Marvel VS Capcom: Infinite/Rocket Raccoon

Rocket Raccoon

One of the more surprising additions to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Rocket Raccoon is now more of a household name thanks to the success of the Guardians of the Galaxy films. Rocket Raccoon is a weapons expert who joins the Guardians of the Galaxy at the behest of Star-Lord, along with his new friend Groot. Together they traverse the galaxy looking to protect it from evil wherever it may arise.
In a nutshell
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Introduction

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Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

9,000

Double Jump:

No

Air Dash:

No

Air Dash/Jump count:

0

Misc Movement:

Rocket Skates

Move List

Unique Trait

Shifty Creature: Rocket can use the special move Tunnel Rat which grants him the ability to tunnel underground to avoid attacks or create unseen mix ups. He also has the ability to "air dash" with Rocket Skates to travel in 8 directions and use it up to twice in the air.

Normals

Standing Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	200	Mid	4	3	8	0	+2
	Can chain into itself and 2LP.

Standing Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	13	3	30	-6	-10
	-

Standing Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	400	Mid	8	4	19	+1	-1
	Rocket Raccoon fires a quick shot downwards from his laser pistol, giving him surprisingly long range for such a tiny character's 5LK.

Standing Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	12			+1	-3	Projectile
	Rocket Raccoon fires a quick shot at a slight angle upwards from his laser pistol, hitting most standing opponents about 3/4ths of the screen away. Despite being a Heavy attack, its projectile status makes it unable to break Light Armor.

Crouching Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	200	Mid	4	3	9	-1	+1
	Can chain into itself and 5LP.

Crouching Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	11	3		+23	-7	Launch
	Rocket Raccoon's launcher.

Crouching Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	400	Low	7	2	16	0	-3
	Rocket Raccoon lunges forward when swiping with his tail, giving this move some surprising reach for his size.

Crouching Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Low	11	17	31	+30	-29
	Rocket Raccoon slides forward slightly under 1/3rd of the screen during this move.

Jumping Light Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	200	High	5	3	12	-	-
	-

Jumping Heavy Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	10	9	15	-	-
	This unusual air normal makes Rocket Raccoon lunge forward slightly more than 1/3rd of the screen, halting whatever other aerial momentum/trajectory he had.

Jumping Light Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	400	High	7	7	9	-	-
	-

Jumping Heavy Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	100+500 (600)	Mid	9	18(1)3	5	-	-	Groundbounce Hardknockdown
	Despite being a Heavy attack, the projectile status of the grenade explosion makes this attack unable to break Light Armor.

Sucker Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	400	Mid	8	2	13	+3	+1
	-

Wild Ripper	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	11	12	20	-8	-12
	Rocket Raccoon travels forward slightly under half the screen's distance while lunging with his knife.

Misc

Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1020 (5 hits)	Throw	3	1	-	-	-
	Additional damage scales by 50%.

Air Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	930 (4 hits)	Throw	3	1	-	-	-
	Additional damage scales by 50%.

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

Spitfire or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		600	Mid
		600	Mid
	Rocket Raccoon fires a ball of energy from one of his weapons. The LP version always fires straight ahead. On the ground, the HP version fires at a 45° angle up-forward, while in the air, the HP version fires at a 45° angle down-forward.

Spitfire Twice (during Spitfire) or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid
	Rocket Raccoon fires a second energy blast. Has the same damage, properties, and angles as the original; additionally, you don't have to choose the same angle as the first shot, so feel free to mix angles together as necessary.

Spitspark or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		700/800	Mid
		700/800	Mid
	Damage is listed as ground/air. Rocket Raccoon fires a paralyzing electric blast from his main weapon, leaving the opponent vulnerable for a long while. At full screen, this is long enough to do Tunnel Rat LP and get a full combo afterwards. The LP version always fires straight ahead. On the ground, the HP version fires at a 45° angle up-forward, while in the air, the HP version fires at a 45° angle down-forward.

Groot Slam	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500+800 (1300)	Mid
	Rocket Raccoon summons Groot to the stage with a thud, then an overhead-looking (not actually an overhead) slam. Although Rocket can move around and act before Groot is finished, he can't use this move, Groot Splinter, or Animal Combination until a little bit after Groot has fully disappeared off-screen.

Groot Splinter	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300x5 (1410)	Mid
	Rocket Raccoon summons Groot to the stage, who then performs a full-screen diagonal up-forward stretching punch. Although Rocket can move around and act before Groot is finished, he can't use this move, Groot Slam, or Animal Combination until a little bit after Groot has fully disappeared off-screen.

Angel Gift	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	400x3 (1160)	Mid
	-

Grab Bag	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	100x10 (960)	Mid
	-

Tunnel Rat or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		-	-				-	-
		-	-				-	-
	-

Rocket Skate (can be directed)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	-	-				-	-
	-

Hypers

Rock 'n' Roll	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	100x36+700 (3270)	Mid
	Rocket Raccoon pulls out a giant machine gun and unloads a stream of bullets into his opponent, finishing with a giant spherical energy blast at a diagonal up-forward angle. This blast does not home in on the opponent.

Mad Hopper	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	-	-				-	-
	Rocket Raccoon places a giant spring-loaded trap that activates when an opponent steps on it. You can't make a new one until the previous one is gone.

Mad Hopper (Activation)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500x8 (3150)	Mid						Soft Knockdown
	-

Animal Combination Lvl 3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	5350 (11 hits)	Mid
	Rocket Raccoon hops on Groot's back, then Groot runs about 1.5 screen lengths until he collides with an opponent.

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Strategy

Partner Selection

Rocket is a strong support character between a lockdown gun super, traps, and decent zoning ability, as well as a strong high/low mixup game with quick, long range lows and excellent instant overheads via his float. As such, he's a great partner for almost anyone in the game, though characters who need a lot of support like Hulk or Black Panther or characters who are themselves focused on their strong mixups like Chun-Li or Zero might be better partnered with one of the even better supports like Dante, Dormammu, Winter Soldier, or Sigma. Even still, pairing these characters with Rocket is pretty good.

Stone Selection

Power

Time

Reality

Soul

Space

Rocket has great pressure and the opponent not being able to switch out during Space storm is incredibly good for him. This is almost certainly his best stone overall. Mind Having a bunch of meter to lay down super traps is nice and can heavily restrict the opponent's movemen, and he also has good potential to tick or reset into Mind Surge. He's one of the better characters to run Mind with; however, it's not as good as his other options.

How to fight Rocket

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