Best Starting Race

[TheMatlockFan]

Hello guys and girls,

I've just picked up the game on Steam and haven't touched it nor a DBZ game for many many years so I was wondering if anybody had any advice as to which race to go for in the creation suite.

Sayian is the obivious one that stands out as a rather part time DBZ fan but are there other things I should be looking at and considering ?

Thanks,

The Matlock Fan

[LoGicMoTion]

Humansssss

[Null_User]

Earthling. Saiyans suffer from lower survivavility, and their super saiyan transformation is lackluster. Earthlings do surprisingly more damage and can survive more.

[SoberTheSloth]

Really just whatever suits your style, sayians are weakest race though, can be played strong but have short commings when compared to other races. Its really just what appeals to you, namek have insane reach hp regen and extra stam regen, buu have super armor every 20 seconds, high hp(for male), decent reach and longest dash(female), earthings mainly got ki regen as the biggest thing going for them, and get boosts when a full ki, female sayians get zasist almost 100% of the time lol and male sayians have highest base basic attack stat and easy looping infiniate, super sayian is a death sentance for most people, but you will find what works best for you :)

[Revolverhawk]

Originally posted by RTC - TheMatlockFan:

Hello guys and girls,

I've just picked up the game on Steam and haven't touched it nor a DBZ game for many many years so I was wondering if anybody had any advice as to which race to go for in the creation suite.

Sayian is the obivious one that stands out as a rather part time DBZ fan but are there other things I should be looking at and considering ?

Thanks,

The Matlock Fan

I would actually say a saiyan female is the best starting race by far. The reason for this is simple: Super Saiyans in this game basically have the ability to spam ultimates and supers. Other players can punish you for this in PvP, but the AI will typically get hit by them easily. And you need to beat NPC's to unlock the skills and abilities that are used on your other characters. You see, you can't start a new character until you beat the game, and when you do, they can use all the skills your original character unlocked, as well as any z-souls and clothing your first character is not wearing or has on any presets.

In a nutshell, your first character is the character you use to unlock stuff for all your other characters, this is done by fighting NPC's, and super saiyan spam makes female saiyans better at fighting NPC's than everyone else. Once you beat the game with a female saiyan, and unlock a bunch of skills, your other characters can be built for PvP. However, you should keep in mind that having all your other starting characters start with every move in the game takes a lot of challenge out of creating new characters. Your first character will basically require more work than all your other characters put together, and while you can play through story mode in order using the time vault with new characters (which is what I do) your new characters will have every pq and mentor available to them from the start, something your first character could not have.

I would reccommend looking at Archmage Mc's Big Numbers Guide in the guides:characters section. Saiyan Females have high supers and ultimates, so they get a lot of benefit from Super Saiyan. Saiyan males have the lowest supers and ultimates in the game, but the highest basic attack stat.

[Tsuyara]

There are 2 main options:
Humans are very potent, they have really strong offense, can take hits and that passive ki regen (it gets higher the more ki you have) helps a lot. If you want to play more with physical supers male, for energy based female.
Saiyan, they are good for spamming (females are better at it than males, but both can do it really well). This makes the entire game really easy (against AI, not players), but can be rather boring. It's really effective though.
I personally would go for a race of your choice, the game will be more difficult but you maybe are able to do it nonetheless. Feels also better to do it without having to rely on spamming. If you don't want to spam, saiyans are lackluster and humans are superior.

[GuyTzai]

For the first character, I highly recommend Human Male.
Human males are powerful STRIKE super users and two very capable strikes are available very early.
The layout I would recommend starting with is.
Super 1: Meteor Crash - This is a very powerful attack, and very useful as a "ki dump" A full combo of this does about the same amount of damage as a Ultimate attack
Super 2: Evil Rise Strike - This isn't a starting one, but it's very easy to get early in the game. It has an instant timing and does a very good amount of damage for what it does.
Super 3: Energy Charge - Humans are all about KI, and getting more of it keeps you in the fight.
Super 4: your choice, but I usually use some kind of defensive move here.
Ultimates don't matter for now, you wont be using them, Meteor Crash is more reliable for now.
Evasion: your choice, but you want to make sure this will get you out of a jam.

As for stats, put everything in STRIKE until level 40. You passively increase your STA and KI stats just by leveling up (and in order to get 1 more Ki or STA bar requires 25 pts in the stat) and being a human, you don't use BASIC ATTACK as much as others do (you naturally regenerate KI). For gear, aim for HEALTH and STRIKE, basic attack will come along for the ride. If you cant get HP, STA is a good alternate to help you "vanish dodge".

As for combat, get in quick, toss a quick hit combo to generate some KI and open the target up and cap the combo with an Evil Rise Strike at close range. If you have 3-4 ki bars full, use the Meteor Crash instead to put a pounding on the enemy. If the enemy leaves you alone, Energy Charge your KI to make them pay for it.

As you can see, getting the character "up and running" is pretty easy compared to a Super Saiyan or a Kaioken build (or even a KI Blast build) which requires grinding for abilities. This way you have a character who can actually get the other skills that other characters will use (once you clear the story mode and unlock the other character slots.)

Also, the concepts you learn with this character should translate very well to other characters types, which helps you in the long run since you'll be using almost all the mechanics in the game.

[Tsuyara]

Originally posted by Wraith:

Super 1: Meteor Crash - This is a very powerful attack, and very useful as a "ki dump" A full combo of this does about the same amount of damage as a Ultimate attack

It's damage pales in comparison with ultimates. It's strong for a fast super, but it's damage is low compared to ults and some certain slow ki supers, it's Damage per Ki is also rather low.

[GuyTzai]

Originally posted by Tsuyara:

Originally posted by Wraith:

Super 1: Meteor Crash - This is a very powerful attack, and very useful as a "ki dump" A full combo of this does about the same amount of damage as a Ultimate attack

It's damage pales in comparison with ultimates. It's strong for a fast super, but it's damage is low compared to ults and some certain slow ki supers, it's Damage per Ki is also rather low.

Yes, compared to later Strike Ultimates it gets replaced, but that wasn't the point of the post. The post was for starting out, and you are not going to have A) the more powerful "Blue Hurricane", "Victory Rush", or "Justice Combination" for quite some time or B) the KI stat to really make use of a real ultimate effectively.

[kyse2]

ssj for spam or any race and just go ki blast if u want melee that is alot hard to beat the game for a first run but can be done but not the best idea :P

[Tsuyara]

Originally posted by Wraith:

Originally posted by Tsuyara:

It's damage pales in comparison with ultimates. It's strong for a fast super, but it's damage is low compared to ults and some certain slow ki supers, it's Damage per Ki is also rather low.

Yes, compared to later Strike Ultimates it gets replaced, but that wasn't the point of the post. The post was for starting out, and you are not going to have A) the more powerful "Blue Hurricane", "Victory Rush", or "Justice Combination" for quite some time or B) the KI stat to really make use of a real ultimate effectively.

My Point was that it requires a lot more ki than other strike supes without doing significantly more damage.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dNoi-NWx6dotB8KYcljoJwugV6xjnaNfZDvhFIEb5to/edit#gid=223457186
2 Evil rise strikes do 73% more damage and cost less ki.

[Yian Yan]

I started with a female Saiyan (because ZOMGZ Saiyans) and it worked pretty well for soloing most content with the spaaaaam. Never really moved into PvP with that character but it's probably a good starting point for PvE. Just make sure you do this one thing, though - pick a form of damage and PUMP THE ♥♥♥♥ OUT OF IT. Like 100 in that stat or something along those lines.

[Kaiser]

I don't recomand going female saiyan If you going to spam.

Go what you like/playstyle Is, you can still pick a female saiyan and don't have to spam.

Melee Is also good choice, It maybe a little harder but not to hard. Melee can beat the game, any race can beat the game, just takes time and patience.

I suggest going human (earthlings) for first playthough as they are balaced, or Frieza race since their normal ki blast can stun an al or player.

If you don't minding out leveling PQ/Story, and If you have all the dlc, I recomand getting pan as your mentor ans trying to get at least A,S,Z ranks. She IMO by far one of the best mentors for exp at lower levels, and u can have her as early as level 4.

[SoberTheSloth]

Originally posted by Yian Yan:

I started with a female Saiyan (because ZOMGZ Saiyans) and it worked pretty well for soloing most content with the spaaaaam. Never really moved into PvP with that character but it's probably a good starting point for PvE. Just make sure you do this one thing, though - pick a form of damage and PUMP THE ♥♥♥♥ OUT OF IT. Like 100 in that stat or something along those lines.

This guys a beastly freeza doesnt need that paralyze just poops on your chest all game and doesn't even apologize afterwards :'(

[thesnowfox84]

Just pick the one you like the look of the most I got one of each but like the Freeza clan the most. end the monkeys!

[Majin Mew]

PvE: Female Saiyan without even considering any other race...
PvP. Totally up to your preferred playstyle...