Marvel Tokon Wiki Terms and Notation Glossary

Scope and verification: This glossary translates common launch-build terms into the vocabulary used by the official beginner guide and specialist videos. Exact costs, timing, and patch-sensitive interactions should be checked in the current Training mode; a term definition is not a claim that every character has the same property.

Notation: read the input before you read the route

Mark	Meaning
L / M / H	Light, Medium, and Heavy attack buttons
U	Unique attack button; character-specific action
A / Assist	Assemble/Assist button and teammate calls
5	Standing or neutral direction in numpad notation
2	Down/crouching direction
4 / 6	Back / forward relative to the opponent; 6 always means toward the opponent
8 / j	Up or jump; `jH` means jumping Heavy
214 / 236	Quarter-circle back / quarter-circle forward motion
2H → chase	Down-Heavy launcher followed by the aerial follow-up

The PS5 defaults shown in the official beginner material map Square to Light, Triangle to Medium, Circle to Heavy, X to Assemble, R1 to Unique, R2 to Quick Skill, L1 to Quick Dash, and L2 to Quick Assemble. Your custom layout can change the physical buttons without changing the notation.

Resources: know which bar pays for the decision

Term	Practical meaning
Vital Gauge	The shared team health bar. Damage to one character reduces the team's pool; recoverable gray life can return when it is not being directly damaged.
Assemble Gauge	The green stock used for Assist actions, Assemble Rush, Smash, Counter, Crossover, and related team mechanics. Wall events or a lost round can unlock more team access.
Skill Gauge	The orange meter used for heavy/EX Skills, Super Skills, Ultimates, and the late-round Tōkon Assemble.
Super Skill	A 50-meter cinematic or high-damage Skill; exact input can be Quick Skill or command-based.
Ultimate Skill	A 100-meter high-impact Skill with character-specific properties.
Tōkon Assemble	A 150-meter team cash-out available under the late-round comeback condition described in the launch material.
Install	A temporary powered-up state that changes move properties or damage, such as Magik's Darkchild or Hulk's Gamma Rage.
RNG	Randomized behavior. Peni's Gadget Launcher is the clearest example: the result is selected from a set rather than chosen directly.

Assists and tags: make the team visible

Term	Practical meaning
Shooting Assist	The horizontal or projectile-oriented call used to occupy a lane and cover an approach.
Vertical Assist	The upward or anti-air-oriented call used to catch jumps and start conversions.
Assault / Unique Assist	The character-specific call in the back slot: armor, lockdown, tracking, counter, pull, trap, or another unique job.
Aerial Assist	The assist called from super-jump or double-jump height; its angle is character-specific.
Assemble Rush	A lunging teammate attack called during a hit or block sequence; it costs an Assemble stock and can extend a combo or pressure.
Raw Tag	Switching directly in neutral. It is vulnerable during the entry and should be covered by a hit, blockstun, or distance.
Active Tag	Switching during a normal, Skill, projectile, or Assist sequence so the incoming character continues the action.
Assist Cooldown	The lockout after a call, block, tech, or recovery event during which the same teammate cannot answer another gap.
Super Assemble	Calling a teammate's Super during your Super sequence; this is the game's DHC-style team extension.

Movement: change the answer, not just the animation

Term	Practical meaning
Dash / Backdash	A fast ground movement forward or backward. Some characters run; others use a shorter repeated dash.
Air Dash	Directional movement during a jump; some characters can change the angle or use multiple air dashes.
Super Jump	A higher jump performed with a quick down-to-up input; it also unlocks certain air Assist calls.
Flight / Free Flight	A character-specific aerial movement state that changes height and approach timing.
Cross-up	An attack that lands on the opposite side, asking the defender to block in the new direction.
Rejump	Jump-canceling an air hit to chase the opponent again and extend the route.
Super Armor	A state that lets a move absorb hits without flinching; armor can still lose to lows, throws, or stronger invulnerability depending on the move.
Side Switch	Moving the point character to the opponent's other side during a combo or pressure sequence.

Combos: understand the state after the first hit

Term	Practical meaning
Combo	A sequence the defender cannot escape after the first hit connects. A dropped route can become a reset or a “blue” combo.
Gatling / Magic Series	Grounded normal-cancel hierarchy: Light toward Medium toward Heavy, with the game's four-normal and Light exceptions.
Link Attack	The game's auto-combo route activated by repeating the starting normal type; the route can branch after Link Unique.
Reverse Beat	Air-chain freedom that lets a later Light or Medium follow a Heavy when the hitboxes still connect.
Slam Launcher	Crouching Heavy or a related forward/down air ender that sends the opponent into a launch state or knockdown.
Launch State	The airborne combo state after a launcher or Assemble Smash; Light, Medium, Heavy, wall, and Assist endings behave differently.
Combo Limit	The input-limit gauge beneath the hit count. It can fill before the number looks large and ends the combo when it reaches the final state.
Damage Scaling	Per-hit damage reduction as a combo grows; route order changes the value of later attacks.
Blue Combo	A combo the defender could have escaped with an air tech or other recovery but did not use. It is not a guaranteed route.
Air Tech	Recovering in the air after being hit, changing the direction or timing of the next interaction.
Wall Splat	The opponent sticks to a hard wall before slumping; the attacker can choose a pickup, slide, or setup.
Wall Break / Stage Transition	Sending the opponent through a soft wall to the next section, often awarding team progression or resources in the cited launch build.
Happy Birthday	Hitting the point character and an Assist character in the same sequence. It can dramatically increase the reward, but the exact scaling is patch-sensitive.

Pressure: describe why the defender cannot press yet

Term	Practical meaning
Blockstun	The period after blocking during which the defender cannot act. Assist timing and frame traps are built around this window.
Blockstring	A sequence of attacks on block designed to deny a clean turn back. A fake gap can be intentional.
Frame Data	Startup, active, recovery, advantage, and disadvantage measured in frames. Use the current Training display instead of copying old numbers.
Plus on Block	The attacker recovers first or has enough advantage to act before the defender. “Plus” does not mean the next button is guaranteed.
Frame Trap	Leaving a gap that appears challengeable, then using an attack that reaches before the defender's button and counter-hits it.
Stagger	Delaying the next normal to catch a mash, then returning to low, high, throw, or movement if the opponent keeps blocking.
Overhead / Low	A high attack that must be blocked standing / a low attack that catches standing guard. Jumping attacks are usually overheads.
Meaty	Timing an attack to hit on the first vulnerable frame after a knockdown, forcing a reversal or block decision.
Throw / Throw Tech	A close-range unblockable grab / the matching input that breaks a regular throw.
Command Grab	A character-specific grab that cannot be broken with the normal throw-tech input.
Shimmy	Walking or dashing toward a throw, then retreating so the defender's throw whiffs.
Chip Damage	Damage taken while blocking Skills or Supers; it can become recoverable gray life rather than permanent life loss in the cited build.

Defense: name the answer before spending the resource

Term	Practical meaning
Punish	Hitting the opponent during the recovery of an unsafe move after blocking or making it whiff.
Invincibility	A period during which a move cannot be hit by a specified attack type, projectile, or strike. Read the exact property.
Ground Tech	Recovering from a knockdown by rolling left, rolling right, or standing in place; not every wall or hard knockdown allows every option.
Just Guard	Blocking at the last moment to reduce or avoid the tested chip interaction. The current Training display is the authority for timing.
Assemble Counter	A stocked, armored counter call that can catch a strike or throw but is punishable when it whiffs.
Crossover	A guard-cancel Assist call that pushes the opponent away while you are blocking.
Crossover Reflect	The defender's answer to Crossover; a correctly timed Perfect Reflect can disable Assists briefly in the cited build.
Perfect Reflect	A last-moment Crossover Reflect with the stronger counter result. Treat duration and exact resource behavior as patch-sensitive.
Recoverable Life	Gray life that can return if the character avoids further direct damage. Deadpool and Skill/Super chip make the concept especially visible.

Sources and linked deep dives

SSK — 50+ Important MARVEL Tōkon Terms — August 5, 2026 vocabulary walkthrough; generic fighting-game definitions were cross-checked against the launch guides before inclusion.
GimR FGC — The Ultimate Guide to MARVEL Tōkon — system terminology, Assist actions, launch states, and defensive mechanics.
Link Attacks and Gatling Rules — grounded and air cancel hierarchy.
Pressure and Blockstring Timing — Assist timing, staggers, gaps, and lab recordings.
Assist Mechanics, Tags and Air Calls — team calls, tags, cooldown, and Assemble Rush.
Air Combos, Rejumps and Launcher Routes — launch states, Reverse Beat, Rejumps, and air-tech setups.