I have(For T.Hawk’s)
but that’s probably the only one for awhile
makes me feel kinda cheap
like how i put arcade on easy when i was unlocking chars in SF4…(but otherwise it probably would of taken even longer)
There are some CPU opponents where you can simply charge a focus attack crumble, then another, and another until they dizzy. if you time it right, you can beat many (not all cpus) very easily. gotta be careful to not stand on top of them during recovery, but slightly outside of their poke range of some moves. However, those with small FA hitboxes will have a harder time exploiting this easy win method.
AI is easily exploitable, and you don’t need to complete it without continuing to get those titles, so I doubt many people have actually used this trick.
However, I had a petty easy run with Elf since the AI has no idea how to react to a tortilla on wake-up if it’s spaced correctly.
i will say this though
seth on hardest will force you to turtle like a mofo and wait for him to strike
Or stand mid-screen and jump-in punish his sonic booms/focus attacks his stretchy arms.
it’s annoying how fast he can react to a aerial attack by doing a shoryuken
I never used the gief trick other than forcing Gouken and Akuma out from hiding 
I’m currently finishing the game a 2nd time for each and every character to finish getting the red titles. but I play with the char the whole way through, this way it helps me learn their movesets
I’ll do it fair and square next time i think of doing it(i know t.hawk’s moves pretty well so it’s not like i needed to learn anything)
Yeah, I just finished doing that for every character yesterday. I don’t feel cheap about it. It saved me time so meh. Although, I could understand you feeling cheap if you want to beat it with T.Hawk but can only do so using the Gief method. With my mains, I don’t have trouble beating hardest.