Anyone got any advice for the Zangief matchup?
Can’t seem to keep gief back, and once he’s in it’s over.
I’m having the hardest time against Claw. I thought the key was Zonk, it worked for a bit against a Claw. But then I came across a few others and Zonk did nothing =( Anyone have any tips/tricks?
IMO Gief is pretty free. Just use RK to get knockdown on him, then mix it up from there. Also, HK RK beats lariat clean, so if he gets happy with it, you can easily teach him not to use it. Rocks obviously help here too.
Carefull though, if you’re using U2, the sand counts as a projectile, and will go through his lariat. All you have to do is wait for his recovery animation to use it, but I didn’t know that at the time :C
what do you guys think about the t hawk matchup? I kept getting owned by viscants thawk on xbl lol
so far i got
-any ruffian/u2 to punish condor dives
-s.rh/ hk ruffians stuff jump fairly well
-thawk will randomly nj to fake out condor dives, so either random dash/slide in to get behind the dive and combo into cu, or nj at the right time to catch him(more risky)
-also i wouldnt try crossing him up as his ex uppercut has ridiculous hitbox
hk ruffian still whiffs on his crouch 
the problem with the gief matchup I have is. my wake up I can’t do nothing. then I just get molested until dead D:
But knowing Hk RK beats Lariat is nice to know. ty.
I will definitely try it. Anyway I had a problem with fighting with another cody player yesterday. when I come to the cr. lp to star the bnb. He would jump and do jp. hp, cr. hp, to CU. ship gets annoying. and he’ll do a lk ruffian kick. I hate mirror matches.
I play Makoto, not really good with her. But Zone her and keep her out, if she can’t get in she can’t win. Stay out of range of her cr.Mp, punish whiffed command throws, watch out for random Ex. Hayate’s. Zonk and destroy her because of lack of reversals. If you can rush her down to, you can win pretty easily. Hoped I helped
okay I have no idea how to deal with c. viper and scrubby keep away seth’s…
Ive played blanka a lot in 4, hes my best character. I think this match is in codys favour. You can punish all balls on hit as far as I can remember. If you are standing you can punish upballs on hit with lk rk. If you are crouching you can punish upballs on hit with ex rk. This means you can pressure blanka all you want on wakeup and push him to the corner where you can really pressure him.
If you have ultra 2 you can punish upballs on hit easily, just wait for right before he lands to do the ultra. The only way he can get out is ex rainbow roll. If he does ex rainbow roll to get out, lk rk after him. If he doesnt go full screen you hit him but if he does you get close to him again.
If he trys to hit you with ex rainbow roll you can focus and dash under and combo him when he lands. The close rh will also beat rainbow roll out if he trys to hit with a reversal one, seeing as that breaks focus dont focus and just press rh right before it hits. Horizontal balls can be punished on hit and cr.mp and cr.jab beat them out and im pretty sure st.mp will beat out his jumpins and you could also slide under his crossups if he gets happy with those. That just leaves his gimmicks and everyone knows those by now.
appreciated
Yo, wtf do I do against Chun-Li, Vega, and Rufus?
Granted this will be my 3rd day playing this game, I got Top 5 as the only Cody at Las Vegas’ tourney.
It’s 2on2 today and I’m reading this thread and hoping I can at least refrain from using Magikarp tactics out there. Mad flails.
Chun is one of cody’s hardest matchups imo. You’re basically forced to play a grounded zoning game against her but she has more options with her fireball and better pokes. Good chuns will keep you out easily with her many post fireball anti air options. U2 is the ultra of choice imo to punish unsafe fireballs/focuses.
cr.mk beats out her s.rh and s.fp, but chuns s.mp beats codys slide
cr.mp is also good as a counter poke, and remember at any time if chun starts pressing too many buttons either bingo or backdash/walkback ex ruffian
fishing for focus works well on chun too since cody’s focus is fast
use it to punish obvious hazan shus
double
Guile’s a tough match up for Cody.
Good stuff on getting top 5 dude 
Ummmm, with chun find a way to get in and watch out for her wake-up Ex spinning bird kick. stay one character length and watch out for her pokes. when you see an opening, F.mp and continue the combo anyway you see fit.
mk rk punishes ehondas non ex head butt really nicely.
Whoever said “Throw Rocks at Chun”–THAT SHIT IS BRILLIANT! You don’t walk to her. You make her come to you! Cody’s pokes are better at stopping Chun from coming in than trying to beat her out defensive pokes. B.MP shuts down jump fierce and roundhouse. Slide is a great counterpoke to her MP. If she doesn’t have meter and you find yourself inside be sure to STAY IN HER ASS.
Her sweep is one of the few lows that Zonk beats clean.
Fun note-If she tries to get in by focusing rocks she’s absorbing the stun damage from them. Which is pretty huge for a projectile. If she ain’t careful the next combo will stun her. I seen it!
Would the knife help against chun?
Just dropping some knowledge on the Rose match up. I dont know about you guys but Rose is the hardest match up for me as a player. I dont know why, but she gives me the most trouble out of the whole cast. I could barely win by playing rushdown Cody, so I used the Chun strat, worked like a charm.
Throw rocks at a distance, when she has EX, look out for the EX Soul spark. When she jumps in, b. MP. Basically, play keep out with her.
For the love of god SOMEONE PLEASE get some Sagat match-up knowledge on here. Can’t even threaten him with Rocks since his fireballs are far too fast. Having a hard time getting into Zonk range and even when I am it seems that a Tiger Knee is in order. Can-not-even-touch-him.