I use Hawkeye in that spot (although lately trying with Doom). Hawkeye gives Spider-man a horizontal assist and Hawkeye’s zoning with Strider assist is very annoying. Or you can use Hawkeye’s poison assist as a combo extender. DHC from Spider-man to Hawkeye is pretty decent too. Fun fact, if you DHC into Scatter Shot Hyper in the corner after Maximum Spider, before they touch the ground, the game will auto-correct it so you face the other way and get full damage. I also feel like Hawkeye covers Spider-man’s bad matchups, but that might just be Hawkeye being really good.
The team lacks character killing damage though, so I’ve been trying to learn Doom. While I have a Strider user’s attention, what combos have you been using Vajra assist? I’ve been doing web swing combos>launch+vajra assist>web throw>MS for a little less than 700k, and only because it’s almost exactly the same as the vanilla combo I’ve already done millions of times.
Thank you for the input, I have some experience with Dante from vanilla so I will have to start playing around with him again.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I haven’t really experimented with the Vajra assist mid combo(Like I said, I’m new to trying to play seriously), though I totally intend to try now. I’m still horrible about remembering to use my assists, but, like I said, I’m focusing right now on trying to use the hard knockdown Vajra>web glide OTG>combo. In training mode when I am actually focusing on what combos to do in said situation I’ve managed this, but I’ve yet to think quick enough to actually apply it to matches.
I don’t know how I forgot him but after thinking again which should be third member for my Spidey/Skrull team I feel Chris can be a very good choice. Machine Gun assist is a good lockdown beam type assist that could help a lot both Spider-Man and Skrull and Tenderizer assist is very useful for protecting Chris and also for setups after killing a char. Another good thing from Chris is that Grenade Launcher hyper hits OTG so I can see finishing my combos in the corner after a web throw and then THC for maximum damage.
I eliminated Frank from my choices as I prefer to maximize in damage than in leveling up a char so now my options are Ryu or Chris.
So I’ve been experimenting with characters who I can do crazy amounts of web throws with in the corner besides Iron Man. I feel as though Iron Man is the character I’m least confident with on my teams, so I’m looking at some other characters who may be able to do for me what his repulsor blast assist does.
I’ve found that Super Skrull is able to fill his role well with his stone smite assist. The problem is that I have to alter my combo somewhat in order to do it. Instead of doing a normal bread and butter into the corner and following up with OTG web zip into repulsor assist, I need to end the combo early once I hit them with :h: Spider Sting/Bite, because otherwise there’s no way to hit them with the Skrull assist (normal bnb into air magic series w/ web zip followup whiffs every time I’ve tried it). This leads to less damage overall (about 100k less unfortunately) but actually allows me to use it anywhere on the screen whereas with Iron Man I’m limited to the corner. Whether or not this is that much of a benefit I don’t know, as it only does a little bit more damage than Spidey’s solo bnb without an assist. But at least I’ll have Skrull on my team who I mained in vanilla MvC3 and feel a little more confident with.
Doom can also assist with double web throws at the end of a bnb combo from anywhere. Skrull is also pretty nice. I got some vids on my sig with both of them since they were in my both in vanilla team. Not sure if i have also posted those combos on the vid thread.
Well… I found my competition in the wee freakin hours of the morning where I should be sleep getting ready for work :smug: Also found what out what my best team is… damn you Doom… so until I can get more practice in with Dorm its gonna be Spidey Storm Doom.
I did have some success… more than I did with Iron Man, running Dorm against Tokido and some other Japanese players but for the most part I was getting bodied. It had more to do with me not quite understanding how to use Dark Hole with Spidey just yet. I’m not dropping Dorm but since I have knowledge background with Doom and Missiles work great with Storm I’m going to pick him up again and learn how he works in this game and will probably be using him at Final Round. I’m about to upload a few matches to my page from last night. I didn’t catch any of my wins as I decided to record afterwards but I found my higher tier competition that I was looking for :wgrin: now I can practice so long as I decide to stay up late at night.
Well, after 4 hours from last night and an hour today, I’m a couple games away from 7th Lord. XD Hopefully I’ll start finding some actual competition soon so I can start uploading some worthwhile matches.
I’m doing it right now just because it’ll help me find high level players once I ascend to a respectable rank. (although my pure awesomeness should be able to do that FOR me, right? :B)
Imo I think Spidey and Strider work great together. I believe Spidey really benefits from some sort of lock down, and Striders Varja assist will do just that. This is assuming you put Strider as anchor. As for DHC synergy…iunno…Is Strider’s robot animal hyper safe? Does it DHC well after max spider and/or crawler assault? If so rejoice =D!
As for doom missles, I dont see why its a must. Yes they are annoying and yes they allow for easy conistent combos, but I think there are plenty of other great assits for Spidey. Not a must at all.
Spiderman works well with other assist but yes Vajra is hella good with Spidey and his annoying zoning :wgrin: He doesn’t need to be anchor though he can run well in the second position as well and leave the anchor for a stronger character. Legion DHC’s nicely after both of Spidey’s main supers
Strider (Vajra) is amazing for everyone, so Spidey also benefits from that. Keeping opponents grounded is amazing for Spidey, since his best approach against characters with godly swlrd normals is air to ground, imo.
That said, because OTGing with Spidey is kinda finnicky, if you’re purely interested in Strider there are better partners to followup after an air Vajra knockdown, namely Wesker and Doom.
Hullo, I’ve been in and out of a predicament about Spidey team building and I hope any one can help. I have a strong character loyalty to Spidey and Vergil and am looking for a third (either as a point or anchor). Most of my matches involve an opponent with a strong aggressive character on point (i.e. Wesker or Wolverine) or a team that’s backed up with a good beam/projectile assist (i.e. Doom or Hawkeye) or both.
I’ve had a Spidey/Task/Vergil team for a while and it worked out ok but it became apparent to me that I couldn’t play that team as aggressive so well so I decided to have Wolverine/Spidey/Vergil however it then seemed that Wolverine was the main backbone and once he went down, the whole team fell apart because of the lack of good supportive assists.
I’ve considered Akuma for Tatsu assist and solid anchor capabilities but I am contemplating for now on any other possible options. Thank you.
I don’t think that Spidey works on second because his assists aren’t really that good and he lacks a safe DHC when your point is on the red. Imo, Spid/Ver/xxx would be a better line up since Spidey doesn’t require much meter to do huge damage and Vergil has safe DHC options and uses a ton of hyper meter. Also, I think I’ve seen Vergil’s rapid slash assist works with web zip combos. As for anchor, you can try one with assist that could help extend your combo (Doom+Missile, Wesker+Samurai Edge, Dorm+Dark Hole or Purification, Skrull+Stone Smite…) or help Spidey get in safely or lockdown opponents (Amaterasu+Cold Star but low HP, Doom+Beam, Mag+Disruptor, Sentinel+Force…)
Hmmm, I think Akuma is really good but his tatsu may be quite similar to Vergil’s assist as a combo extender and having him on your team adds another low HP char.
The first thing I look for when building a team. Hahaha.