Has anyone labbed the projectile absorb? Is there anything that it doesn't absorb?
I've done some labbing with it, not extensively yet. Seems to fall in the middle of projectile parries in the game. That is, among the moves the game classifies as "projectiles", some act like regular old fireballs while some get special treatment: Scorpion's spear, Jax/Cetrion's ground pound, Joker's EX batsy-poo and jack in the boxes (no idea why Joker deserves special treatment here, but he gets it).
Parries like Nightwolf's or Jade's reflect only work on regular fireballs. Special "parries" like Jade's glow and Terminator's killing machine ignore everything. Rain's quantum rift looks to fall in between (same as Robocop's riot shield): It works on normal projectiles (highs, mids, and lows) plus Scorpion's spear, but doesn't work on ground pounds or Joker's "special" projectiles.
Funny observation, Kung Lao's orbiting hat is treated like a regular projectile, so if he activates it and then walks into the rift, his hat disappears. Gee, for some reason I don't feel bad for KL players...
And lets say if I amp it so it lasts longer and then dash in while they try to zone me. If it goes off screen is it still active or it disappears?
Bit of a strange question. The rift has to be between you and your opponent for it to absorb a projectile. So if one of you dashes past it, it's not protecting you even if it's active. I don't know if it stays active off-screen or not, but I can't see that it matters. An EX rift lasts four seconds. So you'd have to set it, both of you move far enough to put it off-screen, then back far enough to put it between you again,
then the oppo throws a fireball... all in under 4 seconds? Even if possible, it's not remotely practical.
Anyway, overall I'm not sure if the rift feels strong or not. If all you want to do is avoid chip damage from zoning, evaporate is strictly better. There just isn't a lot Rain can do while he camps out behind the rift; he can throw a katar or bubble or setup a lightning strike, but they're all pretty easily avoided. You can try to trick your opponent into losing trades or wasting meter to zone you, but a smart oppo probably won't fall for it. So unless you're using quantum slice and really want the KB, I'm not sure this is worth the slot. Maybe others have found more use for it though.
Edit: I guess if you want to be a troll and use the rapid lightning setup strategy that K&M talk about, rift is probably a good tool to let you do that. Not sure if that justifies a slot tho.
