Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
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Character FAQ/Move List for Thanos Version 1.3
I. Introduction
II. Version History
III. Legend
IV. Character Information
-Biography
-Outfits
V. Rating
VI. Moves
-Special Moves
-Hyper Combos / Supers
-Assists
-Combos
VII. Coming Soon
VIII. Credits
IX. Legal Stuff
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I. Introduction
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Well, this is my first FAQ and I really don't know how to begin it so Im
going to begin by saying that I don't know how to begin it. Anyway, over the
past couple of months I've become a complete Marvel vs Capcom 2 maniac. I've
searched far and wide for any news what so ever on Marvel vs Capcom 2. I've
seen a million screen shots, about 30 movies, a few wallpapers (I have an
awesome one on my comp now) and have read as many previews and reviews and
other stuff. I've even read all the other character FAQ's on this site before
I even thought of making my own. But I just felt I needed to contribute to
the greatness of M vs C 2. So I'm doing it through GameFAQ's with a character
FAQ. Now the next thing I needed to decide is who? My favorite guys in the
game are the mutated freaks so I looked down the list and Thanos was my pick,
1, because he's never been mentioned in anything I've read on M vs C 2 and 2,
because he's awesome. Anyway.....
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II. Version History
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4/20/00 - 1.0 - Everything is new
4/21/00 - 1.1 - Spell checked it
- Updated Moves section
- Updated Credits section
4/22/00 - 1.2 - Fixed a few things here and there
5/5/00 - 1.3 - Added Rating Section
- Updated Legal Stuff section
- Updated Table of Contents
- Updated Character Information section
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III. Legend
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My legend is a bit different from most other FAQ's but I find it a lot
easier. Some other FAQ's that I read and printed out had the legend take up
an entire page so I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible. I don't use
QCF, QCB, etc. for down forward moves. I doubt anyone is actually goona press
down, take a 1 second pause and then press forward and a punch/kick.
Up - Up
Down - Down
Forward - Forward
Backward - Backward
(air) - can be done in air
Punch - Any Punch
PP - Both Punches
LP - Low Punch
HP - High Punch
Kick - Any Kick
KK - Both Kicks
LK - Low Kick
HK - High Kick
A1 - Assist 1
A2 - Assist 2
On to the character info.............
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IV. Character Information
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Biography
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Real Name - Thanos
Alias - None
Birthdate - ??/??/??
Height - 6 foot 7
Weight - 985 lbs.
Hair - None
Eyes - Red
Outfit - Titan Uniform
Fighting Style - Dragon Ball Z (It's the best way I could describe it)
Blood Type - ???
Strength - 9 (opinion)
Defense - 7.5 (opinion)
Power - 9 (opinion)
Speed - 7.5 (opinion)
Recovery - 7.5 (opinion)
Comboability - 8 (opinion)
Overall - 8.5 (opinion)
Known Allies: The Controller, the Super Skrull, The Blood Brothers,
Adam Warlock, Death, Terrax
Known Major Enemies: Captain Marvel, Adam Warlock, The Avengers,
Silver Surfer
First Appearance - Iron Man #55 (Comic)
Previous vs Appearances - Marvel Super Heroes
Brief History - Thanos is an Eternal, a race of almost immortal
beings who lived on the moon of Saturn called
Titan. Thanos' father saw his evil intentions
of taking over and exiled him from this planet.
Years later Thanos came back with his henchmen
and took over Titan which led to him attempting
to take over the universe. Using his psionic
and cosmic destructive abilities he almost did
take over the universe which he captured all
six Infinity Gems but was stopped (that's the
storyline of Marvel Super Heroes). Thanos still
remains a threat to many including Warlock and
Silver Surfer but yet has he fulfilled his
dream.
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Outfits
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LP - Light Blue Costume / Orange Shoulder Pads, etc.
HP - Light Blue Costume / Peach Shoulder Pads, etc.
LK - Blue Costume / Yellow Shoulder Pads, etc.
HK - Blue Costume / Red Shoulder Pads, etc.
A1 - Purple Costume / Orange Shoulder Pads, etc.
A2 - Purple Costume / Red Shoulder Pads, etc.
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V. Rating
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This is pretty much a review of Thanos. I will go through the six deciding
factors that make up a character (offense, defense, power, speed, recovery
and comboability) and give them each a score from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest
and 10 being the highest) followed by an overall score.
Offense - 9 - Definitely an offense based character. With an arsenal of
heavy duty power and super moves and the fact that he's a
boss of a previous Capcom versus game makes him almost all
offense. His Titan Crush could use some work, his Death
Sphere is good and pretty much all his supers are packed
with pain for the opposition. But don't get power hungry
because sometimes defense makes the man and if your all
offense and no defense, your most likely to lose.
Defense - 7.5 - Average. The reason I gave him such a high score (for
him, it's a high score) is because although his blocking
ability alone is bad he still naturally takes less damage
than most fighters. Sometimes when Thanos is being comboed
to death you can actually notice that he's not taking as
much damage as you can expect. With guys like Kobun, one
punch kills him almost automatically. His moves also have
decent recovery time, but people usually cant take full
advantage and do an 848 hit combo.
Power - 9 - Just in case there's any confusion over power and offense,
power is the strength and damage done by the moves and offense
is the arsenal of moves you have (Ex: Spider-Man and Wolverine
have good offense but not so great power). Anyway, the reason
I typed that last sentence is because Thanos' offense is mainly
due to his power moves which cancel out the first sentence. So
if you want a detailed explanation, read the offense part, and
if you don't want to read the offense part, exactly (I know it's
not funny but I wanted to make this part 9 lines long).
Speed - 7.5 - Although Thanos is a huge force to be reckoned with in terms
of power and offense, Thanos' speed is surprisingly good
considering he's mainly an offense based character. A great
advantage in his speed is that he has an infinite dash. Tap
Forward once and than quickly tap and hold forward again and
he will run as long as you want him to which is a huge plus.
In conclusion, although left in the dust by the likes of
Spider-Man and Wolverine, Thanos is pretty much the fastest
power-house in the game.
Recovery - 7.5 - For the most part average. His special moves have almost
no recovery time but his hyper combos are a different
story. His Gauntlet Space and Gauntlet Power has an
average recovery time by his Gauntlet Soul and Gauntlet
Reality have a pretty big recovery and if evaded can lead
to something not good. In conclusion, Thanos has average
recovery and gets a 7.5.
Comboability - 8 - Pretty combo friendly in my opinion. Pretty much all
of his supers are great combo finishers and all of
his regular moves are great assists if you're trying
link your own supers. Even though all his supers are
great combo finishers, some of them are great for just
linking combos in general like his Gauntlet Power and
his Gauntlet Soul. In conclusion, Thanos is a great
combo ender and an average combo linker and takes home
an 8. Not really a combo person.
Overall - 8.5 - In a final conclusion, Thanos is for the most part above
average. His power and offense obviously doesn't need
any work due to his powerful moves and previously being
a game end-boss, his defense is average, his speed is
average but good in a sense that his supposed to be offense
based and his recovery and comboability is average. Thanos
gets an 8.5. (If you got an 85 on a test, wouldn't you be
happy?)
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VI. Moves
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Special Moves
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Titan Crush - Down, Forward, Punch (air)
- Thanos simply raises his hand up follow by a
quick three punches. Can't really get a 10 line
explanation out of this one. Nothing fancy at
all really.
Death Sphere - Down, Forward, Kick
- Ok so it doesn't cause that much death but
it's still a cool name and an effective way to
start a real mean combo. Thanos winds up for a
punch but instead traps the opponent in sort of
a bubble things rendering him helpless for
the next 3 seconds or so. Great for combo
starters.
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Hyper Combos / Supers
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Gauntlet Power - Down, Forward, PP
- Thanos raises his fist up high as he charges
up. The four little orbs circle around his
fist signaling for a Dragon Ball Z-like move.
He then, in a punching motion, throws a huge
fireball taking up three quarters of the
screen at the opponent. Unblockable if in the
middle of a combo otherwise pretty easy to
block. Takes a good 25% percent off your
average opponent.
Gauntlet Soul - Down, Back, KK
- Like his other super setups, he raises his
fist up high with 4 tiny orbs surrounding his
fist. Then the screen flashes and a picture
of his mug pops up taking up half the screen.
Then a lighting like beam shoots out of his
fist and chases the opponent. If he misses,
the beam will try to hit the opponent for a
couple of seconds and then stop but if it
connects it zaps the opponent and takes a
good 20% off the average fighter.
Gauntlet Reality - Down, Back, PP
- Thanos as usual raises his clutched fist high
in the air cleverly hiding his super charge.
Then the orbs float around and Thanos' freakish
face pops up. Then two huge slabs of rock
surround the opponent and smash against each
other, crushing the opponent. Pretty easy to
dodge but does about 30% damage on the average
fighter. All power moves for this guy.
Gauntlet Space - Down, Forward, KK
- You have a pretty good idea by now of what
happens at the beginning of the super. Anyway,
after the starting sequence two meteor showers
fall out of a huge portal opened up by Thanos
on the top of the screen. The first one falls
by him (no it doesn't hurt him) and the second
one falls over the enemy. Can do anywhere from
1 to 20% damage.
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Assists
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Alpha - Death Sphere / Gauntlet Power (see above)
Beta - Titan Crush / Gauntlet Reality (see above)
Gamma - ?/Nothing / Gauntlet Space (see above)
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Combos
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Infinite Combo - HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death Sphere, HK,
Death Sphere, HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death
Sphere, HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death
Sphere,......
- You get the point. You can do some serious
damage to your opponent and your hand if you
can pull this one off. It really gets
annoying because the damage you do to your
opponent decreases as you juggle him/her and
is a real thumb killer but it's a cheap way
to beat your opponents best guy when your in
a real jam. As for how the combo looks it's
simply a kick to the face followed by the
Death Sphere followed by a kick to the face
followed by the Death Sphere followed by a
kick to the face followed by the Death
Sphere followed by......
Wine Killer - HK, Death Sphere, repeat until tired or
opponent says "stop being cheap", Titan Crush,
Gauntlet Power
- Ok, the name is cheezy as hell but it lives up
to it's name. 90% of the time you do the
infinite \ combo you either get a "cheapo" from
your fellow humanoid or a soar thumb. So if you
have this situation, don't just stop, give 'em
a few shots before you go. Simply give him the
'ol Titan Crush and a Gauntlet Power to go. As
for how it looks, multiple kick to the face
Death Sphere combinations followed by a few
quick punches to the face and a huge fireball.
Triple Super - Jump Forward, LK, HK, LP, Ducking LK, Gauntlet
Power, Gauntlet Power, Gauntlet Soul
- Thanos leaps into action with a series of
kicks and punches followed by two devastating
Gauntlet Powers and a Gauntlet Soul to go.
Takes a good 75% health off of the average Joe
and will usually result in your opponent being
stupified by an awesome combo that's not
totally cheap. In the combo above, if you were
playing against another person and tried to do
it, he would eventually punch you in the face
or swat your controller / joystick away and
take full advantage of your broken hands. As
for how it looks, a usual punch-kick combo
with two huge balls and a lighting bolt coming
out of Thanos' clutched fist.
Anything Combo - Jump Forward, LK, HK, LP, LP + LK (air combo
start), anything
- The reason I put anything is there is about
20 combinations of combos you can use
beginning with everything before "anything".
Try to create your own devastating combos or
add this to the start of your combo to make
it even more effective. Mix and match, slab
and slurp, grab and glurp (sorry I had to
say that) do anything, but my advice is not
to try stuff on the taller guys because it
most likely wont work on smaller guys. As
for how it looks it's all up to you.
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VII. Coming Soon
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- More combos (if necessary. If you have a combo send it in
and I will give you full credit)
- Vs. Computer FAQ
- More Character FAQs/Move lists
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VIII. Credits
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- MadManCafe, IGNDC, Segadojo, GamingAge, Fighters.net and
Shoryuken.com for providing me with the most up to date
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 news, reviews, combo movies, previews,
FAQ's, move lists and codes
- GameFAQs for making one hell of a site
- Capcom for making one hell of a game
- Mike Z for the combos
- Silver Surfer Website
(
http://marvelite.prohosting.com/surfer) for the character
information
- Me for writing this character FAQ
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XI. Legal Stuff
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- This document Copyright John Pantozzi (RAW64life) 2000
- If you don't find this FAQ on one of the following sites, it's illegal:
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http://www.gamefaqs.com
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http://www.fighters.net
- http;//www.gamewinners.com
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