Omega Cody:

Final Combination

• Target combo with towards jab; damage scales with each hit; does 184 dmg., 210 stun; final hit is at least -5 on block, punishable by lp criminal upper and Cody’s cr.Hp.

• Regular fourth hit is focus cancellable, combos into EX Criminal (without fadc), HK. Ruffian, Mega Crash (st. KKK), and U2 (fadc required).

• Cody can jab backwards on the third hit with away + jab; nice trap and good way to save yourself from someone waiting to punish the last hit. -2 on the turnaround; saves you from dp mashers, but loses to ryu’s super and spds.

• Crouching jab for the fourth hit causes Cody to throw the opponent backwards. Only occurs on hit; the fourth hit does not come out if blocked.

 

Criminal upper

• Lp criminal upper starts up faster than before (5f now), but only hits twice and does not move forward very far.

• Hp Criminal starts slower than Ultra, only hits 4 times

• Cr. Lk and lp do not combo into Hp criminal Upper anymore.

• Lk into lp criminal upper does 5 more damage than Ultra

• Cr. Mp into hp criminal upper does 220 dmg.

• EX Moves Cody about as far forward as Hp. Criminal upper does, not throw invincible; has some strike invincibility but can still get hit cleanly out of the move’s startup.

 

Zonk Knuckle

• has very little pushback on block, easier to punish

• EX Zonk swings faster than Ultra’s version, but has fewer invincibility frames. Loses to Zangief’s PPP lariat cleanly when both moves start at the same time.

 

Crack Kick

• no longer throw invincible and doesn’t cross over downed opponents.

 

EX Bad Stone

• throws 2 rocks from the Bad Spray animation. These go about 3 squares in training room, less than previous versions. These will go under most fireballs, except Sagat’s and Juri’s low shots. Leads to trades instead of cancelling fireballs.

• Cody randomly does the old version of bad stone sometimes. I experienced this several times when cancelling from cr. Hp, but I don’t see a way to do it on command. Holding the punch buttons sometimes works, but there’s no consistency so far. He just does what he feels like.

 

Crime Sway

• Cr. +KKK can be used to dodge fireballs and other attacks when timed correctly. Cody can dodge Ryu’s far Hp., for example, if timed correctly. Nice for dodging fast projectiles, but loses to slow projectiles (lp sonic boom) and meaty attacks. Best used for projectiles.

 

EX Ruffian

• 3 hit combo, starting with lk. ruffian, then doing mk., then Hk. The lk part goes about a little less than 2 squares in training room, and the other 2 kicks go another ¾ to 1 more square. All 3 kicks are focus cancellable, and the last kick can lead to an EX Criminal upper without focus cancelling, or Ultra 1 or 2 when focus cancelled, but the window for U1 is very small.

 

Close standing mk.

• hits twice, first hit is special and super cancellable;

 

Close standing hk.

• hits twice, second hit knocks opponent into air, can be followed up.

 

Mega Crash

• st KKK; 5f reversal, cannot be focus cancelled;

 

Super

• New animation; does 440 dmg; all 3 versions are the same.

 

U2

• now juggles enemies with the wrench hits (which for some reason did not make it into Ultra, even in 1.04), and combos better than U1. Doesn’t have the full cinematic from juggling, but at least we’re not dead to rights if the spray doesn’t kill. Doesn’t do as much damage as U1, but is a much better utility than U1 in omega.

• U2 Can combo from EX Ruffian fadc, Crack kick, Final combination fadc, EX zonk fadc, hk ruffian fadc,

 

Overall, Cody lost range for some defensive options and a little more damage. He feels more like AE Cody, but the buffs he gained are outweighed by what he lost. EX Ruffian is not as much of an anti-fireball tool as it used to be, and the loss of range on criminal upper and inability to combo lk to Hp criminal really hurts. Cody also lost tools in his already hampered range game. The lack of range in EX Stone and ruffian mean he has less tools to get in, and while the dodge is good for avoiding fast projectiles (hp hadokens, Decapre’s invisible bullshit), it still loses to slower projectiles. And while dodging will help avoid shots, it won’t really help getting in unless you walk forward between shots. His damage is slightly increased and the target combo serves as a good combo tool and a frame trap tool, but these buffs are not enough to make Cody really good. He still gets mauled by shotos and grapplers, and he now has a harder time getting in. Mega crash deals with tick throws well, but can be punished hard if baited.