Marvel vs Capcom 2/Dan

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Dan Hibiki, the sensei of the legendary (his words, not mine) Saikyou-ryuu dojo, is ready to jump right into the mix in Marvel vs. Capcom 2! Like his other appearances, Dan is a deliberately underpowered character who uses a fighting style of his own creation. If you pick him up after playing Ryu or Ken, he might throw you off, because he just doesn't work the same way they do. He was trained for a short time by the same guy who trained those two, so he has modified versions of their moves in his kit. For example, he's got a fireball called the Gadoken, but it lacks range, making it behave more like a command normal than a projectile. He has a Shoryuken he calls the Koryuken, but it doesn't always have invincibility, making it better suited to use in combos rather than as a pure anti-air. MvC2 is an interesting game for Dan, as he isn't the worst character in the game. Depending on who you ask, he might not even be a bottom tier. That being said, he's still not great. He does have some pretty good combos and hit-confirms, but they're very situational. If you want to play Dan to any serious effect, you need to learn to use his Dankūkyaku, since it's just as useful here as it is in his other appearances.

TODO: Images for specials and supers

Character Summary

Special Moves

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Gadoken

• + or

Koryuken

• + /

Dankuukyaku

• + / (Air OK)

Premium Sign

• + /

Super Moves

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Shinkuu Gadoken

• + +

Koryu Rekka

• + +

Hissho Buraiken

• + +

Assist Types

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Type α - Projectile Type

• Cross-Over Assist: Gadoken
• Cross-Over Counter: Gadoken
• Cross-Over Combination: Hyper Sentinel Force

Type β - Anti-Air Type

• Cross-Over Assist: Koryuken
• Cross-Over Counter: Koryuken
• Cross-Over Combination: Koryu Rekka

Type γ - Ground Type

• Cross-Over Assist: Premium Sign
• Cross-Over Counter: Premium Sign
• Cross-Over Combination: Hissho Buraiken

Dan is a comedic character who uses his self-taught fighting style to beat the brakes off the competition, Saikyou style. Though his moves are lacking compared to his inspirations in Ryu and Ken, he makes up for it somewhat by his overall decent damage and his terrifying level 3 super.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Quick and powerful, despite being a low tier- he lacks range, but he hits quite hard when he gets in Otoko Michi is an insane level 3 super- a suicide attack that renders his health critical in exchange for a whopping 100 points of damage to your opponent is one hell of a trump card for a joke character Some of his moves can be cancelled even on whiff, including Premium Sign and his Legendary Taunt. These moves are pretty good for conditioning your opponent to act in a particular way as a result. Legendary Taunt can be used to throw the opponent off- Dan can let one of his teammates jump in with a DHC at any point while he's performing it Though they pale in comparison to other shotos' specials, his Gadoken and Koryuken are still quite serviceable. Gadoken can be used to defend against an opponent's fireball and does respectable damage on hit, and Koryuken can easily link from one of his normals for some more damage. Dankuukyaku is slower than Tatsu, but is still a great move to have. Both versions can be used for combos, or for some limited air mobility If taunting mattered in this game's meta, he'd be the fifth of the Four Gods- he's got a super taunt, for God's sake!

Air mobility is sort of there, but it's not great- about all he's got is his Dankuukyaku, which can only help him so much against some of the nonsense that happens at a high level in this game. He takes slightly more damage than most of the cast- about 13% more, putting him in the same defense tier as Psylocke His special moves are OK, but they're either underpowered or they aren't used the same way that other shoto special moves are used. Gadoken lacks range, Koryuken is only invincible every four uses, and the Dankuukyaku is slightly slower than the other shotos' Tatsus. Like the other shotos, he struggles against hard zoning. He's gonna suffer if he has to fight Sentinel, for example His assists aren't great. A and B do good damage and Y can be used as a niche combo extender, but Dan is better off having someone support him than the other way around His supers leave him pretty open if you miss them, meaning he needs to be sure before he throws that Otoko Michi or Hissho Buraiken Otoko Michi is even slower than Akuma's Raging Demon is in this game, even if the reward is awesome

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Colors

First row: LP, HP, A1. Second row: LK, HK, A2.

Moves List

Normal Moves

Standing Normals

Light Punch
The command for the move, in Numpad Notation if applicable / then Oldschool notation

File:Dan-mvc2-lp.png

Quick punch

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	4	5	4	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Chain, Special, Super	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder text

Medium Punch
5LP+5LP/+

File:Dan-mvc2-mp.png

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	5	7	13	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder

Heavy Punch
5HP // +

One of his better normals

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	13	13	8	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, Super	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder

Light Kick
5LK // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	5	5	9	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder

Medium Kick
5HP // + {{}}

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	7	11	13	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder

Heavy Kick
5HP // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	16	5	12	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder

Crouching Normals

Crouching Light Punch
+

Caption

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	4	6	6	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder

Crouching Medium Punch
+

Caption

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	5	5	17	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder

Crouching Heavy Punch
+

Punch your opponent into the air

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	5	13	13	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Sends them up at about a 75 degree angle- in other words, not quite straight up. Hold up and forward when you hit if you want to do an air combo.

Crouching Light Kick
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	6	7	9	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-

Crouching Medium Kick
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	6	7	9	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-

Crouching Heavy Kick
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	7	7	27	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-

Jumping Normals

Jumping Light Punch
Jump+

One punch.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	6	10	10	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Quick air normal

Jumping Medium Punch
Jump+

Another punch.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	6	9	3	Ph
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder text

Jumping Heavy Punch
Jump+

Sends them down if they're in the air.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	15	7	5	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-

Jumping Light Kick
Jump+

Kick

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	10	8	10	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Quick air normal

Jumping Medium Kick
Jump+

Kick

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	9	11	5	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Placeholder text

Jumping Heavy Kick
Jump+

Sends them down if they're in the air.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	9	9	10	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-

Universal Mechanics

Launcher
3HK // +

Dan's universal launcher

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

Special Moves

Gadoken
236 + P // QCF+P // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	Special, Super	-	-	-
Placeholder text

Koryuken
623 + P // F,D,DF+P // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Air OK	Special, Super	-	-	-
Every fourth time you use this move, Dan will be fully invincible for its duration. You'll see him flash white when this happens

Dankuukyaku
214 + K // QCB+K // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Air OK	Special, Super	-	-	-
Now we're talking. The LP version bounces him up into the air a little bit, functioning something like a small double jump, and the HK version carries him forward. Both are good combo enders.

Premium Sign
236 + K // QCF+K // +

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Air OK	Special, Super	-	-	-
Dan signs his autograph on a card and tosses it. You can cancel it into another move at any time before he throws it.

Assists

Gou Hadouken
A1 // A2

Assist A

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

Koryuken
A1 // A2

Assist B

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Nice anti-air

Tatsumaki Zankuu Kyaku
A1 // A2

Assist Y

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Useful for combos

Supers

Shinkuu Gadoken
236 + PP // ++

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
10 (first hit), 30 (second hit, OTG hit)	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
The timing for doing a Delayed Hyper Combo is pretty tight with this move. You want to cancel into the next super as early as possible if you're trying to use this move that way.

Koryu Rekka
236 + PP // ++

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
10 (first hit), 30 (second hit, OTG hit)	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
If you cancel into this from a sweep, you will land the second hit OTG. Dan's best level 1 super because of this

Otoko Michi (Path of the Man)
5HP, 5LK, 4, 5LP, 5LP // , , , ,

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
100	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	Unblockable
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Grab, Level 3	Placeholder	Placeholder	Placeholder	-
Slow to come out, but does very nice damage if you hit.