CENTURION MATCHUPS EXTENDED

MATCHUPS FOR CHARACTERS UP TO WARMONGER

WARDEN:

~Can game sidedodge SB attempts against Legion Kick
+Multiple tools from Jab mixup to disable back-dodge SB answering everything
-Lack of dodge attack narrows his ability to fight SB

PEACEKEEPER:

+Can protect himself against her overall longer dodge attack after a missed Legion Kick
+PK lacks meaningful individual counters to Jab
-Being GB punished on your Jab or UB heavy mixups by her is miserable

CONQUEROR:

+Neutral bash can help break his neutral defense, that would otherwise make your blockable heavies worse.
-Shield bash can menace your stamina pool and your Legion Kicks
-Non-legion kick neutral offense is neutered against him

LAWBRINGER:

+Fragile stamina pool makes your stamina bullying effective
+Centurion's own high stamina soothes some of the stamina drain that comes from LB's parry punishes
-Dodge Shove acts as a real thorn, forcing you on the defense but often unable to punish him afterwards

CENTURION MIRROR MATCH:

+High stamina pool copes with sometimes overbearing stamina bullying
=Lacks meaningful counters to avoiding Legion Kick, and has no unique assistance against Jab mixup.

GLADIATOR:

-Sucker Punch can deal debilitating stamina damage and effectively harm your Legion Kick neutral.
-Sucker Punch can be a condemning, hard to counter OS for Jab.
-His Parry Riposte does enormous stamina damage, and forces you to acknowledge his turn.
-His hefty stamina pool with the best unconditional regeneration make your stamina bullying practically worthless most times

BLACK PRIOR:

+Variable timing on heavies make his Bulwark and his Crushing Counter fail more often than normal.
+UB heavy's soft feint to GB timing window can put his Bulwark Counters in an uncomfortable place.
=Static Guard reduces the usefulness of UDs
-No real response to dodging his dodge forward shield bash

WARMONGER:

-Side dodge unblockable and side dodge bash immediately turn the flow of the fight against you, if she dodges Legion Kick
=Short turns and mediocre stamina use give you the chance to carefully control the flow of the fight

RAIDER:

+Generally poor stamina economy allows effective use of stamina bullying
=Despite being slow, Cent's lack of a dodge attack and forced 300ms delay on his bash make Raider hard to disrespect in chains.

WARLORD:

+Legion Kick can get past his CC and FBS neutral defense
-Lack of a response to dodging headbutt
-Large HP pool and fast startup HA can be a serious problem when Cent's turn is over, with his lower damage and lower HP

BERSERKER:

+Dodge lights are easy to deal with
=No unique counters to light-feint game
-HA can keep your neutral game from getting far due to Legion Kick's delay and how fast feint lights are.

VALKYRIE:

+Legion Kick can get through her FBS
=Not many characters have an easy time punishing her shield bash soft feint on dodge.
-Strong defense against blockable attacks and distance gained on FBS can frustrate your blockable neutral offense

HIGHLANDER:

+Wide zone hitboxes can keep him in line when side dodging
+Prediction lighting his kick/caber mixup immediately gives back turn with hit advantage
=All characters can roll his bashes
~Neutral lights are paralyzing at the moment

SHAMAN:

+Stamina bullying works relatively well against her
=All characters can punish her whiffed bash
-Lack of unique tools against some of her mixups

JORMUNGANDR:

+Decent stamina economy and highest stamina pool in the game soothe attacks from the green goblin
=Care needs to be taken from whiffed Legion Kicks, though they are the best way to break his neutral HA
-Difficulty punishing whiffed openers due to lack of dodge attack

KENSEI:

+Strong stamina bullying opportunities, decent amounts of GB opportunities as well
+Slow dodge attack makes it hard for him to punish Legion Kick
-Long range on certain attacks can be irritating due to Cent's very close range preference

SHUGOKI:

=All Characters can equally backroll him
~UB heavy feints can be gamed with GB soft feint on heavies
-Lights, with HA, can be inundating when trying to take his turn away. Legion Kick's delay can be an annoyance here
-Large healthpool and higher damage than you on basic attacks make him very hard to deal with, and take a long time to kill

OROCHI:

+Can deal with late dodge attacks rather easily when used against Legion Kick
=Static Guards can annoy Storm Rush

NOBUSHI:

+You're fighting Nobushi.
=Strongly telegraphed attacks make them easy pickings even now
=Kick is easy to punish for the whole cast
-Hidden Stance allows her to pick and choose her responses that aren't all counterable, should he stance Legion Kick
-Strange behavior on chain lights can cause attacks to whiff (if you have HA)

SHINOBI:

+Despite lower cost heavies, Shinobi's stamina economy is so-so, making bullying it a decent option
-His deflect game will make you cry
-His heavy parry game will make you cry
-His punishes in general will make you cry
-His dodge kick will work against your heavy-bash
-Yes, this all still applies after CCU, you'd be surprised
-"This is a warcrime character" -Senpai Kaplan
-Played by Poo Poo Brains, and Senpai Kaplan

ARAMUSHA:

+Legion Kick and his lack of a dodge attack can be frustrating for his neutral game
~Longer window to block but very long window to be GB'd on BB make your variable time heavies from neutral more of a mental battle
-100ms HA startup dodge attack can give him his turn very quickly if you don't attack with a bash
-As of writing, punish game is still decent in a relative sense

HITOKIRI:

+No dodge attack and abominable neutral game leave her at your mercy
[Needs checking] +Cent is one of the characters who can backstep light her bash mixup

TIANDI:

=Very short turns
-Low commitment, feintable dodge attack with good i-frames can give Tiandi a lot of leniency fighting you

JIANGJUN:

-Sifu Stance makes stamina bullying much harder
-Dodge attack has very low commitment against your mixups

NUXIA:

+Dodge attack isn't too powerful against whiffed Legion Kick
=Blockable deflect
-No meaningful, character specific counter to her chains

SHAOLIN:

+The long time it takes for him to initiate offense and stance mixups can be destroyed by Legion Kick
~Long dodge attack can put him in a disadvantaged game when fighting Kick and Jab
=Blocking his lights is harder but the most basic form of putting him in a bad scenario.

ZHANHU:

=Very short turns
=Relatively mediocre stamina economy
=Dodge attacks aren't good