Hey thanks. I had long since removed my phobia of Birdie. Apparently after my intensive training from Chun Li(floaty)that taught me NOT to jump in so frequently, my Rashid improved tremendously(by my standard).
None of the eating vskills is safe except maybe for donut. Eagles just fly right thru the recovery frames.
F Hp, headbuds are heavily punishable, df hp can be punished by cr lk.
Vreversal beats ex bull charge(rolls out and ex eagles-mixer).
Ex windshot roll neutral jump crossup trick seems like a solid way to secure a jump since his cr mp will whiff half the time.
Random windshots or blockstrings into windshots just stuffs out all the random neutral jumps and revengers he should dare attempt.
Rashid also out-poke Birdie at both mid and close range. At mid, mk, cr lk, hk, cr hp, overhead are excellent pokes. At close, lk is 3fr and both lk and cr mp are excellent throw tickers. Once they start to learn to tech throw after cr mp, mess them up by lk/mp right after to frame trap and counter.
Using cr mp to anti-air is awesome. It leaves you at such frame advantage that you can dash in and meaty throw/ overhead/ pressure setups. Or you can cancel cr mp into vskill roll to cross under and attack from behind. If opponent gets too near that cr mp will whiff, just vskill roll away to regain spacing. It will confuse them and irritate them. After that, start you mid range poke nonsense again.
With regards to corner, Rashid isn’t afraid of corners. There is just so many ways for him to get out if he wants to. Ex eagles, vskill roll under, wall jump, blockstring into a vskill leap out etc. In fact I tend to jump into the corner myself sometimes just to utilise the wall jump crossup trick after confusing and frustrating them from all the various mixer mixups.
