The Ultimate Guide to UMVC3: Complete Movement Guide

[@gamesmash9859]

"it's more important to be consistent, than to be fast" - wise words, ill do well to remember them.

[@heefmvc]

Please do! I don’t have the fastest movement in the Marvel scene, I don’t Plink as much as I should, but I’ve gotten my wavedashes consistent, then fast, and now I tend to place fairly well in tournaments! Do your best! Let me know if you have any questions :)

[@heefmvc]

I did make a small mistake! Amaterasu DOES NOT have a one-way airdash, she can airdash forward, up-forward, and down-forward.

[@imezstreety33t28]

Good to know! Thanks

[@tannermedlin9309]

Really hoping there's an explanation of team synergy soon. I don't think there's any comprehensive guide that really explains how your team should interact with itself.

[@IHeartJustice]

A champion instructor is born

[@Mundank]

I am very honored for the subtle team shout-out during the movement sections ❤️

[@heefmvc]

Haha I’m glad you noticed! Wanted to fit in teams from people I know! Congrats on TNS Brazil by the way, you were awesome!

[@skatemo100]

Relatively new to fighting games. I play DBFZ, Injustice, and MK so far but I want to get into MvC but it’s so much more advanced than these other 3 games. Thanks so much for these tutorials, you’ve earned a sub.

[@heefmvc]

Hey thank you, that means a lot to me. I know it all seems very complicated, but that’s only because resources for the game are outdated/unrefined. I’ll keep doing my best to help out! Thanks so much for the sub!

[@OzzyGMS]

@@heefmvc Good work, information & attitude. If that doesn't deserve a sub idk what does. Thanks mate.

[@JNAMOTORSPORTS]

Your playing baby games lol

[@blekhy6964]

Just bought this game, so I’m coming back to this guide now so I can actually move with dormammu. Thanks for the great content man, and keep it up.

[@ettoreozzy9932]

I'm trying to learn how to properly play the game and I never fully understood flight. Your sections on Flight Mode, Tri-Jumping, Airdash Chaining and Air Plink Dashing explained a lot to me from what I've always saw in tournament matches videos. I'm going to start practicing tri-jump and airdash chaining together with wavedashing. Thanks a lot for the guide videos!

[@RyotaSenju_KOF]

This is really helpful for the fact I play pad. I can actually move with Magneto now

[@heefmvc]

I can relate, been a pad Magneto for a while, it can be tough.

[@luismanuelgarciagotopo5578]

Man, im starting this game and at the star i was really lost but your videos were so helplfull to undertand everything. Its hella dificult but i have so much fun playing it. Thank you!!

[@PatFGC]

So I'm trying to learn this "dash" stuff but I'm playing my guy Arthur and it just isn't coming out. Any tips?

[@heefmvc]

So UMVC3 has a glitch where Arthur’s dash doesn’t work. In your case, I’d pick up MvC:I instead! 👀

[@Jankenstein]

@@heefmvc Heinous, how dare you recommend Infinite? /j

[@JNAMOTORSPORTS]

You need to use the secret button

[@swege9315]

You poor soul

[@air-ick5578]

I love these videos! I used to play this game as a kid and had no idea what I was doing and recently got back into it and want to be a decent player. I appreciate the content !

[@heefmvc]

Thanks so much, that's very kind of you! There are plenty of ways to improve, and there are plenty of other newer players too! Not sure if you're in the UMVC3 community Discord, but they have many new players who're also trying to learn. You should join!

[@sleebyrose]

"Personally, I prefer the air!"

[@JehuisRad]

Thank you so much for making this videos played this game as an 18 year old in college and 10 years later im back at it and can't wait for the combo video!

[@yakushi77]

such a great video, i've seen a lot of people who buy this game thinking theyre going to play something like streetfighter, and end up getting stomped pretty hard and leaving bad reviews for the game. I really love these begginer's guide for starters rather then all those pro level meta picks kill combos, i'd really love to see players be able to pick this game up and enjoy it!

[@heefmvc]

Thank you so much! I’ll try my best to keep making these, things have gotten pretty busy sadly.

[@WaddleDee105]

Awesome to see another video from you. I don't think I've seen a video that teaches all the basics of movement in Ultimate before so I'll be sharing this with some friends. Keep up the awesome work!

[@heefmvc]

Thanks so much, I appreciate that!

[@FaisalDante]

Heefnoff great stuff man.

[@heefmvc]

Thanks so much man, I really appreciate that!

[@CTechsDoom]

Not to be “THAT PERSON” but uhh dante and vergil devil trigger gives em extra movement option. Dante DT has flight and Vergil DT gains a two way air dash! Amazing job on this guide though me boi! Cant wait for episode 3 and show it to my apprentice!

[@heefmvc]

True! I found there were a lot of situations in making the lists where a character could technically do something, but it either wasn't useful enough to be part of the gameplan, or wasn't used often enough to mention. Stuff like Nova/Iron Man being able to air plink for example. You CAN do it, but why? Dante and Vergil I should've mentioned in that regard (I did mention Dante's DT giving him a triple jump briefly, but didn't talk about Vergil DT at all). I appreciate you mentioning this though!

[@nigleong7817]

​@@heefmvc You didn't mention that some characters have wall jumps. Vergil is so lucky to not only have wall jump but 2 way airdash and a double jump when devil trigger is activated. He has a the stinger dash, the easiest plink dash in the whole game where anyone with no experience or understanding of plinking can do it. I love umvc3 content so great work.

[@heefmvc]

@@nigleong7817 True true, I ended up skirting away from movement options that are a bit too specific, but perhaps I shouldn’t have

[@nigleong7817]

​@@heefmvc I understand you though, some movement options are character specific. Also im not sure if this would be consider a movement thing. The momentum given to moves that normally wouldnt have. Such as strider and how he can gain the dash momentum properties when combined with his sliding foot OTG normal. Regardless this is a great guide for new players.

[@jonatanperdomo432]

This video was great! Not only did it explain well how to execute each movement option but also was clear about the purpose of each.

[@heefmvc]

I’m glad to hear that, thanks you! I’ll do my best to keep going!

[@TonyKilaBeatz]

I thought this vid was gonna suck, but this is golden info here!! I suck for not finding its 3 yrs ago lol

[@cat-avenger1371]

Your videos are a tremendous help for me as a beginner. Happy UMVC3~ing.

[@heefmvc]

Thank you so much, I’m really happy to hear that!

[@bananabike279]

Great guide!! I always wondered how players did those crazy air-dashes. Now I know how to do it... it still makes my head spin haha. Wavedashing seems not too hard though, so I'm going to try that out first!

[@NecromancerX_]

I just downloaded this game in 2022 for the PS5 and honestly it's amazing people are ridiculously good at it and your tutorial helps tremendously. Marvel versus Capcom infinite was an utter disgrace this game. I didn't know how deep this game was

[@heefmvc]

Yeah! The Marvel vs Capcom series is so complex and deep, there’s always something more to learn. Even me, I’ve got so much work to do to compete with the best players!

[@anthonycortez4079]

Please keep the content coming man your tutorials really help me out 100%

[@Nothルッキー]

Thx very much for sharing all this wisdom, when i see u in TNS tourneys I always root for u professor :)

[@heefmvc]

Hey thank you so much, that’s so nice of you! I haven’t gotten to enter TNS the last couple weeks, but I’ll be sure to do my best at the Last Chance Qualifiers this week!

[@willow_fgc]

AYO GOOD SHIT AS ALWAYS HEEF

[@Bluemountains801]

Holy shit the movement in this game is sick

[@heefmvc]

For sure! Honestly the movement is what makes this my favorite fighting game. It's so unique, so open ended!

[@v.i.p.s.k.a.r7649]

I've been trying to figure out movement for the longest time! Thank you so much for this

[@mfbandit7930]

this is godlike

[@Nairogamer]

Excellent video my friend, i’ll waiting for the next episode and hoping that includes some OTG info

[@xenocide1307]

These are all more character specific, but additional forms of movement you could cover: wall clings, wall jumps, teleports, and command dashes

[@TisThePanda]

Aww yeah keep it coming on the guides

[@Mawthu]

More keep em comin

[@bunsomite]

Nice video ! Helped me understand it better then other videos! Kudos

[@damacman64]

Bro please continue this!

[@GregInTechnicolor]

I would really like episode 3 to be a guide on how intermediate combo work? I really want to get away from just doing L>M>H>S>SJ>L>M>H>S/Special Move but it's I don't fully understand all the more advanced mechanics and limitations of the combo system. Would really appreciate it!

[@heefmvc]

You’re in luck! Episode 3 will be about that. It’ll have the early combo stuff you said you want to move away from, but it’ll also explain how to extend with wallbounces, groundbounces, all that stuff!

[@GregInTechnicolor]

@@heefmvc awesome! don't forget about OTGs and how to utilize assists with OTGs! The only one I can seem to get working is Doom or Hulk :/

[@Kompound_1]

I finally know how to back wave dash.

[@belinskiparadox7687]

Heefnoff you have blessed me with Schmovement. How can I ever repay you

[@massi4h]

Great video, but yeah you forgot walljumps. Especially good with characters with double/triple jumps as the walljumps don't take up their other jumps so they can get pretty high.

[@heefmvc]

Yeah, I did, my bad! Somehow it just never came to mind when I was writing the script.

[@joseph061891]

Great tutorial and excellent in-depth explanations 👍🏾

[@DanteOnWiFi]

Yo a very good movement guide, refreshed a lot of stuff I forgot/made me learn more

[@heefmvc]

Thanks so much! Glad it could help!

[@DanteOnWiFi]

@@heefmvc looking forward to that combo build-up video!

[@heefmvc]

@@DanteOnWiFi Haha alright! I’ll try and get the script done ASAP, ideally I can get that next video out much much sooner!

[@DanteOnWiFi]

@@heefmvc That's gonna mean a lot! Thanks!

[@ProzacStylings]

Only missing one thing: dashing forward while holding back. Only useful for charge characters, but still useful. Command is 41(Dash-input).

[@danbgrd]

When is the next episode? Would love to learn the rules around OTG and how may can be performed per match. These videos are fantastic man

[@heefmvc]

Hey there! Glad you liked the video. The next one will be out soon-ish, it’s just tough since classes started again. We’ll go deep into the rules of combo structure, but to answer your question, your number of OTGs is only limited by hitstun scaling. You can do as many as you want, but if the hitstun scaling in your combo is too high, the combo drops!

[@danbgrd]

@@heefmvc Jesus, after all these years I never knew that. Thanks. Can't wait for the next upload

[@fuzzylittlbunny]

Great video, but a few things need to be corrected. 2:32 Morrigan doesn't have an 8-way air dash, and I think Dante and Vergil might need to be changed, as both of their Devil Trigger forms improves their mobility. 10:00 You don't need to go in a different direction or have an 8-way air dash to cancel air dashes into themselves since you can plink to keep going the same way. 11:23 You don't need to use 3 different attacks to plink; it works with just 2. I noticed that you mentioned the risk of a raw H coming out on a flubbed input, but plinking with just L and M will reduce that risk a bit.

[@heefmvc]

The Morrigan thing I just got wrong straight up. I didn’t include the improved mobility of DT for Vergil or Dante because it’s an enhanced state, not default. I mentioned the 8-way airdash thing because it is true that your can’t dash twice in the same direction without plinks. Thought I clarified that plinking lets you keep going the same way later on but I possibly didn’t. I mentioned the 3 different attacks to plink because that is objectively the best way to plink, as it gives you the throw option select on every dash. I really appreciate the feedback, I gotta make sure I’m more clear when I deliberately exclude some information for ease.

[@SuPAMEATMAN]

Love this alot

[@life64]

Good Work m8 hope people find this :)

[@t-virus7098]

LETTTS GOOOOO

[@GaijinMediaTH]

Do different characters have different timings on the H cancel for plink dashing? I can do it on wesker but having trouble with Dante

[@heefmvc]

Yes! I should’ve gone over that in the video, my bad. Characters have different plink timings, some are easier than others I find, but in general the window is just super tight anyway.

[@vixeltruluck7394]

Viewtiful Joe can Air plinkdash!

[@thirdeyekatakuri]

Thanks a bunch man!

[@deadxpride45]

Yo I heart Justice Nice Tutorial

[@heefmvc]

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[@deadxpride45]

@@heefmvcYou got it Javi

[@TakehisaYuji]

wdym ihjustice is ONE of the best? he is literally best phoenix wright

[@heefmvc]

I think so too, I just said “One of the best,” so any new players looking into Phoenix Wright would get curious, you know? There’s also Aonien, and he does enough different from IHJ that I’d want people to check him out as well.

[@thekingofcats27]

The angle that amaterasu is at makes her look like a mask

[@gingeysnap2090]

Hopefully you're working on episode three And judging from the "pattern" of every 5-6 months of releasing, I hope episode three comes out :>

[@heefmvc]

Sorry it’s coming out so late! I can guarantee it’ll be out within a week, hopefully sooner!

[@Xenoblade_Natsu]

Morrigan doesn't have an 8-way airdash, it's 4-way (up, down, forward, back)

[@bryansnaylor]

Make more of these please thanks

[@heefmvc]

Weeberman told me to do it, I gotta do it haha! I just recorded narration, and I already have footage, so it's just a matter of editing now.

[@bryansnaylor]

@@heefmvc 🤩

[@mfbandit7930]

you should do a video on how to use training mode

[@heefmvc]

You know, that’s a great idea! Hadn’t thought of it actually. I’ll be working on episode 3 first, but I’ll keep this in mind. Thanks!

[@oniyami8916]

I'd love to have a guide about defense offense and overall the nutural since I'm very VERY bad at it especially chip damage by Any character and a counter to that character hell im not comfident in my zero sometimes

[@seanperry2194]

Is there a reason ghost rider's back plink dash is easier than his forward plink dash?

[@heefmvc]

Has something to do with his inputs but truth be told it’s not well understood. Ghost Rider has a built in easy Backwards plink dash, Vergil has a built in easy Forward plink dash. Not sure why!

[@XLFighting]

you are king

[@Mad77max77]

And... you lost me at 10:00 Airdash chaining, Plink dash and Air Plink dash... I'll have to train a lot to get this right.

[@izder]

do you plan to do character guide?

[@heefmvc]

I do! I have to plan how I want to do it, but yes! Which character do you want first?

[@sega_pico]

As a phoenix wright , doom and rocket raccoon player , On which aspect should I practice on each character and which is the most important to them . also , rocket raccoon technically as a air dash with rocket skates

[@heefmvc]

For you, you should focus mostly on wavedashing backwards. Doom requires Tri-Jumps and Air Wavedashing too. I didn’t count Rocket Raccoon as having an air dash because it’s a special move, and therefore has different properties.

[@sega_pico]

thanks

[@scarecrowontop]

I'm new to this game and I'd like tips on my team of Dormammu, Magneto, and Vergil

[@tanyaharmon6739]

Yes yes Yes!

[@RelaxItsNotThatDeep]

Do you manually input L+M or do you have a certain button for it?

[@heefmvc]

I have a button for it! By default, if you’re on controller, RT should be a dash button.

[@zionjackson7617]

I have always played this game, but I’ve never played it competitively, and I’ve never even attempted to try to learn how to get good at this game, but the truth be told I started playing dragon ball fighters and got good at it, and this just reminds me a dragon ball fighter, so it made me want to come back and see if I can learn how to play and get good I love the tutorial and it’s really helping me but I haven’t played anybody online or even tried to practice any combos so once I finish this, I’m definitely gonna try to practice some more. If there’s anybody teach me how to play this let me know.

[@Jquez_]

I'm fairly new to this game, and picked up Phoenix Wright via inspiration from Ace Attorney and IHeartJustice, do you have any extra tips? (Yes I know this was like a very late comment)

[@heefmvc]

Watch Lythero’s Phoenix Wright guide, it’s a bit old but the information is still good. Your team has to be very defensive, you need assists to keep the opponent away. IHeartJustice uses Captain America’s charging star to push opponents away, and Doctor Strange’s Eye of Agamotto to act as a second Maya shield. Look into defensive assists to build a team!

[@Jquez_]

@@heefmvc I already watched that video but I'll look into some good assists. Thanks for the helpful reply and helpful video! 🤗

[@jeffs.s.]

what about storm's and rocket raccon flight?

[@light8758]

Stick or d pad on p4 shit is so hard for me

[@heefmvc]

I would say D pad is best. It's just more precise overall. Still difficult though so I get you.

[@bacheese]

I picked up MvC3 Fate of Two Worlds on Xbox 360, does this still work? I mean, I'm about to find out i guess since I'm gonna give it a try lol

[@heefmvc]

Yes! This still works. Fate of Two worlds is very different in terms of balancing, but fundamentally the game is the same.

[@bacheese]

@@heefmvc Litty-go-bitty, my friend. I thought airdashing was universal across characters like wavedashing in Melee; you must get why I was confused that I couldn't with my boys Ryu and Akuma, that's why I checked this out. Wondered if they patched it out cuz I didn't know if it was intentional lmfao

[@erichyde4965]

How to wave dash/plink dash with ryu/wolverine?

[@AndresCofreD]

I think Dante on DT mode can Fly

[@paulroy6316]

im trying to learn backwards dashing

[@imabakedpotato8187]

For the wavedashing part, is it fine if you do MH instead of LM? When you dash?

[@heefmvc]

Yes it is!

[@imabakedpotato8187]

@@heefmvc that's good to know MH is a lot easier because I don't have to go across the 4 buttons on my Xbox controller

[@heefmvc]

@@imabakedpotato8187 So I also play on an Xbox controller, what I do that’s even easier (in my opinion) is map LM to the RT button. If you look in button settings, you should be able to change it to that. You can wavedash with the trigger!

[@imabakedpotato8187]

@@heefmvc I do have one more question though, how would you do that with plinkdashing? Do I just press L instead of H?

[@imabakedpotato8187]

@@heefmvc I can't really do that since my RT button is linked to L so I can charge roundtrip for Vergil in spiral sword combos

[@tjknight]

Would prefer wavedashing's importance be explained rather than just told it is. Cause without that knowledge it just looks like it's covering the same distance as the regular in about the same amount of time but with extra steps

[@heefmvc]

I probably didn’t make it clear enough. The point of wavedashing is that you cancel the recovery of your normal dash. That’s my bad, I should’ve shown that just mashing dash repeatedly doesn’t work because of the recovery frames it has.

[@matthewrodrigues7293]

Hey can anyone let me know ps4 controller configuration to pull special attacks an all

[@cryFgc]

its been so long

[@heefmvc]

Yeahhhh school kept me busy. Sorry!

[@MrSirGloomy]

Big asterisk on most of these that should say *MODOK does not apply 😂

[@EvanHynes]

I am a complete shitter at this game and all I’ve done is play a few games of heralds and hero’s and played a ton of practice mode so i could be completely wrong about this but I’m pretty sure wolverine can’t plink dash. Whenever you mash his attack buttons he does that shitty claw spamming attack, and wave dashing is a little harder as him because of the same shitty claw spamming move but also because of the movement buff he has you could end up just using a bar for no reason. I have to put up with much more difficult movement in exchange for easy combo damage but thats a price I’m willing to pay for the time being.

[@heefmvc]

So he still can, but to my understanding you can't do it as fast, because then that claw spamming attack will happen. The wavedashing with him also has to be done slow because of his speed up super. Technically, the best way to move with him is plink dashing, but it's just tough either way. But yes, easy combo damage. TLDR, whichever dash you do with him, do it slower. Hope you're having fun with Marvel 3!

[@fgcbird]

DORM CAN AIR PLINK?

[@JayUpgraded]

Flight movement seems like cheating and I love it

[@heefmvc]

Right? It's awesome! Probably my favorite part of Marvel as a game!

[@TheArtiztikk]

Is this better milky?

[@heefmvc]

It just might be

[@manuelx379]

This game makes me very depressed...I'm not good at many things but I really wish I was decent at fighting games ... I've always been casual playing this game YEARS ago with my brothers and it was fun cause none of us knew what the hell we were doing and just button mashing...now I'm a lot older and i want to enjoy this game for what it truly is....and I just can't...for the life of me i cant grasp the mechanics and combos of this game and i feel like having a fight stick is a must for these games....and I'm just completely lost.... I've been playing Dbfz since it came out and I'm somewhat ok in that game...nothing terrible but I don't have the confidence to play ranked either...it's just a shit show.... I've always loved watching people play these games and show off their combos to one another and I've always dream of having my own combos and show off to people...but I can't get the hang of it at all...it especially hurt my feelings when I found out Dbfz and mvc3 are the simplest Vs. Series type games at the moment....that just stings even more...a simple game and yet I can't do anything right...i don't want to be a GOD or anything...i just wish I could understand this game well and be part of the community...maybe make some friends and play matches...but I'm just too bad it's not funny...

[@Japanimaniac1116]

Yes your right a fight stick is a literally NEED but besides that man don't beat yourself up about, stop going into that mind set and think positive and grace yourself. You say you don't have the confidence to play ranked but u can do anything if u put your mind to it, plus you have to practice everything and learn the game first BEFORE U EVEN THINK ABOUT PLAYING RANKED like block strings, learning the terminology of the game, learning everything about your character and what your supposed to do, picking a really good team with assist to combo with, learning easy, normal, hard, very hard combos with each character on your team😭, rejump combos, teching dragon rushes, learning how to block probably, side switches, T.O.D's a.k.a touch of death, and learn all the mechanics of the game. Picking a good game is very important and another tip that I would give u is watch alot a pros, there is this dude name xuxes or something like that just type in dbz for and then that name and u should see him, pros know really good teams and I recommend watching my favorite pro and that's wawa because that dude is a BEAST😭

[@vitoyin5544]

Moreeee

[@cios]

no wall jump?

[@heefmvc]

Yeah, I decided not to cover it since so few characters have it, and it's not really prominent enough in their kit imo. I'll mention them during character tutorials of anyone who has one.

[@cios]

@@heefmvc you'll make tutorials for all characters? i'll be looking forward for the she hulk tutorial because i'm having a hard time looking for tech and tips since i main her.

[@heefmvc]

@@cios That’s the plan! Not sure how long it’ll all take, but the goal is to have a tutorial for every character, good enough to get people to at LEAST an intermediate level. She Hulk will definitely be getting one!

[@Octoptic0n]

Dont boo me, but I'm a Smash player, and the control scheme for traditional fighting games is WAY different than Smash (Not to mention the gameplay). Thanks for helping out!

[@alexlugo7479]

I swear plink dashing impossible with a ps5 controller😢

[@supergamer6308]

What do the buttons for light heavy medium and special attacks mean? Idk what I’m doing, so explain it to me properly and normally

[@neon-lake]

the buttons you press for which attack u want to do... thats literally it dude do u not play ANY melee combat games? Go into your game settings and look at the controls

[@CosmicEpiphany]

I really feel like you need sticks to play this game. It’s just not made for a controller.

[@Japanimaniac1116]

OMFG I CAN'T WITH FIGHTING GAMES BRO😭😭, PLINK DASHING IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I'VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE BECAUSE ON MY FIGHT STICK I MY L IS SQUARE, MY MEDIUM IS TRIANGLE, AND MY HEAVY IS R1. THIS IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO LIKE PRESS H THEN L AND M RIGHT AFTERWARDS LIKE OK I'M NOT THE FLASH, LIKE WHAT SETTINGS ARE BEST FOR PLINK DASHING BECAUSE THIS IS JUST NOT RIGHT BRO😭

[@oniyami8916]

Have everything default put r1 L+M and test pressing O and r1 and turn on input display so you can see if it works

[@Japanimaniac1116]

@@oniyami8916 Thx but I figured it out months ago 😁

[@oniyami8916]

XD

[@Japanimaniac1116]

@@oniyami8916 😂

[@im4everskilled]

im too stupid to understand

[@heefmvc]

Hey don’t call yourself stupid, friend! What are you confused about? Maybe I can simplify things, feel free to ask!

[@demoflow]

Just got the game yesterday. Heeelp🤣🤣 I'm coming from MK series so this is all new to me I ddnt think this game was gonna be so complicated lol nice guide tho . Hit me up on Xbox gamertag demoflow 🔥