(Note: This isn’t meant as a “plz pick my character for me plz” thread)
So imagine, you’re at a major tournament. You’re being streamed for all to see. You get matched up w/ the next “Gamerbee” playing a character you have little to no experience against. You haven’t even seen half this guy’s normals. He’s styling on you, shutting down everything you attempt. You now have a choice… keep fighting the good fight knowing full well he’s got your number… or will you go to your secondary, to try and come back from the brink?
With that said, who is your secondary? I’m curious as to which characters you feel compensate for the weaknesses Vega has. (no character is perfect)
I’ve been playing around w/ Blanka a bit, and I’m concerned hes simply a furry green ball of gimmicks, and if someone can see through my tactics with Vega, they’ll definitely see right through him.
I can really see what you mean, though it is not so obvious i see them as close as say ryu / akuma.
I have no secondary, and for all that matters everyone one who is even remotely decent will hand me my ass back regardless of who I play, it is only going to get worse if i switch. When i match someone that rapes my Claw i think it is the proper time to learn some stuff from him, probably not going to waste that opportunity by switching to a character I don’t even know what normal to use for a jump in.
I can see why you opened the topic with “tounaments” because really for normal players like me, switching, even for an alleged counter pick, usually lead from being terrible to being absolutely terrible.
Rushdown you say, yet I get the feeling your original reply was closer to “(something something) plum jam (something) psycho piledriver (something something)”
i want Sagat to be my secondary, but i feel his zoning is weak.
T.Hawk will be worth it only because of Raging Slash.
Adon seems like Fun but I dont like his pokes.
Well it may have been :'D Though you know me, putting those two and innuendo together are what I do best! But seriously it is because I like rushdown. When I played Vega I realized you can’t be uber aggressive with him, then I noticed a few videos and watched a few people play and went “Oh, so Bison looks suited for this.” and picked him up XD.
Am not!
Exacta, reading between the lines
On a note, Graph, I see what you mean, a lot of people alt Bison who main Vega. They seem to work nicely off eachother’s playstyles.
When I’m not feeling quite as gracious I enjoy playing Cody. Easy links (nice change!), solid damage and pure old rushdown magic. It’s a nice change of pace.
I also enjoy playing Gen somewhat. In vanilla he was eveything Vega wanted to be. I usually only win with him because no one knows the matchup though.
I don’t really have a strong second character, even after 1000+ hours between SF4 and SSF4 and B+ rank in Claw.
In casuals I like to sometimes pick DJ, Bison, Guile, Cammy, Ken
I use Blanka as a secondary. It’s fun doing mix ups with hop and electricity. Funnily enough there are a lot of Blanka’s at the top of the leaderboards on PSN, considering he is based on gimmicks.
I use Sakura as my secondary but honestly if your not really good with your secondary SSFIV does not reward you all that well for using them. Last night I lost 106 pp cause I wanted to mess with Sakura for a bit. lol
