There’s a video posted a couple times around here showing that hitbox changes were far less important than active frame changes regarding cHP.
As for my e-mail to Combofiend, I was too pissed off to proof read:
Been playing Vega competetively since 2009. Thought I’d share some recommendations based on the last changelog. Vega is still way too strong for USF4. I’m sure you’ve gotten tons of input requesting buffs. This time though, I’ll give you a balanced approach with buffs and nerfs from a Vega player’s perspective.
-EX Flying barcelona attack damage reduced to 50+60. EX FBA damage is way too high. It only takes Vega 3 bnb combos with it to either stun or beat the opponent.
-Walk Speed reduced by roughly 20%. His ground game is basically inpenetrable and the opponents have no way to get in on Vega. It also opens up his kara throw game FAR too much to where the opponents have no options on defense.
-Kara throw nerfed. He either needs his throw nerfed or the ability to kara throw removed. Again the opponent has no options on defense and has to end up taking huge risks like using an invincible special just to even things out. With DPs being -5 in general they have nothing left to deal with Vega’s ground game.
-Poke range reduced on cMP, cMK, sLK, and/or cLP. Cosmic heel being safe on block, going over lows, and moving Vega forward while still being able to maintain charge is just WAY too strong. Instead of nerfing CH, I think it would be more fair that his poke range be reduced on his primary pokes. I mean cMK and cMP are literally the 2 BEST pokes in the game. Opponents just can not get around them. It’s made Vega’s game a bit boring honestly. Far sLK is +5 on hit and actually enables Vega to get enough time to charge for a combo into EX FBA. Reduced range would balance that out by not letting Vega combo into a hard knock down + 250+ damage from standing.
-Stun/health Vega should be a high risk, high reward character. Right now he’s a low risk, high reward character. Even though he has relatively low stun, lowering it to 800 and loweing his health to 900 makes it a bit more balanced since Vega can easily escape pressure and be even more slippery than Dhalsim.
-Charge time on FBA. He’s got too many moves that charge way faster than all the other charge characters. I feel that his bnb’s should be a bit more even to the other charge characters.
-EX FBA hitbox reduction. There’s so many set ups for cross up EX FBAs that it’s really absurd. The crazyness has been in for 4 games now. It’s time for it to go.
As for buffs, the super buff hitting on the way to the wall is AWESOME! It’s a great idea and I’m really glad they implemented it with a balanced approach of nerfing the damage a bit.
-Sky high claw. SHC should have damage increased by 10 to 20 to make it slightly more useful.
-Rolling crystal flash. RCF should really be reverted to +3 on hit. +4 was a bit too much and +2 was the same as SSF4, so +3 is the perfect balance on hit to make it good but not TOO good.
-Flying barcelona attack (claw slash) damage increased by 20-25. Balanced it with a nerf to no longer knock down on hit. Vega was getting away with the Izuna loop that basically option selects between the grab, or in the event it missed, the claw slash leading to another knock down. This balances the loop outgiving Vega more damage but making it unsafe on hit if he fails to land the Izuna Drop. It will still knock down on hit against airborne opponents so it’s not too weak.
-Close sLK damage increased by 10-15 to help increase its utility.
-Close sMK stun should be increased by 10. No one ever uses that move intentionally.
Zeus is right. Vega is just way too good in those earlier builds and he doesn’t have any bad matchups at all. He’s definitely top 3 in AE2012 but no one knows the real matchup. Most Vega players don’t know how to use him properly. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Let me know if you have any questions and I’ll be glad to answer them
