Now does the OS really need to go, after doing some thought on this I weighted the strengths and weaknesses of the overhead. Because its not special cancel able on block we cannot, be fully unsafe when throwing out buffered EX overheads but we also can't be -4 throwing out GG's. Because we can't RC we can't opt to use it as our 50/50 method and condition our opponent simultaneously. The range is up close, the overhead on whiff is easily whiff punished. We have a gap in our low starter which especially in Wrestler and PU where we cannot make it safe. All of our pokes don't let us jail an B2 outside of D4 with the opponent in the corner meaning that even after putting the work into opening our opponent up and hitconfirming a poke we can still get armored. It is only jailled from a few select strings.
Referring to the properties of B2 on block as an option select is a misnomer. An "option select" implies that you have some sort of
option as to whether or not you want it to come out or not. B2 simply cannot be cancelled on block. Somebody way back in the day called it an option select (as they were only viewing it from the perspective of B2 into Overhead Dash Punch) and we all just kind of rolled with it, as the game was previously filled with all kinds of retarded option selects anyways. It serves as the exact opposite of an option select for me. It prevents me from doing potentially much more advantageous moves, more often than not.
This is not the thread to discuss potential buffs, I know, but I feel that B2 should jail into Energy Wave (like S4 and S3), and that LAW cancels out of it in HW should be plus. It has a startup of 18 frames, so it's not like any of those things would promote a whole lot of dirt.
