Hi everyone, I have been giving myself a couple days to play with Dr. Fate and wanted to report my findings about his toolset. It may be redundant and stuff you already found. Lets start with the easy stuff.
F2 - It is a nice footsie tool for punishes and trip guards. Cancelling into DB2 is the default action to make it safe. A couple thoughts about this. His F2 U3 string does not come out on block. But if you default to DB2 most players are scared of it. So F2 U3 becomes somewhat of a quarter screen stagger that hits mid and it essentially auto confirms the U3 on hit. I recommend using this when doing footsies as you do not know if you will hit it or not, but as you all know landing any hit with Fate is really good since you can set up ankhs. Alternatively, you can go into trait and hit confirm into MB DB2 for full combo and more setups.
Blast- Good projectile, some MU they can heavily duck it from far away. Recommend not to MB while out of trait just because you are losing damage potential.
Orb - Nice mid projectile to slow down the pace. Also can follow up with pressure if you need to with F2 or F3 depending how they react.
Trait- I think it is fair to say, there is little disadvantage of being in his trait form. That being said I feel my games are way better when I am constantly traiting. Even raw to blast or DB2 just to get it going. The ankhs are infinitely better and all your damage goes up. Throws become a thing etc. Speaking of throw, he is one of the few that can get that kind of damage on throw with 1 or more ankhs up. Its a shame his arms or short, but you can use it like a 10 frame close mid.
I will add more findings. I am still losing quite a bit, but I see myself getting better.
