Apparently the match up is 6-4 Chun, I say apparently because I win like 1 in 8/10 games against my mate. I understand he know my game and is insanely good with Bison and when this topic comes up he’s never happy that I say the match is 5-5. The points he makes about are good, Chun’s pokes shutdown and can stuff most of Bisons options and scissorkick pressure (outside of the corner) Air to Air Chun has the advantage. EX Legs punishes EX PC on block cross up or not, which can then lead to Ultra (I use Ultra 2 in this match up). Bison has fairly low damage output and no mix up game outside of frametraps or tickthrows.
So I see when he points these things out how it could be in Chun favour, HOWEVER (big however there) Good Bisons can employ insane corner pressure with amazing frametraps that destroy you, good Bisons can space corner pressure so you can’t press buttons easily as they will whiff punish you, good Bisons bait in their pressure or just sit and wait when you’re in the corner (bad Bisons just spam scissors or jump at you when you’re in the corner letting you out). Good Bisons play footsies and Bison’s st.mk is truly a godlike poke when used and spaced right. You can’t jump at a good Bison (st.hk and cr.hp or one of various escape/punish specials) and getting in on a Bison on the ground isn’t easy…
Good Bisons will turtle on the life lead if they don’t have you in the corner, this…THIS is my biggest issue and the reason I don’t think the match up is in Chun favour. Bison can apply totally safe pressure, he can use frametraps into chip or hit without having to confirm the hit as he’s always safe. Bisons FADC dash is really good and fast and gets him in past pokes if he does it on reaction (making it hard to buffer into EX Legs) so once in he can apply pressure, get chip, get hits and then get the hell outta there.
Because if Bison has the life lead against Chun, how does she get in? He has charge so can keep you at bay with scissors, you can’t jump at him, HSU can be punished with scissors,PC, Ultra1 on reaction, his footsies pretty much match Chuns and some of his pokes I’d kill for Chun to have. Literally a Bison with a life lead and is playing the match up properly (I.E. not doing that crazy rushdown thing) is like crazy hard to get damage on…