Not to sound like a hustler (the male version of a diva) but I’m having a team order crisis. I was running Wesker, Iron Man and Nova in that order, but Nova is definitely inadequate as an anchor. So I’m swapping Nova and Wesker and going with the crutch of level 3 X-Factor (I have conformed). But I would like everyone’s input, most notably you Brandon. This shit has been bothering me the past day because Iron Man is complete ass. Complete. Ass. Minus his Unibeam assist.
Now speaking on online trends, Vergil is the new Wolverine (along with being Dante and Wesker), Frank’s popularity is baffling, both Phoenix’s are taking a back seat, Iron Fist seems the most fun of all the characters and the netcode is actually a lot better. Oh and fuck level 3 X-Factor Sentinel.
Well I’d say that a good switch for Iron Man is Dr. Doom. His beam assist is almost the same, but it doesn’t keep characters as low and close as Iron Man’s beam. Doom is definitely a better character choice.I’m also a fan of Taskmaster’s arrows because they give you all day to hit confirm and you’ll do more damage because of less damage scaling. There’s no other projectile assist that will lock down like Iron Man’s. If you are looking for level 3 hit confirms, Dante’s jam session will keep them locked down long enough. I can’t put in too much input for new character assists, but I don’t think any of them will do what Iron Man’s does for Wesker. If you are using Dark Wesker, then you are not counting on having assist so just pick something good for Nova. Wesker will give the team unblockable setups, so I’d say pick a character with an assist that locks down on block, so you can go high/low with Nova air dashes.
The whole Frank West thing is driving me crazy, because most people are using him just for his cart assist and not actually leveling him up properly. He’s getting thrown into the game as an anchor and gets blown up, like he should when he’s level 1. JWong said he’s only used him as assist and never used him on point, and Nerd Josh had him as anchor but didn’t level him up at all. In the long run, I think he’ll be used like Tron and Doom in vanilla. There will be a lot of Frank West frauds the first month or two, then only dedicated West players will keep playing him, unless people don’t figure out how to stuff the cart.
Ah good shit Brandon, my only gripe with all this is that I do not want to be a tier whore. The last thing I want to be known as is that Wesker/Doom player; gross. I just wanted your input on how to order Wesker, Iron Man and Nova. Nova with the beam assist is so critical for his game and I’m opting out Iron Man as anchor, because, well simply put, he sucks. I really like Nova and I got his H fly/unfly loop down (first fly/unfly shit I’ve ever done in my life) but I really like Wesker with that beam assist. Huge pickle.
I’m watching pjay’s stream and there’s actually quite a few handful of Frank’s who are using him pretty well on point. I haven’t been dealing with the Cart assist as much as I’ve been dealing with ridiculously good normals with Frank though.
EDIT: And I tried adding you on live but I guess I got the name wrong. I’m gonna be taking Ultimate home with me and I have absolutely no offline competition there so we should definitely link up for some games when you can. The gamertag is unsurprisingly McTease.
Yo mctease – have you thought about not worry about level 3 anchor? I mean one strat esp with wesker on point is to lvl1 or lvl2 xfactor kill – and just go all in…
That shopping cart is a pain in the asss… maybe I need to learn him
We playing at my place tonight 5:30 ish start time – streaming main umvc3 setup with sound
Actually, why don’t we meet up at the Next Level since we are both in NYC? JWong has been chillin at the Next Level this week. Yeah I understand some people don’t want to be considered tier whores, but that’s just the things about VS games, the top tier characters have essential tools that are in demand. Using your 3 characters, the most reasonable order is how you played it, Nova/Wesker/Iron Man. I say that because you lose out on assist efficiency otherwise. Nova having Wesker assist is more important than Wesker having Nova assist. Nova dies, Wesker still has Iron Man assist available. I’d say go with XF level 2 Wesker. Use it as a guard cancel then command grab if they are in range, swing otherwise. I also don’t like the idea of Iron Man getting thrown to the wolves(formerly the Wolverines) if Nova dies when you play Nova/Iron Man/Wesker. Without a double jump and a meh flight activation, he’s gonna get tagged in good setups. Wesker can at least teleport and XF level 2 will give him a good shot to take out 2 characters while also flipping momentum. The Wesker/Iron Man THC is definitely one of Wesker’s better THCs because Iron Man’s hyper does a good job of locking the character in place and getting good damage.
Where’s Oprah when you need her? “Here’s a glitch for you. Here’s a glitch for you. Every character, look under your seat. Glitches for everyone!!! I forgot to mention, you’ll also have to pay the taxes on those glitches.”
Here are the characters I use:
Skrull
Magneto
Spiderman
Ammy
Taskmaster
Dormmamu
Firebrand
Strider
I’m having trouble putting these characters into a team with synergy. Right now I have spiderman on point, strider second, and magneto on anchor. Not exactly the best team comp, but I’ve noticed magneto is a MONSTER with xf lvl 3.
Another note, I hate online play. I keep losing to xfactor level 3 scrubbyness cause I’m not used to the lag. Pop xfactor, jump S with Dante or Vergil ftw.