I have been trying a new team of Nova(b), Doom(b), Strange(y) lately. I am not sure if missiles is a good assist for Nova, although its great for Strange. Since I already have bolts, so I put Doom on missiles, but plasma beam is better than bolts for some match-ups, namely up against another plasma beam. But is another beam assist really needed? Doom with bolts is ok, but I found it hard to protect Strange with Doom since it takes so long for him to get in that ass.
And I don’t know if there is a better combo to do than relaunch with missiles after f.h and mmhs them back down into super. I guess its great for corner carry but I am not sure if you can squeeze more damage off it.
My advice to you, Doom beam, Strange eye. Why? Strange’s eye allows you to link 2 supers with Nova (I’m going to make a new video realllll soon with this kind of tech) and it’s good lockdown. I would suggest you play Nova Strange Doom…teleport characters + beam seems to be a recipe for success =X…Also, Strange 2nd will allow a DHC from ANYWHERE and since you can get linked supers, you wont even need to worry about the slightly lacking DHC damage.
You can switch between either formation of Doom b/Strange y and Doom a/Strange b. I will probably do this with my Doom/Iron Man shell as well. It just depends on the matchup or how you feel. Normally it’s a terrible idea to rob Nova of Plasma Beam in favor of missiles, but if you run Bolts it works out more or less. Bolts are way better for Doom than Eye. And while Missiles aren’t as good as Plasma Beam they do help him zone and play more recklessly (usually after putting out a shield).
You can get really damaging missiles extensions if you do unfly H jump loops, otherwise they don’t add much in my experience, and they’re very inconsistent depending on spacing and character size.
Nova(overhead)/Zero(dp)/…looking for suggestions to round out this duo. I already play strider and use him on this team sometimes but feel like there’s a better character that i should be using. No doom please haha. I’m newer to Nova good thing he is pretty easy as far as combos go DHC to loop easily.
Not necessarily looking for a “run it back anchor” just looking at what character would maximize both Nova and Zero…so i think i’m pretty much limited to beams and arrows right?
Yeah dude. Hence why I think it’s so good. Unibeam is GODLIKE for Nova and Spencer. Cent Rush confirmable while having lockdown unlike Plasma Beam. It also leaves them standing so you can just overhead to your hearts content. Also, infinites+rawtags.
Yeah I mean, I prefer Plasma Beam slightly because it’s faster and thus beats out a lot of other horizontal projectile assists as a result, including Unibeam in most situations. Also, it’s attached to Doom and not Iron Man, who can do most if not all of what Iron Man does with Nova but more easily. I wish I could put more time into IM though so I could counter zoners when Nova dies
Plasma beam is godlike…don’t get me wrong. It’s made me slowly switch from Dante to Doom just because of how much more control it gives Nova. From what I’ve come up with training with Unibeam, I feel it’s very very strong.
It’s the right choice; Nova doesn’t need Jam (not to mention its scaling is even worse than plasma), Weasel shot isn’t good enough in a lot of matchups and Doom brings more overall synergy to teams. Nova + Strider isn’t enough against moderate to strong neutral teams and if Jam isn’t pulling its weight it’d be nothing but trouble.
This is the thing…Dante/Strider > Doom/Strider, but as a team Nova/Doom/Strider is stronger… Plasma Beam is just too good for Nova to pass up. So for Nova, Plasma Beam is stronger than Weasel Shot overall. Weasel shot is great when I can lock you down with it, but there are certain matchups that make it useless. Dante brings a lot to the table, but it’s hard to deny infinites and complete control of the neutral. However, that’s not to say Weasel Shot isn’t bad. It’s very good at being a quasi cold star. It’s easier to just throw out in the neutral since it comes out faster and it’s really good for meaty resets. Dante also uses Nova’s assists better than Doom.
If the matchup enables me to play Dante, I play Dante. Dante/Strider is too good. But I need some stronger zoning power, ie: vs Joe, Wolverine, Zero. Doom it is.
That’s actually exactly what I’m doing with my teams. If I feel like Nova can control the pace well enough, I’ll have Frank in the back and ride the momentum. If the risk is way too big, I’ll play Doom instead. I actually have to admit that now that I’m legitimately playing Doom, he’s actually fun though his movement is kinda wonky.
So, after seeing RayRay playing Doom Magneto lately and after a little lab time I want to think Nova Magneto may not be AS BAD as we (including myself) have been making it sound. I’m gunna mess around in the lab and see how I feel but I honestly think it could be viable…maybe not IDEAL but viable.
I want to build around y best character Nova,but I’m so bad at this game, my doom is terrible, do t know what to do.
Nova needs beam(or a strong horizontal assist) and since I’m ass I benefit from a nice lockdown.
For the horizontal assist:
Frank
Task
Hawkeye
Doom
Magneto
Ironman
Strange
For the lockdown you have:
Doom(missiles)
Sent drones
Ammy cold star
Frank
Ryu and akuma tastu(?)
Out of those characters I only use doom, and im horrible with doom, can’t land a hit with that fool, but I need his beam, then a lot of the characters are on the more difficult side as well.
