Ranking ALL 56 CHARACTERS in Marvel vs Capcom 2

[@gilgafresh923]

Makes sense that the only Sentinel in a game filled with Mutants would be pretty insane to fight.

[@Maxtor-ve5nu]

and that storm is above because she's actually the sentinel killer in the comics

[@cubescast]

Are sentinals actually a big deal in the comics? They seem like total jobbers in the media i've experienced minus mvc2

[@joshhernandez6068]

⁠@@cubescastwhen a sentinel appears in the comics someone is bound to die its like a thing all the x-men have accepted

[@IlluminaZero]

@@cubescast Depends on the story arc. Sentinels go from fodder to apocalyptic Terminator death machines - Typically it requires proximity with Nimrod and Bastion but not always.

[@freelanceryuu]

@@Maxtor-ve5nureally?

[@Diaphone]

Can't believe you're sleeping on servbot like this

[@donpcmartin]

Don’t let up on him Diaphone

[@Guts1022]

We need another 1 week challenge video like y'all did with 3rd strike

[@trashxecution2476]

facts facts he never grew up with legos T_T

[@Darkkfated]

Everyone knows Roll is a secret top tier, everyone just downplays her as a gatekeeping method.

[@shiftybat7318]

Servbot is funy as hell and I have made many people quit because they thought I was trolling them with his tiny hitbox. Use Spiral on ground type to build meter since she doesn't Need supers, have Servy on the type that fills the screen, and Iceman. Get close with any of the three and force them to block a jab or two then hit the team hyper combo and watch 40-60% of their health get deleted while blocking.

[@Micha-Hil]

Now we're just waiting for the Dan, Servbot, Roll Only tournament.

[@ab14967]

That would be such a meme.

[@Qwerty-jy9mj]

Dan was great

[@blaized.dagger]

lol, someone ALREADY did an arcade playthrough of all three 😂

[@gwinbeer]

@@blaized.dagger Yes, it was Justin Wong, it's in his channel

[@blaized.dagger]

@@gwinbeer word? now you got me wanting to look into the low tier teams heavy lol

[@santh9115]

10:48 Sabertooth is such a chad that his assist has an assist

[@Snickerway]

Fun fact: Sabretooth’s assist assist, Birdy, existed for an extremely short period in the 90s and was already dead in the comics by her appearance in X-Men vs. Street Fighter. She continued to be dead for all her future assist assist appearances and was only resurrected in 2022. The MvC collection will be her first assist assist appearance while alive.

[@hessiankyojin]

@@Snickerway Waiting for the Sabretooth assist assist assist

[@Jabroniville]

@@Snickerway Yeah, Birdy was such a weird X-character- I think Jim Lee might have had bigger plans for her, but as-is, she was just "Jim wants to draw another hot chick" and she didn't last long after he was gone.

[@halfhero]

Folks who made it to the end are the secret toppest tier

[@SOSLO1324]

Turns out that the true top tiers are the friends we made along the way.

[@MLTrust]

I’m the toppiest tier! Lol

[@slick8582]

Folks who reads the comment's before watching the full video are the secret top tiers

[@IDisagree100]

Youre bottom tier sadly

[@goby1764]

The sloppiest toppiest

[@JeffKGaming]

I was like "ok i know he likes Silver Samurai but is he really putting him up with the gods?" And then reality hit. Thank goodness.

[@smithsmith6402]

Didn't mention my favourite thing about Jin: His comeback mechanic when he's injured as the last man standing.

[@JoThNoMi]

It kinda suck. Still sick.

[@NateDawgKotN]

Or his fire taunt!

[@servebotfrank4082]

Why you gotta call me Trash Tier Jm? I thought we had something there.

[@Thedrewster9194]

We’re sorry serve bot Frank….

[@Ludzig]

Cringe

[@RecoKCH]

@@Ludzigservebot Frank ratio’d you in 2024

[@superduper4820]

Loved this tier list, for such a huge roster you talked every character fast and to the point, really easy to watch

[@ElasticLove12]

A video on common teams and some basic strategies they have and weaknesses would be neat to prepare for what we will likely run into online

[@kevinmalone4341]

Silver Samurai is pretty close to breaking into top tier. Japan has been doing some crazy stuff with his ice install.

[@Walter.moonknight.morgan]

I just realized when you call in sabretooth he shows up just to call in birdie 😂

[@SolidBren]

Love this kind of content! I can tell this was from someone with a fairly high amount of experience and knowledge of the game. I learned and relearned quite a bit from it. Would love to see more rankings/tier lists for other games such as classic GG games, KoF games, Melty games, and BB games.

[@BruCipHiF]

I don't even play fighting games, I just love JM's love and enthusiasm for them and I'm totally here for it :)

[@DragonWaffleX]

That's awesome! Hope he sees this.

[@PlayrR3D156]

Iron Man deserves his placement especially when you LEARNED THE F*CKING INFINITE

[@MikeM-ls3ju]

Made it to the end!!! Love that anakaris and Dhalism climbed the tiers in your opinion. Love that storm is above sentinel too

[@richmusick4881]

Loving content for my favorite fighting game ever, long live mcv2!

[@Pusher_117]

Literally watched your vid learning the ROM combo today, and here you are doing it during this vid on (what looks like) the first take!

[@nojkoor1584]

30:39 Silver Samurai's lightning super does Godlike damage to Assists so that kinda fits with where he showed up in the discussion

[@ebayseller6040]

is it mashable?? proper mashing is holding up or down and hit buttons so I dont accidentally waste a meter with a dhc?

[@andrewwalden2005]

You missed that spider man can hit once with his air lk and then still do anything he wants in the air He also has an amazing Triangle dash which deserves a lot of cred. He is the mid tier magneto. His mixup game out of air combos will keep your opponent guessing constantly and spider man plays extremely well with teams. Truly one of the most underappreciated characters in the game

[@skiski508]

Trusss spiderman for me is god tier, guys a beassttttt

[@seteriansakat4146]

For Dan, his biggest strength that you didn't mention is his max suicide super (not sure of the translation). Landing the super instantly kills his opponent. Still trash tier but it is his most useful tool if he's close to death and happens to land it on someone

[@MacAves]

It doesn't instakill, but it _is_ the strongest single move in the game doing 100 damage. It's a good move to get when you need to kill a character, but yeah. Still garbage.

[@iwazbizywinning6261]

It’s called Path of a Man and actually very useful if you have an assist that can help you land one of the many guaranteed setups that ensure it lands

[@highanglelarry]

And it leaves him with 1hp

[@iwazbizywinning6261]

@@highanglelarry one HP is still enough to dhc in or out with

[@highanglelarry]

@@iwazbizywinning6261 no doubt, I was just saying it isn't suicide

[@louiewag9343]

When you thought unblockable was the scariest type of move, then unavoidable walks into the room...

[@andrewwalden2005]

Charlie is misplaced too… he’s got damage for days without ever using meter. Builds meter like crazy. Six.crescent kick is an amaaazing tool. Very underappreciated

[@HoldThePickle-bf3qf]

Not to mention he says you can’t combo into his supers. You absolutely can combo into his flashkick super.

[@fRikimaru1974]

Adamantium Wolverine speeding up makes no sense. Because adamantium adds a huge weight to his body so the normal skeleton version should be a lot faster...

[@setsunagoh]

Tell me you’ve never played the game without telling me

[@bugraegebaydar9409]

​@@setsunagoh lol you cannot read

[@DerrickBarrows]

I agree

[@BlissfulTortoise]

I actually didn't know that you live in Chicago. I got into anime fighters from Smash with DBFZ, and your videos on the game were a massive resource to me, I've been watching since. Cool to know that you've been nearby all these years, cheers!

[@down417]

Every time I see someone bury Servebot, then play against Servebot, Servebot buries them and they're like "BWUH?!"

[@TheOutlawed1000]

Everyone checkin just to see if their favorites aren't too bad. This isn't advice It's just something I hope people do. Be creative. Pick the team you want and then figure out how to make it work. It will keep you interested longer at least in my experience. If you've never played this game or haven't since the arcade days playing Storm, Magneto, Sentinel wont magically make you good at the game. But I'd be interested to see what experienced players think about it.

[@Link_IV]

I hope to see creativity and innovation with new players as well, giving the other characters a chance. IMO the meta of the game is pretty glitchy, lame and not the way it was expected to be played (in an era where updates weren't a thing). People like Maximilian gaslight players, making it look like getting juggled to death because of a bug is FUN. People are about to find out that the game isn't as fun to play as it's to watch when played like this.

[@justincurcio6710]

I'll be honest, while I'm nowhere near competitive level, I absolutely love using shuma gorath as a rush down point character. His petrification (down +hk) seems to drop him from some infinites. Also, he has a much smaller hit box when crouching vs crouching with block. Have worked out my own combo with him that seems to have infinite potential (I've managed multiple chains, but never quite get it right to keep it going all the way) and it fills his meter fast to get that 3 bar chaos dimension

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

I have no idea how many times I watched your mvc2 7-point tier list. I'll probly watch this even more.

[@tuxedonoir7970]

Made it to the end. I haven't played a fighter since OG Killer Instinct on SNES, but I really enjoy watching your videos and the joy you bring with the genre. Well done!

[@BryFo]

24:59 if the opponent doesn't roll the player can use Cammy to start the combo over again, if they dash towards the opponent. It maybe less damage on the restart but, a hit is a hit and made it to the end of the video.

[@ReikuYin]

Cammy forced you to tech roll. You didn't and she had a bar you were just gonna go for the ride all over again. So there was a mind game there too, which way to roll.

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

Idk about servbot, I saw this one video where a servbot just ran and blocked while spamming juggernaut and guile assist, seemed pretty god tier to me.

[@CloudianMH]

So you're saying... you could do that with any character? Running and blocking

[@Zoth87]

The idea is that Servbot has an extremely small hitbox. ​@@CloudianMH

[@sladevalen]

Servbot has my computer background and discord icon for almost 10 years. I dont care if he is bad ill give him my best shot

[@Fif5t0014]

With the re-release I was hoping someone made this exact video. Salute, sir.

[@lightspaceman5064]

Feeling really good about my Gambit, Cyclops, Storm X Men team right now.🎉

[@TheWonkster]

If I say "low-tiers only" and someone rolls up with Ruby Heart or Colossus, I'm leaving the lobby

[@McgurganatorZX_Live]

watched all the way to the end. Trying to learn this game, and knowing where characters place helps me know where to start

[@rawkeyy]

Very informative video, especially in the mid to low to tier area.

[@Darkmage1293]

Marvel vs Capcom 2 has one thing above a lot of fighters. At a casual level, every character is just the right amount of viable. It's one of the rare games I can think of that just about anyone on the roster has something fun to mess around with. The only real issue is that Cable exists, and he's just broken out the gate without needing execution. Anyone who sucks at MVC2 could be viable with basics from Sentinel, Cable, and a good third pick as an assist.

[@EzKay_PX]

Tbh, i would be cool with an MvC2 Redux mod or something that just levels the playing field a bit, because up until some top and god tiers it seemed actually balanced af (Also another old game where this is lowkey similar is MBAACC, thankfully all the top tiers require atleast decent neutral sense and most a fuck ton of execution. Which for an indie fighter with escentially 93 characters due yo each having 3 different movesets and game mechanics is fucking impresive)

[@jesmccoy26]

W video, this one probably gonna hold up for a long time unless people end up finding some new cool stuff in the collection

[@jonasbrothersrockist]

I used to play Marvel VS Capcom 2 with my older brother when we were young. Now, he's 35 and I'm 30.

[@yourweirdplant]

My favorite thing about BB Hood is the fact that half her moves are the typical fairy tale character moves you'll expect and the other half is the typical American citizen

[@DarkSymphony777]

hits home once you learn her lore

[@rickylucas6503]

as a gun toting american, i have to ask, have you seen the majority of our citizens? they couldn't fight their way out of a wet paperbag let alone put the safety on a pistol.

[@Flinch9000]

She’s been one of my mains on MVC2 next to Ken and Iron Man

[@ReikuYin]

Rogue power drain is one of her better tools. Let's her berak open people that turtle and on a cross up dive kick in the corner she gets a free air combo. Also depending on who you are fighting it gives different temp power ups that open up some fun options. What's cooler is that some characters give her different power depending on state. Examples being Captain America with or without shield gives power and speed respectively, Silver Samurai varios mode changes give different powers, and she can steal special states of some charcters like Colossus super armor state, Jin's desperation state and others. Makes her fun to mess around with cause who you fight can change your strategy.

[@EliTheGleason]

Just got into mvc2, it's so fun! I never thought I'd like it I've always been against crazy power levels and too long combos but this has been a very refreshing experience

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

As a non-FGC player who just finds stuff like this fascinating, I thought to myself at the beginning "Oh it would be fun to have a true Marvel vs Capcom, like have a tournament where half the players only play Marvel and half only play Capcom and they battle each other. I now see how comical of a blowout that would be.

[@randomwhitedude9227]

Lol yeah but it could still be interesting if it's agreed upon to not use the god tiers

[@DementedDistraction]

Tier lists be damned, I'm still gonna play Sabretooth because watching him slam Servebot into the ground with his grab will always be funny.

[@dragonOL2]

made it to the end amazing breakdown! Thanks for taking the time and putting in the work!

[@megasocks399]

The only reason why you don’t see servbot in tournaments is because it’s quietly agreed on that he is too overpowered

[@PulseFire215]

Even if he’s low tier, Hayato’s design is just too cool for me to not play him when the collection comes out.

[@ThrashMetalWolf666]

Hayato is pretty easy to play even though he's not very good. Just play him on point with two assists mainly a projectile assist and a anti air assist to help cover his weaknesses.

[@BetItAllOnBlack]

Made it to the end, one of your best! Dhalsim main from Brazil here, really appreciated all the info, excited to try some new teams

[@lasko1828]

The fact that my go to characters are Servebot, Roll And Hayato is amazing.

[@aaronp2542]

LOL That Silver Samurai God Tier bait is real. Made it all the way to the end and the jebaits!

[@eth102]

Poor Cap lol. I'll try my best to figure it out. At least Blackheart is decent.

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

I’ve never played an MVC game but this was still a fun watch! I love Roll as a character so I’ll probably wind up playing her despite her tier placement XD

[@Cyndadogo]

Thank you JM it was an amazing video I've learned a lot! ❤

[@cmar601]

Such a helpful take. I had the game and when it blew up I was trying to focus on Tekken. I would hear guys argue about match ups and all that when I was younger here in NYC at CTF. This gives a ton of context behind the arguments lol Made it to the end btw. I'm casual but I wanted to know who I wanted to run if some sweatlord wants to try to bully me at a house party or something. 😅

[@createprince2093]

I would kill for an optional balance patch in the upcoming rerelease enjoyed the vid as always man!

[@BigCrockDawg]

Lots of stuff I didn’t know about the lower/mid tier and even some of the upper tier characters have never been described to me in this way in other videos and tier lists. Really enjoyed the demonstrations and explanations, and yes I watched all the way to the end! I expected Magneto to be counted as the absolute top but I’m so much happier seeing you put Storm there, I love that girl! Thanks for the time and effort

[@CloudianMH]

Low tier- dont have combos or assists Mid tier- has either a combo or assist High tier- is actually a character that works. The most beloved fighting game of all time folks!

[@devoncampbell3607]

Don't forget the mix-ups each character can do - most of the cast is not good at opening up the opponent.

[@otterdonnelly9959]

The lower tiers work, the uppers just have more obvious options. They “literally” fly first class.

[@rapidrobby]

people dont love fighting games for their balance, they love them because theyre fun

[@yami122]

And the god tier which apparently literally forces the other player to be unable to play the game unless they're also playing a god tier character and even then oftentimes if they get hit a single time games over

[@Arctanis-vt3hl]

@@rapidrobby Wrong here - A great fighting game is a balanced one. I despise "tiers". There should only be one tier.

[@artifex00]

I loved this game and children of the atom in the arcade.

[@milesprower6110]

No one is gonna stop me from using Serbot

[@phychmasher]

25:17 Cammy's assist goes through energy attacks as well.

[@megamix5403]

20:47 Honestly, I'm glad you started out with Mega Man as a top tier character. While people like JWong say he's absolute trash, I don't mean any disrespect but when it comes to Marvel 2, you're definitely the voice of reason. I'm not just saying this as a Mega Man fan (though that is a huge part why I main him), I'm also saying this as someone who's been invested in Marvel 2 since the arcade days. Even in one of your earlier videos, you pointed out he has the fastest jab in the game (even faster than Magneto's which can come in handy at the start of the round) and his Buster Shot can easily give Storm a run for her money, even causing preventing her to use her supers if timed correctly. Mega Man definitely has a lot of potential, and I feel like his facets are yet to be explored though there are a few notable Mega Man players such as Thunder Trunks and RockmanLabs but hopefully, more will come along with the re-release of Marvel 2.

[@Baatosanabe]

Made it to the end. Thank you for your efforts to help newbies understand this timeless gem.

[@TerranceDavis-lu3yr]

Thank you for taking time out of your day to make this list. Much appreciated 👍

[@Guts1022]

Great vid jm. Please bring out much more mvc2 content with this rerelease collection. I really want to learn this game. Very hyped for it!

[@Jynxii_]

I would love to see a video going over what it takes to make a coherent team, for newer players like myself who will be playing for the first time in the re-release

[@rimimimimimimimim4170]

Great video, got a chance to play MVC on an arcade machine and every time I play it I remember how fun this game is, and MVC2 is even better than MVC, perfect timing for this video lol

[@freelanceryuu]

20:07 Fun fact, you can Tiger Knee Omega Red’s Carbonadium Smasher super, which increases combo potential. Just end your QFC +2xpunch movement with ↗️ up forward as soon as you leave the ground.

[@r1konTheAutomator]

Guile is surprisingly strong against sent. You dont have to charge his flash kick in the air and it has a gigantic projectile that knocks sent out of the air. So if you super jump and immediately flash kick then it keeps sent out of the air

[@flint9064]

Dhalsim is underrated imo. I think the fact he can call assists from super jump height and stall at the time similar to storm while having that magneto speed is very valuable. His biggest issues imo is that he is hard to execute and he is pretty picky about who he teams up with imo.

[@myloemike]

Great video! I'm so excited for the collection to come out so I can really sink my teeth into mvc2 and this video gave me a few ideas for what type of team I'm gonna make :D

[@PuppetMaster1]

Made it to the end, it's been a very fun content for ranking them

[@GameProdigy_]

I honestly feel like Ruby Heart is very viable in competitive play especially since how not many people play her so theres alot of hidden tech that can be discovered with her. Shes such a super underrated character and i may be biased since shes my main but i always seen her potential

[@vitaminrstudios]

I do think Ruby has a lot of hidden potential, just needs a Duc Do-like player to unearth it.

[@acev271]

Ruby actually has an infinite, it does require a bit of practice but she doesn't need assists to do it. Should you drop the combo, you can recover safely and try again. Ruby's crouching hk is a great control tool. It's deceptively fast, and can hit mutiple characters at once. You can stop supers and almost all assists. It can be hard to get combos off of it without assists though; and it isn't really spamable, but it can also let you crouch lower during the attack animation (similar to sonson's crawl move). Ruby also has a glitch! It involves her qcf move. If you do the normal version to it's limit, then the super version to it's limit, while going up to the top of the screen as much as possible, you might "exit" the stage for 10 seconds (leaves the world) . However I managed to pull this off on the dreamcast version; not sure about the other versions.

[@thelionbenc]

I understand why Shuma Gorath is in the Low Tier but he is my favorite character in this game. I use them with Gambit and normally Juggernaut because their three main super attacks chain really well into each other.

[@Jburneyjr]

About time you gave Anakaris his respect

[@linkdude777]

Nice and concise to make it clear why the meta of the game is what it is. What’s fascinating is that, if we compared the cast of mvc2 and umvc3, so many characters in mvc2 just can’t quite execute a gameplan on their own and need assists to function at all, whereas in umvc3, almost everyone can execute a gameplan and is refine with assists.

[@Pepsidud32]

to anyone new as someone who's been casually playing my entire life, be sure to just experiment and play characters that you actually like! Like Venom as a character? Play Venom etc! I play mostly mids but I don't mind cause I love the characters I play :)

[@KarimElHayawan]

JM, now might be the time for a ratio system intro and Tournament highlight video

[@sinisterrain2079]

Took a minute to watch the full thing, but great content. That's a great help! For the next wave of content, could you go over the anatomy of making great team? It might sounds obvious, but that can be some cool content to follow this.

[@Asian_newbie]

Sakura does have a hadouken but it's angled upwards and has trash range lol. It's just hadouken backwards (:

[@ashfuller3480]

Great video, I didn't play too much of this in the arcade when I was a kid because I didn't have much money, looking forward to owning this

[@losvortex10]

Thx for mentioning the juggernaut glitch maybe not being in the collection 😢frikkin crime

[@TheGreatMilksteak]

Power UP

[@edsonlopes7519]

Amazing video dude! Thanks a lot

[@cs4215_]

Great video! so excited for this collection.

[@dudearnav]

been getting back in MvC2 properly after years, in my spare time. this has been helpful, it also made me use servbot for the first time lol

[@thomassalas7024]

Cpt Commando was severly unerrated. easy short combos into super that does a lot of damage.

[@jajafeedyns8082]

Other Characteristics: *Heavy* *Characters:* Hulk, Juggernaut, Sentinel, Mecha Zangief?. Won't be as airborne from certain attacks from the opponent. *Chip* *Damage* *On* *Regular* *Attacks:* Jin, Hulk, Sentinel. Most or all attacks perform chip damage. I don't hear much about the unique traits that lies within this game.

[@TimothyMorigeau]

What’s crazy is that the woman who originally voiced Jean Grey in the original X-men animated series, voices Storm in the fighting video games. I was so surprised when I looked it up!!

[@ZonaGeeWon]

Great video! I think I chose my team from this video (because they look cool and I like their special moves and supers): Ruby Heart, Gambit, Psylocke. Can't wait to hear about or experience how bad of a choice I've made somehow!

[@MacAves]

Honestly? From a first glance, that's not a terrible team. Great point character to build meter, amazing anti air assist with fantastic combo potential, Gambit card assist is REALLY good, and you have decent chip damage too. The only real problem you would run into is mixup potential, as they don't really have instant overheads or throw combos. Other than that it's pretty solid.

[@AnakarisCurse]

Awesome Tier List I'm happy that FINALLY someone said Anakaris belonged to upper mid and is VIABLE vs Top/God Tier characters.. thank you! @jmcrofts 🎉

[@TheSuperHendo]

Nice video but I believe you misspoke about Silver Samurai's best ability. His Ice stance is so damn underrated and the fact he can stack up his power ups is OP because if he stacks 3 or more and goes for his Ice special than that’s GGs also he builds meter easy

[@TonyDrecaps]

Great video and details for every character

[@darkdoctor1915]

Felicia not being low is awesome Also shocked that Zangief is not low, guess I misjudged him

[@ThrashMetalWolf666]

He forgot to mention Felicia's supers which are pretty good like her sand splash super which puts opponents in the corner, and her please help me super that can be looped in the corner for insane damage.

[@M4rioL]

You should’ve mentioned JWong’s point system of putting out a team With Roll famously being worth 0 points😂

[@dannysimion]

Wow I haven’t played this game since laundry mat days . I’m psyched to play again as a casual gamer without having to get rolls of quarters.

[@Captainkirk923]

13:07 That Felicia grab does great damage, however I believe there's also a bug where it gives the opponent much more meter than they're supposed to on hit.

[@sukmykrok3388]

Yeah, I think I can agree with this list! Very solid from start to finish!

[@Waffletigercat]

Should’ve also mentioned the insane damage that Felicia’s Please Help Me! super does.

[@kyleolson8977]

How bad is Roll? I can't tell you anything about how to play MvC2 and yet I still know that Roll is the worst. That should tell you something. I assume.

[@dyingbreed360]

One thing not mentioned on Juggernaut is his oppressive assist, two of them are great at locking down opponents but also do good damage especially with the power up glitch.