| 03 December 2011
There's been three Big Two tournaments for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and I think it's time to start looking at some of the teams and how they're formed. In this post, I'm going to look at the point guards in the three tournaments. All of the numbers come from Top 8 matches that have been streamed (and go to Team Spooky's portal to see the matches). There's been more diversity in this tournament series than any others I've seen so far. So let's break this down.
First off, here's the win rate when these characters are the PG.
(GW: Games won; GP: Games played; WR: Win rate)
| Character | GW | GP | WR |
| Storm | 6 | 6 | 1.000 |
| Hawkeye | 8 | 10 | .800 |
| Viewtiful Joe | 22 | 36 | .611 |
| Vergil | 3 | 5 | .600 |
| Wolverine | 8 | 15 | .533 |
| Ryu | 14 | 28 | .500 |
| Iron Fist | 3 | 6 | .500 |
| Nova | 2 | 4 | .500 |
| Amaterasu | 5 | 11 | .455 |
| Phoenix Wright | 2 | 5 | .400 |
| Dante | 4 | 11 | .364 |
| Frank West | 2 | 6 | .333 |
| Dormammu | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Magneto | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Firebrand | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Zero | 4 | 16 | .250 |
| Hulk | 1 | 4 | .250 |
| Doctor Strange | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ghost Rider | 0 | 1 | .000 |
If you're wondering, Masta CJ is the reason why Storm is at the top. He didn't lose a match in the Top 8 using her.
Perhaps the biggest surprise is that there isn't a Wesker that's been used as a PG. I've had a lot of people cry to me about how Wesker is overpowered and he is the best character in the game. But I've been telling people that we can't make that conclusion yet, especially since the game is about a month old and Wesker gets eliminated first in a match nearly half the time.
Let's look at the survival rate for these PGs.
(GS: Games survived; GP: Games played; SR: Survival rate)
| Character | GS | GP | SR |
| Hawkeye | 5 | 10 | .500 |
| Nova | 2 | 4 | .500 |
| Storm | 2 | 6 | .333 |
| Iron Fist | 2 | 6 | .333 |
| Dormammu | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Magneto | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Ryu | 9 | 28 | .321 |
| Viewtiful Joe | 10 | 36 | .278 |
| Vergil | 1 | 5 | .200 |
| Zero | 3 | 16 | .188 |
| Wolverine | 2 | 15 | .133 |
| Amaterasu | 1 | 11 | .091 |
| Phoenix Wright | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| Dante | 0 | 11 | .000 |
| Firebrand | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Frank West | 0 | 6 | .000 |
| Hulk | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| Doctor Strange | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ghost Rider | 0 | 1 | .000 |
The survival rate for a PG is .224 in this tournament series. If I include all of the tournaments in my database, it is .235. Are the PGs on a team just there for initial damage or to get the whole job done. In most cases I've seen, it's just to get one elimination, if that.
Finally, here's the survival rate for the PG's assist characters:
(CS: Characters survived; GP: Games played; SR: Survival rate)
| Character | CS | GP | SR |
| Storm | 10 | 12 | .833 |
| Vergil | 6 | 10 | .600 |
| Nova | 4 | 8 | .500 |
| Hawkeye | 9 | 20 | .450 |
| Viewtiful Joe | 29 | 72 | .403 |
| Wolverine | 12 | 30 | .400 |
| Ryu | 21 | 56 | .375 |
| Amaterasu | 8 | 22 | .364 |
| Iron Fist | 4 | 12 | .333 |
| Dormammu | 2 | 6 | .333 |
| Firebrand | 2 | 6 | .333 |
| Dante | 6 | 22 | .273 |
| Phoenix Wright | 2 | 10 | .200 |
| Zero | 6 | 32 | .188 |
| Frank West | 2 | 12 | .167 |
| Magneto | 1 | 6 | .167 |
| Hulk | 1 | 8 | .125 |
| Doctor Strange | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Ghost Rider | 0 | 2 | .000 |
I look at this list to tell me how much the assist characters are pulling their weight. Turns out, this is the case for a lot of the characters in the top third.
