HULK SMASH

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0:21 - Starting things off with a simple bread and butter, this combo is also the first use of Hulk's Standing H as a hard knockdown. Everyone knows the move as the most "noob-friendly" normal in the game, but it does have some fun uses mid-combo. 

0:37 - The recoil on the j.H is also another fun thing to play around with. Instead of immediately following the move up with a j.S, I go into a jump loop and end it with a hard knockdown using s.H.

0:51 - As far as relaunches go, Hulk tends to have a pretty good number of options. He can self-OTG with Gamma Wave, so a good assist can easily extend his combos and do some massive damage. Here, I'm even able to kill Nemesis with two Gamma Crushes using Doom's Hidden Missiles in between.

1:09 - WESKER... Anyway, my favorite thing about this combo is definitely being able to get a fully charged Incredible Punch in. Although it may seem like I'm getting two wall-bounces (with the off-the-wall Gamma Crush), I feel like the Incredible Punch has some faux wall-bounce properties when used mid-combo (more on that later on). I also threw in the s.H / X-Factor / s.H because, you know... Wesker...

1:22 - Ghost Rider finally gets some screen time here, with a little bit of Hulk's help. You got Rider's bread and butter, but with Hulk's Gamma Wave assist, I can get a couple more s.H's in. Honestly, though, I made this combo because I love doing wheelies with Ghost Rider. And also, turning the bike around is probably the most badass thing ever.

1:46 - This is actually an unfinished combo that I ended up scrapping for a more lengthy one (you'll see it at the end). I figured it'd be a good way to whet your appetites, and also help me reach my quota of at least one display of animal abuse per combo video.

1:52 - Okay, this is probably the weirdest combo of the bunch. It starts out simple, but a couple of interesting things happen halfway through. First, I do have to X-Factor after the OTG to get enough time to charge up my punch. And you'll notice, again, that the punch wall-bounces Thor AFTER he just bounced off the wall from getting hit by Iron Fist. The Incredible Punch feels awfully similar to Dante's Sky Dance (QCF+H in the air) where it ignores the rule of one ground-bounce per combo. I like it.

Second, the launcher after the wall-bounce... HUH? I've actually noticed this happening ever since day one--that Hulk will be turned around in the opposite direction following an Incredible Punch wall-bounce in the corner--but have simply been annoyed at the properties instead of trying to utilize them (if you hit them with the S even a LITTLE bit off, it won't launch them and they'll easily flip out of the combo). By hitting Thor in the opposite direction, it puts him right back into the corner, allowing me to follow up with Doom's Missiles into a Hyper.

2:12 - Hulk's got the clap! (No, not that kind, you sicko) Three claps in a row, to be exact, thanks to Iron Fist's assist. Now, keep in mind that his assist only crumples grounded opponents, which is why this works so well with Hulk. The j.H does a ridiculous amount of stun, yet the enemy never leaves the ground. So with tall characters (Sentinel, Haggar, Dormammu, etc.), you can actually land TWO j.Hs in succession.

2:34 - Looks like Tron's vacation is over, because I'm putting her back to work! This combo heavily borrows from my Vanilla MvC3 bread-and-butter. The only difference is (surprise!) the DHC glitch doesn't work. But as I've explained in previous videos, the spinning animation is still intact, allowing for the same set-up, albeit with less damage. 

2:55 - Combine the clap technology we learned two combos ago with a little bit more brutality in the form of a wall-bounce and a hard knockdown, and you've got yourself a dead Nemesis. 

3:10 - DISCLAIMER: As of the latest patch, this combo no longer works. Apparently, they changed out the Gamma Wave 2nd H's knockdown properties so that only two hard knockdowns in a row are possible. What a shame, because there is nothing more satisfying than seeing an inter-dimensional deity repeatedly getting his face slammed into the pavement, I say.