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Dr. Doom

Image: doomface.jpg

In a nutshell

Doom is a keepaway character with some sneaky ways to get in close and inflict damage. He has the best beam projectile in the game, and his fast startup Molecular Shield can really help keep would-be attackers off of him. His ability to File:airdashcancel.png many of his air normals gives him excellent mixups after blocked Dive Kicks, and his throws can lead to big damage combos. If a strong keepaway character with sneaky close range tricks is your style, join Doom's army.


Attributes

Doom's health is slightly above average, weighing in at an admirable 1,000,000 hit points. His walk speed is the worst of all characters in the game bar Chris Redfield, Thor, Dormammu and Haggar, with all of whom he is tied. His damage output (average damage of all Doom's normals) is above average at 78,000, falling just short of the hard-hitters like Tron-Bonne and thus crowning him king of the middle division. Despite having quite a tall frame and posture, his hitbox is very average--again labelling him a very middle-of-the-road character. His poor speed is compensated for by an 8-way air dash (into and out of which almost all of his air normals can cancel) and a ground dash that can be cancelled into by most of his ground normals.

Video Walkthrough

Move List

Assist Types

Name
Type
Damage
Special Properties
Cross-Over Combination
File:Alpha.png Plasma Beam
File:shot.png File:front.png
113,600
Proton Array
File:Beta.png Hidden Missiles
File:shot.png File:upward.png
20,000 per hit
Proton Array
File:Gamma.png Molecular Shield
File:shot.png File:front.png
101,100
Sphere Flame

Normal Moves

Name
Command
Damage
Special Properties (glossary)
Air Dash
Any direction + File:atk.png + File:atk.png in the air
Standing Light
File:l.png
55,000
File:dashcancel.png
Crouching Light
File:d.png + File:l.png
53,000
File:low.png File:dashcancel.png
Standing Medium
File:m.png
40,000 x2
File:otg.png File:dashcancel.png
Crouching Medium
File:d.png + File:m.png
70,000
File:dashcancel.png
Standing Heavy
File:h.png
55,000 x2
File:otg.png File:dashcancel.png
Crouching Heavy
File:d.png + File:h.png
80,000
File:low.png File:dashcancel.png File:softknockdown.png
Hard Kick
File:f.png + File:h.png
90,000
File:launch.png File:airdashcancel.png
Hidden Missiles
File:b.png + File:h.png
20,000 per hit
File:nocancel.png File:chipdamage.png
Damage scales by 0.9
Cancels only into THC
Mash for up to 8 missiles
Standing Special
File:s.png
100,000
File:launch.png
Jumping Light
air File:l.png
55,000
File:high.png File:airdashcancel.png
Jumping Medium
air File:m.png
81,000
File:high.png File:airdashcancel.png
Jumping Heavy
air File:h.png
35,000 per hit
File:nocancel.png File:chipdamage.png
Damage scales by 0.9
Foot Dive
air File:f.png + File:h.png
90,000
File:airdashcancel.png
Jumping Special
air File:s.png
90,000
supercancel File:airdashcancel.png

Special Moves

Name
Command
Damage
Special Properties (glossary)
Plasma Beam
File:qcf.png + File:atk.png
81,700 (20,000 x 5) File:l.png
113,600 (20,000 x 8) File:m.png
143,000 (20,000 x 12) File:h.png
File:airok.png
Photon Shock
File:qcb.png + File:atk.png
30,000 per hit
File:airok.png
Molecular Shield
File:dp.png + File:atk.png
103,100 (15,000 x 3 (close range) + 25,000 x 4) File:l.png
111,800 (15,000 x 5 (close range) + 25,000 x 4) File:m.png
118,900 (15,000 x 7 (close range) + 25,000 x 4) File:h.png
Flight
File:qcb.png + File:s.png
Lasts 3 seconds

Hyper Moves

Name
Command
Damage
Special Properties (glossary)
Photon Array
File:qcb.png + File:atk.png + File:atk.png
287,900 (20,000 x 25)
File:airok.png
Damage scales by 0.95
Sphere Flame
File:dp.png + File:atk.png + File:atk.png
340,000 (20,000 x 17 + 10,000 x 40) All hits
91,400 (10,000 x 12) Indirect
Damage scales by 0.95
Doom Time
File:qcf.png + File:atk.png + File:atk.png
440,000 (10,000 for first hit)
Attack ends after first hit on block

Apprentice Combos

Strategy

Tips and Tricks

  • Both versions of his dive kick can be canceled into an air dash for additional pressure and mixups. The H version can be canceled into an air dash at a low height, while the S version has a much higher height requirement, and therefore cannot be dash canceled after hitting a standing opponent. Doing an air dash downward after slamming the opponent down allows you to OTG with s.File:h.png .
  • Doom gets the combo of his choice after a forward throw in the corner, but he gets a huge combo starting with standing Medium off of his backward throw even midscreen. Be cautious about pressing back and Heavy if you are unsure, as the Hidden Missiles move could come out and leave you wide open.
  • Doom can only use his Photon Array once per jump. As such, his dominance is much more suited to ground play. Make sure you mix in Plasma Beams and his Heavy Gun to keep people guessing when you do jump.
  • When using Doom's Hidden Missiles, call an assist to cover him.
  • When using Doom's Hidden Missiles assist, try calling him from full screen and then dashing in so the camera zooms a bit. Doom will be left off screen and your opponent wont even see the missiles coming!
  • Though Doom's dash isn't cancelable, you can cancel any of his ground attacks into a front or back dash. This can help you continue the pressure or retreat. If you jump cancel the dash, you can even combo.
  • Doom's assists are really good in this game, each with their own optimum context. His Plasma Beam assist is a great slow-startup beam useful for keepaway and setting up cross up unblockables. The Hidden Missiles assist is a great one for just throwing out when it's safe as it does the full 8 shots and is his most damaging assist of all, coupled with a massive delay between firing and hitting giving you a lot of time to start a combo or teleport etc. His molecular shield has really quick startup and is good for those get-the-hell off me situations, but does the least damage of the three.
  • While his slow speed and robotic feel would suggest otherwise, Dr Doom is a total combo machine. This is mainly due to the massive amount of relaunch potential from his hugely dash-cancellable air normals and 2 great OTG ground normals. A popular technique is to launch, throw out 2x File:m.png and a File:h.png Foot Dive, cancel with a File:df.png air-dash and hit with one more File:m.png before landing. This leaves you in a perfect condition to juggle and re-launch with his Hard Kick launcher without having to OTG. This is great because it does great damage and works mid-screen all of the time, unlike doing a standard 2x File:m.png , File:s.png in the air and OTGing with standing File:m.png or File:h.png which only works in the corner. It also cuts out the extra damage and hitstun scaling that comes with an OTG relaunch.

Combos

Corner only: j.File:f.png + File:h.png , File:df.png + File:atk.png + File:atk.png , c.File:m.png , c.File:h.png , File:s.png , j.File:f.png + File:h.png , j.File:s.png , File:d.png + File:atk.png + File:atk.png , s.File:h.png (2 hits), File:s.png , j.File:m.png (2 hits), j.File:m.png (2 hits), j.File:f.png + File:h.png , j.File:s.png , File:d.png + File:atk.png + File:atk.png , s.File:h.png (2 hits), File:dp.png + File:h.png , File:dp.png + File:atk.png + File:atk.png or File:qcf.png + File:atk.png + File:atk.png - 760,000~ damage with level 1 ender, 999,000~ damage with level 3 ender

Basic Strategy

Doctor Doom's goal is to push an opponent into the corner. His corner combos/mixups are truly frightening when compared to his midscreen options. However, this isn't an easy task since you will have to deal with projectiles, rushdown, & your opponents' assists thrown your way. You will have to make use of his zoning moves, normals, dash-cancels, jump-cancels into airdashes, & airdash cancels to push the opponent in the corner.


Overall, his best moves are:


Plasma Beam File:L.png and/or File:H.png : Two excellent beams. The File:H.png version is one of the strongest beams in the game. Use the File:L.png version for anti-air purposes and if you want to zone mid-range since the File:H.png version does have huge startup.


Molecular Shield File:H.png : Although not as dominate as they were in MvC2, the rocks are still useful. They have faster startup than Plasma Beam. Plus, the shield sends out 4 rocks towards the opponent, so you can forge ahead.


Super-Jump Forward Photon Shot File:L.png : A very good way to start your air offense. You can airdash down-forward after the beams hit the opponent.


Foot Dive: Amazing move and the staple to Doom's goal. The move has good priority and it excels when combined with dash-cancels & jump-cancels. Combine this with a lockdown assist and you can add a lot of pressure. After a blocked Foot Dive, you can air-dash forward with air File:M.png or air-dash down-forward and do a mixup of tri-jump cr. File:L.png , instant air dash File:M.png , or throw.


Airdash File:M.png : Another staple to Doom's goal. It hits twice and must be blocked high. The move does come out decently quick if you do it, instant-overhead style. If you have a low-hitting assist (i.e. Wesker Samurai Edge), then you can do unblockables.


Hard Kick: A good anti-air and also another launcher. The move also has good priority.


Hidden Missiles: The move is still useful. Just throw out at most 2-3 missiles. Even one missile can change the course of a match.


Air File:H.png : Good for mid-range annoyance and if you want to mix up your air options. Decent at stopping jump-in attempts by your opponent.


Be sure to learn his loops. There are two midscreen loops worth learning: the Buktooth loop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN0Wg2xbfSM) & another loop which consists of foot-dives, which looks to be MUCH better in pushing someone to the corner. The 2nd loop is:


Cr. File:L.png , cr.File:M.png , cr.File:H.png , File:S.png , sj.File:f.png + File:H.png , File:S.png , File:df.png + File:atk.png File:atk.png , Land, File:f.png + File:atk.png File:atk.png , St.File:H.png (OTG 1 or 2 Hits), File:S.png , sj. File:f.png + File:H.png , File:S.png , File:df.png + File:atk.png File:atk.png , Land, File:f.png + File:atk.png File:atk.png , St. File:H.png (OTG 1 or 2Hits), File:S.png , sj.File:S.png , File:df.png + File:atk.png File:atk.png , Land, St.File:H.png (OTG 2 Hits)


To sum up, Doom should be played as a zoner with sneaky rushdown when midscreen and sneaky rushdown when trapping someone in the corner.

Advanced Strategy

Dash-Canceling vs. Advancing Guard

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Alternate Colors

File:Doom.png

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