Marvel vs Capcom 2/Hayato

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Hayato Kanzaki is an intergalactic Japanese bounty hunter who made his debut in Star Gladiator Episode I: The Final Crusade in 1996 and reappeared in the game's sequel Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein in 1998. He wields a plasma blade and does battle against the mad Dr. Bilstein and his Fourth Empire.

In Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Hayato's sword-based gameplay allows him to poke with decently ranged plasma blade attacks, but he is rather lacking in another areas and can be reliant on meter for damage. Hayato possesses unique "Plasma Combo" rekkas, which allow him to chain together strikes with specific button sequences.

Character Summary

Command Normals and Specials Moves

---

Hien

• +

Dokuryuu

• +

Soryuu

• (After Dokuryuu hits)

Dai Oiuchi Kougeki

• j.2 (Air Only)

Shiden

• + or

Guren (Air OK)

• + / (Air OK)

Byakko Hou

• (Close to opponent) +

Super Moves

---

Rasetsu Zan

• + +

Engetsu

• + +

Plasma Field (Air OK)

• + +

Urarasetsu-Giri / Black Hayato (Level 3)

• 

Assist Types

---

Type α - Expansion Type

• Assist: Shiden
• Counter: Shiden
• Combination: Rasetsu Zan

Type β - Anti-Air Type

• Assist: Guren
• Counter: Guren*
• Combination: Engetsu

Type γ - Balance Type

• Assist: Shiden
• Counter: Guren*
• Combination: Engetsu

Strengths	Weaknesses

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Plasma Combos

Hayato's unique Plasma Combos (taken right from his home series) are done by holding backward and pressing a sequence of attack buttons. Some of the attacks in his Plasma Combos hit low, some of them end with an overhead, and some of them recover fast enough to be linked into other moves.

(Remember, *input [or hold] backward* when starting a sequence. Once one of the starters makes contact (either on hit or block), you can just press the following buttons without needing to hold backwards.)
Suzaku Ranbu - 4LP xx LP xx LP xx LP

Kegon #1 - 4LP xx LP xx HP xx HK xx LP xx LP

Kegon #2 - 4LP xx LP xx LP xx HK xx LP xx LP

Guren #1 - 4HP xx LP xx HP xx HP xx HP

Guren #2 - 4HP xx LP xx HP xx LK xx HP

Moves List

Assists

Expansion Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
HP Shiden. Alpha Counter is HP Shiden. Team Hyper Combo super is Rasetsu Zan. Hayato will always come out from the wall behind you, no matter where your point character is. Thanks to the distance he travels and the hitboxes on his sword, this assist has fullscreen reach and each hit deals nice damage. Since he always starts from the side of the screen behind you, he might take a while before he reaches your opponent. Because of this varying amount of 'extra' startup, you can't always counter-call with this assist. However, the delay between him being on screen and him dealing damage also means you can call him pre-emptively before special or super cancels during combos, giving you extensions that not many assists allow. If you don't mind Hayato risking losing health (or outright dying) from supers or a double Snap, you can use this assist as a shield for your point character to run in behind or set up zoning more safely. With HP Shiden as its Alpha Counter, you can easily combo the first hit into all three of his supers, or if you have the screen space you can cancel the second hit into Engetsu. Rasetsu Zan is this assist's THC super, and since that super tends to drop on airborne opponents, it may not be the best use of meter unless your team's other THC supers keep the opponent grounded.

Anti-air Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
HP Guren. Alpha Counter is HP Guren*. Team Hyper Combo super is Engetsu. This assist covers a somewhat unique anti-air angle, since Hayato starts in front of your point character, then does HP Guren which has him dash forwards a bit before rising straight up with three hits. Thanks to that dash, he reaches farther forwards than many other anti-air assists when it comes to having a hitbox at ground level. Like with A (and Y) assist, the startup on this assist allows you to call him pre-emptively during combos before special or super cancels, and the long hitstun it provides when it connects can give supers with long startup like Maximum Spider enough time to combo off of it. *For whatever reason, the Alpha Counter for this assist (and Y as well) functions similarly to HP Guren, but Hayato visually is in his Black Hayato form and he only hits one time, rather than three times. With Engetsu as your THC super, it's a better fit than A's Rasetsu Zan in most cases, unless you're in the corner where most of it will whiff by continuing offscreen.

Balance Type
A1 // A2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
HP Shiden. Alpha Counter is HP Guren*. Team Hyper Combo super is Engetsu. You'll be using this assist similarly to how you'd use A assist. If you like A assist's attack, but would rather have Engetsu for your THCs (since Rasetsu Zan is inconsistent when used on aerial opponents) and/or *prefer B's Alpha Counter-exclusive version of Guren over HP Shiden, pick this assist.

Normal Moves

-When grounded, Hayato 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
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato does a quick horizontal swipe inwards in front of himself. Nice range for a light, and the speed is decent too.

Medium Punch
5 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
A diagonal swing outwards that's long enough to combo off of a maximum distance 5LP.

Heavy Punch
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato slams his sword downwards in front of him. The tip of the hitbox is a bit disjointed, but the hitbox is only in front of where his head is while the sword trail is at its longest. One of his key OTG options.

Light Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
A moderately high reacing standing kick forwards. Faster than 5LP, but a good bit shorter.

Medium Kick
5 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato turns his body a little while sticking his leg out straight forwards. Like most mediums, it's combo filler, and like most of his kicks, it has less range than its punch counterpart.

Heavy Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato swings his sword twice, first with a scooping motion with a hitbox close to the ground then another angled upwards with a hitbox at most characters' standing heights. Both hits are a good bit disjointed forwards at the end make it nice for poking, and the damage can make it preferable to 5HP on standing opponents.

Crouching Light Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
2LP is 5LP's lower hitting, farther reaching, and OTG-friendly counterpart. The slight increase in reach can make it better for short-range poking than 5LP and 4HP, and 2LP is a solid choice for OTGing into Black Hayato since that move's input starts with an LP press.

Crouching Medium Punch
2 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
2MP has great reach at the cost of long recovery, but in a game with whiff-cancelling, it's less a drawback and more an opportunity to frame trap with special or super cancels.

Crouching Heavy Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher	-	-	-	-
2HP is Hayato's launcher, and while it is partially disjointed, unfortunately it's not nearly as big as the sprites suggest. The hitbox is a rectangle that almost exclusively hits in front of him, and surprisingly it reaches low enough to OTG.

Crouching Light Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato's first low. This button is a key tool in Hayato's strike/throw game, as going low is his main way to quickly open people up since he doesn't have an instant overhead.

Crouching Medium Kick
2 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato's 2MK is his second low, and it reaches a bit farther than his 2LK. It's got enough range to combo close to 5LP's maximum reach, so if you're too far for 2LK to hit, using 5LP > 2MK can net you a sneaky low opening.

Crouching Heavy Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Sweep	-	-	-	-
Hayato's sweep has great range, as it covers the floor with a half-screen hitbox with a good portion of disjoint at the end. If they don't roll, you can use Shiden or Engetsu to OTG.

Air Normals

-When in the Normal Jump state, Hayato 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
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato points his sword at a downwards angle in front of him. The hitbox only covers the 'inner' half of the sword, and the tip half of the sword is covered with a hurtbox so this move isn't disjointed at all. It reaches lower than j.LK, but not farther, so its better for close range jump-ins if you have the time to chain into a heavy when it connects.

Air Medium Punch
after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato swipes his sword inwards similarly to 5LP. j.MP has a bit of disjoint at the tip and great horizontal range, so it's both nice as an air-to-air after air lights as well as in air combos.

Air Heavy Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Flying Screen trigger	-	-	-	-
Hayato winds up for a slam with his sword, similar to 5HP. Unfortunately, another thing it shares with 5HP is the huge sword trail that doesn't accurately represent its attack range. The hitbox on j.HP is still great though, as it covers in front of Hayato while also having a disjointed portion at the bottom which can make it harder to challenge with anti-airs than some other air normals.

Air Light Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato kicks at a similar angle to his 2LK. It reaches farther forwards than j.LK, but not as low, so its better for far range jump-ins if you have the time to chain into a heavy when it connects.

Air Medium Kick
after a j. or j. connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hayato's j.MK is similar to his 2MK, aside from the fact it's an overhead. Like j.MP, its long range makes it nice in air combos, and you may prefer this button after deep jump-in lights since it's faster than j.MP and his air heavies.

Air Heavy Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Flying Screen trigger	-	-	-	-
Hayato swings his sword in front of him like in his 2HK. The horizontal range on j.HK fits the sword trail well, and this move's horizontal reach complement's j.HP's vertical reach. The farthest 1/3rd of the hitbox is disjointed, and it's a few frames faster than j.HP as well.

Command Normals

Hien
6

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
Hayato moves forwards slightly with a hopping spinning slash. Hien has a lot of frames where his hurtbox can high-profile. You can link off of Hien if you're close enough by using his LPs, as well as 4HP (his LKs are too short-ranged after Hien's pushback to link).

Dokoryuu
during a forward dash

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
Hayato slides across the screen with 5MP's sprites. Due to the dashing requirement and its long recovery (which doubles as the input period for Soryuu), Dokoryuu isn't particularly useful solo outside of it's quirk of crossing up on hit if he's close enough, plus its unique ability to restand airborne opponents on hit.

Soryuu
after Dokoryuu hits

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
The followup attack to Dokoryuu that unfortunately takes too long to come out to naturally combo from it. Soryuu is designed to work after Dokoryuu crosses the opponent up, but with the 'wrong' spacing, it can whiff entirely by not autocorrecting, making Hayato keep going in his original direction.

Dai Oiuchi Kougeki
j.2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
A unique and useful tool in Hayato's kit that gives him another option when in the air. Dai Oiuchi Kougeki has Hayato pause for a split second before plummeting straight down quickly with his sword pointed downwards below him with an active overhead hitbox until landing. On hit, Hayato will bounce up and backwards off of the opponent, unable to press anything on the way down except for air Guren or air Plasma Field. If you Normal Jump before using j.2HK, you can call assists after the bounce as well. However, if you Super Jump before using it, for some reason you won't be able to cancel air Guren into Plasma Field.

LP Plasma Combo #1
4 > > >

Hit 1: LP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test
Hit 2: LP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 2
Hit 3: LP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Shares sprites with 2HP and 3HP. You can actually also access LP Plasma combo 2 from this move by pressing HK.
Hit 4: LP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 4

Hayato's second LP Plasma Combo has the same first two hits as the first Plasma Combo, so those two attacks aren't listed below with Plasma Combo 2 since they're listed above.

After doing 4LP > LP, you can instead opt to:

LP Plasma Combo #2
4 > >

(or ) >

> >

Hit 3b: HP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Shares sprites with 2MP. If you're strapped for time, you can press LP instead to get the faster Hit 3 from the first LP Plasma combo and chain into the rest of this one from it by pressing HK afterwards.
Hit 4: HK	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 4
Hit 5: LP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 5
Hit 6: LP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Hayato's only 'grounded' overhead. The jump he does goes about a normal jump's height upwards before he lands with the hitbox. Doesn't provide great reward on hit, and due to the long startup and lengthy five-attack setup before it can be used, it's a telegraphed and punishable (if not outright interrupted first) overhead.

HP Plasma Combo
4 > > >

(or ) >

Hit 1: HP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test
Hit 2: LP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 2
Hit 3: HP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 3
Hit 4a: HP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 4a
Hit 4b: LK	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 4b
Hit 5: HP	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
test 5

Universal Mechanics

Universal Launcher (Punch)
3

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

Throw (Punch)
6 // 4 near opponent

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

Air Throw (Kick)
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

Shiden
236

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

Guren
623+

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

Byakkou Hou
46+

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

Hyper Combos

Rasetsu Zan
236+

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

Engetsu
236+

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

Plasma Field
214+

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

Black Hayato
, , 4, , quickly

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

Taunt

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Colors

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