Ammy is one the best anchors in the game and pretty much the perfect third for that team, but you have to be willing to put serious work into that character to make her effective, Strider would be fantastic too and is a little more derpy to start with, but then with work becomes THE best anchor in the game. So yeah, i would pick between those two.
Vergil and Wesker are actually really great with Doom, but only with Doom behind them, a la them making use of Plasma Beam. Anyway I hate the idea of an anchor that doesn’t provide an s-tier assist, so fuck those guys, play Strider or Ammy and prepare yourself for some excellent synergy. Spencer is aaite too but that pairing is OD and a lil overrated. You could replace Doom on the shell and go with something like Nova/Spencer/Hawkeye (one of the best players in my region runs this team), Nova/Hawkeye/Strider (Hawkeye can pick up from Vajra pretty well), Nova/Hawkeye/Ammy or Nova/Ammy/Hawkeye.
Nova/Doom/Ammy is arguably the best Nova team. Nova/Doom/Strider is also absurdly powerful. You’re in very good hands one way or the other!
I read that Nova/Doom/Ammy is one of the best teams earlier in this thread but also that Ammy is tough to pick up … Looks like I’m gonna have to put in work lol. Also I do like Doom/Strider and he is easier to pick up. I’ll try learning Ammy, Strider, and Hawkeye from the looks of it. Thanks for the advice. Enjoying the game and really liking the comraderie in these forums. So hype to be involved in the FGC
So a while back, I posted a Nova Spencer Frank combo that did like 1.125M and got Frank to lvl. 4 but I got feedback basically saying the damage is nice but it defeats the purpose of leveling up Frank if they’re killed before he can even get in and that critique was very well appreciated…to fix that, I used Marvelo’s tech (using L Nova Strike xx Super Nova). This is so good because it allows Super Nova to come out really close to the ground, prevent use of red health, and allows for perfect DHC to Spencer.
So basically, any BnB that results in a hard knock down, Nova slam ~ L Nova Strike xx Super Nova xx Bionic Maneuvers ~ TK H. Wire grapple ~ zig zag up delayed up grapple ~ hard tag Frank xx Picture does about 800-900k if you do a really basic Nova combo AND put in as many unnecessary extra hits to reduce the damage and increase hit count and gets lvl 4.
Basically I’m saying Nova Spencer Frank is super viable and doesn’t have to be played as Nova Frank Spencer…just giving an extra option i guess. Also, using Marvelo’s tech, this allows Nova Spencer to maximize damage without having to use red health from Grav. Blaster
Guys help me out!
I just recently started playing this game(like a week ago) and I am maining Nova since his my favorite Marvel character on the roster.
My team right now is Nova/Frank/Hawkeye.I really want to use Nova and Frank so I just wanted to know if this team has any synergy at all.Alternately I could switch Hawkeye for Vergil but I dont know.
What would be the preferred assists for this team?
Thanks in advance.
Nova/Frank is a great shell as mentioned in the OP, problem with Hawkeye on that team is that although he’s a solid anchor and a great assist for Nova, he is one of the worst characters at levelling up Frank. There’s a couple of posts on page 2 about anchors for Nova/Frank, go check 'em out.
And Centurion Rush and Shopping Cart are pretty much the only assists to ever use for Nova and Frank regardless of anchor.
That was my first real team in UMvC3 and well, it’s strong, quite strong, but the problem is, Hawkeye doesn’t offer Frank with anything that helps him level up unfortunately. He was in my team exclusively for his assist and comeback factor. I eventually replaced him with Amaterasu and honestly I couldn’t be happier with the results. Vergil also works fine in that team. Imo your best bets for the Nova/Frank shell are Amaterasu, Dante, Vergil, Rocket Raccoon or, if you’re feeling brave, even Arthur. Though you’re in fairly capable hands if you keep Hawkeye. Just keep in mind that if Nova goes down early, you can only get Frank to level 4 in one combo by x-factoring. The assist choices are fairly straight forward, Centurion Rush for nova to extend Frank’s combos and allow for double pictures after a DHC, Shopping Cart for Frank and Greyhound (Triple Arrow) for Hawkeye.
I just wanted to add to the Nova/Dorm pairing, possibly adding it as a shell. Off of a ground level centurion rush L + nova force hyper, Nova can DHC into Dorm’s stalking flare, and the stalking flare gives Dorm enough time to get Dark Spell L+R. That causes hard knockdown, then Dorm does flame carpet + centurion rush M assist, f+H xx dark hole L xx chaotic flame for insane damage.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s Zak Bennett’s combo with firebrand + dorm, except a lot easier to do with Nova due to how Nova Force’s knockdown works.
For example, on my team of Nova (rush)/Dorm (hole)/Doom (missiles), I can do the following combo:
cr.LMHS --> sj --> mmh xx fly mmhs --> f+h+call doom --> S --> mmhs (missiles keep the combo going in the air) --> centurion rush L xx Nova Force xx Stalking Flare --> dark spell L, dark spell M, dark spell H --> flame carpet + call nova --> f+h xx dark hole xx Chaotic Flame
From 1 bar, it builds enough to fuel itself without the last Chaotic Flame. Deals just over 1 mil without chaotic flame, over 1.2 mil with it (kills anyone).
TL;DR - the Nova/Dorm shell gives a dhc combo that can kill the entire cast. Considering that Nova+Spencer shell is entirely about doing that, and Nova+Dorm has added advantages on top (dark hole being a much, much better assist for Nova), it seems like you can kick the combo up to shell status.
Yeah, we talked about this team and combo on the last page. Having tried to make Nova/Dorm work for a while, I don’t think it’s that great, especially with missiles in the back as it doesn’t help Nova get a hit, just keep away. Thus, the main problem with the shell is that you have to make a concession for one of the characters: play Nova without a horizontal assist or play Dorm without missiles. (My solution was to give them both Drones.) Also Dark Hole is not good for Nova IMO, I would use Liberation every time both for extensions and unpredictability, and Slant Shot does more for Nova than extend combos, it also has limited mixup potential and can lead to resets thanks to the forced stand.
I really wanted Nova/Dorm to be an awesome shell, but it’s just alright.
Ugh…I’m going to say something simply because I know everyone else that has been here for a lil while now feels the same…
PLEASE people…before posting/asking a question, actually READ the thread…the posts are starting to get too redundant…
Nova/Spencer sets up kills that are 2 or 3 meters positive, it also leads to disgusting resets both from the restand itself and the Javelin glitch amongst other stuff. If we were just adding people that can do 1mil for two bars with Missiles thrown in, half the cast would be a shell.
Oh also I forgot to mention that without Spencer there’d be no Nova/Spencer/Strange, one of the most busted and resource-thrifty teams in the game.
Is there a way to update OP?
No idea but I think we should all take a lil break and decide to do a write up for a particular Nova shell with the information we have shared thus far…before it becomes too much to manage
i used plasma beam assist since vanilla for my wesker team and now in ultimate ive grown to love missiles. Mainly due to the fact i might be going about plasma beam all wrong. It scales my combos to heck and Nova doesnt normally TOD as it is. but i LOVE using nova.
I really like nova/missiles but that means i need a horizontal assist. Task would seem like the obvious fit, but i dont like tasky as a character =3
For sure, is there anything particular you think i need to add?
At the start of this year, I really worked on putting in work with Nova/Doom/Ammy, and I like the results. The biggest challenge comes from figuring out what to do with Ammy anchor, and learning to use Doom with an assist, but it’s all good. When I get started with Nova, it’s really fun. Love the air throw raw tags. So much synergy, so much tech. This is dat team. Every Nova should play it.
OH NA…lmaoooo idk about all that…I’ll take my chances not playing “the best Nova team” lmaoo
Somewhere down the line, I’m sure there’ll be more pop ups to compete for that title. I remember during week 1 everyone was saying Spencer/Sentinel was the best shell for him, and Infrit’s definitely proved that it’s a real force. I woulda jumped all over that, but I never found Spencer that interesting, and I just can’t stand playing the robot. Me not digging Sentinel was also the reason I couldn’t find a team for Nova/Kl’rt. Drones seems like the thing to work out for both of them the best way. Maybe Bolts could be a substitute.
Either way, it’ll take a while, but once I level this team up, download all the tech you guys come up with it, and experiment on my own, it’ll be a good day to be me.