Dorm assists don’t help either of them in my opinion
I’ve seen Nova and Spencer with Dr. Strange. How is he with them? What about Doom?
Strange, one again in my opinion, is just as if not even more useless. Doom is cool with the beam assist for both of them.
I’d actually say he’s not bad at all. Strange is a capable anchor as long as he has x-factor and meter. And bolts is a pretty underrated assist. It helps set up mixups pretty well, but it’s all about what you like. If you like Strange as a character, it could work find as bolts is an awesome assist for both Nova and Spencer.
I actually like Doom a lot more lmfao
I have to agree. I like Strange as a character and he and Nova have some great synergy. Bolts works wonders, and if you already have a horizontal beam/arrow assist for Nova, the Eye works well too.
Before I settle with Doom, does Skrull have any synergy with Nova? I know he does with Spencer.
They do have pretty good synergy. DHCing Super Nova into Inferno does a gravimetric s*** ton of damage. I use to have a Nova/Skrull team. Just depends on how you like to play Skrull. Most peeps don’t like how random skrull can be, but on anchor with x-factor, thats how you want to play him. What position would you put skrull in?
I plan on keeping Nova on point, but otherwise I’m not sure of the order. I should probably use Spencer as an anchor, right?
Well, if you’re going to play Nova/Spencer you need a “get-in assist”. So something like Strange (Bolts), Taskmaster (H Arrows), Hawkeye (Arrows), Sentinel (Drones), etc etc.
Are those my only options?
I agree. Spencer is at a disadvantage without a horizontal assist to cover his grapples. Though some can do it without an assist (like Combofiend), most just end up grappling all over the place like a maniac. Nova on point is always good. But like Marvelo said, BOTH characters need a horizontal assist. All the characters he mentioned will work. As far as Doom or Skrull, Doom might be the better choice for you with plasma beam. Skrull’s orbital grudge assist MIGHT give you the coverage you need horizontally. Tenderizer is a good lock down, but in conjunction with Nova/Spence, im not sure if Tenderizer will do you justice.
So Doom’s plasma beam is just fine? What makes him compare to Sentinel’s assist? Is there really a difference? Plasma Beam is sort of fast.
Should I put Doom second or as an anchor?
Drones gives combo extensions to Spencer and Nova in addition to safe approaches to the enemy. Plasma Beam scales your combo heavily, but drones barely scales the combo’s damage. The only comparable assist from Doom to Sentinel is the Hidden Missiles assist to Sentinel Force. Plasma Beam has a different use and is more comparable to Iron Man’s Unibeam and Magneto’s EM Disruptor
Plasma beam is good because it helps you from ever getting outzoned, but it scales your combo and doesn’t provide much time to setup various mixups. You have a ton of options, but imo, the best assist for a Nova/Spencer team are drones. They give you everything your team needs. You have other options that can work just as well though. plasma beam, task arrows, hawkeye arrows, strange bolts, gunfire L, and mystic ray are all good. But the best will be drones since it complements your team so well. Once drones hit, you have like 4 mixups you can do. Arrows being the next best thing, especially Task arrows I think.
If you don’t want to play Spencer, Strider is an amazing assist for Nova. Helps stop them from chicken blocking, sets up the instant overhead pretty easily, you can otg like 3 different ways, helps your zoning, extends your combo, etc etc. Also, it helps a ton vs Zero.
For people with difficulty finding a good team for their Nova or Nova/Spencer, I plan on making a video with like Nova (or Nova/Spencer) and company to give people an idea of what Nova and look like with other characters =)
Fuck Spencer. Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah! I swapped in good ol Nova for Mag (my 2 fav points) before Dorm Doom and holy shit it works nice. I didn’t think nova wanted missiles as much as, say, drones. But the runaway is strong.
Question is simply if anyone knows of any good specific synergies, mixups, resets or extensions with dorm assist (I’m asssuming dark hole fits best, but any is fine if there’s a good reason) or the missiles themselves, that may not be obvious on a first or second session with the team. Just thinkin out loud, maybe after jS flying screen, dash back+dark hole xx fwd+H, into something?
Not real sure if I can help give you much insight, but my secondary team is Trish, Nova, Dorm. I switch Trish and Nova’s position a good amount, but I will say that Nova and Dorm work well together. Not to say that their synergy is simply amazing but they do work well. Dark Hole works well with Nova for incoming character setups and as a short lockdown assist. It also helps cover that horizontal space that Nova needs to get in. I use (and I assume most people use) Centurion Rush for Nova and that helps with easy Dorm combos. DHC from Nova to Dorm is always pretty good as well. And if you lose Nova early, Dorm with Doom missiles is solid as hell as we all know.
On a side note, Nova is really good at getting the opponent to the corner and as we all know, Doom rapes in the corner lol.
If people throw some team ideas at me with Nova I will hit the lab. im willing to try stuff. i JUST found out Nova Spencer Magneto can get 870k with one super and 896 using red health…that may not seem like such a big deal but with the Nova Spencer combo, the most I usually hit is 857k. Nova Spencer WITH BEAM ASSIST should be pretty sick I must say.
Dorm relaunch off calling Centurian then doing carpet? I was thinkin about that but havent tested if it worked yet. Also a dark hole during a Nova combo could allow for Doom TAC, as you seem to be implying.
Nova Dorm Doom-b. Might as well!