Energy beams have always played an important role in Dragon Ball franchise, and this is again the case in Dragon Ball: Sparkle! ZERO. When players find themselves on the receiving end of one, some may try to dodge or block it to minimize damage. However, for those who know how, there is a third option: deflecting rays.
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Using a skill known as Perception, Dragon Ball: Sparkle! ZERO players can deflect energy beams and ki blasts that can come in pretty tight in certain situations. In fact, they will have to use this skill as part of Goku's Episode Battle saga, which requires players to deflect the Crusher Ball to unlock an alternate timeline.
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To deflect Jeice's Crusher Ball, players will need around one bar ki and two skill points. The former is needed because they will need to use Perception to parry powerful ki attacks, and Perception constantly drains ki when used. The latter is important because the deflection super consumes two skill points, which players can track in the upper left corner of the screen. Provided they have these two things, the process of deflecting Jeice's Crusher Ball is actually remarkably simple.
Players who have trouble parrying Jeice's Crusher Ball attack should switch to the easy difficulty setting. This disables the secondary target, which automatically forces Jeice to switch to Burter after his health drops to a certain level. Players can then return to the encounter on the default difficulty setting and defeat Jeice as normal to experience what if? scenario.
Players should start fighting as usual and then wait for Jeice to prepare to use Crusher Ballwhich is easy to identify thanks to the short film where he says “This will end!” Once that happens, players should be quick press and hold either the Circle (Playstation) or B (Xbox) button.which activates Perception. If done correctly and the players have accumulated two skill points, Goku will catch and deflect the Crusher Ball, causing Jeice to leave the battle and Burter to take his place.
Those using classic controls will need to press and hold Circle + Triangle (PlayStation) or B + Y (Xbox).
How to deflect beams in Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
A process for deflecting other types of beams and ki blasts inwards Dragon Ball: Sparkle! ZERO is exactly the same as the one described above. As long as players have enough ki and a few skill points saved up, they will be able to reflect beams and energy waves pressing and holding Circle (Playstation) or B (Xbox) in the moments before impact.
- Publishers
- Namco Bandai
- Released
- October 11, 2024
