u/TWelke1998

Personally if I had to choose a favorite it'd have to be Blue.

SSB has always been a pretty good Awoken.

• a noticably decent and well rounded attack buff to all attack types (+25%)

• a slight defense buff (+5%)

• and a good stamina recovery increase (+25%)

The only real downside it has is the Ki drain that honestly isn't that bad, even back before the couple updates that reduced the drain it wasn't _that_ bad and as it is now the drain is basically a non issue even without a Ki regen super soul

(more specifically it drains 10 ki per second and a bar of Ki is 100, so it takes 10 seconds to lose a bar unassisted, it's quite slow).

Kinda funny that the first DLC Awoken would remain one of the best in general.

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On the other hand, if I had to choose a least favorite it would be Ultra Instinct.

It's pretty unfortunate too, I really like U.I. in the series and U.I. Goku in game is pretty fun to play as, but the U.I. Awoken just feels underwhelming.

The form does have some nice gimmicks going for it.

• auto dodge

• transformation counter attack

• dodge counter attack

• integrated Ki charge

• Soaring Fist and Spirit Pulse integrated into the basic Ki blast

The gimmicks are cool but that's just it, the form is just gimmicks, no stat boosts whatsoever. Personally I can live without an attack boost (even though canonically it should have one) but seriously DIMPS!? No movement speed and/or defense buffs for the form built around evasive/defensive action!? Really?

It is what it is I guess, I don't hate the form but the wasted potential of what this form could've been (plus just no stats at all) makes me put it at the bottom of my list.

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The others I'm I'm a bit more general about.

Blue Evolution

It's literally just blue with higher stats and higher Ki drain.

• all attacks +35%

• defense +10%

• stamina recovery +35%

• Ki drain -18 per second

It's not bad at all and still reigns as the most powerful CaC Awoken in the game, I just personally think Blue is generally more comfortable to use.

Super Saiyan God

The pure basic attack form

• basic attack +40%

• timed input mechanic for even more basic attack damage

• Ki recovery +50%

It's a little gimmicky, but It's not bad (and I love the colors) but I prefer forms that make my skills stronger too.

Honestly I think it's a tad strange that Blue and Blue Evo work identically with one simply being stronger while SSG is so different.

BEAST

I quite like Beast for non-saiyans.

• all attacks +30%

• Ki recovery +20%

• unique highly damaging combo string

• defense -20%

It's a great PvE form for squeezing as much damage as possible out of non-saiyans, the aura looks sick and the combo string is really strong, but the defense penalty is weird and the long ass animation makes it a tad awkward even in solo play.

Oh, also the hair. I'm not as bothered by the hair as many other people are (I like how it looks on Female characters) but it can ruin an aesthetic at times.

Also I feel like Beast deserved to have that "warping charged Ki supers" mechanic that Super Saiyans get, would've been cool but whatever.

The Power to Overcome

It's interesting to say the least.

Stage one:

• defense +20%

• basic attack+15%

• grab becomes a weak, slow, no hyper armor sword slash

Stage two:

• all supers damage +30%

• insane Ki regen (3 bars per second)

• lose stage one defense buff

• health drains (about ~480 per second)

• lasts ~12 seconds and has an about ~28 seconds cooldown

The defense buff of stage one is good for tank style builds while the rapid Ki regen of stage two is great for "Ki dump" skills and/or rapidly spam-able skills (or as an emergency refill if needed). I was apprehensive at first but this form is starting to grow on me, I like the potential it has.

It's an incredibly gimmicky form, a fun gimmicky form, but gimmicky nonetheless. (Also a tad visually uninteresting).

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ANYWAYS what's your 🫵 most and least favorite DLC Awoken Skill?

I'll admit that I don't know absolutely every little detail/upside/downside/nuance of every character yet (there's like 4 I haven't touched yet) so there's probably a match-made-in-hell that I'm not familiar with yet.

Regardless off the top of my head I'd say any melee character paired with Diver would be pretty painful, seeing as diver buffs the f*ck out of enemy health just by existing and melee characters can't reliably take advantage of Diver's ranged damage debuff (assuming that applies to the other player in general). Sounds like it would be a real bad time.

What's the biggest anti-synergy you can think of?