Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3/Frank West
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Frank West
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In a nutshell
Frank West is a melee-based character with a unique level up mechanic, meant to imitate the mechanics of his home game, Dead Rising. By leveling up with his photography, Frank can gain new specials, enhance his current specials, and vastly improve the range and damage of his normal attacks. Additionally, Frank has above-average health, handy assists, and a solid OTG Hyper that can be used in THCs, making him both a strong point character, or a backup character in the second or third slots of your team.
Character Specific Information
CHARACTER DATA
Health:
1,050,000
Zig-Zag
Double Jump:
No
Air Dash:
No
Air Action Count:
0
X-FACTOR
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
X-Factor Damage Boost:
35.0 %
60.0 %
85.0 %
X-Factor Speed Boost:
5.0 %
10.0 %
15.0 %
X-Factor Duration:
10.0 s
15.0 s
20.0 s
MINIMUM DAMAGE SCALING
L Attacks
M Attacks
H Attacks
Special Moves
Hyper Combos
Normal:
20 %
20 %
20 %
20 %
30 %
X-Factor Lvl 1:
35 %
35 %
35 %
35 %
30 %
X-Factor Lvl 2:
35 %
35 %
35 %
35 %
30 %
X-Factor Lvl 3:
35 %
35 %
35 %
35 %
30 %
Move List
Assist Types
Name
Type
Damage
Special Properties
Cross-Over Combination
Shopping Cart 
20,000 x 7
Blue Light Special
Tools of Survival 30,000 x 4 /
35,000 x 8 /
25,000 x 10
35,000 x 8 /
25,000 x 10
Blue Light Special
Pick Me Up 
0
Gives Team 300,000
Hyper Meter Points
Hyper Meter Points
Blue Light Special
Normal Moves
All Levels
Standing Light
48,000
Crouching Light
+ 45,000
Crouching Heavy
+ 
63,000
Jumping Light
air 
50,000
Jumping Heavy
air 
65,000
Knee Drop
air 
+
+ 75,000
; Only delay on landing can
be canceled into
Specials and Hypers.
Level 1 / Level 2
Standing Medium
60,000
Crouching Medium
+ 58,000
Standing Heavy
70,000
Special
80,000
Object Throw
+ 50,000
Jumping Medium
air 
63,000
Jumping Special
air 
70,000
Level 3
Standing Medium
68,000
Crouching Medium
+ 63,000
Standing Heavy
90,000
Special
90,000
Object Throw
+ 80,000
Jumping Medium
air
70,000
Jumping Special
air
90,000
Level 4 / Level 5
Standing Medium
45,000 x 3
Crouching Medium
+ 43,000 x 3
Standing Heavy
45,000 x 5
Special
100,000
Object Throw
+ 75,000
Jumping Medium
air
45,000 x 3
Jumping Special
air
110,000
Throws
Forward Throw
+ 80,000
Back Throw
+ 80,000
Forward Air Throw
air 
+
+ 80,000
Back Air Throw
air 
+
+ 80,000
Special Moves
Level 1 / Level 2
Giant Swing (L)
+ 50,000 + 80,000
; caused only by last hit Giant Swing (M)
+ 100,000
Giant Swing (H)
+ 100,000
Hammer Throw (L/M)
charge , + /
, + / 80,000
Hammer Throw (H)
charge , +
, + 80,000
(ground only) Snapshot
+ 10,000
Bottoms Up
, + 0
Doubles gained experience.
After 10 seconds, Frank vomits.
Tag Frank out to make sober.
After 10 seconds, Frank vomits.
Tag Frank out to make sober.
Level 2 and Above
Roundhouse Kick (L)
+ 0
Roundhouse Kick (M)
+ 70,000
Roundhouse Kick (H)
+ 70,000
Barrel Roll
+ 0
Level 1 / Level 2
Tools of Survival (L)
+ 30,000 x 4
Tools of Survival (M)
+ 90,000
Tools of Survival (H)
+ 80,000
Level 3
Tools of Survival (L)
+ 35,000 x 8
; caused only by last hit Tools of Survival (M)
+ 120,000
Tools of Survival (H)
+ 100,000
Level 4 / Level 5
Tools of Survival (L)
+ 25,000 x 10
Tools of Survival (M)
+ 30,000 x 8
; caused only by last hit Tools of Survival (H)
+ 150,000
Hyper Moves
All Levels
Blue Light Special
+ + 30,000 x 8 + 70,000
; Mashable. caused only by last hit. Level 3 and Above
Funny Face Circuit
+ + 20,000 x 6 + 40,000
+ 100,000
+ 100,000
; Mashable.
Level 1 / Level 2
Survival Techniques
+ + 253,100
Level 3
Survival Techniques
+ + 312,000
Level 4 / Level 5
Survival Techniques
+ + 356,100
Mission Mode
Strategy
Tips and Tricks
- Frank's Camera can OTG, and an OTG camera shot can me canceled into his Survival Techniques hyper for big damage and DHC opportunities. This is a great way to finish any combo.
- At Levels 1 and 2, Franks Tools of Survival will still ground bounce, but at a VERY low height. However, using it to finish an Air Combo allows Frank to land soon enough to relaunch, extending even Level 1 combos greatly.
- Using multi-hitting assists in conjunction with OTG Camera shots can allow extra relaunches, or even an extra Camera hit, netting Frank a huge amount of "experience".
- Frank can use his Bottoms Up command to drink. While in this state, Frank gains double experience from Camera shots. However, after about ten seconds, Frank will throw up. Both drinking and throwing up have massive recovery and cannot be canceled at all. However, tagging Frank out will remove the double experience status, and therefore remove the recovery sickness.
- Giant Swing is safe on block. Use this to make block strings safe, or to have more potent approaches.
Combos
Basic Strategy
- Every time Frank hits an opponent with the Snapshot, the number of hits in the combo are put towards Frank's invisible "experience" meter, known in the Dead Rising series as "Prestige Points." The PP breaks down as:
- 0 - 4 PP - Level 1
- 5 - 19 PP - Level 2
- 20 - 49 PP - Level 3
- 50 - 99 PP - Level 4
- 100+ PP - Level 5
- Note that every time Frank levels up, he regains a portion of his red health, giving him more survival time.
- The first priority with Frank is to reach level 2, to unlock his roll move. This increases his mobility, evasion, and mixup potential. At level 3, he gains his anti-air grab Hyper, and his Tools of Survival move bounces the opponent high enough to be a valuable OTG move. At levels 4 and 5, he gains range and damage, but these are far less valuable in the long run than even reaching level 2. Rule of thumb, beyond level 3, focus more on dealing as much damage to the opponent as possible over leveling up, if the choice is necessary.
