Super Street Fighter IV AE/Vega

Vega

As Shadaloo's #1 assassin, Vega relishes in taking out Shadaloo's enemies one by one with his signature claws. Equally ruthless as he is vain, Vega obsesses over things that he considers beautiful. His passion for beauty, particularly his own, causes him only to desire to kill those he deems ugly all the more. There is almost no one that he does not consider hideous in appearance, and thanks to his effectiveness at what he does best, M. Bison trusts no one more than Vega to accomplish the most difficult assignments.

In a nutshell

Speed and range. These two assets are a deadly combination, and both are exactly what Vega is. Vega specializes in playing patiently while using his mobility and excellent pokes to scare and enrage the opponent into making fatal mistakes, then punishing them for their insolence. His assortment of high-flying, off-the-wall moves can confuse even the most skilled players. Vega's main weakness is that he must not get knocked down, for he has almost no defensive options on wakeup. In addition, when he gets hit or blocks in succession, his claw and mask can fall off, meaning that he could eventually lose his range or take more damage without the respective accessory (fortunately the removal of his mask also increases his own damage output). To work around this, one must find a balance between jumping around the stage and playing footsies in order to use Vega most effectively.

Players to Watch

• Jozhear
• Zeus
• Reiketsu
• Chris King
• German Luger
• El Cubano Loco

Moves

Unique Attacks

Name

Command

Notes

Piece of Mercury

df + mk

high

Cosmic Heel

df + hk

Wall Jump

(in air, near wall) uf

Throws

Name

Command

Notes

Rainbow Suplex

f or n + lp + lk

throw

Crescent Line

b + lp + lk

throw

Stardust Drop

(in air) lp + lk

airthrow

Special Moves

Name

Command

Notes

Rolling Crystal Flash

b (charge) f + p

ex

Scarlet Terror

db (charge) f + k

ex armorbreak

Sky High Claw

d (charge) u + p

armorbreak only during ex; ex

Flying Barcelona Attack

d (charge) u + k

Controllable with f or b after coming off wall; ex

   Claw Attack

f or b + p

Perform after Flying Barcelona Attack; high

   Izuna Drop

Any direction + p (near opponent)

Perform after Flying Barcelona Attack; throw airthrow

Back Slash

3p

Cannot be used as a Reversal

Short Back Slash

3k

Cannot be used as a Reversal

Remove Claw

dp + p

ex version removes mask; Cannot be used as a Reversal; ex

Super Combo

Name

Command

Notes

Flying Barcelona Special

db (charge) df db u + k

Controllable with f or b after coming off wall

   Claw Attack Special

p

Perform after Flying Barcelona Special; high

   Rolling Izuna Drop

Any direction + p (near opponent)

Perform after Flying Barcelona Special; throw airthrow

Ultra Combos

Name

Command

Notes

Bloody High Claw

db (charge) df db u + 3k

armorbreak

Splendid Claw

db (charge) f b f + 3k

low armorbreak

AEv2012 Changes

(changes include ALL final changes from Super to AEv2012)

• Crouching MK start up is now 6 frames (2 frames faster)
• EX Flying Barcelona Attack damage reduced from 200 to 180
• Crouching MP damage reduced from 70 to 60
• 2 frames less recovery on EX roll(+4 on hit)
• You can now combo Crouching MP, Crouching LP and Standing HK from EX RCF
• Is considered to be airborne right after the invincibility frames of his backdash ends.
• Cosmic Heel (down forward + HK) can now combo into U1
• Cosmic Heel (down forward + HK) is now -3 on block at point blank range or +1 at max range
• Ultra 2 startup increased from 7 frames to 8 frames
• Sky High Claw now knocks down on hit
• EX Sky High Claw now hits all crouching opponents except when they are in the corner
• Ultra 1's hitbox on the first hit after animation has been increased, will miss less
• EX Sky High Claw now lands at the same distance from the opponent regardless of the distance from the opponent when you input the move
• EX Sky High Claw is now safer on block in certain situations

The Basics

The fundamental basics for playing Vega are virtually the same as those for any other character:

• Learn your best punishes for each situation. Go into training mode and find out what moves can punish other moves on block, hit, or whiff. Take note of unpunishable moves since not everything can be punished. Make sure you do this for every character because some things will not work on some characters.

• Find out how to beat opponent's moves out right. For example, Sky High Claw will beat E. Honda's Head Butt. Be aware that you may have to use a normal move to beat an opponent's move. You may also need to change your spacing by walking forward or backward.

• Learn your ranges for your moves. This is critical. You need to know exactly when you are too far away to hit the opponent and when you are not as you will want to be in this range for the majority of the fight. This helps you stay out of the opponent's range as well putting you at an advantage.

• Work on your reactions. Reactions are important because the sooner you can make the decision whether to attack or block, the more time you have available to ensure your spacing and timing is correct.

• If you are physically incapable of improving your reactions, you will need to augment your play with extremely good reads. You will need to be able to identify exactly what the opponent is going to do next and how they are going to do it. Because you lack reactions you will need to account for this gap with accuracy in your reads..... make sure you are right and if you made a bad read find out exactly why.

• Don't try to be an execution hero if you are not capable or even if you're having a bad day execution wise. If you're missing a link or dropping a combo swap to a more guaranteed punish. While you're playing the match get the damage you can get. Work on fixing it after the match ends.

• Learn to correctly hit confirm cMP and cMK. Go into training mode and set the dummy to random block. Practice identifying when a move hits and continue the combo only if it hits. This will enable you to save both meter and life

Frame Data

	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes
Close	HL	30[20]	50	20	sp/su	4	2	10	-1	+2
Close	HL	70[60]	100	40	sp/su	7	2	13	-1	+2
Close	HL	50[40]x2	50*50	60*20	sp/su*-	9	3(7)3	14	+1	+5	Forces stand
Close	HL	30	50	20	-	4	2	10	-1	+2
Close	HL	70	100	40	sp/su	6	2	13	-1	+2
Close	HL	40*70	125*75	60*20	su	4	2*2	23	-7	-2	Forces stand
Far	HL	30[20]	50	20	sp/su	4	2	10	-1	+2
Far	HL	90[80]	100	40	su	7	2	14	-2	+1
Far	HL	120[110]	200	60	-	8	3	23	-8	-4
Far	HL	40	50	20	-	5	2	7	+2	+5
Far	HL	70	100	40	-	8	2	15	-3	0
Far	HL	40*70	125*75	60*20	su*-	4	2*2	23	-7	-2	Forces stand
crouch	HL	30[20]	50	20	sp/su	4	2	8	+1	+4
crouch	HL	60[50]	100	40	sp/su	4	2	16	-4	-1
crouch	HL	110[100]	200	60	-	5	2	27	-11	-6	Forces stand
crouch	L	20	50	20	sp/su	4	2	9	0	+3
crouch	L	70	100	40	sp/su	6	3	9	+2	+5
crouch	L	110	200	60	-	8	13	17	-12	-	Hard knockdown
Jump up	H	50[40]	50	20	-	6	5	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80[70]	100	40	-	5	3	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100[90]	200	60	-	6	2	-	-	-
Jump up	H	40	50	20	-	6	9	-	-	-
Jump up	H	80	100	40	-	6	7	-	-	-
Jump up	H	100	200	60	-	4	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	50[40]	50	20	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	80[70]	100	40	-	5	5	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100[90]	200	60	-	5	4	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	40	50	20	-	6	7	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	70	100	40	-	6	6	-	-	-
Jump forward	H	100	200	60	-	6	6	-	-	-
+	H	60	100	40	-	20	3	13	-4	0	10~22f airborne
+	HL	80	100	60	-	14	5	10 + After landing 4	-3	-	18~24f Low strike and low projectile invincible, 14~ airborne, floats opponent
Triangle Jump	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	From wall 6f~ can perform actions
Backflip	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Total 65	-	-	1~57f Invincible, can pass through opponent, can pick up mask or claw until 31f, treated as command normal
Backflip	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Total 42	-	-	1~32f Invincible, can pass through opponent, treated as command normal
Focus Attack LVL 1	HL	60[50]	100	20	-	10+11	2	35	-21	-21
Focus Attack LVL 2	HL	80[70]	150	40	-	18+11	2	35	-15	-
Focus Attack LVL 3	-	140[130]	200	60	-	65	2	35	-	-
Forward Throw	1.07	120	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown
Back Throw	1.07	120	120	40	-	3	2	20	-	-	Hard knockdown
Air Throw	1.20	150	130	40	-	3	2	-	-	-	Hard knockdown, legs projectile invincible until end of active frames
Rolling Crystal Flash	HL	20*90[80]	20*100	20/10*30	su	9	9(7)4	22	-2	+2	charge 60f
Rolling Crystal Flash	HL	20x3*90[80]	20x3*100	20/10x3*30	su	16	9(5)8(5)8(6)4	22	-2	+2	charge 60f
Rolling Crystal Flash	HL	20x4*90[80]	20x4*100	20/10x4*30	su	20	9(5)8(5)9(5)8(6)4	22	-2	+2	charge 60f
Rolling Crystal Flash	HL	20x4*90[80]	20x4*100	-250/0	su	20	9(5)8(5)9(5)8(6)4	20	0	+4	1~78f projectile invincible, charge 60f
Scarlet Terror	HL	100	150	30/30	-	7	10	15 + After landing 8	-12	-	1~16f unthrowable, 3f~ airborne, armor break, charge 42f
Scarlet Terror	HL	80*60	100*100	30/20*20	-	7	5*5	14 + After landing 9	-12	-	1~16f unthrowable, 3f~ airborne, armor break, 2nd hit pursuit property, block advantage based on 1st hit, charge 42f
Scarlet Terror	HL	100*60	100*100	30/20*20	-	4	8*5	14 + After landing 9	-15	-	1~16f unthrowable, 3f~ airborne, armor break, 2nd hit pursuit property, block advantage based on 1st hit, charge 42f
Scarlet Terror	HL	110*70	150*100	-250/0	-	4	8*5	14 + After landing 9	-15	-	1~4f projectile and throw invincible, 3f~ airborne, armor break, pursuit property, block advantage based on 1st hit, charge 42f
Sky High Claw	HL	110[100]	200	30/40	-	From Wall 15	Until edge of screen	After landing 17	-20	-	8f~ airborne, 2f~end of active frames can pass through opponent, fastest startup 24f, charge 42f
Sky High Claw	HL	60[50]x2	100	-250/0	-	From Wall 10	Until edge of screen	After landing 17	-18	-	8f~ airborne, from wall to end of active frames projectile invincible, 2f~end of active frames can pass through opponent, armor break, 2nd hit pursuit property, fastest startup 18f, charge 42f
Flying Barcelona Attack	-	-	-	20/-	-	-	-	After landing 31	-	-	8f~ airborne, fastest time to wall 10f, from wall can direct left or right, from wall 18f~ can cancel into followup, charge 42f
Flying Barcelona Attack	H	90[80]	100	0/40	-	3	11	After landing 31	-	-	fastest startup 20f, damage is 70[60]/80[70]/90[80] depending on LK/MK/HK version of FBA
Flying Barcelona Attack	HL	30	50	-250/-	-	9	Until edge of screen	After landing 31	-	-	8f~ airborne, floats opponent, fastest time to wall 10f, from wall can direct left or right, from wall 18f~ can cancel into followup, charge 42f
Flying Barcelona Attack	H	50*90[40*80]	50*100	0/0	-	2	1(1)11	After landing 31	-	-	2nd hit pursuit property, fastest startup 19f
Izuna Drop	0.77*H	150	150	80	-	2	1(1)11	After landing 31	-	-	1st hit hard knockdown, 2nd hit limited juggle knockdown, 2nd hit of EX version does 50[40]damage 50stun 0meter
Claw Throw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Total 40	-	-	Claw removed on 19f, reduces damage of Vega's attacks
Mask Throw	-	-	-	-250/-	-	-	-	Total 40	-	-	Mask removed on 19f, increases damage taken by 10%, increases damage done by 10%
Flying Barcelona Special	-	-	-	-1000/0	-	-	-	After landing 31	-	-	8f~ airborne, fastest time to wall 10f, after reaching wall flash starts on 12f, invincible during flash (1f), charge 42f
Flying Barcelona Special	H	60[50]x3*100[90]	0	0/0	-	2	11(2)10	After landing 31	-	-	pursuit property
Rolling Izuna Drop	0.91*H	400	0	0/0	-	2	11(2)10	After landing 31	-	-	1st hit hard knockdown, 2nd hit limited juggle knockdown
Ultra Combo 1 (1st hit)	HL	30	0	0/0	-	8	Until edge of screen	-	-	-	1f~ until wall projectile and throw invincible, can pass through opponents, 8f~ airborne, floats opponent, charge 42f
Ultra Combo 1 (2nd hit backwards)	HL	450[375]	0	0/0	-	After flash 1	7	31	-	-	After reaching wall flash starts on 8f, from flash to end of active frames invincible, hard knockdown, armor break
Ultra Combo 1 (2nd hit forwards)	HL	450[375]	0	0/0	-	After flash 1	9	20 + After landing 31	-	-	After reaching wall flash starts on 8f, from flash to end of active frames invincible, hard knockdown, armor break
Ultra Combo 2	L	150*300[285]	0	0/0	-	0+8	15	39	-36	-	1~14f Invincible, hard knockdown, armor break, charge 42f
	Block			Super Meter					Frames
Move Name	HL	Damage	Stun	Gain	Cancel Ability	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Guard	On Hit	Notes

Notes:

[] refers to damage without the claw