My #1 goal vs. Blanka is to zone out the Jab Ball. Either stay close enough to block it or always be ready to Stand Roundhouse it if I see Blanka do it. Blanka simply cannot fight Cammy at all unless he gets away with a bunch of free Jab Blanka Balls. They lead into bites and electricity, and that’s when Blanka hurts Cammy the most: mix-ups on her wake-up.
So the goal is to simply stay close to Blanka and pressure him up close. Not in his face, but at just inside the Jab Ball range. Getting hit from time to time by Normals, like Crouch Fierce or what not, is fine. Take the damage. But that’s all the damage he gets, so it’s all good. Also, focus from time to time if he likes to slide. If he Jab Balls when you are Focusing at a range where his Ball will miss you and he can bite you, I actually PREFER to dash into the Ball. LOL! That’s better than getting Thrown.
Also, don’t try to ever Ultra I him back if he Blanka Balls your Focus Attack. It results in a Counter Hit and the Ultra won’t come out fast enough anymore.
So I finally got to test this and came back with some good information. If you are standing next to blanka and he does his ultra, you CAN FADC out of it. The window to pull off a FADC is so small, you’d have to really have to be able to do 100% of the time or you will eat electricity and blanka if you didn’t block it low. On top of that, if you don’t time your dash right (should be immediate) you will just land on the other side of him and absorb all the chip damage he intends for you to take.
So what’s the good news? The good news is there’s a better and safer way to get out of this if he ultras you in the face. Simply block the first hit low (I didn’t know the first hit does NO chip damage) and IMMEDIATELY dash forward. If you get hit by this, you dashed too late. You should take 0 damage. No need to mash EX DP. If you’re gonna DP, you might as well try doing one (doesn’t have to be EX) when he’s coming down.
I’m actually surprised more people don’t punish this ultra. So long as Blanka is not going north in his animation (from the start), he’s pretty vulnerable. I find this ultra annoying only when it’s timed to cross you up. If he happens to land on the ground in front of you, any spiral arrow is good enough to stop it.
Blanka is a beast, well in bs terms at least. Though hes still a stupid charge character so that’s basically your advantage. Either way hes somewhat good yet very crappy when it comes to Blanka vs Blanka. Cammy is a character that simply isn’t finished without a move such as what Vega got in SSF4. Then again, its not like this character turned out as crappy as Fei or something.
Blanka’s shenanigan garbage bullshit lame gay crap tits can be stopped by breaking his momentum, which requires good match-up knowledge. If you let a Blanka get going with his cross-ups, random balls and electricity, his speed can be pretty nasty to deal with, which is why it’s better to approach this match-up with a solid rushdown gameplan rather than playing on reaction (IMO you always end up second best).
So how do you approach him? well, basically everything is punishable and has been outlined in this thread, so get in the lab and perfect that good stuff. The moment you get a blanka player hesistating to throw out a special move, you become in a much better position to rushdown. Training him into thinking special moves are a bad idea is easy with smart blocking and solid punishes but it requires a solid match-up knowledge which means time in training mode.
Dealing with the ground game/slides is easy when you abuse the shit out of the option select cr.mk -> spiral arrow. Watch for when he’s sitting on charge and whenever you see him move forward/lose charge, that’s your best time to gain ground and do the same (as with all charge character without charge).
When the life lead is sizeable and his meter is low, it’s always fun to outlame him. Seeing a Blanka try to rushdown against a down/back Cammy is really easy to deal with, thanks to our good friends cr.hp and cammy spike.
Really though, this match-up only really requires a bit of patience and match-up knowledge. Blanka has very little substance and Cammy has all the right tools to deal with his garbage. Hit training mode and don’t be afraid to play the lame game along side him and this match-up should be no problem