Story
The Sentinel is a character from the X-Men series by Marvel. Sentinels are robots designed to hunt mutants. They can fire laser blasts from their palms specifically designed to damage mutants.
The Sentinel that appears in the series has the model number COTA-94, debuting as a playable character in X-Men: Children of the Atom. It reappeared in Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. It is a secret assist character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
Gameplay
Sentinel is a beast in MvC2. A high-level Sentinel stomping on the opponent and then unblockabling the next character coming in renders about 3/4 of the game's characters nearly unplayable. He is God Tier and one of the best characters in the game.
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Character Summary
- Rocket Punch (Air OK)
- Down:
+ 
- Forward: +
- Up:
+ or - Retract early:
+ or
- Sentinel Force
- Control: +
, Hold or release - Carpet Bomb: +
, Hold to delay
- Hover (Air OK)
+ + , press again to end
- Plasma Storm
- + + (Mashable)
- Hyper Sentinel Force
- + +
- Hard Drive (Air Only)
- + + (Mashable)
- Type α - Projectile Type
- Assist: Rocket Punch
- Counter: Rocket Punch
- Combination: Hyper Sentinel Force
- Type β - Launcher Type
- Assist:
- Counter:
- Combination: Hyper Sentinel Force
- Type γ - Ground Type
- Assist: Sentinel Force
- Counter: Sentinel Force
- Combination: Hyper Sentinel Force
Colors
First row: LP, HP, A1. Second row: LK, HK, A2.
Moves List
Normal Moves
Ground Normals
5LP / s.LP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 9 | 4 | 12 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Chain, Special, SJ, Super | - | - | - | |
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5MP / s.MP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6+3 | 7 | 6(3)6 | 29 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Special, Super, SJ cancellable frames 17~33 | - | - | - | |
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5HP / s.HP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10+10 | 21 | 39 | 40 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Special, SJ, Super | - | - | - | |
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5LK / s.LK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
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| 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Chain, Special, SJ, Super | - | - | - | |
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5MK / s.MK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Special, SJ, Super | - | - | - | |
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5HK / s.HK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 13 | 2, 2, 2 | 35 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| Launcher | Special, SJ, Super | - | - | - | |
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2LP / cr.LP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Chain, Special, Super | - | - | - | |
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2MP / cr.MP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6+3 | 13 | 3(3)3 | 28 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Chain, Special, Super, SJ Cancellable 22~38 | - | - | - | |
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2HP / cr.HP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10+10 | 16 | 36 | 39 | HL | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| 2nd hit unblockable | Special, SJ, Super | - | - | - | |
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2LK / cr.LK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 9 | 3 | 20 | L | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Chain, Special, SJ, Super | - | - | - | |
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2MK / cr.MK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6+3 | 12 | 2(9)2 | 28 | L | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Special, Super SJ cancellable 22・42 | - | - | - | |
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2HK / cr.HK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6+6+6 | 12 | 2(9)2(4)2 | 36 | L | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
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Air Normals
j.LP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | H | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Chain, Special, Super | - | - | - | |
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j.MP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 22 | H | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Special, Super | - | - | - | |
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j.HP
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 12 | 4 | 34 | H | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| Flying screen | Special, Super | - | - | - | |
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j.LK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | H | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Chain, Special, Super | - | - | - | |
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j.MK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9 | 4 | 28 | H | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| None | Special, Super | - | - | - | |
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j.HK
| Damage | Startup | Active | Recovery | Guard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 11 | 5 | 23 | H | |
| Special Property | Cancel | Adv. Hit | Adv. Guard | Adv. Pushblock | |
| Flying Screen | Special, Super | - | - | - | |
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The Unblockable
His cFP is unblockable in a certain situations. This can then easily be linked into most any combo, notably cFP (unblockable), RP, death combo. There are two parts to this move: only the first part is unblockable. If they wake up or land on the second part, they cannot block it. Wake-up into it is the guaranteed version: learn this. Them coming onscreen into it (as in after one character dies) IS blockable but only if they block as soon as you start the move. If they're already blocking or forget to do this, it's unblockable and they should be dead if you do your job.
The Basics
Bread-and-Butter Combos
HP xx Rocket Punch xx Hyper Sentinel Force. Can be repeated: HP xx RP xx HSF xx HP xx RP xx HSF, etc. This is a semi-infinite
(in air)short>rh xx light rocket punch. This is his bread-and-butter stomp combo that does 1/3 damage on some characters, and without the rocket punch is used for pressure
launcher>sj.lp>sj.short>sj.strong>sj.mk>rocket punch
(in corner) Any combo into HSF>Dash xx launcher>sj.lp>sj.short>sj.strong>sj.mk xx fly mode> fly forward>airthrow> fly forward>short>forward>upwards rocket punch>fly forward>airthrow>fly forward>short>forward>upwards rocket punch
Fastfly: Launch > wait until sentinel is ABOVE character > lk xx fly xx joystick up xx lk > mk > dpRP (if team has Captain Commando, you can press Assist+lk for much extra damage)
Fast Fly
Normally when you enter into Fly mode, there is a (vulnerable) pause for activation. However, you can can cancel this and immediately get the ability to attack, defend, etc. To do this, after you fly return to neutral, then select a direction and press an attack button.
Easy fast fly combo: jump in LK HK, jump up LK HK, fastfly LK HK Rocket Punch. (7hits)
Unfly
Normally when you end fly mode you can't attack nor block(!). To get unfly mode you need to get hit in the air by any non-knockdown move. You then enter into unfly mode (until you normal jump or use it 5-7 times). This is extremely useful for fast stomping.
