Well, you can't tick into his command grabs with any strings (Other then F33 I guess). His tick grabs are off of D4,D3,D1 (and F33). The patch didn't hurt him since I believe those 2 changes were in the data not the actual frames. B1 is still an amazing pressure tool regardless.
Somebody told me recently that if you're playing this character trying to get command grabs you're playing him wrong. He mained Shazam in IGAU and he said that the best way to approach is to play the character to win without having to use his grabs. The fear of the grabs is what is powerful. Outplay your opponent in footsies and with zoning and then when you get them afraid to push buttons or desperate you can turn on the command grab pressure and it will be that much more unexpected.
I thought that about his b1 as well, that it was just an error in the frame data, but it definitely feels different (feels like there is more recovery on block). Or maybe people are getting better at hitting me out of it.
And yeah, his best tick grab is off of D3 cause you can OS it- b1 pressure is to force them to block and not mash/jump. Also I think F33 tick grab is garbage, but thats another discussion.
And I agree- I like that command kano has good footsies and good mixup. I think commando kano does well against MUs where he forces opponent to approach. My main problem is when I face people who can zone out commando kano and force me to approach (commando VS Cybernetic Kano for example), so you have to make the strong mixup work in your favor.
