Thanks alot guys. Time to lab it up.
Well I tried recording and it won’t upload to youtube so ill just transcribe the loop I do:
On a grounded opponent after an air series into Helm Breaker:
Call Nova, High Time (Nova ground bounces enemy), Gucci Belt (start holding any button to charge up round trip. I use M), :qcf::l:, release round trip, :qcf::l:, Gucci Belt, Rapid Slash, Lunar Phase, Gucci Belt (start holding any button to charge up round trip), Helm Breaker, release round trip, Lunar Phase, High Time, Dimension Slash Super.
Missiles works ok with Nova, but I prefer Plasma beam with him. Nova’s Energy Javelin covers the same area as Missiles and Nova really needs that horizontal coverage. Only reason I would use missiles is if I had another assist that already did that. If you already do have a horizontal assist, then yes, missiles works fine.
With missiles you can pretty much do the unsafest crap and get away with it. Start a match with Centurion Rush H in conjunction with the missiles. If you hit the opponent, great, full combo! If they block, if they are smart they won’t try and punish because of death from above. Just be careful with missiles and dont call them like a maniac. Nova isn’t the best at covering assists and you can easily be happy b’dayed with a beam or arrow super. Then they x-factor and do it again and you may have already lost.
Well, the main point of the missiles is that missiles-Dorm is virtually broken, I love playing it, and he and Nova are the 2 characters I have the most legit skill with (relatively speaking). I do have some good times and setups for getting safe missiles calls out, but as I mentioned above, even if i have 5 good ways to do it, someone on SRK will have ways 6, 7, and 8; and way 7 could be the sickest of the all. Ive had a running dialog w/ Moons for a while (though it’s been dormant), so I just messaged him about missiles-Nova too to see if he has any words of wisdom (Im certain he does, I just dont know what they are yet 
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So really, missiles are non-negotiable for my Nova at this point. Though as Ive learned from messing w/ Drones-Nova, he’s got some decent ways to protect ‘laggy’ assists, even via smart movement (ie. jump, air dash upfwd/upback, call missiles + more movement), or just calling at a point when you can safely air dash in w/ a jH. Doesn’t have to hit, just has to connect so you get a second or two of block string while Doom does what he does.
So that’s mainly what I was asking, if any folks here had anby other fun techniques for getting missiles out w/ Nova, and/or what they like to do once that’s been done (more obvious than the former). To anyone here who enjoys Dorm-Doom like I do (and I do, a LOT), I can’t recommend this team more highly. Nova TAC Dorm gives the easiest TODs since Vanilla.
Im not knocking missiles. Glad you found an assist you feel so strongly about. And I didn’t realize you were using dorm. I thought you were using Vergil. In that case, yeah most people would use missiles. Dorm/Doom with missiles rivals Morrigan/Doom when played correctly. You can use Dark hole to cover horizontally anyway. I have a Trish, Nova, Dorm team I messs with sometimes and Dorm/Nova def have great synergy as well. Hell i’d make that team my main if my Dorm was up to par. You def have a decent team. But movement aside, I’d still watch myself when calling that assist. I use to run Doom with missiles alot (though not with Nova), and movement aside, most players will be looking to snipe out that Doom call. Yes, Nova can cover assists. But definitely not as well as other characters, such as Magneto. And if you are playing someone who knows what they are doing they can end that character quick.
I ran Nova, Vergil, Sent for awhile and liked it but dropped Sent after I accepted the fact that my Sent is garbage.
Yeah, Nova Vergil -someone- and Nova Dante -someone- are my fun/experiment/givemyfriendsafightingchance teams, but my main/must-kill/will-kill team is Nova Dorm Doom. Dorm’s relatively easy, especially with missiles. Certainly he’s not straight EASY or anything, god knows mine needs work, but my point is if you’d main the team if your Dorm was up to snuff… main the team lol Your Dorm will get there rapidly. And the fact he allows nova to kill easily from any touch is beyond amazing. The BNB does 900k from a frickin throw! F’n incredible lol I also run Mag Dorm Doom (and have since before EVO, which I always feel the need to say since the team’s so damn trendy now), but I do so much more dmg with Nova (though I blow at grav loops 
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I use Morri/Doom/Nova
I used to have Nova on point but missiles kept messing up my combos, plus, I’ve realized Nova at anchor is a beast
Who is the optimal 3rd character in a nova/vergil/x team?
I been using hawkeye but I am looking for a replacement.
The thing I don’t like about the nova/vergil/hawkeye team is
1.) Vergil is a meter whore and uses up most meter leaving hawkeye with barely any
2.) In a lot of my matches I helm breaker + XF2, leaving hawkeye with no xfactor.
Hawkeye really needs both meter and xfactor to anchor. One without the other is just no good.
Anybody have good suggestions for a replacement for hawkeye?
This has been discussed a good deal in this thread pretty recently, but Hawk arrows, Task arrows, Strider Vajra, and Frank Shopping Cart seem like the ways to go. Assists like Plasma Beam, Tatsu, Bolts, drones, Jam Session, Weasel Shot, and some others are quite good. But I think Arrows, Cart, and Vajra are prob best for Nova/Vergil.
The meter thing is very true, but most likely any anchor will be meter hungry. So if you’re dead-set on Nova Vergil xxx, it’s just going to be something you tend to deal with. The good news is, though, that if Vergil has a nice stock pile of meter, there’s a good chance your opponent will be dead before your anchor makes an appearance
Taskmaster
Fully agree. Taskmaster will help you out. His assist is similar to Hawkeye’s and he doesn’t really need meter like Hawkeye does. My main is Nova, Task, Vergil. Trust us. Taskmaster is the way to go if you want a similar team to the Hawkeye one.
Another, admittedly non-Nova-related, thing to know about Task on your team is that his arrows assist has the strange property that allows you to call it, do Vergil Rapid Slash, and combo without needing to cancel the RS into an install super to do so. You still may want to for whatever reason, but if you’re playing Vergil with task arrows, it’s a very good thing to know.
Azarius and dougiie, just curious, when you want to do Vergil’s in close normal+call Task xx M teleport crossup, which normal gives the hardest to block crossup? Frank Cart it’s L, Hawk arrows I believe it’s M, Disruptor is M, Task’s? Seems a bit too slow for M to be as hard to block, but still may be too fast to have the necessary gap after an H or Stinger.
(still on topic since discussing a Nova team )
Well the the thing about Task arrows is timing. Since Task’s arrows come out slower than Hawk’s arrows, you have to time the teleport different, but I believe crouching L will do the trick. I wonder if since it is slower, if you can teleport twice to really throw the opponent off. What do you think dougiie?
I doubt you’d have time for that, but that doesn’t mean some other trickery isnt available 
Yeah that’s true. I forget how slow Vergil’s teleport is. Strange on the other hand…
Is Nova still effective with Hiryu’s Vajra as his only assist? Just asking, in case it comes to that point.
Also, what do you guys think about Nova/(Hawkeye, Taskmaster, or Frank West)/Hiryu, Nova/Dorm/Akuma, and Nova/Taskmaster/(Sentinel or Akuma)?
The first team is cool with either Task or Frank. Hawkeye has bad DHCs and i believe is best either on point or anchor. Last two teams are actually pretty good anyway you go. The Nova/Task DHC is almost a dead character for sure. If you use Nova,Task,Sent, use either his Parabolic or Up Arrows assist and use drones for Sent.
I am going to try to add a lockdown assist with Nova and Vergil and it will also be my anchor character. I guess it is either going to be Cold Star, Jam Session, or Hidden Missiles. Any suggestions?
Skrull and Chun have lockdowns as well but you may wanna invest in a better horizontal assist. I play Nova/Vergil with rapid slash and if you aren’t careful Vergil can be bopped out of it easy
Nova Task in my opinion is SUPER good…the assist is helpful and as someone else mentioned, Nova/Task can kill nearly anyone 3 meters. Nova Task Sentinel would be pretty good. Drones help extend combos for Nova. I would prefer Akuma because I’m a rushdown player but still.
Yeah, I’m trying to go with Nova/Task/Hiryu but I’m pretty sure Task doesn’t get much from Vajra so I’m thinking of switching Hiryu with Akuma or Drones.