Captain America in the official PlayStation Character Guide artwork
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Fighting Avengers · Character Guide

How to Play Captain America

The Sentinel of Liberty

All-rounder with projectiles, lunging attacks and anti-air tools

Updated August 8, 2026 · launch roster

Playstyle

How Captain America plays

All-rounder with projectiles, lunging attacks and anti-air tools. Start by learning when Captain America wants to be on point versus called in as an assist, then build your game plan around the signature tools below.

Signature kit

Signature tools

Trick Shield
Vibranium Shield
Ricochet Volley

These are Captain America’s signature mechanics. Full move lists, inputs and combos join this guide as production testing wraps up.

Watch and learn

Official Captain America guide video

PlayStation · 4:55

Captain America Character Guide

Published June 20, 2026

Watch on YouTube ↗

What the video covers

  • Mid-air attacks
  • Anti-air attacks
  • Vibranium Shield counters
  • Ricochet Volley

Coming to this guide

Move lists, combos, damage and frame data are in production testing now — this guide grows with every update. Meanwhile, the controls and mechanics reference covers the system every fighter shares.

Evidence trail

Official sources

03 sources
  1. SRC-PS-US
    Official PlayStation US product page

    Sony Interactive Entertainment

  2. SRC-PS-AVENGERS
    Official Fighting Avengers announcement

    PlayStation Blog / ARC SYSTEM WORKS

  3. SRC-PS-YT-GUIDES