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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero’s 1st big patch nerfs Yajirobe & more

Scared Yajirobe

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero got its first patch which fixes some issues in the game while also nerfing the comically overpowered Yajirobe.

Since the launch of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, Yajirobe has frustrated many players with his cheesy kit. Another glaring issue players have reported is trying to queue up in ranked mode with classic controls but aren’t able to use certain moves thanks to a glitch. Fortunately, Sparking Zero received its first patch.

In addition to making Yajirobe finally feel like a 2 DP character, the patch fixed some problems plaguing online matches to better the player experience. Here are the biggest changes to Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero after the patch.

Yajirobe select screen in Dragon Ball Sparking Zero

How was Yajirobe nerfed in Sparking Zero?

The Yajirobe nerf decreases his health pool and increases the Skill Counts required to use Senzu Beans.

Instead of having three health bars, Yajirobe now has two and a half bars. Besides that, his Senzu Beans skill now costs 6 Skill Counts instead of 5. These changes make his Senzu Beans less viable since they cost an extra Skill Count to use, and it will only refill his health to 2 and a half bars.

Thanks to this, players can’t spam the skill as much as before. Even if they do, it won’t be too difficult to deal with him at full health.

Yajirobe's Senzu Beans skill in Dragon Ball Sparking Zero

Also, Yajirobe now starts with 0 Skill Counts instead of two, so players can’t use his skills immediately. Yajirobe players must now play the match longer before they can finally replenish enough Skill Points to eat the Senzu Bean.

What else does the Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero patch change? 

The new Sparking Zero patch fixes issues related to classic controls not working in online matches.

Ever since the game launched, players with classic controls were having unresponsive controls in online matches. This issue only happened when the person wasn’t the host and was fighting against someone with standard controls. The problem was that players with classic controls couldn’t use their Blast 1 skill, and special moves would show incorrect prompts. The new update fixes the issue, and now players with standard and classic controls can play together without problems. 

The update changes the difficulty levels of specific stages in Episode Battle on lower difficulty settings. The infamously difficult Great Ape Vegeta battle likely had something to do with this, as even the official Bandai Namco X account made memes on it. There are some optimizations in the patch to make the game smoother.

The developers are still investigating some remaining issues. One major issue is when players, especially those playing on the PlayStation 5, have their data corrupted, forcing them to start over. Other players share they have connection errors and online matchmaking issues whenever they queue. Future patches will likely tackle these issues.

Written by Hannan Mundia X Twitter Logo

Hannan Mundia has been playing video games since he was just three years old. He loves everything about gaming, from RPGs to first-person shooters. He has sunk countless hours into Bethesda's popular RPGs, but his favorite game remains Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. His writing has also been featured on Fandom Spot, and you can follow him on Twitter / X at @zombiezomz.

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