omegablackmage1

When playing potemkin, I want to meaty command grab opponents as they are waking up. I run into this issue pretty frequently where I knock them down, grab them just after they wake up and it whiffs. They usually aren't doing anything (read: blocking), and I am definitely in range. Is there some mechanic I don't understand here? Is there a certain amount of frames that people are unthrowable for after waking up? Should i just 5.p and then tick throw from that? Thanks