GGXRD-R2/May/Matchups

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May

Matchups

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Replay Theater is a great resource to find high-level matchup footage.
Character Strategy pages generally have at least some basic counter-strategy.
Please keep in mind the matchup chart is subjective and not all players may agree.

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Defense

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Neutral

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Baiken

Baiken

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Baiken is frail, May can kill her in 2-3 big combos
This Matchup is explosive, both characters are looking for big callouts to obliterate health bars
Throw or OHK her parry

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Defense

Youzansen (circle overhead) is Baiken's most threatening tool to mix you up. It's a completely unreactable overhead, but Baiken must be airborne to perform it. This means you can hedge your bets, as Baiken can only threaten the TK overhead after she lands or after her jump cancellable normals in pressure: 5P, 5K, close S, far S, and 2D. You're still going to get hit by this move.
Baiken's S Kabari (claw) can loop you in block strings if you don't do anything about it. The easiest solution is to up-back it, but be sure to FD as you rise because Baikens will catch onto this and attempt to H Kabari you as an anti air.
Baiken's throw deals immense damage in the corner even meterless. Watch for the throw a little more when you're cornered.

Neutral

Baiken's IAD tatami can be tough to deal with due to May's weak grounded anti air, but don't let her do it to you over and over. If Baiken tries to do another IAD tatami after the first one, it will often hit May's block high up, and give you the opportunity to throw punish Baiken's landing.
IAD tatami allows Baiken to get to May and put on the pressure really fast. Be careful using summons in neutral without conditioning or the meter to YRC. Baiken will fly at you on reaction if she's actionable and start her pressure or potentially even punish May and get a combo. Early release H hoop has potential to stuff her out of IAD Tatami
Suzuran is a very versatile armored dash with a lot of follow-ups. The dash can be beaten with throws or lows. 2D is especially nice here because your normals all gatling into it, it lows her armored dash if she opts to commit to the throw, and it low profiles her very threatening P follow-up from further ranges. If you've caught on to how a specific player uses Suzuran, you can hard punish it with an OHK.

Offense

Baiken's Azami (parry) is hugely oppressive before May has her summons up, but May's summons and command grab can blow it up, especially on oki. Meaty P hoop release is exceptionally strong on oki, as it lets May check for parry without committing to an attack. Additionally, if Baiken gets into the habit of parrying your meaty P hoop you can hold onto it and command grab her wakeup instead.
Baiken's reversal super is 3 hits, and the third or second one MUST be IB'd in order for May to get a punish. The punish is also pretty jank due to the super's high pushback. 5K > 2S > 3K is a reliable punish that gives you a knockdown for either hit. If you IB the second hit instead, you can get an ohk off before the 3rd hit comes out which is the optimal punish
Baiken is very short, and stands under May's IAD j.S from closer ranges. Space your IADs from around your far S range or further to avoid this problem.