Free Step Dodge

Well, if you want to be specific, it does if you try to throw :3

if you think a throw is coming, there are a lot more damaging and viable things you can do besides a low poke, might as well go for launcher and juggle me for mad damage at that point

That's true, but you have to remember that 2P in general is a safer option, not only does it beat your throw, it beats your slow high, it beats you just standing there waiting for something, it beats you using movement to reposition yourself, and it annoys the shit out of most people

Does Akira's [2]3 P+K still duck mids in this game? Mash that out instead

might be the safest option, but when get blown up for multiple times in a row, it's time to start mixing it up

case in point, I've been playing alot of Rachel lately, and something that i've done that works almost too well is CH 3pp, walk forward repeat, it boggles me that ppl get hit by this repeatedly, and its all because they wanna escape pressure by mashing a low poke at hella disadvantage