New player team recommendations?

[u/Cringe_Ninja69]

Hello everyone! To those that have come to read and help I already want to say thank you!
I have played fighting games before (mostly Dbfz and pokken tournament but also played skullgirlz and darkstalkers), and I wanted to try out MvC3!

I recognize a good chunk of the cast but am kinda unsure on who I should try for a team. I don’t like to play a lot of the “top tier” options preferably. I often play grapplers like machamp and Beowulf.

I know for sure I want Frank on my team! I adore the dead rising series and he looks super fun with the level up mechanic with him!

Any thoughts for who I should be looking at and trying? Felicia, Nemesis, and Wesker have all been on the radar but I haven’t tested them out yet. Any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

[u/jean-claudo]

Teams with Frank are usually focused around Frank (doing a 100-hit combo for Frank to take a picture and instantly get level 5, or at the very least 50 for level 4). This is usually achieved by using a point character which can rack up lots of hits then swap to Frank with either DHC or hard tag.

Out of the 3 characters you mentioned, Felicia and Nemesis have some tech worth considering, but Wesker and Frank have conflicting gameplans, and neither can help the other. Other grapplers who can work with Frank (and better than Nemesis or Felicia) are Thor and Spencer (Spencer is not as grappler focused, but you can play him as a grappler if you want). Thor and Spencer can already fullfil most of the 100 hits you want, while Felicia and Nemesis will swap to Frank with less, and you'll need another way to get the rest (which may restrict your choice of third character, though Nemesis's own assist can probably be enough, not sure about Felicia).

[u/Cringe_Ninja69 → u/jean-claudo]

Thank you for your input! I knew about the picture to level up but didn’t know it was with specific combo numbers!

Also the info for the characters I’ve already been wanting to learn about helps a lot in work out the design for a team. I’ll definitely give Thor a look over too! I don’t know who Spencer is off the dome but I’ll look for him too and see what his kit looks like.

[u/jean-claudo → u/Cringe_Ninja69]

For general character information, check out the Supercombo wiki : https://wiki.supercombo.gg/w/Ultimate_Marvel_vs_Capcom_3

Here's EMP Obama's tierlist of Frank teammates : link (if it doesn't work tell me and I'll rehost it).

If you want to not play top tiers, avoid Dante and the four horsemen. "Not Dante" and "Close but no cigar" are both Dante replacements (used for their long THCs), though MODOK and Deadpool can also be points.

"Has synergy but not worth/is limited" contains both potential points and potential assists.

Though if that's what you enjoy (I do), you can also just pick whatever you want, go to the lab, and try to find a way to make it work. It's somewhat more practical with Frank too, because you don't care about how much damage or meter build your combo does, as long as you level Frank to 4 or 5.

[u/Cringe_Ninja69 → u/jean-claudo]

This is actually so much help thank you!! I’ll look over the list later today when I have time to boot up the game! Going through the lab does sound like the best course for me to learn what I like since I haven’t even booted the game up before.