Marvel vs Capcom 2/Cable/Combos

Introduction

Cable is known for comboing into his extremely damaging Air Hyper Viper Beam (AHVB). Learn to wield AHVB, and utilize it well.

The biggest tip for all combos that go into AHVB right from super jump is to do a Tiger Knee motion. Start with , then roll the stick to . Then delay a tiny bit before pressing the buttons at once. This will give you a super jump input, followed by the input for the super. This is the main way to combo into AHVB, and the fastest way to get it off the ground.

Explanation

">" denotes a chain.
"XX" denotes a cancel.
"," denotes a link.
"St." denotes a standing attack.
"Cr." denotes a crouching attack.
"D." denotes a dash. Dash before pressing the next button.
"SJ." denotes an attack while in Super Jump mode.
"J." denotes an attack while in Normal Jump mode.

Bread and Butter Combos

Combo	Damage	Meter Gain	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
Cr. > Cr. > St. XX +	?	?	All	Very Easy	text
Cr. > Cr. > St. XX + or	?	?	All	Very Easy	Leaves you minus and punishable on hit. Be careful when using this one.
Cr. > Cr. > St. x 4 XX + XX Air +	?	?	All	Easy	Kara cancel the Psimitar into AHVB.
Cr. > Cr. > St. XX Super Jump XX Air +	?	?	All	Very Easy	Tiger Knee the super.
j. + , Air + , Air +	?	?	All	Very Easy	Tip for this combo, Tiger Knee the first one, and aim straight ahead or down. Tiger Knee the second one and aim either straight ahead or up, depending on the height of the opponent. Last, Normal Jump and do the motion in the air, then aim up. You have WAY more time than you think you do with this combo. Take it real easy and just make sure you hit the directions.

Cr. > Cr. > St. XX +

Cr. > Cr. > St. XX + or
Leaves you minus and punishable on hit. Be careful when using this one.

Cr. > Cr. > St. x 4 XX + XX Air +
Kara cancel the Psimitar into AHVB.

Cr. > Cr. > St. XX Super Jump XX Air +
Tiger Knee the super.

Air + , Air + , Air +
Tip for this combo, Tiger Knee the first one, and aim straight ahead or down. Tiger Knee the second one and aim either straight ahead or up, depending on the height of the opponent. Last, Normal Jump and do the motion in the air, then aim up. You have WAY more time than you think you do with this combo. Take it real easy and just make sure you hit the directions.

Ground to Air Combo

Cr. > St. > Super Jump > SJ. > SJ. > SJ.
Most consistent air combo. This isn't incredibly important for Cable, though.

Corner Combos

Combo	Damage	Meter Gain	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
> SJ. > SJ. > SJ. , SJ. , J. > J. > J.	?	?	?	?	Requires some pretty specific timing, but techincally corner exclusive. Most of Cable's regular B&Bs work anywhere, including the corner.

> SJ. > SJ. > SJ. , SJ. , J. > J. > J.
Requires some pretty specific timing, but techincally corner exclusive.

Most of Cable's regular B&Bs work anywhere, including the corner.

Assist Specific Combos

Combo	Damage	Meter Gain	Works on:	Difficulty	Notes
St. + Sentinel γ > x2 XX + (midscreen) or +	?	?	All (corner)	Very Easy	On block, Tiger Knee a Viper Beam aimed down after the grenade recovers. On hit, Tiger Knee AHVB. Watch what your opponent does after this trap as well. If they rush you often, start calling your anti-air assist after the Viper Beam on the ground. If they don’t do anything, call Sentinel drones again. Most opponents don’t want to eat two traps in a row, so they’ll try to escape with a super jump, so watch out for that.
Call Sentinel drones, Throw (backward), St. XX Super Jump XX Air +	?	?	All (corner)	Very Easy	Tiger knee the super. Works midscreen and in the corner. The timing is pretty tight for this one. Be sure to throw right after you call Sentinel, otherwise you'll take too long to recover. St. + call Sentinel drones > x 2 XX + (midscreen) or + (corner) This is a very good trap combo. On block, Tiger Knee a Viper Beam aimed down after the grenade recovers. On hit, Tiger Knee AHVB. Watch what your opponent does after this trap as well. If they rush you often, start calling your anti-air assist after the Viper Beam on the ground. If they don’t do anything, call Sentinel drones again. Most opponents don’t want to eat two traps in a row, so they’ll try to escape with a super jump, so watch out for that. Call Sentinel drones, Throw (backward), St. XX Super Jump XX Air + Tiger knee the super. Works midscreen and in the corner. The timing is pretty tight for this one. Be sure to throw right after you call Sentinel, otherwise you'll take too long to recover. + , Launcher (df. ) + Sentinel drones > Super Jump > SJ. XX + , SJ. , (D. Cr. XX + XX) Air + If a stray grenade hits a grounded enemy, you can use this combo to do good damage into an AHVB. The crouch HP XX DP is optional. Style Combos Don't do these unless you want to lose friends. And if you do, go nuts. Cr. XX + , + This leaves you with absolutely nothing afterward, you spent an entire bar to get this, and it's escapable with a roll, but hey, you landed one of the worst moves Cable has. Good job. Corner (J. , D. St. XX + ) x n An infinite combo on standing Sentinel only. Not incredibly practical, and pretty tight timing is required (you have to cancel the absolute first frame of the shot into a grenade for it to combo), but hey, it exists. Corner Cr. + call Sentinel drones > Cr. > (slight delay) St. XX + , St. x 4, Cr. XX + Only in the corner, and a pretty specific situation. Not that great of an option, but it exists. St. + call Sentinel drones > x 2 XX + (midscreen) or + (corner), D. + The exact same combo as a previous section, except this time you do a dash to Time Flip. Mostly useless because... just AHVB.