Marvel VS Capcom: Infinite/Sigma

Story

The primary antagonist of the Mega Man X series, Sigma was originally a robot (known in the X series as a Reploid) created as the pinnacle of those who fight against rogue robots in the future, known as Maverick Hunters. Eventually infected with a deadly virus, his thoughts slowly became more corrupted over time until he became a Maverick himself. Using his experience as the former commander of Maverick Hunters, he leads the rest of the Mavericks into a war on the human race and seeks to rid the world of all organic life. He has appeared in many forms, as he dies and is resurrected in each game, but his look and abilities draw largely from possibly his most iconic appearance, from the very first Mega Man X game.

Gameplay

Sigma is the absolute best in one important area: screen coverage. Although his giant body can be a hindrance on defense, he puts it to great use on offense with his laser sword, taking up a large portion of the screen with every attack. He has great tools in other areas, but playing neutral with Sigma especially can be incredibly challenging.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Hitboxes: Sigma can fill half the screen with massive normals like 5HP, leave lingering projectiles out with Arc Divide, and even lock the opponent down with his Rave Divide hyper.

Combos: On top of his massive hitboxes, Sigma is able to convert off of them solo from almost anywhere on screen. Arc Divide has generous amounts of hitstun, and Straight Divide sends him flying forward as much as some hypers wish they could. There's also never a bad time to tag your partner in during these combos, allowing him to convert from even the furthest of ranges.

Arc Divide: This single move rounds out the previous two points perfectly. Giant hitbox, has an extension for easier confirming, can then be cancelled into Straight Divide for full extensions, lots of time for tagging in a partner, and more. This single move will do you the dishes even after making you dinner.

Damage and Meter Gain: Sigma's combos not only deal great damage for the low amount of hits they usually consist of, but it's not uncommon for those same combos to build a whole hyper meter for you to end your combo with.

Slow Frame Data: Despite his overwhelming ability to cover the screen with hitboxes, his best moves for doing so are quite slow. Against an aggressive opponent who likes running in, it can be difficult to make use of Sigma's best feature.
Weak Defense: If you can get in on Sigma, not only do you prevent him from capitalizing on his strengths, but you also capitalize on his lack of good defensive options. He has slow normals and a bad counter, but nothing else.
Limited Mix: Sigma doesn't have good ways of opening the opponent up, so if he's fighting on a life deficit or without a partner, he can struggle to get anything started. His command grab is slow and leads to limited followups, and his movement is somewhat clunky despite having an air dash.

Move List

Unique Trait

Overlord Laser: Sigma's Overlord Laser is an eye beam projectile that is extremely versatile to screen away his opponents. It can cover many options and easily be followed up with heavy screen-based moves.

Normals

Standing Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	8	3	16	-1	-4
	-

Standing Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	800	Mid	13	4	30	-9	-14
	Can be used as an anti-air.

Standing Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	10	7	25	-12	-15
	-

Standing Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	800	Mid	12	4	45	-6	-28	Knockdown
	Knocks opponents back into a spinning state.

Crouching Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	7	6	20	-8	-11
	-

Crouching Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	800	Mid	14	4	48	-1	-32	Launch
	An excellent anti-air, can blow up an opponent's box dash.

Crouching Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Low	9	6	29	-16	-19
	-

Crouching Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	800	Low	13	6	34	+38	-17	Hard Knockdown
	Doesn't seem to be too useful, can't follow up.

Jumping Light Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	High	5	6	26	-	-
	-

Jumping Heavy Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	800	High	14	4	47	-	-
	A long reaching sword attack that hits below him and can potentially enable fuzzy guards, can air dash this into another j.HP and follow up with a combo on the ground.

Jumping Light Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	High	7	4	44	-	-
	-

Jumping Heavy Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	800	High	14	6	38	-	-	During Air Combo: Groundbounce Hardknockdown Aircombofinisher
	A strong overhead when used with short hops.

Command Normals

Overload Laser	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	18	9	24	+71	-8	Proj. Hard Knockdown
	A far reaching eye laser that hits the opponent's feet and sweeps them, can be followed up with most of his special attacks even at long distance. If used later on in a combo after a ground bounce has already been used, it will put opponent into a Force Tech where they can only neutral tech or air tech. A strong neutral tool that can into any special and allows combo follow up.

Misc

Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000	Throw	3	1	-	-	-	Hardknockdown
	Additional damage scales by 50%. Flings opponent full screen, may be impossible to confirm.

Air Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000	Throw	3	1	-	-	-	Hardknockdown
	Additional damage scales by 50%. Flings opponent full screen, may be impossible to confirm.

Tag	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid	6	8	44	+33	+28
	Hit/Block adv is dependent on when you your tag-in.

Specials

Arc Divide or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		700 + 200x3 (1132)	Mid	18	2	33	+38	+14	Knockdown Proj
		700 + 200x3 (1132)	Mid	19	2	37	+42	-20	Knockdown Proj
	Sigma slices his sword that leaves a digital trail and creates a projectile with long active frames. version is a ground slice that leaves a stationary projectile on the field in of Sigma. These projectiles are a major threat as they can't be reflected and can help negate your opponents options in neutral. version is an anti-air slice that leaves a stationary projectile in the air above Sigma, sword attack does not hit crouching opponents.

Arc Divide or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		800 + 200x3 (1232)	Mid	26	4	37	+13/+74	-22	Knockdown Proj
		800 + 200x3 (1232)	Mid	25	3	48	+23/+32	-32	Knockdown Proj
	An alternate version that has the longest reaching attacks. version is a ground slice that leaves a long range stationary projectile in the air. version is ground slice that leaves a long range stationary projectile on the ground.

Second Divide During Arc Divide or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		800 + 200x3 (1232)	Mid						Knockdown Proj
		800 + 200x3 (1232)	Mid						Knockdown Proj
	Canceling Arc Divide into this move allows Sigma to chain these together and create combinations of projectiles on the field. version is a ground slice that leaves a long range stationary projectile in the air. version is ground slice that leaves a long range stationary projectile on the ground. If or is then canceled into or Sigma will always place a long range Arc projectile on top or below the other no matter which order you choose or which button you chain with.

Straight Divide or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		500 + 800 (1300)	Mid	20	20(6)5	24	+37	-36	Knockdown Armored Absorbs Proj
		500 + 800 (1300)	Mid	20	17(6)6	24	+65	-4	Hardknockdown Wallbounce Armored Absorbs Proj
	Sigma charges his foe which can extend his combos. version knocks opponents into the air, can usually follow up with an air attack into an air Straight Divide. Does not hit crouching opponents. version is a shoulder tackle that causes a wall bounce and can be followed up.

Air Straight Divide j. or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		500 + 800 (1300)	Mid	18	20(10)5	20	+43	0	Hardknockdown Armored Absorbs Proj
		500 + 800 (1300)	Mid	18	17(6)6	23	+70	-3	Wallbounce Hardknockdown Armored Absorbs Proj
	The air version covers new angles of attacks. version is a dive attack that knocks opponents down on the ground, good for ending combos or extending them. version is an air shoulder tackle that causes a wall bounce and can be followed up.

Reflector Magnum or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	400x2 (800)	Mid	20	-	32	+15	-7	Knockdown Proj
	Sigma shoots two rockets from his hands that bounce around the field. version is a double rocket attack that strikes the ground and reflects off all surfaces, can be reflected. version is an anti-air double rocket attack that strikes the walls and reflects off them, can be reflected.

Mirage Claw or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		1500	Throw	7	3	52	+50	-	Hardknockdown
		2000	Throw	18	3	53	+79	-	Groundbounce
	Sigma's command grab can only hit grounded opponents. version throws his opponent full screen. version throws his opponent into a confirmable ground bounce.

Counter Teleport or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		1000	Mid	6	25	19			Counter Hardknockdown
		1000	Mid	12	26	15			Counter Hardknockdown
	Sigma's can stop physical attacks and projectiles, if the projectile can be normally reflected he will simply reflect it back, if he counters a projectile that cannot be reflected, such as a beam, he will treat the like a physical and teleport. version teleports above and in of his enemy and strikes them. version teleports above and behind the enemy and strikes them.

Hypers

Doom Buster	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500x5 (2200)	Mid	6+6 (12 total)	-	57/60	+47/-	-12/-	Invuln frame 6 Projectile Hard Knockdown
	Frame data is ground/air. A full screen multi-hitting projectile. Can confirm with an in the corner.

Blazing Line	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500x2 + 600x4 (2800)	Mid	11+4 (15 total)	-	65	+2 ~ +20	+58 ~ +76	Invuln frame 11 Projectile Hard Knockdown
	A full screen eye beam that strikes the ground starting from Sigma's left that travels to the other side, after which a secondary wave of explosions follows.

Rave Divide	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	800x6 (3530)	Mid	11+10 (21 total)	3(26)4(17)2(30)6(22)3(8)3	62	+28	-46	Invuln frame 11 Hard Knockdown
	A series of sword attacks that allows combo follow up from a partner.

Final Sigma Lvl 3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	9 hits (5635)	Mid	11+3 (14 total)	3	68	+24	-52	Invuln frames 1-17 Hard Knockdown
	Invincible on start up

Hitboxes

Videos

Technology

HSDR concept
overload laser reset concept on neutral tech
overload laser reset concept where opponent air techs

Combos

Desks Sigma Video
showing off combo potential with Zero's starters

Strategy

Partner Selection

Stone Selection

Power

Time

Reality

Soul

Space

Mind

Match ups

How to fight Sigma

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