Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Ranked is Testing My Patience...

[@silversoul2770]

When it comes to rank you'll get those really fun matches where it feels like a fight from the anime. Then you'll have 15 matches where you're dealing with the most annoying meta ever. I will always treasure that one match where I was GT Goku fighting someone who was GT Vegeta. I fired a Kamehameha and he did Final Flash for the beam struggle. I'm glad they understood the assignment.

[@jayjohnson4046]

You described it so perfectly omg this is literally my experience w the game bruh and I've yet to beam clash w anyone I'm still waiting on it lmao

[@roscoeorginal]

Yeah, there was a match where my opponents last character was Hercule so my first thought was to fight him with my own Hercule

[@jdennis867]

roshi has the most bs super attack ever. it's fast af and it's unblockable. buutenks also have a very fast super attack that is unblockable.

[@gabrielemelucci4155]

Insane that Trunks' final hope slash does not have a special win screen. They REALLY gotta add more of those, it's absurd there are only 3 in the game

[@Edmitsu]

Trunks (Super) outright feels unfinished. Them making SSR a aura for his SS1 form while having him in that form on the cover was the final nail in the coffin for me. Game needed another two months imo

[@LuhZay3]

@@Edmitsufacts brother

[@diputsnoob3815]

​@@EdmitsuTrunka (super) should have Base >> SS2 >> SSRage. It feels so weird playing story mode where he should be using SS2, instead he has SSRage aura

[@valentds]

@@diputsnoob3815 meanwhile, caulifla has base and super saiyan 2, while kefla has super saiyan 1 and 2... why

[@Z48654]

The game wasn’t supposed to come out till next year, it definitely feels that way

[@romanlegion8331]

I can't help but notice that all the major content creators are all slowly getting pissed off at this game at the same time.

[@icygalaxies]

Honey moon phase over

[@EmissaryTheMessenger]

Everyone is starting to get the game. They are realizing there are a lot of players willing to play dirty to win.

[@LovelessGentleman]

You can only be positive for so long when you’re getting spammed by cheese. The game isn’t the problem the toxic players are. In my opinion

[@dylanmartin2890]

@@LovelessGentlemanthe game is most definitely the problem but if after image strike and broly ki spam get nerfed it won’t be so bad

[@jirenthegray5776]

@@dylanmartin2890 The game isn't the problem. You're just bad.

[@Garland-r8n]

8:29 Hercule did actually vanish in the anime, when he was fighting the guys who shot the dog.

[@BlindBandit1x]

just to get shot anyway😭😭

[@knightwhosaysno4392]

​@@BlindBandit1x my goat, wins even when he gets shot

[@cannons4789]

I started watching a week ago and really appreciate your patience and willingness to learn while dealing with cheese and over-used chars

[@JordanLaGrone-n1o]

Did you know Taipion is the only character in the game with a Special Rush Attack that damages giants? Very canon.

[@Maddogtheiced]

Ssj3 Goku has it too I believe

[@hawkeye3494]

​@@Maddogtheicedyeah its his dragon fist ult. It makes sense since he did it to hirrudegarn (prolly spelled that wrong)

[@HyyHarston]

Where is tapian from. I must have missed it

[@Connor_Kirkpatrick]

@@HyyHarston Wrath of the Dragon

[@HyyHarston]

@ ooohhhhh from gt?

[@vetri99tsukuya20]

Maybe the old yaji stallers decided wifi would make up for the nerfs xD

[@graciaman]

What I don't see many people talking about is how much damn meter you build in the vanish war. Against some characters I wonder if it's best to just go "Super Counter or Bust" to prevent some characters from building crazy meter.

[@Edmitsu]

Yeah I use it to escape the vanish wars. They need to make each vanish drain a full bar of ki to make it end faster.

[@c0wboys4life]

Naw I’ve been speaking on that on most videos I come across speaking on ideas with the game. The meter gain NEEDS to be toned it’s one simple adjustment that will change this game drastically it’s too many ways for our to already build up and with Z Countering happening so much in this game those skill points come back like it’s nothing….tine the down and watch how much the game changes, a lot of prime finds be exposed not having their cop outs to depend on

[@liutavali]

I woke up everybody, new Lotus video.

[@thomskiboy0930]

Damn bro I'm gonna start feeling bad for playing Master Roshi. I was playing him on day 1 and I never played cheap with him. Ive been seeing a surge in people playing him so I hope I dont run into him as often as i did Yajirobe before his nerfs. BTW love your vids Lotus and please dont hate if we ever match while I'm playing Roshi 😅❤

[@picklebrine7611]

Don’t feel bad for playing whoever you wanna play

[@samthemessiah9330]

I've been a Burter fan since day 1 so i do not feel bad for playing his good friend Recoome lmao

[@ChazzItUpToTheMoon]

I’m just saying man, Burter’s moves in this game are mad clean.

[@samthemessiah9330]

@ChazzItUpToTheMoon he feels really good for a 3dp character but hes just pretty easy to super counter which is really annoying to deal with

[@ChazzItUpToTheMoon]

@ aw wait, all those extra rapid hits all count for super counters? DAMN, that sucks. Imma still pull up with Burter tho

[@flare6946]

1:50 Broly's lifeless expression kills me

[@CodeTetsu]

Honestly what got me was blurred Trunks. XD

[@kareemdavis4068]

Canelojrg earned respect from me. Loved watching actual combat rather than running and charging.

[@AscheAbyss]

Ayo Lotus! Entertaining video, glad you're enjoying the game and keep doing what you like bruh. If you don't mind advice though, I noticed you don't really abuse the unblockable ki slash that trunks has at his disposal. I see you use it from time to time with tapion and trunks, but I mean really abuse that joint. It let's you confirm Z bursts dashing on hit, confirm supers and ults as well when you trail behind them. Otherwise your dash in tech on the vanishes?! A1. Probably among the most consistent and practical usage of it I've seen or experienced apart from a few players. I see the progress

[@XoxoKawaiiGirl]

"We're gonna experience some head winds, giggity."

[@theelmozusflame3015]

Buildings are AWESOME i got kicked into the INSIDE OF A MONORAIL TUBE and Fighting in the stands at world tournament is Hilarious. AND if you're having visual issues inside Buildings or next to walls PAY ATTENTION TO THE SHADOW PROFILES OF THE CHARACTERS or Turn the tables and Push them against the wall. or fly Up or away

[@sicctaylor9344]

Something useful with Z Trunks and I’m sure Tapion/FTSuper have it too: They have an attack great to open up your opponent before a z-rush…When you charged Ki blast without moving it turns to an unblockable air slash that travels pretty fast and has a little bit of homing. Also good for general zoning/long range strats.

[@juusama44]

4:50 "since the beginning of the game at this point" made me laugh lol

[@crowlessnight3615]

Hecule needs his jetpack bandai

[@Rushspeedemon07]

I think my issue with these 'meta' teams with Wheelo, Racoom, Roshi etc, is just that they never rematch you if you win 1, they rage quit more than other players and its just kind of like, are you even having fun at that point or are you just concerned about winning? Also even when you do win, they're just not fun to play against.

[@roscoeorginal]

That’s kinda where I am at as well. Like just have fun with the game because I know damn well you don’t even like those characters😭

[@ryanisaac6480]

If you choose the kai stage you can hide in the big tree top from giants, poke outside of indestructible branches and launch ki blast, get spark, or switch out.

[@tetraboom2739]

Wake up everybody, new Lotus video.

[@chosendisciples5322]

If you press down after getting launched for a hard knock down at the right time, you’ll be able to recover. But you have to be fast

[@thestanman1486]

I get the whole bit about "oh my favorite character has always been yajirobe" but like I do genuinely really like Recoome lol what am I supposed to do

[@cannons4789]

17:26 Yo Vegeta i see you! Gohan gonna be mad as hell though!

[@codfin846]

I can't speak for everyone but I personally have always loved the Ginyu Force idk why but always been drawn to them. Burter, Recoome, and Jeice have always been my favorites and all 3 have been in my top 10 characters of all Dragonball since I was a little one man. So yeah you'll catch me playing them. But to be fair Guldo and Ginyu never clicked with me like the other 3 so you probably won't see me playing them.

[@heckatrademark]

Do you think you'll make an A18 team🤧regardless, loving the ranked uploads

[@Ace1stClass77]

edge of spirit ost to start? man of culture

[@themagicman6078]

The last couple days I feel like I've had better luck finding people playing for fun and skill/strategy. I'm up in A rank and its starting to feel like the meta trolls have begun to filter out a little.... or theyre all floating up to the top of S and Z rank. Something funny about imagining all of Z rank being an ocean of grappling Android 19s and sparking brolys

[@Xenoxion]

I got bothered with ranked yesterday. After coming to rank A with three lower cost characters fighting one too many Brolys, I cracked. All it takes is one bad fight. I switched to my old boi from BT3, Ssj4 Gogeta and I have not lost once since.

[@itsjustques]

I agree base goku black being 5 and upgrading to 8 is crazy asf😭 and i love tht beautiful character

[@RealZefrety67]

Videl, Yadj, Roshi and Hercule are the most common i come by. It’s literally brain dead how ever uses the same people. Android 18 is about the most common i’ve seen in the last 3 days.

[@StrawHatCentral]

The real test for the netcode of fighting games is a few weeks/months after release. When the game releases everyone is playing it so it’s easier for the game to match you with people closer to you basically perfect conditions. However as time goes on and the player base naturally tapers you really see how well the netcode holds up against distance and less than ideal conditions.

[@StrawHatCentral]

A lot of older anime games that are unbearable to play online now were mistaken to have good net-code on release.

[@Edmitsu]

Namco’s netcode is infamously bad. Speaking as a tekken player. As time goes on the connections will get worse and worse. Mark my words cause that’s what has happened with all their games. Competitive and party games alike.

[@LordyLS]

".... I'm noticing..." WE NOTICE TOO 😭

[@noahknight4039]

DP battle is where this game shines and as it forces people to use base forms and weaker characters. It’s why I think everything shouldn’t be balanced.

[@tristanpelkey9109]

And then everyone plays cheese strats using said weaker characters or just picks strong characters and cheeses anyway. It's definitely a shining achievement

[@Kasino973]

19:44 order does matter, lower dp cost = less wait time to switch out

[@justcallmesage2279]

14:00 TO 14:30 was beautiful sparking zero. dont get to see hands being thrown too often

[@crowlessnight3615]

Summary not how we wanted the game but also the game we wanted

[@ScoopsMayCry]

Yeah I think after I got my platinum trophy I'm gonna wait for the game to get patched further cause I was miserable in ranked before and I imagine it's only gotten worse

[@xenowarrior1.018]

It sucks that master roshi is becoming the new menace. Cus now I feel bad for playing him even though he's one of my favorite characters. Roshi, Ssj4 Gogeta (I love GT, second favorite db series don't hate😭), and frieza so I wanted to learn to play them all in this game

[@bigbabyjosh]

Recoome been a beast shoooo the Ginyu force always been solid in any game

[@jaydenjones5658]

Hey lotus, you can just infinitely basic auto giants with the first part of auto, walk forward(not dash like you normally do to extend combos)then start auto attacking again. it loops unless they super counter

[@loweloking88]

Like a bracket for the lower DP characters, mid DP, high DP

[@Backenddrak]

Perfect timing ⛽️

[@CascaEnjoyedIt]

Tip against giants, go to the absolute top of the map and they won't be able to superdash

[@kbgrevolver4563]

Takes a lot of practice to get good with that Dr. Wheelo heheh

[@Elcuack]

Just for the fun of it I would like to see you play your DBFZ team 18, Bardock and Trunks. Also because I haven't seen any 18 player other then me 😂😅.

[@NarutotheSuperSage]

I prioritize using wild sense over instant spark with Caulifla

[@mujtabaalkhaldpll4700]

constant pressure a lot side stepping helps with fighting giants

[@mujtabaalkhaldpll4700]

Also unblockable ultimates are the best counter

[@alchemicalvapour8950]

idk, of the ginyu force i actually DO like recoome and jeice. jeice because he has the best design and recoome because he had the most screen time to establish his personality and be a general menace until goku floored him.

[@reality3304]

They should add more 2dp and even a couple more 1dp characters through DLC along with the beast gohans, orange piccolo’s etc.

[@MartyN2A]

It's testing all of our patience 😞

[@HaezeusYT]

It’s unfortunate that the online scene is soured with toxic play. Was really enjoying the variety until everyone wanted to cheese their way to victory! Legit almost threw my controller on a few occasions by how bad the cheese is because some of it has NO counter play. Like if you get hit by an unblockable, by time you lock back on they’re already powered back up and throwing another one and that’s a whole character or 2 gone already

[@BeyondAIR15]

Local is just superior

[@cannons4789]

I think Trunks has an unblockable charged ki attack. Very Useful

[@boredaura1064]

Ik I start a lot of shit in here but I just wanna say I really appreciate your videos, especially with them being longer. You’re one of the few creators that I look forward to whenever life starts lifing and I need to clear my head

[@boredaura1064]

6:53 Nvm all respect lost

[@roscoeorginal]

I don’t think it’s wrong to use the meta, the issue is the meta in Sparking Zero just isn’t fun to go against. At times, I don’t even think my opponent is having fun either.

[@slimp6532]

Perception should probably be more like reflect and have much more recovery.

[@sairsanchez3871]

Have you seen the new Razor showcase from Arc System works?

[@Notfakeultra]

The 5 health bars, instant spark and unblockable ultimates ruined singles. It’s feels impossible to rank up even when you win these fusions just quit

[@obiwanshinobi87]

These last few days I have barely been online.. had to take a break and focused more on custom battles and what if stories... because if I keep fighting cheesy players I'm going to uninstall

[@Ace1stClass77]

2:57 you can super dash descend btw

[@Weebfox]

Idk what it is but I have noticed the same about connections lately, first couple weeks I had 0 bad connections and now it feels way too frequent where any longer sessions you will have at least a few really choppy ones Im literally wondering at this point if it's the patch or smth else

[@khorne133]

If they didn't want to balance things, why did they add a Ranked mode of balance was never something they cared about? Why didn't they just have QM and be done with it if they didn't want it to be competitive?

[@JordanSmith-jq5yi]

Use to have fights in slow mo, dropped the graphics settings on my PC (high end from 2 years ago) and I haven’t had any lag/frame rate drop ever since. I run it through the Nvidia GeForce app. Hope that helps someone out there having a similar issue

[@armell5786]

I can understand why some may dislike recoome because of his unblockable ult but why burter is considered a scum too? My main team I was using was burter, recoome, bardock and first form frieza

[@loweloking88]

I just wish they added DP Brackets to singles

[@FEITAN_777]

"first comment" ahh comment

[@alonzoramirez2064]

Is reecome broken or something?

[@bacwayo2450]

Them Sparking Zero servers working OT with no benefits or break included😭😭😭

[@curlymind]

"I'm noticing......" lmao

[@sleepyjn521]

This game is a technical mess my lord

[@VR-qc3up]

Yes it is!!

[@WickedFninja]

A shame that the game is amazing and some of the issues are actually small things you expect to have been included by release but nothing can be perfect I guess

[@kjdevarie3670]

And it's Perfect form is beautiful

[@stefanjuarez6565]

A game having issues on release, especially as minor as these, is pretty far away from being a mess. SFV was a technical mess. Tekken 7’s matchmaking never getting fixed and it instantly saying the opponent declined as soon as you accepted, while the other player never got the notification is a pretty big technical mess. Issues like in SZ, that can be fixed with a minor patch is not a technical mess. But i guess this channel just became a gathering hub for those who just hate the game for whatever reason.

[@downer9099]

​@WickedFninja the game is amazing? You in the minority. This game is cheeks

[@captaindragojj9176]

I wish my team was Future Gohan, Goku Black and Vegito because there are my favorite characters, but I can't 😢

[@leonardopereiraamaral7884]

Start with the weaker character, unless its mr satan (Im brazilian so we got the original name, dont remember the american version), because the weaker the character less time you need to change characters.

[@michaelvasquez7560]

Games fun but my lord is the meta aids

[@ramsesfarris8054]

Imma say first one here just to see 50 comments before mine 😂 0:48

[@Amamiyacasual]

Good Player :D

[@dragonracer7383]

Why doesn't Lotus transform?

[@jscriber100]

Letz go

[@kylelozensky5601]

I feel bad for picking gogeta and winning now. I picked him the first hour the game released lol now it’s sucks

[@bernardseabrook5750]

Defense is to overpower when these games have always been about offense skill points make revenge counters nonexistent cuz you need skills for abilities and i don’t get in vanish wars it’s literally bait man lol

[@spicypepperz]

6:05 i agree ive been saying this, like why is cooler 6 points and final form and metal is 7, like bruh Goku black is easily a 6 if Cooler is 6

[@bernardseabrook5750]

Not tryna be that guy but afterimage strike is getting annoying

[@bernardseabrook5750]

And perception is extremely overpowered so much so that dudes will just stand in front of you and just pose lol

[@bernardseabrook5750]

And ik you can just grab them but still it’s op man

[@WelchNBE]

Yeah the connection has been bad I’ve been putting my setting on 5 only & it still has ppl who be lagging & skipping, n it doesn’t help that most ppl on pc have toasters trying to play on the highest setting

[@ShinDragon]

i hate ranked so fucking much. Roshi, yajirobe, video, recoome, ui goku, gogeta goddamn.

[@ShinDragon]

also bardock

[@elcappa1167]

Its crazy im B5 & was thinking im far to low to run into streamers & youtubers lol . But most of yall in B rank with us . Can yall hurry up & get in S rank please lol

[@zaiahplays6328]

Keep posting ranked goat 😂

[@Treyperiod]

2:53 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@XoxoKawaiiGirl]

Frieza for super cost 6 but broly 5????

[@Afropower-gb9jp]

Why was that future gohan player powering up to full he has a insta spark lmao what was he doing

[@Daniel_Vital]

For as much as I love this game, more than half my online matches I am playing with extreme delay and lag. I am pretty sure its not my PC and internet, the game is just too inconsistent. Does anyone has the same issue?

[@BeyondAIR15]

I stopped for that reason also

[@TheAlbinoBros]

The netcode is dogshit 😂

[@Izhupy]

i feel bad af cause im on wify and like on pc its bad af.. it have a rlly bad delay.. my uncle came and play and he got ps5 and he say it does have a rlly big delay.. im just trynna play gang😔😔😔 but i can’t time vanishing for shiit cause it always be changing the timing due to lag spikes and delay..

[@Izhupy]

at these point i just be wating for ur videos to at least enjoy the game somehow.. i don’t like story mode too im trynna play with real ppl not bots

[@spiderw1ng890]

same........................

[@Defuze37]

Goku blacks 5 dp but cooler is 6? 🤔 bruh what

[@hotfunyunsop6196]

Ngl i already dropped the game. Even for arena fighter standards, this game isn't fun. Its just draining lol

[@kingtrevon5698]

Free durk 💯

[@Maho3942]

So… BT3 anybody?

[@xaviercomas2424]

i am hard stuck in a5

[@hayrhambalogun7683]

Your playing like a scrub with the instant sparks bro