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>>3268536
Two things
1. Komachi was pretty damn good in SWR
2. I main Cirno. I use her all the time in IRC.

> While Cirno is bashed as one of the worse characters for her horrendous melee range and damage output...
I used to think she was horrible as well, but then I saw some how certain already weak SWR characters were made even weaker. (Alice and Reimu come to mind.) She also has a few tools to help her along the way.

Cirno's main strength comes in the form of her 5C. At certain distances from the corner, you can combo a counterhit j5C into j5a j8a j5C, giving her decent damage off of her best fishing tool. Hell, you can even do 5C j5C if you love that goddamn move so much (you know I do). 5C even combos into 5 card ice hammer for some serious damage.

Once you establish to your opponent that he better fuck off with recklessly and predictably charging in, one of two things will happen.
1. He'll come in and graze for an extra period of time, expecting to counter attack after a grazed 5C.
2. He'll start to turtle, and try to block 5C attempts.

Both situations open up your melee game.
Option 1 has your opponent closing the gap for you.
Option 2 makes your opponent wary of throwing out attacks to stop you from coming in. Because your opponent is wary of 5C and because Cirno is quick, you'll be able to actually close in without worrying about an opponent's melee.

Cirno has additional tools that I won't get into detail: 66C's graze attack properties, 66B hit confirming into spinny sword spell card, 6B's decent midscreen blockstun, j5a's surprising range, 6a's size, wrongblock orb damage from 2a and j2a, and most importantly, the fast, long range, and safe on block melee, alt 214 (ice charge).

You have to be kidding me. How the hell am I supposed to land this?