What do you think of Strider/MODOK/Doom or Sentinel? Hidden Missiles and Drones are both great assists for MODOK, and I imagine that they would help Strider too. Psionic Blaster gives me the beam assist I need.
Methinks, Strider’s place is 2nd, behinds beasts like Wesker, but in front of some more. I’ve come up with this video to show some simple applications of Strider’s assist mid combo, as it’s not as obvious to use as gun + beam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LlQUk0rTTg
If anything, Wesker with Strider is hella flashy.
Ok i need help…
Strider, Vergil, Doom
Zero, Strider, Doom
Strider, Wesker, Doom
Zero is my best character in vanilla, but i feel his synergy as an assist isn’t as great for Strider. I’m like Vergil/Doom allot, but it’s kind of a bummer for me to remove Zero. Wesker is another great character due to his assist and over all beasty gameplay.
Which of the 3 is best? And what should be the assists?
IMO Strider- Vajra/Vergil-Rapid Slash/Doom- Plasma Beam. Doom can help strider/vergil get in. vergils rapid slash assist helps strider extend combos. Vajra is good for Doom, and okay for vergil. I am biased against zero tho, thats just me.
Does anyone have any thoughts on Ghost Rider/Strider/Doom? Ghost Rider would make an excellent battery for either Strider or Doom. I haven’t had a chance to test this team out but on paper I believe it sounds feasible. Any thoughts? Thanks!
Tried the team. I put GR in his otg assist.
Trying Nova/Doom/Strider. Do you guys think it will work well!?
Damn, i’m liking Strider/Vergil/Doom. I’m trying out Doom in hidden missiles but beam seems to be the practical assist in real play. But i do like hidden missiles + wall climb on the incoming opponent.
I would really love to rock Zero/Strider, but i can’t seem to get any combos going off Zero’s assist so i was forced to drop him. I love Zero though… I did well with Zero/Strider/Vergil during my first game and Zero’s AAA was good defensive assist.
I’m in the same boat with trying to figure out if HM is better for the team or not. It helps vergil extend combos, but also seeing that plasma beam hit and then just goin in with f+H > trick l is an easy way to start combos. Strider’s overhead with j.l > qcf+l is also great when they are in blockstun from the HM.
Been trying out Strider - Dr.Strange (Bolts) - Doom (Missiles)
Strider with Strange bolts assist is amazing. The beam has a small gap in between the shots and seems like it locks down longer than other beams. If they crouch it can go nuts with instant overheads/crossups/whatever. On hit it doesn’t kill the combo damage so a mixup+bolts assist with strider leads to 550k~. General plan with the team is just to try and lock down the opponent. Get in with beam/missiles/animals/whatever. Blockstring/mixups, if pushblocked I cancel to Formation B-> shot then get back in. Rotate both assists and formation B strings to stay on them, I’m sure with more practice can get insane lockdown/mixups with this team.
If Strider dies, Strange/Doom missiles is one of the best duos IMO. Stranges counter super and SOV are amazing for covering missiles. Gives you a lot of mixups/chip/or time to set up graces once missiles are out.
Yeah I’m liking the idea of striders teammates working well with each other because strider will get blown up if you make a mistake as long as your playing a smart enemy.
My current team is Trish, Doom, Strider.
For Trish, I was thinking of using her Peekaboo assist as a corner mix up along with Strider teleports.
I just use PB from Doom because of the projectile strength.
What’s your opinion on Strider being on point though?
From my experience his best place is second. Vajra is a strong assist and can easily be used to strenghten point character, then as Strider comes in he still has anchor’s assist to back up his mixups/better his combos. Should he fall, you still have a strong (hopefully) anchor to try and turn the tide. Let’s face it, he does need assists more than a good anchor should. As for him being on point, the downside is that he starts off with only 1 bar hyper, which limits his chances of killing combos (Ragnarok) or Uroboros shanenigans. Besides, Vajra is a strong assist (see above)
I prefer running strider on point as a battery for vergil who’s second. I really dont feel using meter as strider is worth it unless it will kill the opponent, and with his low damage combos it doesnt happen often.
Hey Yo. New here as a member, but I’ve been lurking the site for some months now. Anyhow, a friend of mine decided to go Pro, so he told me and another that we had to go pro with him. My skills lie in SF, but I love UMvC3 just as much. In order for me to see a glimpse of being pro I have to learn a lot more then. So far I’ve been using X-23 since day one, but with Ultimate I want to try a new team . I’ve been thinking of pairing X-23 with Hiryu and Hawkeye. Hiryu, because I’ve always liked Strider and he seems like something I would have tons of fun playing if I learned his combos. I chose Hawkeye because a friend mentioned him to me, saying with poison Shot as his assist to X-23 a 7-8 hit combo would pretty much take out anyone on the field. Pretend I’m learning everything from scratch when helping me out here. I’m open for suggestions, but I prefer to keep X-23 and Strider. Does this team sound solid?
go pro???
Yeah, like entering tournaments all over, hitting up Evo every year or so, etc.
I’m loving Strider/Vergil/Doom, but man do i miss Zero allot. Zero, Strider, Vergil is the only team i can actually perform well consistently with, and that’s because of my experience with Zero but ya… it’s a good Zero team, but an ok Strider team if you ask me. Strider can’t do much with Zero’s assist other than the casual AAA which is good none the less, especially against wesker. However Doom is Doom… and his vitality is a massive plus. I put Doom on his HM right now because of the lockdown it can do on incoming opponents, however i noticed that Molecular shield is still great with Strider. It can set up some nice OTG’s in corner and of course, you have additional chip with the X-factor Orbs…
Vergil’s assist is just too good to give up for me because it serves so many areas for strider, i really think that Vergil is his best assist.
IMO, the best Strider based team is Strider/Dante/Vergil (what ever order) because Strider has multiple usage of both of their assists. My dante is below day one dante so i can’t use it… maybe i should pick him up.
Hopefully, Cornbread can show me some good Strider/Zero combos… 
Zero shippuga allows slide OTG launch, and can also setup resets on standing opponents. There are better assists on other characters.