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X-Factor Dark Phoenix does a lot of damage in Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Posted — February 13, 2011 at 11 a.m. PST

4everbuffy sent in this video of Dark Phoenix kicking some serious ass in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 after activating a level 3 X-Factor. Pay close attention to the other fighter's life bars and how quickly they deplete.

From FunkyP's Justin.tv page.

Comments

MetroidBlack said on February 13, 2011 at 11:03 a.m.

Holy crap lol GDLK

Mikeydactyl said on February 13, 2011 at 11:03 a.m.

She should do at least that much considering the rest of the cast can do that much to her.

DontHateOnMe said on February 13, 2011 at 11:04 a.m.

friend of mine was doing the same thing yesterday against me... yup its insane.. i knew there was a good reason from for the low health.. but then again you have to have 5 meters so its balanced..

melflomil said on February 13, 2011 at 11:07 a.m.

ROFL wow.... well only way to prevent this from happening is to do that move that forces a character to switch and get phoenix out and kick her ass before that player has 5 bars.

Realpolitix said on February 13, 2011 at 11:08 a.m.

"Whaaa, Phoenix has such low health, useless characterrrrr."

Taxattack123 said on February 13, 2011 at 11:10 a.m.

I want to see someone get pro with Phoenix

solacracy said on February 13, 2011 at 11:15 a.m.

Dark Phoenix mirror matches...first one to get hit loses...

killerface said on February 13, 2011 at 11:16 a.m.

i think she has too mutch health now, dear lord o.o

WorstGiefEVER said on February 13, 2011 at 11:18 a.m.

Oh
my
god

jaskoftrades said on February 13, 2011 at 11:18 a.m.

Imagine if they had given her regular health

#10

shannaro1992 said on February 13, 2011 at 11:19 a.m.

"You may DIE!!!"
"I'll take your power! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"Burn in the flames! DIE!!!"

MAN! She's scary just by saying stuff! I love you Jennifer Hale! I can't believe this is the same person who currently voices Cinderella!

#11

Akuze said on February 13, 2011 at 11:20 a.m.

Oh my god.

#12

RandomDP said on February 13, 2011 at 11:20 a.m.

@11 I'm not surprised she voices Cinderella. I mean, have you seen her? That b*tch be trippin yo!

#13

Virtua_Kazama said on February 13, 2011 at 11:21 a.m.

Phoenix so GDLK!

#14

jaskoftrades said on February 13, 2011 at 11:22 a.m.

#11 lol I know Jennifer can go from kitten to monster in 2 secs, love her

Seth was watching probably watching something similar to this when he made that comment

#15

KizaruOfLight said on February 13, 2011 at 11:22 a.m.

That damage was INSANE, jesus christ.

#16

KiD_LupE said on February 13, 2011 at 11:25 a.m.

THAT... WAS SCARY!

#17

h00dRaTT said on February 13, 2011 at 11:25 a.m.

And yall complained she was too weak...

#18

Vampireplatypus said on February 13, 2011 at 11:30 a.m.

My friend and I were playing this yesterday, and he one-comboed Sentinel using Phoenix like this. But then she was killed right afterwards by Dormammu's fully charged power of the destroyer and a Chaotic Flame; so she is still pretty balanced in that she is still very killable.

#19

dmgoodr said on February 13, 2011 at 11:35 a.m.

Reminds me of one of those crazy Mugen creations lol. Glad her health is garbage to even the odds:-).

#20

Kid_Kuma said on February 13, 2011 at 11:35 a.m.

Exactly! I told you guys, don't act like you know something at first glance! THIS BZ IS F'N PSYCHO POWERED!

#21

joker101 said on February 13, 2011 at 11:39 a.m.

Capcom's knowledge of balancing/creating fighting games >>>>>>>>>>>> everyone else's knowledge of balancing/creating fighting games

Anyone complaining about her health being too low .... you know nothing apparently.

#22

DomDaDude said on February 13, 2011 at 11:39 a.m.

Remember guys.. that's 5 lvl + an X factor you wont see that so often..well i hope so >.<

#23

SoundwaveButcher said on February 13, 2011 at 11:46 a.m.

In some way people are gonna exploit this.

Have Sent go 1st turtle and build meter,wait until lvl 5 switch to Phoenix just die(literally go die)then use Dark Phoenix and rape.

#24

JoseRufus said on February 13, 2011 at 11:49 a.m.

i hope no body else use her cuz that's been my character since day 1
now with this every1 is going to be jumping on the bandwagon(lets just hope not).

#25

efex23 said on February 13, 2011 at 11:49 a.m.

rubbing my hands with glee. also pairing her with keep away basically ENSURES she wont get hit which is pretty cooooolll!!!

#26

efex23 said on February 13, 2011 at 11:50 a.m.

characters*

#27

crispylinks77 said on February 13, 2011 at 11:51 a.m.

Did you see her meter gain from each combo? She gained about 2 lvls after each normal combo.

Sure this is situational, but just as long as you don't use your x-factor until the end, and don't get beat down on the first two chars, you should have lvl 5 stacked by the time Phoenix comes in.

I hope Justin Wong mains Phoenix like he said before. I want to see him own with her.

#28

Otter_of_Death said on February 13, 2011 at 11:51 a.m.

I think I just heard Magneto, Storm, and Sentinel simultaneously run into their houses and chain lock their doors.

#29

efex23 said on February 13, 2011 at 11:59 a.m.

woah !! . she can pull out healing spheres without breakin a sweat

#30

vsDenjin said on February 13, 2011 at 12:03 p.m.

dang, and the quick red health regeneration, that's a pretty perfect balance of strengths and weaknesses for a character. now what to do about sentinel...?

#31

MiltonSaysHi said on February 13, 2011 at 12:03 p.m.

Did you all see how quickly her hyper meter filled while attacking?

@___@

#32

crispylinks77 said on February 13, 2011 at 12:03 p.m.

@ 29

I think I'm hearing Magneto, Storm, and Sentinel arguing over which one of them is getting kicked out to make room for Phoenix.

#33

Rekkaken2468 said on February 13, 2011 at 12:03 p.m.

THANK GOODNESS she has low health. i mean, damn! 0_0

#34

RandomJohn said on February 13, 2011 at 12:06 p.m.

wow not only she does great damage, her speed is like mvc2 magneto and she builds meter like crazy.

#35

Dark_Fantom said on February 13, 2011 at 12:11 p.m.

Obviously this video is for everyone last week who whined, and complained that Phoenix was under powered and weak.

#36

Kipper said on February 13, 2011 at 12:12 p.m.

Hah, that was a very appropriate win quote.

#37

Fr3akSh0w777 said on February 13, 2011 at 12:24 p.m.

- Yup...my main..

#38

Bibuki said on February 13, 2011 at 12:25 p.m.

hahahaha this game is facking crazy. what will we do against this monster please tell me

#39

redfactor said on February 13, 2011 at 12:26 p.m.

That was 5 hypers + X-factor whilst the other two characters had died before hand. It's not that great for that cost!

#40

NWAndroid said on February 13, 2011 at 12:28 p.m.

So basically her attack power makes it so that they essentially have the exact same health as she does.

I have 0 regrets about my hasty decision of SSkrull/Hsien-ko/Phoenix.

#41

JamRock said on February 13, 2011 at 12:31 p.m.

its actually not that hard for u to have phoenix last with 5 supers me and my friends were playing and i did it everytime i played with phoenix so thats about 4 or 5 times its not that difficult to do with the right characters on ur team

#42

superben said on February 13, 2011 at 12:40 p.m.

HOLY SH*T Now I know why she has such low health. I was thinking about maining her but was somewhat sad when I saw her stamina. WOW! God-like, she's scaring me actually.

#43

Strider_RagnaroK said on February 13, 2011 at 12:40 p.m.

this puts a big smile on my face

basically you have to plan ahead in order to use her don't waste the x-factor remember the 5 meters level and you are set

#44

Hotdiddykong said on February 13, 2011 at 1:04 p.m.

F***ING PWNED, This is why you should never underestimate ANYONE

#45

THawk said on February 13, 2011 at 1:04 p.m.

You can say you wont see that often... but that's not true. If someone is using Phoenix... they will form around this gameplan EVERYTIME.

#46

cvs said on February 13, 2011 at 1:05 p.m.

yup.... ..

#47

PsychoJuri said on February 13, 2011 at 1:11 p.m.

I Expected this coming since Pheonix revealed. She is An Omega Level Mutant after all

#48

soultruthgemini said on February 13, 2011 at 1:17 p.m.

honestly she is strong as hell without x factor... seen it first hand!

#49

Legacy_Virus said on February 13, 2011 at 1:22 p.m.

amazing broken. smh

#50

Hiakimaru said on February 13, 2011 at 1:39 p.m.

Even before seeing this I was already plaining to use her :D
now its just 150% sure.

#51

ChunLi said on February 13, 2011 at 1:43 p.m.

I laughed like a maniac after watching that massacre.

#52

ChunLi said on February 13, 2011 at 1:44 p.m.

Also, this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SYdj...

#53

Super_Shoto_Fighter_4 said on February 13, 2011 at 2:13 p.m.

That's my girl. Destroy everything!

#54

xShonuffx said on February 13, 2011 at 2:33 p.m.

NOW SHUT UP!

#55

xShonuffx said on February 13, 2011 at 2:34 p.m.

#23 Marn was doing this a couple times in a row so it's definantly possible. Fear the Dark Pheonix!!!

#56

Firegod said on February 13, 2011 at 2:53 p.m.

nice

#57

SteadiestShark said on February 13, 2011 at 2:58 p.m.

BURN IN THE FLAMES!

#58

cvs said on February 13, 2011 at 3:17 p.m.

CHAOTIC FLAMES!

#59

RawVoltage said on February 13, 2011 at 3:22 p.m.

Step 1. Make Phoenix your 3rd pick.
Step 2. Stack 5 meters.
Step 3. Let all your characters die.
Step 4. ???
Step 5. Profit!

#60

Cataclizm1 said on February 13, 2011 at 3:39 p.m.

I thought her health was supposed to steadily deplete the whole time in Dark Phoenix mode?

#61

redfactor said on February 13, 2011 at 3:55 p.m.

@61

Unless she has X-factor activated which cancels that due to the fact it heals

#62

sojiki said on February 13, 2011 at 4:13 p.m.

not that bad i think the worst thing is hsien ko - with her gold armor tag out then assist -,- its bull lol cant stop it ;D

#63

Doktor42 said on February 13, 2011 at 4:14 p.m.

I'm not going to be so easily swayed about her usefulness, I still want to use her, but one video won't make me scream top tier.

#64

massi4h said on February 13, 2011 at 4:41 p.m.

This works with almost any character in level 3 x factor though. I've seen Akuma reverse OCVs lol. Sent can pretty much land his super armor launch into a 2 hit air combo to kill you. But I guess Dark Phoenix would have a mean rushdown with L3XF.

#65

xRELLIKx said on February 13, 2011 at 4:56 p.m.

i still fell its just more gimmick. had the other player simply hit 2 other charging stars, shed be dead.

#66

MANDINGO said on February 13, 2011 at 7:08 p.m.

getting five bars is not hard considering how fast meter building is , u can use a morrigan bar building assist and maybe thor for his super taunt ...
gold hsien ko is a monster.

#67

SJDevs said on February 13, 2011 at 7:22 p.m.

i didn't need to see this video to convince me to use her, but it sure didn't hurt! ;-) Get it, girl!

#68

momoneymoe said on February 13, 2011 at 7:54 p.m.

another WASTE OF TIME

#69

Syirine said on February 13, 2011 at 10:09 p.m.

Killing people in one basic combo is fun now huh? Seriously?

#70

Remster said on February 13, 2011 at 11:19 p.m.

Ughh now I have 4 chars I really wanna play, not sure what to take off my team