Marvel vs Capcom 2/Spiral

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Spiral is a character of Marvel origins, who first appeared in X-men: Children of the Atom.

In MvC2, Spiral was brought into the cast, & ranks in the upper tiers among mvc2 characters.

more will be said later. ^_^ TO-DO: Add frame data, as well as missing sprites

Gameplay

Spiral is a trap-based zoner who can use sword projectiles to lock down opponents. Their main strengths are overpowering projectiles but their weaknesses are the swords need to be reloaded.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Is in MvC2	Is in MvC2

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Character Summary

Special Moves

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Dancing Sword

• + Press to launch swords.

Tsurugi Tobashi

• While swords are active + or

Teleport Dance

• + then hold or ; hold to appear closer to opponent.

Six-hand Grapple

• + then or or

Kyuukouka Dance

• +

Hyper Combos

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Stampede Sword

• ++

Power Dance

• ++

Speed Dance

• ++

Metamorphose

• ++ then grab with .

Assist Types

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Type α - Projectile Type

• Assist: Tsurugi Tobashi
• Counter: Tsurugi Tobashi
• Combination: Stampede Sword

Type β - Variety Type

• Assist: Tsurugi Tobashi
• Counter: Tsurugi Tobashi
• Combination: Stampede Sword

Type γ - Ground Type

• Assist:
• Counter:
• Combination: Hyper Metamorphose

Moves List

Assists

Projectile

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Tsurugi Tobashi	Stampede Sword
6 hit fireball assist. Does great chip damage.

Variety

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Tsurugi Tobashi	Stampede Sword
Upward 6 hit fireball assist.

Ground

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-		Hyper Metamorphose
Spiral's , the interesting thing about this assist is that it unlocks a weaker version of Metamorphose as her THC. Unlike the level 3 super however, this super is blockable.

Normal Moves

-When grounded, Spiral 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
-	-	-	-	-
When swords are active, launches a single sword.

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, Spiral 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
-	-	-	-	-
When swords are active, launches a single sword.

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

j. +

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

j. +

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

Universal Mechanics

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
-	-	-	-	-
Mashable throw.

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

Dancing Sword
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Summon six swords. If done while any swords are active, the swords are refreshed back to six. Dancing sword is unavailable if all six swords are present. Pressing while any swords are active will release a sword. The pattern is fixed, firing swords in a clockwise pattern. Because the swords are in a fixed position, the height is always high, mid, low, low, mid, high. If any swords are active, the Tsurugi Tobashi special is also available and will fire all remaining swords. Getting hit will cause Spiral to lose all active swords.

Tsurugi Tobashi
+ or

- Forward	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Fires all remaining swords straight ahead.
- Upward	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Fires all remaining swords straight up.
- Circular	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Uses all remaining swords to form a large ring that spins and expands. If any sword makes contact with the ground it counts as a hit.
or + - Six-Way	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Fires all remaining swords in all directions except for directly above or below Spiral.

Teleport Dance
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Spiral teleports directly above the opponent. Buttons can be held to change the position. Holding down will move that position closer to the opponent. buttons will go above the opponent. buttons will go below the opponent, or along the ground if closer. Light attacks go towards the left side of the screen, Heavy attacks go towards the right side of the screen; the punches are tied more closely to opponent position. + is very similar to the default position of teleport but is not exactly the same.

Six-hand Grapple
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Throw that only hits airborne opponents. Hold up, forward, or down after input to change direction of the followup throw. Long recovery if it whiffs, works well as a taunt.

Kyuukouka Dance
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
A unique fastfall movement option, drops Spiral down to the ground very quickly.

Hyper Combos

Stampede Sword
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Fires 3 sets of dancing swords straight ahead in a column.

Power Dance
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Extra damage install. Adds a little extra damage to hits for 12 seconds.

Speed Dance
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Extra Speed install. Increases Spiral's movement and improves her frame data for 12 seconds.

Metamorphose
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
79	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Spiral's become unblockable and activate an auto combo super in air or on ground. is much slower but has slightly more range. This is a level 3 super but being unblockable and doing high damage makes it very valuable. Lasts for 8 seconds. The activation actually has a hitbox that launches the opponent a little.

Hyper Metamorphose
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
46	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Only available as a THC with Spiral's Y assist. Blockable and does less damage than the level 3 Metamorphose.

Other

Colors

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