Raikichi is SO BORING

A little while back I set myself the challenge of hitting rank 26 with every hero in solos. The Raikichi effort has been miserable.

He needs attacks with a little range so that he can hit the opponent and get sparks. He also has zero range until he has sparks.

Every match is a long stretch of tedious waiting for the opponent to give opportunities to me, followed by a brief string of damage from his block breaking moves. It's not fun to play and it can't be fun to play against.

Anyone who enjoys him: please, help me rank him up so I can forever ditch this miserable character.