I’ve been playing around with the Magneto/Storm/XXX team a bit lately and one of the anchors I tried was Ammy… First off, Ammy’s cold star is only a decent neutral assist but doesn’t really help in a lot of situations. Another negative is that sometimes the Ammy assist will cause your simple BnBs to drop because of hitstun. If you only manage to have the opponent hit by a couple hits of cold star then it is fine though. It seems like that assist is better for characters who lack issues with hitstun like Viper, Magneto, Doom, etc. Another thing I noticed is that Storm and Ammy have some neat DHC tricks with each other… that lead to no damage and a hella lot of meter. It’s a shame they are both such low damage characters.
I also tried Akuma for a little bit and while he is really nice up close… he isn’t as good for Magneto and doesn’t really help create approach opportunities from full distance. He’s much more helpful for Storm who can utilize her floats and additional movement options to deal with that issue. I might give him another quick try and see if a much more aggressive approach works with this assist. Feels like it should be the “MSP” of this game in theory.
I started dabbling now with Strange and Storm has some nice shenanigans with him. Hailstorm DHC into FoF loops in the corner can get Storm to break 900k with 2 meters spent. Problem is that the timing is pretty tricky with it but that’s probably because I’m totally unfamiliar with Strange. The assist is pretty good overall (bolts), but Storm has issues protecting him so he gets hit a lot for me.
The only other option I can think of left to try after more experimentation with the others is Doom. I personally think I might prefer beam because I’m terrible at protecting assists… but missiles could be extremely helpful too. Though it suffers from the same problem as Strange’s bolts where it is left vulnerable for a long time. Plus, I don’t think Storm has good DHCs with Doom unless I am mistaken. Anybody know of any good ways for Storm to switch in Doom to finish a combo to get past 900k for 2 meters?
There is always Sentinel though. Solid choice but… I just don’t see much reason to use him. Feels like “Why use him when you can use Doom missiles?” You get a better anchor and an assist that doesn’t go away after being hit. Plus Sentinel only really seems to help Storm’s damage problem through excessive meter use. Sadly he isn’t like Strange where he can get her to break 900k with 2 meters.
I’ll post some more whenever I get the chance. Apparently I need to attempt Dante (though I’m not sure I like Storm backed with just jam session but apparently it works). Beyond that… it seems like Storm doesn’t really have any other strong assist options.
Lol I always get excited to test these teams out and then I go play and just get Vergil’d. Feels like “why bother?” haha. Anyways so far I think Strange is very useful for Storm because he helps her with damage without TACs. I wasn’t able to find a way for doom to push Storm over 900k with a DHC but I only tried looking for 5 minutes yesterday. I’ll try more soon.
Hey guys - im at a point where i am trying to level up further. I came to the conclusion that i need to focus on 1 main Storm team. Which of the following teams have the most potential/learning curve/matchup problems. I play:
1st - Jill(arrow kick),Storm(whirlwind),DrStrange(Bolts)
2nd - Morrigan(all assist),Storm(WW),Doom(ROCKS,or MISSILES)
3rd- Doom(rocks),Storm(WW),Dorm(dark Hole)
i enjoy all 3 , with the morrigan team being the most taxing(flight cancels) and the Dorm team being the easier team to play with. I actually have the most experience w/ the Jill team, Jill being the 2nd character that i picked up.
Any help is appreciated
THX
Hmm… I’d say either 1 or 2.
I’m not familiar enough with Jill to be able to know how well she meshes but Strange and Storm work pretty well together IMO.
Number 2 could work but it’s very meter hungry. Plus… it just seems like “Why bother using Storm when you can just go with Mag/Doom/Vergil” Because you won’t be trying to snipe out happy birthdays because you want to conserve meter for Morrigan fireball hell.
I think you can actually have lots of success with Morrigan without Astral Vision, but it’s such a dominant strategy at multiple levels of play that it can be considered a handicap to not use it. If you’re proficient enough with Morrigan and her movement options, she and Storm are planty oppressive with Missiles alone. Sniping assists is also dreadfully easy because of Morrigan’s Shadow Servant making the DHC airtight. Morrigan also has TAC glitches and those also work very well with Storm and her TAC glitches. I think it’s an okay team but Storm really has to put in work if you go for an Astral Vision strategy and I would probably only recommend that strategy if you’re using Missiles. In a gameplan that doesn’t necessarily involve Astral, Storm has more flexibility to do what she wants and Storm stocked with meter is always ready to punish provided you’re alert enough. Just have to remember that Morrigan/Storm means that these two characters should be switching between each other often in a non-Astral strategy.
I recommend team 2, but the only reason is because I don’t think Jill is well protected enough on team 1 to make it work.
Well, that’s up to what your gameplan is. If you’re playing more defensive, I recommend Jam Session, as it’s a great assist defensively for both Morrigan and Storm. If you’re playing a fullscreen offense, you’ll want other vertical assists like Vertical Arrow, Kamikaze or Hidden Missiles. If you want pure rushdown, you probably want lockdown assists like Cold Star, Tatsumaki Zankyaku or Eye of Agamotto. It’s up to you general gameplan and what you want to do.
I think that if you are going to play a Morri/Storm team you should just have Doom anchor with missiles assist.
We all know how strong Morri/Doom is but Storm gets to hard tag into Doom after throws for big damage and also gets access to Doom’s infinite. And missiles is pretty good for Storm too.
I don’t think Sentinel is as good for Morrigan simply because most people try to get out of Astral Vision by staying at superjump height. Sentinel’s assist doesn’t cover that space. Having Doom missiles at least ensures that they have to eat chip damage.
Thanks guys for the feedback - I have really stepped up my Morrigan recently. I believe that Morrigan can be played effectively without Astral Vision. The reason to pair Storm and Morrigan is to supply Storm w/ meter, Storm doesnt need Doom- Morrigan does, so is this basically a Morrigan team w/ storm tacked onto it? It’s strange that Storm has No BFF in this game.
We have seen Storm have success with Akuma, Sentinel, Strange and Dante.
what do you guys think of her with …
Rocket Raccon-
SuperSkrull-
Virgil
Haggar,
Chris
Ive seen Storm teams with…
Coma (dante,doom,storm)
Matrix (Storm,dante,akuma)
Fanatiq (MSS)
Justin (Wolverine,Storm AKuma)
Xero (SpidermanStormDoom)
JJJ (MorriganStormFelicia)
inerd ( Spidey Storm,Akuma)
Gouken Respek(She-Hulk/Storm/Amaterasu)
Seems Akuma, and Sentinel are great for Storm
Doom and Dante are Good
and some pairing i dont know how they work… Felicia and She-hulk
MSS seems the best but isnt really cheap enough in the current game climate
Both Flux and Chris G tried StormMorriganDoom but it lack something(maybe experience w/team)
Some pairings are scary because of having 3 low health character that do low damage.
Eh I think ChrisG dropped her because he realized how difficult it is to win with her. Why use her when you can derp with Vergil? Plus you don’t have anchor Doom that way too.
I think the reason Storm doesn’t have a bff is because she has too many weaknesses to cover. She needs someone who can help solve her damage problem, is a good anchor, and leaves the opponent in block stun long enough for her to perform a mixup. The best anchors in the game have lackluster synergy with her (phoenix, strider, Vergil) and Doom doesn’t have good DHCs with her. Plus her moves really eat up hitstun so things like hailstorm dhc into ammy’s slow super doesn’t get you much of a combo follow-up. So only characters like Doom and Strange who ignore a lot of hitstun can help her out with damage… unless you want to risk a TAC into an infinite.