UMvC3 ToP Tier ANCHORs

Hey Yall, the Tier list is a good way to express the Value and Strengths of each Character…but it was very difficult to find some more Feedback on them as Anchors thru lots and lots of opinions! I use SENTINEL as my anchor. although i dont win as often as i would like. thinkin bout using someone like DOOM or DORM as a more solid anchor…i Believe anyone who can keep the opponent to moving blocking, baiting for punishment and has a Combo that can KOD with engaging the XF is a challenge. if this helps i rank the top 5 in this order:

  1. Wesker
  2. Dr. Doom
  3. Dormamu
  4. Strider
  5. MODOK

this is my opinon and would like some feedback on your views to help me and the rest of the SRK community to learn.

Top Anchors

  1. Vergil
  2. Strider

the rest is up in the air but other good anchors include Skrull, Wesker, Dormammu, Magneto, Felicia, Dante, Zero, Hawkeye, Akuma and Amaterasu.
Doom is not really a good anchor, and I dunno about Modok, he never struck me as a fearsome anchor

The lack of Spencer in these lists is very suprising. (To me anyways.)

1.Dark Phoenix
2.Vergil
3.Wesker
4.Magneto
5.Felicia

I think it gets fuzzy after that a lot of chars are pretty equal after those 5 / maybe those 3.Morrigan, Skrull, Dorm, Dante, Akuma, Ammy, reg phoenix etc. etc. Abegen even makes xf shehulk look terrifying. Japan snaps her in dunno if its to get rid of throw setups/unblocks or to not have to deal with her in xf, would be interesting to find out why.

Dunno how you put strider 2nd, I feel thats like putting arthur 2nd. Both are terrifying if they have enough meter but if they don’t they’re more middle of the pack especially since they don’t kill nearly as fast as some chars which takes away xf time.

Strider doesn’t really need meter though. Him with meter just means you don’t even get to play

I use Spencer but I have to give this to Wesker. Felicia and Dark Phoenix come second only because they tend to be mash happy when they activate level three so you can bait them if you have the means to.

I put DOOM and MODOK up there because with they tend to play chicken SuperJumping and playing the keep away battle when i rush down with my **MY **team: The Team I got Running is HULK(Gamma Wave) ZERO(Ryujin) SENTINEL(Force Charge). I f i have SENTIEL remaining i tend to lose most of my battles to the likes of WESKER MORIGAN STRIDER and anyone who has a Rapid Fire L. I use HULK on point so i can Have ZERO out there with some meter. I used to have him on point until i get chipped to death…i am really trying to strengthen SENT tho w/ lots of training and ranked matches, but i feel like i need to replace the SENTINEL FORCE assist with a VERY SOLID ANCHOR…

You know what…ive just seen your video NiNi Heart and WOW! if i can really do damage with ZERO n SENT like u did on "Why Did he get buffed - a ZERO combo video…i should.maybe make ZERO anchor or really learn how to be patient with the robot…hmm never thought of that… LoL! @NiNi Heart. what r you teams lookin likedo u use sentinel as anchor or do u never have an anchor? lol

S Tier Anchors

Phoenix
Vergil
Strider

A Tier Anchors

Super Skrull
Magneto
Felicia
Wesker
Dormammu
Dante
Akuma
Arthur (controversial but this character is sick at anchor)
Amaterasu
Nova

S tier is pretty much a lock.

Top tier anchor
Phoenix
Firebrand
Vergil
Magneto
Felicia.

Firebrand is there because he has an insane lvl3…I think it’s much better than Felicia’s… Plus luminous body, means you arent blocking plus he builds up enough meter in that form to do it again…

Spencer is not really scary as an anchor. DuckStrong made a great post about all the shortcomings he had, I’ll see if I can find it.

Viper is one of the scariest anchors in the game easy. Thing is is that she is just so good on point that no one ever uses her there.

If you have used X factor then Dormammu can pretty much wipe out 2 characters on chip alone if he has the meter.

Why am I not seeing Strider on every list? You can literally just mash buttons and win with him…

I don’t see it. She can’t cover her approach with anything and she can’t really chip you or anything, and her movement options aren’t overwhelmingly good. Not to mention her mixups on her own on incoming are not scary. So why is Viper a scary anchor?

Strider anchor is really really good.
The XF speedup makes his ambiguous incoming mixups even more hard to block.
Dark Phoenix style, no joke :tup:

Vergil is both the best anchor and best second position IMO.
I ran the twins with Doom for a while, and Doom is simply NOT a good anchor, you have to build the team around him to make him work.
Yipes however showed me the light, and Magneto makes the perfect addition.
We just need Yipes to win in more majors before that team becomes thew MSP

-Stider
-Phoenix
-Vergil

then you have all the characters like
-Felicia
-Magneto
-Skrull
-Wesker
-Dorm
-Dog

Viper doesn’t need to cover anything if she has meter, cause she can just go nutz and make everything safe by cancelling everything into everything. Her rapid seismo game also does terrifying chip damage.

Best Anchors IMHO
SS++++GOD
Dark Jean… only a few godlike players use her still but if she still hits the floor… you’re done
S
Strider
Vergil
A+
Magneto
Felicia
Super-Skrub-Skrull (in all seriousness, this character is retarded when loaded with meter and crackfactor)
Dormammu
Ameterasu
A
Wesker
Taskmaster
Dante

STRIDER and VERGIL sounds like ANCHOR TOP TIER…I loved Strider in MVC2 but i just REALLY hate VERGIL lol for his insane hitbox range over ZERO…i will give them a shot though…training to be ready for EVO.

I agree with Viper not making top anchor…if she cant chip HULK or Haggar to death she would have to rush down with lots of caution…

any opinoins on DEADPOOL being anchor?

Deadpool pretty good on anchor. If you’d ask my brother though, he’d say Deadpool is best anchor.