Right, played it again last night. Got some more info for ya:
PC crosses up big time. The hit box has been extended so a meaty PC will cross up as long as it hits them basically anywhere above Bison’s knee. I was doing throw > Slide > Meaty PC a whole bunch and it’s a great tactic to keep them guessing. The hitbox seems to stop about where his shin guards start so too late and it’ll whiff.
PC seems to startup a bit quicker and recover a bit quicker too, but not as much as you’d like. They’ve maybe taken a frame or two off the recover and a frame off the startup. Ex PC is beastly though, goes through fireballs at any range you can think of, everytime. The recovery’s just as good too so even if you’re a little late on fireball punish and it’s blocked there’s still the option to tick or go into Cr Lk x 3 xx scissors or whatever you use as BnB.
LP PC is safe from midscreen, Ryu can’t mash DP and hit you if only the last hit is blocked.
There’s absolutely no noticable difference to headstomp and DR whatsoever. Empty DR’s can be punished if the opponent has quick enough reactions but empty DR > Throw still works a treat but the timing’s the same.
I posted before about thinking St HK had a smaller range but I was talking out of my arse, it’s the same move as vanilla with the same properties but with a slight damage nerf, still a great tool. In fact, I could see no changes to his normals at all except changes to damage and stun.
PP can punish full screen projectiles (SB excepting) and you don’t need to be psychic, just buffer the qcf x 2 and as soon as you see their start up hit KKK and BAM!! No more babies.
Opponents must be completely grounded for it to hit though so whoever posted throw > ambiguous PP is gonna be disappointed, I tried for ages with this and it whiffs everytime.
Slide did seem a bit safer too really only very slightly. Bad spacing is still gonna land you in deep shit but the block stun on it might have a frame or two added to it.
Teleport is identical, i.e. not to be used offensively unless you’re playing a blind man or you’re psychic enough to predict fireballs.
All the links I tried were the same. St fierce > Cr Lp xx Scissors still works ok. I thought we’d lost Cr Mp > St Hk but it’s just a tough link, it does work but you’ve gotta be bang on to hit it.
Overall, I don’t think we’re gonna have to relearn our game very much at all. Bison is very much the same animal he was in vanilla but with a few tweaks here and there to the mix up and cross up game. The major change is obviously PP which is shaping up to be a great tool for putting the fear in people and preventing them chucking out random specials.
