UMVC3/Frank West

Frank West

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In a nutshell

Frank West is a unique character that was built for supporting teams. He starts out weak, but by utilizing his snapshot ability, he can level himself up like Dead Rising and become stronger. However, leveling up is directly related to how many hits are done in a combo, so it's important to set up a big combo to maximize Frank's abilities. By reaching level 4 and 5, Frank can gain new specials, enhance his current specials, buff his hypers and vastly improve the range and damage of his normal attacks. To be accurate, he receives a 10% boost to damage as well as 10% damage reduction. Additionally, Frank's Snap Shot is an and his Survival Techniques is easy to whiff, which means you can set up a DHC from a point character into a snap and level up. Though Frank can pose a threat on point, most teams have optimized Frank in the second or third slot.

Alternate Colors

Players to Watch

FizzyKups, Cless, Slipsization, Bee, Kusorou, Solid Abyss, Justin Wong, ApologyMan

Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

Base Ground Magic Series:

Zig-Zag

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:

5.0 %

10.0 %

15.0 %

X-Factor Duration:

10.0 s

15.0 s

20.0 s

MINIMUM DAMAGE SCALING

 

L Attacks

M Attacks

H Attacks

Special Moves

Hyper Combos

Normal:

20 %

20 %

20 %

20 %

30 %

X-Factor Lvl 1:

35 %

35 %

35 %

35 %

30 %

X-Factor Lvl 2:

35 %

35 %

35 %

35 %

30 %

X-Factor Lvl 3:

35 %

35 %

35 %

35 %

30 %

Video Walkthrough

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More Mag/Dante/Frank tech
Optimized Mag/Dante/Frank set ups

Combos

Combos by HonzoGonzo
Optimized combos by The Cape

Technology

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Funny Face Crusher examples
Incoming Guard Break with Snapshot
Guard Break with Jam Session

Leveling Techniques

This thread has a lot of important information and has a much bigger list of characters: http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/167438/frank-west-level-up-strategies

Solo Techniques: No DHC, X-factor or THC

Amaterasu: Hard Tag concept, using slow down DHC
Captain America: BnB to DHC
Chris Redfield: Grenade Launcher DHC, Level 5 Fire Grenade hard tags with Eye of Agamatto, Hard tags with Shopping cart and Jam Session
Dante: lots of conversions
Deadpool: Great video featuring Dante
Doctor Doom: whiffed tools DHC
Doctor Strange: several ways to level up frank, with dante
Firebrand: Hard Tag from BnB, DHC with firebrand
Iron Man: hard tag from Level 3
Magneto: Optimized set ups with Dante
Nova: BnB to DHC, Throw BnB
Sentinel: THC synergy
Shuma Gorath: Shuma/Frank/Vergil tech
Spencer: Spencer/Frank/Wesker tech, with bonus Nova stuff
Thor: using hard tags and DHC
Vergil: Using wall bounce and sword throw
Wesker: using TAC and THC, hard tag confirm from counter super

Move List

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Assist Types

Name

Type

Damage

Special Properties

Cross-Over Combination

Shopping Cart

20,000 x 7

Blue Light Special

Tools of Survival

30,000 x 4 /
35,000 x 8 /
25,000 x 10

Blue Light Special

Pick Me Up

0

Gives Team 300,000
Hyper Meter Points

Blue Light Special

Normal Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Standing Light

48,000
52,800 (Lv. 5)

Crouching Light

+

45,000
49,500 (Lv. 5)

Standing Medium

60,000
68,000 (Lv. 3)
45,000 x 3 (Lv. 4)
49,500 x 3 (Lv. 5)

Inflicts starting at Lv. 4

Crouching Medium

+

58,000
63,000 (Lv. 3)
43,000 x 3 (Lv. 4)
47,300 x 3 (Lv. 5)

Inflicts starting at Lv. 4

Standing Heavy

70,000
90,000 (Lv. 3)
45,000 x 5 (Lv. 4)
49,500 x 5 (Lv. 5)

Inflicts starting at Lv. 4

Crouching Heavy

+

63,000
69,300 (Lv. 5)

Special

80,000
90,000 (Lv. 3)
100,000 (Lv. 4)
110,000 (Lv. 5)

Inflicts starting at Lv. 4

Object Throw

+

50,000
80,000 (Lv. 3)
100,000 (Lv. 4)
110,000 (Lv. 5)

Jumping Light

air

50,000
55,000 (Lv. 5)

Jumping Medium

air

63,000
70,000 (Lv. 3)
45,000 x 3 (Lv. 4)
49,500 x 3 (Lv. 5)

Inflicts starting at Lv. 4

Jumping Heavy

air

65,000
71,500 (Lv. 5)

Jumping Special

air

70,000
90,000 (Lv. 3)
110,000 (Lv. 4)
121,000 (Lv. 5)

Inflicts a state starting at Lv. 3
Inflicts starting at Lv. 4

Knee Drop

air +

70,000
77,000 (Lv. 5)

 ;
Only delay on landing can
be canceled into
Specials and Hypers.

Throws

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Forward Throw

+

80,000
88,000 (Lv. 5)

Back Throw

+

80,000
88,000 (Lv. 5)

Forward Air Throw

air +

80,000
88,000 (Lv. 5)

Back Air Throw

air +

80,000
88,000 (Lv. 5)

Special Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Tools of Survival L

+

30,000 x 4
35,000 x 8 (Lv. 3)
25,000 x 10 (Lv. 4)
27,500 x 10 (Lv. 5)

Lv. 3 version ONLY causes a on the last hit

Tools of Survival M

+

90,000
120,000 (Lv. 3)
30,000 x 8 (Lv. 4)
33,000 x 8 (Lv. 5)

(caused only by the last hit when in Lv. 4 or 5)

Tools of Survival H

+

80,000
100,000 (Lv. 3)
150,000 (Lv. 4)
165,000 (Lv. 5)

Giant Swing (L)

+

50,000 + 80,000
55,000 + 88,000 (Lv. 5)

Last hit causes a

Giant Swing (M)

+

50,000 x 2 + 80,000
55,000 x 2 + 88,000 (Lv. 5)

Giant Swing (H)

+

50,000 x 3 + 80,000
55,000 x 3 + 88,000 (Lv. 5)

Hammer Throw

charge , +

80,000
88,000 (Lv. 5)

version puts grounded opponents in a state on hit

Snapshot

+

10,000
11,000 (Lv. 5)

The core to Frank's level up mechanic. Gives Frank "experience points" based on the current number of hits in the hit counter.

Bottoms Up

, +

0

Doubles gained experience for 10 seconds. When the effect wears off, Frank performs a vomiting animation, which can only be canceled by activating X-Factor. Tagging Frank out will remove the effect but will also prevent Frank from vomitting when tagged back in.

Roundhouse Kick

+

70,000
77,000 (Lv. 5)

Can only be performed at Lv. 2 or above.
version is a feint.
version puts opponent in a state.
version hits low, puts opponents in a state, and can

Barrel Roll

+

0

Can only be performed at Lv. 2 or above. Frank performs a quick combat roll that can pass through opponents. Useful for cross-ups and for passing through careless Hyper Combos to set up punishes with Survival Techniques.

Hyper Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Blue Light Special

+ +

30,000 x (8~17) + 70,000
33,000 x (8~17) + 77,000 (Lv. 5)

Last hit causes
Mash for more hits.

Survival Techniques

+ +

253,100
312,000 (Lv. 3)
356,100 (Lv. 4)
391,700 (Lv. 5)

Funny Face Crusher

+ +

20,000 x 6 + 40,000 + 100,000
22,000 x 6 + 44,000 + 110,000 (Lv. 5)
"Mashed" hits do 2,000 (2,200 at Lv. 5)

Can only be performed at Lv. 3 or above. The joystick/d-pad can be spun for more hits, though while doing so increases the damage of the move itself, it will decrease the total damage of the followup combo.

Mission Mode

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Strategy

Tips and Tricks

• Frank's Camera can OTG, and an OTG camera shot can be canceled into his Survival Techniques hyper for big damage and DHC opportunities. This is a great way to finish any combo.
• At Levels 1 and 2, Franks Tools of Survival will still ground bounce, but at a VERY low height. However, using it to finish an Air Combo allows Frank to land soon enough to relaunch, extending even Level 1 combos greatly.
• Using multi-hitting assists in conjunction with OTG Camera shots can allow extra relaunches, or even an extra Camera hit, netting Frank a huge amount of "experience".
• Frank can use his Bottoms Up command to drink. While in this state, Frank gains double experience from Camera shots. However, after about ten seconds, Frank will throw up. Both drinking and throwing up have massive recovery and cannot be canceled at all. However, tagging Frank out will remove the double experience status, and therefore remove the recovery sickness.
• Giant Swing is safe on block. Use this to make block strings safe, or to have more potent approaches.

Combos

• Solo Combo 1)

{{ , , , + , (launch), air , air , air , air + (land), + , + , + , (launch), air , air , air , air , air + (land), + , + + atk}}

Basic Strategy

• Every time Frank hits an opponent with the Snapshot, the number of hits in the combo are put towards Frank's invisible "experience" meter, known in the Dead Rising series as "Prestige Points." The PP breaks down as:
  • 0 - 4 PP - Level 1
  • 5 - 19 PP - Level 2
  • 20 - 49 PP - Level 3
  • 50 - 99 PP - Level 4
  • 100+ PP - Level 5

• Note that every time Frank levels up, he regains a portion of his red health, giving him more survival time.

• The first priority with Frank is to reach level 2, to unlock his roll move. This increases his mobility, evasion, and mixup potential. At level 3, he gains his anti-air grab Hyper, and his Tools of Survival move bounces the opponent high enough to be a valuable OTG move. At levels 4 and 5, he gains range and damage, but these are far less valuable in the long run than even reaching level 2. Rule of thumb, beyond level 3, focus more on dealing as much damage to the opponent as possible over leveling up, if the choice is necessary.

Strategy vs. Frank West

• Frank West has no real lows other than his Crouching H which is very slow to come out. So you can pretty much block/advancing guard standing against his "rushdown" if he is at levels (1-3) and only crouch block when he does his crouching H.

• Frank West has a tough time getting in against zoners. Good space control with projectiles will make it tough for him to get an opening.