UMVC3/Magneto

Magneto

Born with the mutant power to manipulate metal through magnetism, Magneto eventually found himself on the path leading towards the genocide of all non-mutants following his time in the Auschwitz concentration camp in World War II. A close personal friend of Professor X, Magneto has been thwarted time and time again through the efforts of the X-Men.

In a nutshell

Magneto is very good at using projectiles, speed and option selects to corner the opponent and take advantage with strong high/lows. He has one of the best grabs in the game which temporarily traps the opponent, allowing time for a variety of follow up attacks. His ability to air dash and fly also give him the opportunity to increase damage during his solo combo and control space. Magneto is the quintessential corner combo character.

Alternate Colors

Players to Watch

FChamp, RayRay, Neo, Tokido, Xian, X-Ray, KBeast, Rattana, Wentinel

Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

Base Ground Magic Series:

Stronger+

Double Jump:

No

Air Dash:

Yes

Air Dash/Jump count:

1

X-FACTOR

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

X-Factor Damage Boost:

25.0 %

47.5 %

70.0 %

X-Factor Speed Boost:

15.0 %

22.5 %

30.0 %

X-Factor Duration:

11.0 s

16.0 s

21.0 s

MINIMUM DAMAGE SCALING

L Attacks

M Attacks

H Attacks

Special Moves

Hyper Combos

Normal:

10 %

40 %

X-Factor Lvl 1:

35 %

40 %

X-Factor Lvl 2:

35 %

40 %

X-Factor Lvl 3:

35 %

40 %

Video Walkthrough

Combos

Combo with rapid slash and hidden missiles

Technology

hard tag to doom
setting up hard tags to fof loops with strange
More FoF loop hard tags

TAC infinite

Move List

Assist Types

Name

Type

Damage

Special Properties

Cross-Over Combination

Electromagnetic Disruptor L

shot front

90,000

proj strk

Magnetic Shockwave

Force Field

Extra Instant

100,000

counter
softknockdown
proj

Magnetic Shockwave

Hyper Gravitation M

Shot Front

50,000 X 2
(95,000)

proj cptr
softknockdown

Magnetic Tempest

Normal Moves

Standing {{#motion: l}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	50,000	-	5	3	10	+1	0	rpdfire
	Describe move here

Standing {{#motion: m}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	65,000	-	10	4	7	-2	-3
	Describe move here

Standing {{#motion: h}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	83,000	-	8	7	26	-	-9
	Describe move here

Crouching {{#motion: l}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	43,000	low	6	3	9	+2	+1	rpdfire
	Describe move here

Crouching {{#motion: m}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	70,000	low	9	4	19	-4	-6	chipdamage
	Describe move here

Crouching {{#motion: h}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	75,000	low	10	9	27	-	-12
	Describe move here

{{#motion: s}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	90,000	-	8	5	23	-	-4	launch nocancel
	Describe move here

Jumping {{#motion: l}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	48,000	high	6	3	18	+12	+11	airdashcancel
	Describe move here

Jumping {{#motion: m}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	68,000	high	10	5	20	+17	+15	airdashcancel
	Describe move here

Jumping {{#motion: h}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	83,000	high	10	7	19	+21	+19	airdashcancel
	Describe move here

Jumping {{#motion: s}}	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	90,000	high	11	6	19	+18	+16	airdashcancel aircombofinisher
	Describe move here

Throws

Forward Throw (near opponent) f + h	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	10,000 x 3 + 50,000	throw	1	1	-	-	-	cptr
	Describe move here

Back Throw (near opponent) b + h	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	10,000 x 3 + 50,000	throw	1	1	-	-	-	cptr
	Describe move here

Forward Air Throw (near opponent) air f + h	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	10,000 x 3 + 50,000	airthrow	1	1	-	-	-	cptr
	Describe move here

Back Air Throw (near opponent) air b + h	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	10,000 x 3 + 50,000	airthrow	1	1	-	-	-	cptr
	Describe move here

Special Moves

Electromagnetic Disruptor qcf + atk	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		90,000	-	7 (ground) 9 (air)	14	29 (ground) Until landing (air)	-2 (ground) -5 (air)	-24 (ground) -26 (air)	airok proj softknockdown
		55,000 x 2	-	12 (ground) 14 (air)	13	29 (ground) Until landing (air)	+2 (ground) +3 (air)	-21 (ground) -20 (air)
		45,000 x 3	-	17 (ground) 21 (air)	15	24 (ground) Until landing (air)	+5 (ground) +10 (air)	-19 (ground) -14 (air)
	Magneto's beam. Button strength determines startup speed and damage (higher strength means longer startup but more damage).

Force Field dp + atk	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		100,000	-	3	19	28	-	-	counter proj softknockdown
		100,000	-	8	19	29	-	-
		100,000	-	12	19	30	-	-
	A counter move. It's probably better to try evading attacks rather than directly countering them, but it's not a bad idea to pull this out every once in a while. Triggering the counter leaves Magneto invulnerable, so opponents who activate the counter and manage to avoid the followup attack can't punish Magneto's recovery. The field that Magneto projects counts as a projectile when other projectiles hit it.

Hyper Gravitation qcb + atk	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		50,000 x 2	-	26 (ground) 30 (air)	-	35 (ground) 36 (air)	-	-	airok proj cptr softknockdown
		50,000 x 2	-	31 (ground) 35 (air)	-	30 (ground) 31 (air)	-	-
		50,000 x 2	-	36 (ground) 40 (air)	-	25 (ground) 26 (air)	-	-
	The attack button used determines the speed and range of the attack. The L version has the shortest range but comes out the quickest, thus making it easily comboed into. The H version has the most range but the most startup.

Flight qcb + s	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	airok
	Initiates or cancels Magneto's flight mode. Doing a normal jump, air dashing up, and activating Flight will let you call assists while dashing around at super jump height.

Magnetic Blast (in air) u uf f + atk	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		70,000	-	14	-	35	-	-	proj
		70,000	-	18	-	31	-	-
		70,000	-	22	-	27	-	-
	Magneto fires a projectile from the air that travels at a downward angle. Button strength determines startup and the travel speed of the blast; higher strength Blasts will take longer to come out but will move across the screen faster. Magneto retains any air momentum he has when using a Magnetic Blast, making this move great for covering approached when used in conjunction with assists, or for covering your retreats.

Fatal Attraction rdp + l	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	-	-	7	23	11	-	-
	Pulls opponent closer to Magneto. Enemies above Magneto can be pulled behind him when hit by this move, allowing for nifty mixups.

Repulsion rdp + m	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	-	-	12	20	14	-	-
	Pushes opponents away from Magneto. The bane of Haggar players everywhere.

Reverse Polarity rdp + h	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	-	-	16	10	19	-	-
	Pulls airborne opponent towards the ground. When airborne opponents hit by this move hit the ground, they will immediately tech roll.

Hyper Combos

Magnetic Shockwave qcf + atk atk	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	70,000 x 6	-	14+1	44	56	-	-68	proj otg hardknockdown
	The first of two of Magneto's moves that can OTG. Not all of the hits will land when used on a cornered opponent. Has invincibility on the first 10 frames of startup and pushes opponents away on hit and/or block, so it's a nice "get off me" move. Beware: Well-timed teleports or smart pushblocking will allow opponents to easily punish you if you carelessly throw it out.

Magnetic Tempest qcb + atk atk	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	10,000 x 40~80	-	4+23	77	29	-	-4	airok proj strk
	Mash for more hits. Mainly used to finish off combos or for an air DHC to get Magneto out of sticky situations. Has a rather lengthy startup time, so you'll mainly be comboing into this from a Hyper Grav or from {{#motion: j. h xx l Distruptor}} (the latter method being dependant on the opponent's height).

Gravity Squeeze dp + atk atk	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	20,000 + 1,000 x 0~48 + 380,000	-	20+1	2	43	-	-30	proj otg
	Magneto's Lv. 3 Hyper Combo and second OTG. Mash for more hits. With Magneto's penchant for building meter, expect to be using this move as a combo finisher a lot. Can be comboed off of at lower hitstuns near the corner, or with just an Attraction into a Shockwave from anywhere on the screen. Like Magnetic Shockwave, Gravity Squeeze is invincible on the first 10 frames of startup. The move's hitbox is more or less fullscreen, but don't be expecting to snipe people on the other side of the stage too often due to having 21 frames of startup.

Miscellaneous

Snap Back qcf + Assist 1 or Assist 2	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	50,000	-	2	4	20	-	0
	Resembles Magneto's s.H.

Strategy

Tips and Tricks

Combos

Basic Strategy

Advanced Strategy

Strategy vs. Magneto