Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid/Eric Myers

Eric Myers
Quantum Ranger

Introduction

Health: 950
Walk Speed: - forward, - back

Eric Myers developed a disdain for the upper class of Silver Hills from an early age, seeing how the rich would always sneer at him simply for being poor. However, his low class consciousness caused him to only seek the betterment of his own position rather than questioning the system of class itself, which led to him joining the town's privately-owned police force, and eventually gaining the powers of the Quantum Ranger and the Q-Rex. Yet he has not eased his suffering at the hands of the bourgeoisie. He needs more power.

Overview

Eric is a well rounded character with simple tools that often hide a lot of trickery. Sporting excellent mobility and a solid projectile in his 5S Blaster, his neutral largely consists of controlling space and frustrating the opponent into coming to him, where he can pull out the secondary functions on many of his tools in order to throw opponents off guard. He really shines as a support character, often tagging in to extend a combo into his highly potent Quantum Power sword loops, giving any team consistent access to high damage combos that quite often lead to a kill.

Normal Moves

Click "Expand" for images of Quantum Power versions of moves (when applicable).

5L

5L	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Normal 35 High/Low/Air - - - - Typical jab. Quantum Power 35 High/Air - - - - Standing low.

5LL

5LL	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 80 High/Low/Air - - - - Causes a hard knockdown. Cannot be used while Quantum Power is active.

5M

5M	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Normal 60 High/Low/Air - - - - Quantum Power 50 High/Low/Air - - - - Main component of Quantum Power loops.

5MM

5MM	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 20, 60 High/Low/Air - - - - Cannot be used while Quantum Power is active. The second half won't connect against opponents who block the first.

5H

5H	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Normal 70 High/Low/Air - - - - Very slow and with long recovery, making it very committal in neutral. Quantum Power 70 High/Low/Air - - - - Wallbounces against airborne opponents.

5HH

5HH	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 80 High/Low/Air - - - - Wallbounces. Cannot be used while Quantum Power is active.

4H

4H Prop Up	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv - - - - - - Anti-air. Jump-cancelable. Cannot be used while Quantum Power is active.

6H

6H Dome Breaker	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 60 High/Air - - - - Eric performs a quick hop forward before coming down with an elbow slam. Hits overhead, and can hit OTG, causing a ground bounce. Be careful using it in combos, as it can sometimes go right over people, causing it to whiff. Can chain back into his standing buttons while Quantum Power is active.

2L

2L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 35 High/Low/Air - - - -

2M

2M	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 60 Low/Air - - - - Eric's fastest low attack. Like most of Eric's buttons, it's got nice range, but it's slow.

2H

2H Time Fire	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Normal 50 Low/Air - - - - Eric fires a blaster shot at the opponent's feet. Excellent range, and hits OTG, causing a spin launch. Quantum Power - - - - - - Anti-air. Jump-cancelable.

j.L

j.L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 35 High/Air - - - -

j.M

j.M	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 60 High/Air - - - - Can cross up.

j.H

j.H	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Normal 70 High/Air - - - - Groundbounces Quantum Power 70 High/Air - - - - Wallbounces against airborne opponents.

Special Moves

5S

Blaster 5S	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Blaster 5S 20, 20x4, 40 High/Low/Air - - - - Up to 5 shots. Gun has a hitbox during startup. Final shot deals more damage than the others. Maximum 5[S] 25x4 High/Low/Air - - - - Shots can be charged by holding S, transitioning to Maximum and ending the barrage. Can cancel into 6S or 4S before reaching max power. Causes a wallbounce on hit.

5S~2

Evasive Gambit 5[S]~2

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Stance - - - - - - Special stance. Can follow-up with L, M, H, or S. Drop Shot 5[S]~2~S 60 High/Low/Air - - - - Shoots while supine. Causes a spin launch on hit. . Useful for firing back at people while dodging projectiles with Evasive Gambit, but this option isn't used very often. Up Here 5[S]~2~L 0 - - - - - Eric teleports into the air, slightly behind his starting position. He can act on the way down, allowing him to enforce a tricky high/low mixup with the right setup. Think fast 5[S]~2~M 90 High/Low/Air - - - - Eric teleports in front of the opponent before unleashing a punch that wallbounces on hit. Sets up a gimmicky left/right mixup with the H teleport. Unsafe on block, but can be highly potent when paired with an assist or cancelled into super. Over Here 5[S]~2~H 90 High/Low/Air - - - - Same as M teleport, except Eric teleports behind the opponent.

4S

Formation: Sword 4S

Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 10x4, 20 High/Low/Air - - - - Eric tosses his sword up into the air, where it spins in place for a brief period of time. Often used in lieu of a normal launcher in combos, as it causes a special combo state that locks the opponent in place, making it extremely easy to convert from. The angle it flies up at can also give it some use as a meaty on incoming opponents.

4S~S

Formation: Airblade 4S~S	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Formation: Airblade 4S~S 30, 40 High/Air - - - - Crashblade 4S~SS 30, 40 High/Low/Air - - - - A true anti-air launcher. Chains into S for a ground bounce, allowing you to pick up a combo. Gains invinciblity during Quantum Power.

6S

Quantum Leap 6S

Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Quantum Leap 6S 35x2 High/Low/Air - - - - Eric leaps forward, firing two blaster shots. Can performs several followup actions. Trick Shot 6S~L 0 - - - - - Drops to the ground. Transitions into Evasive Gambit stance. Quick Shot 6S~M/H 55 High/Low/Air - - - - Fires a third shot. Can be charged. M fires at a diagonally downward angle, while H fires straight ahead. Vaporize 6S~[M] 90 High/Low/Air - - - - Charged version of 6S~M. Causes a ground bounce. Hypercharge 6S~[H] 10, 20, 60 High/Low/Air - - - - Charged version of 6S~H. Causes a wallbounce.

j.S

Airblade j.S	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv Airblade j.S 20, 30 High/Air - - - - Aerial version 4S~S. Still counts as an anti-air launcher, making reaction j.S pretty strong as an anti-air. Crashblade j.S~S 20, 30 High/Low/Air - - - - Followup to Airblade. Causes a ground bounce, allowing you to pick up a combo.

EX Attack

5L+S

Acceleration Mode 5S+L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 50x5, 90 High/Low/Air - - - - Switches sides. If the first hit is blocked, the rest of the move will not come out. Eric knees forward. On hit, he unleashes a flurry of blows before finishing with a teleport into a strike from above, causing a ground bounce. Quite damaging, and easily comboable with a takeover.

Throws

Forward Throw

Forward Throw 5M+H/6M+H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 50x2 Throw 6 - - - Eric pistol whips the opponent before firing a blaster shot into their chest, sending them full screen. Causes a hard knockdown, but only allows for a combo in the corner.

Back Throw

Back Throw 4M+H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 90 Throw 6 - - - Eric teleports behind the opponent and kicks them, bouncing them off the wall. OTG follow-ups are possible, but converting into a full combo is exceptionally hard without assists if you aren't throwing the opponent into the corner.

Quantum Forward Throw

Foolishness M+H while Quantum Power is active	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 40, 80 Throw 6 - - - Eric hits the opponent with the hilt of his sword before stabbing them. Causes crumple stun.

Super

Super

Quantum Power H+S "I need more Quantum Power!"	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 0 - - - - - Activates Quantum Power install, changing some moves. All normal attacks become special-cancelable on any frame. Normal attacks cancelable into 6H. All sword-based attacks inflict temporary freeze debuff. Airblade gains invincibility.

Quantum 5S

Quantum: Divide 5S while Quantum Power is active	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 30x3 High/Low/Air - - - - Eric sends out a projectile that looks very similar to Dante's Drive special from Marvel vs Capcom 3. Causes a wall bounce on hit.

Quantum 6SS

Quantum: Displace 6S while Quantum Power is active Oh baby it's Rapid Slash!	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 10x5, 30 High/Low/Air - - - - Eric dashes forward with a quick series of sword slashes, leaving some afterimages behind him. Can cross up, and causes a spin launch, allowing for a combo pickup. Can also hit OTG.

Quantum 5L+S

Finish Sequence 5L+S while Quantum Power is active	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv - - - - - - Switches sides If the first hit is blocked, the rest of the move will not come out. Eric performs an enhanced version of his EX Attack. Doesn't cost meter and has partial unscaled damage, but it uses up the remainder of Eric's Quantum Power timer. It can also hit OTG.

Tag Actions

Assist

Assist Maximum A1/A2	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 19, 10, 54 High/Low/Air - - - - Wallbounces.

Quantum Assist

Quantum Assist Quantum: Displace A1/A2 while Quantum Power is active	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 10x5, 30 High/Low/Air - - - - Causes a spin launch, allowing for a combo pickup. Can also hit OTG.

Swap Strike

Swap Strike A1/A2+S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv 70 High/Low/Air 6 - - - Faster than EX Attack, making it a little more reliable as a reversal, but far less damaging. Forces a character switch on hit; knocks down if only one character remains. Unlike most Swap Strikes, Eric's has a unique animation: a jumping side kick.

Combos

Quantum Power Loop Theory

Eric's combos largely revolve around converting into a corner loop of [5M > 5H > 6H]xN while Quantum Power is active. The most common way to convert into Quantum Power is by carrying your opponent to the corner, and then doing...

...5SSSSS > H+S > 5M > 4S > jump back j.H...

Where you go from here depends on whether or not you've used a wall bounce and/or your OTG bounce.

If your j.H will wall bounce, dash back after j.H to maintain the corner, then OTG with 6H and transition into the loop.

If your OTG 6H will ground bounce, delay 5H after and transition into the loop.

All QP combos should be ended with Finish Sequence (QP EX), as it is essentially free and deals great damage.

Solo

all combos tested and working as of version 2.0

5L > 5M > 2M > 5H > 4S > [j.L > j.M]x2 > j.L > j.H > 5M > 5H > 6S~H > 2M > 2H > 6S~H > [4H > 6S~H]x2 > 5SSSSS > H+S > QP loop

Standard solo confirm into QP loop, should give you an idea of how to get them going.

2L > 5M > 2M > 5H > 4S > 5[S] > 6H > 2L > 5M > 5H > 6S~H > j.L > j.M > 5M > 2M > 5H > 6S~H > 2L > 5M > 2M > 4S > late j.H > land 6S~H > [4H > 6S~H]x2 > 5SSSSS > H+S > QP loop

Slightly more elaborate combo if you really need to build the two bars needed for QP solo. Has the benefit of leaving you with no ground or wall bounces, so you can transition directly into the main loop. Works on everyone except Doggie midscreen, but is highly character specific in the corner to the point of impracticality. More for show than anything. video example

Assist combos

5L > 5M > 5H > assist name > 5L > 5M > 5H

Example combo

Colors

Color 1

Color 2

External Links

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