Opponents who like to instant jump + button are usually good fodder for c.hp.
not at full screen 
Soda’s 100% correct here. In a Claw VS Claw match a blocked/whiffed Fba or Ex Fba can be punished ALMOST all the time with Ex SHC.
The reason I say almost is because it’s subjective based on which wall u launch off to execute the Ex SHC, Its the same side ur opponent is heading then it can either trade hits or get stuffed by their Fba. If u launch off of the opposite wall as the other claw ur Ex SHC is 100% safe.
If you attempt to punish this with normal Shc it will work but its risky, because u will sometimes land close enough where your opponent can punish with a slide or C.mp xx Ex fba etc…
Hope that cleared it up some, Soda and I have tested this for a few weeks now with excellent results. The kid has an excellent claw btw.
GG’s bluelightning.
Just a few advice…dont backflip so much, and if you do use backflip, use the KKK one, not the PPP. As you can see it’s very easy to punish… which i did punish most of the time.
I dont know why you were doing random sky high attacks but i suggest you dont use that anymore, it’s not good unless you set it up correctly. It shouldnt be random and especially back to back like that.
I cant remember what else you did but those two are the main ones off the top of my head.
Since you said that you’re not good at mirror matches, i’ll use a different character next time. Most likely Ryu or Akuma though.
So what do I do for the other 34 characters? That was my point.
Then you should have said that before, Platinum. Plus, obviously a character-specific punish isn’t going to work universally on the whole cast. I was just stating one use I had found for it, which really reinforces it’s status as a super-situational move. It’s a flimsy anti-air; when EX’d it can go through fireballs, so you might punish predictable opponents with it; and you might be able to cross-up an opponent with it every now-and-then. I’m certainly not promoting SHC as a good move.
So why were we taking about punishing Vega in the first place? I’d be more interested in things that punish the other cast, like maybe Ryu or Chun-Li. Not my own character.
And you’re right, I use EX as well for cross-ups and to counter Fireballs. I just didn’t know you were talking about just Vega and no one else. 
lol It’s no problem.
nod I agree, I’d be more useful if we found ways to punish other characters. But, I suppose this isn’t the place for it… Is this thread really necessary in the first place? As far as the developers are concerned, SF4 is finished. There won’t likely be any updates to SF4 Vega anyways.
Hell to the no. 
And there is an update coming soon…maybe in October. To consoles and arcades. This is for sure, so things will be tweaked. Vega may not be done just yet. However, there are rumors of extra characters being added (this may not be true).