Flying Barcelona Attack

(, or or  after Flying Barcelona Attack))

The Flying Barcelona Attack is one of Vega's special moves. Executed by charging down and then pressing up and kick, Vega will leap towards the edge of the screen and kick-jump off of it high into the air and towards his opponent. If no further input is entered, Vega lands harmlessly. If, however, a punch button is pressed, Vega will angle himself upside-down and slash viciously at his opponent. On the other hand, if punch AND a direction (left or right) is pressed, Vega proceeds to perform the Izuna Drop, whereby he will grab his opponent around the waist and slam them into the ground. The Izuna Drop can even be performed on an airborne opponent.

The attack has the disadvantage that it will never take the opponent completely by surprise, as Vega will always leap towards the edge of the screen (and so away from the opponent) first, giving plenty of warning that an attack is imminent. It compensates for this, however, by the fact that it resembles the Sky High Claw during its start-up, up until Vega kicks off the edge of the screen. This, along with the fact that Vega can choose to either simply slash or perform an Izuna Drop, means that although the opponent will know that AN attack is coming, exactly WHICH attack it will be is unclear until later.