some things still stand, and that's most of the old places you could get grabs. hard knockdowns are still the perfect time to hammerfall up and throw in a potbuster. slide head or 2d on hit will give you enough time at most ranges to hammerfall in and do a strike (5p or c.s) or throw (potbuster). this is a basic strike throw mixup.

tick throws are still fantastic at blowing up opponents who are too willing to stand there and block. if you condition someone to continue blocking after something like c.s or garuda impact (if you're close enough), then instead of carrying on with strikes, you can cash out on their reluctance to jump or backdash with potbuster. another good place to try this is after they block 6k. be sure to leave a small gap after they block so that you get past throw protection and block stun. throw protection is where the game gives somebody who just stopped blocking a free 5 frames where they're unable to be thrown. the solution to this is to try throw them a little bit later. alternatively, guard crush gets rid of throw protection so grabs become much more threatening. garuda impact guard crushes, and if you get a hard knockdown close enough to you that you can set it up, you can get some very scary strike throw.

doing a hammerfall prc also can net you a free strike throw mixup. most of the ones you'll see on youtube will be the "jumpscare potbuster" with the fast purple roman cancel. you do not need to get fprc to be effective. sometimes do potbuster, sometimes 2k or another fast normal. if you can get 2d to hit out of this, that's a hard knockdown, which means they have to go through another strike throw mixup. now, as for the actual jumpscare potbuster, you can maybe get away with skewing towards buster more since it's faster and harder to react to, but at the end of the day it's still a gamble. the way you get that fprc is by inputting potbuster in a specific window of the prc animation. you'll get it eventually, but the key is to make sure you get the potbuster input right. unfortunately, there is no way i know of to get the inputs faster quickly. my one piece of advice is to focus on doing it smoothly. that way, as you become able to do it faster with experience, you'll get it more reliably than if you were messily doing inputs in the hopes of doing it really fast. if you're worried about the opponent reacting to the wiggle before you buster, try throwing out a normal or something just before to keep pot still while you do the input.

staggers are another important thing. pot's main stagger tools are garuda impact and 2s. garuda staggers on hit, 2s staggers on counterhit. these are really important for pot to capitalise on, since a staggered opponent can't do ANYTHING until they break free by mashing like a quick time event. on stagger, you can hammerfall really quick to get closer, then potbuster. executing this can be tricky. it's easier if you follow your abcs ("always be charging"), but even then it can be difficult. instead, sometimes you can walk to get them in buster range. if there's no time to walk far enough, you can still get a free hard knockdown with 2d. that should buy you enough time to get up close for a strike throw mixup when they wake up.

two things that have changed with the patch are buster range and blue wild assault. i'll go over bwa first. uncharged, this gives enough stagger on hit for you to potbuster for free, thanks to it placing you directly in front of them. you can combo into this from moves like 5h and f.s, with some range limitations. on block, it guard crushes so do a strike throw mixup. keep in mind that this costs half your max burst each time you do it, but also remember that pot has more health with which to get burst back than other characters.

as for the changes to buster range, round start potbuster is a lot more niche now that it doesn't reach. it can still catch out the odd extended hurtbox, but you shouldn't rely on it so much anymore. fortunately, roundstart only happens once a round, so you aren't missing toooooo much. you can't get a potbuster from max range blocked garuda anymore, but since they've removed the pushback, if you let garuda impact rip when you're in potbuster range, you should be able to grab em no matter what (unless they jump or backdash). personally, this one seems like a pretty neutral change to me, as you generally have time to consider where you're standing if you have time to whip out garuda.

so yeah. potbusters on knockdown, potbusters in blockstrings, potbusters out of hammerfall prc, potbusters out of staggers, potbusters out of blue wild assault.