UMVC3/Frank West

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.

Video Walkthrough

Move List

Assist Types

Name

Type

Damage

Special Properties

Cross-Over Combination

Shopping Cart

direct front

20,000 x 7

Blue Light Special

GAMMA

extra instant

0

Gives Team 300,000
Hyper Meter Points

Blue Light Special

Tools of Survival

direct front

30,000 x 4 /
35,000 x 8 /
25,000 x 10

Blue Light Special

Normal Moves

All Levels

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Standing Light

l

48,000

Crouching Light

d + l

45,000

Crouching Heavy

d + h

63,000

low softknockdown

Jumping Light

air l

50,000

high

Jumping Heavy

air h

65,000

high

Knee Drop

air d + h

75,000

high hardknockdown ;
Only delay on landing can
be canceled into
Specials and Hypers.

Level 1 / Level 2

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Standing Medium

m

60,000

Crouching Medium

d + m

58,000

Standing Heavy

h

70,000

Special

s

80,000

launch nocancel

Object Throw

f + h

50,000

chipdamage
nocancel
projectile

Jumping Medium

air m

63,000

high

Jumping Special

air s

70,000

high aircombofinisher

Level 3

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Standing Medium

m

68,000

Crouching Medium

d + m

63,000

Standing Heavy

h

90,000

Special

s

90,000

launch nocancel

Object Throw

f + h

80,000

chipdamage
nocancel
projectile

Jumping Medium

air m

70,000

high

Jumping Special

air s

90,000

high aircombofinisher
groundbounce softknockdown

Level 4 / Level 5

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Standing Medium

m

45,000 x 3

chipdamage

Crouching Medium

d + m

43,000 x 3

chipdamage

Standing Heavy

h

45,000 x 5

chipdamage

Special

s

100,000

launch nocancel

Object Throw

f + h

75,000

chipdamage
nocancel
projectile

Jumping Medium

air m

45,000 x 3

high chipdamage

Jumping Special

air s

110,000

high chipdamage
aircombofinisher
groundbounce softknockdown

Throws

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Forward Throw

f + h

80,000

throw hardknockdown

Back Throw

b + h

80,000

throw hardknockdown

Forward Air Throw

air f + h

80,000

airthrow hardknockdown

Back Air Throw

air b + h

80,000

airthrow hardknockdown

Special Moves

Level 1 / Level 2

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Giant Swing (L)

qcb + l

50,000 + 80,000

softknockdown ;
softknockdown caused only by last hit

Giant Swing (M)

qcb + m

100,000

Giant Swing (H)

qcb + h

100,000

Hammer Throw (L/M)

charge b , f + l / m

80,000

Hammer Throw (H)

charge b , f + h

80,000

capture (ground only)

Snapshot

qcf + s

10,000

otg projectile

Bottoms Up

d , d + s

0

Doubles gained experience.
After 10 seconds, Frank vomits.
Tag Frank out to make sober.

Level 2 and Above

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Roundhouse Kick (L)

dp + l

0

Roundhouse Kick (M)

dp + m

70,000

hardknockdown

Roundhouse Kick (H)

dp + h

70,000

otg softknockdown

Barrel Roll

atk + s

0

Level 1 / Level 2

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Tools of Survival (L)

qcf + l

30,000 x 4

Tools of Survival (M)

qcf + m

90,000

strike wallbounce

Tools of Survival (H)

qcf + h

80,000

otg softknockdown goundbounce

Level 3

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Tools of Survival (L)

qcf + l

35,000 x 8

strike ;
strike caused only by last hit

Tools of Survival (M)

qcf + m

120,000

strike wallbounce

Tools of Survival (H)

qcf + h

100,000

otg softknockdown goundbounce

Level 4 / Level 5

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Tools of Survival (L)

qcf + l

25,000 x 10

Tools of Survival (M)

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 :h: 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.

Combos

Basic Strategy

-Every time Frank hits an opponent with the Camera, the number of hits in the combo are put towards Frank's invisible "experience" meter. This Experience breaks down as:

0 - 4 XP - Level 1
5 - 19 xp - Level 2
20-49 xp - Level 3
50-99 xp - Level 4
100+ xp - Level 5

Also 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 :H: 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.

Advanced Strategy