I have question what’s a good way to get an unblockable opportunity with Strange’s zoning? For the corner I use EOA for lockdown then I call Wesker low gun shot then heavy teleport into S for an overhead is their other set-ups with Strange and Wesker?
I have always loved George Clooney (Doc Strange lol). Last night I was screwing around online and found one of the most annoying teams I could make
Strange (EOA)
Doom (Missiles)
Magneto (EM Disruptor)
Ive never gotten so much hate mail in my life! But its actually a great zoning team. What do you think?
I dig it. Solves the problem of whose on anchor with a good choice and still gives Strange Missiles. Not much of a point Strange player at this point. But horizontal and vertical coverage for him is arguably optimal.
That was actually going to be my team at one point.
Didn’t think Magnus provided much for Doom though, so I stuck with Hawkeye.
Level 3 Buster, Arthur’s Axe, Chris’s Magnum, Hawkeye’s Piercing Bolt, and Arthur’s golden armor Lance are not “standard projectiles.” They all have something special about them. First one requires charging up, second one is slow, third one is meant to beat stuff, fourth is literally programmed to beat everything else besides hypers and golden armor lances, and the fifth will beat everything that isn’t a hyper.
Let me take this moment to state how idiotic it is that Ryu’s exploding hadouken only has 5 low durability points, despite needing to charge it for 50 frames.
having switched to Strange from mag. I think Dorm’s Dark hole and Haggar’s lariat will help his defense
I normally play Dr Strange at mid but want to make a team centered around him to have him at point.
I was thinking Dr strange-dormmamu-hawkeye or dr-hawkeye-doom
Well, they all have great and synergetic options… I’d recommend Strange-Doom-Hawkeye, since you can control more axis on the screen (which is pivotal for a point-Strange), but Strange-Dormammu can also wreck shop… Talk to Dreize, he’s the minister of Strange-Hawkeye affairs around here lol
What do you guys think of his counter move: the Back H command? What does that do exactly? I’m guessing that is only for high attacks? He needs more help with defending at close range. He’s ass at it. 
It’s a fast startup counter that works on moves that have moderate to severe recovery. Only works on moves that hit high, yes. You basically have to know its going to work before you do it. Useless on falling characters and you don’t always recover faster than someone who throws out a move like a fast normal for example. Little while back some tech came out that allows you to dash cancel after getting a confirmed Illusion but there’s no invulnerability so its super finicky. It’s a meh move.
I actually think it would be a decent OS with a GTFO assist like Tatsu, especially with that dash cancel tech.
On the subject of Flames of the Faltine negating Doom and Iron Man’s beams, I thought I’d toss in that it also negates Sentinel’s s.H.
Some thoughts and experiments on why this works the way it does:
It must have a special property, because the durability is what it says. It cancels out Wesker’s gunshot, which is 3 projectile hit points, so it must have the same value.
A lot of people just don’t understand how durability works. When they see Unibeam has “11 frames x 1 low priority durability points”, they think “oh okay, 11 durability”. And if you do something like Unibeam vs. two Hadokens, you’ll see that Unibeam wins. But that’s not all that’s going on. The Unibeam’s hit points drain differently from the Hadokens. Basically, the Unibeam rotates its hitpoints, and the more it loses, the weaker the beam becomes (thus if you Unibeam vs. Hadoken, Unibeam wins, but it hits fewer times).
If you pay close attention, though, you’ll notice that the Hadoken doesn’t get blipped out immediately. It has to be “worn down” as it chugs through Unibeam’s rotating frames. For this reason, even though 10 frames x 1 hit point is mathematically the same as 5 frames x 2 hit points, the latter is superior because it will grind down opposing projectiles faster.
This is why Flames of the Faltine won’t beat EMD, Psionic Blaster, or Mighty Spark. EMD L, for example, has 1 frame x 5 low priority durability points, so EMD L is basically the same as Hadoken in durability, and there’s no “grinding”.
This is also why Eye of Agamotto is a piece of shit. It has 10 frames x 1 low priority durability points, so it has to slowly “grind” down projectiles. It generally rocks beams because they grind each other down, but the following all pass through Eye of Agamotto:
Samurai Edge
Magnum
Hadoken
Yes, Hadoken > Eye of Agamotto. Basically, Eye of Agamotto is only able to grind through 4/5 of Hadoken’s hit points before Hadoken leaves Eye of Agamotto’s hitbox region. You can test this hypothesis by running Eye of Agamotto vs. Akuma’s Gohadoken. Gohadoken L gets eaten by Eye of Agamotto, while Gohadoken H passes through Eye of Agamotto. This can only be accounted for by considering the speed the projectile is traveling at, which allows for Eye of Agamotto to spend more time to grind the projectile down.
None of this explains why Flames of the Faltine beats Unibeam, Plasma Beam, or Sentinel’s s.H - it’s just a weird property (glitch?) it has. However, I tested all the beams in this game, and Flames of the Faltine only beats projectiles that have “# frames x 1 hit point”. So, it seems like Flames of the Faltine has a weird property that says something like “Unless the opposing projectile can beat Flames of the Faltine in a single hit, Flames of the Faltine will not lose durability”, which allows it to beat Unibeam, Plasma Beam, and Sentinel’s s.H.
Edit: Aaand I just proved my hypothesis wrong by testing Flames of the Faltine vs. Deadpool’s Trigger Happy, which fires 10 bullets that are 0.8 durability each. Trigger Happy grinds on Flames of the Faltine and wins.
Someone with intelligence! I can’t possibly be on the Marvel forums anymore.
Haven’t been on the boards lately due to work and life, but had to check back in after seeing Mazodyne made the front page of SRK with his Strange combos. Congrats, Mazio!
Anyway… I haven’t been playing much, but the last time that I did I switched up my team from Mag/Strange/Sent, to Trish/Strange/Doom. Still getting use to Trish, but what I like about her over Mag is her peek-a-boo assist, traps, and OTB air-super because in opening combos where I knock the opponent down with :s:, I can OTG tigerknee super, calling Strange EoA assist before I do for extra damage. Of course I’m still experimenting with this team, but it’s zoning oriented and it seems to work for me so far.
I use Strange’s :l: DoD quick often because it’s faster than 
DoD. I use the variation on knockdown or in appropriate situations where I know I’ll be safe from getting punished during recovery. Then I follow up with EoA, especially against teleporters w/out using IP so that they can eat it.
-Rotendo
I messed around with this team for a while. Trish can start ToDs if you have 2 bars to spare at any time. The zoning/rushdown with Bolts assist is quite good too.
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^ Sick! Going to have to start playing again and more often now.
Flames of the faltine is like a tracking self repulsor blast. It’s used to defend against rushdown. Not really a projectile war tool. If they’re far away from you there’s not much need to utilize it. Once they’re far away you’re better off setting up your 1Y1R’s and Dagger L/M’s.
The FoF beating Doom Iron beam thing is just a little quirk and not something to really make a big deal about.
That’s not true. FoF beating beams is an essential detail that you must keep in mind against those characters, like Doom. One of Strange’s strongest tools is EoA but that takes so long to start up and still can get mowed through by beams and hit him on start up. By throwing it out there, you can defend yourself from the beam and force them to block, while you throw down an Eye or Grace or even teleport behind them if they weren’t expecting the Flame to go through and hit them.
Setting up graces and daggers is good but remember those have long startup and people with projectiles will tag you even from far away, thus giving them momentum. A Flame or two in your neutral may help you in the long run, IMO.
There aren’t too many situations where a Doom on point is going to do a grounded plasma beam vs. you. Once you get him to block one mystic sword he can no longer out shoot you on the ground any ways and has to take to the air. It may not be bad to throw around when plasma beam or unibeam are used as assists…but you’re not going to get much mileage otherwise.
Then there’s a whole slew of other characters like Magneto on point that will just blow it up any way and force you to go to Sword M.
Mystic sword M is what sets up spacing for agomotto and then you can always just use a fast assist to cover start up if needed. Mystic sword has its issues against some characters but otherwise that’s what you mainly use to get space for agomotto. Especially since there isn’t much any beam that mows through sword M.
Yeah a lot of people get mixed up on what EoA is supposed to do. Its not really a projectile war tool. Its more like a rushdown and anti rushdown tool. You can use it to set up block stun for pressure or mix ups or call it defensively to stop mix ups from happening to you. Its Strange’s main tool to keep him from getting put in a combo. If you’re in a projectile war there isn’t much reason to use it.
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You are at frame disadvantage when using mystic sword m & h…
The best way to get out an eye of agamotto is a red grace & or a FOF combined with it.