Arthur needs 1 meter to work as an anchor, that’s it.
Having 4 is nice, but you only need 1 to make an Arthur comeback. It’s easy.
Take notes from these matches. We both use Arthur anchor.
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I had already seen these matches and it’s good stuff.
Yes, Arthur can make comebacks with one meter and xfactor, never said he couldn’t
still, with more than that 1 meter he can fight without xfactor if needed, and having a character that does not leech as many meter as Vegil in your team is better than having Vergil when you’re an anchor Arthur player.
Zero/Vergil/Arthur is a good team, of course, just not optimized, as you have two characters fighting for the same resources.
But Zero and Vergil are both in the top 10 characters and Arthur is a top 10 anchor… even if they created bigger troubles of each other, this team would still be good.
Still, it’s definitively not the best Zero/???/Arthur team 
Dante’s not going to do any more damage than Vergil without meter as well. Vergil is miles ahead a much better Arthur assist user than most of the cast.
If you lose Zero and Vergil that quickly, then you should have more than enough meter to delay your Dark Arthur activation as much as possible. But even if you don’t, 20 seconds is enough time to kill the first character and mix up the next two. In most Dark Arthur situations I’ve been in, there’s only 2 characters I need to come back against, or at the very least, 2 with more than 5% health.
Additionally, fighting as Dark Arthur will give you all the meter you need to fight afterwards (if you survive the armor break.)
For other Zero/___/Arthur teams, I’d probably throw in Sentinel, which would make the team favor Zero more, but Arthur is a good assist for Sentinel as well. Dante could work but I’m not that good at using Arthur assist with him.
But either way, make no mistake about Zero/Vergil/Arthur, it is a Vergil team, not a Zero team or an Arthur team.
Hey guys just wondering: I’m running Zero (Ryuenjin)/ Vergil (Rapid Slash)/ Strider (Vajra) right now, but I’m really thinking about switching out Vergil. Besides Dr. Doom (my Dr. Doom is terrible and I really hate the way his movement works), who else would fit in this middle spot?
What type of player are you? I can mention 20 characters, but they may not fit your playstyle,
I just need a character who has good synergy with Zero and can utilize the hard knockdown from Strider’s Vajra assist effectively. I like to rush down more with Zero, so probably someone who can extend combos for Zero (which is pretty much everybody… haha)?
dante’s jam session. easy
Take a look at Nova. He can hit confirm from fullscreen off a connected Vajra. He loves some hard knockdown. He also gives Zero the easiest corner carry he can get and it goes from deep corner to deep corner.
Currently just picked up Zero in Zero/Doom/Strider. I am running Plasma Beam assist so I can get left/right mixups, deal with drones easily and zone better with Zero. However, I know some people use Hidden Missiles; I’m just wondering what the advantages would be for either of these assists. Any thoughts?
Hey guys, Marvel noob here 
I’m having trouble finding a 2nd character for my team (Zero ??? Akuma). I usually use Wesker in my 2nd slot but I feel like Zero and Wesker don’t work together that well. I was considering Magneto with his beam assist, is he any good for Zero?
Either Doom assist is great for Zero. You’re gonna have to decide based on the matchup. By default, I’d go with Plasma Beam since I assume you’re using Vajra assist on Strider. This will give you great horizontal coverage, a combo extender and some to clear the screen with.
But definitely learn how to use Hidden Missiles. Some matchups will be much easier with it.
Zero is best with neutral assists. I’d suggest you do some experimenting on your own with characters that interest you and see what you can come up with.
Zero (Hadangeki)/Strange (Bolts)/Dante (Jam Session)… thoughts? I’m experimenting with Strange on second for Vishanti sniping and abusing XF kills while Zero’s up front with his nearly impossible to block BS. can’t think of much else to say, but I’ll try out this team more. I don’t have a Zero or Dante yet so who knows what BS I can really do with this team.
Been thinking about 3 different Zero teams:
Zero/Dante/Strider- Jam Session is great for Zero but I feel Dante needs a better assist than Strider
Zero/Dorm/Strider- Dark hole is decent, Dorm is an amazing character that has very few bad match-ups
Zero/Doom/Strider- Great options with Doom assists, Doom/Strider is a great combo, Doom has some really bad match-up
opinions please… Also I don’t want to get rid of Strider so this is basically asking which is the best second character for the team
Pick up both Doom and Dante, the only real synergy Dorm and Zero have is Dorm > Zero Unblockables using 2 bar and DHCing into Sougenmu ToD from Dorm in the corner (or slightly away from the corner). Been playing Zero/Dorm for a year and found a lot of things but it’s not effective enough. Now Jam Session? Yeah that’s unquestionably the best assist for Zero. I’ve seen Nini’s Dante/Strider resets so surely they count for something.
I’m working on Zero/Dante/Strider atm felt A LOT more comfortable with Doom/Sentinel and Doom/Strider variants but everyone I’ve used the teams against say Dante/Strider is definitely the way to go even though I’m ass with those 2 atm.
Possibly the best team in the game? Yeah I think it could be. But yeah train up the Doom team too just for certain matchups where Plasma Beam or HM are an absolute must.
Zero/Dante is one of the strongest duos(if not the strongest) and Dante/Strider is one of the best as well. Dante/Strider shuts down a lot of shit like Trish and Morrigan and basically allows you to get in on anyone for free and get a 50/50 mixup. The resets with this team are also pretty gross. Still, Zero with no horizontal assist is something I don’t like too much.
I really have no experience with Dante or Dormammu, but I can say I think Zero/Doom/Strider is the best team for Zero.
Doom gives you two great assists for you to take advantage of and drastically change your approach to the matchup. He loves Strider for if/when Zero goes down. Strider gives Zero lockdown, resets, mixups, etc, and I don’t have to tell you how great of an anchor he is. This is the team I was just about settled on until Chrisis’ Viper/Zero team got me thinking about that combination again.
Off topic, I’m going back to do more exploring with Zero/RR. I did some a month or so ago (may have posted some findings here) and I remember his Spring hyper having some ridiculous setups and shenanigans for Zero.
For the record, I’ve tried Zero/Joe in the past and didn’t like it much. Joe’s assists didn’t seem to do much Zero, but perhaps I should check that out again just for the sake of due diligence.
Thanks for the responses…
I think I’m going to go Zero/Dante/Strider, just gotta stop being lazy and actually learn Dante, Jam session is too good to not use with Zero. Been playing Doom since vanilla so atleast I can throw him in there for various match-ups
The reason I mentioned Dorm is because i feel that he is just a beast of a character and really counters zoning teams, and the fact that he can fly, call assist than teleport for an easy 50/50 is ridiculous.
I’ve been using Zero/Dante/Mags for the last week and just tried out Strider in Mags’ place out of curiosity… wow this team is ridiculous.
I’m gonna have to consider Strider as well. Zero/Strider is pretty fucking ridiculous and shuts down Morrigan/Trish easy…
I actually just came in here to post about Zero / Strider.
I got blown up by run away at FR this weekend. Kusoru and F.Champ with both in my pools and they just ran hard, pretty much everyone I fought that used a normal team I blew up though so I’m thinking of switching my old team of Zero / Dorm / Dante to Zero / Dante / Strider.
What do you guys think about that? Vajra should stop all the magneto / morrigan / joe etc etc runaway that’s giving Zero problems. Now that I have lightning loop down pat, I don’t need DHCs to kill anymore with Zero, so having Dorm second isn’t so important.