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== '''Iron Man''' ==
== '''Iron Man''' ==


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The Invincible Iron Man!
The Invincible Iron Man!

Revision as of 06:49, 7 January 2012

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Iron Man

Ironmanface.jpg

The Invincible Iron Man!





In a nutshell

Iron Man, the Jack of All Trades, of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. Iron Man has tools for pretty much any situation. He can zone with his special moves and he can use his movement options for offensive rush down. His combos do huge damage and all his assists are useful.

Iron Man has a very high learning curve. His expansive combos are some of the hardest in the game. He is highly susceptible to rush down and lacks a way to open up defensive players outside of his zoning game.

If you want to succeed with Tony Stark you'll have to invest time into learning his combos and its variants, practice on punishing your opponents unsafe moves with hit confirms from both the air and the ground, and master his neutral game.

Video Walkthrough


Move List

Assist Types

Name
Type
Damage
Special Properties
Cross-Over Combination
Alpha.png Unibeam
shot front
113,600
proj
Proton Cannon
Beta.png Repulsor Blast
shot upward
122,600
proj
softknockdown
Angled Proton Cannon
Gamma.png Smart Bomb
shot tiltdown
129,000
proj
OTG
Proton Cannon

Normal Moves

Name
Command
Damage
Special Properties (glossary)
Standing Light
l
47,000
rpdfire
Crouching Light
d + l
45,000
low rpdfire
Standing Medium
m
70,000
Crouching Medium
d + m
68,000
low
softknockdown
Standing Heavy
h
90,000
Crouching Heavy
d + h
80,000
proj
softknockdown
Jumping Light
air l
50,000
high
Jumping Medium
air m
70,000
high
Jumping Heavy
air h
80,000
high
Jumping Focus Shot (Higher Shot)
air ub ; u ; uf + h
80,000
Jumping Focus Shot (Lower Shot)
air db ; d ; df + h
80,000
high
Jumping Special
air s
90,000
high
aircombofinisher

Throws

Name
Command
Damage
Special Properties (glossary)
Forward Throw
f + h
80,000 (10,000 X 3 + 50,000)
throw
hardknockdown
Back Throw
b + h
80,000 (10,000 X 3 + 50,000)
throw
hardknockdown
Forward Air Throw
air f + h
80,000
throw
hardknockdown
Backward Air Throw
air b + h
80,000
throw
hardknockdown

Special Moves

Name
Command
Damage
Special Properties (glossary)
Unibeam
qcf + atk
l 81,700
m 113,600
h 129,900
proj
airok
Smart Bomb
dp + atk
l 66,500
m 102,900
h 116,900
proj
airok
OTG
Repulsor Blast
qcb + atk
l 81,700
m 102,300
h 122,600
proj
Repulsor Spread
h (During Repulsor Blast)
47,200
Flight
qcb + s
qcb + s to unfly
airok

Hyper Moves

Name
Command
Damage
Special Properties (glossary)
Proton Cannon
qcf + atk + atk
276,800 ~ 326,500
proj
Angled Proton Cannon
dp + atk + atk
276,000 ~ 326,500
proj
Iron Avenger
qcb + atk + atk
430,000 ~ 460,000
startupinv

Strategy

Tips and Tricks

Change Log

Buffs:

Nerfs:

Notable mentions:

Team composition

There are two different Iron Man team structures. Iron Man on point, or Iron Man on bench. Neither is a bad but they are completely different teams with completely different objectives. An Iron Man centric team revolves around Iron Man's point game where as Iron Man assist teams revolve around other characters point game and strengthening that with Iron Man's assists.

Iron Man centric teams should involve assists with fast start up like Dormammu Dark Hole, Dante Weasel Shot, and Spencer Armor Piercer to extend his combos. Haggar Lariat, Vergil Rapid Slash, and Strider Vajra for defensive/neutral assists.

There are many possibilities so go try them out!


Point:

  • Iron Man is a more than competent point character. He really does not need an OTG assist. So he should be paired with assists that extend his combos and assists that provide cover to Iron Man's approach. Iron Man's combos can be quite lengthy and because of this, hit stun deterioration makes it very difficult to connect his Lv. 3 Hyper, Iron Avenger, making him a somewhat capable battery. Iron Man's health is a little below average and his defensive option are lacking so having a "get off me" assist helps in the long run.

Middle:

  • Iron Man fills this position well. He can easily extend combos upon Team Arial Exchange. He has very useful assists in the the form of Alpha.png Unibeam projectile assist, Beta.png Repulsor Blast is a bit slow for an anti air assist but works well in combos, and finally if you need an {{#motion: OTG }} assist Gamma.png Smart Bomb is there for you.

Anchor:

  • Probably his worst position. Iron Man doesn't have very reliable ways of opening up defensive opponents. His air dash has huge start up and if not canceled continues to slide in the direction you chose. But more importantly Iron Man doesn't really benefit much from X-factor. One way an Iron Man anchor can be effective is basically chipping at the opponents life with Tiger Knee Unibeams and Smart Bombs. Forcing the opponent to eventually go on the offensive. This strategy doesn't work very well against characters like Hsien-Ko or Amaterasu because of their Projnull.png capabilities.

Combos

Flight combos:

Chips and Servos:

{{#motion: d + l , m n + H d + H , qcb + S , Air [ m , m , h , d + H , S ] Land d + m , S , Air [ m , m , H , d + H , S ] , Land Smart Bomb, Proton Cannon}}

Damage: 453,100 ~ 689,000

Hits: 18 ~ 89

Meter Built: 1.1 (with Hyper -1.0)


The Jarvis Standard

{{#motion: d + l , m n + H d + H , qcb + S , Air [ m , m , h , d + h , S ] Land uf + m , m , d + h , s , Land d + m , s , Air m , m , h , d + h , s , Land Smart Bomb, Proton Cannon}}

Damage: 498,700 ~ 734,000

Hits: 20 ~ 92

Meter Built: 1.3 (with Hyper -1.0)

Air dash combos:

Return to Form:

{{#motion: d + m , n + h , s , Air m , h , airdashcancel , H , qcb + s , m , h , u + h , airdashcancel , m , h , d + h , airdashcancel , m , h , d + h , s , Land Smart Bomb, Proton Cannon}}

Damage: 480,800 ~ 717,300

Hits: 18 ~ 89

Meter Built: 1.1 (with Hyper -1.0)

Basic Strategy

Iron Man is a very hard character to use, because his strengths are not as apparent as Magneto's or Dr. Doom's. Iron Man is best played at mid range-far range.

His L.png attacks have decent start up but absolutely no range. The same goes for his S.png. It has horrible range and a long recovery period. His M.png and H.png normals have huge range but it can be fairly hard to connect large combos at certain distances because of the range of his launcher. So in order to use his basic combos, Air S.png or {{#motion: h ; d + h}} should be used to combo in deep so all his hits can connect.

His combos are done in rapid succession. They require muscle memory and spacial awareness. Iron Man has combos involving fly, unfly, Airdashcancel.png's, and both air/ground throws.

Offense

Iron Man's offensive strategy revolves around his movement options. He has probably one of the slowest 8 way Air dashes in the game, but only on start up. His flight activates quickly, which should be used once your opponent starts blocking your cross up attempts. Iron Man is also one of the few characters that can land a damaging combo from air to air exchanges. During any point in his combos Iron Man can preemptively stop and reset the opponent into another combo string. Mindlessly moving on the offensive does not sit well with Iron Man because many of his block strings can be punished. Make his offense safe by covering his approach and by ending block strings safely with Unibeam, Flight or Repulsor Blast L.png > Repulsor Spread.

Defense

Iron Man lacks a strong reversal, because of this Iron Man is highly susceptible to rush down. However, Iron Man does have movement options that lets him escape resets that some characters cannot. So blocking and proper movement should be highly emphasized. Iron Avenger is the only invincible start up move he has, but it's rather costly at 3 meters and is highly punishable if blocked.

Neutral

This is where Iron Man shines the most. His zoning is very strong from both air and ground. His air normals are very large and can be hit confirmed to full combos. Unibeams cover the screen horizontally, Smart bombs cover the range diagonally down and out in front of you. Repulsor Blast can be used against characters that love to take to the air.

However, herein lies the problem. Iron Man's projectiles can be nullified or straight up beaten out, it also whiffs on some crouching opponents. The biggest obstacle posed to Iron Man players is; awareness. There is no room for complacency. Many of Iron Man's strings are punishable. Iron Man players must punish the opponents mistakes and safely decide their own offensive options. A few mistakes could cost you the entire match.

Advance Strategy

Air resests

Cross ups

Vs. Iron Man

9-1 match up versus the opposite sex.

--Joshua Kaneakalau 23:00, 25 December 2011 (UTC)Joshua Kaneakalau