re: Doom, yeah, doom beam does prorate quite a bit, but it clears out shit in front of you. So if you are using it to get in, then I see it being useful but you’d probably want your other character for getting command dash cross ups using assist.
Probably so but IMO his assists aren’t really that great, so he doesn’t really help whatever 2 characters you’re running that much. What was the full team you were trying to run?
I really don’t think Zero makes for a good anchor sans X-Factor. I find most of his tricks and bullshit are highlighted by assists, plus he’s really fragile.
X-Factor makes anyone a decent anchor, though.
I run tron iron man Zero. problem is that tron is absolute garbage by herself. Yeah she can deal damage god like assist, but so what her mobility and attack options are limited (that was the anchor before). I feel Iron Man needs an assist that gets people off once they rush him down because Iron Man’s defensive options feel weak. Tron helps Iron man and Zero so well to. And Unibeam helps Tron and Zero a lot.
For those running doom on thier team, which assits are you guys using for doom. Currently Im on plasma beam to help zero get in. Just wondering how everyone else is using dooms’ assist to help zero. How do you guys use rocks and/or hidden missles?
I’m currently using Magneto (Beam)/Zero (AA)/Phoenix (TK Shot)
It’s been working REALLY well for me. Magneto is a good point character and builds A LOT of meter naturally by abusing beams and utilizing his bnb often. If I want to Aerial Exchange on any character, it’s always open for a much bigger combo than I’ve found with other team combinations. DHCs work well also (Except if I elect to use Gravity Squeeze, DHC off of that seems like a waste of meter.) Using Zero’s 
Teleport with Mag’s beam assist leads to some nasty combos into the crossover trap (Same if Phoenix is on point).
The only problem: health. Or, the lack of. I sucks that 1 mistake can lead to 70% combos from 1 meter, or sometimes even death! I’m currently looking for someone to replace Magneto for that very reason, but the synergy with this time is just too damn good for me right now.
I’ve been running Zero/Doom/Deadpool since launch. I speculated that Zero and Doom would work well with eachother well before the game’s release, but I’m thinking of dropping Deadpool for someone else. It’s not that I’m unhappy with the team, but it’s more fun to switch things up. I’ve been messing around with Hulk and Skrull and I think that either one of them could fill Deadpool’s spot nicely. Any thoughts?
Zero/Hulk/Doom is one of the most synergistic teams in the game imo. Other good options I’ve found to fill the third spot on Zero/Doom are Chun (legs), Magneto (disruptor or hyper grav), Chris (machine gun), Dormammu (dark hole or purification), Iron Man (unibeam or repulsor blast), and Thor (mighty smash) if the handicap of playing Thor isn’t a big deal to you. I’m trying to work something out with Jill right now too and I’ve found some neat stuff but things are looking pretty bleak (and Zero/Shuma is a huge no-no in my book).
I just recently filled in Skrull to my Zero/Doom. They work amazingly well together.
Magneto/Zero/Wesker <3
Amazing synergy in this team, not only for Zero. Magneto and Zero offense is mostly in the air, so Wesker assist is great for unblock-able. Wesker assist also helps Magneto OTG meter less and help Zero combo from a forward air-grab. Wesker is a great anchor, so he is put on the last slot on the team. It’s very important to notice Wesker has higher than average health which helps Zero and Mag’s low life. Wesker’s Samurai Edge also allows Zero to do Dive Kick relaunch combos in the corner.
Magneto Beam assist helps in fireball wars with Zero and kind of with Wesker’s gun, but most importantly because both Wesker and Zero have a great side-switch offense, which the beam is great for. Magneto Beam also helps helping Zero combo from a forward-air-grab and Wesker relaunch mid-screen and make him able to at the very end of a combo, combo into his Lv.3 without using X-Factor. Magneto Beam also allows Zero for Dive Kick relaunch combo in the corner.
Now finally Zero. People could argue that Zero could be replaced by another character and doesn’t really help anybody, but I disagree. Hadangeki assist is great for Magneto because very low down forward triangle jumps aren’t able to combo if you go behind your enemy because in this game you don’t switch sides when you cross-up, helps in beam wars. Wesker makes way better use from it because of his teleport and the Hadangeki’s heavy hitstun and slowish movement. Zero Hadangeki assist really shines when is powered-up, Wesker and Magneto become extremely deadly and can keep the pressure a lot better than before. It’s almost like having Sent drones, but a a little worse. The most important role Zero takes is the ability to have the option to use meter or save it for Mags, or just build tons of it. Another important role is that from both Wesker Counter and Magneto’s hyper grab, you can DHC trick for a sure kill on anybody. (at least near the corner with Wesker, mid screen with Magneto)
This team is rushdown at it’s finest. Everybody has extremely good rushdown in different styles and even do Zero and Magneto can do solid keepaway, Wesker has a little too. All of them can runaway if needed. Wesker is an amazing anchor, and if Wesker died for some reason, you have Zero+Sougenmu+Lv.3 and XFLv.3 Magneto to back you up if you still have XF left. The only downfall I see with this team is if Zero Sougenmu assist is not powered up, you really don’t have on of those great assists like Tron-b, Doom-b, Sent-a etc. This is a really solid team that I look forward to sub or main. Shout out to Marn for the idea :).
Was messing around with Zero/Viper and it looks as if it has some potential. Supers cancels pretty well, but not sure about assists and a an anchor. I’m thinking of Seismo for Viper for use with max charge Zero Buster. Zero’s assist depends on my anchor which I’ve narrowed to Task, Doom and Ironman. I kinda like Magneto, but he’s way too squishy for this team - I need an anchor with good HP and a money assist to help me get in.
Any suggestions?
EDIT: Add Chris to that list on Machine Gun assist
Using Zero(Hadongeki)/Mag(Hypergrav)/Doom(Hidden Missile) myself.
Hypergrav can be used to extend ground combos pretty easily, or after landing after an air combo w/ knockdown you can call Magz for hyper grav then Sentsuizan. After hyper grav you can throw out a standing heavy (3 hits) -> Shippuga (3 hits) xx Charged shot for a relaunch.
Hidden Missile is just great for everything (for both Zero and Mag) especially getting in easier, stopping air, and disrupting your opponent.
Mid-screen dhcs are possible from Zero to Mag for decent damage (not so much in the corner if mag is your second, but you can DHC into Doom in the corner immediately after you pull out mag if you are desperate to tack on extra damage). Overall this is probably one of the weaker points of the team, but if you have the meter Gravity Squeeze can compensate for this by basically connecting from anything ever :P.
All the chars are pretty versatile and good at getting in. You can keepaway fairly well in a pinch, and Doom or Magz can fill in as an anchor at the end. Biggest problem with the team is probably it’s overall health (Doom isn’t bad tho). Also you kind of lose an assist slot in Magneto’s hypergrav (it’s uses are probably just limited to extending Zero’s combos) which is a slight drawback, but I really like the character for this team because he can play multiple roles well. Give it a try, the versatility makes it really fun to play :)!
The thing with Mags and Zero DHC is that if Magneto hits you mid screen is a 100% kill to anybody in the game if you have a meter do DHC into Zero because of the DHC Trick (into Sougenmu). They are very dangerous together.
Best characters right now for Zero, after a month of being in the lab are:
Doom-a, Wesker-b, Magneto-a, Ammy-b, Sentinel-a, Taskmaster-a. For DHC, you have some other such as MODOK and Thor. Skrull is very good too, and the Tenderizer assist is very good at keeping pressure and stop people from jumping away, but Zero doesn’t help Zero as much, that’s why he is not on the list (as of now). Dante and Tron are great, but DHC synergy sucks badly. Dante would be great is somebody finds a good Devil Trigger combo to do after Zero’s BnB.
I feel lost. How can the DHC trick work going from Magneto to Zero? Magneto doesn’t have a cinematic super except for Gravity Squeeze and you can’t DHC from that.
You can DHC during Hyper Grav and it will do the reset. Just don’t hit with whatever hyper you are DHCing from. Check out the DHC Trick thread.
Can’t find a partner for Viper or Zero unless I forgo DHC 100% compatibility. Viper is really hard to DHC with, so I’m not going to concern myself with that as much. Right now I’m thinking of Chris. His Machine Gun can help Zero and Viper get in. Seismo can help Chris zone and Zero OTG. Handeki also helps Chris zone and Viper get in a bit.
Any suggestions? Ideas?
Had a fairly long post about this but the token expired. 
Ah silly me. I had forgot that Magneto had a capture-type special that can be used in combo.
my only question would be… how do i actually land the hypergrav midscreen? or is the point to use mag combo to carry them to the corner, then hypergrav and dhc?
I am trying to make/learn a combo with Magneto that takes you to the corner from anywhere. I use Magneto/Zero/Wesker, so you can OTG with Wesker mid-screen and do hyper grab to grab them, and the DHC into Zero for the DHC Trick (even though it will not do the same damage as a corner combo).
im currently using dante/zero/wesker but getting in without the worry of getting hit is my prob i use dantes weasel shot for some mix ups but if they advance gaurd then im stuck again and then i have no good DHC’s i was thinking ammy with cold star would be better but im not sure. im thinking of using mag with disruptor but not sure yet. do yall have any suggestions that might help me out?
What do you do with Wesker? Assist wise.