Rocwell amusingly threw together a video displaying his character Laura’s shortcomings against Chun-Li, titled “I got the 7-3 blues.”
He starts by displaying her limited options off light attacks—an intentional balance choice in the character design of Laura. We then see, however, her main frame trap failing to convert into damage because of pushback issues. Chun-Li’s 3-frame jab then illustrates how disruptive it is so many of her other pressure choices. And also her jabs just whiff on crouching Chun’s hurtbox for whatever reason.
Past that, some other issues we see include a demonstration of how Laura is negative when dashing in after a knockdown. Chun can simply react to the dash and press jab, and it will stuff Laura’s offense attempts. For a momentum-based character, this is especially rough against a character with such strong, long-ranged pokes. If Laura opts to meaty from max range, she nails a crush counter but we see that she’s out of range to convert into much damage without committing to spending meter.
We end with a plea to Capcom on behalf of Laura players to address her weaknesses, as Aretha sings us off.
Source: Rocwell