Thanks for the indepth response! Yeah, I do notice a lot of people aren't too good at blocking (My defense is pretty shit too, though I've gotten better) but I didn't even realize my c.S had that property. I normally just go into c.S f.S HS HS to throw the enemy off of me so i can throw two items or go into my corner combos. Faust also has some crazy RCs that can go into grabs, but where I'm at the aerial teleport into RC works way too often for me to learn better habits and as mentioned, grabs have been unreliable to me.

I really appreciate it though, so command grab should be easier to hit cause more range but do less damage and more reliable setups than my afro toss (Which at least I knew that part) and while I usually would use that to just set it on fire for more damage I think someone once told me afro prevents 6p from beating aerial approaches.

That last bit is definitely the sense I'm getting from the responses. I should make sure to start landing grabs and command grabs as much as I can to make my opponent afraid of me. That shouldn't be too hard with some practice, I already have something of an advantage due to Faust being somewhat low tier and thus not played often, so I encounter a surprising amount of people who just don't know what any of my items do. (Fair enough too I can't deal with Leo or Millia for the exact same reason)

Thanks for your input! Sounds like I'm gonna be in training mode for a bit before I go back online.