Shuma-Gorath moves and strategies: Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Special Moves
• Mystic Stare •
Shoots six eye balls across the screen, if these hit they still stick to the other fighter and then explode about 8 seconds after wards.
Your opponent cannot block the explosion later on if the eyeballs connect initially, and this lets you set up some combos as soon as the explosion goes off.
You cannot fire off another Mystic Stare while the other player has eye balls attached to them.
Your Hard Punch Mystic Stare travels further across the screen than Light Punch.
(Can also be done in the air)• Mystic Smash •
An arcing roll attack that hits multiple times. Light Kick keeps you closer to the ground, while Hard Kick flies further up into the air. A pretty good juggling move and it can be used in some combos.
(When close)
• Devitalization (Command Grab) •
An unblockable command grab with more range and usually more damage than your regular throws. Solid attack.
Hyper (Super) Moves
• Hyper Mystic Smash •
Very fast start up time on this Hyper move making it easy to combo with. It shoots out a bunch of Shuma balls (like your Mystic Smash attack) which travel across the screen. This attack also performs well when trying to juggle the other player.
(Requires 3 Hyper bars)
or
• Chaos Dimension •
A difficult move for the other fighter to avoid. Once activated, you have 8 seconds to get close to the other player and connect with a Hard Punch or Kick, doing so will cause Shuma to encase them in a ball and take off over half of their life. This attack cannot be blocked.
This is a TERRIFIC Hyper move, even though it costs three Hyper bars to execute, because unless your enemy is very good at avoiding it or you're poor setting it up properly, you should be able to consistently land your Chaos Dimension in most of your battles.
Command Normals
(In the air)
• Petrification •
(In the air)
• Upward Blast •
Assists
| Type | Partner Assist | Variable Counter | Variable Combination | |
| A | Projectile Type | (H) Mystic Stare | (H) Mystic Stare | Hyper Mystic Smash |
| B | Expansion Type | (H) Mystic Smash | (H) Mystic Smash | Hyper Mystic Smash |
| Y | Balance Type | (H) Mystic Stare | (H) Mystic Smash | Hyper Mystic Smash |
• (L) next to the move stands for Light.
• (H) next to the move stands for Hard.
And an obvious homage to the work of H.P. Lovecraft which automatically makes Shuma the greatest character in fighting game history ;)
