Roll - Capcom

"I'll have to give it my all since my brother isn't here to give me a hand!"

TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM BIO:

A sweet female robot, Roll is often known as Mega Man’s sister. She was created by Dr. Light, a prominent roboticist, to assist him in the lab. She is a peace-loving robot, but is not afraid to confront villains with her broom during times of emergency.

CHARACTER ORGIN

Roll is a female robot designed for housekeeping instead of fighting. She is often known as Mega Man's sister. Her name is a play on the term Rock and Roll, as Mega Man is known as Rockman in Japan.  Roll first appeared briefly in the ending of the first Mega Man.  She was playable in the Marvel vs Capcom series as well as Mega Man Powered Up.

GAMEPLAY DETAILS

What she lacks in raw power and defense, Roll makes up for with an array of unique skills and speed. Her broom strikes are very fast and have enough range to let her beat out most air-to-air confrontations as well as giving her access to a range of devious mixups. Her airdash lets her rocket towards the opponent while keeping her momentum, making it easy for her to pressure opponents in the corner. Roll literally sweeps the opponent off their feet, then proceeds to attack them while they're down, building lots of meter and preventing them from escaping her combo with a Mega Crash. She is also able to heal herself and makes a great teammate for many characters. Her small stature also lets her avoid some attacks completely, so opponents have to adjust their combos to suit her. When Roll's broom is charged, her offensive abilities take a huge leap. All her normal attacks deal more damage and her specials are enhanced to allow her to extend her combos.

CHARACTER STATS

Difficulty: Intermediate

Style: passive-aggressive rushdown

Defensive power: She has the second lowest HP in the game, but she's small enough that she often takes less hits from combos. She is also able to heal herself if she gets an opening. Her jabs are among the fastest in the game and so she can often poke her way out of trouble when an opponent is too close for comfort.

Offensive power: Without a broom charge, Roll's damage is quite pitiful, but when her broom is charged all of her normal attacks and specials are boosted by about 10% in damage, which really does make a difference, especially when you consider that she can re-launch fairly easily after an air combo. Her Roll Mop Up Turbo is one of the most powerful level 1 Hypers in the game and only serves to help her combo damage.

Approach strength: Not many characters have an answer to Roll's air dash and jumping Heavy attack. Her range is better than it looks and her speedy moves keep opponents honest, so she rarely ever has any trouble closing the gap between herself and her target. However, a Roll player needs to be careful not to get too predictable with this kind of approach. Unfortunately, it's very hard to combo off her air Heavy attack due to how low the stun is, so sometimes it's best to just sit back and let the opponent make a mistake by tricking them into thinking you are going to push the offensive.

Combo ability: Roll's combo ability takes a jump when she charges her broom. She can re-launch after an air combo by using a charged Roll Broom Swing. Her combos deal a lot of small hits due to her habit of pummeling opponents while they're down. It can be quite amusing to watch and in the end it does deal respectable damage.

Meter Usage: Roll does tend to use meter for cancelling her Turbo Mop Up into another Hyper to make it safe when using it on downed opponents. This makes her more meter-costly if she's going for big damage, but more conservative Roll players might want to save it for megacrash or healing.

Key Techniques: Roll is a fairly execution friendly character. Her more advanced techniques include cancelling the startup of her air dash into another jump-cancelled air dash, which causes her to rocket across the screen even faster. Players will need to learn how to use her charged broom swing in air combos, which is where a lot of her damage comes from.

Partner Options: Roll and Casshern is still one of the best teams in the game, as the two have incredible synergy together. Roll and Yatterman-1 is also a very strong team who can do some frightening damage through Hyper Combinations.

Special Moves

ROLL POWER UP

  
QUARTER CIRCLE BACK + ATTACK

Roll charges her broom. All variations of this special are the same. When charged, the properties of her next special move will be changed. The charge animation is short, so it can be done in relative safety. It's always worthwile to have the broom charged as often as possible.

ROLL BROOM SWING (can be used while airborn)

   
QUARTER CIRCLE FORWARD + ATTACK

A very simple attack that changes properties if Roll is charged. Roll attacks the opponent by swinging her broom like a baseball bat. It has only a short range and can be used in the air or on the ground, and all versions are the same. An uncharged hit will knock the opponent down wheras a charged hit will initiate a wall bounce. This move will also reflect projectiles.

ROLL SPLASH

   
FORWARD DOWN DOWN-FORWARD + ATTACK

Roll throws a bucket of water on the opponent. When uncharged the projectile travels at an arc. The button pressed determines the distance the water will fly with light being the closest to Roll and strong being the furthest. This attack is slow to startup so it's not a reliable projectile for offense, but it has some interesting properties: the projectile will cause stagger if it hits a standing opponent, and can also hit a downed opponent. If it doesn't make contact with anything before it hits the floor it will create a small puddle that fades away after a few seconds. This puddle hits low and will trip anyone who is hit by it, making it an affective annoyance for dash ins. When charged the projectile will fly straight across the screen and hit multiple times for decent damage, but it won't stagger or leave a puddle.

ROLL MOP UP

   
CHARGE BACK, FORWARD + ATTACK

After a brief twirl on the spot, Roll will rush forwards while cleaning the floor with her broom. Mashing the button will cause her to stop after a while and rapidly scrub the floor, extending the number of hits until she automatically stops. This attack isn't very safe on a standing opponent even when it hits, but it's designed for dealing damage to opponents who are knocked down. When charged this attack does improved damage and the scrubbing portion is significantly faster, allowing Roll to inflict many more hits on the downed opponent. This attack makes up a key component of Roll's offense, as she can slip it in at the end of any combos that knock the opponent down, including air combos that end with her air strong attack.



Hyper Moves

ROLL DOWN TIME

    
 QUARTER CIRCLE BACK + ANY TWO ATTACKS

Roll pauses and puts her hands together in prayor, then a ball of plasma will fall from the sky above her and heal her for about 1/5 of her health. Will deal 1 damage to most characters if the plasma ball itself touches them, but can also heal anyone who is a robot, including enemies and teammates. Roll is vulnerable during the healing animation but it's fairly safe to set up and has barely any lag after the heal. Roll's defense is poor and she tends to take a lot of damage if caught in a combo. Because she's small, she also tends to fall out of combos more often than she should. If Roll's partner is Casshern, Megaman or Zero then it's possible to use this super to heal them if they're out performing an assist or a Variable Hyper Combination when it hits. Otherwise she can heal herself whenever she has the chance, keeping her health high while whittling the opponent's down instead. This super is useful for Roll players who are cautious and don't take risks to get themselves caught in long combos. Amusingly this super can KO an opponent too if they've just used a megacrash to shave off their last remaining life, since it hits directly above Roll and starts at the very top of the screen.

ROLL MOP UP TURBO

CHARGE BACK, FORWARD + ANY TWO ATTACKS

A powered up version of Roll's regular Roll Sweep. She runs forward while sweeping the ground rapidly and finishes with a Roll Swing that knocks down, then poses as the opponent falls. Can hit grounded opponents but the last hit will miss them. This surprisingly powerful super is one of Roll's best tools for dealing damage. Unfortunately it has some specifics as to how it needs to be used. If used midscreen there is a high chance that the opponent may fall out of the combo, and when used to hit a down opponent the last hit will miss, leaving her vulnerable. It's best to use this move in a corner or in a Delayed Hyper Combination alongside another character who has a powerful ground-hitting super that can be used to safely end the combo without putting Roll in danger. This attack is safe to use against standing cornered opponents though, and upon landing it it's possible to get in another regular Roll Sweep before the opponent recovers.

OH. NO. YOU. DIDN'T!

   
FORWARD DOWN DOWN-FORWARD + ANY TWO ATTACKS

Roll begins to sweep the ground in front of her rapidly, creating a column of flame. If the opponent is hit by it they are put into a cutscene where Roll dumps a huge bucket of water on them in order to put out her opponent's flaming backside. Has invulnerability and the hitbox stays out for some time. Can hit downed opponents but will do nothing more than a regular Roll Sweep for pitiful damage. A very decent level 3 super that can be useful for finishing the opponent if Roll has the meter and doesn't have to worry about conserving it for mega crash purposes. It has invulnerability and almost instant startup and does respectable damage. This is her one effective tool for defeating giant characters, with whom she usually struggles to fight against.

Assists

Assist

A contender for one of the most useful assists in the game, Roll's assist is the same as her light bucket special and retains all of the original's properties, including a stagger on hit and more importantly the ability to lay a water puddle on the screen. This aids in combos, keep away and also allows certain characters to set up unblockable traps on the switch after defeating the first opponent in a team. Before the next character has tagged in, roll is called to lay a water puddle on the ground while the point character attacks with a meaty overhead, forcing the opponent to take a hit on the switch as they cannot block high and low at the same time.

Variable Counter

Variable Hyper Combo

Roll will always use her Roll Sweep super when she is assisting in a Variable Hyper combination. Best used alongside other powerful down-hitting supers such as Zero's Rekkouha.



Combos

Standing Bread and Butter (without charge)

crouching Light, mid, crouching mid, strong, -> launcher -> up -> L,M -> jump -> M,M,H -> Roll Sweep