Guys, I need some tips against Laura. Any help?
Laura varies quite a bit player to player, but if they like abusing her v-skill at long ranges you can use your own to get them to behave (obviously stop using it once they get into more sensible ranges for footsies.) This normally shifts all matches I have with particularly annoying Lauraās back to her trying neutral game but at least from there it can go either way.
i found a new block string with r mika can anybody take a look at this.
Iām literally lost at stopping her approaches. Whichās Mikaās best move to intimidate her dash in (v-skill)? Usually Laura players grab me relatevely much in a round. I donāt know how to avoid her pressure unless landing peach gator.
Here is my advice against Laura :
1- It is a bad MU. There is no Ifs or buts here IMO. If you have a secondary that can do better (Like Chun for me) then use them.
2- Donāt over commit to pressure when she have V-trigger. The single most important thing in this MU is to avoid eating a button VTC into hella damage and stun.
3- Your oki and meaty setups have got to be on point.
4- Donāt be drop kick happy because she can low profile with cr.MK and full combo punish you.
5- Donāt be poke happy because she have ridiclous CCs and her counter poke normals like st.LK and st.HP, cr.HP are amazing.
Basically Laura have better neutral, She have higher damage and stun, She can mix you up mid screen. You gotta wait for your openings and try to run your game and hope for the best. The best button to stop her V-skill stuff is to mash cr.LP.
Here is an example of Fuudo playing against her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwYPg17YeHU
Fuudo already out 
Du not using Mika. The end of an era
Do you think she might be buffed next season, since the poor results from Fuudo/Luffy this EVO?
(I canāt include Du as Mika boy this season, you know why).
I dont think Capcom wants Mika to be great again.
I think if she gonna get any buffs, which is reasonably possible, theyāll cover her footsies. No way they gonna improve her 50/50.
I think they only nerf characters who do well at big competitions like EVO. Must be the reason why Rog or Laura for example get a slap on the wrist, and Chun, Ryu and Nash got hit hard
^^ Surely.
Even if Punk doesnāt take this EVO, I bet Karin will be touched a bit down. Heās been doing very well with her lately and we all know how to Capcom use to plan about situation like that.
Coming back to Mika, if they pretend to touch her in s3, theyāll tend to go into Fuudoās line, more footsies based. Actually Iād like to see her air target combo boosted, as well as her c.mk as a truly low attack. And of course, buff her mic, it still worthless in the majority of the matchups.
I canāt see Mika ever getting buffed again sadly. She is a kind of a public enemy character.
Anyhow, I would like to see them improve her footsies even if it comes at the cost of a reduced mixups potential. I want a faster sweep, cr.LK into st.LP to combo again. I want F.MK to have more range, I would like if cr.HP went back to being plus 1 on max range on block at a cost of having more recovery on whiff or something. I think she is in a decent place overall, Mika is viable without being too weak or too strong and she is fairly balanced IMO.
I dont think theyāll touch her that much, sheās probably where Capcom wants her to be
I think sheās in a good place either, tier wise. If they want to sacrifice her 50/50 game to boost footsies, Iām ok with this. Thanks God the community isnāt bitching about her anymore. Now the targets are Balrog, Laura, Gief and perhaps Karin.
I dont see many people bitching about Karin, just a few oddballs here and there. Most people accept her as a fair top tier.
You know, whoever dominates the scene will be cursed by criticisms. I donāt think Karin is unfair or whatever, the only thing I hope they fix about her is the massive damage of her ca. Speaking as a Mika mainer, this matchup is quite tough though.
I think the bolded section is going to be Mikaās biggest problem in the long run. The way she plays is apt to piss people off so I think Capcom is going to be really leery of ever buffing her back up again lest the torches and pitchforks come back out.
I agree with the thoughts about Mikaās balancing. While she isnāt in a bad spot overall, I think some tweaks to make her footsies a little better (balanced as necessary in other areas) would help her to stay more relevant as more characters come in and the game continues to evolve.
So how are you feeling about the Mika vs Abigail matchup?