Character Discussion: STORM

STORM
(Name: Ororo Iqadi T'Chala/Ororo Munroe)
One of the most prominent member and leader of the X-Men and the current queen of Wakanda, Ororo Munroe is mutant born with the power to manipulate the weather(atmokinesis) and the elements. Before she was an X-Man, she was a Goddess when she was in Africa and is married to the Black Panther(T'Challa). When she was little, her parents died in a plane crash. She survived the crash but suffered in tremendous trauma leading her to have claustrophobia. She wondered through Africa as a thief before she was recruited by Charles Xavier.
She now joins the X-Men to fight for peace between human and mutants from threats like Magneto and the Hellfire Club. 
Aside from weather manipulation, she is also capable of magic since she came from a bloodline of witch-priestess of Africa. She is also a seasoned martial-artist thanks to her friend Wolverine and is a skilled marksman.

GAMEPLAY
Storm's gameplay allows her to deploy her mastery with the elements and is also one of the most versatile Marvel character in the game. She can be played as a rushdown or a keepaway character depending on her situation on the screen and is also best placed second or last and is best paired with a battery character because of her Hail Storm hyper combo. She can summon whirlwinds and vertical tornadoes to keep her opponents at bay and set distance from her. She is able to shoot lightning from the sky or from her body which is also her main tool in fighting. She has the ability to flash freeze her opponent to immobilize them. She also demonstrates her power over the winds which allows her to fly and pull or push her opponents from her.
Her Hail Storm hyper combo is also one of the strongest in the game and has vastly improved from its previous incarnation. It deals excellent chip damage on block, is a great combo finisher, and a great tool for punishing assists.  


SPECIAL MOVES AND COMMAND NORMALS

• Float - Storm slowly makes her descend to the ground with the help of her wind control
• Whirlwind - One of Storm's best zoning tool. She summons consecutive whirlwinds to the opponent. She can fire three, five, or seven whirlwinds depending on the strength of the button used
• Double Typhoon - Storm's longest start-up special move. She draws two column of tornadoes on the ground and hits her opponent. Unlike its previous versions, Double Typhoon does not track your opponents location instead the strength of the button determines the tornado's placement. The Heavy version does not actually hit full screen and it hits OTG
• Lightning Attack - Storm's main tool in getting close to the opponent. She rushes to her foe with a ball of lightning on her head. This move can be cancelled three times in a row and combos well with her Lightning Storm hyper combo
• Lightning Sphere - Storm's air only projectile in which she shoots a ball of lightning from her hands and explodes upon contact. It can be fired down-forward, forward or up-forward
• Foul Wind - One of Storm's new move in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Storm comes forth the wind which pushes her opponents towards her. This move is hyper combo cancellable and does not do any hitstun or knockdown to the opponent 
• Fair Wind - Storm's last new move in the game. Storm now calls the wind to push her opponents away from her. Like Foul Wind, it is hyper combo cancellable and does not to any hitstun to the opponent. This move can be one of her escape tools from her opponent
• Flight - Storm uses her mastery over the winds and allows her to glide in them to escape from her opponents. Her flight mode ends much faster than that on its previous version

HYPER COMBOS

LIGHTNING STORM (Level 1 Hyper Combo) - Storm shoots lightning coming from her body that forms like a sphere that shocks her opponent. This is Storm's most damaging hyper combo and is best cancelled after three Lightning Attacks in the end of an air combo. The radius of the lightning is much smaller than that of its previous version and the lightning does not travel full screen.

HAIL STORM (Level 1 Hyper Combo) - Storm's best full screen hyper inside of combos and one of the hypers in the game with long start-up. She flies backward of the screen and calls upon a storm of bombarding ice to the opponent and hits OTG. It deals great chip damage when blocked and could kill a low-vitality character when used several times if coupled with Level 3 X-Factor. This hyper combo has been vastly improved from its previous incarnation and is best used in a Team Hyper Combo or a Delayed Hyper Combo.

ELEMENTAL RAGE (Level 1 Hyper Combo) - Storm's fastest hyper combo on start-up. She uses her mastery over wind and ice to flash freeze her opponent. If the opponent gets trapped, she then calls forth series of high-speed tornadoes that carries her and slashes her foes with it. This move is also a substitute to her Hail Storm hyper in combos since this move also hits OTG.

PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS THE CHARACTER

My best bet character in the game and my favorite X-Man. I love what Capcom did to Storm especially when it comes to her appearance. I really do love her costume than that of her original X-Men uniform. I gives her a more sexy new look unlike before. The next best thing that I love about her is because of her new hyper combo Elemental Rage, I really didn't think that Storm could have another since I got used to only Hail Storm and Lightning Storm during the days of X-Men Vs. Street Fighter. It's really a shame that she did not get any Level 3 Hyper Combo and got her rank lowered than that of Magneto but I still love her anyway. I used her a lot especially if I teamed her with Morrigan, Phoenix, Amaterasu, Crimson Viper, Chun-Li, Iron Man or Magneto. Well guys now that the Weather Witch is back and is more agile and stronger than before, would you take Storm for a spin?