ive been thinking about switching to your team but doing wolv/fist/dorm since dorm is a lot better as anchor but then i realized there was no lockdown assist for iron fist so hes barely useful on the team once wolverine is dead
Well I’ve pretty much been playing the team as an all or nothing a lot of the time. If it gets to IF last and it’s a tough matchup, the only way I’ve been finding success is off punishes and/or random supers with x-factor cancels if I still have it. When one of them dies and the other’s in bad shape I’ve also taken to getting Iron Fist in to let Dorm/Wolvie recover a little bit and to build some meter for them whilst getting as much out of hit as I can.
But yeah I’d choose Dorm with Level 3 and meter over Iron Fist any day I think. Though I did try W/IF/D for a while but moved back to W/D/IF later again because Chaotic Flame does that little bit more damage/gets scaled less than Volcanic Roar so that both the 950,000 and 1,100,000 combos work. I really like killing off one touch.
i feel like killing in 1 touch isnt even necessary with the wolv/ironfist duo due to the amazing reset potential
I think you’re probably right, resets are likely the way to go anyway. But still, I like me my guaranteed kills 
New to UMvC3 and the forums. I’ve found iron fist to work well with iron man. If your opponent gets hit by the beam you can wave dash in and apply pressure. I’ve been using him with spiderman as well and I’m looking for some synergy there and if anyone can find some stuff it’d be nice. Also plan on using him with X-23 and Taskmaster.
Running some of that IF(rising fang), Ryu (tatsu), Hawkeye (quick shot). The team is great except for DHCing into IF. Other than that good extensions, DHC are fine, and assists help me get in.
So awhile ago i was running Viper(Burn Kick)/Iron Fist(Rising Fang)/Doom(Hidden Missiles). It was a solid team for Viper but I pretty much lost when she DIED LOL. I dont think hidden missiles alone works with Iron fist lol. So that would guys think of Viper(Burn Kick)/Iron Fist(Rising Fang)/Amaterasu(Cold Star).
I think cold star is a great assist for him. its a projectile and it locks down. The only problem is that it does not really help him advance so getting in would be difficult. Do you think that cold star works for him though?
Cold star could work but only when he’s close. It’s usage will probably be mostly for incoming characters and when you have actually gotten in on someone and can begin your pressure. It keeps an opponent pined down for quite some time, allows for high low mixups and because it’s so rapid it may not even use your ground bounce.
I’ve had the most success myself with Iron Man with iron fist. On my team I use Iron Fist (Rising Fang), Iron Man(Unibeam) and Spiderman (web ball). Iron Man stabilizes my team. His beam durable and unlike things like plasma beam and disruptor leave opponents still standing allowing me to use H to confirm a combo if it lands. He also doubles as cover for spiderman if I raw tag him while he is alive. Combine this beam with Iron Fist’s awesome wavedash and I can close the distance at speeds simular to that of spencer (with my speed anyway). So Iron Man is actually imo has one of the best assists iron fist. Taskmaster’s and haweye’s arrows do that same so I believe they can work as well.
The thing is for any team is that you want to be good with all of your characters. You don’t want to have a character one your team for the sole purpose of their assist.
So basically, your team will do very well if they get in but may encounter some trouble against strong keep away teams, especially mobile keepaway’s, such as trish. You may also fall pray to beam assists and other more durable projectiles that can go through the cold star. But you are good at getting in, this may be the team for you. Try out see how consistent you are against a wide variety different players/bots if you play offline.
you are right. At first I was winning alot because people would be rushing me down and I would not have to worry about approaching. But then I faced two teams:
a deadpool/doom/wesker and a wesker/taskmaster/arthur.
and once Viper died, both players had an easy time shutting me down. I do like both Viper/Iron Fist as thier dhcs are really good and Viper gets alot out of Rising Fang, I just need to find a third that helps them both. I was looking for a projectile/lockdown assist. Im thinking of switching to Strider as vjara is a really good assist. Im not too sure how good. At this point though it might be best to choose either Viper or Iron Fist.
As a person who uses valjra, I think it could potentially work for both characters, but it’s overall abilities for lockdown may not be as ideal for your team. with strider assist is much more about vertical lockdown rather than horizontal, and the characters your having trouble with would most likely not have too much trouble maintinging control even with strider bouncing around. I think you should look for an assist more akin to frank west’s shopping kart or akuma’s hurricane kicks to help in that regard. Akuma’s in particular is great at nullifying projectiles still I think, so I would take a look at it if your willing to use him.
I agree that Iron Man is awesome for Iron Fist, but I hate the new Iron Man, I mained him in vanilla and I’m still salty about his changes, he’s just so boring now…
Finally got around to researching doom and he has more or less replaced my task. Beam makes everything better, and my only problem with him aside from damage decay off of the assist is that it feels like he has a harder time in the ghost rider matchup compared to task.
IF/Doom/Strider feels to have a bit more synergy compared to task in the middle. I really want to try IF/Dante/Doom soon as well, seems legit.
Lately I have been running Iron Fist/Doctor Doom/Hawkeye. Synergy is pretty good, and DHC is damaging off of Iron Fist to Doom like Fist’s BnB with wallbounce into Dragon Super then you can go into Doom’s Sphere Flame. Hawkeye’s Greyhound Shot assist is terrific for Fist as well, fast,lets him get in,and can combo off it easily.
I see Hmm I dont rly have much with Viper/Akuma. I know both characters have a blind spot in the air and I was trying to find an assist that covers that spot. I guess the last character that might work is dante?
Okay I’m pretty set on using Iron fist/frank west/
but i still need a third. someone who can help both iron fist and Frank. keeping in mind i want my team to have ways to get frank into level 4. preferably not with a THC or TAC.
Well there is nova if you don’t want to THC. Human rocket punch can help a bit with them both.
Iron Man supports them both. His beam is good cover for both of them and is of particular benefit to fist because it leaves opponents standing, allowing you to do IF’s more damaging BnBs. And if you THC, you can get you level 4 with Frank.
I’m surprised I haven’t posted my IF team in here yet given my total love of this character (seriously, I had no idea I’d like IF this much lol).
I’ve been running Trish (Peek)/ IF (Fang)/ Mags (Beam), but have recently gotten bored of magsy so I’ve since started working on replacing him with Strider (Vajra) due to that assist keeping people floored for IF and Strider just being a great anchor.
I’ll try not to gush about Trish (one of my fav characters :D) but she builds pretty good meter on point and Round Harvest > raw tag IF gets him in for free and locks them down for mix ups. If they get mixed up then its no effort to convert that into a kill (or near kill depending on the char) with IF’s dmg, if I DHC back to Trish to kill someone that just resets the whole thing over again too… Peekaboo assist resets are just SO much fun also…
If Trish ends up kicking the bucket and I’m not doing so hot it’s time to pop on the meter fists and start building bars for Strider to use as anchor going for resets more that raw damage to conserve meter for the inevitable. Rising Fang is a great tool for Trish too, covers her trap laying and I can wavedash :h:>:s: into combo if it connects (I would use the wallbounce for combo extension but the way her combos work make that kind of difficult to pull off consistently imo).
I didn’t mention much on Strider because I’m not all that good with him yet (JUST picked him up) so I’ve been keeping him in the back a lot and relying on Trish/IF synergy to save the day and just abusing Vajra with them both…
I’m not sure I’m a fan of Nova or iron man. and i’ve found i can use just iron fist and frank to get to level 3 atleast. and with the right assist i bet i could get level 4 with no use of meter. frank just needs a ground bounce, lockdown or some assist that will hold them long enough after a OTG snap shot. so i can relaunch to a 3rd camera shot
but one thing i’m worried about is air born opponents. do i need an anti air assist for iron fist or can he still manage?
What you guys think of Iron Fist/Dante/Strider?
Would Hawkeye/Fist/Dr. Strange be a good team? What assists should i use