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Lucky for me the Midwest has a lack of many solid Sonics (and I have a rough idea of how to fight him from past experience) and the only good Luigi (on my side of the bracket) is someone I play a locals
who is unquestionably our worst matchup. If you could only bring yourself to use a secondary against one opponent, I suggest doing so against either Yoshi or Luigi. Sonic is tough, but Mike Kirby has shown how to handle that matchup. Look up his sets against Blue Exorcist and Street Shark. () and though these are perfectly beatable with smart play.
When
MikeKirby
went to Hawaii, I saw him do a money match against a Yoshi player named Dren, and BOY did it look like a struggle. He won a game but lost the set. I also saw him beat Raptor, but that was customs on and he still had to be pretty on point. 
). With Sonic, you can take him to small stages and ones with platforms, and can stop spin dash with proper use of rapid jab. Would like to hear their thoughts on this though.
To be honest, Dren did outplay me. I felt he had momentum and played safer than I expected. Anyway, that match up is not as bad as people have been exaggerating; -1 if anything. Stop rushing in and challenging him when you shouldn't, we're not Mario. I've decided to try to learn the match up better since that money match.When
By contrast, he fights Blue Exorcist without customs all the time, and while it's clearly hard, he seems to have a somewhat better grip on things and doesn't lose too much. Plus he beat Street Shark at Apex. I also imagine its easier to counter stage Sonic than it is Yoshi. Same thing with @Triple R. He has a Sonic named SpinR in his area that's actually power ranked alongside him, and while Sonic clearly has the advantage, it doesn't seem like anything good play can't overcome. Frankly, I feel like between Yoshi and Sonic, I feel Yoshi is harder because Kirby at least has tools that can counter some of Sonic's shenanigans. Kirby doesn't really have anything to keep Yoshi at bay. (Final Cutter would probably make the matchup easier but it comes out on Frame 23 so
Thanks for the input. I guess I can understand that logic. I feel like in theory, if the Sonic just kept fighting you, the matchup would be better than Yoshi, but just the simple fact that he can time you out easily if gets the stock lead (Which is the logical thing to do considering how good Kirby is up close) technically makes it harder to win in practice.
Mike-Senpai notice meh
