Keep practicing the H loop. Don’t tell yourself you cant do it and settle with that. As for combos, I’ll hit the lab soon because Nova/Task is 2/3 of my team and I was practicing some Nova/Doom stuff the other day.
Oh and by the way, I always had that TAC problem too. It happens when H is pressed too soon. To solve this, overshoot your flight motion…meaning do it like youre doing a Tiger Knee.
Just curious, did you ever end up doing this? You dont need to go to the trouble of making a video, but would you mind posting your corner sword loop variant? I have a basic idea how to do it, but not sure if I should go the route where you helm break first, or lunar phase first. Of course before to start it with “Power of the Nova Force xx DHC…” to keep it on-topic 
Im totally dead-set on my Nova Dorm Doom main, but for secondary Ive been so wishy washy. I like drones and bolts for my assist, and am also thinking it may be time to buckle down and finally learn Strider/Vajra. And for middle slot, Vergil, Dante, and Magneto are all sick. So many options!! 
I cant say “I have zero interest in playing Spencer,” as that would express far more interest in playing Spencer than I actually have. Though I do recognize he’s one of Nova’s best partners, possibly his best. The tactical flaw with Spencer, though, is FUCK SPENCER.
Oh hey, just curious… what do you guys like to do with Nova to deal with chicken blockers? (not including Vajra, I know that can help) Any good ways to get them down to the ground without losing the initiative?
Air grab the shit out of them.
And if they’re in block stun? Shoulda mentioned that part.
Seperate thought… does Nova b-assist allow for a Wolverine OTG slide pickup midscreen without being knocked away? (with the idea of the whole DP xx Fatal Claw thing). Not in a position to test, anyone know off hand?
You would have to use his wall-bounce assist because the link of the assist after the slide is kinda weird.
Been flirting around with the idea of teaming up Nova with Strider. Don’t know who should be second with it. Aside from the usual suspects (Dante, Vergil, Doom) who would be a good go between for that shell? Someone who can capitalize off of Vajra and provide Nova with a good neutral and/or combo extending assist.
Ive been thinkin the same thing, though seems the usual suspects are your best bet. There are others, but theyd depend on who you personally enjoy playing.
Man, I’ve been saying it for months now. Nova with Vajra assist is amazing. That being said your best bets are either Doom, Dante, or Vergil.
Yea sorry about that, I rented Asura’s Wrath this weekend to take a break from Marvel for a weekend so I didn’t play much. Pretty much in the corner, I simplify the loop a whole lot. But it also depends on how you are starting the loop. Do you want after the Super Nova DHC loop or just playing Vergil and you happen to get catch the opponent in the corner?
I can play a little Strider but has tried to shy away from him. I will say Nova with Vajra assist is very good. Nova always works well with the Sparda twins and Magneto. I play a little Magneto but I’m still not good enough at his air dash combos to play him seriously. Spence and Nova definitely have good synergy. I’m not the biggest Spence fan either but he is a good character, so I will only use him on one experimental of mine. Douggie-overkill plays Nova, Spence, Task so he can probably help you with a Nova Spence team.
Honestly the Centurion Rush knocks people away to far midscreen. The only people I can get to combo after that midscreen are Vergil and Dante with thier Stinger moves and that’s if I haven’t used up the wall bounce. You may be able to Berserker Barrage H your way over in enough time to get a Fatal Claw or Berserker Barrage X Super. Or Berserker Slash MAY work. But im not sure
Ive literally searched everywhere, but does anybody know the hardest hitting Nova DHC into sword loop combo for Midscreen and Corner? Ive been in the lab all week trying to invent my own but its not going so well. Lol
Aside from missiles on my NDD team, the 3 assists I’ve been messing with for Nova and other points I like are Bolts, Vajra, and Unibeam. Though admittedly Vajra is in my head thus far, havent had a chance to actually play it. It’s probably the superior assist because, well, it’s Vajra. But damn if Unibeaqm and Bolts arent fucking awesome for Nova. ive never even used IM before, and I know he’s ass. But it’s the whole “3rd character is a throwaway assist character” mindset a la MvC2. I still dont even know an IM combo, but holy crap is Nova (and Mag, Wolve, Dante, Vergil) fun as hell w/ Unibeam! Even if just to good around, I highly recommend you guys try it. Likely won’t be your tournament stuff, but as Nova players, ya’ll definitely deserve to run a game or two with that setup. To quote nova, “Feel my power!!” lol
The former.
Nova can always corner carry, so whatever your hardest hitting Nova combo is without sword loops… same combo. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but there’s nothing really DHC-into-swords-specific Nova should be doing to milk the damage post-DHC. Unless somehow SHORTENING the Nova portion of the combo makes the swords get more damage, but I doubt it.
I’ll record the combo I do in the corner with Vergil tonight. Yea, I used to love IM in MvC2 and ive tried to make him work, but you have to literally stay in the lab with him to make him good. Alukard is the only IM i’d ever be afraid to play and even he has his qualms with the character. I was messing around with a Trish, Nova, Strange team and damn that team is oddly fun to play with. Nova does great with any assist that covers him horizontally and Uni beam and Dooms Plasma Beam are awesome. But damn. Nova with Strange Bolts is crazy good.
How does nova properly use vajra? I keep getting blown up while using it. It doesn’t seem to cover nova’s approach that well.
Nova uses Vajra properly because he has 3 OTGs, one of which is very fast and covers a large horizontal area, from which he can get practically full combos. You just can’t spam the assist like you’d spam a beam assist
It helps prevent chicken blocking and keeping opponents grounded, which is where Nova dominates. It also helps vs his worst match-ups like Doom or Zero. I love it.
Well Energy Javelin kinda helps against turtly, “super jump ADUB fly photon shot” dooms but yeah it’s still annoying as hell.
j.H, MHS, air MMH, fly, air MMHS, fwd+H, S, air MH, nova force builds 1 bar and close to 650k before Vergil DHC
j.H, MHS, air H, fly, air H, unfly, air H, st.S, air HS, fwd+H, S, air H, nova force does about 720 before Vergil DHC
As soon as you spiral swords is activated, call Nova assist. It will reset the groundbounce so you can lunar phase, cr H, fwd + H, throw swords, and etc…
Man, I dunno why, but I just blow with Vajra lol Mobile opponents dodge it, and in fast paced games it’s difficult to confirm the knockdown versus a grounded hit, if they block it or don’t, what to do when they do block it, yadda yadda. Im most definitely not claiming it’s bad; it’s great. But I personally just suck with it lol Never quite sure when to call it, if i should fly over when I do, I could go on and on, but wont for your collective sakes. Maybe it’s just a matter of style, since Im not a bad player in general. But even with teleporters I always feel like I’m using Vajra poorly.
That said, anyone else run a missiles-Nova? Now THAT assist I feel I use pretty strongly. BUT, since the players here are likely somewhere between “better” and “WAY better” than me I’m wondering if anyone has some tips on good missile calling during either a neutral or Nova-has-initiative situation. What to do as they’re falling or about to fall is semi-obvious, but anyone have some good pointers on what to be doing with Nova when pressing that Doom button?
I’m happy to share my own missile-call tactics, I just always come to these forums assuming others do whatever better than I do. And as such will often ask questions I have answers to already, expecting one or more of the posted replies to be new and/or better.