IMO Dorm is better at handling run-away than Dante
I run Zero/RR/Ammy, and RR gives Zero some nice combo extension.
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Replace Vergil’s rapid slash with Log Trap in this combo and it’s pretty much the same thing. Additionally, Log Trap is never a bad thing to have in Zero’s neutral game. The DHC synergy isn’t too great when going from Zero to RR, but this isn’t much of an issue as Zero doesn’t need to DHC to kill anyone (LL is good enough).
Definitely. I meant the Strider assist for handling run away though.
I’ve been running Zero since I started playing in Vanilla and have stuck to a team of Zero/Wesker/Akuma for a while now. However, I’ve been playing a lot of my secondary team of Firebrand/Ryu/Sentinel. I love Firebrand. He’s a lot of fun to play. I was wondering what the best 3rd assist is for a Zero/Firebrand team? Obviously Sentinel would benefit both of them greatly, but I don’t particularly enjoy Sentinel enough to have him on my main team. Any opinions?
Ammy or Akuma. Basically, any lockdown assist benefits both of them.
zero/firebrand/ammy sounds pretty gdlk. which firebrand assist can zero fully utilize?
and on another note… i’m beginning to think that an optimized zero team is always going to require dante+jam session. especially after watching Mihe play at Final Round and running into other zero players who use zero+dante, i’m fully convinced that zero and dante are bffl!
I can’t imagine Zero without Dante honestly. Jam session is just so vital to his game.
i totally get that…but the thought of learning/playing dante really makes me sad. i just can’t get myself to play him because he’s totally not my style. i just wish more characters had assists with vertical range, jam session is too freaking good.
haha yeah I know what you mean. I’ve been playing Dante since day 1 vanilla and he still feels pretty awkward to me. I guess the next best thing is doom missiles, but Doom is even more awkward.
I won a tournament today with the Zero / Dante / Strider team I mentioned btw, it’s way better than my old one I think. Having Strider anchor to fall back on is so relaxing compared to having to scrape wins out with anchor Dante lol. Someone tried to zone me out and strider was like nah, gonna kick that idea into the ground.
yeah bro, I always wondered why you played dante anchor… he’s kinda ass at anchor even though he appears good in theory. dante just has to work too hard to get in without assists. I think I’m finally going to switch to Flocker’s team… doom anchor isn’t cutting it for me anymore. I’m convinced that hawkeye is a godlike anchor after watching flocker, yipes, and combofiend do work with that man in lvl3 xfactor at FR.
I also want to play zero/firebrand/ammy :3 I’m convinced that red midget team can work… I just need to decide on a firebrand assist for zero. any ideas anybody?
Is Zero/Magneto/Wesker a viable team?
What assist should I use for wesker, jaguar kick or gunshot
I wholeheartedly disagree. Doom Missiles, man. Doom Missiles.
Whats the trick to getting the doom ender with zero? i call doom but the missiles hit on the way up i really hate the guy but he’s the swiss army knife of assists in this game.
jump back, call the assist so doom comes out further then do the diveblade.
I’m currently running Zero/Dante(jam session)/Doom(missiles).
I’m curious: Since I already have jam session, do I need another vertical assist in Doom, or would it be a better choice to switch Doom to his beam assist? I was running some sets with friends last week and after switching to beam, I did a lot better, but it seemed to benefit Dante a lot more than Zero.
Just wanted to see what you guys thought. 2 vertical assists or 1 vertical assist, 1 horizontal assist for Zero?
i’d go with plasma beam if i had jam session too, it’s good to call out against the people who rely on drones for ground control.
I think plasma beam is better for zero, helps his mixup game and with jam you don’t really need missiles. missiles can actually mess up ur combos sometimes. also its not easily punishable
I ran Zero / Firebrand in the early UMVC3 days. I personally think his straight froward dive is probably the best bet, but the swoop can be useful too, it just hits at a weird angle and pops them into a hitstun that can be difficult to convert sometimes. The straight dive is a lot like using tatsu with Akuma.
Dante is good anchor when he gets the hits, his incoming mixups are pretty nuts. I just don’t think he opens people up well enough to justify that. My way of opening people up with him was blocking until I could XF guard cancel lol.
lol man… i swear everyone’s jumping on the zero bandwagon after Final Round. toomuchdamage just picked up mihe’s team and he’s already raping fools on a day 3 zero --`. he’s making me feel so inadequate as a day one zero player haha.
what kind of anchor goes well with (zero, doom, ____ )?
STRIDER.
Seriously. I’ve been championing Zero/Doom/Strider as the best Zero team for a while now.