HYPER PSIONIC TEAM THREAD! or "MODOK and Pals"

Classic Fighting Games Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3
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Hey guys, I’m very interested in MODOK- I’ve been fooling around with him and reading these forums (it only took about an hour to read every post while I finished my lunch) so I thought I’d start a new thread with the intent of stimulating more discussion.

So I’d like to open this up to you MODOK players and ask, What is your MODOK team?

There is no format required, but I’d encourage you to keep the following questions in mind.

Does your team work well together?
Which assists do you use, and how do they benefit you?
Do you have any combos that are assist specific, and would you list the notation?
Why did you pick these characters along with Modok?
What team were you playing before you changed to this team?
How well do you do in a competitive environment with your team?

I’ve been playing MODOK for a good 12 hours now, and I’m almost sure he’s found a permanent spot on my team, but I do not wish to speak about it currently. I’ll post a reply later when I have more experience with him.

Go!

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This is the team I settled on after much gnashing and soul searching:

  • Ammy (Cold Star)
  • MODOK (Balloon Bomb/Barrier)
  • Sentinel (Drones)

I honestly don’t know what assist to use with MODOK. I’ve leaned towards either the barrier or the balloon bomb; I can’t seem to get his beam assist to work that well.

I have MODOK as my second character mainly because he benefits a lot when he gets air tagged in… I’m trying to get those air cube combos down. He’s also my best character, so I keep him as the second person in case someone wants to burn their X-factor early to kill my first character immediately. I ran into this problem when I started with MODOK, so I’ve swapped Ammy with him and I’ve had much better success.

The other thing that’s nice about this team is that it can abuse the DHC glitch up the ass. Killer Illumination is both a DHC glitch starter and ender, Ammy has both her air throw and the Mist super, and Sent of course has HSF to end the glitch.

The only big problem with this team is that the assists don’t seem to be totally synergetic with who my point character would be. I’ve found Ammy + drones and MODOK + Cold Star to be good, but it feels like I could do so much more.

Thoughts? I would type up some more, but I need to back to classes pretty soon.

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Ok, I’ll bite. :stuck_out_tongue:

Modok (Balloon Bomb)
Cap (Shield Slash)
Sent (Drones)

Does your team work well together?

Sort of? Nice combo potential at least, which is what I was going for.

Which assists do you use, and how do they benefit you?

Shield slash is an amazing assist IMO. Great for getting cubes, knocks them towards you instead of away, it isn’t affected by hitstun decay, and it can even be used twice in one combo (granted, pretty situational, but still). It’s my “combo assist”. It also allows for relaunch/throw into launcher midscreen with Sentinel.

Balloon Bomb is there mainly for combos with Cap and Sentinel because it causes unrecoverable knockdown. Extends Cap’s shield slash loop a good bit, and relaunch/throw into launcher with Sent in the corner. Sometimes I hide behind it too, because there’s is no projectile in the game that can stop it once it comes out.

Sent Drones are… drones. I’m sure you know how they work. lol I think Cap basically NEEDS them too, more than any other assist, as they keep the opponent busy for a long time, and the little gaps make Cap’s crossup cartwheel even harder to block. They can also work for Modok to get in, and while not as much as Cap, they can help in combos too (I don’t think they’re affected by hitstun decay either).

Do you have any combos that are assist specific, and would you list the notation?

I have a few vids? YouTube - borawserboxer’s Channel

Why did you pick these characters along with Modok?

I’m a combo-junkie, so honestly, I just wanted an assist that would get me cubes. So I picked Cap. I also liked doing his stupid infinite, until they removed it. :sad:

I had other characters in the last slot to further help Modok, but Cap is so damn shitty, that I had to put Sent in the last slot to help him out. He also lets me occasionally scrub out a few wins with lvl3 xfactor… lol

What team were you playing before you changed to this team?

I had Doom/Haggar in the last slot before, but as much as I love missiles (seriously, sooo good), I don’t really have any fun using Doom, and I don’t like him as an anchor (MY Doom at least). I do think that he goes pretty good with Modok though.

Haggar, I hate using on point. Especially as an anchor. His assist is AMAZING to beat stuff, AMAZING in combos for cubes, and it’s nice that Modok can easily OTG after it, but… yeah, I don’t like using him on point, and I don’t like chasing people with a character that SUCKS SO BAD AT IT.

Case in point, I think Modok can beat Haggar like 9-1 by himself. lol (I also think Modok has an inescapable unblockable against him in the corner when he’s coming in… S-Barrier, whiff c.M into flight, IAD whatever).

How well do you do in a competitive environment with your team?

It does ok? It depends on the opponent really… I also don’t think I’m that great at Marvel anyway to be honest. I never got past training mode in MvC2, and I suck at blocking. I’m an old-school SF player at heart, so these Marvel games really throw me for a loop. I can’t keep track of all the cheap and crazy bullshit flying everywhere… it makes me feel old. :sweat:

I also think Cap sucks balls. He’s definitely the weak link in the team. But I don’t care. lol

I was toying with “serious” Modok teams, Mags/Modok/Doom and Mags/Modok/Wesker, and I think they have some good stuff… Also Modok/Morrigan/Phoenix for hilarious runaway… but I just have more fun using Modok/Cap/Sent so I’m using that.

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Viper (burn kick), modok (balloon bomb), ironman (unibeam)

My team isn’t set in stone either, but this what I’m running now. Some highlights:

One touch from viper with 1 meter brings them to the corner from anywhere on the screen for 900k+ or aex cube combo or dhc (if two meters) into hyper battering ram.

Unblockables with viper

Ironman basically for unibeam to clear the screen for modok/viper. I’m really trying to make him work for more than that. I occasionally switch this to repulsor blast for a fast anti-air and jamming bomb combos

I run magneto on point otherwise for near full screen wall carry into aex combos plus the dhc glitch option. He also doesn’t get blown up like my viper vs zoners. Modok is so good in the second slot due to aex and dhc glitch that the main requirement for my point charcter is to get them to the wall.

My first team was modok, wesker, phoenix…

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MODOK - balloon/STORM - Whirlwind/TRISH - hopscotch/peekaboo

I’ve done very well with this team offline but online you’ll never see me play this team because I drop combos online like it’s the goal of the game. The team is in DHC glitch heaven and does very well at controlling space and decent at rush down.

The teams pretty solid if I’m running peekaboo instead of hopscotch then the whole team can kill in one combo. I particularly love how trish helps MODOKS rushdown game. In the case that I mess and they try to counter combo they almost always get nailed by one of trishs traps. When not rushing down it really helps MODOK zone.

While not top tier, I still believe Storm and Trish to be very solid characters. They compliment MODOKS deficiencies nicely and I have a vicious Balloon bomb trish setup and Storm Setup.

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Here’s the team I settled on:

Wolverine - Berzerker Charge / MODOK - Psionic Blast / Sentinel - Drones

Does your team work well together?
I think it works pretty well, I got the idea after seeing p.gorath use Wolv/MODOK on a stream, Wolverine really benefits from a beam type assist. Other than that, there’s the DHC glitch stuff I can do with the team as well.

Which assists do you use, and how do they benefit you?
I think I can count the number of times I have used Wolverine’s assist on one hand. But Psionic Blast really helps him rush down. Drones are drones, but they are even more rad when I’m flying at the top of the screen. Before Blast, I tried the balloon bomb, but I felt like it slowed my rush with Wolverine a lot.

Why did you pick these characters along with Modok?
When MODOK was announced, I knew I wanted to use him, but I couldn’t really figure out how until I saw him being used on a stream with Wolverine. Then it clicked for me.

What team were you playing before you changed to this team?
I think I tried using Magneto/Wesker/Sentinel. But I suck at execution, so I dropped Magneto for Wolverine, and I think I tried Taxmaster too.

How well do you do in a competitive environment with your team?
I’m not sure yet, but I’m taking this team to UFGT7 in a couple weeks, so we’ll see then? I’m going to try to get on stream during my pool too, to spread the MODOK love