Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3

I don't think Phoenix is dead, she's just not retarded or mindless as before. Good phoenix players will still make her viable, we just wont see every random person using her as a free win crutch like vanilla. Yeah she got hella nerfed...but she had a LOOOONG way to fall before she would be considered bad. Also who knows how tech will change with new team pairings.
 
Honestly I see phoenix as a character that will take to much work to just be good. Not being able to stay in the air and spam fireballs hurts her way to much. She was great able playing keep away and now she can't really do that since she falls straight down after any shot in the air.

A lot of characters seem to have become viable though and that is pretty nice to see, I mean I've seen a lot of skrull tech lately and I'm thinking he might be better than most people had originally thought.
 
Phoenix still has amazing rush down, she just cant start it off a fireball into teleport mix up as easily(tho she still can). People will just have to be more careful and play a more ground based game. she still does tons of damage if she catches you and the fireballs as single shot zoning tools are still very strong. I'm not saying the nerf isn't a lot (it is!), just she isn't ass. I expect her to go from S+++ to B. People will just actually have to learn how to use her and not spam like before.

I feel people are too floored by how much nerfing she had and not respecting how OP she was and what it would take to normalize her. I still things she needs a lil buff to compensate for the over kill nerfs, but I'm pretty happy.
 
TBH, Phoenix is still going to be at least A+ tier in my mind. All the nerf truly did was separate the chaff from the wheat; the chaff being the derpy "shot-->teleport" players that we all know and love and the wheat being the REAL Phoenix players that make her do work. She's still going to be a pain in the ass either or cause' that's just how her character is, but players are going to have to think, if only a little, lest they drop like a rock (literally). On the bright side though, Phoenix did get a buff, although it is a universal buff: Air X-Factor. This is going to help her a HELL of a lot more than any other character.

Of the old cast, I find it funny how Wesker is still going to be a beast. I seriously think the nerfs did jack shit to him. -100,000 health? That aint nothing. Less float on Samurai Edge? Hurts a little. Just means you can't get a free combo from a derp shot anymore. Then, look at his buffs. 15% damage and 10% speed increase as he gets his ass kicked (I think that was the number)? Boss. Cobra Strike cancel into teleport? Awesome. Increase startup and damage on Jaguar Kick? Excellent. Gives me a reason to use it cause' it's comboable now, allows Wesker to break 500k damage on his own (he had trouble without lvl 3 and assists previously, and this is not accounting the damage boost from broken glasses in this one) and makes his combos look even more flashy. The good seriously outweighs the bad here. I swear, Capcom is in love with Wesker or something XD (not that i'm complaining since I am too)
 
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