10 Overpowered Characters That DESTROYED Players Online

2. Phoenix/Dark Phoenix - Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

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Giving one character access to a toy nobody else has is always bad. Capcom, despite being masters of the fighting game genre, decided to throw caution to the wind and give exactly that to Phoenix in Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Like Gill, Jean Grey's awakened form boasts the uncanny ability to resurrect under certain circumstances, though, unlike 3rd Strike's gimmicky antagonist, Phoenix's return to life delivers much more than a second chance.

Granted, the feat isn't easy to pull off. Phoenix will only return to the arena as her Dark variant if her Hyper Combo Gauge is maxed before being toppled. Achieve the prerequisites, however, and her life bar will automatically refill. Every one of her attacks gets a power bump in this state and the aforementioned gauge fills faster, to boot. The caveat is that her health slowly drains over time, but even this can be offset by having her tag out with another member of your three-person team to heal her wounds as any other fighter can.

Capcom hit Jean Grey with numerous nerfs throughout MvC3's lifecycle, though she remains one of its strongest characters even now.

 
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