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Ok, so to start, yes, I know this looks kinda messy and all over the place lmao. But I'm sure that you know what I'm trying to indicate with these photos, right? Don't be afraid to ask me for any questions.

Secondly, this is only my opinion on what I think the anniversary should look like. If you disagree, at least be polite about it.

Ok so, without further ado, let's get into my concept for the 8th Anniversary!

• Part 1

Everyone and their moms are currently predicting that DBS Broly will be part 1, myself included. I'll try to be as brief as possible, because it's going to long AF lmao.

• Part 1: New Units

Broly will be this unit that's almost impossible to stop once he gets going. He'll have a unique gauge similar to LF Zamasu, where ge hets an Attack type gauge on offense, Defense type gauge when getting hit.

While Broly is a snowballer, Gogeta hits like a nuke straight from the jump. His offense will be suffocating and relentless, so I feel like giving him many ways of restoring his vanish is a good way to do that.

The PUR Golden Frieza will be the 1% SP unit on Broly's banner. He'll be a SUPER defensive unit, since in the movie, he was able to survive Broly's wrath for one hour straight, which is insanely impressive.

The BLU SSB Goku will be the 1% SP unit on Gogeta's banner. I really wanted to use the moment where Goku transforms from God to Blue. I think it's one of the best scenes in the movie, and the only real representation we have for it is like, the PUR Tag Blues, and even then, it's only a green card. I want to see the transformation play out, especially the part where he tries to go MUI, but fails and goes for Blue instead.

The Supporter Cheelai will be on both banners. What she does is that she provides a way to survive a RR, just like she saved Broly from getting sent to the afterlife by Gogeta. The condition would be that the enemy team needs to have at least one character that's a Movies unit, or the ally unit is a Broly character. Pretty strong, but highly restrictive, like all supporters.

• Part 1: Zenkais and Equipments

Starting with Pikkongeta, this would be a REALLY perfect time to give him a zenkai. There's a new Gogeta coming out, he's RED, meaning that Pikkongeta will be a great partner, and FW doesn't really have any second life units. His Zenkai Ability will be GRN/Movies since this is a Movies part 1, but GRN/FW also makes sense.

Next, UGB's Plat. This makes way too much sense. Part 1 is fully centered around DBS Broly, so it makes perfect sense. He really deserves one atp.

Finally, the RED Broly unique. The reason I gave RED Broly the unique is because one, he really needs it, and two, I wanted Broly and Gogeta to branch off into other teams other than Movies. Gogeta will likely be ran best on FW with LR SV and Pikkongeta, while Broly will be on PO with the RED Broly and whatever option you have for PO, there's a lot lmao. Not to mention the fact that the RED Z Broly fits well with the GRN LR Super Broly, so there's that.

• Part 2

Part 2 is pretty much the part where anything can happen. These part 2 tend to not be as hype as part 1 and 3, so they're more or less free for a lot of things that normally wouldn't slide as part 1 units.

I wanted SSBKK Goku and Golden Frieza because I feel like these moments deserve much better representation that what they got, especially SSBKK Goku because I feel like the Kaioken x10 against Hit was so hype, and to me, it's what put DBS on the map after slogging through 2 bad rehashes of the previous movies. And I wanted Golden Frieza because I feel like he should've gotten something when the 1st Anniversary units got a new look when LR SV came out.

• Part 2: New Units

Golden Frieza's main gimmick is his Final Counter, where he destroys the Earth. An interesting mechanic that would happen is that once the Final Counter goes off, the fight takes place in space, and ground battles and overdrive will be deactivated, bringing us to how Legends was played before the 7th Anniversary.

SSBKK Goku will get a new, very powerful mechanic that no one else has: Unique Gauge Nullification. Goku will be able to get a ton of green cards from his unique gauge (which is pretty much the same as the ULSSBKK Goku), vanishing, using a certain number of blast or strike arts. How it works is that when Goku uses the green card, everyone on the enemy team would have their unique gauge disabled. This means that counter gauges wouldn't work, but this also means that other unique gauges wouldn't work as well. The gauges would be frozen, unable to move. Since this is a really strong mechanic, it'll be balanced by being locked to the green card, and it only lasts for 15 timer counts.

The BLU SSJ Vegeta is the 1% SP unit for SSBKK Goku. I wanted to use the Vegeta from the Magetta fight since that fight has zero representation. And the Supporter Frost can cause paralysis, but only if the enemy has 2 Uni Reps allies

The RED Tagoma (which I totally didn't just look up until now lmao) is the 1% SP for Golden Frieza. I feel like he can be a support for Frieza Force, which will help Golden Frieza directly. The Supporter Sorbet will do pretty much the same thing UGF does, where he shoots the opponent, stopping them. The condition would be that you'd need an LOE unit and the opponent would have to be a Son Family unit.

• Part 2: Zenkais and Equipments

This part really rattled my brain for a while, because I really wanted both LOE and Uni Reps to get adequate buffs so that way both teams don't die off like 5 minutes after this anniversary ends.

The UL Hit plat equip imo makes perfect sense because it is the Hit from that fight, and he's pretty old atp. I really don't think there's a more perfect time than this.

The RED MUI Zenkai is there purely because the last thing I want is for him to get a zenkai when UMUI comes out. Can you imagine how horrific the meta would be if these two get unleashed at the same time? It would be one of the most insufferable metas of all time, and I firmly stand by that. His Zenkai Ability will be RED/Uni Reps

The GoFrieza zenkai really should be able to kill 2 birds with one stone. Ik that Legends has a terrible track record with tag zenkais, but since this is an anniversary, I'm really praying that they finally get their act together and make an actual good tag zenkai. Their Zenkai ability will be BLU or PUR/Uni Reps or LOE. Yep, it's like that. My logic is that it would operate like a Z Ability, where a unit only needs to fill one tag to get the Z Ability, leader slot notwithstanding. So what I mean is that a unit only needs to fill one tag and one color to get the zenkai boost. The max Zenkai Ability is still 40% like a regular Zenkai.

Lastly, the Metal Cooler unique equip is there mostly because I want LOE to get more options. I don't want the tag to die out immediately, so let's just give it to Metal Cooler. I really don't think it'll save him unless they actually cook, but seeing how he is rn, I'm not confident at all lmao.

• Part 3

Finally, we're at part 3. This is where Legends goes all out, bringing us a unit that is very different and has insanely powerful mechanics. I decided to go with SSJ3 Goku from the Buu Saga because I feel like SSJ3 Goku is insanely hype, especially from the Buu Saga, and I feel like he deserves it. I was initially going to use the SSJ3 Goku from the Fat Buu fight since the first transformation was so iconic, but aside from that, I feel like he'd be pretty boring, like Ultra 4ku from last year's Legends Festival. I wanted to be a little more unique, so I decided to use the SSJ3 Goku from the Kid Buu fight, with the twist being that he does the Spirit Bomb, which to me, is a hype moment that definitely deserves another unit.

• Part 3: New Unit

I think the coolest idea for this guy's ink art is Vegeta's Number 1 speech. Hearing that speech while we get ink art of Goku fighting Kid Buu or smth would be really cool and a very unique ink art. It also has the potential to be the best ink art in the game if they do it right.

You probably have an idea how this guy works. He gets an Active Gauge similar to that of Ultra SOH Trunks, however the way it will be filled out is interesting. Instead of it charging over time, and being fully charged when the endurance pops, SSJ3 Goku's gauge grows over time, when Ki is being used (meaning that using cards charges up the gauge), and when an ally dies, the gauge is fully charged regardless of the charge it had previously. When the Active Gauge is activated, Goku goes into preparation mode and charges up the Spirit Bomb. Now, here's where things get interesting. When he goes into standby, you cannot use Goku at all since he's charging the spirit bomb, meaning for now, the game switches him out to Vegeta until the spirit bomb is thrown. The gauge will charge over time and when Ki is used (again, that means that using cards charges up the spirit bomb) even when Vegeta is on standby. Then, when the gauge is full, fire the spirit bomb and disintegrate the opponents.

• Part 3: Zenkais and Equipments

I really, REALLY wanted the Number 1 Vegeta to get a zenkai because it fits so well with the SSJ3 Goku. Typically, that would mean his Zenkai Ability is YEL/MBS, but I like to think I'm not as stupid as the Legends devs can be, so he'd be YEL/Saiyans instead.

Then FSV will get the unique equipment because every anniversary has given us a Vegito buff in some way, so giving him the unique here is a no brainer.

• Afterparty

Every anniversary afterparty has been related to one of the previous parts. The first time we got one was during the 6th Anniversary, and we got LF Omega, which is obviously related to part 3's UG4. Then, the next year we got LF Kefla, which is related to part 1's uni reps theme. So, when it comes to this anniversary, Movies, Uni Reps, LOE, and MBS make the most sense. I didn't want to do Uni Reps because the previous afterparty was a uni reps unit, so I didn't want to repeat, and MBS already had a pretty good amount of units release this year, so I think another one would be kinda unessecary. That leaves Movies and LOE, and what better unit to fill both tags at once than Cooler? As I said before, I didn't want LOE to immediately become irrelevant once the anniversary ended, so I wanted to give it a ton of buffs so that it can survive. With the amount of buffs I gave it here, I think it can survive for quite a while, hopefully.

I don't really have a kit idea for Cooler lmao, so I'll just say that he's different from the RED one in the sense that he isn't completely reliant on having Super Saiyan enemies, instead I think he'd age significantly better if he dealt more damage against Son Family and Saiyans. Oh, and Thouser is his 1% SP I guess.

I completely forgot to include Thouser's color, so we'll just make him YEL to synergize with Cooler lmao.

• Conclusion

And that's my idea for the anniversary! Obviously, it's not perfect, and maybe I could've put more effort into the kits, but I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. I feel like all the teams at the forefront got a lot of meaningful buffs, hopefully meaning that the meta is diverse and fun. Hopefully is the operative word lmao.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed reading through this long ass post, see you on May 22! Happy Anniversary, Dragon Ball Legends!