| Comics | Mainstream |
|---|---|
| Movies | 2007 Animated Movie • MCU • MCU: What If...? • Sinister Strange (MCU) |
| Shows | Avengers Assemble |
| Games | Lego Marvel • Marvel vs. Capcom |
| “ | It is Doctor Strange! Not Master Strange, not Mr. Strange, Doctor Strange! When I became a doctor, I swore an oath to do no harm, and I have just killed a man! I'm not doing that again. I became a doctor to save lives, not take them. | „ |
| ~ Doctor Strange to the Ancient One |
| “ | Strange: Parker, don't you realize that in the multiverse, there are an infinite number of people who know Peter Parker is Spider-Man. And if that spell gets loose, they're all coming here! |
„ |
| ~ Doctor Strange to Spider-Man |
| “ | I love you. I love you in every universe... It's not that I don't want to care for someone or have someone care for me, it's just... I get scared. | „ |
| ~ Doctor Strange to 838 Christine Palmer |
| “ | This time, it's going to take more than killing me to kill me. | „ |
| ~ Doctor Strange to Scarlet Witch
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Summary
Doctor Strange (real name Stephen Vincent Strange) is the main protagonist of the 2016 film Doctor Strange. Originally a very accomplished yet arrogant neurosurgeon, Strange suffered severe nerve damage to his hands in a car accident, rendering him incapable of continuing his work. When all western medicines failed to heal the injuries, Strange traveled to Kamar-Taj in Nepal in search of another means of healing (having been told of a paralyzed man who traveled there and afterward managed to walk again) before being drawn into the world of magic by an old and mysterious woman known as the Ancient One.
Over the next several months, Strange would be taught the mystical arts, learning complicated magic far faster than most of his fellow pupils. Eventually, due to the battles with Kaecilius and stopping the imminent release of the extradimensional Dormammu, Strange is named the Master of the New York Sanctum and the leader of the Masters of the Mystic Arts due to the Ancient One's death.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-C physically, higher with Conjured Weaponry. 8-C with Magic, at least 5-C with Sling Rings, Low 2-C Environmental Destruction with the Eye of Agamotto | 9-B physically, higher with Conjured Weaponry, at least 8-C, up to at least 5-C with Magic and Sling Rings, Low 2-C Environmental Destruction with the Eye of Agamotto | 8-C physically, higher with Conjured Weaponry, at least 7-A, up to at least 5-C with Magic and Sling Rings
Key: Post-Training | Sorcerer Supreme | Post-Blip
Name: Stephen Vincent Strange, Doctor Strange
Origin: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Master of the Mystic Arts, Former Neurosurgeon
Powers and Abilities:
Peak Human Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Photographic Memory, Martial Arts, Magic, Energy Manipulation, Weapon Mastery, Energy Projection, Weapon Creation (Capable of conjuring different types of weaponry in the heat of battle, such as Tao Mandalas and Eldritch Whips), Barrier Creation, Astral Projection, Soul Manipulation (Can harm and kill souls when in astral form, but the latter is only when provided with enough energy from outside), Matter Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation and Physics Manipulation (Sorcerers can fold matter, gravity, and the laws of physics in the Mirror Dimension), Supernatural Willpower (He was killed by Dormammu several times in a time loop and was willing to keep dying forever to keep Dormammu imprisoned or until he may give up. Strange was aware of each death, but the loop was maintaining the situation until broken), BFR (Can trap people in the Mirror Dimension, a parallel dimension that mirrors the real world), Flight with the Cloak of Levitation, Portal Creation and Dimensional Travel with a Sling Ring, Resistance to Time Stop (Was shown to be unaffected when time was stopped) and Mind Manipulation (Sorcerers are trained to fortify their minds against invasive telepathy from the likes of Scarlet Witch)
Acausality (Type 1 with the Eye of Agamotto), Immortality (Types 4 and 8 via Preparation: Used it to create an endless time loop whereby every time he died, and even if the Time Stone itself was destroyed it still existed and worked, time would be reset and bring them back to the specific point at which he activated the time loop), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2: The Time Stone is the remnant of a Singularity that existed long before the current universe, capable of manipulating and controlling the fundamental, essential and primordial aspect of time in existence), Time Manipulation (Enables manipulation of the past, present and future, and allows the user to control all aspects of time: can stop, rewind, slow down, and speed up time, as well as create endless time loops powerful enough to trap extradimensional beings like Dormammu. Can alter time around objects, locations or other beings, moving forward and backward through their existence. Has the power to reverse or advance the effects of time into any number of future possibilities and manipulate the passage of time, changing past or future. Can bend time around the stone. Temporal manipulations can create branches in time, unstable dimensional openings, spatial paradoxes, time loops and disturb natural law), Time Travel, Precognition and Astral Projection (The wearer can move forward through time either physically or mentally. Can see into infinite possibilities. Used it to view 14,000,605 alternate futures to see all the possible outcomes of the battle against Thanos by physically living and dying in them, resetting them right before dying. Doctor Strange Supreme used it to banish himself into the past and to travel with his counterpart at the moment of Christine's death), Resistance to Time Manipulation (Unaffected by the time manipulation of another Time Stone)
All previous abilities, plus: Enhanced Weapon Creation (Can conjure the Sacred Sword of Vishanti) and BFR (Threw Loki into a portal and made him keep falling through dimensions for half an hour), Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Extrasensory Perception (Keeps a watchlist of threats to Earth and sensed Loki's arrival to the planet. Found the exact location of Odin), Platform Creation (Created platforms for Star-Lord to traverse), Duplication, Additional Arms, Telekinesis, Teleportation (Capable of effortlessly teleporting both himself and those around him), Matter Manipulation and Transmutation (Transformed a teacup into a large glass of beer, and refilled the drink after Thor emptied it. Transformed a "Black Hole" into a group of butterflies), Thread Manipulation (Can cause orange bands of energy to form around and restrain his opponent), Heat Manipulation (Cast a spell on the Eye of Agamotto which protected it from being taken due to immense heat), Elemental Manipulation: Air Manipulation (Stopped the windstorm caused by Maw's Q-ship), Water Manipulation (Created a water tornado), Earth Manipulation (Split open the ground and made it swallow some of Thanos' soldiers), Light Manipulation (Can create balls of light that illuminate the surrounding area), Self-Soul Manipulation (Had to pull his soul back into his body after Thanos used the Soul Stone to shove it out), Sealing (Hid the Time Stone inside of a star. Contained the Runes of Kof-Kol inside a prism). Resistance to Absorption and Power Absorption with the Protection Spell via Preparation (Should be comparable to the Protection Spell of his variant, which protected him from Doctor Strange Supreme's absorption)
Acausality (Type 1 with the Eye of Agamotto), Immortality (Types 4 and 8 via Preparation: Used it to create an endless time loop whereby every time he died, and even if the Time Stone itself was destroyed it still existed and worked, time would be reset and bring them back to the specific point at which he activated the time loop), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2: The Time Stone is the remnant of a Singularity that existed long before the current universe, capable of manipulating and controlling the fundamental, essential and primordial aspect of time in existence), Time Manipulation (Enables manipulation of the past, present and future, and allows the user to control all aspects of time: can stop, rewind, slow down, and speed up time, as well as create endless time loops powerful enough to trap extradimensional beings like Dormammu. Can alter time around objects, locations or other beings, moving forward and backward through their existence. Has the power to reverse or advance the effects of time into any number of future possibilities and manipulate the passage of time, changing past or future. Can bend time around the stone. Temporal manipulations can create branches in time, unstable dimensional openings, spatial paradoxes, time loops and disturb natural law), Time Travel, Precognition and Astral Projection (The wearer can move forward through time either physically or mentally. Can see into infinite possibilities. Used it to view 14,000,605 alternate futures to see all the possible outcomes of the battle against Thanos by physically living and dying in them, resetting them right before dying. Doctor Strange Supreme used it to banish himself into the past and to travel with his counterpart at the moment of Christine's death), Resistance to Time Manipulation (Unaffected by the time manipulation of another Time Stone)
All previous abilities except the powers of the Eye of Agamotto as he no longer possesses the Time Stone. Gains: Enhanced Martial Arts (Was able to completely outskill and defeat an alternate universe Mordo while bound in handcuffs), Extrasensory Perception (Sorcerers were able to sense the Ten Rings being used in Ta-Lo, which is a pocket dimension outside of their native universe), Astral Projection and Soul Manipulation (Forcefully knocked Peter Parker's Astral Projection out of his body. Manipulated the Souls of the Damned and used them for his own aid). Has gained Body Control (Can make a third eye appear on his forehead), Body Puppetry (Used a spell that made Pizza Poppa punch himself for 3 weeks straight), Summoning (Summoned serpent creatures to attack Scarlet Witch. Summoned a gigantic beast to catch a car, saving a woman and her baby), Absorption and Power Absorption (Capable of absorbing America Chavez's ability to travel through universes, akin to Defender Strange), Creation (Created a magical web-shooter for Spider-Man. Formed beastial hands to tear off a pole from the ground and kill Gargantos), Attack Reflection (Was able to reflect an attack from Wanda using the Mirror Dimension), Purification (Could transform Sinister Strange's magic back into his own), Power Nullification (Dispelled the chaos magic that was holding America Chavez), Deconstruction and Restoration (Disassembled a bus into many pieces and then put it back together), Cloth Manipulation (Can change his clothes into anything and turn the Cloak of Levitation into a handkerchief or nifty scarf), Fire Manipulation (Shot a blast of green flames at Gargantos. Lit the fire place in the Sanctum Sanctorum with a wave of his hand), Memory Manipulation (The Runes of Kof-Kol could erase the memory of Peter Parker being Spider-Man across the Multiverse, including Stephen's own memory of such knowledge, a spell that the latter considers to be "standard"), Sound Manipulation (Was able to create tangible musical notes made of Eldritch Magic's energy to attack Sinister Strange during their duel), Spatial Manipulation and Reality Warping with the Mirror Dimension (Easily capable of manipulating a city-wide space within the Mirror Dimension), and Invisibility Negation (Performed a spell which made Gargantos visible), Resistance to Soul Manipulation and Possession (Was able to fight and overturn control of the Souls of the Damned, kicking them out of his body)
Enhanced Astral Projection and Possession with Dreamwalking (Possessed a different version of himself from another universe to battle Scarlet Witch), Clairvoyance (Conjured a map of the Multiverse, using it to find America Chavez who was in Earth-616)
Attack Potency: Street level physically (Traded blows with Kaecilius, who casually decapitated a man with a blade), higher with Conjured Weaponry, Building level+ with Magic (Fought with Kaecilius), at least Moon level with Sling Rings (Comparable to Wong, who cut off Cull Obsidian's hand[Note 1]), Universe level+ Environmental Destruction with the Eye of Agamotto (Reckless manipulation of the Time Stone can break the space-time continuum, causing irreparable harm) | Wall level physically (A variant of this Strange traded blows with his evil counterpart), higher with Conjured Weaponry, at least Building level+ (More powerful than before. His variant caused an explosion. Formed a massive vortex of water), up to at least Moon level with Magic and Sling Rings (Fought Thanos when he owned four Infinity Stones and held his own against him better than anyone else. Attempted to trap Thanos within a Mirror Dimension wall, forcing him to use the Power Stone to break free, later restrained him with many Magic Energy Whips, forcing him to use a combination of the Power Stone and the Soul Stone to break free. Thanos later went as far as to praise Strange for his power and skill[Note 1]), Universe level+ Environmental Destruction with the Eye of Agamotto, able to ignore durability in some ways | Building level+ physically (Traded blows with 838 Mordo, who was capable of harming him with physical strikes), higher with Conjured Weaponry, at least Mountain level, up to at least Moon level with Magic and Sling Rings (Matched and defeated Sinister Strange. Sawed a bus in half[Note 1]), able to ignore durability in some ways
Speed: Relativistic+ combat speed and reactions (Can keep up with Thanos. Should be comparable to the Ancient One, who reacted to and blocked a magic arrow that crossed hundreds of meters in seconds)
Lifting Strength: Average Human, Unknown with Magic | Average Human, Class P with Magic (Briefly restrained Thanos. Formed a massive vortex of water) | Average Human, Class P with Magic
Striking Strength: Street level, higher with Conjured Weaponry | Wall level, higher with Conjured Weaponry | Building level+, higher with Conjured Weaponry
Durability: Street level physically (Took attacks from Kaecilius), Mountain level with Tao Mandalas (Should be comparable to other sorcerers, who could block energy blasts from the Sanctuary II. Can stop magical attacks from sorcerers that are as powerful as himself), up to at least Moon level with Reinforced Shields (Comparable to other novice sorcerers, who can conjure reinforced mystical barriers with their Tao Mandalas that can block the hex bolts of the Scarlet Witch[Note 2]) | Wall level physically (Survived a large fall that yielded this much energy. Tanked a small explosive), Mountain level with Tao Mandalas, up to at least Moon level with Reinforced Shields[Note 2], at least Moon level with the Protection Spell via Preparation (Should be comparable to the Protection Spell of his variant, which withstood shapeshifted blows and magic beams from Doctor Strange Supreme[Note 1]) | Building level+ physically (Survived an encounter with The Lizard, albeit scarred afterwards. Endured a Pumpkin Bomb explosion up close), Mountain level with Tao Mandalas, up to at least Moon level with Reinforced Shields[Note 2], at least Moon level with the Protection Spell via Preparation[Note 1]
Stamina: Superhuman (Even after suffering impalement, Strange still had enough strength in him to open a portal halfway across the world and receive treatment)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Kilometers with magic, up to Interstellar with certain spells (Hid the Time Stone in a star confirmed by WoG), Interdimensional with Extrasensory Perception (Sorcerers were able to sense the Ten Rings being used in Ta Lo which is a pocket dimension outside of their native universe). Low Multiversal with the Eye of Agamotto (While time was being stopped on Earth, used the Time Stone to also bring time to the Dark Dimension, which is another universe and an amalgamation of countless dimensions, trapping Dormammu in an inescapable time loop even though he has absolute control over the Dark Dimension and its reality. Reckless manipulation of the Time Stone can break the space-time continuum, causing irreparable harm). Multiversal+ with Portal Creation. Low Complex Multiversal with haywire Memory Manipulation spells, Clairvoyance, and when Dreamwalking with the Darkhold.
Standard Equipment: Cloak of Levitation, Sling Ring, Eye of Agamotto
- Optional Equipment: The Darkhold
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Possesses Eidetic Memory. Doctor Strange was one of the most renowned neurosurgeons in the world, having performed operations that were thought impossible by most other doctors. He was incredibly talented in the Mystic Arts despite his initial doubt and difficulties, teaching himself numerous complex techniques by reading advanced forbidden tomes overnight. He was able to formulate the plan of victory against Thanos and was one of the main reasons the Avengers won, remembering the details of every different possibility that he saw by using the Time Stone, despite having seen more than 14 million different outcomes. Able to understand and utilize Darkhold spells such as Dreamwalking within seconds of receiving the Darkhold despite having no previous experience with witchcraft magic. Managed to outwit and defeat Sinister Strange who himself had defeated and killed various other versions of himself)
Weaknesses: Rather arrogant and believes himself to be infallible, without his magic. The severe nerve damage in Strange's hands makes it all but impossible to use them properly, suffering immense pain when punching enemies. He cannot use some spells or activate the Eye of Agamotto if his arms are restrained; however, he can still teleport and transmute without any hand gesture. The Runes of Kof-Kol can have incredibly dangerous side effects should a second party interfere with the spell while Strange performs it, in one case pulling in several individuals from across the multiverse at an alarming rate.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Voldemort (Harry Potter) Voldemort's Profile (9-A+ Sorcerer Supreme Strange was used. Speed was equalized)
Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen) Gojo's Profile (Pre Prison Realm Gojo and Sorcerer Supreme Strange were used. Speed was equalized)
Triborg (Mortal Kombat) Triborg's Profile (Post-Blip Doctor Strange was used and darkhold was restricted. Starting distance was 10 meters and speed was equalized)
Losses:
Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored) Emily’s Profile (Infinity War Strange, only 9-A+ spells, took place in Dunwall, started 10 meters away, Speed was equalized)
Inconclusive:
Notes/Explanations
Discussions
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