Street Fighter Alpha 3/Vega/Introduction

Introduction

Vega makes a return from Street Fighter II and is first introduced here as a Shadaloo assassin with Ninjutsu and nobility in his blood. He was assigned to a hit-squad responsible for apprehending a rogue doll named Cammy. Although he failed, Vega tipped Cammy off that Bison was after her, and later rescued her from a destructing Shadaloo base.

Pros	Cons
Easily the best runaway in the entire game Fastest walk speed in A3 Good air to airs Fewest pre-jump frames in the game, making his air to airs very dangerous on V-ISM. Amazing ground normals, particularly c. MP Great air grab due to his fast jump startup Borderline impossible to keep cornered due to wall jump, wall dive and sky high claw Sky high claw recovers almost instantly on landing and travels incredibly fast. Can be used to sail over people from the corner Grab does full damage when teched Great custom combos that can lead into potential infinites One of the easiest infinites to keep going Good corner guard crush string on V-ISM j. RH can cross-up on some chars Backflip can be used to bail out of bad activates against many characters Can be nearly impossible to catch if he gets a big enough lead and just runs the timer out. The best runaway character in any SF game by far.	Poor anti-air on the ground Actual jump-ins aren't the best Flip kick is airblockable No meterless reversal option, flipkick whiffs on crouchers, and backflip is punishable Lack of BnBs without meter, resulting in low damage Ground custom requires him to walk very close to start it if they're crouching Drops his claw very easily, which can be annoying for neutral Certain normals have bigger hurtboxes than it initially appears Can struggle to catch-up if he falls behind due to low damage/guard crush potential and mediocre mix-up