I think the thing that I truly hate about Clairen is that I've yet to find a way to play the MU without being a massive fucking pussy. When Zetterburn, Ranno, Olympia, or even Loxodont combo me, I'm like
>Okay, whatever, you deserve it, I made a mistake
But Clairen's tippers make every combo feel fraudulent as fuck. When you're playing against Clairen, you can't afford to push advantage at all because she'll simply spam jab, dtilt, fair, or bair out of hitstun, hit a tipper and reversal you. Not even Zetterburn or Olympia are as good at Uno reversing you. And you'd think
>Oh, well, if she's just spamming to fish for tippers, I'll parry
Except any half-competent Clairen will adapt and grab because she has the most disgusting dash grab hitbox in the game. The only consistent counterplay is to force the Clairen to actually approach by playing like a pussy, fish for stray hits or punishes on unsafe lmao options like utilt or dair, and give up advantage the second you sense that you're not going to get a true combo. It feels less like playing Rivals, more like playing Ultimate.

I'm pretty sure Plup said she's the most cancer character in the game and I agree.