Thor/Gameplay

Heed my words, evildoers! If thou dost wish to challenge the Odinson, thou will face the divine power of MIGHTY MJOLNIR! Never shall the God of Thunder RELENT!

Thor's Mighty Speech

Thor is a powerhouse. While he lacks mobility on the ground, he can easily overpower enemies with his powerful air combos and good air mobility (most of his moves cause wall bounce or hit OTG). He is a very powerful, aerial based character, and has the highest Vitality in the game next to Nemesis as well as extraordinarily high power close to that of the Hulk. He's infamous for his Mighty Speech and his very long taunt which some players perform at the end of a match to provoke their opponents and prolong their humiliation.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds[]

Special Attacks[]

• Mighty Spark: Thor shoots lightning from his hammer. While charging the move, opponents who come too close can actually be hit by the electricity emanating from the hammer BEFORE the bolt is fired.
  • This was also his assist attack in Marvel vs. Capcom, where it was known as Thunderstrike: Thor jumps down and shoots a beam of electricity from his hammer forward. The beam does considerable damage but the attack takes a while to start and it can be ducked by most medium-to-small sized characters. It can be used a total of seven times.
• Mighty Smash: Thor jumps with his hammer, tackling the opponent into the air then smashing them down with Mjolnir. Can be charged for improved damage. Can hit opponent OTG and causes ground bounce, making it a decent combo extender.
• Mighty Strike: Thor's body is engulfed in energy and lunges forward with his hammer horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Can be charged for improved damage.The heavy version has some super armor and projectile resistance to it.
• Mighty Hurricane: Thor grabs the opponent and spins him or her in a tornado then slams them into the ground. Opponent ground bounces right at the end of the move. This move can be performed in the air and will interrupt weak attacks by the opponent.
• Mighty Speech: Thor is surrounded by a glowing, heavenly aura and starts to make a speech about his power and threatens his opponent with Mjolnir's power. This is more like a joke/extra taunt move, doesn't inflict any damage but it does build meter. (Full speech takes around 11 seconds, building 3 Hyper Combo Levels). Can be considered tactically useful with the right assists covering him.

Hyper Combos[]

• Mighty Tornado (Level 1): Thor concentrates, then holds his hammer aloft, causing a violent lightning-charged tornado to swirl around him.
• Mighty Thunder (Level 1): Thor smashes the ground with his hammer, this creates pillars of lightning that shockwave out in front of him, in a manner not unlike Magneto's Magnetic Shockwave.
• Mighty Punish (Level 1): Thor grabs the opponent, smashing him or her with his hammer and summons a powerful thunderbolt for the finish. This move is cannot be blocked and has a single invincibilty frame but can only affect ground opponents.

X-Factor[]

Gameplay Changes in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3[]

• Reduced push back for M.
• Hit boxes of L., j.L., Mighty Spark (before the beam comes out), and Mighty Smash have been enlarged slightly.
• Increased minimum damage scaling on his normal attacks.
• Increased minimum damage scaling on his special attacks.
• Opponent's untechable time after Mighty Spark has been increased.
• Less time is needed to fully charge H. Mighty Smash.
• Total frames for Mighty Strike have been reduced.
• Less time is needed to fully charge Mighty Strike.
• Active throw frames of Mighty Hurricane have been increased for all strengths.
• Mighty Punish is invincible from the 1st frame.
• Increased advantage time of Mighty Punish.
• Active throw frames of Mighty Punish have been increased.
• Number of hits in Mighty Tornado can be increased through rapid button presses.

Tactics[]

Thor is air based brawler character that also has an 8-way air dash which gives him good mobility when he jumps. People have often compared him to Zangief and Colossus in the early builds of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. He does A LOT of damage and can keep his opponent locked down when they're cornered. Thor isn't the most complicated character on the roster, as his overall game is fairly straight forward. You'll want to be in your opponent's face whenever possible — so you can land his Mighty hurricane command grab or his Mighty smash attack, but it can be difficult to get there because Thor is much slower than your average character on the ground . A recently released video from the game has revealed that Thor's Mighty speech move can max out the Hyper Combo Gauge if used, but it takes a few moments to do so.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite[]

Thor is a still a sturdy fighter, still being in the highest health bracket of 11,000.

The inputs needed for his special moves and Hyper combos have been simplified, either to down-down inputs or quarter-circle inputs.

Gameplay Changes from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3[]

• Simplified inputs for his special moves and Hyper combos.
• Mighty Spark can now only be followed up with "Mjolnir" on the ground.
• Mighty Spark's beam removed.
• Mighty Strike can only be used in the air instead also on the ground.
• New moves: Mighty Blow, God of Thunder (Level 3 Hyper Combo).
• Removed move: Mighty Thunder.