|
It's a good start, and you've got to play the cards you're dealt... but R.Mika is such a dead-end card (400/0) that there are better team-ups out there.
Juli and Juni are common team-ups, but they're moderately useless by themselves, and when you add them up you still only have 600 BP. Adding Cammy(a) to the mix gives you one more option, and all three will be useful when you get an M.Bison (which you really really really want but won't get for a while).
The Ken family is superior to Zangief, if you can get a couple of the relevant cards. Ken has Zangief's stats, a useful power, and two common backups (Ryu(a) and Sean) instead of one. The key to the Ken family is actually Sakura; not only is she invaluable early for her double-power-when-you're-at-1000-HP-or-less entry power, but she backs up damn near everybody.
It goes like:
Ken <- Ryu(a), Sean
Ryu(a) <- Ken, Sakura
Sean <- Shingo, Sakura
Sakura <- Shingo, Hinata
Shingo <- Sakura
Karin <- Sakura
Hinata <- Sakura
giving you a load of backup options if you can get the cards to do it, all of which are C rarity or less so they'll turn up reasonably often.
Not that there's anything wrong with Zangief, of course, and if you like the Zangief -> R.Mika combo, get an Alex or two (600/0) that R.Mika can also back up.
Oro is an underrated favorite of mine; he starts at 300/3, but every time the opponent draws a card, he gets 100 BP. Leave him in there for a while and block with your other guys, and watch him turn into a monster after a few turns...
|