Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide, Tips and Tricks

Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide, Tips and Tricks

As a seasoned Dragon Ball fan and avid mobile gamer, I can confidently say that this guide is a must-read for any beginner embarking on their journey in Dragon Ball Legends! Having spent countless hours in the game, I’ve learned a thing or two about how to make the most of your time and resources.


In this article, we’ll explore some helpful tips for newcomers to the mobile game titled “Dragon Ball Legolds,” which falls under the “Gacha” genre (similar to a slot machine) and offers an engaging narrative experience. The game shares similarities with titles like “Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi,” “FighterZ,” and “Xenoverse.” While player-versus-player (PvP) combat is the main focus, you can still enjoy the game solely on the player-versus-environment (PvE) side, much like in “DBZ: Dokkan Battle.” Today, we’ll delve into some strategies to help beginners navigate Dragon Ball Legends.

In Dragon Ball Legends, you’ll encounter extra features that might bring back memories of games like Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, FighterZ, and Xenoverse. To aid you on your adventure, we offer helpful tips, and you can even redeem codes for bonuses and consult our tier list to select the top fighters for your journey.

Your First Fight

The lesson provides a straightforward overview of the main tasks you’ll be performing throughout most of the game.

Here’s a summary

  • Swiping up moves your character forward.
  • Swiping down moves your character backward.
  • If you’re far away, you can throw Ki Blasts by tapping the screen; If you’re close to the enemy, however, the fighter will start doing light attacks.

In this game, when you press and hold the screen, your fighter will build up energy known as “Energy Meter” or simply “Meter”. This energy is crucial for using your “Ability Cards”, which are located at the bottom during a fight. Each card has its unique function, and they all require varying amounts of energy to activate. Mastering the art of combining light attacks with Ability Cards forms the basis of the skills required to excel in Player versus Player (PvP) combat.

Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide, Tips and Tricks

Moving your screen left or right will trigger a “Vanishing Action”. Each time you use the Vanishing Action, it decreases your “Vanish Meter”. Unfortunately, this meter doesn’t refill while you are engaged in combat or charging Ki, so use it wisely! The Vanishing Action serves as a “defensive maneuver”, which is very handy for dodging attacks, card plays, energy blasts, and even a “Rising Rush”.

  • When performing Art Cards, there’s a small chance a Dragon Ball will appear at the top right corner of it. If you gather 7 Dragon Balls, you can perform a Rising Rush, which is an extremely powerful attack that can earn you victory if you do it correctly.
  • Tapping your character’s portrait activates their Main attack, which differs from character to character.

Understanding type advantage/disadvantage

In the game, there are seven distinct character categories. Each character belongs to just one category, which comes with its unique advantages and disadvantages. Every character also has a specific element associated with them, represented by colors such as Red, Yellow, Purple, Green, and Blue. Notably, each primary color element is stronger against one element but weaker against another.

Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide, Tips and Tricks
  • BLUE is strong to RED and weak to GREEN
  • RED is strong to YELLOW and weak to BLUE
  • YELLOW is strong to PURPLE and weak to RED
  • PURPLE is strong to GREEN and weak to YELLOW
  • GREEN is strong to BLUE and weak to PURPLE

Currently, there are two additional components in play. These components are exclusively utilized by adversaries within Story Mode, and they are referred to as Shallot. The two jokers or variables are known as the Special Elements, specifically Dark and Light.

  • DARK is strong to all elements but weak to LIGHT
  • LIGHT is strong to DARK and neutral to all elements.

Rarities, Limit-break, Z-Powers, and Stats

As of now, there are three rarities in the game

  • HE or Hero is the more common, with a 73% pull rate on normal banners.
  • EX or Extreme is uncommon, with a 20% pull rate on normal banners.
  • SP or Sparking is the rarest and strongest, with a 7% pull rate on normal banners.
Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide, Tips and Tricks

Characters in this game are primarily acquired through a process called summoning. However, there are alternative ways to get characters, including leveling up, completing missions, or participating in events. Each character has the potential to reach up to 7 stars. These star levels can be achieved by earning ‘Z-Powers’. When you successfully summon and obtain a HE (High End) character, it rewards you with 100 Z-powers, while an EX (Extreme) character grants 250 Z-powers, and an SP (Super Premium) character provides 600 Z-powers.

Each star enhances your character’s strength, with ‘0’ being the minimum and ‘7’ the maximum. As you advance to a higher star level, your Z-Powers will revert back to zero, and it will cost more to enhance your character compared to the previous level. Occasionally, you might receive free Z-Powers from unique events or missions, so keep an eye out!

Souls, Rising Souls, Super Souls, and how to get them

There are five distinct categories, and within this framework, you’ll find five unique kinds of souls to gather. Each soul type aligns with its specific category, and they come in varying sizes.

Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide, Tips and Tricks

A quick explanation of how it works is; Think about a classic RPG Skills tree. You can spend a form of currency (souls) in a way to make your character stronger by improving Health, Attack, etc. Rising souls are used to unlock ‘boost panels’ and the Super Souls are used to level up the ‘skill tree’.

To earn Souls, Rising Souls, and Super Souls, you simply have to play the story mode or play PvP matches to earn currency to exchange for souls. (Between you and me, farming the Story Mode seems like the more viable option!) You can get both Rising Souls and Super Souls starting from Book 4 Story mode. There are also specific characters that have ‘Zenkai’ awakenings; these would use a soul type called ‘Zenkai Souls’, obtained in the hyperdimensional co-op game mode.

Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide: Tips and Tricks

Here are our tips and tricks for beginners to guide them into easy wins in Dragon Ball Legends.

1. Summoning is the Key

Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide, Tips and Tricks

Doing the daily discount summons is always recommended. You might get lucky and it’s worth it for an 80% discount! Apart from that you need to summon characters daily, this also increases the chance of recruiting top-tier DB characters, which will help you increase your team’s overall strength.

2. Upgrade your favorite characters

Performing the Daily Saibaman EXP and Zeni missions is crucial for rapidly advancing your character’s levels. These advanced characters significantly boost your team’s power. As a result, you’ll be able to create a more potent and effective team setup. Make sure to conserve these resources and use them wisely for this specific purpose.

3. Explore other Game Modes

Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide, Tips and Tricks

It’s best to complete the storyline missions or single-player content before moving on to more challenging PvP or hard events. This is because the skill requirements and unit strength vary greatly between them. By navigating through different events and game modes, you gain a better understanding of your team’s strengths and weaknesses, allowing you to strategize effectively.

4. Collect Free Rewards Daily

Don’t forget to do Snake – way, push your limits everyday event, it can help you tremendously in the early game! Also, check out other ongoing events, that will provide you with better reward options. You should go through the daily login and sign-up bonus sections to grab more of the resources.

5. Check for stronger units every day

Keep an eye open for powerful teams and fresh banners. Make sure to scan for more robust teams; occasionally, you may come across a unique event character, so watch out for them and consider adding them to your squad. This will improve the structure of your team and give you an edge over others.

Final Thoughts

Dragon Ball Legends is an exceptional Gacha game for die-hard Dragon Ball fans. Every character, plotline, and combat sequence creates a thrilling gaming experience. The graphics and background music add to the enjoyment of playing this game too. In addition to its engaging gameplay elements, DB Legends offers unique in-game features that will captivate you throughout your adventure as a character. Therefore, make sure to read our comprehensive Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide and become proficient in the fundamentals.

That’s all for our Dragon Ball Legends Beginners Guide!

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