How to perform Lag Displacement Roll Attack?

[Janosch]

Originally Posted by MaxGunz

You roll to keep the target in sight

That is a key phrase!

Specific maneuver oriented thinking and presentation, it can be too confusing. I actually had to read and reread about this maneuver and compare it to high yo-yo. And there it was! The key phrases are "lift vector", "maintaining visual contact to your opponent" and "meow."

Instead of thinking about "rolling away", just level your wings before pulling up. Then just look into the direction of opponent, often simply 9 or 3 o'clock, and chances are that you see them the whole time. Of course, it's easy only if you have a huge energy advantage and if your opponent makes a textbook break turn and so on. But if you can maintain visual contact, you can see what the opponent does next and plan ahead.
If your opponent burns lots of energy in the break turn to avoid your attack, while you conserve your own energy, all the better!

The way I see it, this is all simply an application of a boom & zoom attack, since you can sometimes try to get a quick shot at an opponent who's starting a break turn before you pull up.