How about this question... out of the 12 characters what kind of teams do you have planned for each?
I may not plan to play with every character but I do have some ideas for each.
Firebrand - Anchor character probably on some sort of zoning team or meter building team. I will play him with OTG Flame carpet assist. I don't play Morrigan but I am a fan of Karst's team set up. I may pair him up with Chris/(Lockdown/Anti-air assist)/Firebrand who knows.
Strider - Strider/Vergil/Doom is pretty much a lock if I ever play that team. Both assists (Rapid Slash and Beam) extend Strider combos and set up mix ups. Order of Vergil and Strider might be swapped and Doom might be replaced with Strange if things pan out.
Nemesis - If I cannot find a way to combo after Vergil's Rising Hightime OTG then I will be pretty much forced to use Nemesis on secondary and Vergil on point/2nd. The armor on the ground bounce punch is too good. Nemesis will be going on the team with some projectile assists backing him up or a beam. Not using him anchor, point or second. Might try him out with Hidden missiles or Drones.
Vergil - If Unibeam allows him to combo after his Rising Hightime then I am all set for Wesker/Vergil/Iron Man. If not I will experiment with various projectile assists until I find something. Vergil is pretty much set to be 2nd on any time I put him on. I have heard good things about Vergil + Strange and Vergil + Strider so I will be keeping an eye out for those characters. I am not going to unveil all my tech here but let's just say I have a ton planned for this character along with potential set ups. I am also a fan of Captain America + Vergil after seeing it on stream. And someone is going to make team Devil May Cry work.
Ghost Rider - He's going to be another 2nd place character. Rider needs at least one assist to keep away/extend combos but his assists are too good to pass up so it's hard to place him on point. I might pair him up with Wolverine on point and Drones Sentinel last. I can see pairings of Ghost Rider on a Phoenix (Jean) team. Ghost Rider is going to be the new assist character from the newer characters.
Strange - Pretty much a lock for anchor character. I am going to be playing him Bolts assist with a rushdown teleport character like Zero/Vergil etc. Strange is pretty self reliant. At least 2 good assists to tinker around with meaning he will find himself on many teams. Also Strange is the best character of the new characters to counter standard anchors like Akuma and Phoenix (Jean).
Iron Fist - Best team for Iron Fist is going to be Iron Fist/(Projectile/Lockdown assist)/Trish. Iron Fist and Trish will have synergy because one provides the OTG assist and the other with the lockdown hyper. Trish locking will give Fist enough time to come in. 2nd character will probably be someone who benefits from Iron Fist's OTG Kick like Amaterasu and her Cold Star.
Phoenix Wright - Probably not going to touch him at all but I don't see him be played with anything except Doom Missiles or Sent Drones or Ghost Rider Heartless Spire. Maybe even Doom rocks. He's a point character so he's going to need 2 assists to bolster his offense/defense.
Nova - Hardest character to fit into a team right now but that's not a bad thing because Nova is fairly self sufficient. I don't even know yet if he's point or anchor or 2nd slot. Good thing about Nova is that he isn't meter hungry. It's all going to boil down to how good is Aegis Reflector assist is. I could see him on a Phoenix Wright team surprisingly.
Hawkeye - Can be played at any slot most probably first and 2nd. All 3 of his assists are good but Poison OTG assist is going to be godlike. Dude is going to be a fucking menace once he's fully explored. Will find himself on many teams especially dedicated zoning teams.
Other than teams what are your most hyped assists out of the 12 so far?
Ghost Rider - All 3 of them
Hawkeye - All 3 of them especially Poison arrow OTG
Nemesis - Only the ground bounce punch which has armor
Vergil - Rapid Slash almost exclusively
Strange - Eye of Agomotto and Bolts for Rushdown teams and Daggers of Denak for possible zoning teams
Firebrand - Almost exclusively Flame Carpet OTG assist
Nova - Gravimetric Pulse only
Iron Fist - Crescent overhead OTG kick but all 3 appear to be good
Wright - Not going to be played as an assist character anyway
Strider - Vajra for sure although Gram looks like a solid assist too
Rankings of new characters
Vergil
Firebrand
Strider
Hawkeye
Ghost Rider
Nova
Dr Strange
Nemesis
Iron Fist
Wright