Marvel VS Capcom: Infinite/Frank West

Frank West

Story

Frank West is a freelance photojournalist who made a name for himself after investigating the town of Willamette, Colorado during a zombie outbreak. Making it out by the skin of his teeth, he learned what it takes to survive against a horde of zombies: taking anything in sight and using it as a weapon. Although usually a pacifist, Frank won't hesitate to defend himself if his life is in danger. He dedicated himself to investigating the government's involvement in the zombie outbreaks, with help from Chuck Greene, and aims to expose the people in power for who they really are.

Gameplay

Frank West has a unique level up mechanic. For every hit in a combo, he gets that amount of PP after using his snapshot. He has 5 levels total, and only gets better with each one. His goal is to get to level 5 as quickly as possible so he can bombard his opponent with pesky normals. Once leveled up, he becomes incredibly competent and offers great value either on point or as a partner.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Range: Frank has several far reaching normals and specials that allow him to convert from almost any range. Most notably, when leveled up, his 8LP, 6LP, 3LP, 236LP, and 623LK offer him many pick ups where most characters simply poke.
Aerial Coverage: Frank's short hop 8LP once leveled up is almost impossible to contest without an incredibly reliable anti-air. Going in the air against him will likely result in you either getting swatted by chainsaws or caught by his Funny Face Crusher anti-air hyper.
Defense: Frank's long reaching normals allow him to poke his way out of the corner from a distance. When his opponent is on top of him, he has a roll to swap sides and reliably tag out, an invincible Shopping Cart hyper, an anti-air Funny Face Crusher hyper, and a level 3 command grab hyper that levels him up to level 5 instantly or does increased damage if he's already level 5 (making it the most damaging level 3 in the game).
Synergy: Due to it being much easier to level up than in MVC3, Frank has great synergy with almost anyone. Once leveled up, his giant normals and lingering specials make for great ways to tag in a partner for a combo or mixup.

Win Condition: Starting a match with Frank is essentially starting it with 1.5 characters. Frank is hardly a threat at all until he gets his levels, and getting levels often means sacrificing damage or oki during a combo.
Limited Solo Mix: Despite his great ability to get in on his opponent, he doesn't have a reliable way to open them up without taking a big risk.
Horrible Solo: If Frank is left on his own, he loses his ability to pester with long reaching moves and then tag out for an easy conversion and can't navigate around projectiles great. This is even worse if he isn't leveled up.
Unreliable Combos: Being very height dependent, it's hard to consistently get Frank's combos all the way through. He utilizes wall bounce, ground bounce, and sliding knockdowns in all of his bnbs, and sometimes they just drop whenever they feel like it.

Players to Watch

ORORO (JP player), Mains Frank Mon Hunter Soul Dungeon Realtor, Mains Frank Dante Space El Chorizo Boy, MIA played Frank Venom Time

Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

10,000

Double Jump:

No

Air Dash:

No

Air Dash/Jump count:

0

Misc Movement:

-

Move List

Unique Trait

Level Up: Frank can gain access to higher strength attacks after taking a snap shot of the enemy. You gain higher levels based on the number of hits in the combo prior to taking the picture. Getting well over 50 hits will give Frank access to the ever powerful chain saw attacks and new specials.

5 Hits for Level 2
20 Hits for Level 3
50 Hits for Level 4
100 Hits for Level 5

Normals

Standing Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		High	6			-5	-4

Standing Heavy Punch	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	LEVEL 1-2		High	13			-9	-14
	LEVEL 3		High	13			-9	-14
	LEVEL 4-5		High	14			-7	-12

Standing Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		High	7			-2	-5

Standing Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		High	15			-18	-23

Crouching Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		High	6			-5	-4

Crouching Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		High	10				-10

Crouching Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		Low	7			-16	-19

Crouching Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		Low	12				-9	& State on Grounded Hit

Jumping Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		Mid(Lv. 1-3) High(Lv. 4+)	7

Jumping Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		Mid	13

Jumping Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		Mid	7

Jumping Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		Mid	11

Command Normals

This Looks Useful	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	LEVEL 1-2		High	10			-8	-11
	LEVEL 3		High	10			-8	-11
	LEVEL 4-5		High	10			4	-16

Crude Sweep	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	LEVEL 1-2		High	9			-6	-9
	LEVEL 3		High	10			-5	-8
	LEVEL 4-5		High	10			2	-3
	Despite the name all three variations of this command normal hit high.

Object Throw	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		High	23 (Lv.1-2) 19 (Lv.3) 12 (Lv.4+)			-19 (Lv.1-2,4-5) -16 (Lv.3)	-16 (Lv.1-2,4-5) -13 (Lv.3)	Reflectable

Knee Drop Air	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		Mid	15
	Uses OTG for current combo. Height restriction before the game allows use - you can circumvent this by super jumping or short-hopping first. Cancellable into any special or hyper relative to your current height. Canceling into Aerial Tools HP removes all landing recovery on whiff, block, or hit.

Misc

Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
			3	1
	Additional damage scales by 50%

Air Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
			3	1
	Additional damage scales by 50%

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

Specials

Tools of Survival LP	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	LEVEL 1-2		High	15			0	-21
	LEVEL 3		High	15				-4
	LEVEL 4-5		High	15			6	-12

Hammer Throw or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
			High	31				-4	Grounded Air Reflectable
			High	40				-5	Grounded Air Reflectable

Hypers

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties

Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties

Hitboxes

Videos

Video covering assist infinites with Frank

Technology

Combos

Strategy

Partner Selection

Stone Selection

Power

Time

Reality

Soul

Space

Mind

Match ups

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