[quote name='panzerfaust']So the wakeup roll, are they flatly unsafe if you make the read? Because I've always gotten mixed results.[/QUOTE]
If someone makes the read, it's pretty unsafe. Once people start doing the real OS' to the Tech Rolls, people will stop rolling. Jumping back to expect the roll or walking back to poke puts you at the guessing situation/positional disadvantage if they don't roll.
A good friend of mine talked about a way to OS the roll with one of his teams. When you OS this way, if your opponent is trying to Tech Roll, they get a walk instead (and cross themselves up)
He made a video showing this. You can see it at the 2:00 and 2:20 marks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iox2U1DkACE
[quote name='kainzero']i still think tag combos are so godlike in this game which is why i don't think highly of rolento. (and i think people need to stop only tagging at 30-40% health... it makes it harder to do tag combos because you don't want to tag someone with low health.)
nj.lp as a good anti-air wouldn't phase me though. neither does his s.mp or whatever that is. i have 1800 life, what's 50 or 80 damage? in sf4 it means more, yeah, but in this game i'll take it.[/QUOTE]
Agreed 100% on the Tag Combos, which is why I believe people play him first. That still leaves the problem of when the order is switched and you are switching into him. His damage is mediocre and best. He's got great pokes, can keep folks out, but IMO, it's the opposite of how this game should be played.
[quote name='Jimbo Slice']I use Rolento because I like the character.[/QUOTE]
I know this, you ain't no scrub!