I can’t say I agree with that. Vega needs to be kind of close to his opponent to be able to put pressure on them and to stop them from starting their jump in cross up bullshit and what not. I’m not saying you need to be right in their face, but I honestly think that giving your opponent space with vega is a really bad idea.
You stop crossups by not being close, holding them back at the tip of crouch mp. If they are there, they probably can’t land a crossup. Sorry for the poor spelling in my last post, I was drunk.
I was trying to say you should be play just out of your opponent focus range which is vega’s best range to fight at
1.You can still use C.mp, DF.Hk, C.lP, D.HK and at this range also able to use Mk and HP, Hk with out getting stuffed form the start.
2.D.Hk goes right under your opponents jumpin since you recover faster form the slide then they do jumping you can just jump back or Counter with EXwall dive
3.Vega’s focus attack has alot of range so while your playing aways form there’s you can still counter with focus.
4.You can also wall dive safely form that range.
Great way to judge your spacing with Vega vs your opponent character is making sure your opponents can’t focus your pokes.
All truth, most of Vega’s game relies on perfect spacing and footsies (even moreso than most characters) IMO.
If only Scarlet Terror was qcb + k …
Sometimes i’ve been FA when i jump in…
with other characters you can jump in hk and shoryuken if it seems that they FA your jump in, but with vega i don’t know what to do if my j.hp is focused
u could play it safe and back flip after a jump in. It can get u out of there SOMETIMES. Or work on ur reflexes so u dont use an attack when u see them winding up
Not news, Vega sucks balls.
He’s like a gimped Blanka when it comes to gimmicks and tricks.
Mh, you’re sort of right about that.
first off you can cr mp into KKK flip, which should avoid the focus attack every time (Which also might enable you to get a ex FBA hit after he misses). Also I believe if you cr mp into SHC or FBA it should also avoid the FA. Also when you jump in and attack you can do the KKK flip as he does the attack which will cause him to miss and should guarantee you a free throw or HK or w/e move cr mp into exfba if you want (I think that works at the distance, if not then use something else lol).
Dont forget that you can use your FA as well (not after the cr. mp but as an alternative). Vega has an awesome FA and can be used very well against many characters. I would suggest learning to use your FA very well.
if only RCF was… :xeye:
Standing RH beats all Focus attacks.
Right now i’ve evolved my game a little bit. Space and range is everything.
Usually if they fish to focus my df+hk they usually meet my standing mk instead, from away, so i’m not hit when they release the focus, and it’s a free combo for me in their focus recovery.
It’s sad that c.mp is not so good as standing mk vs focus attacks, but if you are in the right range they won’t hit you either. My c.mp is punished more because i usually use that if they come closer… so it’s my fault for being predictable. I’ll use st.hk instead.
And for focus my jump attack, sometimes land into a kkk flip just avoids the pain, and it’s a free punishment too.
My friend is very focus heavy.
Normally i use Standing LK to poke him if he try’s to focus i can follow up with CR.Mp really quickly.
At max range use Standing Mk A great poke all around btw.
Focus attacks annoy me too, especially when used on fba.
You CAN izuna drop them out of it, but it’s not easy.
Ive been able to win against FA users by doing izuna drops.
So recently I have been cancelling crouching mp into KKK backflips to counter focus happy people.
I think it may be time to start a “Vega Rapes the Fucking Shit out of Focus Attacks” thread.
Any normal you can cancel into a special (which is all but cr. FP and r. RH) can be cancelled into KKK, so if you accidently attack a focusing opponent, use it as your get out of jail + free combo card.
yeah i’ve been doing that lately.
Not only does it encourage whiffed focuses, but it creates space bit-by-bit which is nice. Just makes Vega’s annoying footsie game and playstyle even more annoying =D. IT’s great cause it brings you from max poke range with a c. st to counter hit range.
Me likey. Brento, plus 10 cool points from the auditor.
I suggested that a couple of posts ago… How come I don’t get any cool points? lol. In any case Focus attacks are supposedly getting sped up in SSIV, so that is good news for Vega, seeing how awesome his FA is.
Also I think it should be the other way around. People should be scared of Vega’s focus attack.