AA25Mamba
Batman, Scarecrow, Bane
I couldn't agree more with you. The characters like you said are the worst because they will catch you as you're coming in during their zoning and put Crow at his worst range, close range.I find the most difficult match ups not the hard zoners, but the soft zoners that can just throw sht until you approach and then turn on some ridiculous block pressure.
Batman is a huge issue for me, since he can just Bataan over and over and then once you get in hell just drop his trait then put you in a long string of block pressure and then end it with with either a combo or a Bata rang to continue the camp.
I'm sure everyone is aware once scarecrow gets in his down1+db2 mb pressure is insane when you mix it with tic grabs, I found what wins me matches the most is when I land something like 12+mbf 3 or b221+mbf 3. When you land a meter burn 3 I think it does like 280 by itself and you can easily get a 50%+ of something simple like
12+mbb3 jump 3 f2 dbf3
Against hard zoners like dead shot,firestorm,captain Cold I usually duck and db2 their projectiles to build meter for a mb roll and come out with either a down 2 or a tic throw so I can get in the sweep distance for scarecrow pressure. Down 3 is my best friend, big dmg safe and creates opptunitys for f3's.
Like I said the pseudo zoners are my problem (black adam, aquaman, batman, sometimes superman) but even then it's not a 70:30 match up
I'd rank scarecrow top 10 since one hit easily converts to big dmg
Batman and Black Adam are real trouble because they can come at you with jump attacks from mid range as you're closing distance. At that range Crow's D2 is a bit too slow to hit great jump in attacks, and most of his normals are too slow to connect when you're being pressured. My only solution was to push block and get to optimal distance.
I would bet Joker is a tough matchup because of this and his increased speed with trait. I've yet to play a good Joker, but I could see him popping a few laughs while Crow navigates the gunshots and laugh gas cans only to pop off some crazy fast J2s.