Already about ten threads and it's going to get way worse once the game comes out. Hopefully this will keep down the number of 'is this team ok?' topics. Try and keep and all questions and discussion on teams, team building, matchups, combos, and character specific stuff here.
 
I'll keep the OP updated with some recommened reading/watching as it surfaces. You should definitely check out trag13's youtube channel, he's posting a shitload of combo videos every few hours. Apparently Wolverine is nuts which is a bit surprising.
 
  

Character Assists

Stamina Rankings

without having played it, but after watching...countless videos, im 90% sure I'll be running with:
 
Wesker, Deadpool, Super Skrull - Main, jack of all trades team which i like
 
Dormammu, Modok, Trish - Other Main, pure keep away...maybe too pure, I dunno
 
Magneto, X-23, Taskmaster (or Spidey not sure yet). - To be investigated Rushdown team
 
Tasky might have to be booted for Spidey, i'm hearing he is actually a bit on the slow side so I might stick him in my Hulk/Thor Team.  Those 3 teams are just the 3 ill have on reserve tho, I'll play a lot of other chars. 
 
You know what I love about the reserve teams? It makes it so much easier to practice against specific tactics. Say you wanna practice against, keep away, you can just go "yo rhak hit me up with some modok psyonic blast trolling" and its just 1 button press away :P that, and instant rematches!

What makes Amaterasu's Ice Beads one of the best assists in the game? Why should I choose that instead of making her a Battery (I think that's the correct term) and using G-Bloom?

" What makes Amaterasu's Ice Beads one of the best assists in the game? Why should I choose that instead of making her a Battery (I think that's the correct term) and using G-Bloom? "

Fucking pumped that Wolverine is looking good, he's my favorite X-Men character that made the cut. Really thought he was going to be shit since no one decent touched him in any pre-release gameplay

Looking over the guide sample I have some ideas on how to build a team with him in it, will be a lot of day 1 in training mode regardless.

@Pessh: I'll give the Morrigan thing a try on Tuesday and let you know if no one does beforehand.

" @Rhaknar: Ah, I see. Thanks. "

Holy crap, I just realized the game is coming out next week! Well, I knew the date, but I never realized how close it really was.  

Having not actually played the game yet, I think I'm gonna go with She-Hulk, Zero and Super Skrull.

I haven't really decided on a good combination yet, so I'll just go with characters I like: 
 
Magneto, Deadpool, Wesker. 
 
It's probably a horrible team, but I'll have to find out the hard way xD

Based entirely on speculation: 
 
Viper/Wesker/Hsien-Ko. 
 
Seems only good for rushdown with some slight zoning/annoying game. We'll see where it evolves from there. 

Wow, so many Weskers.  I totally had Dante pegged as the early crowd favorite.  I'm estimating about 30% of all teams I see on forums have Wesker in them.  Sheesh.

Dante, Deadpool and Amaterasu will be my main team. May try out Wesker and Supeskroll but Amaterasu will remain my assist character thanks to its b assist (ice beads) which seems ridiculous and covers the ground and part of the air. Maybe Zero could take its place, gotta try it out.

   
I'm thinking of having Wesker at point, and someone with a good assist (there's tons of them) be 2nd. But after seeing this vid (down below), I gotta say, even though Phoenix has so little health that you really have to know what you're doing, she sure does seem like a good anchor.  
 

So are there any specific no-go's in terms of team choice? Are certain characters meant to used as assists?

" @StarvingGamer: Yeah guess I'll rock ammy and see how it goes. I think Viper dhc sucks with pretty much everyone, I know you can off of million dollars but thats about it. Black Zero looks pretty dope and spooky was saying he's sick but not sure why, damage looks ass.  Lol, saving Sent for my Arthur/MODOK troll team. "

Good day people. It seems that Thor is fat in MvC3,and also Hulk doesn't look like Hulk.. on some videos he looks different,like a croc man. This seems to be dissappointing.. will there be alternative costumes/looks? Thanks..

" Good day people. It seems that Thor is fat in MvC3,and also Hulk doesn't look like Hulk.. on some videos he looks different,like a croc man. This seems to be dissappointing.. will there be alternative costumes/looks? Thanks.. "

Right now I'm getting great results with Magneto, Dante and Chun Li. At least they are pretty fun to play without any real tactics in mind. 
 
Dante's Jam assist is sick!

• Pick a point character that you like
• Pick a secondary character that you like with an assist that will help point character do his/her job
• Pick an anchor character that you like with an assist that gives you another way to help point character do his/her job, and hopefully is not as reliant on assists when he/she becomes last man standing

"There's not really a definitive team formula or anything so can't help you too much. "

" @Schizoid said:

"I can't imagine the amount of abuse you'll get through messages if you go Arthur/MODOK/Sent, that is the most annoying team you could possibly have! "

 I hope you're right. I've not put much thought into it but MODOK, Arthur and Chris Redfield will be my first team. "

" @cookiesforbreakfast said:

" @Schizoid said:

"I can't imagine the amount of abuse you'll get through messages if you go Arthur/MODOK/Sent, that is the most annoying team you could possibly have! "

 I hope you're right. I've not put much thought into it but MODOK, Arthur and Chris Redfield will be my first team. "

I was thinking of rocking something very similar. Want to try out Amaterasu/MODOK/Chris, but not sure in what order... "

So far from the 5 hours I have played last night it seems I am a big fan of: 
  Amaterasu, Morgan, and still working on my third. I am liking Thor and Super Scrull.

Having never really played a VS game, it it good to have a team with a unified theme or to try to cover all bases?

im not great at making teams in marvel games... i usually just pick who i like character wise... prob roll with thor/lei-lei/iron man with spidey, hagger, dante, cap, wesker or chris rotated in place of someone... i dunno lol wish it was like 6 on 6 or something 3v3 is so 10 years ago :|

So far the only character I am really into is Dormamu. He has some sick combos that are easy to do. I'm trying Dormamu/Arthur/Okami Dog but I'm gonna have to change it up. Okami Dog's B assist is godlike, but I can't do shit with him as a character so far, and Aurthur is all about keep away, but I need to figure out what projectile to use when, and how to be competent at close range. Any suggestions are welcome.

i think I found my team: Hagar, Amaterasu, and Super Skrull. I dig them, but I'd like to know if any of them are over powered. It's a pet-peeve of mine i don't like playing as "over powered" or "cheap" characters in games, so ya any info would be great.