DBFZ/Offense

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Normals

Super Combo

Dragon Ball FighterZ has an autocombo system similar to the one found in Persona 4: Arena. By repeatedly pressing 5L, your character will automatically perform a full sequence of attacks.

5L > 5L > 5L consists of a regular 5L followed by two unique normals, the third causing a launching Smash! property on hit similar to a 2H and most characters' j.2H. The second and third 5L will come out even on whiff. Pressing 5L after the third 5L on hit will automatically perform a Super Dash.

j.L > j.L > j.L will result in a basic j.L > j.M > j.H air combo, but with different airborne momentum to performing the attacks manually.

If you successfully land the last hit of the grounded Super Combo and continue into the automatic Super Dash and the aerial Super Combo, the final j.L will cause Dynamic! property on hit instead of the usual Smash! property, granting you a Dragon Ball. More information on this is described in the Dragon Balls section.

By doing 4L instead of 5L, you can prevent yourself from performing the Super Combo and will instead do 5L > 5L.

Similarly 5M has its own Super Combo by repeatedly pressing 5M, resulting in the following sequence:

5M > 2M > special > super

Meanwhile 5H and 2H will both automatically cancel into Super Dash by pressing the same direction+button again.

Common Traits

While every character has different normals with different ranges, damage, speed, etc, many have similar properties to help players have a base set of tools to work with when picking up new characters.

Overhead 6M
6M is an overhead for all characters, but does not normally lead to any combo. To combo off 6M, players need to either meaty or use it in conjunction with assists or with Sparking!
Sweep 2M
2M is a low hitting attack that knocks down. The floaty nature of the knockdown makes it easy to combo into an air hit 5M, 5H or 2H.
Anti-Air 2H
Everyone has an anti-air attack in 2H. This attack has invulnerability to airborne strikes.
Air Knockdown j.H
Everyone's j.H will knock the opponent to the ground, giving you time to position yourself to attack the opponent as they recover with okizeme.
Air Combo Extender j.2H
Everyone's j.2H will launch the opponent into the air. Assuming you haven't used a Super Dash before jumping, you can cancel j.2H into Super Dash and extend your combo.

Dragon Rush

Useful to stop blocking opponents

Dragon Rush (L+M) is a short-range unblockable attack that has some restrictions in place:

  • Ground Dragon Rush cannot hit airborne opponents or opponents who are in jump start-up. For example, if you perform a a ground recovery and hold up, you will be completely invulnerable to ground Dragon Rush throughout.
  • Air Dragon Rush cannot hit grounded opponents
  • Neither Dragon Rush can hit an opponent in blockstun

It is possible to combo into either version, however, doing so prevents you from performing the standard launcher and the opponent will be knocked down instead.

Get out of here! Target specific characters on the opponent's team!

After hitting with a Dragon Rush, press A1 or A2 to force the opponent to switch characters! This is a very powerful tool to force a low life character to enter the ring and stop an opponent's character from regaining health.

Throws

Just like Dragon Rush, throws such as Cell's Telekinesis Crush, Android 18's Back Grab, Trunks' Heat Dome Attack and Android 16's Dynamite Driver follow the same restrictions in regards to when they can and cannot connect.

Super Dash

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Deflect small ki blasts and approach the opponent

Super Dash is a very useful tool that does two things: quickly approach the opponent and extend combos.

Approach Tool
Super Dash automatically deflects small ki blasts like everyone's 5S, as well as some specials like Piccolo's Homing Energy Blast and Beerus's Cataclysmic Orbs.
Combo Extender
After successfully connecting with an attack with Smash! property, pursue with Super Dash for a follow-up combo. Super Dash will also combo off certain attacks with large amounts of untechable time, such as Super Saiyan Goku's 2S, Teen Gohan's j.2S and Krillin's j.2S.


Z Assist

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You assist is on cooldown until the bar around their portrait refills

Press A1 or A2 to summon one of your teammates to do an attack. Each character has a preset attack as their Z Assist and each one has a cooldown timer.

Special Move

Each character has a variety of special moves done by performing Template:236 + a button or Template:214 + a button These moves usually have unique properties like traveling fullscreen, invincibility, or deals lots of damage.

H Version

When a special move has L/M/H variants, the H version costs 1 Ki Gauge and are usually better versions of the special. It usually allowing for extended combos or offer other unique utility that the other versions of this special do not have.

Super Attack

Meteor Attack

Ultimate Z Change

Vanish Attack

Press H+S to perform a Vanish attack. Vanish Attacks cost 1 Ki Gauge and instantly teleport you behind the opponent and hit them.

Vanish Attacks mainly serve three purposes: as a combo extender, and as a punish tool, and as an escape tool.

Combo Extender
Vanish Attacks can be canceled into from most attacks, and when used in the middle of combo, will cause a severe wall bounce that bounces from anywhere on the screen, giving you time to land another attack. This wall bounce will work once per combo regardless of any moves with Smash! property previously connecting, but after doing so, wall bounce, launch and ground slide properties will no longer apply during that combo.
Punish Tool
When used from a neutral state, the opponent will be blown away, allowing you to punish slow attack, though not for a lot of damage.
However during Sparking!, hold the buttons to teleport behind the opponent without attacking! You can then followup with your own combo and punish them big time!
Escape Tool
Since Vanish Attack teleports you behind the opponent, this will allow you to escape certain mixups the opponent attempts to perform on you. The downside is that there needs to be a gap in the opponent's blockstring big enough to execute a Vanish Attack and some setups account for this option.

Sparking!

Your portrait will begin flashing when you have 120F of Sparking! left

Press L+M+H+S to perform a Sparking Blast and enter Sparking! state. Sparking! is a very powerful state that gives the character that activated Sparking Blast a multitude of power-ups:

  • Damage increases by 20%
  • Blue health regenerates at a very fast rate
  • All normals become jump cancelable on hit/block
  • All air normals become air dash cancelable on hit/block
  • 6M can be special canceled on hit/block
  • Super Dash has reduced pushback and can cancel into attacks immediately on block
  • Hold buttons during Vanish Attack to not attack after teleporting
    • This will allow you to perform your own combo after teleporting instead of relying on the preset follow-up attack

These buffs greatly increase your offensive and combo potential by allowing you to do much more freeform blockstrings and open up new combo opportunities.

Sparking! lasts longer the fewer teammates you have remaining on your team:

  • 3 characters: 433F
  • 2 characters: 853F
  • 1 character: 1260F

Sparking Blast

Invincible startup, used to escape opponent pressure or extend combos

Sparking Blast is an invincible attack that serves two purposes depending on when you use it.

During Neutral State
The blast will blow away the opponent, giving you time to reset the pace of the match
Thus players will often use Sparking Blast after getting knocked down to blow away the opponent and stop the opponent's offense.
Mid-Combo
The blast will launch the opponent high into the air, allowing you to easily extend your combo.
Players often use Sparking Blast this way to extend their combo just enough to kill a specific character either to hinder the opponent's gameplan or to outright win the match.

However you use Sparking Blast, you will enter Sparking! afterwards and have all the benefits listed.


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