Neo Tri Beam/Special Beam Cannon + Kaioken x20 Build

[brentaro]

I'm sure someone else has come up with this setup already (since Neo Tri Beam begs to be used with Kaioken). But here it is anyways.

Preferred Race/Appearance:
Female Saiyan - Skinny - They can either be tall or short depending on if you favor speed or more health. I built mine short, to take advantage of Kaioken speed boost but I still see more health also good for sponging damage that slips past the Angry Shout spam. Female Saiyan to take advantage of high ki super damage and higher z-assist proc rate.

Equipment:
Majin Buu Clothes (PQ34) - this gives +3 Stam and +3 Ki supers. If you're running Buu Race, then use the Dyno Woo-gi set which gives +4 Stam and +4 Ki Supers.

Mentor:
Either Tien or Piccolo - depending on which Ultimate you want to focus on.

Z-Soul:
It's a super Saiyan Bargain Sale - This is to extend Kaioken x20 and pump up Ki Supers as well. Kaioken is what makes Neo Tri Beam viable and a little safer.

Stat Distribution:
100 Stamina, 100 Ki Super, and 37 Health - At Level 80 , Bargain Sale Z Soul, and Majin Buu Gear you will have exactly 4 bars of Ki and 9 Bars of Stamina.

Super Skills:
Super Drain - Obviously to keep up Kaioken and drain stamina.
Kaioken x20 - For vanish and Angry shout spam.
Gravity Impact - To combo into and extend into perfect shot or go into Neo Tri Beam. Also to block hard to dodge ultimates.
Perfect Shot - Combo ender, to be used after Gravity Impact.

Ultimate Skills:
Neo Tri Beam - Can get up to 11 shots each doing around 101 base damage. More if you get a z-assist. This is assuming you don't run out of Kaioken x20. Also, after your stamina runs out or you fire all 11 shots, you are in a tired state, unable to do anything for a couple seconds. I would save this until you think you can kill. After every use, expect to be punished and prepare to use Angry Shout to mitigate damage after. Give yourself at least 5 bars of stamina in Kaioken x20 before you pop this. This move has great tracking throughout the whole sequence. Once you hit with it, you can continue to combo into the remaining shots.

Special Beam Cannon - Can combo into this from Gravity Impact. Also unblockable.

Evasive Skill:
Angry Shout - Fairly fast, gives you 1 bar of Ki, and good combo starter. Spam this after knockdown to build meter.

Common combos:

W=weak attack, S=strong attack, xx = Cancel into

General Rules: keep combos short in Kaioken. Otherwise, use long versions to build meter.

W, S xx Super Drain

Angry shout, W, S xx Super Drain

Dash W, W xx Super Drain

Dash W, W, W, W (teleport) xx Gravity Impact, Perfect Shot or Special Beam Cannon

Dash W, W, W, W (teleport), Guard Cancel, S, W, W, W, W (teleport), Guard Cancel, W, W, W, W (teleport) xN (not recommended unless you want to build meter outside of Kaioken x20.

After Super Drain ender, use 1 Angry Shout to build meter. After Gravity Impact ender, either 2 Angry Shout to build meter or go into Neo Tri Beam if you have 3 bars already.

Flow chart:
Pop Kaioken x20 in the beginning. Or go for first hit and force stamina usage. You will most likely win in the Vanish/Evasive Move spam unless they have the same exact build. In which case you need to force them to use stamina bar first. Alternate between stamina and damage combos. When you feel you can kill them, start using the ultimates.

Weaknesses:
Someone who sets up SSJ on you. There is no Ki drain on this build, so you have to prevent someone going SSJ and spamming Death Ball or No More Games Perfect Kamehameha.
Having less stamina than the opponent.
Super Armor in PvE. To battle Super armor better, switch out perfect shot with Rise to Action so you can rebuild stamina and Kaioken. Or just switch to a SSJ Ki spam build.

Feel free to share thoughts on this or suggest replacements.

[Sabin Stargem]

Tried something along these lines a couple days back. Used Tien's skill-enhancing soul to further boost damage. The Kaio-Ken x20 is crucial, since Neo Tri-Beam's shots require stamina after the initial ki expenditure. Kaio-Ken eliminates the stamina cost from vanishes and Neo Tri-Beam.

I find that it is relatively easy for enemies to beat you up during the initiation phase of the Tri-Beam. Definitely need to have enough breathing space before activating.

[brentaro]

Yeah, that's why I recommend using it after a Super Drain or Gravity Impact. I was considering the soul you were talking about, but it has negative 3-5 on ki super (can't remember) which I thought was a little counter-active for his ki based ultimate.

The damage is pretty decent I think. It damages Nappa costume 3 for well over half health with z assist, closer to 2/3 health with all shots. I'll have to do damage tests with the scouter.