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Ten Ways to Beat Your Friends at Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Get the upper hand with these ten hot tips from an expert.
By: Neidel Crisan February 11, 2011
The newest entry to the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise has arrived, but are you ready for it? While you may not be winning it all at EVO2011, that doesn't mean you can't give your friends the beatdown of a lifetime in MvC 3 and feel like a champion in your own right.
Here are 10 solid tips on how to stay a few steps ahead of the competition (i.e. your closest friends). For even more tips and in-depth strategies for every character in the game, check out MyCheats' Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Strategy Guide just after the game comes out.
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1. Settle on a Main Character
When you first start playing Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the temptation to try out every character in the game unavoidable. There isn't anything wrong with experimenting, but it's highly recommended to find one character you really gel with and try to stick with them -- at least for now.
Having a character that is "all business" (a character you are very familiar with) will help early on. This will allow you to experiment with a few different characters without feeling completely lost in battle. Even if the opponent kills off two characters, they will still have to get past the "business" character before coming away victorious.
Throw in some heavy hitting combos juiced up with X-Factor and they'll learn not to take you lightly, even when trying out a few new characters on the side.
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2. Build a Team With Synergy
After settling on one character, try to form a team around them that has some sense of synergy. Look at the different angles your main character can cover and think about teammates who have assists that cover those areas that the main character may be weak in.
For instance, if your main character covers horizontal space very well, but can't defend against jump-in attacks, look for a teammate that has a strong anti-air attack. Super-Skrull's Tenderizer and Ryu's Shoryuken are just a few solid anti-air assists in the game.
Beyond that, take note of the different abilities each character has and see how they will compliment each other. Does one of your characters have a teleport or some way to cross-up the opponent? Look for a teammate with a slow moving projectile to keep the opponent locked down as you cross to the other side, making it difficult for them to know which way to block.
These are just a few basic examples of how to build a solid team. Play around with different team setups and attack patterns in training mode and see how well they hold up in a real battle!
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3. Learn a Combo
This may sound really obvious but it is extremely important to have a "bread and butter" combo to dish out damage when the opportunity arises. Having one combo that never misses and has solid damage output in many cases will be the difference between winning or losing a match. Single hits, projectiles, and hail mary Hyper Combos will only go so far against even moderately skilled players who have solid combos of their own.
Generally speaking, having a combo that inflicts about 500K damage (you can find these numbers in training mode) is a good place to start. 500K damage is roughly half life on most of the cast, so after landing one of those, you'll be well on your way to taking out their character and potentially the entire team. For the most part, each character has a simple ground combo that ends in a Hyper Combo that will take off about half of the opponent's life, so be sure to get one of those under your belt.
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About #9...
Posted: userComment.createdDate by� TheSureFireGamer
In reference to the part about Storm...
...that's not cheap, that's just good strategy. And if you're oblivious enough to let Ororo Munroe get full-screen distance with a MAX Hyper Bar, you deserve to lose.
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no the game is cheap
Posted: 06/19/2011 by� jediassassin420
all everybody ever does is spam assists and hypers. or just the one combo they learned. lame... it's a great game, just more cheap than others. but I guess thats the way the series has always been.
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Bible?
Posted: userComment.createdDate by� gladiator_original
so this is basically Marvel vs Capcom 3 Bible?
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#11- Low Kick
Posted: userComment.createdDate by� GAM35WH1T3P30PL3L1K3
The most devastating move in all fighting games...the dreaded low kick. What was once a follow up to the jumping high kick (SF2)�has�now become�a game changer in later iterations (Tekken). It costs 0 hyper combo bars, few frames, can be done by any character. Wrap your head around the ....FOO!!!
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Fireball Dragonpunch Spam = win
Posted: userComment.createdDate by� VDKT
Wanna turn any noob into a pro?� Tell them to just slide the analog stick down, down-forward, forward, down-forward, down and repeat all while pressing kicks, punches, all 3 kicks, all 3 punches and you're sure to win.
Pick Ryu/Ken-like characters.� Pick Wolverine.� Pick Megaman.� Any chararacters with a quarter-circle special attack move and you'll win.
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played against a guy
Posted: userComment.createdDate by� halo2master
on MvC2 who spamed distance attacks with Darkside... really annoying
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Cheap Tricks
Posted: userComment.createdDate by� Mr.LametoWatch
I find the only way to win fighting games is to use repetitive tactics or buttom mash.� I always win through fireballing people to death, but I always lose to people who button mash as I can't figure a proper strategy for people who constantly go airborne mashing every button on the controller.
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Pragmatism
Posted: userComment.createdDate by� advocacy
Sadly, cheap tactics are still a legit way to net the win.� If you don't use them, one day you'll face an opponent who will.
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meh
Posted: 02/15/2011 by� Swan_the_red
Gamers get efficient mixed up with "cheap" becacause of some retarded sense of nobel sportsmanship.
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The tactics are all there, for everybody. If it works, it works. They just need to find a way around it instead of pouting in a corner and calling it cheap.
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Not saying your whining or cheap, just saying, people spread boohoo butter like the worlds a warm roll that needs it.
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retarted sense of noble sportsmanship?!?!
Posted: 02/15/2011 by� nsonic79
That's the most silliest concept I have ever heard. True I myself have deluded myself in thinking that there are such gamers that could play by a "code", yet seeing #9 only helps to confirm that such tricks are needed to win these days. I wonder how in depth one can get with these 10 ideas though.
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It's not that silly
Posted: 02/15/2011 by� Swan_the_red
If you go online in a ranked match, you play to win.
Since there's no referee, and nothing to penalize then that simply means anything goes.
Every tool there is there, and can be used by anyone.
Sure something might get patched out, but if it's there,� people would only be hindering themselves. (I won't argue in sense of glitching and that sort of thing, as that would be breaking the games rules)
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Now if you're playing with buddies and what not and just trying to have a good time, I'm all for taking it easy on eachother and backing off. Or if you're simply laying waste to someone who obviously doesn't have a chance.
But omre often then not, the gamer "code" is a silly concept. For fighting games especially.
Others a code is fair, like say, if you're playing a racing game and just rear end everyone out of the corner, that's just strait up cheating. (though you can argue that again, no referee, nothing to penalise if the game doesn't do so iteself, then it's technically not)
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