OH HAY GUYZ!!!
long time no talk…
Im a fellow Vega player that is loving SSF4…
although i havent been able to really play that much (real life).
Anyway im rusty right now and last night i had the pleasure to play against the #1 Vega of XBOX that is our very own, Jozhear…
So i lost both matches, and probably he didnt even realized he was playing me but, i noticed that there are a ton of things that are essential for Vegas gameplay.
Things that must be done in every match for you to be safe or win.
Tools that are should be used by every Vega.
So after my match against Joz i learned a couple of new things about Vega, how should he move, what is he capable of and other stuff.
I play other characters (as many of you may also do) to help me understand how to play against them with Vega.
So in short.
I would like this to be a different kind of thread, not one that list a match up against certain characters, but one that answer us some questions like how do you win?, why you do that?, how do you run away?, do you use lk instead of mk after cr.mp?
Give us details, we are trying to figure out the core game of Vega.
So as an example, i will tell you what i learned last night.
As i mentioned before im a little bit rusty, but i play every now and then.
I played Vega vs Jozhear, he used Vega too, As the match started i convinced myself to try an aggresive approach, it didnt work, i was getting caught up in the cr. mp every time i tried to do something, also i was being locked up by the insane waves of st.lk - cr.lp that Jozhear uses.
so i ended up dying.
But i was using the same character, what happened? well he did locked me up in a corner, opening up the gates to mind games and mix ups.
Main confusing link.
Cr. lk, cr. lp, st. lk… wait… cr.mp
I fell for the mix up link, i did block the entire string but the problem was at the end of it, he A) waited to see if i would try to jump, or B) waited to see if i would try a reversal or C) i would do nothing so he could start all over or grab me.
So maybe its just part of Jozhear’s game but he played a more dinamic Vega.
He did a lot of cross ups with df + hk, so it seems that nothing is happening but SSF4 is a game with strange speed, those cross ups end up killing your wake up game.
And those are things that i dont see in other Vega’s, i played against Pedoviejo too, and (sorry for the comparison) he didnt use a lot of stuff that Joz’s uses (different styles) but that really made an impact on the match, it was an easier match (although i lost too) because i didnt fell the pressure, it was more of a wainting match against Pedo.
so i hope you guys understood what im trying to accomplish here.
This doesnt have to be an analisys for when you play vs a Vega… its a general CORE GAME ANALISYS not strategy.