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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zerohas a massive roster of characters, even if you remove all the many Gokus and Vegetas. Adding even new characters from the new Dragon Ball entries like Super and Daima, we are glad that there was also room for even joke characters like Mr Satan.
Yet it isn’t impossible to win as the earth’s champion, you just need to play around his weaknesses and recognize his strengths, few as they may be. If you’re looking to main the world champion himself or just looking to fill your DP budget, this guide is for you.
R2/RT + Up on the D-Pad
Raise defense and prevent flinching for 10 seconds.
R2/RT + Left on the D-Pad
3 Skill Count
Raise defense and all types of attacks, as well as recover Ki faster, for 15 seconds.
R2/RT + Square/X
3 Ki Bars
Triggers a Rush Super that can do either half a bar of damage or no damage, randomly.
R2/RT + Triangle/Y
Triggers an unblockable Rush Supper that does three-quarters of bar damage.
Rush Ultimate that does one bar of damage.
Damage values may vary depending on your opponent’s character.
Mr Satan is treated in the game asthe weakest character, and both his moves and stats reflect this. He only hastwo health bars, can’t fly, and throws rocks instead of Ki Blasts, which still deal damage and cost Ki, but are very hard to aim with minimal to no tracking.
However,he starts matches with three Skill Count and a full Ki bar, letting him use his skills or enter sparking almost immediately, depending on your playstyle. He also hasone of the fastest Ki charge ratesamong all characters, meaning that he can use any opening to charge back to full Ki.
Mr Satan In Versus And Online Matches
Unless you’re trying to prove a point, you oftendon’t want to pick Mr Satan in online matches, at least not when you are evenly matched in skill against your opponent. It isn’t impossible to win as him sincehe can still do vanish attacks and grabs, but you’ll be at a clear disadvantage.
His role in the game, however, revolves aroundhis low DP cost.When picking characters for DP battles, you mayonly have one point left, and the only character in the whole gamethat costs a single DP point is Mr. Satan; in that scenario, you might as well learn how to use him.
Strategy
As soon as the fight starts,you want to activate False Courage.Since you start with three Skill Counts, you might betempted to start with Royal Raiment?!, but you’d be spending your entire Skill Count onoffensive buffs that you’re not really going to use, and you’d be missing the flinch prevention that False Courage brings.
Mr Satan’s Skill Count only goes up to four, so even in drawn-out matches you should avoid using Royal Raiment?!, since you won’t be able to spam too many ultimates.
We say that you won’t use offensive buffs becausemost of your damage will come from your Blast moves, specifically Present Bomb and Mr. Buu Arrives!.You shouldn’t ever use Dynamite Kick, since the gamble isn’t worth the risk ofdealing no damage and wasting three Ki Bars.
Present Bomb
You can spam these moves due to the previously mentionedfast Ki Charge rate, letting Mr. Satan spam several Blast Super attacks in very quick succession. Present Bomb is the main moveyou’ll use to harass your opponentsinceit is unblockable, and has fantastic tracking, as opposed to most Rush Supers in the game.
Most players don’t know that Present Bomb is unblockable, so use that to your advantage.
AlthoughPresent Bomb isn’t considered a ‘speed impact,‘you can still challenge your opponent’s Rush attacks with it. It may do potentially less damage than Dynamite Kick, but it should beyour bread and butter to answer all of your opponent’s moves, except Energy Blast supers.
Mr Buu Arrives!
Your most damaging move is, unsurprisingly,Mr Buu Arrives!, and you should aim tohit your opponent with it whenever possible.In a Ki charge race,you will often come out on top, so don’t be afraid of letting them charge, sinceyou’ll often be able to interrupt them after you hit Sparking.
The best setup for your Ultimate isto set False Courage right after hitting Sparkingsince you need tocombo them into a vulnerable state, so Mr Buu Arrives! can connect. That move doesn’t sharethe tracking of Present Bomb, so you’ll have to be more careful with your aiming.
