How to (Actually) Defend in Dragon Ball Sparking Zero

[@Fact_Check12]

"Super counters are not that hard to perform" I beg your finest pardon.

[@fellerz_]

Check out Quada, he is nasty with super counters

[@Arausito]

i just don't understand how Super counters are done. People say "up + square" when you are getting hit, but characters attack you at different speeds, so it feels like mashing is the only option

[@toons4coons340]

LOLL i went straight to the comments when he said that bro trippin

[@Ennryuo]

​​@@Arausitotry again but this time when you are attacked hold " Up " then time your "square or X" if you miss, reset and try again. Idk how it works but apparently flicking both will not only make it harder to time with opponent attack patterns, it also on your side whether you really press it Together or not. Edit : clarify When i said you can hold up, it has to be between 0.5 sec when you are about to hit "Square or X" and it works best when you slowly hold up

[@thegoat4314]

​@@Arausito just press em both.

[@TheBandoBandito]

I like how each topic led into the next one. Smooth video.

[@ehsanzaman1675]

Fr

[@Drago935PL]

So basically... glorified rock paper scissors + occasional gun (super counter)

[@AjiVirus-]

Congrats, you've learned almost anything competitive

[@THEGrandMasterHawk]

Regarding the blocking, it's not even about "guessing" anymore because if you want to block Flying Kick you have to guard up beforehand which is stupid. The game literally does not allow you to block up if you take a Flying Kick, you're forced to Super Counter or Super Perception it.

[@Raiden-TR]

The master talked 🫡

[@BiboDL]

Guard Up for Flying Kicks, Guard Neutral for Gut Punch, and Guard Low for Leg Sweep / Lift Strike

[@1edixo]

@@BiboDLyou don’t have to block low for grand slash, only if it’s charged will it break your guard

[@PulseBladeenjoyer]

Can I ask you how to properly time super counters? Do you have to input it before, right as, or right after you get hit?

[@lalo2513]

0:04 "But Professor Bandai accidently added an extra ingredient to the concoction, Super Counter"

[@Oiinchi]

The thumbnail ngl looks like one of those shots from Rebirth of Souls trailers where opponent is behind your back and the character is shocked and u get Reverse Fate

[@Globku]

Legit the reference I used

[@Krazaana]

@@Globku the sonic sways aren't random, holding block and perception causes it

[@oxyyerks9849]

my problem isn't knowing how to do these defensive technics it's when to use each one and when one is better to use in certain times

[@TMA520]

They need to add a form of burnout when using instant sparks and make it so they cant use an instant spark again until they get out of the burnout state. The way burnout would work is it would greatly reduce ki charge rate

[@pantonpg]

Defense in this game is totally unbalanced. When two people know how to play, it leads the game to a state where being agresive, opening your opponent and doing combos gets nothing. You are rewarded by spamming Ki blasts, take your distance, use cheese strats, and super counter everything the opponent tries. This is not good game design.

[@saitama-won7682]

Lmfao that's cuz u don't know how to play

[@aaronwhiting1709]

😂😂😂 bro is bad at the game and instead of getting better he just says “the game isn’t designed well” just trade the game in and move on bro

[@animodev2099]

@@aaronwhiting1709the game isn’t designed well

[@dalegribble2620]

Play with friends? Don’t play ranked

[@brioche496]

@@aaronwhiting1709 he’s right, I’m having fun with the game so I don’t really care. But if you look at top level gameplay that’s what it boils down to. Super lame, boring to watch and to do lol.

[@Fr4ctur3d95]

The only thing I feel we directly NEED is a way to get out of those weird blenders you can get caught in when someone gets behind you. It feels like blocking or perception should just work but once you’re actually in a combo there’s almost no way out of it unless you’re mashing R1 or O

[@Senor_Exotic]

you can use perception against rush ults actually and of course rush supers in general It costs 2 skill points tho Edit: Idrk anymore if it works on ults. I'm pretty sure I tried it against Ultra Instinct and it failed, but it def works on rush supers

[@dalegribble2620]

Sonic sway can be done within the first two hits of a combo. It doesn’t have to be right before the attack. Hold block, and within their first two hits press o and it’ll sonic sway 99% of the time.

[@R3alHooman]

Perception is too OP right now. Literally every ranked battle I've had since I hit B4 is just people who mash perception as their only defensive strategy. It's not that hard to get around when it's all they know how to do, but perception pairedwith instant spark or afterimage strike is unbarable. Not only that but as you mentioned not every character has true key blast combos into rush attack so all someone has to do is block or deflect until you get close and go for the attack and them mash perception. Sidesteps dont work cause they can turn if they're mashing circle, and grabs dont work either cause they can just mash block and perception at the same time. Your next video should be about how to counterplay cheap gimmicks like percpetion spam, spamming supers, instant sparking, afterimage strikes, giants etc.

[@EternalStorm796]

I just wished that instead of holding it down to slowly drain ki, it would take a portion for a single press and a 2-3 second window for the counter. Followed by a 4 second recovery.

[@doncinati7644]

@@EternalStorm796you know whats sad lol, it was literally like that in BT3

[@EternalStorm796]

@doncinati7644 Yeah... I think in an effort to make it more accessible and casual, they made it too... kid friendly... that it's hardly rewarding... that's not how I wanted to word that, but it's what came to mind...

[@Deadpool-ts3tq]

Worst part? Perception always works for them, but not for me Is standard better than classic?

[@EternalStorm796]

@Deadpool-ts3tq standard is more stable. It's better to utilize the newer and modified mechanics from BT3.

[@lukefarrell1453]

Thanks for this video. I didn’t understand how to defend in this game and was getting trashed

[@DevMfWalker]

The step and sway into perception be getting them bois all the time too

[@wrayanness7202]

Thank you for saving me from getting pissed off every other episode 😒

[@swizzygod834]

Super Counters is gonna be the reason I drop this game but instead of that I just have to get those super counters down 😭😭😭

[@bhavinmanari7307]

TRUE that... I just can't get to do it... don't know why

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

@@bhavinmanari7307 Don’t do it at the same time.

[@swizzygod834]

@@Blue-Apple-fc9eoelaborate

[@kingofdreadsk.o.d6795]

90% of ppl mash it

[@AcaStudios]

Bro talked about vanish wars for 98% of the super counter section 💀

[@FluffyyBiscuitt]

Great video! Informative!❤

[@Mrjohnny164]

Just wanted to say that you can also use super perception on special rush attacks, and depending of the situation it can be extremely useful as you "instant transmition" to the side and knock your opponent HARD and away Im not sure if you can follow up but if you have ki it might be a great time to use a special or ultimate It may also be a good alternative to block and have your guard break and return to neutral in case you have low ki (and need that ki) or low health

[@Jplfet1Pjli]

You are very smart I love how you help us.

[@ghhdgjjfjjggj]

how do we do combo breakers? Everytime I try do to do the mash square combo, they just teleport and hit me. It's so annoying, and I don't know how it's done.

[@gonzaurra1]

2:57 I really hope that they patch that. Throws are really hard to land already and characters like Whis are impossible to approach in neutral

[@Yunopachifr]

Not yall underestimating the side step . I side step way more than perception

[@devillasan]

Man and it’s so quick

[@thegoat4314]

For some odd reason when I do that I never get behind them.

[@Yunopachifr]

@@thegoat4314 probably because you’re pressing or holding guard at the same time , because if you’re in front of the u can literally just side step around them and be at their back

[@Fr4ctur3d95]

@@Yunopachifr You can also just teleport behind them during a combo to keep them in a blender

[@keanureeves9802]

They should’ve kept it like raging blast 2 and have circle let the character do their own signature move. I don’t like perception makes all the characters play the same. They even took out Gohans tornado punch and android 18s double slap they need to make the characters feel different not play the same imo

[@plue4042]

I believe perception can't defend from rush supers, unblockable supers and supers that consist of multiple projectiles. For android 19 and dr. Gero, they absorb beam and ball supers but can't absorb multiple projectile supers. Bummer...

[@elfrijolero1534]

No wonder everyone out here just tapping perception that’s literally all people do in order to win a game no skill at all 0/10

[@Thewindyfan]

Ty for the based guide Globkuu

[@pokemastersalgaming8271]

How do you practice this? Because the CPU's are too stupid to put up a fight, and the real people are way too skilled. I'm either fighting foes that just sit there and refuse to fight on highest difficulty, or foes that attack flawlessly to make it near impossible to learn

[@darthboti]

Brothers

[@jdhdkehev8715]

Id say vanishing smash attacks is just as important as perception and z counter imo. Its easier than z counter and there xill always be a smash attack pretty soon in a combo.

[@someguynamedlione8177]

Perception is low key cheesy as hell, slows the whole game down with a press of a button. U have to do all these round about things just to hit ur opponent it’s so stupid.

[@dominicballinger6536]

Yes, but it makes you think about more than just hitting them from the front constantly. You have to be aware of what they do and adapt to their strategy or else get punished for being an unchanging and unadapting brick wall.

[@Fr4ctur3d95]

@@dominicballinger6536 You guys put too much into thinking too much. It’s a simple game. Perception just feels a little annoying since it’s a constant break in combo starters. I think a good way to go about it should be more like combo breakers or interrupting during strings.

[@paradox4780]

I will never apologize for thinking too much lmao. ​@Fr4ctur3d95

[@dominicballinger6536]

@Fr4ctur3d95 simple game where you can't combo anyone if they can super counter, have one resource that most actions use up forcing you to think about any minute action most of the time, and have many mechanics to simply avoid being punched? Forgive me if I think too much about it, but the game isn't rock em sock em robots. It has mechanical depth and it always does well to think about how you play so that you can improve and do better.

[@Fr4ctur3d95]

@@dominicballinger6536 I don’t disagree. Perception just feels a little “press to be invincible-y” but it loses out to grabs so you can mix around it but it’s so good it makes blocking seem useless so it’s a wonder why theyre separated the way they are.

[@JoMaisBure10]

Can’t even get into an online match rn with the god awful servers despite fibre optic connection. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@BrandonLung]

Have you ever ragequit? Because the more you ragequit, the longer it takes to que.

[@abrahampena1263]

Yeah I know they need to fix it

[@BrandonLung]

@@abrahampena1263 you talking to me or OP?

[@JoMaisBure10]

@@BrandonLungno I don’t play ranked. Just trying to grind out the 100 online battles for the trophy

[@njlaw2583]

How did you use perception while blocking? I am doing the same inputs in training but just block the whole string

[@lildrummerboy09]

Bro i keep playing this like elden ring for some reason. I cant stop myself mashing O to roll away lol

[@nicholasgrogan856]

Please dont hold Perception non stop. It really does make the game infinitely less fun to play. We need nerfs to this mechanic. You should not be able counter a grab while holding perception and it should drain ki at twice the rate it does now.😊

[@TheScepter25]

Idk how people perfect super counters on twitter, practice and all I’ve only gotten 3 back to back and it’s so rare.

[@dominicballinger6536]

Just that, practice. It takes time to get good at frame 1 inputs

[@snipes2167]

These kind of guide videos are SOOO GREAT, I love them. No one does them better than you imo. Thanks Globku :)

[@Jokage1314]

Sonic sway is master-able but agreed it is an accident a lot of the time

[@Corillaa]

Super countering is easily the hardest mechanic in the game. Mention one that’s more difficult please

[@Prawnsacrifice]

Getting a rush combo off 😅😅

[@malakaithedemigod]

Man, classic feels better. Standard control feels weird

[@AljoschaW1993]

Less Buttons for defense, I play Standart I don't played Tenkaichi since my Childhood so no Muscle Memory

[@knarrow0222]

No standard is better than classic. Less buttons for inputs and it's easier to do stuff in the game.

[@imnotblindbutiloveblindfol8449]

I’ve been playing on standard since I got the game. Couldn’t even remember BT3 controls so it would’ve been pointless to play on classic. Luckily that also helped me avoid the controls glitch

[@malakaithedemigod]

@ I’ve played budokai since I was young, I tried both standard and classic, it just feels right on classic.

[@valentds]

i just hate defend in a fast game like that with r1/rb, so i prefer classic with standard transformation commands. the thing globku said for defend during perception is the only worse thing

[@chibinya]

5:50 you cannot super counter in the middle of a vanish war. Once you do first Z-counter you are locked out until a hit lands. If you wanna use em then you have to super counter all the way from the start

[@Globku]

There are hundreds of clips proving otherwise

[@LowTierHero13]

Nah @chibinya is right about this

[@chibinya]

@@Globku can't find one

[@null8379]

@@chibinya not looking hard enough

[@chibinya]

@@Globku supposed to be teaching viewers how to play bro

[@Julia-e9o1g]

Your channel is like a ray of light in the KZbin world. Keep inspiring us with your videos!🌑🏉🌮

[@afr0cuban57]

Man I love this game but when I play ppl online I constantly get my ass handed to me lmaoo I’m old and washed. I was just trying to rekindle that dbz flame I once had. But this new generation of gamers have officially put me into retirement. Long gone are the days where we can jump into a game pick random characters and button mash/shoot energy beams at each other and have fun while doing it. ..now a days.. everyone wants to be a “Meta Gamer” and only pick the best and strongest characters just to spam unblockable backshot combos and use special defensive techniques that they saw in a KZbin tutorial

[@afr0cuban57]

And this goes for any online competitive game. Whether call of duty where kids only pick the strongest gun/sniper and use attachments that they saw in KZbin clips to make their gun even faster and stronger and now they can do a 360 backflip and one shot you. Or nba2k where kids only create 7ft Demi god ballers who can do a million crossovers and curry slides and then blow by you and dunk on 3 people. Smfh everything now a days is just *Meta Meta* and using whatever cheesy tactic they got from KZbin. Instead of just picking random characters and having good ole fun.

[@dominicballinger6536]

That sucks, yeah. Online gaming has turned into such a sweaty grindfest in most games. But you can still be casual in these games I believe. For SZ specifically, I feel that's where playing with friends and single player against ai come into play. Adding online and ranked immediately attracts that crowd of gamers who have nothing better to do than spend 8 hours a day playing, but just being casual with friends is still fun. Hell, I did some local same-screen matches with a friend yesterday and we had a ball!

[@Fr4ctur3d95]

Tbh I was always a tryhard since the Tenkaichi days. All I see is new blood 😂🤙💪 the new systems are a pain in the ass but I won’t be deterred that easily. I invite the best at their best. This is Dbz after all 😤

[@wyoming_0401]

This video would be really helpful if I knew how to time a vanish 😭

[@dominicballinger6536]

Just block right as you're about to get hit by some big move like a heavy hit or a super or even an ult. It's tricky at times, but really all I can say is to block right as you'd get hit.

[@wyoming_0401]

@@dominicballinger6536 yeah i think i know how to do it, the issue is that i'm just shit 😅 thanks for the help tho

[@maryo274artworks4]

I keep getting infinite comboed by everyone and the god-damned vanish almost never triggers.

[@dominicballinger6536]

Maybe then it'd be better to try super countering. You can only vanish specific hits, and if you spam the block button constantly instead of timing it perfectly once then it can tend to be much less accurate from what I've seen playing.

[@Scarosium]

What’s the input for swaying in the middle of a vanish war

[@justwhy529]

What you do against ki blast spam? Like broly ki blast spam and unblockable ult?

[@NmBeats]

Best case scenario (your character has instant sparking): activate instant sparking yourself and keep dragon dashing around him Worst case scenario (you have no instant sparking or any ki left ): you are cooked

[@Globku]

You can fly vertically time wasting. You can revenge counter. For the ult, you gotta vanish

[@justwhy529]

@@Globku vanishing that ult particularly is hard, it goes so fast. Time wasting is good, it is still hard without unlimited ki

[@Whiteobamas]

R2 + X and hold square till you get close. Flying towards them like this deflects all ki blasts while charging a smash attack

[@Prawnsacrifice]

I miss being able to do combos 😅😅

[@someryebread]

I’m just over here trying to keep the fucking CPU from going up my ass. Once they get behind you you’re just completely screwed.

[@Premiumalexander]

Fuck this whole time I thought super counter was up and r1

[@chimca6315]

Which characters can sway out of vanish wars?

[@johngibson1435]

how do u do the sway for trunks during vanish wars

[@garrettbeefstew]

I just put block and ko on the triggers

[@Biggles_mets]

Super combos are easy to pull off? I guess i suck, i can do it against super fast attacks but that is about it

[@Yarlick]

No no, you're not the only one to struggle.

[@dominicballinger6536]

Yeah, I've gotten better at doing it on fast characters. For slower ones you really gotta rely on timing it to their hits specifically. It's weird to slow down so much for it, but it works

[@pablitolescano1676]

I really hope they fix the servers for xbox, I only been able to play 3 ranked matches

[@freecss300]

What's that on an xbox controls?

[@IDoThisNoCAP]

But I ain’t see not one person in a high match counter a person fully sparked and the opponent dashes behind them and starts melee-ing and it’s ggs

[@Prawnsacrifice]

Super counter or perception can counter both tbh

[@animekrayz5585]

You didnt touch on Sonic Float

[@valentds]

sometimes i got hit by supercounter on the back, is that really possible? i was hitting the enemy from his back and tought he couldn't defend, but he still use super counter?

[@GRANDMALICE]

Super counter and vanishes are the only defensive options they have from behind. Keep that in mind, as well as the fact that Super Counters are always free; and can be used on ( *any* ) melee if timed right.

[@valentds]

@@GRANDMALICE oh so they work on behind, you always press forward on controller right? not in the direction of the opponent

[@GRANDMALICE]

@@valentds Yes, keep the stick pushed forward. The position of the opponent doesn't matter directionally unless you're aiming your attack at them - the directional inputs, on the other hand, are sensitive but consistent.

[@kinman3051]

Man I'm so ass at this game

[@Arausito]

How to defend? Delay Netcode: LOL...LMAO even

[@umairwaseem882]

who says cant spamming block? O + spam triangle

[@nighthowell]

I want to love this game but I'm so terrible at it lol. I'm not even mad and I don't blame the game but I'm totally overwhelmed by its systems and its pace. Even when I win a battle against the CPU, it's not satisfying because I felt like I was button mashing and scrambling the whole time.

[@damarkisallen1013]

I thing is with fighting games the only way to get better is to lose over and over again so if u keep trying your hands will remember the system

[@Fr4ctur3d95]

This game has some crazy growing pains but once it clicks you’ll feel so good The pace and the systems are definitely overwhelming I suggest going into training to at least perfect how to move and home in accurately from wherever you want. After that, learn as you fight.

[@sebastianrodriguez8692]

Super counter should not be free.

[@blackjoe79th]

U can mash block and perception on classic as wellI do it all the time when people try to side step me….u literally just press it again. Lmao

[@1edixo]

I play classic and with dpad, i be destroying mfs

[@Pack52022]

Damn i play classic controls 💀

[@NickThrasch]

Whoa, standard controls lets you cheese? Yeah, I’m good.

[@AljoschaW1993]

Why cheese is just easy Layout more modern

[@mrtegs]

What's the cheese in having a different control layout?

[@blackjoe79th]

U can do the same thing on classic

[@swordandsheild1]

@@blackjoe79th yeah not sure where globku got the idea that it only works like that on standard. Easier to do? Sure, but it's totally still doable on classic.

[@blackjoe79th]

@ ion blame him people probably put that in his thought lol but I promise there no real advantages just one may feel more comfortable then the other

[@NotTheSizzle]

super counters makes combos useless

[@NickKurtDale-Bp]

Dp needs work

[@ceelegit7985]

The tips for pvp are nice, but these are more or less for the what-if scenarios fights for me😂.

[@keithmerisier998]

Hey 1v1 globku

[@TheRoyalberry]

Jesus loves you all of you✝️

[@flavioluiz448]

Super counter is not that hard to use, it should not be free, it should cost skill points, ki or health

[@EternalStorm796]

I just wished that instead of holding it down to slowly drain ki, it would take a portion for a single press and a 2-3 second window for the counter. Followed by a 4 second recovery.

[@flavioluiz448]

@@EternalStorm796 This is perception, i dont have a problem with it, you can use grab or ki blasts to deal with

[@EternalStorm796]

@@flavioluiz448I replied to the wrong person. lol

[@chopcheesekim]

idk why everyone keeps talking about these vanish wars , when you play trunks you dont have to deal with that lol ssj trunks can weave it if they start the vanish war you can also do it from a super counter but base form can do it if he starts the vanish war

[@azazelfallenangel6418]

How do you get out? With a dodge or something else?

[@dominicballinger6536]

Because we don't all wanna play Trunks. It shouldn't be character specific if we wanna avoid vanishing so damn much instead of punching and blocking and other things that don't just waste time even if you come out on top.

[@darknite3875]

Here first

[@Thecarpplays-favr4]

First!!!!

[@ImTheMan0fSteel]

this game makes the storm games look like a masterpiece. WHY ARE WE PRETENDING. This game is bad. Its terrible. they nailed the look and the basics of how the game feels, kinda.. but the mechanics in practice are SOOOO bad that its nigh unplayable. The mechanics turn what would have been the best dbz game ever, into one of the bad ones. Xenoverse 1 and 2, fighterz, and kakorot are flat out better games. the only fun to be had is lookinggg at the game. Picking your favorite characters and checking out their supers and combos. To see how pretty they are. But thats it,

[@dioscarlet]

Im not going to lie I kinda agree but I think it’s because it’s less of a fighting game and more of a fan service game.

[@brytoncox]

Nobody’s pretending. The only reason you wouldn’t like it is because you aren’t good at online. You clearly enjoy story mode. Go back to that, instead of acting like everyone secretly shares your opinion.

[@dominicballinger6536]

I'm not pretending, it's just not objectively that horrible. At high levels of play, assuming people can nearly 100% hit all the defensive mechanics all the time, I can see how it gets boring. But at less competetive levels, these issues don't crop up nearly as much. Hell, even against the ai in story mode it's much less cumbersome than a ranked match where not even combos are true when people can play moderately well. Something to balance the super counters to be at least somewhat less useful would be nice, and patching that anti-grab perception crap would be amazing. But overall there's nothing wrong with anything here whatsoever. If you don't like it, that's fine. That doesn't make it objectively ass game design. This formula worked 17 years ago with BT3, it still works pretty well.

[@ImTheMan0fSteel]

@@brytoncoxlolll the story mode is terrible. Objectively so. It's an unfinished joke. Slide shows in 2024 are flat out unacceptable. The games unfinished and that's not even opinion lmfao the BEST online players in the entire game all universally hate it. Not even joking. Look it up. You just lost the argument the second you brought up being good at ranked. No one likes sparking zero ranked and online. Literally no one.

[@Whiteobamas]

I am surprised at how little you think

[@Vanessa-r4f4r]

Every time I watch your videos I am convinced of your art and professionalism. Continue to delight us with your creativity!😅🔶🏒