Team Update:
Ugh, I wish Blackheart were in this game. My team could not be more perfect if he were here as a point character. Alas...
I'm thinking about messing with some other team combinations aside from Firebrand/Dormammu/Morrigan. Teams that give Morrigan more screen time. I make so many comebacks with her even without X-Factor that I feel like, if I backed her with an assist, I could really wreck people with her (and some practice with her combos, which are a bitch online). I was talking about the Dormammu/Morrigan shell with someone on SRK, and I am thinking about these teams (comments are welcome and appreciated):
Hsien-ko (Senpu Bu) / Dormammu (Dark Hole) / Morrigan (Dark Harmonizer)
After rocking some people with Hsien-ko, I've developed a strange kind of affection for the character. I actually like her moveset aside from Ankihou being a call for suicide (I actually had a bomb come out when someone went to tridash against me...). I only need to delay with her long enough to get 2 bars for Rimoukon -> Stalking Flare, and I think that's totally doable in any match. People have a hell of a time getting in on me.
Also, Hsien-ko comes with a bonus that is sorely underpraised. Many intelligent players have started using Sentinel second instead of on anchor because they recognize that escaping incoming mix-ups on your second character is
priceless. A huge part of this game is the thread of losing your next character after the first was killed by X-Factor, and top teams have such strong mix-ups on incoming characters that you just have to hope things go well for you. Like Sentinel, Hsien-ko does not have to deal with this crap. It's a mistake to put her last right after Rimoukon, because if your second character dies to an incoming mix-up you just have Hsien-ko, and...that's not going to go well. She also shits all over zoning teams.
I'll flat-out state that replacing Dormammu with Dr. Strange makes this team better. He and Hsien-ko are total BFFs IMO, and I feel my time using them together confirmed there is a lot of potential in that pairing.
Dormammu (Dark Hole) / Morrigan (Dark Harmonizer) / Phoenix (TK Overdrive)
I use this team now and then, and it's strangely effective. A lot of players start to do stupid things because they think I won't burn meter, but I will, and I do. Dark Harmonizer generates meter faster than most people think. It comes out once every 135 frames, which means I'm getting a full bar of meter every 6 seconds - not even Marvel seconds, which are slower. When I ran Dormammu/Strange/Morrigan, I kid you not when I say that once Dr. Strange had 3 bars, I was able to Spell of Vishanti any time my opponent decided to breathe.
The team itself is self-explanatory, though it's worth noting that Dormammu gets full combos off of TK Overdrive + Mass Change M, EMD-style (j.H into jump loops).
Doom (Hidden Missiles) / Dormammu (Dark Hole) / Morrigan (Dark Harmonizer)
I don't feel the need to explain this team. It explains itself. Dormammu is a monster with Hidden Missiles or Dark Harmonizer, Doom can delay for as long as he wants to for the safe DHC into Stalking Flare (Photon Array to screen clear a la Magneto), Morrigan loves Hidden Missiles, etc.
Thoughts? For anyone wondering about Strange/Dormammu/Morrigan, the problem is that Strange and Dormammu cannibalize each others' benefits from Dark Harmonizer. I could try it with Dormammu on point, primarily rocking Bolts of Balthakk for his offensive assist, but my experiences with having Dr. Strange come in after Dormammu dies is...painful.
Wolverine, Phoenix and Amaterasu are more High tier now. Wesker pretty much cradles in between bottom of Top and top of High although to be honest he did that before too so he really didn't change in placement.
Phoenix got Champ to grand finals - she's top. Wolverine is top, he just has a bad matchup against Morrigan. Amaterasu still has the best pinning assist in the game and is very capable on point. Use of her was waning toward the end of Vanilla because she's hard to use. In Ultimate, she's getting used fully for the first time ever. People barely even swapped her weapons in Vanilla. She's a lot like C. Viper, in some ways.
I thought this was pretty obvious too. :X Assist character jumps offscreen and you get the "Assist OK" to call him again before the projectiles hit the opponent and such.
Thanks for letting the rest of the internet know.
hey guys,
I've been getting back into marvel since evo (and meeting magneto!) and am trying to work out a way to make Hulk work on a team by using his DP assist. I've been trying to do something along the lines of nova/iron man/hulk (I really like these characters), but and having a lot of trouble converting off of the assist. Also, I know Hulk sucks as an anchor b/c he can't really convert off of an airthrow, but I'm trying to work out that assist first.
So I guess the question is, does anybody know what characters can convert off of the Hulk DP assist really well?
1) You don't anchor Hulk.
2) You don't convert off of his AA assist; it's purely a "get off me" move. Sure, you can do a j.S with Sentinel right when it goes off, but it's not the kind of thing you expect to get a combo from. That's just not its purpose.
3) If you really want to use Hulk, back him with Sentinel Force.
I've never played this before but I'm looking to get into it. Is the vita version worth the plunge? Does it hold up compared to the console versions? With Mortal Kombat, I have a taste for portable fighting games now and im looking to continue to scratch that itch.
Also, is it too late to try and be competitive online?
From what I hear, the Vita version is plagued by ragequitters, but is otherwise fine.