r/SparkingZero

2026 Character Tier List

2026 Character Tier List

This is just my personal opinion, and I won’t lie, some of the characters I don’t exactly play very much so I don’t know a lot about them, like Evil Buu or Ribrianne.

Let me know what yall think.

u/thesuperone342 — 12 hours ago

EVERYBODY POINT AND LAUGH 😂🫵

Not quite sure why he thought that would work 😂

u/byDamu — 18 hours ago

Flying Kicks = Liability

I don’t know who needs to hear this but I KNOW SOME OF YALL DO!

There’s a whole batch of players that swear up and down flying kicks at 1 is this amazing ASSET! NO!

Flying Kicks become a liability UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR OPPONENTS BACK…

STOP USING FLYING KICKS UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR OPPONENTS BACK

Can’t tell you how many flying kicks I’ve been blocking recently and to watch the light flicker from my opponents eyes as their neutral game gets derailed is a beautiful thing as they continue to spam flying kicks and fail miserably, than proceed to get hit with a perception Gut Punch, throw a revenge counter @ Me and I Catch TF outa that MFer…

And to top it all off these same players that swear flying kicks at 1 is this amazing asset, will come on here and Tik Tok and make tier lists, praising the flying kicks rating the characters that have them at the top… big dawg, we up here in the high level Z Ranks laugh at this crap.

EDIT: as someone who is new to this series as Sparking Zero is my first BT game. And have climbed the ranks organically without exploiting the game this past year… Let me clarify… FLYING KICKS at 1 ARE AMAZING! Against D-S Rank players. But once you start fighting players that are good at this game. Players that have lightning reflexes, can catch every single revenge counter, flying kicks on your opponents face are a LIABILITY, simple as that

EDIT 2: Final Verdict: the games mechanics DO NOT LIE. A neutral block blocks a light smash, a rush attack, and an un-charged grand slash. If the opponent charges the grand slash, a simple move of the analog stick down blocks it successfully and gives the user a WIDE OPEN opportunity for a rush attack. If the opponent attempts flying kicks at 1, and you move the analog stick up to block, you are rewarded with a WIDE OPEN rush attack…If your opponent is FACING YOU. And you have the skill & reaction time to block flying kicks high. So if you’re only rebuttal to this take is “well a player can mix it up and use a grand slash at 1, so it’s basically a 50/50” this Logic is FLAWED! GREAT PLAYERS have great reaction speeds and can easily block all face attacks, the 50/50 logic does not work, because the game mechanics allow for the movement of the block with the analog stick. So the game mechanics BACK everything I’m saying. Flying kicks ARE A LIABILITY when FACING the opponent, simple as that! CASE CLOSED. Have a good day I

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u/JonSwav — 13 hours ago

I wish we could fail the Fusion Dance mid-game

Even a simple mini-game like the ones from the Budokais would be enough. It could be easy enough that you almost never fail, but it would still add a layer of realism and tension that would really enhance the feeling of simulating an actual DB battle.

u/jmslcb — 14 hours ago

Would a Gods of Destruction DLC Be a Missed Opportunity if It Never Happened?

If characters like Cheelai were able to make it into Sparking! Zero despite having any combat relevance in the series, is it safe to say that a Gods of Destruction DLC isn’t that of a unrealistic possibility.

Characters such as Belmod and the rest of the Gods of Destruction would instantly stand out as high DP online while bringing a completely different energy to the roster. It would also be genuinely interesting to see how Sparking would interpret their movesets and super attacks considering most of them barely fought onscreen.

(renders here are based on existing Sparking! ZERO assets, then reworked and enhanced through editing, compositing, upscaling, and assisted tools just to help better visualize the concept)

u/Interesting-Space632 — 2 days ago

Goku (GT) Adult as a new Character

Would you like an adult Goku (GT) as a new character?

He'd definitely be a great costume for Goku (Z-End) as well.

I think he'd have real potential as a new character, especially if he could transform into SSJ4.

They could give him new moves from the fight with Uub at the beginning of GT for his base form, and for a possible new version of SSJ4, there would be plenty of moves to take as examples (like the Kamehameha Dragon Fist).

I know it's a near-impossible scenario since we've never seen him transform into SSJ4 as an adult, but it would be really cool

u/Apprehensive-Cat-892 — 3 days ago

We NEED this as an outfit 😵‍💫🔥

this will an amazing addition for Majin Buu (Fat) in Sparking Zero.

u/lucidmajh — 23 hours ago

Give Us The DLC We (yes we) ALL WANT!!

This is literally all we’re asking for. It’s not that hard.

(Edit: wow, over 500 upvotes and 75 comments and not a single one negative. Every single person (you included) loves the idea. I’ll keep pushing till it happens!)

u/Childishju — 5 days ago

Rehearsing exploits doesn’t make you good at the game.

This is mostly towards the competitive dragon ball community, but screw it. I’ll also directly call out Melodic_title as he’s very active in his sub and thinks he’s a legend when he isn’t.

Since I’ve been a z rank, I always thought that once you hit a certain level most battles are mostly gonna consist of who can hit super counters the most. Which is partly true, but people like him who try and say they’re better at the game when in reality there just losers who spam practice impossible recycle combo chains (yes they exist)
+projectile animation interruption.

They are players who like to say Android 13 is balanced when in reality the only way to beat the exploits is by no life-ing the game by learning exploits the game didn’t intend for you to do.

I’m calling these people out because they are ruining the game and are unable to win without exploits. (This is very obvious in DP mode for example when all of their characters get wiped and they rely on Android 13 exploits to win)

I directly called melodic_title out saying he’s nothing without his exploits and even listed the exact ones he uses and he straight up admitted that using exploits means being good to him.

Yeah when they get patched in the update it’s gonna be nice to see him brought back down to A rank.

But in the meantime I challenge him if he thinks he’s so good to beat me in DP without using any game breaking exploits (which I know he can’t)

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u/Hitman_o1 — 3 hours ago

Would it be funny if the Super Limit Breaking Neo released on September 22nd the last possible day of summer in the northern hemisphere

u/Apprehensive-Mud4221 — 5 days ago

I run into this lag switching nerd everyday since I started playing on pc .any tips on how to play through this?

Yes I was spamming (not proud of it) bro delays game making it hard for me to side step alongside his light smashes and ki blasts ( taking notes to add to my bag)

u/FlamingoLumpy3358 — 6 days ago

What ifs Sparking Zero

Do y’all think we getting more what ifs in Sparking Zero what what ifs would y’all like to see ?

u/No_Atmosphere5580 — 1 day ago

12 DP proposal, trying to make the characters of each DP tier more balanced between them

Now that we are going to get many new characters, with many of them being original Dragon Ball characters that will be low DP, I imagined how a 12 DP character distribution could be, trying to fix some of the problem the current DP distribution brings

Some of the important changes done here:

  • Add up to 12 DP tiers to make room to separate fusions and other strong characters (UI Goku Jiren) from normal 40k HP characters
  • Move full HP characters out of the 2-3 DP tiers to make room for weaker Original DB characters
  • Move characters that can transform out of 4 DP characters to let the 4 DP tier as full 40k character but without the possibility of transforming (with some special exception explained below)
  • Put SSJ2 in the same DP tier (6 DP) instead of having some costing 6 DP and others costing 7 DP

Additionally, some balance changes would be needed to make things fit a bit better

  • Master Roshi Full Power would need to be balanced down to have a similar power as the other 3 DP characters
  • Android 13 would need to be balanced down to have a similar power as the other 5 DP characters
  • Goku Mini and Vegeta Mini would need to have the same treatment as Goten and Trunks, for which they have 0.5 HP bar less
  • Gohan SH would need the HP change to be reverted to have the normal HP as any other 5 DP character
  • Transformation cost values should be standardized, making that the SP cost is based on 1 SP per each DP the transformation increase + 1 SP if the transformation grants full KI + 1 SP if the transformation grant 1 additional HP bar (basically the change that Ultimate Gohan SH got for which his transformation to beast cost 3 SP)
  • 12 DP character scaling would be exactly the same as current 10 DP character scaling

As a summary, the objective of the changes is to be able to look at each DP tier independently, and more or less have all the character of that same DP tier having a similar strength and value in the game

To avoid having things like Master Roshi Full power making all the other 2-3 DP characters irrelevant, or fusions making the majority of the other 6-7-8 DP characters irrelevant.

Also, the list is not perfect, there are some things that still are not well-adjusted as Toppo and Ultimate Gohan Super Hero than would be strong in the 8 DP tier

🚨Disclaimer🚨

Emphasize that this is not a DP accurate list, that is impossible to do and the game itself doesn't even attempt to do it, having things like both Broli's having the same DP cost, all base Goku/Vegeta having the same DP cost, or with things like Cell Jr being a 3 DP and Frieza Full power having more DP than Cell or Buu, this is a video game and devs have taken decisions based on the gameplay design, with lore accuracy just being a little guideline not the absolute truth to follow

u/MuglokDecrepitusFx — 18 hours ago