Character Discussion: IRON MAN

IRON MAN
(Name: Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark)
Tony Stark is a mechanical genius, billionaire, and a certified playboy. He took over his family's company Stark Industries after his parents died. Enjoying the luxuries of life, he didn't care to much to everyone else until he was kidnapped by terrorists who used his own machines and inventions. They ordered him to create weapons for them to use against evil. He then struggled to escape from captivity, instead of building weapons, he created a suit to help him escape the island. Realizing his sins, he then swore to use his armor to save lives. He and James Rhodes (who later became War Machine) fights the forces of evil who threatened humanity.
He is also one of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes joining the Avengers together with Captain America, Thor, and Hawkeye.

GAMEPLAY

Iron Man changed drastically in Ultimate, improving his aerial maneuverability and swiftness. He can air-dash cancel his moves making his aerial combos similar to that of Magneto and Storm but loses the ability to double jump. Also one of the most defensive keep-away characters in the game, he has projectiles to match his position in the field like his Unibeam for range battles and Repulsor Blast for those foolish enough to get close to him. His hyper moves are also some of the best and strongest in the game. He has two versions of his original Proton Cannon hyper and a powerful level 3 hyper move.

SPECIAL MOVES AND COMMAND NORMALS

• Focus Shot - Iron Man's jumping heavy move which he can aims down-forward or up-forward
• Unibeam - Iron Man's main beam projectile. He fires a laser beam-like projectile to his opponent making it great against long-range battles  
• Repulsor Blast - Iron Man creates a cross-shaped lasers from his hands that juggles and attracts opponent that is catch with the lasers
• Repulsor Spread - This move is a follow-up to Repulsor Blast. Iron Man creates an explosion of energy that blasts his opponents away 
• Smart Bomb - Iron Man fires several bombs that aims downward just in-front of him that deals damage to his opponent and hits OTG making it great in long combos and can be cancelled to any of his hyper combos
• Flight - Iron Man enters flight mode using his boosters and rockets

HYPER COMBOS

PROTON CANNON (Level 1 Hyper Combo) - Iron Man summons a large off-shoulder cannon and fires a large proton beam horizontally to the opponent. This hyper combo is great at ending combos especially if cancelled after an OTG Smart Bomb.

ANGLED PROTON CANNON (Level 1 Hyper Combo) - An angled version of the Proton Cannon. He also summons a large off-shoulder cannon that now fires in a 45 degree angled and is a good anti-air hyper combo. 

IRON AVENGER (Level 3 Hyper Combo) - Iron Man's most devastating hyper combo, one of the fastest Level 3 Hyper Combos in the game, and another great combo ender after an OTG Smart Bomb. He unlocks his power inhibitor (according to his quote) and grabs the opponent after a dive-arching attack. He grinds them face first on the ground and then launches them in the air. He then finally fires a super charged Unibeam to blast his opponents away.


PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS THE CHARACTER
The Invincible Iron Man! One of the most famous Avengers character in the series and on films as well. I really love his special moves and hypers because it deals so much damage and is cool in using on combos. He is also my favorite male character in the roster along side Chris Redfield, Magneto, and Doctor Strange. His aerial moves are now air-dash cancelable making his aeriel mobility similar to my favorite character Storm. And yeah, I always team him up with Storm due to the DHC capability of either Hail Storm-Proton Cannon or for a more damaging combination; Elemental Rage-Iron Avenger. How about you guys? Care to unlock Iron Man's Power Inhibitor? :)