Right now, I’ve been doing a lot of team-testing. In Vanilla, I originally used Wesker (Samurai Edge)/Dormammu (Dark Hole)/Doom(Plasma Beam) since I love villains.
With UMvC3 out, I realized that Dormammu was my best character (he was my first choice character to use in the game). After getting owned quite a bit and with some help from SRK forum members, I decided to rearrange the order of my Vanilla team to Dormammu/Wesker/Doom to give Dormammu more options in the long run.
I also realize that Doom as an anchor may not be the best idea (though I am decent with him) against certain characters and Beam assist scales damage heavily for teleport crossup combos. I got into Hawkeye and I fell in love with his keepaway/zoning style (IMO he’s what Arthur should have been). So, I began using Dormammu/Wesker/Hawkeye. Hawkeye has the Triple Arrow assist. Is his Greyhound assist better than Taskmaster’s Aim Master L despite the fact that it can be crouched under by certain characters? I do notice it has faster startup than Taskmaster’s arrows.
I created a 2nd team of Trish(Peekaboo)/Doom(Missiles)/Akuma(Tatsu). I wanted to use all four heralds of Galactus as my mains. That’s why I have this team and I love Trish’s personality. Who would be a better anchor for this team though? Doom or Akuma?
I still have Dorm/Wesker/Doom as a third reserve team. Feel free to share your thoughts on all three teams I have.
Yeah I played a lot today and yesterday and that seems to be what I noticed. I’m fine with having to play smarter and not just herp derping with berserker slash, but it was extremely difficult for me to hit my OTG with akuma, his assist is still good for getting in but it doesn’t work as well mid-combo it seems. I might search for another assist. There’s a lot of characters I’m eager to try but I don’t know who works well in this game. So hopefully you guys can help me out.
Any projectile works also ryu is a good sub for akuma (just cant call if to beat projectiles) frank west works as well…pretty much anything with forward momentum that he can crossup B slash with is gonna be effective…if you want more information try the Wolvie team threads they will likely have a lot of useful information
okay i think i’m going to go with a team of Iron Fist (rising fang) Frank west (shopping cart) and Ammy (cold star)
I believe the synergy is really there. i’m just wondering if there is any weakness i’ll have to worry about for this team.
Like I said, I’m not sure how Chris works, I’m more familiar fighting him than using him. I play Hawkeye, Spencer, Taskmaster, so my input to you is based on my experience with that team. I’m not sure how effective Chris would be with vertical arrows, though my head tells me that vertical arrows wouldn’t help that much; if the opponent stays in the opposite upper corner of the screen, Chris would still have problems tackling them, as vertical arrows doesn’t go that far, with the farthest arrow going in an arc that covers half to 3/4ths of the screen.
I’ve tried Taskmaster with Poison Arrow assist, and in the end for me, Poison Arrow became an assist for combos, and I gained more by having an assist that allowed me to get in and control space better with Taskmaster, with Greyhound. Greyhound allows me to:
Wavedash in
Jump arrows
Jump swing->arrow cancel
Bait opponent to teleport behind me (to throw)
Do arrows to arrow super to control space and chip. For instance, call Hawkeye, do charged vertical arrows, cancel to diagonal arrows super
Assault shields -> Gravimetic Pulse H, Maya assist, MODOK barrier are destroyed much more easily
Poison arrow was personally too slow for me for those, and didn’t cover enough space. That said, if you benefit more from damage, or if you want an angled assist, Poison Arrow’s for you, especially that 90k unscaled damage. Most of these benefits work the other way around. With Tasky’s Horizontal Arrows, Hawkeye can:
Wavedash in
Slide in
Jump arrows (normally triple or net)
Jump H -> arrow cancel
Lockdown and chip with call Tasky + stand H -> cancel to arrows of choice -> stand H -> cancel to arrows of choice
Space control with call Tasky + stand H -> up arrows of choice
Bait opponent to teleport behind me (to throw)
Bait opponent to escape high into the air (GIMLET)
Assault shields -> Gravimetic Pulse H, Maya assist, MODOK barrier are destroyed much more easily
I normally call Taskmaster, jump back H, cancelled to Triple Arrows to control the ground area almost completely and the jump H will catch teleports. I personally found I gained more with Hawkeye doing the manual vertical arrows vs relying on the assist.
Hello. I’m a new guy to this game, likely reflected in my awful W/L record in ranked. That aside, however, I have a few teams I’d like to pitch.
The first is my current main team which I am enjoying immensely, even though I am god-awful. This team is Zero (Ryu… whatever it’s spelled. Shoryuken style assist), Trish (Peekaboo assist), and Strider (Vajra assist). I like this setup, but I have no clue on how to combo/DHC/anything advanced or even basic.
The next team is Zero (Hadangeki or however it’s spelled, projectile assist), Trish (Peekaboo), and Chris (Gun Shot). I realize the weakness in this team is Chris on anchor, but I’m not solid on having either of the others on anchor or Chris on point. Again, I’m a novice, so I can’t do a lot of the crazy stuff consistently, but this team really helped me starting out.
My next team is the one I started in vanilla. Zero (Same as Zero/Trish/Chris), Dante (Jam Session), and Amaterasu (Cold Star). Ammy on anchor really felt good to me, and Cold Star was a godsend assist for my Zero combos. I tried running this team in Ultimate, but I didn’t feel the same spark.
As you can see, I’m a big fan of Zero. Trish is growing on me, but is swappable. I like Zero on point because he feels like the sort of character that belongs there, and I like his style. I’m willing to look at different teams/combos/assists/characters, but would really like to keep Zero as a main player. Any advice, especially feedback on the teams listed above, would be appreciated.
Whats up dudes!! Im new to the shoryuken forums, I just recently found this website and im loving it. I would love some feedback on the team im currently running. Vergil (C assist), Hawkeye (A Assist), Deadpool (B Assist). Sometimes I switch Deadpool for Iron Fist and put him in the first slot with Vergil 2nd.
I know basic combos with all 4 characters. I was thinking of maybe learning Wesker, but I dont really feel like being part of the Wesker cast even if he’s one of the best characters.
Really appreciate the help, I’m guessing the assists that are picked are mostly based on preference and personal play style. For now I’ll experiment with the assists you gave, due to all the benefits you listed, and as I get a better feel of how I play I will change accordingly. Also, sorry if I’m sounding annoying, would parabolic arrows help hawkeye? iirc jumps are the only time hawkeye can’t hit the opponent with any of the command normals. Then again, im away from the game so I might just sound stupid from this theory fighter
@ Above, I think you should play whoever you want at the moment until you feel you have enough knowledge of the game to be able to say, " I don’t want to play X because he/she is overused" Thats just my opinion though.
The team im using is frank west shopping cart Super Skrull tenderizer and akuma tatsu i just wanted to know if they had good synergy or how i can enhance frank
You need to become confident with the characters on the team first before you look to make tweaks. Get in that training mode. figure out what can your assists do to optimize whatever the point man is doing. That’s when you get into combo practice or setups for chip damage or zoning stuff to help Chris zone or stuff so Zero gets in and stays in.
your teams all sound viable just figure them out in training mode. It doesn’t matter what help you get right now if you’re not comfortable with the characters’ capability.
Stick with Vergil’s rapid slash assist. it’s really annoying when used with a zoner. and can possibly setup some stuff with Deadpool’s teleport.
Hawkeye or DeadPool on point is a good idea with vergil second to DHC into DT and keep things safe.
If you want to use Wesker. Use him. Screw what people think. If using Wesker helps you win, then by all means, do it.
Don’t bother with parabolic. If the opponent is full screen you’ll only hit them if they’re tall. I’ve used this assist on me own team. It doesn’t really work. Dont forget about Chris’/Taskmaster’s airthrow. they aint bad. if you expect a jump with hawk on point you’r better off using task horizontal and jumping with Hawkeye doing horizontal arrows
I can see your aim. get a knockdow with Frank. OTG with Camera and call Skrull Tenderizer to tack on more hits, command roll behind them for another mix up?
Sounds like a plan. Be careful though. If it’s blocked or whatever you gotta protect Skrull
I dropped vanilla way back when the game first came out and never touched it ever since out of frustration. But im now giving this friggin game a second chance and trying to put some time into seeing how this game works ever since I realized that this game is mostly about creating a solid team that fits what I am looking for the cheapest combination of characters (I’m not used to playing with characters that I don’t like since i’m more used to FGs that only require one character I am encouraged to use so bare with me here). Plus, I found out how much strategy there is in this game so I now want to take it up a notch. This has been my team so far:
I want to main Spiderman in this game (not going to drop him) and currently still a novice with him so for now, im trying to step up my game and improve more with Spidey more than ever. I’ve tried the DHCs with these characters (Perfect together, especially Maximum Spider > Rhino charge or Stalking Flare) and have pretty much implemented a strategy with this team. Starting with spiderman, I keep my space with Dark hole and also use it in the corner for combos and Wesker’s assist is to continue combos off OTG and to try mix ups with Web zip and web ball (same can apply to dorm’s assist). Wesker and Dormammu is such an amazing combination and coincidentally one of the many characters i’ve wanted to use since the game came out.
I really want to make this team work, is there a recommended way to play this team? What is the synergy here? Anything i’m doing wrong/missing? Any other characters that can go well with Spiderman and either Wesker or Dormammu? If anything here are a list of characters I know how to use already and willing to get better with if I have to (Not looking forward to picking anyone else up. lol).
Shuma Gorath
MODOK
Ironfist
Chris Redfield
Phoenix Wright
Frank West
Felicia
Hsien Ko
Super Skrull
Firebrand
Hawkeye
Jill
Rocket Racoon
Vergil
Nemesis
Viewtiful Joe
After playing around with some more characters, I’ve settled on a team:
Ghost Rider(?)/Taskmaster(Horizontal Shot)/Trish(Peekaboo)
I’ve got Horizontal Shot to help GR with zoning/range and Peekaboo for anti-air. I’m not sure what to choose for Ghost Rider, though, but I guess it’s not as important since he’s point.
Anyway, I’d just like to ask - What Ghost Rider assist would you recommend? And how does this team sound overall?
Thanks for your feedback. I have a question though: If i wanted to incorporate Wesker into my team, would I put him on point with Vergil second and Hawkeye last? Or would it be better to play him as an anchor with Vergil first and Hawkeye second?. Im not very sure, yet. Ive always wanted to play Wesker, ive had alot of curiosity since Vanilla but I havnt gotten to play him due to the massive crowd playing him.
so i’ve quickly realized i can’t get down with the whole doom and strider flow, it’s easy doing the footdive combos but approaching is something thats not clicking in with me regarding doom. As of now i’m messing with Deadpool- Quick work, Strider-Vajra, and Sentinel- drones. As far a synergy goes i feel deadpool with the strider assist with some means of keeping folks at bay as well as sentinels assist. Deadpools assist hit low sets up unblockables, combos, and mixups i’m assuming with both strider and sentinel. Though DHC damage with deadpool and strider is nothing to glamourize.
From the given bits of info does this seem like an at least decent team that can be used? any feedback and criticism is welcome
Heyyy people. So, I’ve been using my team of Phoenix Wright/Hsien-Ko/Amaterasu since day 1 of Ultimate. However, even after the amount of time has passed, I’m having one major problem. No, it isn’t that I’m using two characters considered to be the worst. Well, I guess that IS a problem, but this is something I already knew about when I settled on this team. No, my problem is that I’m not sure who is the best character on point. I already know Amaterasu is my anchor. She’s an amazing anchor and she’s responsible for a lot of my victories. I don’t know whether to put Phoenix Wright or Hsien-Ko first. People usually say Phoenix Wright is best on point, but then there’s Hsien-Ko’s Rimoukon to take into account. I guess I’d just like opinions on who would be better off to start the match. Thanks. =)
My opinion is to put Hsien-Ko first…
Build up meter then use her Rimoukon and DHC in Pheonix Wright.
Use Hsien-Ko’s now unstoppable assists to cover Pheonix as he gathers evidence…
Likely you are using this tactic already, no?
The reason I say Hsien-Ko first is because, unlike Mr. Wright, she powers up as she attacks,
not while giving the opponent an opening by gathering evidence.
I currently play Captain America(SS)/MODOK(barrier)/Doom(missiles)
I am looking for a point character to replace captain america that has more synergy with my team. with my current setup, MODOK really does nothing as I can do double Hyper Charging STar supers with captain America and really there is no reason for me to ever exchange into modok. I also don’t feel as if shield slash is as beneficial to modok as it once was in vanilla.
What character has an assist or has gameplay that can support MODOK/Doom best?
Sentinel drones come to mind the most, yet I refuse to play teh following characters
Sentinel
-Hsien Ko
Felicia
Magneto
-Wesker
Strider
Any advice on who I could use to fill the last slot?
I’ve had the game for over a week now, and I’m still not completely settled on a team. I’m running Zero/Hulk, but I just can’t seem to decide on a solid anchor. Any recommendations?
(Not looking forward to picking anyone else up. lol).