I have to question your placement of the Charizard:Sonic matchup. I agree that Charizard wins,
but I feel like the matchup is definitely easier than 55:45 and I'd like to spark a discussion on it. I heard from @
_Chrome
that you guys are a friendly board and like discussions.
To be honest, I thought Sonic was top tier this patch, after I got settled in after the changes. There have been a few red flags recently that have caused him to drop in my mind however. One of these was Charizard.
I have quite a bit of xp against Chrome's zard but for some reason it was never as Sonic. I chalk it up to us playing many characters and him finally deciding to main zard recently (this was a time I decided to pick up Wolf so Sonic:Zard was unplayed). I understand all of Zard's hitboxes and how to space and zone safely. However, I found that Sonic struggled a lot getting in on Charizard's hitboxes, go figure, Sonic has virtually no disjoints (frame data), while Zard's boxes are generous (I have
not verified data for this one). Zard also has a fantastic tech chase on Sonic that should be inescapable if the zard is playing optimally. I myself am good at getting out of tech chases so these two factors alone didn't do me in.
The juggles really aren't a problem at all: Sonic can spin dash away, dair, jump, HA (homing attack fyi) and use the spring. So no problems there.
But I also found Sonic's punish game on zard to be rather poor: The throws don't lead to much, the side and down b and easy to stop with Zard (as the moves don't take much precision due to being so large), and chaining aerials together isn't all that easy due to Zard's floatiness. I was content stringing two crossup nairs together to tack on ~26% as an approach or punish. Of course, Sonic can recover from anywhere so this shouldn't be a problem.
I
might be inclined to say this could be one of Sonic's worst matchups (but only against a skilled/experienced Zard, Sonic crushes any player without both of those qualities). I understand this MU might be tense to deal with from your end as well, but even Chrome said he felt in control the entire time each and every game. And I agree. I was scraping things together as best I could and played as patient as I could. Our gaems became very long.
That being said, Chrome deserved the ~8-0 he got on me. All of the games were me trying to catch up and losing by a stock.
TL;DR, Zard wins neutral and punish IMO, and I feel like this MU is more in Zard's favour than you might think, but I want to discuss it so we can all learn more about our favourite game.