Our lives have been Ultimate for nearly two months now, so skisonic and I wanted to check in with our favorite Marvel brainiac Viscant to get his opinion on how competitive UMvC3 is shaping up. Who are the best characters in the game and why? What can be done to stop them? Should you use Wesker? All this and much, much more in today’s double size daily cup.

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00:00:00 – Shoryuken! Guest intro by Nick Accristo

00:00:41 – Keits & Skisonic Opener: Skisonic’s Recovery from APEX 2012

00:02:00 – APEX 2012: Recollections & Problems

00:04:27 – Keits’ Message to Tournament Director Douchebags

00:06:49 – Skisonic’s Announcement: “I’m Throwing a Tournament!”

00:08:33 – UFGT8: Website is Up

00:08:56 – APEX 2012: UMvC3 Results

00:13:14 – APEX 2012: AE v.2012 Results

00:13:41 – Skisonic’s Input on FNEX|K-Brad

00:15:37 – APEX 2012: AE v.2012 Results (cont.)

00:16:07 – APEX 2012: Mortal Kombat 9 Results

00:16:58 – “Who’s This Guy…!? Oh it’s Viscant!”

00:18:12 – UMvC3 Discussion (We in There)

00:19:00 – Vergil: How He’s Being Used Currently/Future Insight

00:22:32 – Vergil: Reasons Why He’s Not Being Seen/Optimal Vergil Teams

00:23:21 – “Wesker & Vergil are Best Friends…”

00:24:48 – Firebrand: Why the US is too Lazy to Use Him/Snapback Set Ups

00:28:27 – Skisonic’s Alternate Firebrand Set Ups

00:29:50 – Ski’s Vergil Run Back

00:32:13 – Viscant’s Failed Character Expectations

00:32:42 – Dr. Strange: Movement, Unsafe Moves, Top Punisher

00:34:30 – Nova: “How Do People Who Aren’t Combofiend Land Hits With This Character?”

00:36:08 – Nova: Vanilla She-Hulk Mentality?

00:37:49 – Ghost Rider: “He Sucks”

00:38:15 – Viscant’s Top Tier List

00:39:55 – Ghost Rider: His Match Up vs Wolverine

00:40:24 – Wolverine: Less Derp, Still Good

00:42:38 – “If Your Point Character Can’t Kill Them in One Hit, You Need a New Point Character”

00:44:20 – Ghost Rider: “Jump-S-Rider”

00:45:18 – Ghost Rider: Other Match Ups

00:46:57 – Phoenix Wright: R.I.P. (Shoutouts to Lawyers & Nintendo DS Peeps)

00:48:01 – Rocket Raccoon: No One Still Knows Anything About Him

00:48:53 – Rocket Raccoon: Keits’ Spring Set Up Insight

00:50:54 – Viscant’s Top Tier List, Expanded

00:51:05 – Zero: “The Best Character In the Game”

00:52:03 – Zero: Phoenix’s #1 Escort

00:52:58 – Viscant’s Rebuttal to Non-Believers of Zero

00:54:38 – Wesker: Free to Phoenix as Anchor/Current Wesker Anchor Mentality

00:55:22 – Other Good Anchors instead of Wesker

00:56:49 – Wesker: Optimal Position is 2nd

00:58:06 – Wesker: Phantom Dance

00:59:30 – Spencer: “I’m Done With This Character” (Why He’s Too Good)

01:00:41 – Spencer: “He Should Be Nerfed” (Viscant’s Salt of the Ocean Exposed)

01:01:30 – Spencer: Bionic Bomber Set Up Discussion

01:02:49 – Doom: Footdiving His Way to the Top/Other Set Ups

01:04:30 – Doom: Top Tier; Well Rounded Character

01:05:24 – Doom: Footdive & How It’s a Major Threat/Footdive Set Ups

01:07:28 – Dormmamu: Dem Masta CJ Haters/Dorm’s Advantage

01:08:35 – A Viscant Mahvel Motto: “Keep Doing it Til it Works”

01:10:02 – Dormmamu: Cross Up Spam/Wesker or Sent/Blackheart (MvC2) Esque Playstyles

01:11:10 – How Viscant Chose Characters in MvC2 & Vanilla MvC3

01:12:03 – Dormmamu: Spamming Counter Really Works (“Just Do It”)

01:13:38 – C. Viper: Filipino Champ’s Super Blow Up By MarlinPie’s Viper During 5v5 at EVO 2011

01:15:17 – C. Viper: Still Has Unblockables, Still Has Seismo Spam (Now With Random Optic Blast)

01:16:57 – C. Viper: Her Glaring Weaknesses

01:18:58 – Viscant’s Top Tier List – The Next 11 Characters

01:19:17 – Phoenix: She’s Still Good, Only Now With More Match Ups

01:19:45 – Phoenix: “The Best Part of Her Not Nerfed”… Dark Phoenix Set Ups

01:21:35 – Phoenix: Strider Match Up Discussion

01:23:20 – Phoenix: Morrigan & Shuma Match Up Discussion

01:25:39 – Dante: “The Magic is Kinda Gone”/”Still a Good Character”

01:28:07 – Hawkeye: A Problem for Everyone

01:29:17 – Hawkeye: Viscant Disputes Putting Him on Anchor vs 2nd

01:31:09 – Viscant’s Belief: “The New Metagame Theme Will Be Based on the 2nd Character”

01:32:20 – Hawkeye: His Shortcomings vs Other Top Characters

01:35:13 – Two Players Viscant Believes Will Come Up: Dieminion & Dios X

01:40:01 – Viscant’s Shoutouts (Check out The BOX Arena Twitch TV Stream)

01:42:13 – The Champ! SNYDER, OUT

01:42:45 – Taking Comments (2 Week Old Comments; Keits Will Stick to 10$ Entrance Fees)

01:43:28 – 50$ Price Point Discussion

01:45:14 – Venue Fee Relevance

01:46:44 – The Charm of an Open Tournament vs Invitationals

01:47:40 – Keits’ High Stakes Tournament Thoughts vs Team Tournaments

01:49:00 – 10$ vs 20$ Entrance Fees With Considering Brackets Against Top Players

01:50:50 – Regionals Shift From At-the-Door Registration

01:52:32 – The 15$ Price Point

01:54:16 – “Ski, Really Man? Screw Your Mic”/EVO 2012 Game Predictions

01:56:42 – Closing Comments

01:57:35 – Dat Skisonic Motto

01:57:57 – KO! – Out