Aegis Reflector



The Aegis Reflector (エイジスリフレクター, Eijisu Rifurekutaa) is Urien's third Super Art in the Street Fighter III series.

Description
Executed by performing two quarter-circle forward motions and pressing punch, Urien opens his arms wide as he creates a square energy barrier which appears in front of him. The barrier slowly moves forward while flashing until it slows to a stop, then lingers for a second and disintegrates. If all three punch buttons are pressed, the barrier instead appears diagonally upwards.

The barrier reflects any projectiles back in the other direction, and an opponent who touches it without blocking will be damaged and knocked away. However, Urien can pass through the barrier as if it wasn't there.

Tactics
Since Urien is free to move while the barrier lingers, he can strike low or get behind the opponent and force them into the barrier. This enables him to set up many combos and traps, though the potential is limited by the barrier's lifespan: it disintegrates more quickly the more it reflects.

The move has two stocks, meaning that Urien can create more than one barrier at once with a sufficiently filled Super Gauge; this allows him to attempt a cross-up by trapping the opponent between two barriers and then attempt to knock them into one, whereupon they will be bounced helplessly between the two.