How to play as a cooler in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero

Many cinematic villains from Dragon Ball history have gotten into this Dragon Ball: Sparking Zerowith few being as iconic as Frieza's older brother Cooler. Not only is this alien fighter powerful enough to rival its sibling, it even has an additional final form as well as a metal version.

Goku flying towards the camera as part of his cameo battle in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero.

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Since the movesets of each Cooler variant are so similar, we've collected them all together in one guide. Keep in mind that Metal Cooler is a different character with its own mechanics and nuances, so you should learn Cooler's different options before deciding who you want to control.

Cooler

Move name	Input	Costs	Effect
Psychokinesis	R2/RT + Up on the D-Pad	2 Number of skills	Paralyzes the target for 3 seconds.
Afterimage	R2/RT + Left on D-Pad	2 Number of skills	Automatically dodge the next attack.
Wave full of energy	R2/RT + Square/X	3 Ki Bars	Fires a Super beam that does almost an order of magnitude damage.
Eye beam of darkness	R2/RT + Triangle/Y	2 Ki Bars	Deals slightly more than half a bar of damage in a horizontal line aimed at an enemy.
Death ball	R2/RT + Circle/B (in spark mode)	Full Ki Bar	A Super projectile that deals nearly two bars of damage.

Cooler compared to online matches

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero image shows Cooler casting Death Ball.

Cooler's overall moveset is similar to Frieza's, mostly due to the same body structure. However, his psychokinesis can be chained together, making for a nice potential combo loop once you catch your enemy off guard; even though his skill count has increased to four, you can only do this twice.

Darkness Eye Beam is a great tool for harassing opponents who tend to avoid your special moves rather than block them, but it's not a projectile of any kind, so you can be easily blocked. It is better to use a full power energy wave to cause beam fights.

Death Ball is the basic finishing move of the Frieza race, which shares the move's main weakness: the way it is executed. Since you start with Death Ball on you, a lot of beams or even quick Super Supers can break it, so you'll be wasting Sparking mode.

Cooler (final form)

The Dragon Ball Sparking Zero image shows Cooler in his final form.

Move name	Input	Costs	Effect
Psychokinesis	R2/RT + Up on the D-Pad	2 Number of skills	Paralyzes the target for 3 seconds.
Psycho Barrier	R2/RT + Left on D-Pad	3 Number of skills	Sends an explosive wave that knocks enemies back.
Death Ray	R2/RT + Square/X	2 Ki Bars	Fires a quick Super beam that deals almost a full order of damage.
Death Chaser	R2/RT + Triangle/Y	3 Ki Bars	Launches a Rush Super that deals damage.
Supernova	R2/RT + Circle/B (in spark mode)	Full Ki Bar	Fires a Super beam that deals almost two bars of damage.

Cooler (final form) compared to online matches

The Dragon Ball Sparking Zero image shows Cooler in his final form in battle.

Cooler in his final form is a much better version of the character, with all the strengths that the previous form had and covering almost all of the weaknesses. The main point of choosing Cooler's base form is to save on DP, since the base form is six points, while the final form is seven.

Transforming into Cooler's final form costs 2 Skill Count and gives you an extra half health.

You can still chain one psychokinesis after another, but you also have the Psycho Barrier skill, which breaks up combos and can save you when you're in a pinch. It's not as good as the Explosive Wave skill you'll find on most Vegeta characters, but it's still useful.

As for Supers, he now has a healthy mix of Rush and Beam Supers, with Death Beam being his best. It only costs two Ki Bars and is one of the fastest beams in the game that can break most castings when they happen.

His ultimate, Supernova, starts off fast like a regular Beam Super, making it easier to connect with than most Frieza characters. Once connected, Cooler will still shoot a large ball of energy at his opponent, but will do so during a cutscene.

The image of Dragon Ball Sparking Zero shows a metal cooler.

Move name	Input	Costs	Effect
Instant transfer	R2/RT + Up on the D-Pad	2 Number of skills	Teleport behind the objective.
Regeneration	R2/RT + Left on D-Pad	4 Number of skills	Restore a bar and a half of health.
Lock-On Buster	R2/RT + Square/X	4 Ki Bars	Fires an unblockable Super beam that deals nearly one turn of damage.
Finger Blitz Barrage	R2/RT + Triangle/Y	2 Ki Bars	Fires a series of quick Super beams that can deal damage in one hit if they all connect.
Supernova	R2/RT + Circle/B (in spark mode)	Full Ki Bar	Fires a Super projectile that deals nearly two bars of damage.

Metal cooler compared to online matches

The Dragon Ball Sparking Zero image shows a close-up of the metal cooler.

Metal Cooler has many of the moves that Cooler has, but works much differently. For starters, he counts as an android character, which means he can't charge Ki (except when entering Sparking mode), but charges passively during a match.

He's also a character that can be picked multiple times, which makes him a good character to adopt if you need to team fight. However, you could only take two metal coolers in DP battles (since they cost seven DP each), so keep that in mind.

His abilities are completely different from all other members of the Frieza race as he has instant transfer and regeneration. Since Metal Cooler can't transform, it's better to save the skill count for regeneration and only use instant transfer if you need to end the game.

The Dragon Ball Sparking Zero image shows Metal Cooler casting a supernova.

Finger Blitz Barrage is your harassment tool, best used to interrupt whatever your opponent is trying to do or drain their Afterimage charges. Lock-On Buster is a little expensive for the damage it does, but since it's unblockable, it's another tool to close out games with surprising speed.

Metal Cooler's Ultimate Move is Supernova, and although it shares the same name as the Ultimate Move for Cooler's final form, it works exactly like Death Ball in base form. This makes him an average Ultimate overall, but with all the other tools Metal Cooler has at his disposal, he's probably the best form of character to handle.