Son Family and Frieza Force are two juggernauts of the current Meta, however they are the opposite of each other. While one gets stronger as the Match goes on, the other thrives in the early game but gets weaker later.

To begin with, it’s important to note how crucial the release of SP Goku GRN has been for the evolution of this specific matchup. In fact, the previous color wheel for Son Fam featured a Blue, a Purple and a Red, which made Frieza Force have a color advantage option against any opponent. This, combined with the fact that Son Family’s Defenses aren’t the best, allowed Frieza Force to have seriously impactful advantages.

With SP Goku GRN being added, Son Family changes shape and the matchup deeply changes too, since he’s a Tank who has no color disadvantages against Frieza Force. Practically, Son Family has a safe switch-in with SP Goku GRN, as opposed to SP SS Kid Goten PUR being extremely vulnerable in the past to SP FF FP Frieza YEL switching in with the Ki gain.

All of this means that Son Fam now has a much better chance at stalling consistently against Frieza Force to let their early game advantage run out, and benefitting from the Crisis Effects later on. Of course, Frieza Force has the means to win the matchup too, as defeating either SP SS2 Youth Gohan RED or SP Goku GRN early opens up to a scenario where SP Angry Goku BLU is the Last Man Standing, which is an easy one for SP Golden Frieza GRN.

Also in general, the fact that Son Family has weak Z-Abilities when it comes to improving the Team’s durability still leaves the Team few rooms for mistakes.