I’m still working on mixup stuff in the lab, but I’m kinda feeling Nova’s weak low options. So at the moment I’m kinda wanting a low hitting assist, and Wesker is certainly the go to guy for that.
Still, it’s day one for me, and I’ve got alot more to play with.
rdk variation team im rocking:
Trish (peekaboo)/Nova(centurion rush) /Doom (hidden missiles)
unblockable ground harvest, into corner death loop with Doom. if the person decides to eat the Harvest, easy high jump s with doom to get a relaunch (dunno how many times though, ill have to test it)
I can tell you now that in the combo department, wesker gunshot followed by 
HRP extends the damage after an H loop and gets them closer to the center of the screen allowing for more hits on phantom dance when you DHC. After that DHC they have a fully powered wesker to deal with.
That is my team, right down to the order. I use the Grav Pulse assist so that when I switch Wesker I can sj.gunshot xx down teleport without getting sniped or rode up on when I come down. Also Wesker is just gdlk.
Also looking forward to new Iron Man technology. The team was thought up because I wanted a very viable IM team (fav character an all). Crossing my fingers here.
im really not a fan of the grav pulse assist.
Nor am I. Once I realized it took away red health, I went for his overhead assist.
My current team is Nova/Frank/Doom… but I REALLY want to replace Doom with Zero so I can get that Mega Nova Corps team. The problem I’m having right now is that Doom’s plasma beam is great for getting Nova in there. Plus, Zero’s assists are pretty awful. The only assist I’d use with Zero is Hadengeki, but it’s durability is horrible.
My current strategy is for Nova to get a bar, then DHC into Frank for his level 4. Once Frank gets in there with level 4, it’s pretty difficult for the opponent to really do anything.
I don’t know, I’m kinda just typing stuff that goes through my head. Would Nova/Frank/Zero be a decent team, or would the lack of a decent backup assist make for a crappy team?
Current Day One Team: Nova on point, Vergil battery/2nd, Hawkeye anchor.
Purpose: Rushdown, my style
Assist:
Nova: Deciding between the Centaur M overhead assist or gravi pulse to keep people in corner
Vergil: Rapid slash
Hawkeye: The straight arrow assist.
Reasons for this team:
Weakness:
-I feel that this team dies REALLY fast… but realistically, a lot of teams people used in Vanilla consisted of characters that died pretty fast like Akuma, Magneto, Sentinel, Zero.
i guess u oughta go with Vergil as anchor. everybody is having an orgasm over him in that position.
plus super nova followed/dhc into super scatter shot/kiss of fire works
So what assists can we all agree on that make Nova a more effective character? Beams/Projectiles are always helpful, low assists for unblockables, anything else?
I’ve been theory fighting for a bit, haven’t picked up the game yet, probably after class tonight i’ll put some time in
But going
Deadpool (low) \ Nova (aegis) \ Chun (legs)
Really think that Nova can benefit with the chun lock down and go for mix up, only i dont really like is that novas low is kinda slow. We’ll see how it goes , but for the first part of the games life i’ll be running this team.
im gonna try nova on my team of wesker/doom and put him in eithers 2nd or 3rd depending on his assist
im also gonna try strange/nova later to see if they have good syngry
slide+ centurion arts low or overhead+ a good assist like tatsu or beam is godlike ona grounded opponent. makes the special safe for an easy high/low
i was think at first hidden missiles to get that easy combo breaker combo, but im gonna rock plasma beam, since i got that anti air with trish (peekaboo).
i dont think he needs otgs or low hitting assists at all
I know what you mean about everyone going crazy about him =/. I’m just playing him cause he is my favorite character from the DMC series. Though…the game has been out for less then 24 hours… There is nothing but potential from the character overall. My approach for my team? is kind of like Combofiend, where every character can be used, regardless if there on point, anchor, 2nd, yea… lol. also… they all DHC together ^^.
Thanks for the info with super nova into super scatter shot =3. I’ll be sure to find a combo set-up so I can get the most out of that super.
i have a pretty hype easy combo (with assists lol) that ill try to rec. at least its a tod with 3 bars (nova dhcs into trish then back to nova)
At the moment I’m using Iron Fist(Dragon Fang)/Ryu(Tatsu)/Nova(Pulse… But I haven’t tried the other two)
I don’t know how I feel about the team, it’s REALLY hard to get in on people. I completely got shut out Ghost Rider’s j.S
Rocking Nova(Aegis Reflector)/Wesker(Samurai Edge)/Doom(Rocks). I need to be more careful with this whole low health red life thing. Gravimetric pulsing myself to near death.
I dropped IM in my team for Nova/Wesker/Strider and am feeling it’s pretty cool. Strider because I genuinely like him but he doesn’t have as good of synergy as Nova Wesker I think (which is why he is anchor for the time being) but Vajra is nifty assist nonetheless. Nova and Wesker compliment each other in that they give each other unblockables. Point Nova, get a bar do a combo into super nova and DHC into maximum wesker and you have sunglass free wesker, which obviously isn’t new technology but it is working for me right now.
EDIT: Scratch that, I’m retarded and wasn’t taking advantage of it at all. If Vajra catches someone in the air it gives you a hard knockdown and both Nova and Wesker can pick them up in the obvious manners they both have. I do enjoy this team a lot and I think Nova is tons of fun.
My team now is Frank (cart)/Nova (Pulse)/Skrull (Orbital Grudge). No need to worry about leveling up frank with an assist since I can get him to level 2 no problem. I’m thinking of switching nova with frank though since Nova seems to need a good assist and none of his are honestly THAT good, they have a lot of start up, easy to happy birthday him with.
Yeah fuck that
new team
Nova (overhead) \ Chun (legs) \ Strider (Vaj)
Took me a while but this team is working pretty well. Deadpool just didnt do shit with nova lol
Ok here is my day 1 team with Nova: I wanna know what you think about it:
Wesker With his OTG assist, Deadpool with Katana Rama! for wesker’s combo and finally Nova as an ANCHOR yeah! (i found him a very good anchor for my team) with the Nova Strike assist which i think its the best assist for his invincibilty frames at the start/middle of his move, and because it works very well with wesker’s teleports to do some crossups and unblockeables.