Tech your stand up and block. The worst thing they can do is throw/command grab you. That’s much better than getting hit with a beefy HH combo (My room mate uses Honda as his alternate, so I know your pain).
Just watch to see his spacing and NEVER jump. The strength against Honda is pressuring him until he has Ex meter, then you run away until he burns that meter or has Super (DO NOT SONIC BOOM IF HE HAS CHARGE AND SUPER, full- screen Super hurts SOOOOOOO MUCH).
Dive kick (Or as I call it ‘Bat Wing’) mix-ups are super effective if he doesn’t have meter. I also suggest utilizing far standing Fierce if he’s full-screen and tries to advance. (Aka doesn’t have back-charge)
P.S. Neutral j.MP is such an awesome normal, you all need to utilize this more if you don’t already, it beats out so many things against multiple characters (including Honda’s forward jump attacks). I mix up nj.HP and nj.MP a lot now due to how effective it is.
It works fairly well against Honda, it reaches further than most of his other pokes, does a decent amount of damage.
Honestly, MP seems to be where it’s at against Honda.
Situations:
Forward Jump, Honda throws out his attack early (it whiffs), c.MP acts like a meaty and hits him before he lands.
Forward Jump, Honda throws out his attack late, nj.MP acts like a meaty and hits him on the way down.
Forward Jump, Honda throws out his attack for a jump-in, s.MP acts like a meaty and hits him before he throws out his attack.
^ Well, ticking to SPD (kinda risky, even for seth, but very very useful), a kinda good starter for a blockstring, on counter or deep dive kick you can combo it. Also you can add that if you whiff it directly near them, you can SPD them since divekick recovers almost instantly. Maybe there is more but thats what I know.
It stuffs a LOT of stuff (at correct spacing), easy hit confirm into legs or tick into SPD, a lot of people block crossup automatically when you jump near them.
It actually has ass recovery, if you whiff it or hit too high you can get swept by like everyone but the dic.
Theres a short replay up on XBL of me losing to a reeeealy scrubby Geif called “FLY N NE WEATHR”. Its really funny. He literally mashed on punchX3 the whole game. Seriously, just turn on his button inputs. I swear I would have beaten him but at the end I got a super instead of ultra…Its my Seth at its worst.