Marvel vs Capcom 2/Omega Red

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Story

Arkady Gregorivich Rossovich, better known as Omega Red, is a villainous mutant in the Marvel universe and one of Wolverine's major enemies. Once a mutant agent Omega Red was a failed attempt to create a supersoldier in the vein of Captain America. The Soviet government implanted a retractable carbonadium tentacle within each of Omega Red's arms. The carbonadium implants, while great offensive weapons, slowly poisoned him and he was required to regularly drain the life energy of a person using his "death spore" mutation, or perhaps take small amounts from larger numbers of individuals, in order to temporarily sustain his immune system.

Gameplay

Omega Red is a very fast, very flexible character with an emphasis on air control, stray hits, and poking. A character that excels on reaching where he rightfully shouldn't and having no issue with taking sneaky routes around traditional fights. If you like tossing your opponent around and making them regret underestimating the red menace, with a little practice, Omega Red can give (almost) anyone a run for their money.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Meter Build: - Omega Red boasts an insane meter build, every normal and every special move letting him build meter, ontop of being able to retract all of his special moves and then canceling the retract into another special move, all with the cherry ontop of being able to steal the opponents super meter. However for all his meter... Superb Air Game: - Omega Red is a fantastic force in the air. With the threat of coil grabs on very oppressive parts of the screen, a solid anti air game in the form of his Omega Strike, and good priority on his jump normals Speed: - Omega Red boasts a good dash, a good walk speed, and a somewhat decent airdash (speed wise) but owns an incredible form of movement in the form of his omega strike, which can put him from fullscreen to half screen in no time at all, even up into the air. Good Endurance: - For a zombie, Omega Red takes 10% less damage than average, leading to him being able to eat stray hits often. not to mention the fact he has the ability to steal life back. Fantastic Range: - His normals and his specials have great reach for a character his size, his Carbonadium coils even reaching full screen and retractable at any time. Burrowing Coil: - A strength good enough to put in its own spot, Omega can use his burrowing coils inorder to snuff any fireballs, smack fullscreen (unprotected) assists, and can even anti air as the hitboxes for the coils are as tall as omega is when he performs it Drain Mechanics: - Omega Red is unique in the fact that whenever he lands a coil grab, he is able to meterlessly drain the opponents health and regenerate his red health while on point, or drain the enemies super meter, potentially depriving them of a match winning hyper combo

He Has Lacking Supers. : - Omega Red's supers are very lacking, incredibly limited to actually combo into, near impossible without help or very unique scenarios, and overall not being very great supers in general, leaving him with a drowning mans curse and a desert mans blessing Precise Play: - Omega Reds coils are not very generous in the hitbox department, and while fullscreen they take a while to get there and often you may be forced to retract before they have a chance to hit. Omega Red needs good reads and even better positioning and knowledge to get the most from his kit Lacking Assists: - Omega has decent assists, however they are niche and dont particularly offer much outside of some minor benefit or gimmicks Lack Of Chip: - Omega Red cannot chip the opponent nearly at all, with his slow supers and one hit special moves, Omega desperately appreciates an assist that helps him deal chip damage Bad Defensive Options: - Omega gets eaten alive by hyper fast rushdown characters due to the lack of any invincibility and supers that cannot reasonably be used to punish offense, omega once again, relies on assists to get opponents off of him.

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Character Summary

Special Moves

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Carbonadium Coil

• Forward: +
• Diagonal Upwards: +
• Straight Upwards: + +
• Retract: or Any Time During Carbonadium Coil

Kuuchuu Carbonadium Coil (Air Only)

• Forward: + or +
• Diagonal Upwards: +
• Straight Upwards: + +
• Diagonal Downwards: +
• Straight Downwards: + +
• Retract: or Any Time During Kuuchuu Carbonadium Coil

Energy Drain

• During Any Successful Carbonadium Coil

Death Factor

• During Any Successful Carbonadium Coil

Coil Throw

• Single Coil Throw: Any Direction + or During Any Successful Carbonadium Coil
• Double Coil Throw: + , Any Direction + During Any Successful Carbonadium Coil

Omega Strike

• Forwards: +
• Diagonal Upwards: +
• Straight Upwards: + +
• Omega Strike Cancel: + During Omega Strike
• Omega Strike Retract: + During Omega Strike

Super Moves

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Omega Destroyer

• + +

Carbonadium Smash (Air Only)

• + +

Assist Types

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Type α - Throw Type

• Assist: Carbonadium Coil
• Counter:
• Combination: Omega Destroyer

Type β - Anti-Air Type

• Assist: Omega Strike
• Counter: Omega Strike
• Combination: Omega Destroyer

Type γ - Ground Type

• Assist: +
• Counter: +
• Combination: Omega Destroyer

Colors

First row:

• A1.

Second row:

• A2.

Moves List

Normal Moves

Ground Normals

Light Punch

If omega reds jab is so good why isnt there an Omega Red Jab 2?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Medium Punch

If you hit the jab, you hit this.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Heavy Punch

You show that floor who's boss, Red.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Light Kick

Holy crap, Omega Red jab 2!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Medium Kick

Evil Anti air button forver sealed away as a bad combo tool

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Heavy Kick

OMEGA STRI-aww, nevermind

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Light Punch
+

Poke them with your fingetips AND low profile them!.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Punch
+

Yet another very evil very fast anti air button, sealed away as a mediocre combo tool

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Punch
+

The graceful helicopter taking off

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Light Kick
+

Short but oh so sweet

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Kick
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Kick
// +

Honestly, how is he keeping coils this long in his arms

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Normals

Air Light Punch
j.

The graceful helicopter flying

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Medium Punch
j.

launch them up more after you already launched them for maximum uppies

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Heavy Punch
j.

The graceful helicopter having a tantrum

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Light Kick
j.

Your crouching kick, now midair!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Medium Kick
j.

A THIRD???

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Heavy Kick
j.

Your best on demand jump in and air to air tool, and that's saying something

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Universal Mechanics

Launcher
+

Life's not fair, why couldn't his cr.mp been a command normal

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Template:Launcher	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Carbonadium Coil (lp)
+

Grab that brother infront of ya!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Carbonadium Coil (hp)
+

And grab that brother jumpin' in at ya!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Carbonadium Coil (pp)
+ +

And reach into the heavens! Halleluiah!!!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Carbonadium Coil throw
any direction + after any successful Carbonadium Coil

Lets bring them back to earth, shall we?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Kuuchuu Carbonadium Coil (lp)
+ / in the air

Why does extending your arm make you fall slower

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Kuuchuu Carbonadium Coil (hp)
+ in the air

Superjumped? A shame.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Kuuchuu Carbonadium Coil (pp)
+ + in the air

I mean...you never know

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Kuuchuu Carbonadium Coil (hk)
+ in the air

Absolutely diabolical angle

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Kuuchuu Carbonadium Coil (kk)
+ + in the air

You down there!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Energy Drain
after successful carbonadium coil

Shouldnt the one that steals life be called Death Factor?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Death Factor
after successful carbonadium coil

Shouldnt the one that steals meter be called energy drain?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Omega Strike (lk)
+

There it is for real!!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Omega Strike (hk)
+

I have decided I am in the air now, this is non negotiable

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Omega Strike (kk)
++

You raise me uuuup

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Hyper Combos

Omega Destroyer
+ +

Its kind of okay you cant combo this, it has so much priority

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Carbonadium Crusher
+ +

Air only hitgrab raging demon, cool huh?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Variable Assists

A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-

A1 // A2

Hyper Combos

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-

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