Normal Throws

Rainbow Suplex

Normal throw range

Rainbow Suplex: Vega grabs the enemy and performs a back-breaking suplex, leaving the opponent a dash’s distance in front of him. Rainbow Suplex deals above-average damage at 130, but it doesn’t provide much in the way of knockdown advantage. Vega’s punishable if he immediately forward dashes against a quick-recovering foe (at -4), so your best bet is to just re-engage into a mid-range footsies game (such as with a standing poke).

Crescent Line

Normal throw range

Crescent Line: After climbing onto the enemy’s shoulders, Vega grasps their head with his legs and backflips them almost a full screen away. Crescent Line is a 130-damage throw, but it does not provide any meaningful knockdown advantage. For instance, a successful back throw followed by a dash toward the opponent leaves Vega at -9 and at crouching distance. Use your back throw to either swap places with the enemy if Vega is cornered or as a defensive measure in the middle of the stage.

Stardust Shot while jumping

Stardust Shot: Vega leaps into the air, grabs the opponent, and delivers a jumping roundhouse kick, shooting the enemy into the ground. Like his ground throws, Vega’s air throw doesn’t leave him with much knockdown advantage. He’s left at roughly -5 if he follows up an air throw with a forward dash against a quick-recovering opponent. However, Stardust Shot is one of his better anti-airs against close-up forward jumping attacks—the areas where his normal standing anti-air doesn’t cover.