Thought making the general Sent discussion thread “Shut Up!” would make people get the message. If you right now don’t know how to deal with atleast a “6” from the scale from 1 to 10, get on that training mode please.
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It’s been less than a (real) week. I would give it a couple weeks before starting to think I know anything useful. But that’s just me. =\
I honestly don’t see how anyone can defend Sentinel in this game.
In what universe is it a good thing for this game to be “Sentinel n’ Friends” instead of an actual 3 v 3 fighting game? He is so ridiculously powerful that the other two characters on the team combined aren’t as significant of a factor in a match as Sentinel is by himself.
Sure, we can all pick Sentinel and it is “fair” in that way. But how exactly can anyone argue that the game is better this way?
Sentinel is in-game. So to repeat, “stop whining”.
1–EVERYONE is overpowered with X-Factor. That’s the whole point of X-Factor. I can and have made 1v3 comebacks with nearly half the cast. It is not amazing.
2–If you’re such a fucking pussy about fighting X-Factor Sent, snap him in. They gave you the feature for a reason. Now STFU.
Cause Ammy completely shits on him. And Wolverine/Akuma/Storm has a more successful record than Sentinel so far, lol.
If someone is 16-80, and beats someone ranked in the “40’s” shouldn’t you only look at yourself?
like i said i respect sentinels that actual play the character. if you guys think im bad at the game for getting my ass kicked by a low rank come play me theres my gamer tag i’ll show you how much i actually need to practice.
i mean im a fucking 3rd lord didn’t get there by losing.
and no one continues to care
Damnn xD
Edit: mvc2 xbla/psn wasn’t an updated version. It got online added not balance changes.
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EAT A DICK.
Yours truly,
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I like how your argument that Sentinel needs to be nerfed is that you win a lot without using Sentinel.
Yeah, I’m thinking you got there by endlessly whining.
Which would explain your sig. You don’t want anyone stealing your awesome strategy.
Why are you taking online seriously?
Any proof that Ammy > Sentinel?
Wolv/Akuma/Storm only has a better record cuz of the JWong factor.
Actually I wanna add that it’s basically Wolverine’s rushdown + Akuma’s tatsu assist, all game. Storm isn’t even needed. If JWont switched Storm for Sent, he’d be completely unstoppable imo.
if you guys are going to talk shit then come play me, thats all im saying. yes i take online seriously cuz thats all i play i dont play in the arcade i dont use a joy stick i play online for the rank.
i mean i f***ing live in alaska
I really love Sentinel as a character. I was excited when he was announced for MvC3, but I was hoping he is on a more even level. So far I’m getting mixed feelings regarding how he turned out. I’ll list on what I think are some problems with Sentinel’s gameplay design.
- He does too much damage for his ease of play. I’ll elaborate on an example:
S, super jump, M, M, H, S, land, 236L XX 236AA (plasma storm) - 700,000 damage
This combo is incredibly easy to pull off, but it does significantly more damage than most character’s BnBs. There is something fundamentally wrong with Sentinel’s damage output versus the skill needed to perform the combos.
What’s even worse is that if you want to try one of Sentinel’s more complex combos, you usually end up with either the same damage or even lower. here’s an example:
S, super jump, H XX 214S, L, L, M, H XX 214S, double jump, L, M, S, land, 236L, 236AA (plasma storm) - 668,900 damage
This combo is far more difficult than the one above, but you are rewarded less damage. Sentinel does not need huge combos to perform a lot of damage, so damage scaling is incredibly generous too him.
- His strengths overcompensates for his weakness. Some people have a lot of difficulty dealing with Sentinel because rushing him down can be very risky due to his super armor. Any trade with Sentinel could end up horribly, and the fact that Sentinel does not need to do anything particularly fancy to take you down in one combo.
You would think that Sentinel would curl up heavily to pressure and rushdown due to his massive size and slow attack animations, but it’s more deceptive than it looks. Sentinel is very dangerous.
You can keep away, but his mouth lasers are VERY good. Sentinel is strong at all distances.
His alpha assist is incredibly good, considered to be one of the better ones.
While his attacks are fairly telegraphed, one mistake can be the end of it (which can be said about anyone with the presence of X-factor). Sentinel’s mix-ups are not splended, but he does have a command throw that should count for something. He’s fairly slow, but being a jack of all trades compensates for this.
Overall, he’s manageable, but I won’t disagree that he is incredibly strong once again.
tl;dr
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Sentinel combos are not hard to do, but the damage it produces it’s insane. Going for Sentinel’s harder combos have little to no reward due to damage scaling. Sentinel combos have generally less hits and does a lot of damage per hit so damage scaling affects him less.
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Sentinel has a great assist, mouth lasers for keep away, highest stamina, and super armor on some of his attacks to get the better end of trades and making him more dangerous to rushdown. Being slow is not a weakness big enough to compensate for all of his strengths.
Are you f’ing kidding me?
Shit, I’ve been wasting my time trying to find complex and cool new combos I never realized that simple little bastard dealt a solid 700 000.
This saddens me deeply. 
At long range, Ammy wins easily; Sent can’t even touch the bitch (that never gets old). Sent has to come to her. Have fun getting past bead spam with a target as big as Sentinel. At melee range, he sits behind paper and instant overheads all day. At any range, Ammy can super random shit on reaction. About the only work involved for Ammy seems to be playing smart about Sent’s cr.B.
Hey, a record is a record. When Sentinel starts winning tournaments, I’ll consider the argument that he might be too strong. Right now, the only proof I see is that lots of mashers online like to pick him.
dude, magneto can EM disruptor and interrupt him all day and sent cant do shit about it, he has to fly. rocket punch isnt full screen, his best bet is to “guess” and HSF. I “guess” ammy can do the same with a rain of Cold Stars and punish his whiffed moves with okami shuffle super.
im not saying Sent is not top, he def belongs there, but this isnt MvC2 where 3/4 of the cast didnt stand a chance vs top tier chars.
uhh to the dude who posted the bit about the fly combo vs 123dead BnB…
firstly, the point of the fly combo is meter management. Fly combo -> no net loss of meter.
BnB -> down a meter.
when you are playing scrubs this will not matter that much… when you are playing good players it will. It is the difference between a safe DHC and a desperate raw tag or dead sent.
secondly, why do both of those combos end in plasma storm? just use tk Rocket Punch x Hard Drive, that puts the opponent in a cornered position where the REAL damage comes into play lmao
thirdly, cats need to quit salting it up it’s been a week. For fuck’s sakes, people should be bitching about netcode not how broken sentinel is… if you are getting hit by people’s desperate normaljumping sentinels who mash their armored moves you need
- a better internet connection!??
- a better team?
or - better footsies period. Heard of a plan? get one.
SMDH, close thread.
x-factor needs an overhaul completely, can’t really blame sentinel although he is the biggest offenders.