Marvel vs Capcom 2/Ken

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Introduction

Ken Masters is the blonde shoto.

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Gameplay

Ken is a shoto who can use his invincible uppercuts to punch your opponents. Ken's main strengths are uppercutting people but his weaknesses is being a pretty normal character.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Strong Assists: Fully invincible anti-air that comes out fast and stays invincible all the way up as Ken does his shoryuken and a combo friendly tatsu assist give Ken options as a teammate. Hurricane Kick Damage: Ken's air tatsu is capable of doing a ton of damage, more than his supers can do! The Kenfinite: Access to practical infinites on most characters. Invinciblity Options: Both shoryukens have invincibility to go through most attacks but also Shoryureppa super travels far and get through attacks with invincibility. Magic Series: Ken gets full chains in any state, giving him a lot of flexibility.

Lower health: Takes 106% damage, slightly more than normal. Limited mobility: He has his roll and air tatsu but lack of options leaves him vulnerable. Short Launcher: Despite having decent chains, Ken can't easily confirm into launcher due to it whiffing if adding a medium attack.

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Character Summary

Special Moves

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Fireball

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Dragon Punch

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Hurricane Kick

• +

Command Roll

• +

Hyper Combos

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Shoryureppa

• +

Shinryuken

• +

Shippu Jinrai Kyaku

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Assist Types

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Type α - Anti-Air Type

• Assist: Dragon Punch
• Counter: Dragon Punch
• Combination: Shinryuken

Type β - Projectile Type

• Assist: Fireball
• Counter: Fireball
• Combination: Shoryureppa

Type γ - Expansion Type

• Assist: Hurricane Kick
• Counter: Hurricane Kick
• Combination: Shoryureppa

Moves List

Assists

Anti-air

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Shoryuken	Shinryuken
Fully invincible on the way up. Very effective at interrupting opponents offense. Strong counter call and because opponents have to wait until his attack is over, it is difficult to counter call an assist back.

Projectile

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Fireball	Shoryureppa
Basic fireball assist.

Expansion

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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Alpha Counter	Team Hyper Combo
-	-	-	-	Hurricane Kick	Shoryureppa
Easy hit confirms, great to combo off of, but requires a little timing. The large amount of hits and time the assist takes make it very useful for setting up more elaborate combos.

Normal Moves

-When grounded, Ken has the Hunter 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
-	-	-	-	-
Decent Priority most likely, only real use is to prevent starter from jumping away which will most likely only help against cable, beware timing should be stricter than mags since he is shorter and it comes out one from later than his.

Medium Punch
5 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Combo filler, can be used if the opponent is off the ground.

Heavy Punch
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Makes a shoryureppa combo more damaging but you will have to use d. lk, standing hp on a crouching opponent since adding a mk will cause S. HP to whiff.

Light Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His fastest far reaching normal, barring priority again I would have to say this is one of his better normals the ability to hit any crouching opponent and it’s good range make it very abuseable especially since it should combo into down + MK at a little less than max range.

Medium Kick
5 after a , , or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Hits twice , easy to combo off of hits so high you would’ve liked that you could use it instead of s. lp against starting match jumpers.

Heavy Kick
5

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His farthest reaching normal outside of foward + HK think of it as Psylocke’s standing HP except much slower but will hit crouching opponents. Overall i never use this move , ever.

Crouching Light Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
A all purpose rush in attack when your goal is not to apply pressure to a blocking opponent but instead trying to beat out their light attacks (which isn’t a good idea against most rush in top tiers, personally i have not experimented with this move).

Crouching Medium Punch
2 after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Nice range easy to combo into but does not hit low, which makes it second to d+MK.

Crouching Heavy Punch
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His main launcher , below average horizontal range nice vertical range and priority but slow to come out, always use df+HP version if you feel suicidal and want to beat out a jump in.

Crouching Light Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
His fastest low hitting move and important tool in his pressure, you never know when you may hit a opponent low.

Crouching Medium Kick
2 after a , , or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The far reaching shoto d+MK this move is vital to ken’s mixups , has nice reach and will usually combo into hadoken xxx shoryureppa (more on this later since the shoryureppa doesn’t do enough on it’s own) and ALWAYS combo into shoryureppa.

Crouching Heavy Kick
2

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The “Shoto Sweep” and the worst version too, coming out the slowest of all the shotos (losing to ryu’s by 1 frame) but still useful if you can make juggle off of it, namely off of psylocke sweep xxx snapout can be useful.

Air Normals

-When in the Normal Jump state, Ken has the Hunter 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
-	-	-	-	-
Bad range, doesn’t compare to J. LK at all.

Air Medium Punch
after a or connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Rivals j. lk as one of the better air normals despite being a “Middle” move. You can wait the longest time to cancel your last attack into this, this move is the reason why you can do his jumping infinite nice damage and range too i suppose but really it’s the long long window to combo into it that makes it useful especially in infinites.

Air Heavy Punch
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Used in the air as pressure and a way to get around by cancelling into a hurricane kick this move has it’s uses. 2nd most hit stun of his air fierces.

Air Light Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The greatest j. normal he has. it hits behind him, comboes into j. mk which also hits behind him nice range stays out there for ever and because of how the hit box is so low you can use the instant over head method with this move (more on that later).

Air Medium Kick
after a j., j., or j. connects

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Has cross up capabilities like j. lk, hard to land it as a cross up though but don’t count it out it’s still very good.

Air Heavy Kick
j.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Fastest air fierce he has also has the least stun. But it also pushes the enemy the least back which makes it the best choice to use in sentinal standing infinites (even though the timing is stricter you get more hits and more hits means a better chance to get them to the corner and finish the infinite)

Command Normals

Mae Geri
j.+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
Only available during magic series chains. This move is only used for the infinite, strict window to cancel it off of anything so use with discretion.

Senpuu Kyaku
j.+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
The slowest of his air fierces but with the most stun, you should definitely consider ending a corner infinite on sentinel with this so you can land and combo into shoryu reppa xx hail. it has nice horizontal range so it may be a good candidate to use against sentinel but then again so may j. HK.

Inazuma Kakto Wari
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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	None	-	-	-
2 hit overhead kick. His farthest reaching normal, the down side to that is that if you do it at max range you get only 1 hit instead of two leaving you with only 5 damage. All in all it’s a overhead and that in itself is useful enough.

Universal Mechanics

Universal Launcher (Punch)
3

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
Launcher (high)	-	-	-	-
It’s the same as D+HP except 1 frame is shaved off.

Throw (Punch)
6 // 4 near opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Ken rolls and tosses his opponent, carrying them to the other end of the screen.

Throw (Kick)
6 // 4 near opponent

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Knee Bash throw. Mashable.

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

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
The roll throws the opponent down when done in the air.

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
-	-	-	-	-
Ken's HK.

Special Moves

Hadouken
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Ground	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Ken fires a slow fireball. Useable in a grounded combo only from up close, otherwise will uncombo.
Air	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Ken fires a slow fireball in the air. Causes flying screen. Slows air momentum, allowing stalling in the air.

Shoryuken
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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Fully invincible uppercut on the way up. HP version can be cancelled into super if you input the super before he leaves the ground.

Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku
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Ground	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Ken does 5 hits of his spinning kick. is just off the ground, goes at a 45 degree angle.
Air	Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
	-	-	-	-	-
	Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
	-	-	-	-	-
Ken does his spinning kicks in the air. does more hits; follows your jump trajectory. Doing j xx tatsu makes for a difficult to contest air string, especially for big characters. When done in an air combo, it will do huge damage on each hit. Also an integral part of his infinite.

Command Roll
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Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Ken rolls forward, he can cross up opponents this way. Combined with his dash he can mix up opponents, especially when used in conjunction with an assist.

Hyper Combos

Shoryureppa
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Instant start up, invincible for the first uppercut was made to be really easy to combo into, you can dhc AFTER the last hit.

Shinryuken
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Instant start up, invincible all the way up, can avoid a whole hail storm, great reversal if you miss dhc you’ll have alot of time to while your opponent can’t really do anything. Mashable with attack buttons.

Shippu Jinrai Kyaku
+

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Guard
-	-	-	-	-
Special Property	Cancel	Adv. Hit	Adv. Guard	Adv. Pushblock
-	-	-	-	-
Invincible on start invincible and early in the super (the first kick maybe second kick) it’s very good and doesn’t leave you as open as shoryu reppa/shinryuken. Mashable with kick buttons.

Colors

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