User:Speedmccool25/sandbox

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Story

Robert "Bobby" Drake, known by his hero alias Iceman, is a character from the X-Men series by Marvel. A mutant with the ability to lower his internal body temperature to absolute zero nearly instantly, Iceman can freeze both himself and the air around him, as well as manipulate water.

In Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Iceman is an accessible, simple, yet agile keepaway and zoning character who heavily leans on his solid normals and his Ice Beam special move for chipping and zoning. His normals are solid, with good range and speed. His main game is chipping while controlling the screen, as many of his specials do great damage even on block. An interesting thing to note about Iceman is that he takes zero chip damage from any energy based attacks, which does allow him to avoid many chip kill scenarios from some characters in the game. He's no slouch on hit though, as he can do great amounts of damage with a simple air combo into his super.

Unfortunately, Iceman is held back by the same thing that makes him so accessible in the first place. He doesn't have a lot of "ace in the hole" type setups or moves, which relegates him to a very predictable playstyle. In addition, with his movement being so poor, he doesn't have a great way to chase turtles or get away from rushdown. His specials and super (no "s", he only has one) are very simple, which again makes him a bit less flexible than most.

Still, Iceman is a good and easy character to pick up and play, with just enough tech to keep you interested. If you want to control the screen and play a long, slow game, then chill out with Iceman.

Gameplay

Iceman is a [rough approximation of archetype] who can use [their tools] to [work towards their gameplan]. [Their] main strengths are [as follows] but their weaknesses are [so and so].

Strengths	Weaknesses
Is in MvC2	Is in MvC2

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Character Summary

Special Moves

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Ice Beam (Air OK)

• + or

Ice Avalanche (Air OK)

• + or

Ice Fist

• +

Hyper Combos

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Arctic Attack (Mashable)

• ++

Assist Types

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Type α - Projectile Type

• Assist: Ice Beam
• Counter: Ice Beam
• Combination: Arctic Attack

Type β - Variety Type

• Assist: Ice Avalanche
• Counter: Ice Avalanche
• Combination: Arctic Attack

Type γ - Balance Type

• Assist: Ice Beam
• Counter: Ice Avalanche
• Combination: Arctic Attack

Moves List

Assists

Projectile

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Ice Beam

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Ice Beam	Arctic Attack
Assist description.

Variety

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Ice Avalanche

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Ice Avalanche	Arctic Attack
Assist description.

Balance

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Ice Beam

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Ice Avalanche	Arctic Attack
Assist description.

Normal Moves

-When grounded, Iceman has the Marvel type Magic Series, meaning he can follow the / > / > > cancel tree.

Ground Normals

Light Punch
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a quick jab in front of him. Probably the most uninteresting of his light normals, it's just a punch and nothing more. Very average.

Medium Punch
5 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a backward icicle stab. Combo filler medium.

Heavy Punch
5

This lasts 2 frames

This lasts 6 more

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does an overhand swing with a ball of ice. Pretty quick, good priority and active window, and has enough hitstun to combo into Ice Beam. Pretty good normal.

Light Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does an icicle covered kick. Has really nice range for a light normal, and the same speed as all the other lights.

Medium Kick
5 after a , , or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does an upward kick. Combo filler medium, but pretty underwhelming with the exception of comboing off of reverse hit 2LP.

Heavy Kick
5

The Wall

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman kicks up a huge spike of ice. GREAT range and damage, as well as a nice launch with enough hitstun to combo into Ice Beam. You'll be using this a lot in neutral with cancels into Ice Beam for great space control. One of Iceman's best normals.

Crouching Light Punch
2

Whoa, what's that doing there?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a crouching elbow. The hitbox behind Iceman is due to programmer error, but it's a really nice thing to have! Because 2LP will hit on either side of you no matter when you hit it, this is fantastic anti-crossup tool that will even autocorrect when chaining out of it. Super solid move to have.

Crouching Medium Punch
2 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does another elbow. This one, unlike 2LP, is completely uninteresting combo filler.

Crouching Heavy Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a sweep of ice across the ground. Unlike most characters, Iceman's sweep is on 2HP. Outside of it's admittedly very nice priority, it's not very notable.

Crouching Light Kick
2

Don't get cold feet

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman kicks low. Important because it's a low, otherwise it's pretty average.

Crouching Medium Kick
2 after a , , or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a long range low kick. This will combo from any light normal chain, which is good! The problem is that there's not really anything to go into after that. At max range, even 5HK will whiff, and this doesn't have enough hitstun to combo to Ice Beam. Good, but awkward.

Crouching Heavy Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a vertical icicle kick. Iceman's main launcher, though the short range is something to keep in mind. You can still two hit confirm into this from close range though, which is nice.

Air Normals

-When in the Normal Jump state, Iceman has the Marvel type Magic Series, meaning he can follow the / > / > > cancel tree.

Air Light Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a quick downward punch. Air combo starter, and that's about all it's useful for.

Air Medium Punch
after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a downward icicle stab. Combo filler medium.

Air Heavy Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman swings a huge icicle in front of him. Air combo finisher, and your only real good jump-in, but the active window is pretty small.

Air Light Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does an icicle covered knee. Air combo starter just like j.LP, pretty average.

Air Medium Kick
after a j., j., or j. connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does a longer icicle knee. Combo filler medium.

Air Heavy Kick
j.

They reused a lot of sprites, didn't they?

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman does an upward kick. Air combo finisher, and pretty average everywhere else.

Command Normals

Air Down Heavy Punch
j.2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
Iceman throws a ball of ice downward. Not a bad normal for controlling space, as it moves pretty slow and can cancel to specials.

Air Down Heavy Kick
j.2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
Iceman does an aerial slash kick. Really big hitbox and could be used for opponents approaching from above.

Universal Mechanics

Universal Launcher (Kick)
3

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher (away)	-	-	-	-
This move is technically a different move in the game, but in reality there are literally zero differences with 2HK. Just wanted to put something here for consistency.

Throw (Punch)
6 // 4 near opponent

Freeze!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Iceman grabs the opponent, freezes them, and tosses them away. This throw puts the opponent in a capture state like Magneto's throws do, so you can run up and get a full combo out of this. Really nice to have.

Throw (Kick)
6 // 4 near opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both.

Air Throw (Punch)
j.6 // j.4 near airborne opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both. Unless you're Thanos.

Air Throw (Kick)
j.6 // j.4 near airborne opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Every character has at least one of the two, sometimes both. Unless you're Thanos.

Raw Tag
+ // +

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

Snap Back
+ A1 / A2

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

Special Moves

Special Move Name
Motion + Button Icon

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

Hyper Combos

Hyper Combo Name
Motion + Button Icon

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

Other

Direction + Button Name
Direction + Button Icon

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

static image goes here, unless youre jin or something

Colors

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