Did some research on shishio and wrote down all the information I found on him. I’ll share it with you guys (hope you don’t mind number pad notations):
Shishio: Seems like a good character to me. Lots of good spacing tools and mix ups into damage. I need to get some real match experience with him but here’s the stuff I’ve found.
5D has massive range, 2D is retardedly fast and combos into 623A (here to referred to as “ass chopper”).
2C works really nice as anti air, covers a lot of ground distance, and can be step canceled. If hit as anti air, you can step cancel and go for a throw reset or mixups.
All non-sword normals seem to combo into 6A or 6C.
6C is an overhead and combos into 6A ->214C ->Ass Chopper for good damage.
2B has good range and combos into 6C or 6A bread and butter combo.
Throw combos into A version of ass chopper for about 1/4 health.
623A is slow but knocks down and covers pretty much a 3rd of the screen and works as anti air. It also OTGs for good damage so do it off of like…any knockdown if they don’t tech roll.
236A covers nice distance, stays active for a while, and makes them stumble on hit and can be comboed into 2D, 5D, and other things if you’re close. It seems like it leaves you at frame advantage on block.
236C pretty much covers any air space in front of you and will hit standing opponents. If it lands as an anti air, you can combo it into the C version of ass chopper for almost half health. (WTF?!)
236K counter stays active for fucking ever and recovers quick once the active frames are over, and can be super canceled into 632146A, which will now be referred to as “key blade”.
Mixing up between 6C and 2B seems to work pretty well on oki. Both lead into the same bread and butter combo. Also the BnB combo is safe on block so you don’t have to even hit confirm if you’re lazy. BnB also knocks down and sets up for another oki game. It seems pretty strong.
in the corner:
236A ->6A 6C 236A -> 5D step cancel -> 2D Ass Chopper (does around half health)
236A ->6A 6C 236A -> D-Assault
Anywhere:
6C/2B 6A C version Ass Chopper
2A 5C 6C 214C Ass Chopper