Mekong Delta Escape

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The Mekong Delta Escape is one of Rolento's special attacks. Executed by performing a quarter-circle backward motion and pressing kick, the attack sees Rolento jump backwards, away from the opponent and toward the edge of the screen. When he reaches the edge of the screen, he kick-jumps away from it. From here, Rolento has many options: pressing forward and backward controls his jump (like Vega's Slying Barcelona Attack), and pressing any attack button will execute Rolento's usual jumping attack for that button.

The attack can be used as a method of escape (by jumping and then controlling the jump so as to land far from the opponent) or as a way to evade a single attack and quickly punish it (by attacking with, for example, heavy punch). It can also be used purely aggressively as a jump-in attack. The fact that the jump is fairly telegraphed is compensated for by the fact that the angle is different from a usual jump-in, and is relatively safe. It is in keeping with Rolento's character, whose playstyle is centred on attacks where he initially moves quickly away from the opponent only to suddenly spring forward in attack: "he who fights, and runs away, lives to fight another day". The attack, like many attacks in Rolento's repertoire, is named for the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam, suggesting that Rolento may be a veteran of that war.