I know you're comparing damage but comparing damage alone is a mistake to say that iGDR isn't a threat considering the fact that iGDR is fast, covers decent range and the setup combo puts Cervy in good wake-ups most of the situation with threatening BT mix-ups.
The only way I can see this is when you hit an opponent or when the Soul Gauge is flashing red, but how often does the opponent get hit by it compare to iGDR?
yes but I'm talking how often are opponents likely to get hit by Raph's 22 setup in the first place compare to be being hit by Cervy's iGDR setup?
I doubt that they are the same.
+:::: he can actually hurt you pretty bad if you get stepped (67 damage on NH). 
i know i'm pretty late to this conversation, but meh, I gotta throw my 2 cents in on the Maxi match up. There is absolutely no way that this is 7:3 in raph's favor, i'd say its much closer to an even 5:5. Heres a few reasons why I feel this way.
Step Punish:
Most people don't really realize that Maxi has one of the better steps in the game, and with
44B
A lot of people think that 44B wrecks Maxi, but he actually has a few good ways of dealing with that. Maxi can always throw out some 66B+Ks if he thinks Raph is gonna 44B, and Raph can't even punish it. Another great answer to 44B is Maxi's 236K. If I recall correctly, 236K will actually beat out 44B from all but near max range, and that nets Maxi 60+ damage + wakes. And since 236K is only -15~-16 and TCs through most of the animation, Raph cant really punish it much.
Long Range Poking
Maxi doesn't really have too much of a problem here. 33A can get around a linear poke and gets Maxi in pretty quick. Again, 236K can mess up raph once maxi gets closer to mid range, since it tech crouches super early in the animation and has pretty good range. And then theres just good ol' 4B. 4B has pretty good range and raph has to be really careful about doing anything after blocking 4B since raph doesn't have a great fast step killing mid to discourage LI B abuse.
