Movie Strange is much different than comic Strange. Movie Strange hasn't done anything all that impressive without the eye. He loses to most of this list until he shows more. He would have died many times over if it wasn't for that cape. Hell, in his fight at the sanctum he had trouble putting normal shields up. One started to fizzle. He is a long way from being the sorcerer supreme. He will get there eventually, but he is not there yet.
Originally posted by emporerpantsAgreed. Wait for him to become Sorcerer Supreme and he'll be a force to be reckoned with, but for now, he's still a beginner.
Movie Strange is much different than comic Strange. Movie Strange hasn't done anything all that impressive without the eye. He loses to most of this list until he shows more. He would have died many times over if it wasn't for that cape. Hell, in his fight at the sanctum he had trouble putting normal shields up. One started to fizzle. He is a long way from being the sorcerer supreme. He will get there eventually, but he is not there yet.
The eye can stop time or slow it to a near halt. Aging someone won't work because it would allow the combatant to defeat Strange instantly (remember Strange is speeding up time and thus speeding up his ass whooping).
But as for time stop, In that state Strange has forever to defeat whoever. So basically it boils down to who's durability can Strange overcome.
So he stops at 8.
Originally posted by h1a8
The eye can stop time or slow it to a near halt. Aging someone won't work because it would allow the combatant to defeat Strange instantly (remember Strange is speeding up time and thus speeding up his ass whooping).
Good point. Might be true tbh.
Hence why we need to see abilities applied in combat before assuming comabatants can do so and so in a fight.
Originally posted by FrothByte
I'm curious if he can trap another person in the mirror dimension while he himself steps out... or if by removing himself from the mirror dimension that also closes the doors and expels anyone who went in it through his manipulations.
He can. That's what he was trying to do against Kaecilius and his servants. However, he was unable to pull it off as Kaecilus kept manipulating the mirror dimension preventing Strange from escaping via his portals.
Not sure about how he does against everyone, but I would just like to point out that I feel some people are underselling those shields. He initially had trouble with them, and they weren't very big to start with, but his shields/defense is one area where he improved in the most, across the film, IMO. When he faced off against Dormammu, at the end, he was able to raise them very quickly, they were each about the size of Cap's shield (he was able to put nearly his whole body behind one when he blocked the one beam), and managed to hold out against previously mentioned beam for a good few seconds before giving out. And when the beam actually hit, it was powerful enough to pretty much atomize him (so it shows they can block a pretty decent hit).
They even still had a shot of it in the one trailer (by the end, they were much larger than dinner plates):
So his shields + cape makes defense one of his better areas.