Doctor Strange | Marvel Rivals

Biography

When the Timestream Entanglement event befell all realities, Strange sensed it and tried to do his duty, which was to protect his universe as the Sorcerer Supreme. He started casting a ritual spell to protect the Sanctum, but it was not enough. So, he is now trapped in the Mirror Dimension.

Aware of his failure, Doctor Strange uses all his power and mastery of the mystic arts to teleport to the battlefield for short durations. He aims to fix the temporal paradox and repair the damaged realities of his and other worlds. However, there is something dark that awakens within Strange every time he uses that much power.

Overview

Role – Vanguard
Difficulty – ★★★✩✩
Tier – A
Team Up – Hulk

Abilities

Normal Attack (Left Click): Daggers of Denak – Cast Daggers of Denak forward. It takes a little bit of practice to get use to them, but overall good damage especially for a tank character.

• Eye of Agamotto (Q) – Separate nearby enemies’ Souls from their bodies. Damage dealt to these Souls is transferred to their physical bodies. Great for canceling enemy ultimate abilities in certain situations. Also one of the best ult to combine with. For example, imagine just using it before Scarlets Reality Erasure (Q), while they are immobile they just explode and they can’t do anything about it. Or The Punisher’s Final Judgement (Q) on the enemies who are not moving.
  
  The way you can surprise them is by using your teleport behind them and just drop your ult on top of their head, they will not have time to react.
  
  
• Cloak of Levitation (LShift) – Ascend and then enter a brief state of sustained flight. Can be used for not only avoiding damage but also for blocking flying enemy heroes and reaching the high ground! Great for escaping close-range enemies like Magik or Black Panther.
  
  
• Maelstrom of Madness (E) – Release Dark Magic to deal damage to nearby enemies. The perfect ability for finishing low HP enemies. Just remember if you don’t use it when it piles up you will get anti-heal if you don’t have Hulk in your team. It has a big aoe so it makes it great in crowds and against targets who are hard to hit that get near you. Also, I advise you to combo it after ult because you will charge it fast.
  
  
• Pentagram of Farallah (F) – Open portals between two locations, enabling all units to travel through them. An ability that allows you to re-contest points, as well as sudden attacks and denying enemies from choke points! Just try to communicate with your team before using it.
  
  
• Shield of the Seraphim (Right Click) – Create a protective barrier against damage. It’s a huge circle that is hard to go past through just keep in mind it will go on cooldown if you allow them to break it. No need to hold it if there’s nobody to do damage in front of you. Amazing at protecting you from huge burst of damage and one-shot ults like Iron Mans which you can block even protecting your teammates.
  
  
• Price of Magic (Passive) – Dark Magic accumulates with every hit on an enemy. If Dark Magic is not released, Doctor Strange will enter a state of Anti-Heal. Just use it, you will farm it fast.

Strengths

Doctor Strange’s true strength lies in poke compositions. He is also perfect for denying long-range duelists and controlling positions!

Weaknesses

Mobile melee characters, who like to be in your face, are Strange’s bane as melee hits aren’t absorbed by the shield. Also, flying characters can be annoying sometimes because you need to turn your shield to deal with them.

Counters

Magik, Black Panther, Thor, Captain America

I will divide them into two groups. The first one is Magik and her Team Up Black Panther, Strange has a tough time dealing with them because they have a lot of hp making them hard for him to kill, and they both have melee weapons that go through his shield.

The best advice I can give you here is to try to shoot them as much as you can before they go in, use your Maelstrom of Madness (E) when they come close, and use your LShift to jump off the ground giving you some space and time. Try to call it for your teammates to help you, they should be free while enemy duelists attack you.

The second pair, Thor and Captain also love to be in melee range because of their weapons. Here you should use the same tricks as I mentioned above but most importantly stay alive while your duelists deal with them, because those two don’t like to stay in line of sight of damage too long.

Team-Ups

When paired with Hulk on a team, Doctor Strange gains additional damage on his Maelstrom of Madness making it easier to finish someone off with it.

Synergy

Heroes that work best with Doctor Strange are usually heroes with a lot of poke such as Punisher and Hela as they can unleash hell on enemies from behind the safety of the shield! Also good with slow-poking tanks like Magneto and Groot.

Tips and Tricks

Make sure to deny space with this hero as your damage and huge shield cannot be ignored.

Fly up into the air with your child to block ults like Helas, Magnetos, and Iron Mans, it will save your team besides you that way.

Your ult can cancel a lot of abilities in this game, for example, you can cancel Punishers Final Judgement (Q).

Use his tp to surprise enemies, especially when there is a choke you can’t get trough, and it’s also very good for using ults through it because they will have no time to react to it. Just don’t forget to call it to your teammates before using it.

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