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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero’sEpisode Battles retells Dragon Ball’s extensive lore. What’s more, you don’t only get to watch Dragon Ball history, you get toliveit. Sparking Zero’s Episode Battles features the series' most pivotal battles, and they’re as challenging as they seem in the manga and anime.
Your first boss battle, Goku’s confrontation with Great Ape Vegeta, will test your skills (and your patience). This match feels almost impossible to win. But the battle becomes significantly more straightforward once you learn Great Ape Vegeta’s tells and how to respond to them. Once you try the strategies below, that gargantuan ape will look much more like a sad little mouse lemur.
Use The Rocky Land To Your Advantage
Theenvironment is a significant factorin Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. Knowing your surroundings and how to use them can give you the leg-up to take down Great Ape Vegeta.
TheGreat Ape Vegetabattle takes place in the Rocky Land. This news is fantastic for you becausethe Rocky Land provides several opportunities for high-level strategy. For instance, consider the tactics below.
Smash Great Ape Vegeta Into Rock Formations
Attacks that knock your opponent into stage pieces have a heightened impact. Therefore, you want to find opportunities topush Great Ape Vegeta into the Rocky Land’s many towering rock structures.
Rush Chains with Heavy Finishes are fast and effectiveways to slam Great Ape Vegeta into the ridges of the Rocky Land’s vast canyons. UtilizingSmash Attacks, especially Perfect Smashes, is another stellar option. Finally, if you have the ki to spare, we recommenda hefty Smash Ki Blast here and there.
Hide Behind Rock Columns To Charge Your Ki
While your Melee Attacks and Ki Blasts will help deflect Great Ape Vegeta’s pressure, you’ll win the battle withHyper Smashes, Sparking Combos, and the Kamehameha. That means you need tomake Ki Charging a priority.
Fortunately, the Rocky Land hasseveral rock formations you may hide behind to charge your Ki. Head toward these areas whenever you stun Great Ape Vegeta to get the most value from his recovery time.
Dodge Great Ape Vegeta’s Super And Ultimate Blasts
Great Ape Vegeta’s Super and Ultimate Blasts are devastating attacks when they land. However, they arepretty easy to dodge, meaning you can turn these hazards into gifts.
Dodging Great Ape Vegeta’s Super and Ultimate Blasts will buy you time todistance yourself from him and charge your ki. Conversely, if you’re close enough, you canattack Great Ape Vegeta from behind. Now you have a defensiveandoffensive strategy. How awesome is that?
Great Ape Vegeta’s Super And Ultimate Blasts, And How To Spot Them
Like all of Sparking Zero’scinematic supers,you’ll see a minor cut scene before each of Great Ape Vegeta’s attacks. So, as a rule of thumb, you should get ready to dodge whenever the camera closes in on Vegeta.
Each attack has a different duration. Chou Makouhou is the shortest, with Chou Makouhou Barrage being slightly longer. Naturally, Super Galick Gun lasts the longest. These are small details. But they’ll help youdetermine how much time you have to Ki Charge while Great Ape Vegeta whiffs each blast. Keep an eye out for the following cues.
Super Blast
Unleashes abeam that inflicts heavy damage
Vegeta willlean back and stretch his arms outbefore shooting the beam out of his mouth.
Rapid fire beam attacksthat inflict heavy damage
Vegeta willflex his arms in, and you’llseethe beam begin to form in his mouthbefore he shoots you.
Ultimate Blast
Unleashes abeam that inflicts amassiveamount of damage
Vegeta willtilt his head back and roar before clasping his hands togetherto form the Galick Gun’s beam.
Great Ape Vegeta is a playable characterfrom the get-go. So, you cantake him into Training mode to examine his skillsmore thoroughly.
Impart Heavy Damage With Sparking Rush Attacks
You neglect several critical tools if you only use Sparking mode for the Ultimate Blasts. One such tool is theSparking Rush Attack.Press the Rush Attack button repeatedly near your opponentto slap them silly with 20 uninterrupted hits!
Youwon’t have access to your Ultimate Blastduring your battle against Great Ape Vegeta. Fortunately, your Sparking Rush Attack imparts a lot of damage and can pressure Vegeta into a corner. Then, you canuse your remaining Sparking mode time to land a Kamehameha.
Spend Your Ki On Kamehamehas
It’s essential to spend your ki wisely while fighting Great Ape Vegeta. Spending ki onGoku’s Kaioken Attack, which is ineffective against giant enemies, is a detrimental waste. That’s ki you could have spent interrupting Vegeta’s Ki Charge with a single Ki Blast or closing in on Vegeta with a Z-Burst Dash.
More importantly, you could have spent that wasted ki ona more useful super blast, the Kamehameha. Kamehameha lives up to its namesake by dealing significant damage with its beam (almost an entire life bar). Sinceit only takes about four Kamehamehasto snuff out Great Ape Vegeta, you should focus on landing it as much as possible.
