Bloody High Claw

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The Bloody High Claw is Vega's 1st Ultra Combo in Street Fighter IV.

Description
The combo begins with Vega leaping onto a wall and saying "Soak in your own blood!" Vega then performs multiple Sky High Claw attacks on his opponent in quick succession while saying "Bloody High Claw!", rising higher and higher up the screen every time and laughing as his opponent falls. He can control which wall he first dives off of by ending the motion towards the corner of choice in the diagonally up direction.

Vega flies diagonally downwards from whichever corner he hopped off of — meaning the combo will not land if his opponent is near the wall from which he jumps. He also needs to hit the wall before he is safe from counter-attacks. Bloody High Claw goes through projectiles and is thus effective against fireball spam. The ideal position for projectile punishing is to be with 3/4 of a screen's distance to the desired wall; if you react quickly, you can slice your opponent as they fire the projectile.

Bloody High Claw comes out very quickly, so a player should know almost instantly if your opponent blocked it or not. Even if blocked, Vega lands at a distance away from them, making it hard to punish. Also, it does quite a bit of chip damage, and the claw is not needed to execute it.

Advanced Tactics
At high levels of play, the best chance a player has to land this is by performing a Level 2 or 3 Focus Attack first. It is also possible to nearly guarantee a successful attack by starting the combo with an EX Flying Barcelona Attack towards the opponent. If it connects with a non-blocking or air-borne opponent, it will damage and stun them, leaving them unable to block the attack. Keep in mind, however, the height of the opponent upon launching the attack: If they are fairly high up on the screen, it will pop them up too high for the Ultra to hit. The best chance for success is to hit an unsuspecting standing opponent or an opponent either halfway-through or near the end of a jump attack.

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