Street Fighter IV Remix/Vega

Overview Combos Matchups Strategy

Introduction

Vega is a drag queen, but he gets made fun of by all the other queens because his idea of drag is just putting on a dorky mask.

This character's name is localized for the English release. For the purposes of this page, the names "Claw" and "Vega" are interchangeable.

Vega is an offensive powerhouse and a master-of-all with an appropriate tool for almost every situation. His special moves all fill a variety of uses in combos and anti-airs and offer great utility in neutral. His 236P special Madrid Claw allows him to pick up full combos from mid-range with his excellent normal pokes, and his 236K special Rolling Crystal Flash is an amazing tool in combo structure for easy damage. Vega's most defining trait is his oppressive offense, combining incredible damage with powerful resets and mixups to end the round in a matter of seconds. In combination with his dominating neutral presence, great normals, and one of the best ground dashes in the game, Vega is a menace to fight against on the ground.

Vega's air presence is arguably even more threatening, however, with some of the best air movement options in the game thanks to his command jump. Performed with any two punch buttons, Vega transfers his momentum into an aerial roll that he can perform a multitude of options out of, including crossups and an air throw. Vega can use this to easily clear right over any projectiles coming his way, as well as mix opponents up with its various options. In combination with his excellent meter build and usage of super, Vega is one of the most powerful and well-rounded characters in the entire game, with no specific detrimental weaknesses.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Amazing Damage: Vega's damage is some of the highest in the entire game, with very little execution required for great returns on investment. Additionally, while meter is helpful for his routes, none of his primary meterless routes require resources.
Fantastic Oki: Vega's mixup options are ludicrously good. Between his primary combo enders all causing hard knockdowns and his disgusting reset potential, Vega has all the tools you need to open your opponent up on a regular basis and force them to keep guessing for the round.
Movement: Vega has a multitude of extremely strong options for covering the screen space, including a forward dash that nearly goes fullscreen, an air-OK command jump, a walljump, and his iconic backflips. Vega can be threatening at nearly any range with these tools.
Great Reversals: Vega's options for escaping pressure are very useful, between his invincible 214KK Scarlet Terror and his 214PPP super, Splendid Claw. Both of these options work amazingly as anti-airs, adding to his ability to keep the opponent out.
Strong Normals: Vega's normals, on top of being incredibly large and advancing him forward, do a surprisingly high amount of damage on average for Remix standards. This increases the threat of approaching him on the ground, as any stray hit can lead into a deadly scenario.

Mask Off: If Vega sustains too many multi-hit moves, his claw and mask will fall off, reducing his range and making him take more damage in exchange for a damage boost of his own. This isn't really that bad, but it feels weird to leave this empty for now.

Vega
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Character Data
Health	1000
Chains	Command Normals
Walkspeed	{{{walkspeed}}}
Forward Dash Duration	X frames
Forward Dash Distance	{{{dashdistance}}}
Backdash Duration	X frames
Backdash Invuln	{{{backdashinvuln}}} frames
Unique Movement	Walljump

Normals

Standing Normals

5LP

Standing Light Punch
5LP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30	Mid	CMD, SP	0	60	0	+2	-1
Vega quickly swipes with his claw. Generic short-range standing light.

5MP

Standing Medium Punch
5MP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70	-	-	0	60	0	+3	-1
Vega performs an underhand swipe with his claw.

5HP

Standing Heavy Punch
5HP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
90	-	-	0	60	0	+2	-5
Vega executes a claw swipe that moves him forward.

5LK

Standing Light Kick
5LK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
40	-	-	0	60	0	+5	+2
Vega raises his knee for a short-lived strike.

5MK

Standing Medium Kick
5MK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70	-	-	0	60	0	+3	-1
Vega pokes his leg out to strike from a greater distance. Strong for poking, but superceded by other buttons.

5HK

Standing Heavy Kick
5HK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
40, 100 (140)	-	-	0	60	0	-1, -3	-5, -6
Vega performs a two-hit roundhouse kick. Ludicrously high damage for a heavy normal, even by Remix standards. Amazing in juggles. Still quite slow, so not preferred for neutral.

Crouching Normals

2LP

Crouching Light Punch
2LP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30	-	-	0	60	0	+5	+2
Vega pokes at the opponent from crouching with his claw. Comically good hitbox

2MP

Crouching Medium Punch
2MP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
60	-	-	0	60	0	-1	-5
Vega extends his arm to poke with his claw. Worse than crLP in almost every way except cancel options. Don't use.

2HP

Crouching Heavy Punch
2HP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
85	-	-	0	60	0	-7	-10
An upwards stab with Vega's claw. Not worth it as an anti-air, and punishable on hit and block if you don't cancel it.

2LK

Crouching Light Kick
2LK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
20	-	-	0	60	0	+3	-0
Vega performs a short poke with his foot.

2MK

Crouching Medium Kick
2MK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70	-	-	0	60	0	+6	+2
Vega extends his leg for a crouching attack. Vega's best low normal.

2HK

Crouching Heavy Kick
2HK

What

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
100	-	-	0	60	0	KD	-12~
Vega slides forward to sweep the opponent. Extremely long-reaching hitbox behind Vega. Can be spaced to be 0 at best, although -3 or -4 is more average. Ironically, despite its insane hitbox, this move doesn't actually cover all of Vega's foot.

Jumping Normals

j.LP

Jumping Light Punch
j.LP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
50	-	-	0	60	0	~	~
fuckin terrible man

j.MP

Jumping Medium Punch
j.MP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
80	-	-	0	60	0	~	~
fuckin terrible man

j.HP

Jumping Heavy Punch
j.HP

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
100	-	-	0	60	0	~	~
fuckin terrible man

j.LK

Jumping Light Kick
j.LK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
40	-	-	0	60	0	~	~
fuckin terrible man

j.MK

Jumping Medium Kick
j.MK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70	-	-	0	60	0	~	~
fuckin terrible man

j.HK

Jumping Heavy Kick
j.HK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
90	-	-	0	60	0	~	~
fuckin terrible man

Command Normals

6MP

Cosmic Heel
6MK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
60	-	-	0	60	0	-4~	-8~
fuckin terrible man

6HK

Piece of Mercury
6HK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70	-	-	0	60	0	Groundbounce	+2
fuckin terrible man

4KK

Backflips
4/5KK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30	-	-	0	60	0	N/A	N/A
fuckin terrible man

j.4MK

Taco
j.4MK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
70	-	-	0	60	0	~	~
fuckin terrible man

6KK

Evasion
6KK

Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
30	-	-	0	60	0	N/A	N/A
fuckin terrible man

Special Moves

Madrid Claw

Madrid Claw
236P

LP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
LP	80	-	-	0	60	0	+2	-3
MP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
MP	80	-	-	0	60	0	+3	-80
HP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
HP	80	-	-	0	60	0	KD	-2
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
EX	80	-	-	0	60	0	+2	-5

Rolling Crystal Flash

Rolling Crystal Flash
236K

LK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
LK	60	-	-	0	60	0	+3	-6
MK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
MK	100	-	-	0	60	0	+5	-2
HK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
HK	120	-	-	0	60	0	+5	-2
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
EX	120	-	-	0	60	0	KD	-2

Scarlet Terror

Scarlet Terror
214K

LK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
LK	80	-	-	0	60	0	KD	- a lot
MK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
MK	85	-	-	0	60	0	KD	- a lot
HK	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
HK	90	-	-	0	60	0	KD	- a lot
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
EX	110	-	-	0	60	0	KD	- a lot

Remove Claw

Remove Claw
214P

LP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
LP	110	-	-	0	60	0	KD	-6
MP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
MP	110	-	-	0	60	0	KD	N/A
HP	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
HP	Variable	-	-	0	60	0	N/A	N/A
EX	Damage	Guard	Cancel	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block
EX	Variable	-	-	0	60	0	N/A	N/A