Would anyone have a good optimized combo for nova on a assist hit? I am unable to do the normal heavy elevator combo and rather get something better than a normal mmh, fly, mmh air combo.
I use plasma beam and cold star and can’t seem to get much off of those
Welcome to Nova/Doom/Ammy’s biggest weakness.
Your best option is to do TAC combos, which you can always get corner carry for off of any assist hit.
At the very least, make sure you end your combos with an OTG into an extension with your other assist. Use meter to kill, or do Cent Rush H xx TK Energy Javelin for a reset. You’re also still gonna net a lot of bar, so if you don’t think you’re gonna kill and there’s a problem anchor in back, consider snapping.
If you get a hit with Cold Star while the opponent is standing, do HRP H for a crumple, Energy Javelin, tag to Doom, c.LMH S, continue. Nets a million pretty easy. (You can also force this situation if you hit them standing without an assist by doing s.MH (call Ammy) xx Grav Pulse L, wait, HRP H, etc.)
Great tips… Thanks. Yea I always had to get a j.MMH for any assist hit combo and it just feels rather boring and wondered if there was any better and more flashy at least.
So nice to get that j.S into otg, cold star, M centurion arts for a for sure corner to corner carry for a doom tag combo/infinite. Even going for grab resets off of a cold star flip out can equal an easy grab,tag into doom.
Gonna try out that crumble today. Never really played with it bec I thought Ammy just stayed too long on the screen for a hard tag to work.
But if energy javalin is the answer, ill practice that. Thanks
taken from team thread…
with this “tech” starting with the bare minimum of two meters to DHC ive managed to build another bar and kill all 1.1 mil health characters!
THIS IS GOOD SHIT!!!
forgot to post the combo and as always very team specific (namely nova DHC to spencer!)
from normal to mid super jump height only!
in corner 2 meter to start - air grab, qcb.Hyper, double down input (kfc chicken sandwich mmm!!!) DHC to spencer qcb.Hyper, TK qcf.H, j.S w/nemmy assist y, qcf.H~L, dash, H, S, SJC qcf.H~L, nova assist b, TK qcf.H, df.Zip, df.Zip, land, S, SJC qcf.H~L, qcf.Hyper, TK qcf.H.
1.2 mil damage.
the most important part of this post i think is that nova can do the “kfc” (double down input) off the air grab from high speed tackle in the corner before DHCing with little to no hit stun scaling. the follow ups are literally free damage (250,900 damage before any DHC!)
with the right combo and 2.5 meters to start nova/spencer pairings can just break 1.12 mil with three meters using only nova assist b for the extension. if starting with exactly three meters you should build a fourth bar and rape the shit out of everyone and output 1.3mil in damage! note - this combo is different than the one above!
EDIT - so DHCing into spencers bionic arm vs grapple hyper yields a significant boost in damage due to scaling issues! ALL ABOVE FIXED TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE!
Just for clarification, what exactly is unscaled? The damage or hitstun?
hitstun but the damage that comes with it is nice since its still free!
not too sure which forum this best belonged in but i just wanted you guys to know that nova can air grab, qcb.Hyper, double down input anywhere on screen.
in the corner just mash the double down input!
if midscreen or away from the corner you have to let the hyper travel some first. not too far though maybe equal to qcb.L distance wise. just remember the hyper travels quickly!
So I’ve been trying to do Insaynes new combo
And it’s pretty easy (haven’t used Nova in months but the centurion is too fun)
But I can never get the launcher after the input nullification. Am I just too slow with the s orrrrr?
Also how can I adjust it so that I can I can get the f :h: call spencer :s: crumple sequence.
Finally what’s the most practical and damaging mid screen combo. After the glitch was found there were so many new options I failed to keep up.
To be honest, I wish I could give advice on this one but I am not too knowledgeable since I can’t do it (pad player) but from experience combos similar to this, It COULD be that you’re pressing S too slow. It looks like you should be pressing it immediately after doing the glitch. For this combo, I want to say it may not be possible to call Spencer because the window to do stuff after the glitch is SO SMALL. I would say if you want to do something like this and get a crumple, do this combo I found back in January
As for midscreen, I would say to be honest, Nova is still limited to the usual H Loop into j.S…crumple etc etc
Gracias. I’ll try and figure things out.
as an addendum to my previous post and a pretty useless combo…
nova can solo combo off air grab, qcb.Hyper anywhere on screen.
just do the normal L follow up after the double down input on the hyper and youll start your throw combo at 250,900 versus 80k.
useless combo…
with certain assists (only tested this with nemesis y assist but theres no reason a select few shouldnt work the same,) you can…
with opponent in the corner and 10% red life - air grab, nemesis assist y, qcb.Hyper, double down (kfc damnit!) input, L, M, H, S, j.H, j.S, land, f.H, spencer assist y (remember most wall bounce assists will work here,) S, TK qcf.H, dp.Hyper, dp.M, dp.H, dp.Hyper.
this combo does 945k even. you can add an extra j.H if you fly after the first j.H but it only adds 1,200 in damage.
my goal was to break 950k while keeping nova on point and not wanting to spend more than three meters total since you need two already at the start!
Hello everyone. New to Nova. Playing Nova/Dorm (Black Hole)/Doom (Beam) and was wondering if there were any good extensions using beam assist in the corner. All I seem to find is hidden missile stuff. Trying to use assist in to Cent M ground bounce but don’t know if it does not work or my timing is off. Help is super appreciated. Great info on this forum by the way!!
The main extension with plasma beam is:
F+H (otg), wait, call Plasma Beam, s.H xx Cent Rush M, Cent Rush H xx Super Nova
Just practice the s.H timing.
Thank you so much. I knew it worked just could not figure out the timing on it. Off to the lab. Do you happen to know if it is possible to squeeze a black hole in there. Currently doing the basic fly unfly H combo in the corner.
If you start mid screen and j.S into the corner, you can do the same thing minus the s.H
Not sure about Dark Hole, when I played Nova/Dorm I used Liberation for extensions… Dark Hole was really weird.
Ok so here is my corner combo j.H, s.M,s.H, S, j.H fly, j.H Unfly, j.H, s.H, S, j.H, j.S. f+H, Plasma Beam assist, Cent M, Cent H, Nova force. Does about 785K. Can’t seem to connect the s.H, Cent M so I cut it out and tried to do a j.H after Cent H but they flip out when I try to Nova Force. I was wondering if there is any way to squeeze some more damage out of this or should I just focus on trying to do his solo 801K combo. Not sure how much the s.H adds but can’t seem to get it to work. Need to find some sort of visual cue or something.
Hmm…I’ll see what I can whip up for you by tonight.
Thanks for taking the time to help out. You guys are awesome!
I’ve been dabbling with some X-factor combos w/Nova. Something like front/back air throw>L Centrion Rush>XFC>jump>air dash>airH>st.M>st.H>S>etc does great damage depending on your team composition. But what do people think of Wolverine like instant-overhead XFCs with Nova? For example jump or dash jump airL>XFC>airH>etc.