UMVC3/Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider

The supernatural Ghost Rider is stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, who, in order to save the life of his mentor, agreed to give his soul to "Satan" (later revealed to be an arch-demon named Mephisto). Instead, his soul bonded with the entity called Zarathos. When utilizing Zarathos' powers Blaze's flesh is consumed by hellfire, causing his head to become a flaming skull. He rides a fiery motorcycle and wields trademark blasts of hellfire from his skeletal hands. (Excerpt taken from Wikipedia)

In a nutshell

Ghost Rider can be most easily compared to Dhalsim or even Omega Red from previous games, with his EXTREMELY long reaching melee attacks. One major distinction, however, is his sheer damage. While he may seem somewhat clunky or unwieldy at first, once you understand him, you will find that Ghost Rider can easily hit confirm over 500K damage from nearly full screen distance! His zoning tools, immense reach, high damage, and above average health (1 million) make for one very strong character.

Alternate Colors

Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

Base Ground Magic Series:

Light Start

Double Jump:

No

Air Dash:

No

Air Dash/Jump count:

0

X-FACTOR

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

X-Factor Damage Boost:

35.0 %

60.0 %

85.0 %

X-Factor Speed Boost:

? %

X-Factor Duration:

10.5 s

15.5 s

20.5 s

MINIMUM DAMAGE SCALING

L Attacks

M Attacks

H Attacks

Special Moves

Hyper Combos

Normal:

15 %

35 %

X-Factor Lvl 1:

35 %

X-Factor Lvl 2:

35 %

X-Factor Lvl 3:

35 %

Video Walkthrough

Combos

Technology

synergy with RR and spencer
new corner loop against smaller characters Ghost Rider and Strange FoF DHC tech

Move List

Assist Types

Name

Type

Damage

Special Properties

Cross-Over Combination

Chain of Rebuttal

direct front

50,000 per Hit

wallbounce

Hellfire Maelstrom

Heartless Spire

shot front

35,000 per Hit

strk otg proj

Hellfire Maelstrom

Hellfire (L)

shot tiltdown

20,000 per Hit

otg proj

Hellfire Maelstrom

Normal Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Standing Light

l

55,000

Crouching Light

d + l

45,000

low

Standing Medium

m

75,000

Crouching Medium

d + m

80,000

Standing Heavy

h

90,000

Crouching Heavy

d + h

80,000

low softknockdown

Special

s

100,000

launch nocancel

Rage Whip

h again after
a connected h

95,000

Drags opponent closer.

Heartless Spire

b + h

35,000 per Hit

chipdamage
strk otg
proj
nocancel except when using jcancel card ability from Heroes vs. Heralds Mode

Jumping Light

air l

55,000

high

Jumping Medium

air m

78,000

high

Jumping Heavy

air h

90,000

high
nocancel except Team Air Combo's directions + s

Jumping Special

air s

50,000 per Hit

high aircombofinisher

Throws

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Forward Throw

f + h

30,000 + 50,000

throw hardknockdown

Back Throw

b + h

30,000 + 50,000

throw hardknockdown

Forward Air Throw

air f + h

30,000 + 50,000

airthrow hardknockdown

Back Air Throw

air b + h

30,000 + 50,000

airthrow hardknockdown

Special Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Hellfire (L)

qcf + l

20,000 per Hit

otg proj

Hellfire (M/H)

qcf + m / h

20,000 per Hit

proj

Chain of Rebuttal

dp + l

50,000 per Hit

wallbounce ;
wallbounce caused only by last hit.

Chain of Punishment

dp + m

50,000 per Hit

wallbounce ;
wallbounce caused only by last hit.

Judgement Strike

dp + h

25,000 per Fireball

proj

Chaos Bringer

qcb + l

60,000 + 60,000

hardknockdown

Hell's Embrace

qcb + m

60,000 + 17,500 x 5
+ 35,000

hardknockdown

Conviction Slam

qcb + h

60,000 + 105,000

hardknockdown

Hyper Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Hellfire Maelstrom

qcf + atk + atk

20,000 x 18 + 80,000

hardknockdown ; Mashable

Spirit of Vengeance

dp + atk + atk

20,000 x 11

otg projnull ;
Only can be X-Factor
canceled when Ghost Rider
jumps off of bike.

Spirit of Vengeance
(Standard Ender)

Do nothing during
Spirit of Vengeance

30,000

softknockdown

Spirit of Vengeance
(L Ender)

l during Spirit
of Vengeance

150,000

hardknockdown

Spirit of Vengeance
(M Ender)

m during Spirit
of Vengeance

160,000

hardknockdown

Spirit of Vengeance
(H Ender)

h during Spirit
of Vengeance

200,000

hardknockdown
wallbounce

Spirit of Vengeance
(S Ender)

s during Spirit
of Vengeance

35,000 x 9

hardknockdown ;
hardknockdown caused only by last hit.

Penance Stare

hcb + atk + atk

450,000

throw crumple ;
Level 3 Hyper.

Mission Mode

Strategy

Tips and Tricks

Ghost Rider's snapback reaches nearly full screen, making it possibly the most abusable snapback in the game.
Jumping {{#motion: s}} and crouching {{#motion: h}} both reach over half screen, and are high and low respectively. Keep these in mind.
While Ghost Rider CAN confirm a lot of damage from far distances, he doesn't necessarily need to. He can spend a lot of the match content to poke and prod bits of damage out of the opponent.
Ghost Rider's Alpha Assist, Chain of Rebuttal, is an EXTREMELY fast, far reaching Wall Bounce. While both of his other assists are strong OTG hits, the sheer speed and power of CoR assist should not be overlooked. If your team doesn't require the OTG, you will find this assist very abusable, both for zoning and for combos.
Standing {{#motion: m}} and crouching {{#motion: m}} move Ghost Rider forward. Use these and cancel them on whiff (Kara Cancel) to increase the range of moves such as Penance Stare.

Combos

Basic Strategy

Advanced Strategy

Strategy vs. Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider has issues hitting the area diagonally forward and above him. Use this weakness / opening to your advantage with characters with high aerial mobility (Magneto, Storm) or dive kicks (Wolverine, Trish, Doom) to weasel into this gap.
His speed and inability to cancel his aerial moves - and some grounded attacks - can also leave him wide open to teleports from behind, as these both avoid his attacks entirely (he has very few, if any, relevant moves that can hit behind him), so he can be punished or approached with cross-up teleports quite easily.
Ghost Rider's favorite range is around half-screen. If you can actually get to point blank range on Ghost Rider, don't let up. He has trouble dealing with a face-to-face fight. Just be cautious of his Level 3 Hyper, as it is an invincible grab with surprising range.
As above, Ghost Rider loves half-screen range. If you have a character with projectiles, one very solid option is to actually run away from him and throw projectiles at him: his chain attacks can't stop projectiles, and his speed prevents him from both recovering in time to block some projectiles, as well as making it hard for him to catch up to run-away players.