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Karsticles

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Ultimoo said:
you were so hype for him though!
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Yeah, and I really do love the character conceptually. It's another team ruined by the complete lack of a good Dormammu assist. Firebrand has serious problems solo against characters with good range on their normals, and I feel as though I'm fluttering about with desperation, trying to get a lucky hit in against the likes of Dante, Taskmaster, Vergil, and Wesker, which are exactly the kinds of characters Firebrand is supposed to be killing for Dormammu (well, not Taskmaster, he's pretty free to Dormammu). He also doesn't do so well against zoning.

Keep in mind that all of these problems are easily rectified by giving Firebrand a good horizontal projectile assist like Aim Master L. But that would be destroying the core of my team, which is Dormammu/Morrigan - I love this combination more than anything else I have found in this game, and I have never been happier with Dormammu. Thus, Firebrand has to go, most unfortunately.

In remorse, I went back to Phoenix on point last night, and had a wonderful evening of OCVing people with her still, or, of course, the opposite case, which is her dying within the first 3 seconds and then Dormammu cleaning house. I had a blast, but Phoenix is a worse choice than Firebrand - she's just more fun, because I never get that feeling of desperation I do with Firebrand, that "let me in let me in!" thought never occurs to me.

So, I've been working on a small list of characters that:
1) Make good use of excess meter.
2) Can do reasonably well on point without assists.
3) I actually want to play, because they're fun.

3) is actually the most important; Taskmaster could be my point character, but my god is he boring to use. I'm leaning toward Super-Skrull, who is a blast to play as (even more fun than Dormammu, IMO), and at least fits 1).
 
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Red Arremer

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Karsticles said:
All of his stuff is unsafe...all of it. He has one move in his entire moveset that isn't negative on block, and that's s.H.
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Well, Skrull isn't supposed to go in and hump the opponent, he's more of a punisher. His mobility and ability to punish well on reaction helps him a lot. And he's godlike with X-Factor. His assists are kinda meh, though... I like using Orbital Grudge for its lockdown properties tho.
 
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crimsonspider89

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Karst, you need to use Taskmaster. So what if he is boring, he has great normals to go toe to toe with the other sword users.

He has plenty of health and does great damage which leads to more meter for Dormmy.
 
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Karsticles

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Red Arremer said:
Well, Skrull isn't supposed to go in and hump the opponent, he's more of a punisher. His mobility and ability to punish well on reaction helps him a lot. And he's godlike with X-Factor. His assists are kinda meh, though... I like using Orbital Grudge for its lockdown properties tho.
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Orbital Grudge was hugely nerfed, unfortunately, and it's hard as heck to combo off of now with my characters. Skrull doesn't really punish, he guesses. Most of the stuff in this game is too safe to punish with anything but a beam. He's more like Storm - you just throw out Ice Storm sometimes and hope it kills something.

crimsonspider89 said:
Karst, you need to use Taskmaster. So what if he is boring, he has great normals to go toe to toe with the other sword users.

He has plenty of health and does great damage which leads to more meter for Dormmy.
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I went 5-0 with him against someone and then stopped because it was so boring I wanted to do something else with my time. If the game's not fun, it's not worth playing.
 
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Neki

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Karsticles said:
Yeah, and I really do love the character conceptually. It's another team ruined by the complete lack of a good Dormammu assist. Firebrand has serious problems solo against characters with good range on their normals, and I feel as though I'm fluttering about with desperation, trying to get a lucky hit in against the likes of Dante, Taskmaster, Vergil, and Wesker, which are exactly the kinds of characters Firebrand is supposed to be killing for Dormammu (well, not Taskmaster, he's pretty free to Dormammu). He also doesn't do so well against zoning.

Keep in mind that all of these problems are easily rectified by giving Firebrand a good horizontal projectile assist like Aim Master L. But that would be destroying the core of my team, which is Dormammu/Morrigan - I love this combination more than anything else I have found in this game, and I have never been happier with Dormammu. Thus, Firebrand has to go, most unfortunately.

In remorse, I went back to Phoenix on point last night, and had a wonderful evening of OCVing people with her still, or, of course, the opposite case, which is her dying within the first 3 seconds and then Dormammu cleaning house. I had a blast, but Phoenix is a worse choice than Firebrand - she's just more fun, because I never get that feeling of desperation I do with Firebrand, that "let me in let me in!" thought never occurs to me.

So, I've been working on a small list of characters that:
1) Make good use of excess meter.
2) Can do reasonably well on point without assists.
3) I actually want to play, because they're fun.

3) is actually the most important; Taskmaster could be my point character, but my god is he boring to use. I'm leaning toward Super-Skrull, who is a blast to play as (even more fun than Dormammu, IMO), and at least fits 1).
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sounds like you w ant some nova.
 
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Karsticles

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Ultimoo said:
sounds like you w ant some nova.
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Nova's really boring, too.

What makes a character fun for me is that he/she involves zoning and yomi. Nova definitely involves zoning, but there's no yomi. Despite having a lot of options, he's an incredibly straightforward character, which is why everyone is doing so well with him this early.

Plus I hate the character - he sounds like a douche.
 
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crimsonspider89

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Just trying to capture the attitude he had from the Annihilation saga. Got a little angry. Usually all joke and quips and more like how he talked to Joe.

You SURE you don't want to use Strange????????

Zoning and Yomi are pretty much what he is.

You could try Rocket Raccoon as well.
 
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Karsticles

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Dr. Strange is also very linear.

1) Lay crap out.
2) Teleport and hope it crosses up!

Didn't I just summarize the entire character?

Phoenix is much more fun.
 
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crimsonspider89

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Yeah, which is yomi and zoning to the point.

Zoning is space control and Yomi is predicting what your opponent will do.

You use the projectiles/graces to control the space and try to guess which way the opponent will block or what the opponent will do.

Yeah Phoenix goes there.

Have you tried Rocket yet?

TBH there aren't that many characters who do both yomi and zoning gameplans.
 
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ihearthawthats

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Red Arremer said:
Strange's super is 11 frames, not 1. :)
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i don't own a bible nor play strange. people have been saying its 1-frame after superfreeze on streams.

kartisticles said:
All of his stuff is unsafe...all of it. He has one move in his entire moveset that isn't negative on block, and that's s.H.
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negative on block on paper isn't quite the same as unsafe in practice. he works at a range where you can't really punish any of it unless he's being blatently wreckless with them.
 
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enzo_gt

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Karsticles said:
Dr. Strange is also very linear.

1) Lay crap out.
2) Teleport and hope it crosses up!

Didn't I just summarize the entire character?

Phoenix is much more fun.
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TBH, you could break down pretty much every character in the game in the same reductionist way, so I'm not seeing the validity in this sort of blanket argument.
 
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ihearthawthats

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enzo_gt said:
TBH, you could break down pretty much every character in the game in the same reductionist way, so I'm not seeing the validity in this sort of blanket argument.
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lol. lets play guess who these characters are.

dive kick dive kick dive kick.

foot dive. foot dive. foot dive.

power of the power of the power of the.
 
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Red Arremer

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crimsonspider89 said:
Have you tried Rocket yet?

TBH there aren't that many characters who do both yomi and zoning gameplans.
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Rocket is surprisingly bad with zoning, tbh. His projectiles are too slow and/or not durable enough to win a firefight. He's a really weird mix-up character, and he doesn't really have much use for meter, to be honest.
He's worth a try, though, but I don't think he's what Karst is looking for.
 
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Diablohead

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I watch streams more then I have played but damn son some of these long combos which can kill you without much chance :( memories of earlier in the year coming back now.

I will keep practicing, if only there was less pros online under training tags due to ranks being fresh in ultimate.
 
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enzo_gt

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Diablohead said:
I watch streams more then I have played but damn son some of these long combos which can kill you without much chance :( memories of earlier in the year coming back now.

I will keep practicing, if only there was less pros online under training tags due to ranks being fresh in ultimate.
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You should play with GAF. If your on 360, add the MahvelGAF tag in OP, or join on on Kadey's (almost ATM) daily lobbies to play with people. There are players of literally every skill. If you don't care much about Ranked, you can find someone that's a good sparring partner and stick with them. I drop the most basic of combos yet I still have a few people I enjoy playing with, and have a few people slightly above my skill level that I play with as well to help me evolve, get better, and determine my weaknesses.

If your on the 360 tag, shoot me an invite sometime and we can get some sets in.

Also sorry Axis, you sent me a FR but my friend's list was full. You can send another, or if you want we can just hook up through the MahvelGAF tag.

biosnake20 said:
According to cross counters web site, there bar fights is being streamed by sp00ky. Interesting.
http://crosscounter.tv/home/2011/12/2/come-to-bar-fights-december-11th-in-los-angeles.html

coL.CC Mike Ross vs. FC.Jago
coL.CC.Combofiend vs. MCZ.MRN.Marn
Box|Viscant vs. EG.fLoE
Fanatiq vs. BT|Clockw0rk
SHGLBMX vs. Steinmania ($500 Beyond Gaming match)
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I'm sorry.. but Floe doesn't stand a chance. Otherwise, this should be hype.
 
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crimsonspider89

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Use the traps along with the burrowing to force your opponent to chase and fall into one as well as the log trap.

And burrow into spring hyper or spring hyper into floating bomb.

The spring hyper is a great move that can use excess meter to scare the opponent.
 
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Red Arremer

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crimsonspider89 said:
Use the traps along with the burrowing to force your opponent to chase and fall into one as well as the log trap.

And burrow into spring hyper or spring hyper into floating bomb.

The spring hyper is a great move that can use excess meter to scare the opponent.
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Spring hyper is quite a double edged sword, cause it can mess up your pace if it's out for a while and the momentum has changed.
 
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Diablohead

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enzo_gt said:
You should play with GAF. If your on 360, add the MahvelGAF tag in OP, or join on on Kadey's (almost ATM) daily lobbies to play with people. There are players of literally every skill. If you don't care much about Ranked, you can find someone that's a good sparring partner and stick with them. I drop the most basic of combos yet I still have a few people I enjoy playing with, and have a few people slightly above my skill level that I play with as well to help me evolve, get better, and determine my weaknesses.

If your on the 360 tag, shoot me an invite sometime and we can get some sets in.
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Will do so, always fun to play with gaf
 
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enzo_gt

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crimsonspider89 said:
Actually Combo has been training Mike Ross recently.

So who knows how Mike Ross may play.
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What's really weird is that the nerves get to Mike Ross in MvC3 and that's what his downfall in most of his matches, but in AE he has fucking nerves of STEEL. You can't mentally guard break Ross in AE.
 
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The Abominable Snowman

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Wesker is more prevalent in uMVC3 than phoenix in Vanilla. Watching NEC, I've seen more Wesker come backs and more Weskers on anchor than ANY tournament... and it's always the same combos and setups. I have never loathed a character more. Even Phoenix was more fun to play with/against.
 
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QisTopTier

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Yeah Firebrand really needs a Horizontal assist, I have two arthur and task right now, but I might swap out task for someone a bit more solid later.
 
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Karsticles

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crimsonspider89 said:
Yeah, which is yomi and zoning to the point.

Zoning is space control and Yomi is predicting what your opponent will do.

You use the projectiles/graces to control the space and try to guess which way the opponent will block or what the opponent will do.

Yeah Phoenix goes there.

Have you tried Rocket yet?

TBH there aren't that many characters who do both yomi and zoning gameplans.
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You don't guess which way your opponent will block; your opponent guesses which way to block. It's yomi on their part - no matter what, Dr. Strange still does the same setup and routine.

On the note of RR, I haven't given him much time, and it's an idea worth considering.

Red Arremer said:
Have you thought of Doom or Cap before, Karst? Maybe Hawkeye.
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The only thing about Doom, as much as I love him, is that he can't do much with meter unless he's comboing. It's like...why get 5 bars of meter for Dr. Doom with Morrigan? Photon Array spam?

ihearthawthats said:
you forgot spam his 1-frame super.
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With Dark Harmonizer, that would go without saying! ;-) It's actually the one thing that makes Dr. Strange somewhat appealing to me. But his lack of mobility really kills him for me...and he's mortal enemies with Dormammu, so it feels wrong to use him.

enzo_gt said:
TBH, you could break down pretty much every character in the game in the same reductionist way, so I'm not seeing the validity in this sort of blanket argument.
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No, you can't. Dormammu is a perfect example of this at full screen:
1) Dark Hole?
2) Purification?
3) Stalking Flare?
4) Flame Carpet?
5) Dark Spell charging?
6) Dark Matter?

Each of these is fundamentally different in its risks and rewards. Every single second of Dormammu is looking at a huge toolset with mutli-application potential and deciding between those options. This is absolutely not the case with most characters. Most characters have maybe 1-2 decisions to make at full-screen, and usually the differences are of taste, not of effectiveness.

There's a huge difference between characters that make your opponent guess, and characters that make you guess. I like to do the guessing and estimating, but I also like to make my opponent always feel uncomfortable.

QisTopTier said:
Yeah Firebrand really needs a Horizontal assist, I have two arthur and task right now, but I might swap out task for someone a bit more solid later.
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Indeed. :-(
 
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Red Arremer

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Karst, I think that Hawkeye might be your kind of character, then. He can use meter like a whore (all his supers are good, but Gimlet obviously the best), he doesn't need assists, he can do godlike zoning, he does amazing damage, his assists are pretty good, his mobility is actually quite solid...
 
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SolarPowered

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The Abominable Snowman said:
Wesker is more prevalent in uMVC3 than phoenix in Vanilla. Watching NEC, I've seen more Wesker come backs and more Weskers on anchor than ANY tournament... and it's always the same combos and setups. I have never loathed a character more. Even Phoenix was more fun to play with/against.
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People kept taking Viscant's word too seriously and now it bites us in the ass lol.

The guy could have come exactly as he was in Vanilla and he still would've seen above average tournament use at worst. Easy Glasses, phantom dance crossups+power and SSJ4 is too godlike a combination for this game.
 
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Karsticles

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Red Arremer said:
Karst, I think that Hawkeye might be your kind of character, then. He can use meter like a whore (all his supers are good, but Gimlet obviously the best), he doesn't need assists, he can do godlike zoning, he does amazing damage, his assists are pretty good, his mobility is actually quite solid...
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It's the yomi part that's missing, though. Hawkeye is like a less interesting Deadpool. Also, in my experience, Hawkeye is keepaway, not zoning.

Edit: Plus he's a good guy, and I kind of hate playing good guys unless it's a "true" good guy, like Ryu.

And his quotes...does he ever shut up about being married?
 
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Red Arremer

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Yea, well, MODOK's zoning is good, and his rushdown is surprisingly effective. He's not good with meter use, though.
Magneto's zoning is a bit on the weaker side (although he can run away like a little bitch quite well), he can work without assist, use meter alright and his rushdown is... well he's Magneto.

If anything, I think Captain America might work well with you - assists are a boon for him, but he CAN work without them (it's just a bit more difficult), Shield Slash is a surprisingly effective zoning tool, he uses meter REALLY well, and his yomi is pretty good too. Also I think he's a fucking BLAST to play.

If you're not happy with Skrull, maybe Cap is your guy!
 
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