Let’s get some general strategy discussion going guys, we’re falling behind other character forums. So far I find Iron Man to be a great pick he seems to have solid rush down, decent keep away, good assist, ok damage, and a really good hyper. It seems they went with the Ryu philosophy of good at everything, but master of nothing philosophy when designing him.
I agree with the other posters that tri jumping with medium attack is the best. It has stupid range and comes out pretty fast. I’m surprised sometimes when it hits because the range is just so good. The problem is that it can be difficult to land a combo if you hit them with the tip of the j. M during the tri jump. Still I’ve found the best way to start a combo is cr. LM, st. H, repulsar bast L, cr. MS and then juggle into whatever.
Thoughts about how to play the character? He’s definitely more rush down oriented then run away, but he can certainly gay it up here and here.
Do you guys have any trouble getting in vs zoning characters as Iron Man? Against a good Deadpool, Arthur, or Trish I just don’t understand what I can really do.
I’m not complaining, I’m just trying to learn what I can do. I’m not very good at this game yet lol
If it’s a low projectile then from full screen you can dash when you get room to breathe, then cancel the dash with a forward jump, air dash then use your down forward fierce. Even if they block it you can immediately tri jump into them when you hit the ground. Spamming L beam is pretty good too, it keeps up with a lot of stuff. I’ve also hit a Sentinel who was spamming fierce and down fierce once with Hyper, but I don’t know how reliable that is. Firstly they have to be spamming projectiles in a rhythm and secondly I don’t know how much invincibility the hyper has. Oh, and don’t forget you can fly over most stuff.
Against projectile spam i usually super jump and smart bomb a bit to force the spammer to think outside of the box, then i rushdown once I see their perspective change. Repulsar blast block everything practically by the way. So when mid screen i throw out a heavy one and if they throw a projectile at me i eat it with spread, if they rush i combo into spread or cannon.
Anyone else find im’s fly combos impractical though? I work so hard getting that first hit in, I don’t think ive seen anyone land that in a match. He needs some air fly combos, so you get them in the air and fly out of that.
Totally. I really wish you could do c.M s.H xx L Repulsur, c.M s.H xx Fly, j.L j.M j.H j.S, s.H s.S j.M j.M j.H dbljump cancel, j.M j.M j.S, OTG bombs xx Super :shake:
Im having a terrible time breaking people’s defenses with Iron Man. Ive got Doom and Taskmaster and so far I’ve been using TM’s j.B and Mighty Swing to open people up. Doom’s j.B also has tons of hitstun. It seems like the only time IM gets any use on my team is when DHCing.
I feel like I just can’t find that sweet opening move that gives me the opening I need to launch. His launcher just has such awful range. Does anyone have any tips?
I know exactly what you mean. I blame some of it on me still learning to play, but I too am having a lot of trouble opening up people as Iron Man. I’m trying to use tri-jump mixups more, and his fly+S overhead as someone mentioned earlier, but I feel scared to do it because it seems dangerous with everyone unpredictably mashing like crazy.
Just finished iron mans missions… I had 1-8 and 10 done but I just finished 9 and wow. That amount of precision required is tremendous… But I have actually been cracking through peoples defense with iron man. The trick is to hit them with 1 or 2 repulsar blasts then they get a bet scared of rushing down. Then that fast A.M trijump to low opens em up really well. You con’t rush down someone that’s rushing you down so you have to inflict some kind of fear. Those people throwing out moves with dante get annoying but you can find an opening trust…
BTW: try X-factoring before the level 9 combo, the timing is less strict since move recovery is faster but hit stuns the same (even though i didn’t do this i tried a couple attempts before i got it like this)
2C, AB, J.A or J.B
214A, Anything
214A, 214C, A or B (corner Only)
236C, A (Corner Only)
J.236B, A (Land Cancel)
J.8C, Unfly, J.A or J.B, Or J.C or J.2C
J.2C, Infly, J.A or J.B, Or J.C or J.2C or J.8C
J.623A/B/C, J.B or J.C or J.2C (Corner Only)
I’m having trouble landing his launcher. What are some good ways to get in and land it? If I try a string of ground normals my opponent usually finds a way to mash out of it if I have any holes in the attack.