like i've said before, once you get to a certain level, the tech skill is irrelevant. how much harder is it to waveshine vs tilt for pros? about the same success rate when they want it to come out. relatively, it may be harder, but the cool result is that the skill at high levels of play is the mind gaming and spacing, not the tech skill.
so technically harder, yes. actually harder? maybe not.
and while sheik's approach to the matchup is simpler, it doesn't make it necessarily easier. I agree it's easier, but not categorically based on its simplicity
This is what I think. It's only an educated opinion. So please don't read this and think " This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. He's not a Shiek main etc etc etc :
Drephen. We all know who he is. We all know how he plays. He uses the "Gay Style" as Neo so lovingly coined the phrase.
If shieks took tips from him. Played campy. Abused his good moves. The things that work for her and not the fancy stuff, then you have a good CF counter. Don't do alot of jumping and you wont get punished. Try crouching. Her crouching game is really good as well as it allows you to avoid getting grabbed which Falcons game relies heavily on; something that we also all know.
Simplicity is the key when it comes to this match up in my opinion. When you try to go for the fancy over the top tricksies that's when you get yourself into trouble. During this matchup you must be a minimalist and be patient. Abuse Dsmash and tilts when you can. Try to work on your tech chasing game so that you don't let CF off the ground. Remember when Azen played Samus ? He only really used alot of backwards WD to Ftilt and kept alot of really high tier players at bay and beat them. Shiek has that tilt except it's better AND you can combo into it. The name of the game is Simple, Patient and Clean. Practice in the matchup against a really experienced and good Falcon main is essential.
EDIT : You can also become really good experience wise to the matchup. Like someone who plays Ganon but is really good at the Shiek matchup because maybe they had a friend that played that character. You can begin to mend or patch up the little faults within the matchup.
That's all I got for you Gentelman. Later's