Marvel vs Capcom 2/Sakura

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

The disciple to Ryu, Sakura has her powerful "Dark Sakura" (aka suntanned Sakura) form return to the franchise, although it takes three bars of meter to change into this form.

TO-DO: Add frame data, as well as missing sprites

Gameplay

Sakura is a shoto with a powerful alternate transformation in Dark Sakura mode. Her main strengths lies with Dark Sakura but it costs 3 meters just to access.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Good meterless damage: Sakura can take advantage of high tatsu damage on air combos. Dark Sakura: When playing as Dark Sakura, she is a significant threat capable of dealing high damage via beam super and stays evasive using her teleport. Tatsu infinite: She can do the shoto tatsu infinite.	Dark Sakura cost: 3 meters is a lot of resources just to access a character. Mediocre assists: No stand-out assist. Combine this with the cost of Dark Sakura and it can be tricky to fit her on a team.

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Character Summary

Standard Special Moves

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Shouoken

• +

Hadouken

• +

Shunpuu Kyaku

• +

Standard Hyper Combos

---

Midare Zakura

• ++

Shunkuu Hadouken

• ++

Haru Ichiban

• ++

Dark Sakura Transformation (3 meters)

• +

Assist Types

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Type α - Dash Type

• Assist: Shouoken
• Counter: Shouoken
• Combination: Haru Ichiban

Type β - Projectile Type

• Assist: Hadouken
• Counter: Hadouken
• Combination: Shinkuu Hadouken

Type γ - Expansion Type

• Assist: Shunpuu Kyaku
• Counter: Shunpuu Kyaku
• Combination: Midare Zakura

Dark Sakura Summary

Dark Sakura Special Moves

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Shouoken

• +

Hadouken

• +

Shunpuu Kyaku

• +

Ashura Warp

• /+/

Dark Sakura Hyper Combos

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Shinkuu Hadouken

• ++

Midare Zakura

• ++

Haru Ichiban

• ++

Shun Goku Satsu

• >>>> (3 meters)

Revert to Sakura (3 meters)

• +

Moves List

Assists

Dash

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Shouoken

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Shouoken	Haru Ichiban
Starts from the back of the screen. Can travel through projectiles, loses the projectile shield as Dark Sakura.

Projectile

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Hadouken

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Hadouken	Shinkuu Hadouken
Hadouken as an assist. Standard can function as an anti-air assist, Dark Sakura is a standard fireball assist.

Expansion

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File:MVC2 Sakura 214k.png

Shunpuu Kyaku

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Shunpuu Kyaku	Midare Zakura
Tatsu as an assist. A way to extend blockstrings for pressure.

Normal Moves

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

Ground Normals

Light Punch
5

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

Medium Punch
5 after a or connects

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

Heavy Punch
5

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

Light Kick
5

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

Medium Kick
5 after a , , or connects

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

Heavy Kick
5

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

Crouching Light Punch
2

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

Crouching Medium Punch
2 after a or connects

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

Crouching Heavy Punch
2

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

Crouching Light Kick
2

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

Crouching Medium Kick
2 after a , , or connects

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

Crouching Heavy Kick
2

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

Air Normals

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

Air Light Punch
j.

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

Air Medium Punch
after a or connects

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

Air Heavy Punch
j.

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

Air Light Kick
j.

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

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

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

Air Heavy Kick
j.

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

Command Normals

Flower Kick
+

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

Universal Mechanics

Universal Launcher (Punch)
3

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher (high)	-	-	-	-

Universal Launcher (Kick)
3

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher (away)	-	-	-	-

Throw (Punch)
6 // 4 near opponent

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

Throw (Kick)
6 // 4 near opponent

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

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

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

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

Sakura Specials

Shouoken
+

Ground version

Air version

Projectile Shield

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Rushes forward before hitting the opponent multiple times. Has a projectile shield. goes half screen and has a quick bounce back on block, goes full screen and is more unsafe.

Hadouken
+

Ground Version

Ground Fireball

Air Version

Air Fireball

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Big, chunky fireball shot at 45 degree angle. Upwards on the ground, downwards on the ground. Heavy version goes much further than light version.

Shunpuu Kyaku
+

File:MVC2 Sakura 214k.png

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Shoto tatsu that goes in a rainbow arc. Heavy does more hits.

Dark Sakura Specials

Shouoken
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Same attack as regular Sak but loses projectile shield on the ground.

Hadouken
+

Ground Version

Air Version

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Fireball is horizontal on ground and more of a 30 degree angle in the air, quite useful.

Shunpuu Kyaku
+

File:MVC2 Sakura 214k.png

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Same as regular Sak.

Ashura Warp
or + or

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Instant teleport, completely invincible. version goes further.

Hyper Combos

Sakura Hypers

Midare Zakura
+

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

Shinkuu Hadouken
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Several Fireballs at once.

Haru Ichiban
+

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

Dark Sakura Transformation
+ (3 meters)

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
79	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
An unusual input for a super. Costs 3 bars but unlocks a very powerful version of Sakura. Can be done mid combo and even seems to have a little invincibility.

Dark Sakura Hypers

Shinkuu Hadouken
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Her fireball super becomes a very strong horizontal beam super. Mash attack buttons to increase damage. Does good chip damage and destroys assists.

Midare Zakura
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Autocombo super but the input has changed.

Haru Ichiban
+

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

Shun Goku Satsu
>>>> (3 meters)

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
79	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-
Raging demon.

Dark Sakura Transformation
+ (3 meters)

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
79	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Reverts back to Sakura. You probably don't want to do this.

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