Hello and welcome to my blog where I talk about the coolest and the best cards in Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle. Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle, or just Dokkan, is a mobile game for iOS and Android based on the characters from the Dragon Ball franchise. The game was exclusive to Japan, but then later came to the rest of the world. Therefore, there are two versions of the game: the Japanese version (JP) and the version for everyone else (Global). I play on Global, so most of what I talk about will be from there, but I will reference some things on JP. Global is usually about 4-6 months behind JP when it comes to content, but occasionally Global will get some things before JP. There are also some version exclusives.
The game functions like a trading card game where you open packs of cards (summon on banners) with in-game currency in order to try to get rarer, and better, cards. You then form teams of cards to battle with. Cards have Leader Skills, Passive Skills, Link Skills, Categories, and Typings that should all be taken into account when team-building. Therefore, although a lot of the game is based on luck (“summoning” the best cards from “banners”), a lot of strategy is required in order to build good teams.
The main currency in the game is the Dragon Stone. Dragon Stones can be purchased with real currency or earned for free in-game. A player who does not spend any real currency on the game is called Free-to-play (FTP or F2P) and a player who spends real currency on the game is called Pay-to-play (PTP or P2P). I, myself, am a FTP Player. Some people will spend a few dollars every-now-and-then on the game; we refer to these players as PTP-Lite or Goldfish. Some people will spend one hundred or so dollars every year on the game; this is the typical PTP Player. Finally, there is the Whale. A Whale goes all out and will sometimes spend thousands of dollars a year on the game. Whales tend to have the best units with the highest stats. You can still be FTP and enjoy the game, especially if you have good luck.
FTP can also refer to a type of card. Where a FTP Player is a player spending no real currency on the game, a FTP card is a card that can be obtained without spending Dragon Stones. Most FTP cards are low-tier cards meant for players who have not been playing for very long, but some FTP cards are as good, or better, than most Summonable Cards (cards pulled from banners that require the spending of Dragon Stones).
Types and Classes
There are 5 different types that a card can be:
- Agility (AGL) [Blue]
- Strength (STR) [Red]
- Physical (PHY) [Yellow]
- Intelligence (INT) [Purple]
- Technical (TEQ) [Green]
Each type is strong against one type and weak against one type. You can see, in the wheel above, which types have advantage over which types.
Types can then have a class added to them: either Super or Extreme. Extreme is used for characters who are considered villains and Super is used for characters who are considered heroes. If you are familiar with Dragon Ball, you know that there are many characters who were once villains and have since become heroes. One example of this is Vegeta, who has an Extreme PHY card (this card is reflecting the character from the Saiyan Saga) and a Super INT card (this card is reflecting the character from the Majin Buu Saga). But these are just two of many Vegeta cards in the game.
Sometimes a card will use its Leader Skill or Passive to boost all cards of a specific Type, and sometimes all cards of a specific Type AND Class. So, be sure to read carefully when team building.
Categories
New Categories are being added to the game all the time. A Category will be created at the same time that a card is released with a Leader Skill boosting that Category. Passives will sometimes also boost specific Categories. Categories describe attributes of the card’s character (ex. “Time Traveler” or “Goku’s Family”), as well as the specific moment in the franchise that card is pulled from (ex. “Future Saga” or “Movie Boss”).
Rarity and Awakening
There are several types of Rarities that cards can be in Dokkan. The rarer the card, the better the stats. Certain cards can also be Awakened to a higher Rarity using Awakening Medals. You can earn Awakening Medals as rewards by completing missions and/or stages. Characters can also be “Dokkan Awakened” with Dokkan Awakening Medals. After a character Dokkan Awakens, they become a different version of the character (ex. Vegeta may Dokkan Awaken into Super Saiyan Vegeta).
This Rarities, from weakest to strongest, are as follows:
You may have noticed that UR appears twice, with its second appearance being tUR. Most SSRs Awaken into a UR, and then can “transcend the UR limit” with a Dokkan Awakening. These “transcended URs” are some of the most popular cards in the game.
Gameplay
There are many other aspects of the cards themselves not gone over above such as Active Skills, Transformations, Potential System, and more, but that should be enough information for you to get started playing.
When it comes to actual Battles, your biggest goal is to take down the enemy (quite obvious, but it had to be stated). If you want to do a lot of damage, you need to perform a Super Attack. Almost all of the character require 12 Ki in order to perform a Super Attack (LRs can perform an Ultra Super Attack with 18 Ki). There is a field of Ki randomly generated at the beginning of each battle and your goal is to collect Ki by tapping on a trail of one color. Each Ki orb gives the attacking character one Ki. If the Ki orb is the same color as your type, it gives you two Ki. Leader Skills, Passives, and Link Skills can all increase a character’s Ki.
You can also use items during Gameplay to raise Attack and/or Defense stats, restore HP, increase Ki, and much more.
Reviews and Information
Hopefully you now have a pretty good understanding of how the game works. The rest of the posts on this site will be about specific cards in the game where I will review them and give general information about them. Happy Dokkaning!
Dokkan Card Info 