The Dragon Ball universe is abundant with fighting spirits ranging from human martial artists to alien combatants and even literal gods. So, it's no surprise that 182-character roster is all over the map regarding power and skill. If you're l🎶ooking to win, you probably want to know who the best characters are.

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If you're looking for a crash course in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zer💙o's gigantic cast, you've come to the right place. We've examined every character's skillset, strengths, and weaknesses to provide you with the best tier list this side of Planet Namꦺek!

Like any fighting game tier list, this guide is constantly evolving. We'll continue adjusting our tier sorting according to game patches and discoveries made in the competitive Sparking Zero community. So, please check back often for updates!

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Character Tier Categories

A line of letters from D to S against a screenshot from Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero.

We organized Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's characters into five tiers: D, C, B, A, and S, with S being the strongest and D the weakest. While we used Sparking Zero's Destruction Point system as a starting point, we considered several other factors in our rankings.

Ranking Criteria

Our ranking criteria focused on Sparking Zero's most essential mechanics to achieve victory:

  • Movement:
    • The first question we had to ask ourselves was, "Can this character fly?" Flying can make or break a character because it's a gateway to many other skills.
    • Then, we had to consider how fast a character could move to rush down opponents and evade attacks.
  • Special Skills:
    • Special skills are your character's toolbox and can provide anything from attack buffs to explosive wave reflections and even full-health generation.
    • Skill cost and skill gauge capacity also matter since they dictate how long your character must wait to use skills and how many skills they can use simultaneously.
  • Violent Rush:
    • Violent Rush is an infinite combo system activated during Sparking Mode, allowing you to quickly cancel one Rush Combo into another. A completed Violent Rush can deal as much damage as a Super Blast.
    • A Burst Rush is a Violent Rush activated directly from a Z-Burst. You'll see Violent Rush and Burst Rush used interchangeably throughout the guide.
  • Supers and Ultimates:
    • Super and Ultimate Blasts are your character's biggest damage dealers. Your objective in Sparking Zero is to land as many Super/Ultimates as possible to knock out your opponent.
    • Damage was our first consideration regarding Supers and Ultimates. The next consideration was attack range/effectiveness.
    • Ki gauge cost didn't weigh heavily in this regard unless a Blast's power did not justify its cost.
  • Stats:
    • Each character has five stat points that you can find in the Gallery's Encyclopaedia. They cover the following:
      • HP
      • Attack
      • Ki
      • Combos
      • Special Attack
    • When we wanted to assess a character's overall skills, especially their normals, we examined their stats.
    • Stats are the least valuable consideration in our criteria. Often, a character could have higher stats but lower DP, and vice versa. A character with a highly beneficial skill or attack can move up in tier regardless of overall stats.

We list each character in our tier tables in order of DP. However, they do not indicate that one character is better than another. We're not ranking all 182 characters, just grouping them into tiers. So many characters are similar, especially in the mid-tiers, making it impossible to rank them individually.

S Tier Characters

Our S-Tier characters excel in all, if not most, of our ranking criteria. They're often overpowered, with nearly no nerfs—several of Dragon Ball's most powerful beings and final forms made this list.

A Tier Characters

Our A-Tier characters are the best characters that still feel fair to fight against. They either excel in every area except one or have upper-mid-level proficiency in all areas. Many of the elite Super Saiyans and top bosses live here.

B Tier Characters

Our B-Tier characters are solid all-around, often with a small area that needs improvement. They're average to great but not exceptional. Most of the cast sits in this tier.

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C Tier Characters

We like to think of the C-Tier as our 'Only Human' tier. They're not terrible, but they have at least one significant flaw you must work around to play them effectively. Some of our favorite supporting cast members, like Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha, and Krillen, reside in C-Tier.

D Tier Characters

We don't like to use derogatory terms like 'Trash Tier.' So we'll call our D-Tier the 'Challenge Character' tier. These characters are either overall low-skilled, intentionally joke characters, or have a fatal flaw. If you can win a match as these characters, then you're really good at Sparking Zerol.

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