Im using Hoawrang/nina myself now. I have shuffled through like 4 teams already lol.
I’m playing Hwoarang/Julia now, in anticipation of Raven nerfs. The damage and corner carry Julia adds to combos is really good, almost as good as Raven’s, and her mix-ups and pressure are stronger. I would say it’s quite a good substitution.
I was just thinking of trying Raven/Hwo.
How do you deal with Projectiles using Hwo/Julia?
Special Step with Hwo, or his hunting hawk.
Yeah, both those moves handle projectiles really well. Julia struggles a bit more, but if she can get into 2MK range with 1 bar, she can do 2MK-2HP xx 214[PP] > 66MP and then just start her pressure game. I would say the team’s hardest match-ups are characters like Chun-Li and Dhalsim, who have really good normal moves and backdashes, but I think the huge momentum you get from landing any hit makes up for the disadvantages.
I do like Julia, but WTF?! So many damn choices. AE was simpler in that regard.
Seriously, it’s great to have so many characters to choose from, but Damn is it hard to pick a Main team.
I think I am going to go Team Vortex until I can unleash Team Shinobi.
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Been playing Sagat/Kazuya since day one. Love the synergy, the damage potential, how they compliment one another and they have similar poses and quotes so thats an added bonus.
I’m rolling Bison and Ibuki atm. I have fun with it.
Thoughts on Akuma x Dhalsim??? I like using Heihachi but I’ve never really mained 'Sim. Kind of feel like this is the game where I finally use him…
You will destroy grapplers for free. Watch out for Juri and Rufus. Maybe Raven too.
Your team does average damage but you dominate the neutral game.
I’ve been playing with Julia & Bison for about 2 months now and having some success. Fun team that does a lot of damage, but the not flashiest (neither are big combo extenders…that i’ve discovered yet)
Akuma/Sim seems like an awesome concept. You have Sim’s defense & keep away, along with Akuma’s damage output & Vortex.
I’ve actually narrowed my field down a bit. I’m thinking of Jin/Julia and then adding Guy when he’s released, plus just 1 or 2 others for match ups and to have variety. Probably Ibuki and Hwo. I know I’ll eventually pick up Team Korea also.
I’ll wait on Raven until I can see how nerfed he is, as well as the Shoto Hurricane nerf before making serious decisions on them.
I watched a really great vid that JiBbo put up with Julia and I would recommend one aspect of your team would be to use Bison to get them in the corner and then bring out Julia, who like Guy, excels in corners.
I’d recommend Ibuki&hwo they’re pretty awesome (they work pretty well together aswell). Cant wait for the dlc characters, I’m hyped for Guy.
Also add Cammy, Chun-Li, and Ogre to that list. I’m gonna mess around with this team tonight. Thanks for the input. 
Working on Hwoarang/Kazuya right now. Probably going to figure out some team using some mix of Lars, Bryan, Kazuya, Hwoarang when DLC lands.
There are no move-lists for the Dlc characters yet right?
Not officially, you can probably find them if you look around. I’ll probably write a primer for Bryan or Lars once they are released.
I’m starting to think Ibuki/Hwoarang is a really good team. When I first got this game, I tried running the same team with Hwoarang on point, but I think I had it backwards. Ibuki is really good by herself, as she has a solid footsies game, insanely good pressure and meter-building, and very strong mix-ups and okizeme. Because of the way she hit-confirms combos, she doesn’t really use the universal launcher, and it’s generally more convenient to do tag combos by switch-canceling 623HK. It’s quite practical to do this because of how fast she builds meter. Also, even though Hwoarang doesn’t normally get very big combos off normal launches, Ibuki’s 623HK keeps the opponent in the air longer, giving Hwoarang the ability to do more damaging combos. I think these characters also cover each other’s bad matchups pretty well, which is nice.
The main weakness of the team in my opinion is that while Ibuki generally prefers to have the opponent mid-screen, Hwoarang generally prefers to have the opponent in the corner. Most of the team’s combos also have little to no corner carry, so the only way Hwoarang gets to set up his corner game is with solo footsies/pressure/combos. He’s still quite strong mid-screen but not as scary as he is with Julia or Raven on his team.
After all that experimenting around and getting to a certain point, I feel like I really, really need to replace either Juri or Cammy on my main team with a Tekken character, and I’m trying to think either Julia or Lili. Juri just isn’t really scary without a fireball stored, and even then I feel like my momentum gets stopped very easily. Also feels like unless she has you in a corner, you can just d/b Cammy all day.
I do have fun playing Juri/Lili, and I really want to be able to get that re-stand off consistently in-match.
Try Julia, she´s secret top tier with awesome pressure, good footsies and a game-changing super. On top of that, her combos are fun because they´re not as easy mode as the combos of many other characters. Also, we need some more action at the Julia board.