New player looking for help with team.
Just got the game and i'm looking to make a team with Doom and Captain America. Anyone have any suggestions for a good third to compliment these or if they don't work together let me know. Thanks.
Posted Apr 17, 2012, 4:17 AM UTC
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Doom + Captain America has a huge amount of synergy between them.
Typically you'll want Cap on Point and Doom as anchor:
Captain America (shield slash L) / ??? / Dr. Doom (hidden missles)
Hidden Missles is one of the best assists in the game to maintain space and keep screen control. With Instant Air Shield Slash L, you can really control the ground level of space, only leaving small areas vulnerable (sadly where teleporters can get to), but a well called Missles or (whoever you choose) will be helpful for you.
For ease you can use the following bread and butter:
, , , -> sj. , sj., sj., sj. (land), + L (shield slash L OTG), , sj., sj., sj., land, call (missles), +L (shield slash L OTG) xx + (hyper charging star), Missles hit OTG, + (hyper charging star)
It requires two meter, but cap should build up enough for at least the 1st Hyper Charging Star during the combo (Cap builds a LOT of meter and does a LOT of damage, keep that in mind).
In terms of a meter burn/DHC assist, remember that with Cap you'll be aiming for Hyper Charging Star as your Hyper of choice, so anything that can OTG (HCS ends in Hard Knockdown), or hits horizontally quickly (Taskmaster, Iron Man, Magneto, etc) works great.
As with every other horizontal assist, you want to find a nice balance between active frames and start-up. This is basically for cartwheel. It's an under utilized move (that admittedly can be very telegraphed/predicted), but under pressure Cap can find an opening by being tricky.
For example, I like Iron Man's assist because it's relatively fast, has a lot of active frames and covers full screen distances. However it scales combos heavily and adds a lot of hit stun so it's best for causing crossups and controlling space. Sentinel fits into this category as well: with the added benefit of lesser scaling/hitstun, and the negative issue of running Sentinel.
I used to run Captain America / Taskmaster / Dr. Doom, but have since moved on because I am not that good with Doom. I can do his basics but I feel like I should master the TAC combo for him to go on my team.
Thank you so much for going into that much detail. I was thinking of using Iron Man as my A1 but according to SRK's guide Iron Man is one of the harder characters to play. I just got the game and i've never used a fight stick before so i'm hesitant to use him.
Again thanks for your help.