Hmm, I guess it really depends. I think I have a good anchor Doom, and a pretty ass anchor Sent. But Sent with missiles is really really stupidly good. I think he’s one of the top 5 characters with missiles honestly.
So, in my perennial quest to stop using Spencer I seem to have finally come to the point where I dont feel he is indispensable or the absolute best assist for Nova, as such I’d rather have a better neutral assist, that also offers a tod, so, Vergil.<br>Thing Im going over now is who to use third, currently Im debating between these teams:<br><br>Nova/Vergil/Doom<br>Nova/Vergil/Iron Man<br>Nova/Vergil/Taskmaster<br><br>Main problem I see is I dont have a solid anchor in any of them, but thats a tradeoff Im sort of used to already with my Nova team, Ive been running Doom third for a while now and before that when ultimate first hit I used to run Tasky, so while not ideal I’m used to it, for the most part. I feel Doom is the best character of the three, but I dont want to just ignore the other two offhand, plus they do leave the opponent standing, I feel that Doom gets more out of throw+raw tag too. Havent used Tasky in ages so Im not sure if he may be a better anchor than I remember or give him credit for, so mostly interested in what you guys think on how the two Tonys stack up to Doom as anchors for the Nova/Vergil shell.<br>Alternatively I also considered Nova/Tasky a/Doom b, but so far Im leaning more towards one of the Vergil variants<br>
Nova/Task/Vergil? <br><br>It would be a better team for Tasky, and you get a good anchor out of it.<br><br>Tasky is absurd damage-wise, and can stay in for years, but his mixups feel a bit lacking on their own, it’s mostly just fishing for airthrows when he’s anchor.<br>
Well the thing is that while you are correct, and Vergil is undoubtedly a better anchor, the reason of using him together with Nova was to gain the option to dhc into sword loops for the kill when needed, so putting him last defeats that purpose. For the time being Im going with better dhc over stronger anchor, feel both are equally valid, but Im still trying to figure out the best option.<br>
Well there’s not many characters that can survive a max damage Nova combo ending with Nova force then Task up arrows. Seriously Task gives no fucks about scaling
Well, he gives more fucks now than he did back in vanilla, ah that damage, but yeah, I might very well end going that route as I cant quite find a replacement for Vergil on my Morrigan team so far, I haven’t been able to push the damage high enough to ensure kills on Spencer, Chris and Cap so far without either Spencer or Vergil shenanigans though, and that 1.1 mil is the threshold Im going for at least, Thor, Nemesis, Hulk, Haggar and Tron would survive but I feel its still acceptable.<br><br>Someone I haven’t seen much mention of around here and I started thinking about after going trough possible replacements for Vergil in my Morrigan tean is Trish though, how does she work with Nova? I remember LV was slow, not if it was at all comparable to Tasky’s arrows though, and I also seem to recall she had some RH tech with Nova, so how is she, has anyone tried her with Nova?<br>
Resets are underrated if you have the right assist. Sadly I don’t think Vergil offers that so you might be best off running Nova/Vergil/someone else. For me Doom is the obvious answer but Taskmaster would be great too. We talked about how flexible that team is a while ago, and honestly you can’t go wrong unless you run Task on point and that’s still alright. Nova/Vergil just has great momentum; if you get a kill with Nova DHC into Swords, Vergil’s in there with good spacing and a horizontal assist, then amazing unblockable setups with Nova if you’ve got the meter. Also Rapid Slash is an S-tier zoning assist for a character like Taskmaster, it’s a free push to the corner against anyone on the ground or at normal jump height.<div><br></div><div>I don’t really like Nova/Trish but Low Voltage is an underrated assist. It’s a good speed for Nova and comes out behind him. Problem is it has dick for durability so you’re gonna lose some firefights going in. I find Trish to be a really finicky character who needs a team built around her and not the other way around. That said, depending on your other character you can definitely set up some unblockable shenanigans into good damage with Cent Rush M. Nova/Trish/Doom would be okay, though beam is better for Nova and Missiles are better for Trish. I’d settle for beam.</div><div><br></div><div>Genesis is a player at TRB that runs Trish/Nova/Ammy. He hasn’t gotten a lot of stream time lately due to early exits, but you can probably find some of his matches online to get an idea of what to do.</div>
Hmm, I hadnt counted on the durability, was trying it earlier and it felt a little fast too, slow to come out, but once she fires it doesnt stay long on screen, or so it felt, I didnt spend long trying it, damage wasnt too spectacular either, though again I didnt try for long just simple LMHS, j.MMH, fly, LMHS, f+H call Doom, j.MMHS, Cent Rush L, Super Nova, dhc to Round Harvest, hard tag Nova back in, Energy Javelin for under 900k damage, was trying to get the Javelin to bring them and time in a Cent Rush M but couldnt quite get it in the litlte time I tried.<br>Thing is that the idea for the team rests upon LV serving as the horizontal coverage for Nova and it doesnt seem to do that well, and without missiles Trish loses zoning control and both her and Nova lose coimbo potential, and keeping Trish just for the dhc doesnt really convince me, I suppose Peekabo could provide some mixups on incoming which is always nice, but probably not enough to justify using her, its a shame as I was pretty excited about that team, will continue fiddling around with it a little longer though.<br>At this point Im pretty much going with Doom third, but ironically Vergil is the one giving me second thoughts as I cant seem to find a replacement for him on my Morrigan team and I dont want to run him on two teams, so still considering Trish and Tasky for that second position.<br>I do probably ignore resets too much, but its mostly a matter of feeling the game is developing into a one touch kills so if you give your opponent a chance to live theyll just tod you instead, so thats why I always try to go for that guaranteed kill instead.<br>Ive actually been missing my trb and wnf lately, still just catching up on footage from winter brawl, but I will keep Genesis in mind. Thanks for the input disco, its always welcome. <br>
I would say Nova, Trish (peek a boo), Doom (beam) and just go apeshit with rushdown if Nova dies.
Well the thing about that one is that I was planning to use Trish with LV and Doom with HM, Ive never liked Peekaboo that much.and the few times Ive tried tunning Trish before has been with HM support.<br>I was pretty set on using Vergil at first, but just cant find a suitable replacement for him on my morrigan team(Trish or Mags were my main options) so thats throwing me off a litlte where it comes to finding a good third member with Nova, Trish, Tasky or after reading up trough the topc a little maybe Dormy, he can put in the hurt, just not sure about the assist, sounds like you need to use liberation for combos, which doesnt sound like that good of a neutral assist, plus, the same beam vs missiles thing again.<br><br>Edit: Well after some further testing I’ve decided to go with Dormy, Morrigan seems to make better use of Vergil anyways, using Dormy is a similar dynamic to the one I had going with Spencer, plus I feel he benefits more from beam cent rush than Trish would, kinda wanted a good neutral assist but I feel good about this team so I will stick with it and see how well it works out in the long run.<br>
hello everyone, im pretty new to this game and on the first page i saw Nova/x/Strider is a great combination. any suggestions on who should be in the middle ? i tried to play dante but that dude is hard as hell to play and i also tried doom but i cant really use him.
Those two are definitely your best bets because they utilize Strider well and synergize with Nova. Dante is tough but Doom really isn’t that hard to use once you get a hang of him. Some other options would be Hawkeye (great assist and can confirm from Vajra, but the DHC options with Nova are really low-damage), Iron Man (does all of those things well plus TAC infinites but is not a good character otherwise), and a host of other characters that don’t do enough to recommend but are possible, like MODOK, Taskmaster, Strange.
To be honest, I would disregard any of the issues Nova has with certain characters and DHCing with all the recent tech showing how he can link two supers on his own.
I run Nova/Vergil/Strider to get the the DHC sword loops and have one the strongest anchors. Plus if they snap strider in it still leaves dark vergil waiting in the back, also Strider assist is amazing for nova and vergil.
the other team I run is Nova/Doom/Strider for when I face a team I really need dat plasma beam to get in against.
It’s an Iron Man combo…but it has Nova’s swag lmao
I don’t think the damage is significant enough to say you don’t need to worry about DHC synergy. Having Sphere Flame, Legion Arrows, Million Dollars, etc. behind him is really nice.
Also god damn it I can’t tell if I should run Nova/Doom/Strider or Nova/Vergil/Doom. My Strider and my Vergil are both ass but I at least have some practice from Vergil/Doom/Ammy…
I run nova/doom/strider. Such a good & fun team and a end game team IMO. If your gonna use that team I suggest using pulse assist since you’ll be missing a good lock down assist for doom
I think Vajra is a good enough lock down for him… I also really like Cent Rush for an incoming unblockable setup I have, and it adds like 150k to the end of Doom’s combos which is what allows him to kill most people off a Nova air throw hard tag.
Well Im just saying cause Doom backed by Strider feels totally different compared to Doom backed by Ammy and pulse will help the transition of teams. But Footdive + Cent rush ADDF unblockable is always fun too.
Hmm, that’s actually a pretty good point. Maybe I’ll try that out, though I know if I run this team I’m gonna make the transition back to Cent Rush after a while.
I gave Nova/Vergil/Doom a run yesterday and this morning, and I’m beginning to wonder if maybe it is better to substitute a good neutral assist for a guaranteed death. The fact that the team can do 1 mil pretty easily with two bars and still end up making some of its meter back is nice. Plus I can do a ground bounce/plasma beam combo and still use Lunar Phase with Nova’s assist to reset the limit, which is kinda cool.