Hey, anyone know the synergy with hawkeye and X-23’s otg assist? I Run Nem/X-23/Hawkeye, and I’ve always focused on playing that order because I love the triple arrow for Nemesis’s safety and X-23’s crossups, and I love the swarm of arrows Hawkeye gets in level 3 X-factor, and either Hawkeye or X-23 usually gets enough meter to be a complete monster by the end of the match, thanks to good ol’ Nemmy’s resets. But I find if I’m snapped in, I get good mileage from Hawkeye with Nem’s clothesline rocket, for both zoning and combos, but I have NEVER found use for the X-23 otg. Probly my fault, as my combos with hawkeye are rudimentary at best, the curse of using someone only as an anchor. I’m still keeping this order, though, because all the other orders have shit DHCs in every direction but towards X-23.
Is there a use for X-23’s ankle slice as far as extension or opening people up, or anything at all?
Hawkeye/akuma allows hawk to get a free combo off his slide cancelled into poison tip for one. Depending on the range he can get a full launch combo or a full screen net loop. Also having a full screen beam in the back gives him extra damage off any stray gimlets. Add to that the fact that he can safely go for cross ups on the opponent while they are blocking tatsu and I hope y’all see why Im in love with this pairing.
If hawkeye didn’t have such an amazing assist(and such a similar assist to akuma) Im sure we’d see more of this pairing. But at the moment I play this pairing whenever I wanna rock sentinel on point. And I understand you prolly have some misgivings about taking team advice from a guy who runs sentinel on point but I know what Im talking about to certain extent lol.
Your team of hawkeye/dorm/akuma has my stamp of approval. Plus you can play dorm/hawkeye/akuma if you wanna pull of them teleport shenanigans with dormammu.
I know Hawkeye does have start of the round problems against certain characters, but Tatsu helps him out a bit. Just gotta work on my Hawkeye game.
My best character is Dormammu and I put him 2nd to DHC him in with space plus two assists if all goes to plan. I would start Dormammu, but DHCing into Hawkeye after a long, damaging combo =
It was either Hawkeye or Taskmaster. As much as I like using Task and Shield Skills, he bores me to death. Hawkeye at least got a whole bunch of arrows and a kick-ass Level 3. He’s a much-better version of Arthur.
Running Sent on point is fine. His assist is great, but not unstoppable. If he has Tatsu, perfect.
Not a fan at all, zero/wesker/hawkeye on the other hand sounds a lot better to me. Hawkeye/wesker is a horrid combination, low damage, and weskers assist does didly squat for hawkeye, plus “XF 4 dark wesker” is old news at this point. He might get you a bunch of wins online, but once you play against competent opponents he isn’t doing shit, plus he has a number of straight up terrible match-ups(zero, vergil, phoenix, trish) especially if he is forced to go in and can’t gunshot teleport. There’s absolutely no reason to run him on anchor anymore, and Im glad to see that tournament results have started reflecting that.
Zero/wesker/hawkeye, its so much better than the other order its amazing. You get the best point character in the game, and if he dies you get a very good duo in wesker/hawkeye, wesker makes a decent battery to build bar for hawkeye(so does zero now that I think about it) plus wesker hawk have a nice THC since both maximum wesker and gimlet track, but gimlet might clear the way for wesker to charge in. Finally you have a solid anchor in hawkeye, he might not be the best, but unlike wesker he affects your team even before he hits the field(since his assist is so dope)
I am running Vergil/Dante/Hawkeye , hawkeye maybe doesn’t have that comeback potential like other anchors, but he is good in fightning against other anchors, you can kill fullscreen, akuma or strider with: Gimlet> XFC3 > Gimlet, that does 780,000 damage IF you x-factor BEFORE the gimlet connects, there are a lot of times when they can’t defend, like ajuma super jumping and throwing firbealls.
Also i think Hawkeye is very good with the Sparda brothers, you can also put him in front if you are against a haggar or hulk and trhow arrows and calling Jam Session or Rapid Slash whn they are trying to come to you, i really love the synergy of this team.
The more and more I practice with my team and play I’m starting to see how strong a character Hawkeye is with Tatsu. I’m starting to think that Tatsu may be the best assist for Hawkeye. He’s so much more deadly with Tatsu, as it can be used as a gtfo me assist, rush down and cross up assist, and easy net arrow loop confirm etc.If you call Tatsu before hitting them with a gimlet(also if there low enough to the ground and your close enough)Tatsu can combo off of the gimlet and you can follow up with another gimlet. It’s so deadly especially if you pick up your opponent and there assist with Tatsu you can easily gimletxXFxxgimlet and kill the assist and sometimes even the point character in one swoop.
Use triple arrow to stay in and try to figure out resets with slant shot for cap. Triple Arrow + Charging Star is a great approach against the likes of arthur and deadpool, triple arrow and backflip seems like a cool mixup.
For Spencer, don’t make jump+assist+grapple your whole approach, try to mix it up and then not let you opponent get out of the corner
I like team #1 a lot there’s a lot of synergy in that team, in that since each character has useful assists that benefits each other, you could run that team in whatever order you want. Essentially, in that order, that team should have a 1 touch kill option at their disposal whenever they get a hit, since Vergil has sword loops, Wesker can easily pop XFlvl2 and have fast left right mixups that are more dangerous with Hawkeye assist, and Hawkeye with lvl2 or 3 XF can easily get over 1mil damage for only 1 meter. Some people prefer the order Wesker Vergil Hawkeye, because they like Vergil XFlvl2 better than Wesker, and that Wesker can take a first hit & have a better chance at surviving with his 1mil health as opposed to Vergil’s 850k making it so that any hit he takes basically leads to his death. Hawkeye anchor does need some experience to be good with. I can say from my experience that he’s a pretty solid anchor, he can definitely clean up 1 or 2 characters, especially if the matchup is in his favor(doom, haggar, etc). However, if he has to comeback against a whole team with health, then you’re gonna have to work for that comeback. The main issue is that he can’t go full random into a comeback like wesker can, you want to look for opportunities to Gimlet XF cancel into full combo, like if they call an assist upon your entry and they jump at you, you can gimlet and hit both if they’re lined up and hopefully get two characters in 1 combo.
But don’t disregard Team #2, having a solid keepaway team can put certain matchups heavily in your favor & be nightmares for other people i.e. if the opponent is playing a team big body like Nemesis, Hulk, Haggar
I play Deadpool/Hawkeye/Strider as one of my side teams. Putting Spider-man in place of Deadpool certainly makes good sense.
I need to improve my play with this team all around, but the amount of synergy between them is fantastic. I use Kamikaze shot on Hawkeye as it gives Deadpool a number of combo extensions and mixup opportunities. Hawkeye on point with Quick Work & Vajra has some dirty setups. It’s a solid team.
My Strider is very green and I need to improve him drastically.
Been messing around with Trish (Peakaboo), Nova (Centurion Rush), Hawkeye (Greyhound) and I kind of like it. Ususally on this team I run Dorm with dark hole anchor and I feel as though that team can play keep away pretty well, but can get in when the time is right. However I feel with Hawkeye i will build a bit more meter. The only issue is the Hawkeye team is a relatively low life team, which doesnt thrill me. What do you guys think?
Life is not that important in this game because almost all characters die in one combo, one of the top 5 teams is Zero/Dante/Strider, and have almost nothing of life.
Well i think it is nice, you can setup unblockables, have a good anchor and a good assist and good synergy, don’t know a lot about trish, but nova with arrows assist is great.
Yea it’s a bit tricky. You can otg with Poison arrow assist as well but because they both come out so slow, it’s hard to get them to otg correctly. As for the scatter shot, you probably need to call hawkeye you even leave the ground, then while in the air just knock them right back down with air S and hopefully by that time the arrows will just be landing. I could be wrong as I mainly stick with Greyhound assist (as I assume most people do), but I can test once I get off of work today
Thanks. I’ve been trying to run a Trish and Hawkeye and kamikaze shot just really helps the team.
Tried just air S and I can’t land in time to throw a round trip but I can connect a dive kick.
Not what I was gunning for but it’s still a nice development. =)
there’s a lot of synergy in that team, in that since each character has useful assists that benefits each other, you could run that team in whatever order you want. Essentially, in that order, that team should have a 1 touch kill option at their disposal whenever they get a hit, since Vergil has sword loops, Wesker can easily pop XFlvl2 and have fast left right mixups that are more dangerous with Hawkeye assist, and Hawkeye with lvl2 or 3 XF can easily get over 1mil damage for only 1 meter. Some people prefer the order Wesker Vergil Hawkeye, because they like Vergil XFlvl2 better than Wesker, and that Wesker can take a first hit & have a better chance at surviving with his 1mil health as opposed to Vergil’s 850k making it so that any hit he takes basically leads to his death. Hawkeye anchor does need some experience to be good with. I can say from my experience that he’s a pretty solid anchor, he can definitely clean up 1 or 2 characters, especially if the matchup is in his favor(doom, haggar, etc). However, if he has to comeback against a whole team with health, then you’re gonna have to work for that comeback. The main issue is that he can’t go full random into a comeback like wesker can, you want to look for opportunities to Gimlet XF cancel into full combo, like if they call an assist upon your entry and they jump at you, you can gimlet and hit both if they’re lined up and hopefully get two characters in 1 combo.
