A lot of characters (maybe all of them except the vanilla shotos) are grabbable on wake-up now. It’s still annoying for Gouken, but you can grab SO many reversals (you can even grab Poison’s EX upkicks thing if I’m not mistaken).
My opinion about Omega Gouken is that his footsies and neutral game are a lot like Sakura’s (+his great fireballs). His buttons aren’t the best at far ranges, but you can buffer c.LK with Light Palm and catch them walking or sticking out normals. He still has a safe sweep and toward HK is probably the best counterpoke in the game. Palms don’t knock the opponent away full screen, so it’s easier to maintain pressure after landing one. Gouken is a good zoner, but is best when he gets inside, even though getting there can be a bit of a struggle. I think that’s all right, because his close range game is really really good.
s.MP is the meat as usual, and the nice thing here is that you can chain into it from any light normal. Most of his normals are really + on block now, so there is a lot of potential for deadly traps. Stomps are never + on block, but they hit low. High low game is better than I thought, too… doing a frame trap or blockstring into s.MK and then going for overhead is insanely good. Overhead now cancels to super if you have the meter, and the whole combo is about 510 damage.
When inside, Gouken has BNBs that are absolutely ridiculous. The damage is really just absurd, even for Omega. s.lk is 4 frames now which makes it a more reasonable combo starter and what’s nice about that is you can get into stomps from 3 buttons if you start with it.
s.lk s.lk s.mk x stomp, s.mp/c.mp x light palm is almost 300 damage and nearly 400 stun, for no meter.
c.lp s.mp c.hp x palm is amazing, too. Heavy for damage, medium for juggles to ultra or donkey kick for meter.
One problem that carries over from Ultra Gouken is that you don’t really have a good way to get things started at mid range. You can’t combo into fireballs except EX and stomps have poor range. You won’t be poking or FADCing your way into bigger combos with Omega Gouken.
How sure are you of this?
