| 21 November 2011
Before you check out the list, try to think about what you've seen in the past week. I've created my Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 database, and my goal isn't to break down everything that happens in a match; I'm going to save all of those minute details for Super Street Fighter IV.
Instead, my plan is to find THE best team and how it stacks up with possible counter teams. As we saw with regular Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the goal was to create a team that could either do best with Phoenix or a team that could counter Phoenix. Many people predicted that a Phoenix would make the finals of several major tournaments, so the idea was to either beat them or join them.
If you've seen the site Basketball Value, what they do over there is stack up on-court teams and players and find out how they have done against other on-court teams. That way, we can put values to players and see whether they are holding up their weight while playing.
So what you will see in this list is just the beginning of the statistical journey for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
In regard to this list, let's just keep in mind that it's been used in tournaments for just a week. Things will definitely change as the weeks pass. We've seen that with other games, and this will be no different.
I recorded the characters used in every match played in the following tournaments. Not every match was streamed, but I got all of them within the time frame that were streamed.
- Big Two (Top 8, 10 matches)
- Wednesday Night Fights Arcade Edition 3.3 (Top 8, 8 matches)
- Starbase 11/16 (Top 6, 6 matches)
- Thursday Night Throwdown: We Know Drama (Top 8, 11 matches)
- Cross Counter Open (Top 6, 9 matches including the second finals)
In total, there were 44 matches charted in this analysis.
And the winner is ...
|
Character |
Total |
As PG |
|
Wesker |
27 |
15 |
|
Vergil |
22 |
13 |
|
Magneto |
17 |
10 |
|
Sentinel |
17 |
0 |
|
Zero |
16 |
8 |
|
Frank West |
16 |
4 |
|
Hawkeye |
13 |
2 |
|
Storm |
13 |
2 |
|
Taskmaster |
13 |
1 |
|
Dante |
12 |
0 |
|
Spencer |
10 |
2 |
|
Doctor Doom |
9 |
1 |
|
Nova |
9 |
0 |
|
Nemesis T-Type |
8 |
8 |
|
Ryu |
7 |
4 |
|
Dormammu |
7 |
3 |
|
Capt. |
6 |
4 |
|
Firebrand |
6 |
1 |
|
Ghost Rider |
5 |
5 |
|
C.Viper |
5 |
3 |
|
Doctor Strange |
5 |
0 |
|
Akuma |
4 |
0 |
|
Iron Fist |
3 |
3 |
|
Wolverine |
3 |
1 |
|
Deadpool |
3 |
0 |
|
Viewtiful Joe |
2 |
2 |
|
Jean Grey |
2 |
0 |
|
Morrigan |
2 |
0 |
|
Rocket Raccoon |
2 |
0 |
|
Strider Hiryu |
2 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
0 |
|
X-23 |
1 |
0 |
I really thought Frank West was going to be the most-used character, and it appeared that way, but Wesker kept showing up match after match. Keep in mind that the characters that reappear are coming up in latter parts of tournaments, including championship matches.
With that in mind, Wesker has appeared in 61.4 percent of matches so far, while Vergil has been in 50 percent of matches. However, Vergil has only been the point 29.5 percent of the time, and Wesker has been a point character 34.1 percent of the time.
In addition, here's the championship rosters of the five tournaments:
- Big Two: Storm (PG), Wesker, Dormammu
- Wednesday Night Fights Arcade Edition 3.3: Ghost Rider (PG), Hawkeye, Sentinel
- Starbase 11/16: Frank West (PG), Dante, Doctor Doom
- Thursday Night Throwdown: We Know Drama: Ghost Rider (PG), Sentinel, Dormammu
- Cross Counter Open: Vergil (PG), Nova, Dante
