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Receive updates to this thread Forums > Discussion Groups > Strategy & Tactics > Thanos? Worth the Effort (Honestly) AuthorThread HyperViperSniper Opinionated Homosexual Posts: 4391 Registered: Dec 2000 Location: Va Posted: 02:16:2001 02:14 AM Hey Guys I am drastically in search of a new team...a team that NO ONE ELSE USES...I know all about top tier status and I myself was invovled in using a top tier team.. HOWEVER..its boring..I want to add some spice...I would like to try Thanos... Maybe Spiral Thanos Doom Or... Spiral Thanos Iceman... anyway..I wont drag this on..if you have any comments on Thanos that can be constructive please post her..I want to know his positives and negatives.. thanks HVS http://hometown.aol.com/ericisair/myhomepage/bishop1.gif CABLE who??? IP: Logged Hoe Muffin Korededoda? Posts: 562 Registered: Feb 2001 Location: Posted: 02:16:2001 05:48 AM Ok, I play Thanos (not a good one, but its almost passable), and I do know a couple of things about him. First of all, he needs one really kick ass battery, since he really can't do all that much without his supers. In many ways, he's sorta like Cable: if he doesn't have a super meter, he can't do diddly to you. A good anti-air is helpful too, since he's sorta hurtin in that department. Thanos (I believe) has better then average stamina, unfortunately, he's big, doesn't have super armor, and his dash stinks. His special moves aren't all that hot: The bubble is slow and easy to jump over, and unless you combo it, I don't suggest chucking it out of the blue. Treat his dash like Hulk's: don't do it unless you're absolutely certain its going to hit, or you're going to get murdered. You really have to be careful about which supers you use, his only "safe" one is the orange beach ball o' death, since it has some sort of weird tracking ability, but fast characters CAN get around it (Mags), in which case you're going to eat it. You can OTG with his Vacuum Cleaner super (suck up the rocks), and it does a handy amount of block. Make sure you catch them when the rocks are going up, (keeps them in blockstun), or else a character like Cable can do you know what. The super with the wall's closing in: I don't really like this one much, I figure the beach ball o' death can pretty much do the same, and it doesn't leave you quite as screwed if you missed. As for his life suck, always combo it right after the beach ball connects. Never do it alone. As far as his normals go, his jumping fierce is great anti-air, but it has a bit of start up time. His standing fierce is the closest thing he gets to decent anti air, it's got good reach, and sends 'em whizzing. His launcher I think is love or hate. I can't stand it, (I've been spoiled by Omega and Strider) besides, I don't really think of THanos as an aerial combo sort of guy anyways. The biggest problem with Thanos, IMO, is that he has all the characteristics of giants without all the pluses. He's big, slow, and has tons of lag. But he isn't THAT tough, and he doesn't have super armor. He also isn't that powerful (without his supers). With his supers though, he can take off a good 60-75% of Cable's life in an eyeblink, and he can suddenly punish helpers like you wouldn't believe. Why'd he have to go and lose his super that reversed your controls. THAT would've been good. IP: Logged Voodoo oohhhh yeahhh B5 Bronze Benefactor Posts: 1615 Registered: Nov 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA Posted: 02:16:2001 07:07 AM With two levels you can do super fireball (qcf+pp) and *right* after that finishes (opponent is still on fire in the air) you can do his gauntlet grab super (qcb+kk i think). The one where lightning shoots out of his hand and grabs opponent and sucks life. Decent amount of damage for just two levels, and unblockable as long as you hit the fireball. ~v00 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. IP: Logged Voodoo oohhhh yeahhh B5 Bronze Benefactor Posts: 1615 Registered: Nov 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA Posted: 02:16:2001 07:09 AM Also for a quick combo, in the air do like d+roundhouse (his knee drop) xx mid-air dash. ~v00 IP: Logged WhiTe ReFlection "I'm such a rebel" Posts: 1767 Registered: Jan 2001 Location: Toronto Ontario Posted: 02:16:2001 07:53 AM the infinite is easy to do, just run up do <- fk and that bubble thingy, but i still dunno how to set it up IP: Logged AZER Criminal Vigilante Posts: 2530 Registered: Nov 2000 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posted: 02:16:2001 08:00 AM quote: Originally posted by WhiTe ReFlection: the infinite is easy to do, just run up do <- fk and that bubble thingy, but i still dunno how to set it up Be careful, you can mash out of the bubble. I don't play with Thanos but I would most likely try to rush. That team you said HVS: Thanos, Iceman, Doom, thats a good team. Use Doom assist when rushing with Thanos. He not a really good character to play with because the fact that his dash sucks and his moves are slow. http://www.geocities.com/dragonkahn/azer.gif IP: Logged Nate X Grey Shaman of Mutantkind Posts: 2813 Registered: Jul 2000 Location: Singapore Posted: 02:16:2001 08:10 AM So far, I only only of 1 good trick Thanos has and its that launch, combo, choose side trick. Any other thing he does is basically useless. He can even try getting close to keepaway and he has a fucking hard time even with good assists. And oh yeah, he can't protect his assists well either. Thanos sucks. But if you really wanna use him you'll really need to learn that Power Gem XX Soul Gem combo stated earlier. Also, if I'm not wrong, Soul Gem does not suffer from damage scaling so tagging it on at the end of a huge DHC combo will give you the same amount of damage. DefiNATEly NOT Cable... IP: Logged threeRd Third in a series Posts: 249 Registered: Nov 2000 Location: temporarily in Korea Posted: 02:16:2001 11:26 AM quote: Originally posted by Nate X Grey: So far, I only only of 1 good trick Thanos has and its that launch, combo, choose side trick. Hmm? What's this choose side trick thing? I was messing around with Thanos today and I think I found him a good partner--Omega Red. Last time I played Thanos I was frustrated, but OR is SUCH a good battery, my Thanos always came in ready to POWER! POWER! SOUL! Of course, Mr. "I live to destroy the Weapon X" is so good at what he does that I almost forgot to tag Thanos in... threeRd IP: Logged DrunkinB Brown Posts: 2934 Registered: Dec 2000 Location: T dot O dot Posted: 02:16:2001 01:32 PM Thanos infinite u have to hold back on HK and qcf+hk and repeat u may have to dash in close when the bubble catches the oppenent u can also use his back+hk against jump in characters to do AC but u really have to time it well or u only will exchange hits http://www.geocities.com/to2008/DrukenBtag2.gif IP: Logged HyperViperSniper Opinionated Homosexual Posts: 4391 Registered: Dec 2000 Location: Va Posted: 02:16:2001 02:18 PM Thanks everyone I really appreciate all the great responses...tommorrow I will start playing him again just for the hell of it to see what happens... who knows...it might work out for the best... if I get stomped really bad the next few days with him...I think I will stick to practice before I actually try to work it out with him... thanks again.. HVS http://hometown.aol.com/ericisair/myhomepage/bishop1.gif CABLE who??? IP: Logged The Deserted Chateau Posts: 190 Registered: Jan 2001 Location: Posted: 02:16:2001 02:22 PM Hey HyperViperSniper! I think Thanos is a worthy character and he can be quite troublesome if he is played well. Unfortunately he is big but with no super armor? What gives? Anywho, try him once, if he doesn't work decide whether to keep him or not. I have been using Thanos, his uncommon nature means people won't know how he moves. http://www.geocities.com/the_deserted_chateau/NEW-8.jpg Catch me I'm a shooting star. IP: Logged HyperViperSniper Opinionated Homosexual Posts: 4391 Registered: Dec 2000 Location: Va Posted: 02:16:2001 04:01 PM quote: Originally posted by The Deserted Chateau: Hey HyperViperSniper! I think Thanos is a worthy character and he can be quite troublesome if he is played well. Unfortunately he is big but with no super armor? What gives? Anywho, try him once, if he doesn't work decide whether to keep him or not. I have been using Thanos, his uncommon nature means people won't know how he moves. <IMG SRC="http://www.geocities.com/the_deserted_chateau/NEW-8.jpg"> Catch me I'm a shooting star. hey DC....fancy seeing you in this forum thanks for the tips...today is my first day playing him...keep your fingers crossed for me HVS http://hometown.aol.com/ericisair/myhomepage/bannerrainbowskills.gif HVS:The Worlds Last Great Hope!!! IP: Logged Nate X Grey Shaman of Mutantkind Posts: 2813 Registered: Jul 2000 Location: Singapore Posted: 02:16:2001 07:07 PM quote: Originally posted by threeRd: Hmm? What's this choose side trick thing? You basically just launch your opponent and do either lp or lp, lk and then d+hk for the knee dive. Depending on the button presses, time you start to press them and the speed of the button presses, you can choose which side you want to land. In front or behind them. Land behind a few times until they learn then mix it up and add in throws. Thanos still sucks though. DefiNATEly NOT Cable... IP: Logged The Green Trench Coat "SRK's Other gay guy" Posts: 3373 Registered: Sep 2000 Location: I'm standing right behind you Posted: 02:16:2001 07:54 PM Thanos is great. The bubble assist will keep you safe from most people while still enableing you to keep your combos going. But the bubble can be blocked.. so have a plan. Sigh as lame as it sounds.. with thanos.. You can actually just Standing round house into triple team/powerball/reality super/space super too.. And it combos. Lame. I know. I"m not sure if you can standing roundhouse into soul super. IP: Logged pinoy6i9 R.I.P Aaliyah Posts: 349 Registered: Dec 2000 Location: San Diego, CA Posted: 02:16:2001 08:23 PM IMO, i think learning thanos is just a waste of time. he is big, slow, and doesnt have a decent air combo. he has no trap. then again, that is just my opinion. "Procrastination is just like masturbation. It feels good until you find out you are fuccing yourself." IP: Logged Terazon Senior Member Posts: 299 Registered: Aug 2000 Location: Calgary Alberta Canada Posted: 02:16:2001 08:43 PM I Think that Thanos is a good character. A friend showed me something utterly evil with him. He's the bridge for a double DHC 5 super combo with power to soul. WARNING: FATAL TO SENTINEL. Here's how it's done. Storm [projectile], Silver Samurai[dash], Thanos[capture/projectile]. 1]Storm air combos or lightning attacks cancelled into a lightning storm. 2]DHC late into Silver Samurai's lightning eradiation and mash for more hits, then DHC into... 3]Thanos Power. 4]Snag them with the soul and mash for more damage. As it ends 5]DHC into Storm to kill them off. As long as Thanos isn't the point man You can force feed the opponent all 5 supers and kill them instantly from full health. Otherwise it's 4 supers which isn't bad either. With Silver Samurai You combo into it from his mini launcher. Oh crap- I just remembered something; Power chains into itself so it's still going to be 5 levels of super. It isn't much as I don't use Thanos, but it may help. I sincerely hope it does. As long as you have supers, this team is murder on assists. Good luck!!!! [This message has been edited by Terazon (edited 02-16-2001).] IP: Logged MAGUS1234 ALWAYS FADED Posts: 102 Registered: Nov 2000 Location: los altos CA US Posted: 02:16:2001 09:26 PM ok heres a way to link two of those fire balls do clk clk fire ball super hella fast wait till its done then do anothe it does 100 damage to cable! and you can end it with the lightnigh grab to link three supers in all for like 115 playtime has ended! IP: Logged Dasrik hits your Start button Posts: 2440 Registered: Aug 2000 Location: Moreno Valley, CA Posted: 02:16:2001 10:57 PM I think people are forgetting the pluses of Gauntlet Soul... that it IMMOBILIZES the opponent. You can't do anything unless you're really far away from him (not even super jumping) because he'll catch you. I'm wondering if this can be a good weapon against Strider (use Soul to catch him out of orb activation) as well as Spiral (catch her out of dancing swords). Will work on that... Don't count out Thanos cuz of his minuses. He needs super (although he can get by on his standing and jumping fierces for awhile), doesn't have an air throw, and has lots of lag. But he has great supers. Use a big ol' battery to fuel him. IP: Logged Hoe Muffin Korededoda? Posts: 562 Registered: Feb 2001 Location: Posted: 02:16:2001 11:41 PM I dunno how useful it would be, since no (good) Strider I've seen does orbs w/o a bird, Dog, or Doom, which means even if you do catch him, he's going to be dropped fast. Also, Gauntlet Soul does a pitiful amount of damage, even to Strider. Against Spiral it might work, but instant teleports could really mess you up. If only there were a way to reduce the lag . I guess the main problem with Thanos is that he lacks tactical flexibility, you're never going to start him first, and if he wiffs/gets a couple of his supers blocked, he's no longer a threat to most characters, beamers especially. Also, his assists are only helpful in combo videos . IP: Logged Dasrik hits your Start button Posts: 2440 Registered: Aug 2000 Location: Moreno Valley, CA Posted: 02:17:2001 12:15 AM quote: Originally posted by Hoe Muffin: I dunno how useful it would be, since no (good) Strider I've seen does orbs w/o a bird, Dog, or Doom, which means even if you do catch him, he's going to be dropped fast. Once Thanos catches someone, he's invincible until he lets the victim go. So birds/dogs/Doom wouldn't matter. quote: Also, Gauntlet Soul does a pitiful amount of damage, even to Strider. Against Spiral it might work, but instant teleports could really mess you up. If only there were a way to reduce the lag . That's true - hopefully the battery will be a powerful enough one to soften up the enemy. But that is a weakness to be sure... quote: I guess the main problem with Thanos is that he lacks tactical flexibility, you're never going to start him first, and if he wiffs/gets a couple of his supers blocked, he's no longer a threat to most characters, beamers especially. Also, his assists are only helpful in combo videos . Heheh. Well, he's still an interesting char, I think... IP: Logged Posts: Registered: Jan 1970 Location: Posted: 02:17:2001 12:59 AM Thanos is well worth the effort. Why won't it go up? http://www.gamegen.com/Gamepics/animations/snk-terry.gif IP: Logged HyperViperSniper Opinionated Homosexual Posts: 4391 Registered: Dec 2000 Location: Va Posted: 02:17:2001 09:21 AM Thanks everyone...all of this is helping me out..I really appreciate all your support for thanos..I think he can well worth the effort HVS IP: Logged ID R.U.N. B5 Silver Benefactor Posts: 1271 Registered: Aug 2000 Location: Westwood, California Posted: 02:17:2001 12:33 PM little thing i noticed playing against thanos..his Wall crush super is a good counter. IM dos a proton cannon, and you block, from full screen? Use the super, gets em instantly. Oddest thing with that for me was, i was AHVBing thano's assist a second time, mashing and holding Up, so thanos wasnt in block stun, and he did the wall super, and got me, before i could bend the beam down to hit him crazy. http://members.aol.com/shoxv/diskreet/diskreetsig.jpg IP: Logged Hoe Muffin Korededoda? Posts: 562 Registered: Feb 2001 Location: Posted: 02:17:2001 12:36 PM HVS, would you mind doing me a favor, I'd appreciate you telling me your experiences. Thanks! IP: Logged HyperViperSniper Opinionated Homosexual Posts: 4391 Registered: Dec 2000 Location: Va Posted: 02:17:2001 04:11 PM okay Hoe Muffin..no problem here is how I am coming along with Thanos.. I played him pretty much the entire day.. Spiral..projectile assist Thanos...capture assit Doom ...Anti Air assist... I dont know if this will be my final team..I did switch up Doom with iceman and Cable a few times.. Spiral has always been my point man and battery...she builds levels damn fast..and can do mad damage and keep the other person on their toes all by her lonesome.. ID I know what you mean about his Supers being fast..I am sure you are familiar with frame rates on video games...thanos has a couple of one frame supers...one of them being the ball the other being the dimension door... these are just as fast as the AHVB..cept they are off the ground... I found this to be very helpful against moves that are more than one frame... Morrigans Soul eraser.. Iron Mans Proton Cannon etc.. anyway..I am very tired..I will go into more detail tomorrow after I play him a little more..thanks guys... HVS IP: Logged All times are GMT. The time now is 01:16 AM. 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