Marvel vs Capcom 2/Amingo

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Story

Amingo is a character created uniquely for Marvel vs Capcom 2, there's no real backstory here

Amingo is a member of a race known as the Man-Plants (人植物, hito-shokubutsu?), characterized by their cheerful and gentle personality.

Amingo is a big-bellied cactus man wearing Mexican clothes and carrying a guitar with him. Although sentient, he appears to speak exclusively by repeating his own name.

When a cursed wind started killing off all plant life on land, Amingo decided to venture on a journey to find its cause. He'd later discover the awakening of the ancient Armor of Erosion is the origin of this wind. During the ending's ride back home on Ruby Heart's ship, he can be seen onboard offering a flower to either Shuma-Gorath (Arcade version) or Rogue (home consoles version).

In Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Amingo (mispelled "Amingos") makes a cameo in the Days of Future Past stage, featured in a giant wanted poster in the background, with a "Slain" bar over his mugshot.

He may be searching for the 'destructive wind sweeping across the land' that's destroying plant life, since that's part of the game's "plot".

Gameplay

Amingo He is generally considered bottom tier, but he still has some great moves in his kit. his overall slow pace and awkward playsyle pales in comparison to the rest of the cast

Strengths	Weaknesses
5 and j.	Any move that isn't 5 and j.

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Character Summary

Special Moves

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Super Moves

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Assist Moves

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Colors

First row: LP, HP, A1. Second row: LK, HK, A2.

Moves List

Normal Moves

5LP
5

A mace, to your face.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6	9	4	12	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, SJ, Super	-	-	-
a quick morning star shaped punch

5MP
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6+3	7	6(3)6	29	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Special, Super, SJ cancellable frames 17~33	-	-	-
a quick clap with thorns mostly a combo filler if you manage to hit 5

5HP
5

Get used to seeing this attack

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
10+10	21	39	40	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Special, SJ, Super	-	-	-
you will use this move, for everything the most damaging normal in the game, Amingo's longest poke, can be made safe with a special cancel to 236/214 a bit boring but that is the way of the low tier

5LK
5

Ken's kick but useless

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
5	7	2	17	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, SJ, Super	-	-	-
generic low kick hitbox is way longer than it appears visually but it's still shorter than 5

5MK
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
5	10	3	18	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Special, SJ, Super	-	-	-
Honestly a pretty alright move a combo filler with barely any pushback and can combo easily into his supers

5HK
5

hitting this move releases dopamine

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
18	13	2, 2, 2	35	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher	Special, SJ, Super	-	-	-
Amingo bounces up and slightly launches opponents on hit a decent anti-air but you can't combo off of it is it outshined by 3? maybe... but does 3 come even close to the swag of this move?

2LP
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6	8	2	16	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
5A but low

2MP
2

File:Amingo 2MP.png

Cactus uppercut

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6+3	13	3(3)3	28	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, Super, SJ Cancellable 22~38	-	-	-
nearly identical to 3

2HP
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
10+10	16	36	39	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
2nd hit unblockable	Special, SJ, Super	-	-	-
Long low poke, except it's in MvC 2 has a hitbox in front of amingo so it will hit twice if done in close range

3HP
3

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
10+10	16	36	39	HL
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
2nd hit unblockable	Special, SJ, Super	-	-	-
a quick uppercut launches opponents on hit, can be followed by an air combo

2LK
2

footsies

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6	9	3	20	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, SJ, Super	-	-	-
very fast, but that's about it

2MK
2

File:Amingo 2MK 1.png

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6+3	12	2(9)2	28	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Special, Super SJ cancellable 22・42	-	-	-
nearly identical to 3

2HK
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6+6+6	12	2(9)2(4)2	36	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
a spin that knocks down

3HK
3

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
6+6+6	12	2(9)2(4)2	36	L
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Amingo attacks with low vines launches opponents on hit, can be followed by an air combo

j.LP
j.

God of Creativty

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
5	6	4	16	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
5A but jumping

j.MP
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
8	8	3	22	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Special, Super	-	-	-
3 but jumping

j.HP
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
18	12	4	34	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Flying screen	Special, Super	-	-	-
a giant smash attack knocks down aerial opponents

j.LK
j.

2LK but jumping

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
5	6	5	21	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Chain, Special, Super	-	-	-
has an alright downward angle

j.MK
j.

File:Amingo j.Medium Kick.png

literally just 2HK

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
8	9	4	28	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
None	Special, Super	-	-	-
filler air combo move

j.HK
j.

Here it is! the other half of your kit

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
15	11	5	23	H
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Flying Screen	Special, Super	-	-	-
BIG deals great damage and is a multihit opressive hitbox for some characters

Special Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Cactus Dash (Kaze no Sakebi)

+

4 x 2 + 10 / 3 x 6 + 12

Probably Amingo's single most used special move in the game, due to his bread-and-butter combos using it to end combos. This can be done with either , which is faster or , which has more range and deals more damage but is much slower.

Cactus Bounce (Midori no Kanki)

+

4 x 2 + 12 / 5 x 2 + 12

a short bounce
can be used to end combos for somewhat reliable damage but isn't used much

Child of the Earth (punch: Daichi no Kodomo)

+

12

summons a small minion that travels slowly forward and smashes down on contact with an opponent.
you can cross the opponent up and the minion won't change direction, allowing for crossup mixups.

Child of the Earth (kick: Daichi no Kodomo)

+

12

Nearly identical to the previous version but does a kick instead
they deal the same damage and appear to have the same speed so this will be updated if we find differences

Child of the Earth (grab: Daicho No Kodomo)

+

12 + 6

summons a small minion that travels slowly forward and grabs opponents on contact.
this move is unblockable, but the minion can be destroyed easily
you can cross the opponent up and the minion won't change direction, allowing for crossup mixups.
you can use this to extend combos but the window the grab gives you is very very small

You can have two cactus Children on-screen at any time.
They can only go one screen length before becoming dizzy and passing out.
They can be destroyed with any move by your opponent.
The grabbing Child is unblockable.

Super Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Special Properties (glossary)

Law of Vegetation (Maracas: Taiyo no Megumi)

+

4 x 7 + 15

sends a small vine with a hitgrab
on hit, the opponent gets sent back to Amingo to continue the super
can hit instantly if done at close range
This "capture" helper cannot be destroyed, but can be blocked.

Sun's Blessing (Vine: Shokubutsu no Okite)

+

6 x 3

big pillar super
only a few combos launch but don't push them back too much for this to hit
Mash buttons for 2 bonus hits

Assist Moves

Name

Damage

Cross-Over Combination

Alpha Counter

Notes

Heal: Life Up Fruit

N/A

Vine Super

Cactus Bounce

The Bonus Fruits pop off the vine in a random direction - you must catch them before they land in order to gain their benefit. They cannot be used by your opponent.

Enhance: Defence Up Fruit

N/A

Vine Super

Cactus Drill

The Bonus Fruits pop off the vine in a random direction - you must catch them before they land in order to gain their benefit. They cannot be used by your opponent.

Ground: Cactus Drill

3 x 6 + 12

Vine Super

Cactus bounce

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The Basics

On the plus side, your moves do excellent damage: 2 is the most damaging normal in the game. On the downside, Amingo sucks. As such, you'll need to work for your damage.

You'll generally want to heartily abuse the j and 5. You can cancel 5 into cactus babies and put a little pressue on, but you generally won't have that opportunity against anybody good. Tiger kneed cactus dash should be fairly bread and butter for you. If you can get them in the air in the corner (such as off of his fierce throw or on a new character coming in), you can try for a vine super crossup—or simply do it if they hit a button.

If your opponent starts distance beam warfare against Amingo, you're going to lose and probably want to pick someone else now.

Bread-and-Butter Combos

• Jump LK > LK \/ d.s.LK > s.HK XX qcb + HP

• Jump HK \/ d.s.LK > s.LK XX qcb + HP

• Jump HK \/ s.LP > c.LP /\ sj.LP > sj.LK > sj.LP > sj.LK XX qcf + HP

• Jump LK > LK \/ d.s.LK > c.LK /\ sj.LK > sj.LK, sj.LK > sj.LK > sj.HP

• d.s.LP > s.LK XX qcf + LP XX qcb + PP

• Jump LK > LP \/ d.c.LK > c.HK XX qcf + LP XX qcb + PP

• Jump LK > LP \/ d.s.LP > c.HP XX qcf + HP XX qcf + KK

Infinite

Against Colossus/Sent/Megaman/Roll/Servbot in corner: 5, (j, , pause, j, j, land) X n

section between parentheses can be repeated until they die or you drop the combo

Advanced Strategy

No