Marvel vs Capcom 2
Cable, Mercenary Soldier from the Future

By David C., 2000

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Marvel vs Capcom 2 is copyright Capcom.  Marvel characters is copyright
Marvel,  Capcom characters is copyrighted Capcom.  The FAQ is written by me,
David C..  I don't care if you want to post this on your site (I am honored
if you do so), just remember to ask me first.  My email address is
[email protected]


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Intro for our new hero
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Cable, the first guy I picked with MvC2, he can easily combo into his super
from any attacks, he can play a really mean keep-away game when need, and he
is easy to learn (for the most parts).  I found it's really fun to use him.
Although some people think he is a keep away character, however, he can be
really dangerous at close range as well.  All after all, he is my favorite
character in this game!

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Table of Contents
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- Legend
- Normal moves
- Special moves
- Hyper Combos
- Assist
- Combos
- General strategies
- How to play a good keep-away with Cable
- VS character strategies
- Revision History
- Credits and thanks

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Legend
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D = Down
F = Forward
B = Back
P = Any Punch
LP = Light Punch
FP = Fierce Punch
PP = Both Punches
K = Any Kick
LK = Light Kick
RK = Roundhouse Kick
KK = Both Kicks
DP = Dragon Punch (f, d, df)
QCF = Quarter Circle Forward (d, df, f)
QCB = Quarter Circle Back (d, db, b)

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Normal moves
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Light Punch
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Standing - Your standard jab.  LK is better.

Jumping - A jab in the air.  Nothing interesting about it.

Crouching - Basically the same as his standing Jab except he is crouching.

Strong Pinch
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Standing - This is  your launcher, and it sucks.  Short range, and hits
pretty high, can't even hit some crouching characters.  No wonder Cable has
almost no air combos.

Jumping - Only used in air combos.  Forgot what it looks like...

Crouching - Again, only used in combo.  A weird looking move, you have to
see by yourself.

Fierce Punch
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Standing - it plays an important role in Cable's combos.  Cable simply fires
his gun toward, can fire up to 4 times in a row.  Cancel into viper beam,
then into Hyper Viper beam if hit.  However, the lag time is horrible, and
small characters like Roll can move freely under the gun fire.

Jumping - again, Cable fires his gun toward.  This is in fact a pretty good
air to air move, only downside is the lag at the begining.

Crouching - Cable swing his arm, points his gun and fires to the sky.  Can
be used as an anti-air, but I don't really recommand it.  Really high
priority at the swing part.

Light Kick
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Standing - Cable sticks his knee and hit people with that.  I think this
move is better then his standing LP because at least you can hit small
characters with this.

Jumping - To tell you the turth, I can't remember.  Not that important
anyway.

Crouching - Cable sticks his feet out.  A standard crouching kick.

Forward Kick
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Standing - Cable kicks, just like how you would kick your friends.

Jumping - Again, I can't remember.

Crouching - Cable sticks his foot out, mainly used in combos.

Roundhouse Kick
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Stadning - A big, round...house kick towards the opponent.  Good range and
periority.

Jumping - Cable goes a double-foot flying kick with some delay at first.  A
good jump in move since it hits down-forward.  In the other hand, not so
good as an air to air move.

Crouching - A sweep, single hit knock down.

Forward + Roundhouse - Cable hop forward and kicks (more like stamp)
down-forward, some sweep won't be able to hit you.

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Special Moves
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Viper Beam, QCF + P (air)
- A beam attack that goes through anything on the screen includes
characters.  Hit multi times.  Press P during the move makes the beam
changes it's direction up or down.  Hold joystick up or down and press P to
make the beam goes to the way you want.

Psimitar, DP + P
- Looks like a dragon punch.  If you hit your opponent with this, he will be
drag all the way up, over the top of the screen by the energy sword-alike
stuff Cable shoots out.  As an anti air move, it sucks.  You can be knock
out from this move.  Besides, if you miss or got blocked, kiss your life
good bye.

Electrap, QCB + K (air)
- Long recovery and start time, however, it's a great pressure move.  If you
hit your opponent, he is trapped there for a few second.  Hold dwon K and
the bomb will go all the way down on the ground.  Release K and the bomb
will go off.

Psi-charge, QCB + P
- A throw move, yet it can be blocked and low on damage.  Charge up your
super bar like mad, and so is your opponent's.  Useless if you ask me.

Rushing Punch, QCF + K
- I don't really know the name for this move.  Cable rushs forward and
punchs, with some blue flashy light in front of him.  Although people tend
not to use this move, but it is, in fact, a pretty cool stuff to add in your
combo, and it pushs your opponent a little bit away even if blocked.

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Hyper Combos (Supers, whatever)
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Time Flip, QCF + KK
- A cool looking super, but otherwise pretty much useless.  All after all,
it's just not that good.  Anyway, another Cable jumps in and dash forward,
if it connects, then he starts an auto-combo while you can do whatever you
want besides another super.  The "future Cable" goes through projectiles
like Ryu's Hadoken.

Hyper Viper Beam, QCF + PP (air*)
- Don't even bother to use the ground vision of this move, yes, you heard
me.  The air vision is far better then the ground vision.  Use the Air Hyper
Viper Beam, never use the ground one.  You can tap P and hold up and down to
control the beam as well.

*Air HVB, (in the air) QCF + PP; On the ground, Down, Down forward, Forward,
Up forward + PP (If done right, Cable will fire in the air a little bit
above ground)
- Now here is the stuff.  Although the ground vision and the air vision are
both called Hyper Viper Beam, the air vision is in fact way better then the
ground one.
First, it has almost no starting delay.
Second, it has almost no lag afterwards.
Third, it combos into itself! (More on this at the combo section)

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Assist
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All Cable's assists are useful in their own way

Alpha
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Assist: Viper Beam
Variable Counter: Viper Beam
Team Super: Hyper Viper Beam

This is a good assist because even tho it's a projectile move, the Viper
Beam can hold hit opponent there for future combos, and it is fast.  Use
this if you need some long range attack.

Beta
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Assist: Psimitar
Variable Counter: Pscimitar
Team Super: Hyper Viper Beam

My favorite one.  This is fast and high on priority.  If you are having
headach against those dash in crazy characters, or just need some anti-air
defence, this is the assist for you.

Gamma
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Assist: Electrap
Variable Counter: Rushing Punch
Team Super: Hyper Viper Beam

This assist is a more tricky one.  Cable always perform the LK vision of the
Electrap, and you can't control it.  It's hard to not notice that Cable
jumps in and throw the bomb.  And because you can't delay the bomb, people
knows where it will set off.  Choose this assist only if you know what you
are doing.

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Combos
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There are just too many combos and I am not going to post every single one
here.  Those are the one I use most often in a really game play.  One thing
weird is, most combos for Cable is ground based!  So forget about all those
flying-superman-wannabe-air-jumping-combos, fight like a man, fight on the
ground!

LK, LK, FP x 4, Viper Beam, cancel into Hyper Viper Beam
- The classic combo for Cable.  Doesn't work against small and some ducking
characters.

LK, LK, RK, Viper Beam, cancel into Hyper Viper Beam
- Another easy combo, this time it works on some small characters as well.

D.LK, D.LK, D.FP (first hit), cancel into Hyper Viper Beam
- This combo works no matter how small your opponent is, and it looks tight,
too!

LK, LK, RK, Rushing Punch, cancel into Hyper Viper Beam
- Remember to aim up...

D.LK, D.LK, D.RH, Viper Beam, cancel into Hyper Viper Beam
- This is an OTG combo, which means your opponent has a chance to roll out.
You have to aim low for both Viper Beam and Hyper Viper Beam.  Very good for
DHC.  I would take the Viper Beam out just to make this combo easier to do
=P

D.LK, D.LK, D.RH, Rushing Punch, cancel into Hyper Viper Beam
- Just like the one above, an OTG combo which requires harder timing.  Just
use the above one unless you want to show others how flashy Cable is =)

LK, LK, FP x 4, Psimitar, cancel into Hyper Viper Beam (in air), when land,
do another *Air Hyper Viper Beam, aim high, do another Air Hyper Viper Beam
when land, hold up and tap P, and another, and another...

*See Hyper Combo section

In fact, if you hit your opponent with an Air Hyper Viper Beam and you are
not too far away from the ground, you can try and do the Hyper Viper Beam
into Hyper Viper Beam trick.

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General Strategies
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First of, let me say this, no two people play the same, and there is no best
character/team out there, nor the best player.  What I write down here is
how I play, you might not agree with me, but anyway...

When playing Cable, you can play quite a few different ways with him.  With
the all those damage and easy (most of) combos, and a super-fast super (Air
HVB), Cable can play a great offense game.  Dash in or jump in, forget about
all those keep away crap, show them those great combos you got.

However, if you just love to play keep away, or you need a brief rest from
your opponent, jump back and throw dozen of those handy electrap bombs along
with viper beam.  Cancel any hit viper beam into HVB, and blast those away
if they are stupid enoguh to get caught by a electrap.  If they start to
call you cheap, so be it.  Keep doing this until they get pissed off (unless
they are your friends, in this case, you better stop it).

When fight against those dashing in combo people, Cable doesn't really have
the speed to beat them.  I know some people just start to play keep away, in
fact, that might be the best way.  But if you don't want to play keep away
for some reason, starts to use jump in RK alot.  Try to hold them in place.
Waiting for them to make any mistake, and punish them with an Air HVB, and
don't forget his Rushing Punch move.  Also, throw some of those electraps to
slow them down if need.

Cable is good when at close range or long range, but not at mid range.  I
don't think he can play poking game at all.  When fighting against some
other characters, either jump in (combos), or jump out (keep away), which
ever you like.  Cable also has some problem with his defense game, he
doesn't really have a good anti-air move and can't stop people from jump in.
 The best way to solve this problem is, as I said before, jump in and
starts a combo, or jump out and play keep away.  Switch between the keep
away and dash in, never ever give your opponent time to rest!

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How to play a good keep-away with Cable!
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What's keep-away?  Keep away is a way of playing that "keeps" your opponent
"away" with long range attacks like projectiles/beams, and chip them to
death while they can't put their finger on you.  Some say it's lame, other
say it's cheap, I say it's a tactic that requires good timing and the
ability to see what your opponent is going to do.

Cable is a really good character when used in a keep-away game.  His viper
beam has great coverage since you can direct the beam up and down.  His
electrap is tricky and can really stops your opponent from move closer to
you if used right.  Along with the blessing from Capcom of his FP, there is
no reason why you don't want to play keep-away with Cable.

Unlike Iceman/Cyclop, Cable can't shoot his beam up-forward, and unlike Dr.
Doom, Cable doesn't have a good anti-air move.  It's just not good when your
opponent keeps jump-in.  The best way to deal with this problem is to stop
them from jumping.  Only use Viper Beam and Hyper Viper Beam in air unless
it's in a combo or you are 100% sure it's going to hit.  By jump back and
shoot Viper Beam, you increase the coverage of Viper Beam to about 2/3
screen wide (with directing the beam of course), and also increase the
distance between you and your opponent.  Your opponent won't be able to jump
any closer to you unless they are super or double/triple jumping before your
beam come out.  Having a good anti-air assist is a good way for dealing with
super jump, just remember to cover for your assist.  Finally, another good
way to deal with super jump-in is simply dash forward to where your opponent
was while they are at the top of the screen.  This way, you put Cable out
from any jump-in attack, and you don't need to deal with all those high-low,
assist-calling, or throw-trapping games.

When facing characters that are able to counter Cable's Viper Beam attack
(like Juggernaught, Omega Red), use your LP Viper Beam alot.  Juggernaught
can Headcrush you after your FP Viper Beam even when he is at the other side
of screen.  The less recovery of LP Viper Beam does make a huge difference.
When play against characters with beam supers, do something like hop back
without the beam, super jump up and throw some Electraps to trick your
opponent's timing.  If you use Viper Beam everytime you jump back, the
chance you got nailed by a beam super is about 99%.

Another important thing about keep-away is always stay on your toe.  Some
people get mad when play against keep-away because now they can't do their
lovely 50 hits air combos etc.  Try super jump all the way to the other side
of screen whenever they (finally) get close to you.  This makes them even
more mad because now they have to catch you again while your beam stops them
from jumping and dashing and chip more health away from them.  People do
stupid things when they are losing their mind.  At this point, some probably
starts to call you cheap, but if you want to play a really mean keep-away,
don't stop here.

The most important thing is, if you don't like to play keep-away with Cable,
don't.  I like keep-away game (yeah you heard me =P) and that's why I play
keep-away game.  Having fun is more important then win the match anyway. =)

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VS Character Strategies
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Hehehe, we got 5 up there so far.  51 more to go, yeah!

Dr. Doom
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Dr. Doom can play keep away just as mean as Cable.  One big difference is
Cable usually keep the opponent at the other side of screen, while Doom tend
to stay in air and keep the opponent down on the ground.  You have to stop
him from jumping and air dashing around in order to beat him.  Jump up if he
jumps up, dash in if he stays on the ground.  In air, Dr. Doom's beams can't
hit people who are direct under him or the people who are right in front of
him(the FP one doesn't count =P), remember this.  Cable's Viper Beam can
beat out Dr. Doom's any projectiles attack, and if the Doom player use that
rock shield thing, Air HVB him.

Ice Man
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Ice Man talks no blocking damage from Cable's Viper Beam and Hyper Viper
Beam!  Don't panic, remember that Ice Man talks alot damage?  If the Ice Man
player makes any mistake, Air HVB him.  If you see Ice Man's Ice Beam
coming, jump back, block the beam if you need, then pay him back with your
lovely Air HVB.  This works every time!  If he starts to super jump and
shoots those beams from air, jump up and use your FP or, again, Air HVB to
nail him down.  All he got is that one and only dash in combo to his super,
and all you need is to block that, and starts jump in.  All after all, Ice
Man should be no treat to Cable.

Jill
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I remember the first time when Jill showed up at the arcade I play at,
everybody got bite by those zombies at least 10 times per round.  After a
while, people figured out how to deal with those zombies, suddenly, Jill is
not that hot anymore, but alot people still love to use her.  The lag time
at the beginning of zombie summering is long enough for you to Viper Beam,
or even AHVB her.  She can play tricky keep away well with her helpers,
however, any Jill player who has the gut to challange keep away game aginst
Cable shall be reward by Viper Beam and AHVB.  Kill all the zombies with
your Viper Beam, I would suggest LP one because a good player will set you
up, and LP Viper Beam has better recovery time, just in case.  Some people
play Jill go combo crazy.  Kinda like Iceman, most people always use "that"
air combo.  Just start your keep away game and she won't even be able to get
close to you.  Also, remember to roll everytime you got knock down to avoid
her OTG combos.  IMO, if you are playing Jill without summor her zombies,
then you are not playing the girl right!

Juggernaught
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Headcrush is fast!  Never do your HP Viper Beam, and only do the LP Viper
Beam when you are at least 3/4 screen away from him unless you are 110% sure
you are going to connect.  Note, this doesn't apply to a jump in Juggy.
Throw anything you want against this big guy when he is in air.  Super jump
up and throws some Electraps down (hold K) just to annoy the Juggernaught
player.  Well, that's about it, I always beat Juggy without any problems.

Omega Red
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A nightmare before, but not that bad now.  Don't try to play a "FP Viper
Beam" keep-away game with this guy, he is going to take you down with his
Coils.  If you use FP Viper Beam from afar, you will probaly eat his damned
crouching RK, his Omega Strike thing, or his jumping down-forward
Carbonadium Coils.  So use your LP one!  This way he won't be fast enough to
counter.  Jump in works great against a good Omega Red player.  There is lag
in just about all of Omega Red's move except that Omega Strike.  If you see
a missed Coil there, do an Air HVP, this includes his Carbonadium Coils, his
crouching RK, and his super.  Also, if you are on the ground, always hold
back because Omega's crouching RK can hit pretty much anywhere on the ground
in less then half-sec.   The best way to stop Omega from keep using his
Omega Strike -> retreat is to get close to him, or call your assist (best
anti-air) when you see that's coming.  Lure him into doing any of those Coil
moves and Air HVB him is now the way I use to beat Omega Red players, and it
works all the time!

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Revision History
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6/22/00 1.0 - Take out the question about AHVB after air throw thanks to
Magnus.  Add VS strategies for Jill.  Some editing.

6/19/00 0.9 - Add two OTG combos thanks to Genji.  VS Strategies for Dr.
Doom

6/18/00 0.8b - Sorry, but I got a busy week... Some "minor" editing.  Help
needed, see "Combos" for more detail =)

6/8/00 0.8 - Add the "How to play a good keep-away with Cable and VS
Strategies for Juggernaught.  Edit some stuff about VS Omega Red.  Some
editing

5/29/00 0.7 - Add normal moves (the rest).  Some notes about his assist, VS
Strategies for Ice man and Omega Red.  Some editing.

5/24/00 0.5 - it is here!

Next Update - Play against styles, more VS Strategies...etc.

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Credits and Thanks
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Magnus ([email protected]) for telling me that AHVB won't
connect after the air throw.

Genji ([email protected]) for those nice combos,  Now go and practice those!

Jesse & Jesse(two Jesse!) for playing those awesome games of MvC2 with me.

My H., all right, play harder and maybe one day you could pass my Amingo.

George W. for all those free/50%-off food we eat while we play the game.

CJayC for the hecked save file and this wonderful site.  Without him, none
of those could happen.

KMegura for that awesome FAQ, I get most move names are from his FAQ  =P

Capcom for making all those awesome fighting game

All the people out there who is reading this FAQ, thanks!  =)

If you have any suggestions, questions, or just want to argue with me, feel
free to email me.  Again, my email address is [email protected].

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