Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All Stars/Giants

Giant Mechanics

This page provides a brief overview of how Giants work in Tatsunoko vs Capcom as it's a unique mechanic for this game that players are still exploring

Giant Mechanics Overview

Mechanic	Description
Hyper Armor	All Giants have hyper armor, which can be broken with specific moves listed either on the character page or in the table below. Additionally, Giants can be dizzied when certain criteria are met, as explained below.
Snapback	Aside from Alex, both Giants have a snapback move. This helps discourage problem characters like Blade or Tekkaman from controlling the match.
Healthbar	Since neither Giant can have an assist, they have a larger health pool, allowing them to stock more baroque, which leads to increased damage.
Chip Damage	A drawback for Giants is that EVERY attack they perform inflicts chip damage, so their opponent will always have baroque ready to act defensively against anything the Giant does.
Blocking	Despite the hyper armor, anytime a giant flashes red, they lose the ability to block. Subsequently as a result, when the combo counter is active they completely lose the ability to block. So if you were to do a long range poke like say, assist Hadouken, you could confirm an armor breaker from full screen if it hits.

Additional Stun Mechanics Information

• Stun Over Time: Normals contribute abysmally small amounts of stun. For example, it takes Ryu over 100 jabs (approximately 183) to stun PTX, about 98 mediums, and 68 heavies. By this time, the Giant is likely already defeated from poking. To deal significant stun damage, utilize your character's supers, which contribute immense amounts of stun, as shown in the tables below.

• Cinematic Supers and Stun Reset: All cinematic supers do not contribute to stun. Moreover, they reset the stun gauge, making them counterproductive for stunning.

• Armor Break and Stun: Any attacks and supers performed during armor break (e.g., Tekkaman's lasso, Jun's Swan Mirage) retain the combo counter but do not contribute to stun. In fact, these moves can reset the stun gauge. for example.

• Stunning Giants: Giants can only be stunned while in hyper armor mode, and they cannot stun other Giants outside of one exception listed below. Additionally, Giants can be stunned while airborne.

• Stun Health Comparison: Lightan has slightly more stun health than PTX, but the difference is minimal.

• Constant Stun Gauges: Stun gauges are constant. For instance, if PTX is stunned by two Shinkuu Hadoukens, the gauge does not increase when he recovers; it will still take two Shinkuu Hadoukens to stun him again, and so on.

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Below is a grid showing have many reps it would take to dizzy a giant. So for example, Ryu would need to connect Shinkuu hadouken fully twice to get a stun. However, you could easily use Shinkuu Hadouken then DHC to The Real Megabuster and get the same effect as an example. Or if you don't want to deal with this, just use an armor breaker.

Here is the original Source for the values. Capcom Side:

Super Move Stun Count

Side	Character	Super Move	Reps
Capcom	Alex	Boomerang Raid	Too many to even bother
		Stungun Headbutt	1
		Hyperbomb	Armor Break
	Batsu	Super Guts Bullet	3
		Super Guts Upper	3
		United by Fate	Armor Break
	Chun-Li	Hoyokusen	3
		Kikoshou	3
		Shichisei Senkukyaku	Armor Break
	Frank West	Real Megabuster	2
		Dead Rising	Armor Break
		Giant Big Bad Explosion	Armor Break
	Morrigan	Finishing Shower	2
		Valkerie Turn	2
		Darkness Illusion	Armor Break
	PTX	Arsenal Barrage	1 time, requires both phases to hit
		Tactical Caliber	Armor Break
		L-P Buster	Armor Break
	Roll	Roll Mop Up	3
		Roll Down Time	Actually heals him
		Oh. No. You. Didn't!	Armor Break
	Ryu	Shinkuu Hadouken	2
		Tatsumaki Senpayaku	2
		Shin Shoryuken	Armor Break
	Saki	Positron Storm	3
		Armor-Piercer	Too Many
		World's Greatest Attack	Armor Break
	Soki	Purification Swords	2 1/8
		Blitz (Level 1)	9
		Blitz 2	5
		Blitz 3	3
		Oni Soki Purification	2
	Volnutt	Machine Gun Sweep	2
		Max Power Drill Uppercut	3
		Max Power Shining Laser	Armor Break
	Viewtiful Joe	Six Machine	Too many
		Mach Speed	3
		Slow and Zoom	Armor Break
	Zero	Rekkoha	Too many
		Sougenmu	Too Many
		Dark Hold	Armor Break

Tatsunoko Side:

Super Move Stun Count

Side	Character	Super Move	Reps
Tatsunoko	Casshan	Scrap Android	Armor Break
		Brutal Axe	4
		Super Destruction Beam	Armor Break
	Condor	Condor Magnum	Armor Break
		BIRD MISSILES	Too Many
		Kagaku Ninpo: Tatsumaki Fighter	Armor Break
	Doronjo	In The Beginning	Armor Break
		Punching Bad Fiesta	Doesn't even work
		Supreme Evil Plan	Armor Break
	Ippatsuman	Grand Slam	3
		Final Reversal Breaker	Doesn't work
		Come Forth, Gyakuten-oh!	34 Punches
	Jun the Swan	Talon Burst	7
		Mirage Swan	Armor Break
		Science Ninpo Phoenix	Armor Break
	Karas	Zan Ei Jin	Too Many
		Shiranui	Doesn't Work
		Super Hiei Zangetsu	Armor Break
	Ken the Eagle	Gatchaman Attack: Lightning Strike	5
		Science Ninpo: Bird Smash	Armor Break
		Science Ninpo: Phoenix	Armor Break
	Polimar	Single Handed Vacuum Spin	Armor Break
		Tenshin Polimar Drill	1 (both hits)
		Illusive Destructive Fist	Armor Break
	Tekkaman Blade	Crash Intrude	Armor Break
		Voltekka	4
		Omnidirectional Super Voltekka	Armor Break
	Tekkaman	VOLTEKKKA	2
		Spinning Tek Lancer	3
		Space Knights Formation	Armor Break
	Yatterman no. 1	Yatterwan	3
		Flame Attack	1
		This Weeks Surprise Robots	Armor Break
	Yatterman no. 2	Passion (Level 1)	6
		Passion (Level 2)	5
		Passion (Level 3)	4
		Omotchama	Too much
		This Weeks Surprise Robots	Armor Break