I heard weed is legal in Canada. THAT MUST BE WHY HE’S A 10!
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The only reason I don’t give him a 10 is because the opponent can hold down back and run away pretty much all day on you. I’m finding raven and heihachi are good for countering that though
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Vega has the best poking in the game. However, a few things that put him down would be that he lost his invincibility to projectiles with EX sky high claw as perviously mentioned. This really kills him against spammers. But what really pissed me off was his cosmic heel doesn’t cross-up no more. That was his bread & butter in SSF4.
Overall I would give him a 5 but b/c it’s vega (my main) 6.
You’re digging yourself a pretty deep hole these days, Rugalitarian!
Just watch your back is all I’m saying. (See, I’m still being polite like a Canadian. I’d offer you weed… if I didn’t hate you! [sorry])
lol @ the variation in scores ! 
I think, as the game develops, he’ll be mid-tier at best and probably low-tier. He’s an alright battery and does okay at getting the partner in, but otherwise he has no purpose. His specials suck, Cosmic Heel sucks, his charge-special dash-cancel game is non-existent, he can’t mix-up, his air throw has to be straight-up psychic, he can’t get people off him (no focus attack, sadly his best option in SF4), his super has a few issues, his s.jab whiffs normal crouchers, a whiffed c.mp if an opponent jumps = death, and higher-tier characters have just as good pokes that lead into stupid damage, with or without meter.
In other words, he’s always been a normal/throw-driven character, and now his normals aren’t amazing compared to a lot of the cast and his throws suck. Without having anything else to set him apart, he’ll drop down the tier lists and be nothing more than a way to get characters with no neutral game in.
There’s my theory. Pick it apart, SRK.
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Regardless of how he ends up he is still my favorite, if not for him I would not be playing this game.
That being said, I see some validity to your post, however I do think that being excellent at getting in the weak neutral game/ OMFG heavy hitters “in” on people is what is going to end up getting Vega on more of the top teams, making him more sought after and theoretically “higher” tier in many lists.
Conversely, as more and more people start blowing up low attacks w/ naked launchers, Vega will have a much steeper uphill battle, and with only a questionable, ehhhhh… Non reliant overhead (POM). That may blow my above theory out of the water and keep him off teams (except mine 
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There are definitely characters that have slightly worse or on par normals with vega but not his combination of speed,normals and punish ability.Even chun li’s fast chain starter,s.lk, has limited range and her s.mp has very good range but is at 7f startup.I believe vega is unrivaled in the role of launching.Also he is quite good for carrying the opponent to the corner with rolls then tag a good mix up partner.
His charge special dash cancel is definitely not useless since you can cancel cr.mp, dash forward and continue your strings.
His special moves are not all garbage either due to the aforementioned use of roll and FBA which is viable in many cases.
The risk reward of going for izuna or attack and tag partner is in your favor quite often contradictory to SF4.
He looks quite nice and overall he will still be a valuable partner/battery/setter in the future imo.
I’d never let that slop touch my beautiful lips!
i dont use him, but i think vega is damn good in this game. he might even be top, he translates well into the engine and here kinda like n sf4 he actually has combos. rcf is a great tag, and he punishes into launch really well. if people dont press buttons just safe tag into someone that kills blocking like kaz or a grappler.
to me vega here is probably just under st vega and cvs2 vega in strength, but still damn good.
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Always have been a vega player , the fact that the combo sys is more open makes me happy , no anti air of course he has none that would be crazy , but I use him up front using poke range to tag ken with his almighty anti air uppercut he’s a very good player but again as always when some one is on the rush on you watch out , but he can frustrate and dazzle like no other , evn if he was low tier I would still play him no matter what but he has specific strengths and combos open system makes him even funer to play
10 just because but really an 8 I think …
Vega is that classic example of a character who was overrated beyond reason pre-release and people are just now starting to understand why he’s not that great.
It’s because Justing Wang said he’s the best character in the game on some stream, and everyone being a Justing Wang wang sucker, they follow his word like a religion.
Justing Wang said Vega is top tier??? I’m picking Vega up today then!
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You know what PISSES ME THE FUCK OFF? Capcom left that god damn claw remove shortcut in this game from SFIV Vanilla. Why THE FUCK? Shit just cost me a game.
Or it’s because he’s good in CVS2 and SF2 which this game has similarities to.
Also his pokes are long as shit and you cant just focus attack out of them now.
He’s going to be a lot better down the line than he is now. Once people learn the game and get past all the bullshit, he’s going to be pretty high up there. Can’t see him falling anywhere below average.
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I dont see him getting any higher. His mixup potential is so weak in a game that revolves around mixups. Pokes are all well and good until people start randomly jumping and theres nothing you can do.
His strength is runaway, sitting on a lead and frustrating your opponent while you do so.He also does good damage in both tag in combos and solo combos. Those are good strengths but they require a perfect gameplan to take advantage of. When characters like Raven/Rufus are in the game, that perfect gameplan will fall to bits way more often than it should because jumping and st.jab pressure is so damn strong in this game its a nightmare for him.
vega mix up is through walldives and shc not overheads
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