I've been trying to half-assedly learn Raiden for a while now. I mentioned in a previous post I liked charging D dropkicks so I could still use rolls for evasion and grab setups, but it occured to me this week if someone was feeling cheeky, they could just D throw me over and over and I'd have to release my dropkick to tech it.
I know B dropkicks are superior but it just feels so wrong being forced to eat hard knockdown after hard knockdown. If people have an aversion to Raiden, it might be because playing him with dropkicks means you have to sacrifice fundamental tools - with D dropkicks you sacrifice throw techs, blowbacks/CDs, the crossup and overhead. With B you sacrifice ukemi-ing, rolling/GC rolls and low combos. Charge both dropkicks? Forget about it, you might as well be a turtle flipped on its back for how vulnerable it feels.
My friend doesn't seem to charge any dropkicks and does a lot better than me. Maybe dropkicks are overrated?
Right now it's hard for me to see a positive side to the situation when I could just play a character like Vice or Daimon who are just as strong without any of the downsides. His qcfx2+P super seems trashy as well, haven't found a practical use for it.