- Tricky Movement: A fast forward dash, an extremely fast Drive Rush, and his Jus Cool sway series give Dee Jay unconventional but powerful movement and mix-ups.
- Feint Master: Dee Jay is very good at baiting the opponent to respond to his strong options and then feinting them into a punish. At any range, there is always some way Dee Jay can mix people up.
- Anti-Fireball Fireballs: Dee Jay can use the two hits of heavy Air Slasher to beat out most non-OD fireballs, giving him an edge against other fireball characters. His OD Heavy Slasher also has an initial hit that can break other OD fireballs before creating its own.
- High Damage: Dee Jay's damage potential in combos is well above average. Machine Gun Uppercut gives him very damaging combos if he is able to confirm into it. He converts his Drive gauge into damage very well in general, with the rest of his Overdrive moves being useful for extending combos in a variety of damaging ways.
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- Uncancellable Pokes: Dee Jay has very few special cancelable normals, which causes him to struggle against some of the game's system mechanics. He cannot Drive Rush off of his pokes for pressure, and they can also quite easily lose to Drive Impact if he's not careful. It also limits his confirms off of them primarily to Punish Counters.
- Weird Buttons: Dee Jay's normals have a steep learning curve. Even aside from the lack of cancels, many of them lack the conventions and conveniences that other characters have—his cr.MK in particular acts more like a sweep than a regular crouching medium poke.
- No Level 1 Reversal: Without a Level 1 Super reversal, Dee Jay can be put in very disadvantageous situations, especially during Burnout.
- Drop Prone: On top of being high execution, many of Dee Jay's confirms are deceptively range dependent. Extremely meticulous awareness of his ranges is required to not sacrifice damage for consistency in his combos.
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