maybe there's something else I'm missing.
... A DP assist.
No, seriously. Your team has no defense. The only solution is to not get hit... But you don't have assists that force respect iirc.
Pw is one of the worst meter builders in the entire game because reasons. So wanting to have 3 meters to safe dhc isn't really much of a realistic goal assuming that you are playing against people of your own calibur.
With your assists they hit your pw once and then run ground resets on you and it's a wrap.
Like, how it will go with your pw is you will either win the neutral and then destroy their entire team, or you will dhc to robo for the kill and she will cleanup...this is assuming SG landslides of course.
I mean you can get a 3 meter safe dhc, but you will need to confirm your opponent to do it. I can near guarantee that if you don't... You won't have enough meter.
Also, 3 meter safe dhc is SUPER expensive. You lose ALOT of killing power on just 2 meter safe dhc. I know, I used to run a team with 3 safe dhcs. You can be safe but the killing power is highly diminished.
One thing I will say though is:
You might want to use the super expensive reversal that you have at your disposal:
Deathcrawl xx beam super. That shit is "0" frames and will destroy stuff lie an mvc2 Storm hail dhc. It can be good for people that think they can just filia crossup pw for free etc etc since deathcrawl is bad.
If you want some good meter gain, the best I know of is pws fully charged stingers in a combo... They give good meter. But you need to hit first. At neutral stingers are pathetic meter builders.
If you want better defense then you will need to make great use of armor. Because that and air reversal and just playing turtly is all you really have. Can't skimp on armor game if you've got no reversal assists.
Don't forget about robos and painwheels armor option selects either:
For robo: upback plus jhp. If they did a ground move you get an armored st.hp. If they did a throw you get a jump back jhp. This is easy to blow up, but if you've got a decent read on a shityy low throw coming it's decent.
For pw: upback plus hold any armored normal xx deathcrawl. If they do some ground shit you get armored move canceled into deathcrawl, if not and they went for a throw all you get is a jump back normal.
There's more to this OS, but I'm sure you can figure it all out yourself if you haven't already. Happy hunting and I look forward to the day you finally start playing real SG and pick a dp assist :)
Hahaha.. Lates.