Ranking ALL 56 CHARACTERS in Marvel vs Capcom 2

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@mhead1117]

Youre bottom tier sadly

[@goby1764]

The sloppiest toppiest

[@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.

[@bulb9970]

Hey JM you should know that Scrimblo Bimblo used to dominate my local arcade with Servbot, you just have to learn the character

[@servebotfrank4082]

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

[@andimari9194]

We’re sorry serve bot Frank….

[@Ludzig]

Cringe

[@RecoKCH]

@@Ludzigservebot Frank ratio’d you in 2024

[@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!

[@DanielOrtega-mz2tw]

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

[@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

[@Wtfisulookin10]

Storm is the perfect character to play mvc2. But goddamn her "OHHH" sound bite is so ear-piercing. 😂

[@PlayrR3D156]

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

[@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

[@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

[@louiewag9343]

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

[@losvortex10]

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

[@TheGreatMilksteak]

Power UP

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@megasocks399]

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

[@kevinmalone4341]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@superduper4820]

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

[@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

[@M4rioL]

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

[@sladevalen2120]

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

[@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

[@aaronp2542]

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

[@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

[@INikeAir]

The first 3 were so fast 😭😭😭 I wouldn’t have minded if this video was like an hour long with more time on each 5 min in and we’re on mid tier?! This is insane 😩

[@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.

[@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.

[@lightspaceman5064]

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

[@down417]

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

[@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!

[@konkeydonk]

did anyone else not even know that M. Bison was in the game

[@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.

[@eth102]

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

[@thathandleistakentrythisone]

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

[@r1konTheAutomator]

...wait did you just say they took out the juggernaut power up glitch? Oh man thats horrible if its true!

[@ChapLagoon417]

I never knew we were both Illinoisans! I know 90% of people are going to play MVC2, but if you're interested, I'd really love for you to rank the other games in the collection too. Controversial opinion...I'm more of a Marvel 1 fan over Marvel 2.

[@createprince2093]

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

[@phychmasher]

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

[@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.

[@Waffletigercat]

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

[@zhukov2116]

Seriously thought you were going to put Silver Samurai in God tier for some bizarre reason.

[@DerrickBarrows]

I wish instead of including all those different versions of MVC the devs would have just added a second version of MVC2 with a balance patch to make more characters viable. Remove infinites and jank, that sort of thing. That way the old heads would still have the original but also a new version to play with that is built off of the things Capcom has learned about balancing a fighting game.

[@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.

[@artifex00]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@milesprower6110]

No one is gonna stop me from using Serbot

[@ShinyGBZ]

I really hope they don't patch the Juggernaut super that's iconic as hell 😭😭

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@Jburneyjr]

About time you gave Anakaris his respect

[@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

[@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.

[@Fif5t0014]

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

[@vincentlarriemoldez4724]

Dang, anakaris being an upper mid tier is surprising

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@werdito4483]

Watching at the end just to see where Sentinel, Cable, and Captain Commando belong to. Not disappointed

[@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

[@KarimElHayawan]

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

[@Waffletigercat]

I honestly forgot that Bison was even in this game. lmao

[@GuyWithZen459]

I know my Team will be Spider-Man Ken And Megaman We finna go crazy

[@Waffletigercat]

If they remove Juggy glitch but don’t do a full balance pass, that’s absolutely fucking stupid. He’s not tournament-worthy even with the glitch. Jesus.

[@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.

[@darkchild4neverever]

I thought Thanos can loop his specials as well, that might bring him up a bit.

[@DanielOrtega-mz2tw]

I was looking for this 2 days ago really made me realize no one covers this game

[@BrassMountainLion]

I really want to see a ratio system that differentiates assists. There are clearly many characters who could drop one or more tiers when not using their best assist.

[@brettpach]

I think yipes and Justin both have ironman over cable now because of the guard break infinite setup and justin also mentioned he thinks storm tech has hit it's peak while sentinels ceiling keeps getting higher and higher so spot 1 might be more contested than ever.

[@SwayRod836]

Spiral is one of my top 3 characters. I'm surprised you didn't mention that she's probably the fastest teleporting character in the game. Very spammable teleport move that lets you essentially dodge most attacks.

[@Cyndadogo]

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

[@lucasl3657]

Have always wondered what it would be like if MvC2 were balanced to the high/mid tiers instead. A ton of characters seem "viable" if not for the toppest of top tiers just dominating.

[@UltracoreUltraUranium]

Great job being from Chicago. Didn’t know that. First streamer I’ve heard of from Chicago. Hecks yeah

[@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 :)

[@WiiCON-49000]

I use Servbot on my profile cause I love him. I don't care if he sucks. It'll just make me feel better, and you feel worse, when I win

[@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.

[@DragonWaffleX]

As. B.B Hood main I approve the evaluation. I will fill the screen with projectiles until the game crashes.

[@neojaw2192]

My friends and I love this game, but we do have some special rules… no infinites and only use assists in combos, not for pressure

[@Ryusuta]

I want to play against you one of these days and show you what Servbot can REALLY do. Let me know how I can make that happen.

[@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.

[@jeremyramsey1746]

Cable, sentinel, and juggernaut are an unstoppable team. I took many quarters and pride back in the arcade. I dont think I ever lost to anyone or the CPU..

[@KenMasters.]

You want to play as the most damaging team? Try *Cable + Iron Man + War Machine* (select Projectile Type for all three)

[@rawkeyy]

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

[@stuflames4769]

I wanna see the X-Men TV show or movie where Magneto, instead of being only/mostly a powers-based powerhouse, also absolutely rushes people down and combos the bejeezus out of them in silly ways.

[@sirdom8333]

I made it to the end of the video. My main squad back in the gap was always Guile, Jill, and either Commando or Akuma, but screw that. Magneto and Storm here i come 😂.

[@trashxecution2476]

GOD LIKE VIDEO! but morg is criminally underrated in this video

[@tonywong8134]

This is great, but more of a tier list than a rank list. I was actually expecting ranks from 56 to 1.

[@orochidan]

Played this game since it was released and all this info is fascinating.

[@TheDreadNecromancer]

He forgot to mention that sentinel also has the most health in the game as well