I was thinking running Thor/Magneto/Doom, but I’m not sure if Magneto offer Thor much. Does Thor like Disruptor and is Mighty Smash a good get off me assist?
Disruptor is a beam assist, so by default Thor likes it very much, and Mighty Smash is a great get off me assist if used as a crossover counter. Other wise, it’s best use is extending combos and occasionally applying pressure.
IMO, no because it is only invulnerable as a crossover assist and not as a standard assist. Though, It is great for extending combos with characters that can OTG.
I am thinking of putting Dorm also on point because I have been wanting to set up a new team with Thor 2nd and Doom as anchor but I can’t decide on a point character. Dorm is one of my choices but low on my list of possibilities because he has great DHC synergy but I want a point character with a full-screen beam assist since I have Doom missiles to cover the air.
Awesome, thanks, I’ll probably go with Doom. So… what Thor assist would you recommend for that setup?
With Thor on point, you really won’t be using his assist much at all. Thor/Dormammu/Doom is the team that I roll with, and I run it with Mighty Smash as the assist for the crossover counter. As an added note, if you’re apt enough to move around with Thor without a beam assist (which is entirely possible for match ups against non-zoning teams/characters), an OTG would really help you out too. Unblockable shenanigans for the low hitting ones, mad combo extensions from relaunches, and higher damage out put. Wesker, Arthur, Doom, Dante, and Kl’rt could fill the roll of anchor/OTG guy pretty well too.
Sorta updated the first post. Now in the characters with assists sections, I put either a (Point/2nd Spot) or an (Any Spot) by their name. Pretty self explanatory. When making a team, it’s good to know which characters go where. You don’t wanna make a team with all point characters. If anyone has any more insight on it, feel free to chime in.
use mighty smash, its a great crossover counter and if you have doom on point you can easily extend combos using mighty smash + flame carpet.
Yeah Mighty smash and Dorm is the best also, you can charge 1 spell during the combo with mighty smash. If you already have a spell it lets you get a nice damaging combo. Also Dorm teleport crossup + thor on an incoming character is really good thanks to the two hits of thor’s assist often not comboing right on block.
Alright thanks guys, I just wasn’t sure if Disruptor would be good for Thor because in my experience its can be hard for non-teleporting characters to hit confirm off of beam assists.
I’ve also settled on using doom and dorm , I have doom second tho and I mostly use hidden missiles. I’ll pick beam if they have a really annoying char like Joe
I run a thor/dorm/akuma team with spark/purification/tatsu as the assists. Purification is a nice all around assist for thor as it can get people out of the sky as well as give nice combo extension in the corner (thor is one of the few chars i’ve found who can capitalize off its otg property well) ending with tornado into stalking flare. Many times if they’re still alive ill raw tag thor in while flare is doin its thing and super jump up into a command grab as they recover. its naaaaaasty. also purification is nice to use on incoming characters to set up thors command grab
I’ve actually been tryin’ to super jump with Thor after a Stalker Flare but I find that the Flare takes 'em too far up most of the time. Do you wait for them to come down some and catch 'em off guard?
yeah i noticed that as well. almost everyone techs forward after flare, so i wait until flare ends and as soon as they tech forward i super jump to attempt the medium command grab. I dont get it consistently because its hard to time, but when i do, its awesome
i just follow up with dorm by purification or a 2nd stalking flare, or you could just teleport up there to get a few more hits in (you could probably get a dark hole too) into a j.S hard knockdown but you cant do much after that.
As long as there are option for follow ups i dont like to go for a reset when they have low health, and if you end a combo with mighty tornado xx stalking flare most of the cast should have low health.
I’ve been considering Trish as my point character for my Thor and today I was seeing how well she worked on my team. Oone of the things that I tried out in the training room was having her Round Harvest super out while Thor was on screen as if it was Dorm’s Stalker Flare and it worked.
It sounds like it would work to an extent but I find Thor works better with assists than as an assist, his strength is more what he can bring to a team on point, assists help him overcome in faults and deal with the enemy better. I like Stalker Flare as it’s good to into DHC from Thor as Dorm functions on point well and can come in after Tornado as well as set up Thor in reverse. Having Trish send in Thor could work, but at the same time, you’ve got a weaker point Trish as Thor’s assists don’t do a lot and a weaker point Thor as Trish assists don’t do as much.
It’s interesting to see so many people partnering Thor with Dorm… I didn’t realise it was a popular choice. I thought I came up with it on my own! Haha.
Gotta be honest, the real reason I did it in Vanilla (aside from me lookin’ for somethin’ cool that works) is because of that opening video. Thor vs Dormammu was my favorite part in the battle. The comic guy in me was just goin’, “yes, yes, yes.”
More like… ‘RUN… RUN…’. For real though that cutscene was hype.
Anyway, I’ve known since day 1, I HAVE to play Thor. Was running X-23 and Trish in vanilla but wanted to change it up. Finally going to try and get my hands on the game today, and looking forward to trying Thor, Dorm and Felicia…
My reasons for doing so are all PURE theoretical, I have just being trying to come up with cool stuff in my head… for instance, 1 frame invincible Mighty Punish DHC’d into Chaotic Flame sounds boss for punishing assists… is Chaotic Flame fast enough for this to be viable? I guess the issue is with whether or not you caught the point man… (though I guess I can DHC again into kitty helper… which is safe?). Anyway, yeah really looking forward tons of stuff out… hoping university doesn’t suffer!
Yeah, that’s fast enough to do what you want. If they’re close enough, Thor’ll grab 'em. Toss that hammer, and when they hit the ground “by Mjlonir’s–” cut to the DHC, and boom. If they’re not in range, then you can still do the DHC and the Chaotic Flame’ll push 'em back from you if they block, making it relatively safe, or they eat that damage. Not so sure about what Felicia’ll do outside of being an insane anchor though. I can see some unblockables done with her low hitting assist, so that’ll be good. Let us know how it works out.