Doctor Fate (Classic)

	Articles about Doctor Fate
Comics	Classic • Post-Flashpoint
Movies	DC Extended Universe
Shows	DCAU • Young Justice
Games	Injustice

• Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)
• Doctor Fate (Inza Cramer)
• Nabu

“	Sometimes I think a good fight accomplishes more than all the learning in the world.	„
	~ Doctor Fate about his work.

Summary

Kent Nelson is the son of an archaeologist who explored the Valley of Ur in Mesopotamia. In 1920, he and his father stumbled across an underground pyramid, which they found contained Nabu, an ancient immortal from the planet Cilia who had laid dormant for thousands of years. However, their discovery released a poisonous gas that killed Nelson's father, an event engineered by Nabu to take Kent as his host. Gaining powers over the nature of matter and energy through sorcery, Kent was made into an agent of the Lords of Order and a champion of good, becoming the legendary Doctor Fate.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 3-A | 2-C | Low 1-C | 1-A

Key: Eric & Linda Strauss | Hector Hall | Kent Nelson | Nabu

Name: Kent Nelson, Inza Cramer, Hector Hall, Eric Strauss, Linda Strauss, Nabu

Origin: DC Comics

Gender: Varies based on the host

Age: 12 years old (Eric), 27 years old (Linda) | Unknown | Around 90 years for Kent and Inza | Over 10 billion years old for Nabu

Classification: Sorcerer, Lord of Order

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magic, Flight, Telekinesis (Moves a planet into the sun, fixes a stoplight), Telepathy (Mystic probes), Size Manipulation, Duplication, Reality Warping, Energy Manipulation and Projection (As shown here and here), Teleportation, Summoning, Time Travel, Immortality, Soul Manipulation, Power Absorption, Matter Manipulation, Intangibility, Transmutation, Can channel power from all of humanity, Air Manipulation, Creation, Fire Manipulation, Power Bestowal, Resurrection of others, BFR (Can banish beings from the cosmos), Mind Control (Can mentally tell others to perform actions), Blood Manipulation, Biological Manipulation & Transmutation (Can change the blood types of multiple beings), Clairvoyance, Absorption & Attack Reflection (Can absorb and redirect energy), Empathy Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Morality Manipulation (Can remove bad acts and memories of others, making them feel better and modifying their intentions. Can burn what ails others to make them feel better and change their empathy and intentions), Illusion Creation & Perception Manipulation (Can cast illusions and trick others' perceptions), Healing (Can "heal" wounds and machines), Astral Projection, Weather Manipulation, Invisibility (Can make himself and other things invisible), Cosmic Awareness, Incorporeality, Body Control, and Regeneration (High) (Scales to Mordru, and has no real body, He is made of energy like all the Lords of Chaos and Order). Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Granted by the amulet of Nabu. Resisted having his mind invaded by demons of madness)

Attack Potency: Universe level when merged (Contributed 1/5th of power in a "Cinque of Power", which was powerful enough to fight the Anti-Life Equation entity and destroy a universe.) | Low Multiverse level (As he is potentially the greatest Doctor Fate, he should be superior to Eric and Linda Strauss. Has access to 1,000 worlds of magic) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Superior to Khalid Nassour's version of Doctor Fate. Defeated Ripper Jones who was given Pre-Crisis Superman's powers. Capable of approximating Superman's powers with his magic., His power can be felt in other universes. Alan Scott stated that Kent Nelson was arguably the most powerful sorcerer in the cosmos) | Outerverse level, possibly Outerverse level+ (Nabu, with the help of the Lords of Order, posed a threat to the Sphere of Gods and are able to ascend to the realms of the Sphere of Gods using beliefs. Stated to be stronger without a human host)

Speed: Massively FTL+ (He was able to outrace the Big Bang, as well as move at the "velocity of god". Far, far faster than the likes of Superman)

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Universe level | Low Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level | Outerverse level

Durability: Unknown | Low Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level (Auto-shield can take a hit from Pre-Crisis Ultraman. Survived being thrown through infinite dimensions by The Spectre) | Outerverse level

Stamina: Superhuman, but fighting powerful foes will drain him them

Range: Universal | Low Multiversal | Low Complex Multiversal | Outerversal, possibly Outerversal+

Standard Equipment: Helmet of Fate, Amulet of Anubis, Cloak of Destiny, Orb of Nabu

Intelligence: Genius (Extremely intelligent, has 10 billion years of experience fighting gods via Nabu's knowledge)

Weaknesses: If the helmet is removed, Kent loses all power from Nabu (though he can will his stolen vestments to fight back) as well as his memories as Fate. Eric and Linda Strauss's versions are considered the weakest with no notable abilities and possess half the power when split.

Notes: Doctor Fate when fully possessed by Nabu scales to the realms of the Sphere and in some cases transcends the denizens of the Sphere. However, through the power of belief the power that any Lord of Order, or any being for that matter, possesses is greatly enhanced. Hence why the attack potency and range of Nabu are Outerverse level+ and Outerversal+, but this is due to the potential being greater throughs those mediums and specific examples. However, his striking strength and durability shouldn't reach that high, especially the latter, since anyone can do what they did during the war of magic and the Otherkind storyline. It is not intrinsic to their nature.

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