Thrill Kill/Dr. Faustus

Dr. Faustus  Overview Strategy Combo Strings

Overview

 Dr. Faustus is one of the most dangerous characters in the game. He has high speed, safe high and mid strings, and has the best combo ender in the game in 1000 Stabs at his disposal. He's also one of the few characters in the game who can reliably 2 touch opponents: one touch to get his opponent against a wall with a grab or string that deals around 20 damage, and one touch to mixup into a launcher ending with 1000 Stabs for 80 damage.

At a glance:
Pros	Cons
Fastest base speed in the game. Great strings: lots of low-high mixup strings as well as safe counter-hit strings. 1000 Stabs deals a disgusting amount of damage against a wall and makes any launcher deadly. Turn Around Slap is one of the best stun grabs in the game.	One-trick-pony: Faustus doesn't have a viable win-condition outside of ending a juggle with 1000 Stabs. Getting an opponent into the corner can be tricky: Must rely on individual hits, counters, and long traveling strings to get opponent into the corner.

Dr. Faustus
Hitbox Diameter	4.7u⌀ (Medium)
Movement Speed	7.2u/s (1st fastest)
Dash Distance	9.8u (6th best)

Move List

Front Punch

Jab Punch

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	5f	1f	10f	{{{advantage}}}	3	3.5u	-	No
Average startup and very poor recovery for a jab, but has good range.

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Small Uppercut

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	7f	1f	13f	{{{advantage}}}	5	1.5u		No
Terrible range and overshadowed by Scalpel Uppercut (although it is one frame faster and has slightly better recovery).

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Dog Bite Shake

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	11f 12f	- 2f	102f 14f	{{{advantage}}}	23 7	3.3u 4.4u	-	No No
Not very good. Can be high blocked, has a very finicky range, and does noting against crouching players.

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Dog Maul

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	12f	10f	18f	{{{advantage}}}	13	12.9u		No
Excellent move. Great damage, very large hitbox, and lots of active frames. Very common way to get your opponent to the corner.

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Crouch Straight Jab

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	5f	1f	9f	{{{advantage}}}	2	2.2u	-	No
Good frame data, but terrible range.

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Back Punch

Scalpel Jab

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	7f	1f	8f	{{{advantage}}}	4	2.2u	-	No
Deceptively short ranged poke.

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Scalpel Uppercut

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	8f	2f	16f	{{{advantage}}}	5	3.3u		No
Faustus' best launcher. Lots of ways to string into it, and its good on its own.

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Low Incision

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	12f	1f	16f	{{{advantage}}}	6	2.0u		No
Too slow and short-ranged to be used on its own, but it's amazing when strung into. Another key part of Faustus' kit.

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Stomach Stab

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	6f	2f	12f	{{{advantage}}}	7	1.7u		No
Even shorter range than Low Incision has, but has fast frames. Used in juggle strings since its recovery time is drastically reduced (7f) when it strikes an airborne opponent.

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1000 Stabs

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	4f	55f	19f	{{{advantage}}}	4/hit	3.5u		No
The move, and what you'll be ending all of your juggle strings with. Lightning fast startup, and deals insane damage when strung into. You can press to cancel the move early, which takes 22f.

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Surgery Swing

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	5f	81f	28f	{{{advantage}}}	5/hit	1.9u	-	No
A free-for-all favourite. Great startup, and can be canceled in three different ways. Can sometimes be tricky for your opponent to attack into if they have bad low attacks.

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Crouch Uppercut

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	12f	3f	13f	{{{advantage}}}	3	2.7u		No
A very rare bird: a low hitting launcher with good range. Although it has really bad startup and low damage, this is one of Faustus' few good tools to use against crouching opponents parrying high.

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Running Trip
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Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	16f	16f	14f	{{{advantage}}}	6	20.1u		No
Very far range but has poor startup, damage, and only results in a regular knockdown. Avoid using.

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Front Kick

Quick Kick

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	5f	2f	11f	{{{advantage}}}	3	2.7u	-	No
The stanky leg. Very similar frames to Jab, but worse range.

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Crane Stance

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
-	22f	-	19f	{{{advantage}}}	-	-	-	No
Essentially the startup animation for Crane Kick.

Crane Kick

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	30f	2f	15f	{{{advantage}}}	22	4.6u		Yes
Amazing move to use against a stunned opponent (provided their mashing isn't perfect, that is). Great damage and range, but horrible startup.

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Front Lunge Kick

Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
	11f	2f	18f	{{{advantage}}}	5	5.1u	-	Yes
A bit of an awkward move in Faustus' kit. Great range, but only one (relatively) unsafe combo string attached to it.

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Hit	Startup	Active	Recovery	Adv. (Block / Hit)	Damage	Range	Property	Stance
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Great speed and frames for a crouch poke, however it doesn't string properly into any of its combos. Spinning Sweep should be your low poking move.

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Grabs / Misc Moves

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