yeah its so annoying fighting rare chars!
today i got beaten up bye a seth player several times until i started to simply turtle like a mofo…he ragequitted 
Seth is doable. You can do a pretty good mixup against him off of b.throw, his srk is easy to safejump, and you can u2 his limbs from a decent range.
He also has to dash/jump to have forward momentum so he’s pretty easy to stuff.
If he does sonicboom -> walljump/teleport, you can blow it up.
I’m having trouble with Rufus and I must admit I don’t really know that match-up. Do you guys have any general advices (couldn’t find any in this post)?
So far I’ve thought about using crouch tech + strong to OS dive kick pressure, need to try it out though.
I also feel that this match should be played with a keep away mindset rather than pressuring too much. It could also be that I have a hard time getting in… i get snake striked, jump-back fierce, or jump roundhouse on reaction most of the time :-/
you can pressure Rufus, especially if he doesn’t have meter. You don’t want to jump much though unless it is off of a knockdown because his anti airs are so good.
Cr.strong os tech loses to divekick most of the time so it isn’t that useful. I usually use st.rh delayed tech. It loses to low jab/short for the most part, but I tech throws/hit divekicks.
He can be rushed down and mixed up. lvl 1/s.MP is what i like to use a lot when poking. If you don’t have meter though this is an annoying matchup so i try to never use exupball. Save that meter for rainbow escapes.
Thanks for the advice ves & fox.
I particularly like the tip of minimizing the use of ex up ball since it can be punished on hit by cr. fierce iirc. I’ll apply more pressure next time (making sure rufus has no meter and avoid eating ex messiah).
What about the ultra selection for this matchup?
U1 can punish ex messiah for big damage, is easier to combo into, and can make him wary of pressuring you. You can u2 cr.hp on block.
I go u1