After playing some games with him, my observations are the following:
Bad:
1) F23 sucks as a punishing string and b1 is hella slow.
2) S2 is probably the worst normal in the game in terms of range and reward.
3) His d2 is average at best. Played against a Batman, GL, HQ and Supergirl and it was a jumping spam fest.
4) His mobility is almost non existent (thank god for the teleport).
Only when his trait is out he can compete and even then, his trait has issues, especially regular trait. Shoulder whiffs and the parademon's fireball seems a bit sluggish and has a weird hitbox.
Good:
1) His damage output from the trait, teleport and stomp shenanigans is very rewarding.
2) His wake up game is extremely good (not only the knee move, palm as well).
3) His corner game is very good.
All in all, i believe that the New God from Apokolips need some tuning. His lack of a solid mid normal really hurts him, i mean, even his palm special move is a high ffs! How is he supposed to play footsies? Unless something good is discovered, i dont see him doing well in the competitive scene. He is really fun to play with though.
The only way i see DS playing footsies, is by using the flying knee special.
EDIT: All of his strings have gaps which can be either interrupted or armored through.
