UMVC3/Dormammu

Dormammu

A malevolent and powerful member of the Faltine, a race of energy beings. The Dread Dormammu, as his name suggests, is one of the most evil villains in the Marvel Universe. He is an ambitious tyrant, ruling over his own realm known as the Dark Dimension, who seeks to conquer all other worlds. Upon discovering Earth, he eventually came into contact with the Ancient One, but was defeated and sealed away. However, he found a second chance to conquer Earth by corrupting Baron Mordo, a disciple of the Ancient One. Mordo freed Dormammu, but both were defeated by Dr. Strange. Since then, Dormammu has been Strange's sworn enemy and has been scheming to rule the Earth. His very name strikes fear into the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, even the gods in Asgard, who liken him to "something worse than a demon".

In a nutshell

The Dread One is back, and his abilities are stronger than ever before. Dormammu excels in keeping the opponent as far away from him as possible, and thanks to several changes, his offensive potential has been bolstered to match his defense. Perhaps the most important change provided in Ultimate is that his Dark Matter (F+H) is now cancelable, opening up a number of new possibilities, including mixup with his teleports. A once slow but space-domineering character has now gotten just a little lighter on his feet, and that alone is enough to let people know that this time, Dormammu means business and is aiming for that S-Tier spot.

Character Vitals

CHARACTER DATA

Health:

1,000,000

Base Ground Magic Series:

Stronger

Double Jump:

No

Air Dash:

Yes

Air Dash/Jump count:

1

X-FACTOR

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

X-Factor Damage Boost:

30 %

55 %

80 %

X-Factor Speed Boost:

? %

 ? %

 ? %

X-Factor Duration:

11.0 s

16.0 s

21.0 s

MINIMUM DAMAGE SCALING

 

L Attacks

M Attacks

H Attacks

Special Moves

Hyper Combos

Normal:

20 %

20 %

20 %

20 %

40 %

X-Factor Lvl 1:

35 %

35 %

35 %

35 %

40 %

X-Factor Lvl 2:

35 %

35 %

35 %

35 %

40 %

X-Factor Lvl 3:

35 %

35 %

35 %

35 %

40 %

Move List

Assist Types

Name

Type

Damage

Special Properties

Cross-Over Combination

Dark Hole (L)

shot front

20,000 X 8

strike proj

Chaotic Flame

Liberation

shot front

*variable

*variable proj

Stalking Flare

Purification (L)

shot tiltup

35,000 X 4

Strike proj otg

Chaotic Flame

Normal Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Standing Light

l

48,000

Crouching Light

d + l

45,000

low

Standing Medium

m

70,000

Crouching Medium

d + m

70,000

strk

Standing Heavy

h

90,000

strk

Crouching Heavy

d + h

90,000

strk

Special

s

100,000

launch nocancel

Dark Matter

f + h

80,000

proj
softknockdown
wallbounce

Flame Carpet

df + h

20,000 X 5

low
proj
otg

Jumping Light

air l

50,000

high

Jumping Medium

air m

70,000

high

Jumping Heavy

air h

85,000

high

Jumping Special

air s

90,000

high
aircombofinisher

Throws

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Forward Throw

f + h

80,000

throw hardknockdown

Back Throw

b + h

80,000

throw hardknockdown

Forward Air Throw

air f + h

80,000

airthrow hardknockdown

Back Air Throw

air b + h

80,000

airthrow hardknockdown

Special Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Dark Hole

qcf + atk

20,000 X 8

strk
proj
airok

Purification

dp + atk

35,000 X 4

strk
proj
otg

Dark Spell: Destruction

qcb + l

0

airok
gives One Red charge

Dark Spell: Creation

qcb + m

0

airok
gives One Blue charge

Liberation: no charge

qcb + h

35,000

strk
consumes all hand charges
for different effects

Liberation: One Red

qcb + h

35,000 X 3

softknockdown
proj

Liberation: Two Red

qcb + h

35,000 X 6

softknockdown
proj

Liberation: Three Red

qcb + h

30,000 X 10

softknockdown
proj
otg

Liberation: One Blue

qcb + h

40,000 X 3

softknockdown
proj

Liberation: Two Blue

qcb + h

30,000 X 9

softknockdown
proj

Liberation: Three Blue

qcb + h

0

low
prevents opponent from jumping for 5 seconds

Liberation: One Red, One Blue

qcb + h

20,000 per hit

proj
otg

Liberation: One Red, Two Blue

qcb + h

20,000 per hit

proj
otg

Liberation: Two Red, One Blue

qcb + h

80,000 (lava)
+ 20,000 per rock hit

hardknockdown
proj
otg

Flight

qcb + s

0

flight, lasts two seconds

Mass Change

rdp + atk

0

l teleports above opponent in front
m teleports above opponent and behind
h teleports directly above opponent

Hyper Moves

Name

Command

Damage

Notes (glossary)

Chaotic Flame

qcf + atk + atk

15,000 X 30

strk
proj
mashable;
strk on final hit only

Stalking Flare

qcb + atk + atk

20,000 X 20

proj

Dark Dimension

dp + atk + atk

400,000

proj
otg
Level 3 Hyper.

Strategy

Tips and Tricks

• The Liberation spells Two Red One Blue and One Red Two Blue will be guaranteed the moment you use them, even if you are hit during startup. These can often interrupt the opponent, as well as being amazing zoning / combo tools.
• Dormammu's 8-way air dash is one of his best tools overall. It can be used to escape situations, or an excellent tool for approaches. Most frequently when attacking, you'll want to use the air dash {{#motion: df}} with either {{#motion: h}} or {{#motion: l}} .
• Learn Dormammu's ranges for each of the Dark Hole and Purification spells - these zoning tools can allow him to cover almost any point on the screen for chip damage, or controlling the opponent's options.
• Stalking Flare will always hit for the full 20 hits if uninterrupted. This also counts for blocking, so pushblocking doesn't help the opponent against its chip damage.
• Flame Carpet is a strong combo tool when used as an {{#motion: otg}} hit. Use in conjunction with assists to then combo into anything you want!
• Flame Carpet is now X-Factor cancelable. Use it as an {{#motion: otg}} , X-Factor cancel, and again, combo whatever you want.
• Since some Liberation spells are guaranteed to activate on frame 1 (immediately), and since you can "buffer" actions during Hyper flash animations, you can actually use these Liberation spells to punish or trade with opponents Hypers. If you can take the hit and the opponent can't, you can use this to punish moves as they hit you, or prevent the opponent from comboing out of his Hyper. This can also be used as a scare tactic, forcing them to use X-Factor earlier than they want to to keep their character safe!

Combos

• {{#motion: s}}, super jump, air {{#motion: h}} , {{#motion: cancel}} into Flight, air {{#motion: l}} , air {{#motion: h}} , air {{#motion: qcf}} + {{#motion: l}} , air {{#motion: h}} , air {{#motion: s}}, land, Purification, {{#motion: cancel}} into Chaotic Flame.
  (Note that depending where on the screen this combo is performed will alter which Purification must be used.)