Marvel vs Capcom 2/Thanos

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Want to use the Infinity Gauntlet to perfectly balance your opponent's face? Pick this guy!

Previously, Thanos appeared as a boss in Marvel Super Heroes, but he got screwed up in the transition to MVC2. He doesn’t have all the ridiculous moves he had when he was a boss in MSH, but he does have most of the same super moves. He's considered to be a low-mid tier character in this game, despite how powerful he is in the comics. That said, he's still strong if used right.

Thanos is best used as a middle or an anchor due to his reliance on meter. He does amazing damage, but really needs super levels to be effective. His mobility is also rather limited, and he cannot air throw, unlike everyone else. He’s also the only character in the game with a run instead of a dash.

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Thanos wields the Infinity Gauntlet to squash enemies with his selection of powerful super moves. While he does great damage with his whole kit, his biggest weaknesses are his lack of mobility and his heavy reliance on meter.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Great Supers: Thanos has a very nice set of supers. All of them do good damage and come out quick, and can be comboed or DHC'd into for damage or safety. Thanos can also combo super into super, enabling high damage 2 bar and double DHC conversions. The Bubble: Death Sphere is a pretty good move, whether on point or as an assist. It holds the target in hitstun, meaning you can extend just about anyone’s combos with it. Good Range: Thanos is pretty big, so his normals have a lot of reach. All of his supers can hit you from afar as well. Team Synergy: Thanos' Death Sphere assist allows just about anyone to extend their combos with ease. Above Average Defense He takes about 7% less damage than everyone else, allowing him to tank more hits than some of the other characters.

Lacks Aerial Mobility: Thanos has a run, which is helpful, but he's got very little in the way of air mobility. Can’t Air Throw: Thanos is the only character in the roster that cannot air throw, making it hard for him to defend against aerial camping without meter. Big Target:he's not as big as Sentinel or Juggernaut, but he's quite a bit larger than Cable. Reliant On Meter: Thanos can't build meter well by himself, so he has to wait for a different character to build it for him before he can utilize it. Weak To Zoning/Stalling: Outside of his supers, Thanos doesn't have much he can do about zoning, especially not if he gets snapped in before he's ready. His lack of an air throw also means he can have a very hard time making a comeback happen if his opponent takes to the skies and turtles up.

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Character Summary

Normals & Special Moves

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High Kick

• +

Knee Dive

• +

Titan Crush

• + or

Death Sphere

• + /

Moves List

Normal Moves

Ground Normals

Light Punch
5LP //

One punch

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Medium Punch
5MP //

Two punches- similar animation to LP

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7 (5 + 2)	10	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Heavy Punch
5HP //

Excellent range

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	16	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Light Kick
5LK //

Same animation as 5MK, but quicker

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	5	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Medium Kick
5MK //

Same animation as 5LK, but slower

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Heavy Kick
5HK //

Big boot, big range

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	8	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Light Punch
2LP // +

Left hook

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	5	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Punch
2MP // +

Not enough launch for an air combo, but enough for a super cancel

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher	-	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Punch
2HP // +

Less damage than 3HP, but much easier to combo into

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	10	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Light Kick
2LK // +

Boot

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	5	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Medium Kick
2MK // +

Looks the same as 2LK, but knocks down

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Crouching Heavy Kick
2HK // +

If you land this, you can land a super afterward

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Normals

Air Light Punch
j.LP //

Same animation as j.MP, but faster

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	4	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Medium Punch
j.MP //

Same animation as j.LP but slower

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Heavy Punch
j.HP //

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	13	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Light Kick
j.LK //

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
4	5	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Medium Kick
j.MK //

7

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
7	7	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Air Heavy Kick
j.HK //

Same animation as j.LK, knocks down

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	13	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Command Normals

Back + Heavy Kick
4HK // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
13	9	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-

Universal Mechanics

Universal Launcher (Punch)
3HP // +

Bigger range than 2HP

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
14	6	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher (high)	-	-	-	-
This does slightly more damage than his 2HP, but it's somewhat harder to land this his 2HP takes priority if you try this input during a combo, so you'll probably need an assist if you want to combo into this that said, it's got the same big hitbox as 2MP does, so it can hit from ranges that 2HP won't

Throw (Punch)
6HP // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
16	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Throw (Kick)
6HK // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
16	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Variable Attack (raw tag)
LP + LK / HP + HK // + / +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
10	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Special Moves

Death Sphere
236 + K // +

You love this move, and so do I

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
15	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hit them with this and they get trapped inside of a bubble, letting you extend combos very nice move, either on point or as an assist do note that they can mash out, so be quick!

Titan Crush
236 + P // +

Slow, but powerful

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
18	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Hyper Combos

Gauntlet Power
236 + PP // + +

Dodge this, fool!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
51 (9x6 minus scaling)	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Gauntlet Reality
214 + PP // + +

Pretty hard to dodge as well- big rock walls pop up and smash them

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
31-47	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Two slabs of stone come up from the ground and crush your opponent somewhat random damage depending on where you hit with this

Gauntlet Space
236 + KK // + +

Lots of these come through portals and hit your opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
29-51	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Thanos creates a portal directly above him and pulls rocks into it, sending them down on your opponent get right next to them to hit the most times

Gauntlet Soul
214 + KK // + +

A beam shoots from his hand

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
31	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-

Variable Assists

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Type α

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
15	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Assist Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Variable Assist move. Variable Counter is X. Variable Combination super is Y.

Other

Direction + Button Name
Direction + Button Icon

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-

Taunt

"Thanos reigns!"

Colors

First row: , , A1. Second row: , , A2.

The Basics

Thanos needs levels to be effective. His normals are good, for the most part, but his supers allow him to disregard his mediocre mobility with massive hitboxes that can pin your opponent down for big damage. If you need more meter, though, your options are limited. You may be able to superjump and Titan Crush around for a while to build a little meter, but that doesn't build much. As such, consider having a battery first, and using Thanos-A to set up great combos.

Fun Stuff

Gauntlet Power glitch

Do the Gauntlet Power super but DHC out before it leaves his hand. (This is a 3-4 frame window: it has to be done very very quickly.) It won't leave but will instead stick to him.