Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid/Magna Defender

Michael 'Mike' Corbett
Magna Defender

Overview

Combos

Resets / Incoming Setups

Assist/Tagouts

Strategy / Counter Strategy

Videos

#BFTG_MAG

Introduction

Health: 1100
Walk Speed: 525 Forward, 375 Back

The first Magna Defender possessed the body of Michael "Mike" Corbett in order to seek revenge against the warlord Scorpius. After sacrificing himself to save Terra Venture, the spirit of Magna Defender gave the Magna Blaster to Mike, making Mike the second Magna Defender.

Overview

Magna Defender is a high damage character with good reach and frame data. Magna establishes strong mid-range pressure with his plus frames, his 4H, a far reaching standing overhead, and 5S, a nearly full screen shotgun blast. Combined with his 6S Lariat and jS sword spin, he even provides good support on tagout.

Playstyle

Magna Defender is a slow medium range character with many armored options
Pros	Cons
Tools of the Trade - Magna's buttons have great frame data across all of his normals. This gives him great options in neutral and pressure situations Ain't No Benchwarmer - Magna has great tagout value with many of his specials and 4H Respect the Strap - Magna's 5S/assist shotgun covers a ton of space, beats many character's projectiles, and converts to a ToD Everyone's Invited - Magna has very consistent Happy Birthday routes and his long normals help scoop up assists Damage - Magna has ToDs off of any hit, as well as two infinites	Bet It All on the DP - Magna has all of the common big body problems. His slow speed and buttons make his defensive play more reliant on reversals and universal options They Draw Their Strap Faster - While Magna's shotgun is invaluable to his gameplan, it has a TON of startup Swords are Only So Long - Magna struggles at full screen as a solo character. He relies on careful movement and 6S callouts to get in from a distance Didn't Equip FMJ - Magna's beam super isn't as strong as others because it doesn't go through characters

Normal Moves

5L

5L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 40 High/Low/Air 7f - - +11 - Jab. Quick poke for when you need one. Useful for comboing off of overhead as well. Causes flipout if it hits an airborne opponent. Doesn't cancel into 5M but can link.

5LL

5LL	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 50 High/Low/Air - - - +7 - Second hit of jab auto combo.

5LLL

5LLL	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 90 High/Low/Air - - - -16 - Third hit of jab auto combo. Pops up.

2L

2L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 40 Low/Air 6f - - +6 - Low kick. Magna's fastest normal. Cancels into 5L for confirms.

5M

5M	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 60 High/Low/Air 10f - - +0 - Swipe with pretty decent range. Very useful footsies tool and useful for juggling.

5MM

5MM	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 70 High/Low/Air - - - -8 - Launch from 5M. Generally, 2H is preferable, but Magna Defender get combos from this as well.

4M

4M Galactic Kick	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 90 High/Low/Air 25f - - -6 - Magna Defender performs a pushkick. 5 hits of armor make this a good tool for punishing approach options. Very slow, however, so it's easy to get grabbed if you get predictable. Staggers grounded opponents, restands vs airborne opponents.

2M

2M	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 65 High/Low/Air 8f - - +0 - Crouching punch. Not a low, unlike most 2Ms. Has worse range than 2L, so it's mostly useful when you're already very close and doing a blockstring. Whiff Cancels This move can be cancelled on whiff into EX.

5H

5H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 80 High/Low/Air 16f - - -1 - Big sword slash. Cancels to 6S and groundbounces airborne opponents.

5HH

5HH	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 100 High/Low/Air - - - -17 - Second slash. Groundbounces.

2H

2H Defending Cut	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 80 High/Low 16f - - -17 - Anti-air slash. Air-unblockable and launches. Good hitbox for an anti-air but kind of slow.

4H

4H Moon Splitter	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 80 High/Air 23f - - +1 - Overhead. Can link into 2L or 5L after this hits. Groundbounces airborne opponents and OTGs.

j.L

j.L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 40 High/Air 9f - - - - Jump kick. A pretty standard j.L although kind of slow.

j.M

j.M	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 65 High/Air 7f - - - - Jump punch. Has rather short range for a j.M, but delaying j.L into j.M can lead to rejumps.

j.H

j.H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 80 High/Air 13f - - - - Sir slash. Good hitbox, covers a lot of space, but kind of slow. Groundbounces on air hit.

Special Moves

5S

Magna Blaster 5S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 30x4, 50x2 High/Low/Air 24f - - -6 - Not considered a projectile. Shotgun. Does a big amount of chip on block, and causes a hard knockdown on hit.

4S

Avenger 4S Cease your mashing! Cease your mashing!	Version Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 4S 0 - - - - - - Catch 40, 100 - - - - - - Magna Defender extends his palm. If struck by a physical attack, he proceeds to polevault the opponent to his back, causing a groundbounce; he recovers in time for a 5M to juggle.

6S

Hot Steel 6S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 90 High/Low/Air 27f - - -21 - Dash swipe. Can cancel into 2H on hit. Has armor and goes pretty far; when backed by an assist, this move is a pretty solid approach.

j.S

Energy Chop j.S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 25x4, 80 High/Low/Air 14f - - - - Spin slash. Very huge hitbox but punishable on block, so risky if not covered. OTGs

EX Attack

Zika's Revenge 5S+L	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 40x4, 100 High/Low/Air - - - -16 - Switches sides. If the first hits are blocked, the rest of the move will not come out. Magna Defender performs a multi-hitting version of his 6S, then performs the attack portion of his 4S. This move has some invincibilty, and Magna Defender can link 2L on hit to confirm into combos.

Throws

Forward Throw

Forward Throw 5M+H/6M+H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 171 Throw 6 - - - - Knocks down the opponent and sends them flying away.

Back Throw

Back Throw 4M+H	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 101 Throw 6 - - - - Switches sides. Slams the opponent behind him. Can cancel into 5S.

Super

Galactic Mega Blaster H+S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 20x13, 150 High/Low/Air - - - -43 - Magna prepares the Mega Blaster, then shoots a barrage of energy blasts.

Tag Actions

Assist

Assist Magna Blaster A1/A2	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 25x6 High/Low/Air - - - - - Based on 5S. Shotgun assist. Does huge chip just like the regular version of the move. Because of the hard knockdown, it's hard to combo after on hit without assist.

Swap Strike

Swap Strike A1/A2+S	Damage Guard Startup Active Recovery Frame Adv (Block) Frame Adv (Hit) 70 High/Low/Air 6f - - -4 - 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. Same animation and range as 5MM.

Combos

Tested as of 2.6

2L 5M 5H 6S 2H [9j.LM]x2 5M 6S 2H 9j.LM 9j.LMH 4M dash~9j.H 2LLL 2LL 5M 5H 5S 4H 2L 2L 5M 5S backdash Super 4H 883 Damage (video)

This combo does not TOD typically and as such it is advised to reset after 4H into either a mix of 2L/4H/Throw or an unblockable setup.

TODs

2LL 5MH 6S 2H 9.jLM [dash 9.jLM]x3 dash 2L 2L 2L 5MS dash 4H 5M 6S 2H 9.jLM [dash 9.jLM]x2 dash 9.jLMH 4M dash 9.jH 2LLL 2LLL 2L 5MHH EX super 1101 damage (video)

2LLL 2LLL 2L 5MH 6S 2H 9j.LM [dash 9j.LM]x2 dash 2L 2L 2L 5MS dash 4H 5M 6S 2H 9.jLM dash 9.jLM dash 9.jLMH 4M dash 9.jH 2LLL 2LLL 2L 5MHH EX super 1103 damage (video)

Videos

Magna ToD w/ Trini/Zedd (net 2 meter) (2020)

Magna ToD w/ Trini/Jason (2020)

Colors

Color 1

Color 2

External Links

• Twitter hashtag: #BFTG_MAG
• Combo Guide by Cryopo: https://youtu.be/z2fJ30Rp6Fs