Power of Who? - The new Nova Team Building Thread

Dash up c.M jump cancel air dash forward j.H I think. He messed up because he jumped before c.M came out.

On a whim I ran some nova xxx hawkeye tonight and has major success with it. Tried both ammy and vergil in the middle, the latter of which is obv the more powerful. Both were a blast though! I just posted a question about nova vergil xxx in the QnA thread… didn’t wanna double post, but in case any nova vergil players lurk here but not there, just wanted to mention it. Otherwise just sharing the idea (which I’m sure isn’t exactly new or anything).

Recently dropped Akuma to start playing Nova/Task/Spencer. My Nova is very basic (I just mainly approach with Task assist + airdash H or cr.M into cr.H, which I know isn’t very safe). Does anyone have pointers for approaching with Nova, and optimal BnBs for this team? Also, I see a lot of Nova players like to instant overhead with j.L, but is that an airdash down-forward light, or using the unfly glitch?

cr.H is -3 on block which is actually fairly safe so you’re cool with using it on block. Don’t ever do Launcher when it’s not confirmed though because THAT will you get punished. Getting the IOH with j.L must be done doing an airdash down, can’t be down-forward since it’s way too slow. dougiie-OVRKLL runs that exact same team so he’ll be able to provide you with all the combo-tech for it.

One of the best ways to approach in my opinion is Taskmaster assist, wave dashing (with different speeds…dont just mash to get in ASAP) and time your j.H so arrows can protect you. Watch Mo0ns play if you wanna see some really good Nova movement and footsies As for the overhead, if I’m right, stick players do jump ~ ADD(using M+H) ~ j.L…me on the other hand, I play pad…I do down up down L. HOWEVER, to go back to movement, I like doing diagonal air dashes + H. It makes the recovery from his diagonal dashes faster and in my opinion it kind of discourages opponents from coming in TOO recklessly just because of the fact that they see a j.H coming out so damn fast lol.

And as promised, every thing I know, is in these videos and my channel is constantly updated with new stuff when I find it.










I posted these in order from first to last as they are on my channel so they’re basically in order from easiest to hardest since things are posted as I find them.

I also have some matches between me and friends online that you can watch if you want to see an idea of how you can move with Nova even though I’m pretty sure I’m not that good lol.

That’s some legit stuff, thanks dougie! I’ll be hitting the lab with those for sure.

No doubt. Feel free to ask questions if you have any.

I didn’t much like the bolts supporting nova vergil (moving the team based convo from the combo thread where it belongs). But I am very much loving nova vergil xxx. So trying to figure out the ideal assist. Hawk arrows, doom plasma, task arrows, drones, and dante weasel seem like the best non-vajra options.

Taking ONLY the assist into consideration (and not the attached character), who do u guys like for nova vergil xxx ? Right now I’m thinkin hawkeye or doom. I just don’t feel confident with plasma confirms! Sottle thinks the arrow lockdown isn’t sufficient. And while its less, for sure, it still feels like hawk arrows should be a strong neutral assist for ol novsta. Am I wrong on this? (Because they’re frickin great for vergil!) For plasma I’m just sick of cM-ing under people who get hit by it when I go low lol

Sorry, getting dangerously close to ranting. :slight_smile:

doom
for thc and raw tag combo

I have been watching Gdlk.Bee play and couldn’t help but think of Nova-B/Dante-A/Frank West-A. What are you guys thoughts on this?

I play Nova/Dorm/Strider
It’s very strong.

I made a video too.

you can do more
it’s a good team. just lacks strong ground control

for the other guy, Nova/Frank/Dante is probably better as you have access to thc level up strat if Nova dies

I see some of my tech in there :wink: nice! That’s whassap…that use of Strider assist after DHCing to Dorm is genius.

For the record, any time Nova hits with a launcher into Nova force, you can DHC to Dormammu, teleport H, flight, j.S when the stalking flare stops, flame carpet and centurion rush, two dark matters if you haven’t used up the wall bounce into dark hole and chaotic flame. Or if you don’t want to use another meter, you can call strider at the second dark matter, launch into him, superjump cancel to charge twice, and lay a flame carpet to end it. You may be able to purification into chaotic flame, but I really doubt there’s enough hitstun left.

Good stuff, though, if I ever want to try Strider, I may play this team.

Thanks a lot, I’ll try this stuff out. :smiley:
Gonna have more Dormammu stuff in the next video.
Vajra is more beneficial to Dormammu’s zoning than combos really, but it’s still a great assist for him.

Did you man tac? Or is there something good about dooms thc? He’d be 3rd in the order, so neither tac nor thc would be as relevant as if he were 2nd unless, again, he has some thc tech with vergil I’m unaware of.

The raw tag is a compelling reason, though I was runnning hawk last night and lovin him as anchor. Though I dig anchor doom too, so -shrug-

I assume TAC. And even if he’s third you can do a combo where you TAC soon after using Rapid Slash assist and force Doom for the tag instead of Vergil.

I can do the fly/unfly combo pretty consistently in the corner now, but i can’t land the launcher off of unfly glitch j.H without a s.H first. (i can skip that part and do s.H+ Spencer assist, S, human rocket, javelin, cent rush M, cent rush H, jH super but i want the full combo.) Is there a specific trick to it or am i just inputting too slow?

Also, i tend to fall back on the easier S j.M j.M j.H fly j.L j.M j.H j.S into f.H, Spencer assist, rocket punch H, cent rush H, j.H super when I’m mid screen. Is there a more optimal combo without fly/unfly for mid screen?

Did you man tac? Or is there something good about dooms thc? He’d be 3rd in the order, so neither tac nor thc would be as relevant as if he were 2nd unless, again, he has some thc tech with vergil I’m unaware of.

The raw tag is a compelling reason, though I was runnning hawk last night and lovin him as anchor. Though I dig anchor doom too, so -shrug-

Right, which would be beautiful with the RS extension. Dunno, such a hard decision. I really like hawkeye AND doom, and really like arrows AND plasma. Just feel less confident confirming off plasma. (Surely uve experienced the anger of cM sliding right under a fresh plasma victim?)

All I know is I practiced the shit out of my nova swords dhc combo. Those 2 ain’t goin anywhere lol

I don’t like Nova/Dorm/Strider too much. I feel that Nova NEEDS an assist besides Vajra. Plasma Beam, Weasel Shot, Jam Session, MODOK Beam, Unibeam, Log Trap, etc. Dark Hole doesn’t cut it IMO.

The combos are nice though. Also, my video is nearly done. I just need to add music. I’ll have it up tonight! Lots of cool stuff.