Not really struggling per se, just looking for some general tools other people that main King use, mixups, punishes, safe on block, general tips etc.
Did a small dive on the character, and these are the basic tools King would be using.
THROWS!
King is a throw character and if you use him you should be throwing lots. Don't need to learn all the multi-grabs, what's most important are the command grabs since they need to be broken properly. Shining Wizard (WR+2+4), Giant Swing (f,hcf+1), Tijuana Twister (f,hcf+2), Tombstone (d/b,f+2+4), Muscle Buster (qcb+1+2), Knee Bash (d/f+2+3) and Figure Four (d/b+2+3) are pretty much the main ones you'd want to focus on.
Standing attacks
Simple stuff like your jab strings, d/f+1 for mid, b+1 strings to keep people honest.
Lows
Scrubby Kings
love Ali kicks (d+3+4,4,4) but you don't want that, because it's very high risk for very low reward. Keep it simple with d+4, d/b+3, and d/b+4.
Punishers
Your jab strings for 10f, your hopknee (u/f+4) for 15f, but don't forget about b+1,2 at 12f. Get it in there as much as you can since it's beefy damage. f+2,1 also reaches some ranges that hopknee won't.
Launchers
King has great whiff punishers and counterhit punishers. Besides throws, this is where the meat of your damage is going to come from with the character. Get acquainted with movement and using it to create opportunties to use these:
FC d/f+2 - primary whiff launch punisher
FC d/f+1 - low lariat launcher
CH b+1 - great to throw this out often when the spacing is right
CH f,f+1 - slower than b+1 but it reaches very far
CH d/b+3 - this move high crushes, so you can get a launch if you anticipate a slow high move
d1+2 - this is the yolo launcher, crushes highs but you might die if it gets blocked.
Extra stuff
WR+3 - very strong knee, neutral frames on block
f1+4 - King smacks you with his pecks. Must be really close to connect, but it's plus on hit and block. Set up your shenanigans with this.
f,f,n,1+2 - King's push move, has plus frames on hit and neutral on block, but on CH you get a free f+2,1.
f,f,n,2 - Sneaky low, neutral on hit, and a big damage throw animation on CH.
Oki
This is another very strong part of King's game, but I don't use the character and don't have a real grasp of how to go about setting up his stonger options here. Just know that you have ground throws and your opponent does not want to get caught in them, so they're going to be rushing off the ground in a hurry. You can use that to your advantage. And if they aren't, throw them.
