Post all known Magnus changes here. OP to be updated as new info is posted (though given the number of magneto players i’m surprised there isn’t a thread for this already).
Buffs:
New Move (Attractor, :rdp:+:l:): Pulls the opponent towards the player horizonatally from anywhere on the screen. It functions similarly to Rachel’s Silpheed from Blazblue as it has no hitstun and affects the opponent no matter where they are on the screen, but differently as there is a startup animation for it. It’s also supercancellable.
New Move (Repulsor, :rdp:+:m:): The same as above, but pushes them away horizontally.
New Move (Gravitation, :rdp:+:h:): The same as above, but pushes them down vertically.
Spoiler
these new moves all have high utility… imagine calling assist and pulling them in for an immediate trijump mixup from ANYWHERE. or keeping someone out forever with repulsors/disruptors and well timed assist calls. or even making Wesker superjump bullets useless.
Nerfs:
Airdash momentum lowered slightly
Airdash has a slight delay before you can attack out of it
(like all the other current airdash characters in vanilla mvc3)
j.:h: has increased knockback
All versions of Disruptor have increased startup
Spoiler
the airdash and j.:h: nerfs pretty much break all of his current loops and makes his mixups a bit more seeable now. the disruptor nerf is meh but it was pretty much expected.
Miscellaneous notes:
Despite the airdash nerfs, he still has his midscreen flight, hypergrav loop and magnetic blast combos though the length is shortened due to the new hitstun deterioration changes.
my thoughts:
[details=Spoiler]basically our boy magnus is starting to show his age a bit. that doesn’t mean he isn’t still beast… it just means he’s had to come up with some new grime since his back is a little sore from showing peeps how pringles they are all day. he just wants to sit back and huck a little more of that e-lectronic plasma is all. in all seriousness though, his buffs seem to really outweigh the nerfs.
Yeah his black/purple Eve of Destruction costume looks badass especially when you start firing off EM Disruptors. He also has an all white Age of X costume. No helmetless costume yet though :[
Wasn’t the babyblue/turquoise Magneto popularized by DemonHyo in his FT10 against Potter? It’s a pretty popular color so I don’t think they would take it out. If anything they should get rid of that ugly Mutant X costume that no one uses.
On topic: unblockable magnetism moves make me feel so much better than before about losing his fullscreen loops.
I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure SooMighty uses the base blue body/purple cape model while DemonHyo used the turquoise body/red cape model in the Mahvel Baby video.
ROM no longer works for sure. hyper grav loops are still in but less reps because of the “slower” addf. trijump j.L is still ridiculously fast so that’s a relief.
