Marvel VS Capcom: Infinite/Winter Soldier

Overview

Combos

Strategy

Resources

Story

James "Bucky" Barnes was an American soldier who fought in World War II alongside his best friend, Captain America. After his supposed death, it was revealed that he was alive and brainwashed to be a soviet spy and was dubbed the Winter Soldier. He was commanded to go through with some of the most dreadful assassinations for quite some time. Decades later, he was freed from the Soviet's control and had his memories flood back to him. Now, he's looking to make up for the atrocities he committing as the Winter Solider any way he can.

Gameplay

Bucky is a wild card on the field of battle. One second he could be zoning you out, the next he could be right in your face. What he lacks in aerial coverage he makes up for in ground coverage, and oh boy, does he cover the ground. Bucky will force you to play his game with his vast array of projectiles and his powerful arm stance, and once you're playing that game, he wins. His execution requirement is quite high, but very much worth the investment.

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Strengths

Weaknesses

Ground Control: Between his grenade drops, pistol, assault rifle, and arm stance cancels, it's near impossible to get in on Bucky while on the ground. Metal Shield: While active, Bucky is completely invincible to all attacks except lows and hypers. He can still use all of his projectiles while it's active and can dash cancel the recovery to boot. This allows him to make practically everything safe in neutral, convert full screen from pistols, armor through an aggressive opponent, and so much more. Lockdown Ability: On top of his vast array of projectiles, Mag Purge is a hyper combo that utilizes all of them in succession. This is the perfect tool for tagging in your partner and setting up a dangerous mix from anywhere on screen. Defense: Even if your opponent somehow gets in on you, Bucky has great defensive options between Metal Shield, an armored reversal in Patriot, and an invincible hyper in Silver Patriot. It can be a nightmare to approach Bucky, but it's still a guessing game once he's under pressure. Synergy: With the amount of tools he has, he can be a good partner for almost anyone. His assault rifles and grenades can set up safe tags in neutral, while Mag Purge is an easy full screen mixup tool.

Aerial Coverage: Despite his strong ground control, Bucky has little to no options for covering the air above him. His buttons are small and his projectiles don't cover much area. This also makes his aerial combo game quite limited. Execution: Because his main weaknesses are quite notable, you're required to absolutely be on point with your choices in neutral so your opponent can't approach. Gun loops are also essential to maxing out his game plan, which can be hard to master.

Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

10,000

Double Jump:

No

Air Dash:

No

Air Dash/Jump count:

0

Misc Movement:

Move List

Unique Trait

Metal Shield: This unique defensive tool allows Bucky to remain safe from some harm while attacking at the same time. Put up this shield to safely fire down on enemies while being unphased by their projectiles.

Normals

Standing Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300	Mid	5			-3	-6
	-

Standing Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid	12			-5	-10
	-

Standing Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid	8			-5	-8
	-

Standing Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	350x2 (700)	Mid	12			+0	-5
	Winter Soldier takes a large step forward to do what looks like (but isn't) an overhead heel drop kick. The step forward occurs before the active frames, meaning this can be kara-cancelled to increase forward momentum/range on your specials and hypers (for instance, full screen kara-cancelled 5HK > 214LK allows the grenade to reach).

Crouching Light Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	300	Mid	5			-7	-6
	-

Crouching Heavy Punch	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid	13				-7	Launch
	-

Crouching Light Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Low	9			+2	-3
	-

Crouching Heavy Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Low	12				-10	Hard Knockdown
	Winter Soldier slides forward slightly at the beginning of this move, making it also a candidate for kara-cancelling for forward momentum, though not as good as 5HK.

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

Jumping Heavy Punch j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High	13			-	-
	Can cross up, but the range to do so is somewhat narrow.

Jumping Light Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	High	10			-	-
	-

Jumping Heavy Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High	12			-	-	Groundbounce Hardknockdown
	-

Command Normals

Middle Kick ,	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Mid				-7	-10
	-

Flip Kick	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	Mid	17			0	-5
	-

Sharp Strike	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	Low	10
	-

Quick Slice j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500	High	7			-	-
	-

Air Raid Kick j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	700	High	11			-	-
	-

Pistol Shot	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	11			-6	-10	Projectile
	-

Pistol Shot (Down) j.	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	11			-	-	Projectile
	-

Misc

Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000	Throw	3	1	-	-	-
	Additional damage scales by 50%.

Air Throw or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000	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

Hard Blow or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		300+700 (930)	Mid	9				-8	Light Armor Crumple
		1500	Mid	21				-7	Light Armor Soft Knockdown
	A suite of punching specials. The LP version is a one-two where both hits have Light Armor during active frames, and the second causes a crumple. The HP version lunges forward with a giant swinging punch about ~60% of the screen, also with Light Armor. The LP version is a great tool to use early in a combo when an opponent is still grounded, allowing you to potentially set up more combo possibilities during the crumple, and the HP version lets Winter Soldier charge ahead through many attacks to strike at the opponent.

Pariot or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		1000	Mid						Light Armor
		1500	Mid						Light Armor Wall Bounce Hard Knockdown
	A supercharged uppercut with Winter Soldier's metallic arm. The LP version is fast, but the opponent goes very high up and recovers in mid-air, while the HP version makes up for its slow speed with a much easier-to-follow-up-on combo state.

Rifle Burst or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		150x9 (1275)	Mid	21/25			-1	-6	Projectile
		150x9 (1275)	Mid	21/25					Projectile
	Frame data is listed as ground/air. Winter Soldier pulls out his rifle and fires a stream of bullets. On the ground, the LK version fires forward with a very slight angle downwards, and the HK version fires at a 45° angle up-forward. In the air, the LK version fires at about a 30° angle down-forward, while the HK version fires at about a 65° angle down-forward.

Grenade Toss or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		100+600 (700)	Mid	23/18				-4	Projectile
		100+600 (700)	Mid	26/28				-1	Projectile
	Frame data is listed as ground/air. Grenade explodes on contact or after it stops moving. LK tosses it in a low arc that mostly rolls along the ground, stopping at about 90% of the screen's distance. HK tosses it in a much higher arc that lands on a full-screen opponent's head, and if you were closer than full screen and it collides with a wall, it will bounce off that wall and continue as usual. Can only have one grenade on-screen at a time.

Metal Shield or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		-	-				-	-
		-	-				-	-
	Winter Soldier raises his metal arm to project a small energy barrier that protects most of his body. It does not protect him vs. attacks that have very low hitboxes (not necessarily are low in terms of guarding, just hitboxes). While this is up, he enters a unique state where his body has a hurtbox, which can still absorb and stop attacks and projectiles that collide with it, but he takes no damage and is not put into hitstun. It has several follow-ups, some which carry this property through, and some which temporarily lose this property. All follow-ups return him to Metal Shield state after they complete.

Counter Thrust (during Metal Shield)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1200	Mid	15			+3	0	Dash Cancellable
	A straight punch that retains Metal Shield's protective properties. Can be cancelled into Air Raid (though it won't combo) and the Metal Shield variations of Rifle Burst and Grenade Toss. Can be dash cancelled on hit and block (only with LPHP, not 66), which allows you to combo into essentially anything - all your normals, or even Hard Blow or Patriot.

Air Raid (during Metal Shield)	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	1000+700 (1630)	High, Mid	27				-1	Ground Bounce Hard Knockdown
	Does not carry over Metal Shield's protection, but useful nonetheless to help open up foes who decide that if they can't easily attack you, they'll just play defensively.

Pistol Shot (during Metal Shield) or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	600	Mid	11					Projectile
	Essentially his 6HP, but with Metal Shield's protective properties, allowing you to freely fire back during zoning wars without harm. Can be cancelled into Air Raid (though it won't combo) and the Metal Shield variations of Rifle Burst and Grenade Toss.

Move (during Metal Shield) or	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	-	-				-	-
	Simply makes Winter Soldier walk with Metal Shield up. The only form of movement you have available in this state, as dashing and jumping drop Metal Shield.

Rifle Burst (during Metal Shield) or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		150x6 (870)	Mid						Projectile
		150x6 (870)	Mid						Projectile
	A slightly different version of Rifle Burst that does less damage and fires 2 streams of bullets with a pause in-between instead of one continuous stream. Retains Metal Shield's protection, allowing yet another way for you to safely retaliate in zoning wars.

Grenade Toss (during Metal Shield) or	Version	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
		100+600 (700)	Mid						Projectile
		100+600 (700)	Mid						Projectile
	Nearly identical to your ordinary Grenade Toss, including the arcs and the limitation of one grenade on-screen at a time.

Hypers

Silver Patriot	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	500x4+2000 (3250)	Mid	15				-53	Hard Knockdown
	Winter Soldier unleashes a flashier version of Patriot that launches the opponent sky-high before crashing down into a hard knockdown. Can be followed up on, even mid-screen, by dashing up and OTGing. Does not have defensive properties like its special counterpart.

Mag Purge	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	200x8+50x3+250x3+100x17+50+500 (3455)	Mid	20				-66	Projectile
	Winter Soldier unleashes a flurry of all of his weapons. Typically, some hits of this will whiff, as the opponent gets sent high enough by the initial wave of grenades that some of the bullets from his rifle will miss.

Unyielding Justice Lvl 3	Damage	Guard	Startup	Active	Recovery	On Hit	On Block	Properties
	5340 (6 hits) (Normal) 5510 (8 hits) (With Cap. America)	Mid	17				-57
	A short-ranged swinging punch that initiates a cinematic. Sends the opponent full-screen afterwards. Cutscene changes if your partner is Captain America (and he's alive), adding extra damage. Invulnerability runs out shortly after active frames begin.

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