Marvel VS Capcom: Infinite/Winter Soldier

Overview

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Strategy

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Story

James "Bucky" Barnes was an American soldier who fought in World War II alongside his best friend, Captain America. After his supposed death, it was revealed that he was alive and brainwashed to be a soviet spy and was dubbed the Winter Soldier. He was commanded to go through with some of the most dreadful assassinations for quite some time. Decades later, he was freed from the Soviet's control and had his memories flood back to him. Now, he's looking to make up for the atrocities he committing as the Winter Solider any way he can.

Gameplay

Bucky is a wild card on the field of battle. One second he could be zoning you out, the next he could be right in your face. What he lacks in aerial coverage he makes up for in ground coverage, and oh boy, does he cover the ground. Bucky will force you to play his game with his vast array of projectiles and his powerful arm stance, and once you're playing that game, he wins. His execution requirement is quite high, but very much worth the investment.

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Strengths

Weaknesses

Ground Control: Between his grenade drops, pistol, assault rifle, and arm stance cancels, it's near impossible to get in on Bucky while on the ground. Metal Shield: While active, Bucky is completely invincible to all attacks except lows and hypers. He can still use all of his projectiles while it's active and can dash cancel the recovery to boot. This allows him to make practically everything safe in neutral, convert full screen from pistols, armor through an aggressive opponent, and so much more. Lockdown Ability: On top of his vast array of projectiles, Mag Purge is a hyper combo that utilizes all of them in succession. This is the perfect tool for tagging in your partner and setting up a dangerous mix from anywhere on screen. Defense: Even if your opponent somehow gets in on you, Bucky has great defensive options between Metal Shield, an armored reversal in Patriot, and an invincible hyper in Silver Patriot. It can be a nightmare to approach Bucky, but it's still a guessing game once he's under pressure. Synergy: With the amount of tools he has, he can be a good partner for almost anyone. His assault rifles and grenades can set up safe tags in neutral, while Mag Purge is an easy full screen mixup tool.

Aerial Coverage: Despite his strong ground control, Bucky has little to no options for covering the air above him. His buttons are small and his projectiles don't cover much area. This also makes his aerial combo game quite limited. Execution: Because his main weaknesses are quite notable, you're required to absolutely be on point with your choices in neutral so your opponent can't approach. Gun loops are also essential to maxing out his game plan, which can be hard to master.

Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

10,000

Double Jump:

No

Air Dash:

No

Air Dash/Jump count:

0

Misc Movement:

Move List

Unique Trait

Metal Shield: This unique defensive tool allows Bucky to remain safe from some harm while attacking at the same time. Put up this shield to safely fire down on enemies while being unphased by their projectiles.

Normals

Standing Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300	Mid
	-

Standing Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid
	-

Standing Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid
	-

Standing Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid
	-

Crouching Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300	Mid
	-

Crouching Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid						Launch
	-

Crouching Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Low
	-

Crouching Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Low
	-

Jumping Light Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300	High				-	-
	-

Jumping Heavy Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High				-	-
	-

Jumping Light Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	High				-	-
	-

Jumping Heavy Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High				-	-	Groundbounce Hardknockdown
	-

Command Normals

Middle Kick ,	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid
	-

Flip Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid
	-

Sharp Strike	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Low
	-

Quick Slice j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	High				-	-
	-

Air Raid Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High				-	-
	-

Pistol Shot	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid						Projectile
	-

Pistol Shot (Down) j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid				-	-
	-

Misc

Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000	Throw	3	1	-	-	-
	Additional damage scales by 50%.

Air Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000	Throw	3	1	-	-	-
	Additional damage scales by 50%.

Tag	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid	6	8	44	+33	+28
	Hit/Block adv is dependent on when you your tag-in.

Specials

Hard Blow or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		300+700 (930)	Mid
		1500	Mid
	-

Pariot or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		1000	Mid
		1500	Mid
	-

Rifle Burst or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		150x9 (1275)	Mid
		150x9 (1275)	Mid
	-

Grenade Toss or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		100+600 (700)	Mid
		100+600 (700)	Mid
	-

Metal Shield or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		-	-				-	-
		-	-				-	-
	-

Counter Thrust (during Metal Shield)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1200	Mid
	-

Air Raid (during Metal Shield)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000+700 (1630)	High, Mid						Ground Bounce Hard Knockdown
	-

Pistol Shot (during Metal Shield) or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid						Projectile
	-

Move (during Metal Shield) or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	-	-				-	-
	-

Rifle Burst (during Metal Shield) or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		150x6 (870)	Mid
		150x6 (870)	Mid
	-

Grenade Toss (during Metal Shield) or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		100+600 (700)	Mid
		100+600 (700)	Mid
	-

Hypers

Silver Patriot	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500x4+2000 (3250)	Mid
	-

Mag Purge	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	200x8+50x3+250x3+100x17+50+500 (3455)	Mid
	-

Unyielding Justice Lvl 3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	5340 (6 hits) (Normal) 5510 (8 hits) (With Cap. America)	Mid
	-

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