Developer Arc System Works has made jumping into fighting games for the first time a joy with Dragon Ball FighterZ. But while the 24 base characters share a degree of overlap in their basic moves, each has a selection of special moves you’ll need to master on your path to the top.
In this article we cover every special and super move available for the playable characters in Dragon Ball FighterZ. We’ll update the guide as new characters arrive in DLC or changes are made, so be sure to check back here when they arrive.
You’ll need to unlock Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta to practice with them. Check our guide to find out how.
Character Movelists
Notation Key
- L = Light Attack
- M = Medium Attack
- H = Heavy Attack
- S = Special Attack
- L/M/H = Light, Medium or Heavy Attack
- 2X = Any Two Attack Buttons
- F = Forward
- B = Back
- U = Up
- D = Down
- Down/Forward = Diagonal Between Down and Forward
- QCF = Quarter Circle From Down to Forward
- QCB = Quarter Circle From Down to Back
Adult Gohan
Command Normals
- Machine Gun Straight - Down/Forward + L
- Ultimate High Kick - Down/Forward + H with Release Power active (hold H to increase attacks)
Special Moves
- Jet Upper - QCF + L/M/H
- Machine Gun Kick - QCF + L/M/H (in the air)
- Masenkou - QCF + S
- Ultimate Back Attack - QCB + L/M/H
Super Moves
- Family Kamehameha - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars, must have Goku on your team to have him show up as well)
- Release Power - QCF + 2X (can use up to seven times for more power)
- Release Power Unlimited - QCF + H+S (hold to consume more bars and increase levels)
Android 16
Special Moves
- Dynamite Driver - QCF + L/M/H (on the ground)
- Flying Powerbomb - QCB + L/M/H
- Flying Slide Powerbomb - QCF + L/M/H (in the air)
- Hell Heat - QCF + S or QCB + S
Super Moves
- Hell Flash - QCF + 2X
- Hell Flash (Full Power) - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
- Suicide Bomb - QCB + H + S
Android 18
Special Moves
- Back Grab - QCF + L/M/H
- Barrier - Down, Down + S
- Destructo-Disc - QCF + S
- Support Attack - QCB + L/M/H
Super Moves
- Energy Wave - QCF + 2X
- Accel Dance - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Android 21
Command Normals
- Ground Stab (Far) - Down/Forward + M
Special Moves
- Hors d’Oeuvre Stab - QCB + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Connoisseur Cut - QCF + S (can be done in the air)
- Aerial Connoisseur Cut - QCB + S (can be done in the air)
- Total Detonation Ball - QCF + L/M/H
Super Moves
- Photon Wave - QCF + 2X (can be done in the air)
- Sweet Tooth - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
- Excellent Full Course - QCB + 2X in the air (requires 3 bars)
Beerus
Special Moves
- Cataclysmic Orb - QCF + L/M/H (hold attack button to fake animation)
- Fierce Attack - QCB + L/M/H
- Multi-Cataclysmic Orbs - QCF + S
- Wrath - QCB + S
Super Moves
- Beerus Ball - QCF + 2X (press any button for destruction)
- Judgment - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Cell
Command Normals
- Ki Blast Dash - Down + S
- Step Kick - Forward + H
- Teleport Attack - Down + M (in the air)
- Spinning Kick - Down + H (in the air)
Special Moves
- Hell Strike - Down + M (in the air)
- Kamehameha - QCF +S
- Perfect Attack - QCB + L/M/H
- Rolling Crush - QCF + L/M/H
- Telekinesis Crush - QCB + S
Super Moves
- Energy Field - QCF + 2X
- Solar Kamehameha - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Frieza
Special Moves
- Death Saucer - QCB + S
- Earth Breaker - QCF + L/M/H
- Next Time You'll Die - QCF + S
- Warp Smash - Down, Down + S
Super Moves
- Death Ball - QCF + 2X
- Sorbet's Ray Gun - S while Golden Frieza transformation ends
- Golden Frieza - QCB + H+S (requires 3 meters)
- Nova Strike - QCB + L+M (requires 3 meters)
- You Should Be Killed - Hold H+S while knocked down (requires 3 meters)
Ginyu
Special Moves
- Strong Jersey - QCF + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Tigether We Are... the Ginyu Force - S (can be done in the air)
- Tigether We Are... the Ginyu Force - QCF + S (can be done in the air)
- Recoome Boom - QCF + Hold S (Recoome must be next in order)
Super Moves
- Powerful Energy Wave - QCF + 2X (hold buttons to charge and consume up to 3 meters)
- Body Change - QCB + 2X (hold buttons to inflict additional damage, can be done in the air)
Goku
Special Moves
- Dragon Flash Fist - QCF + L/M/H
- Kamehameha - QCF + S
- Rapid Kick Rush - QCB + L/M/H
Super Moves
- Instant Transmission Kamehameha - QCF + H+S
- SSJ3 Meteor Smash - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
- Super Kamehameha - QCF + L+M
Goku Black
Special Moves
- God Slicer - QCF + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Instant Transmission - QCB + L/M/H
- Fierce God Kick - QCB + L/M/H in the air
- Black Kamehameha - QCF + S
- Binding Black Kamehameha - QCB + S
Super Moves
- God Slicer Dance - QCF + L+M (can be done in the air)
- Holy Light Grenade - QCF + H+S (can be done in the air)
- The Work of a God - QCB + 2X (can be done in the air, requires 3 bars)
Gotenks
Special Moves
- Miracle Super Punch - QCF + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Great Special Rolling Kick - QCB + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Galactic Donuts - QCB + S
- DIE DIE Missile Barrage - QCB + S in the air
- Vengeful Shout - QCF + S (hold S to cancel, can be done in the air)
Super Moves
- Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack - QCF + 2X
- Charging Ultra Volleyball - QCB + 2X (can be done in the air, requires 3 bars)
Hit
Special Moves
- Vital Point Attack - QCF + L
- Direct Hit - L (after Vital Point Attack)
- Instant Blow - M (after Vital Point Attack)
- Guard Breaker - H (after Vital Point Attack, requires 1 bar)
- Icy Glare - QCB + L/M/H (hold button to increase range)
- Deadly Intent - QCF + S (hold M or H to change stance after Deadly Intent)
- Mark of an Assassin - QCB + S
- Tides of Time - QCF + M or H
- Time Release - L, Down + L or Up + L (after Tides of Time, can execute up to 3 times)
Super Moves
- Realized Power - QCF + L+M (can be done in the air)
- Death Blow - QCF + H+S
- I Keep Improving - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Kid Buu
Special Moves
- Arm Ball - QCB + S
- Arm Swing - QCB + L/M/H
- Ball Attack - QCF + L/M/H
- Chocolate Beam - QCF + S
- Kamehameha - QCF + S (in the air)
Super Moves
- Human Extinction Attack - QCF + 2X
- Pearl Flash - QCF + 2X (in the air)
- Planet Crusher - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Krillin
Special Moves
- Afterimage Strike - QCF + L/M/H (can be charged)
- Kamehameha - QCF + S
- Senzu Bean / Rock Throw - QCB + L/M/H
- Solar Flare - QCB + S
Super Moves
- Destructo-Disc - QCF + 2X (keep pressing any button for additional attacks)
- Split Energy Wave - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Majin Buu
Special Moves
- Cartwheel - QCB + L/M/H
- Mount Drive - QCF + L/M/H
- Potbelly Attack - QCB + S
- Sweeping Breath - QCF + S
Super Moves
- I Hate You - QCF + 2X
- Snack Now - QCB + 2X
Nappa
Special Moves
- Arm Break - QCF + L/M/H
- Saibamen - QCB + L/M/H
- Blazing Storm - QCF + S (can be done in the air)
- Too Bad for You - QCB + S
Super Moves
- Giant Storm - QCF + 2X
- Break Cannon - QCB + 2K (requires 3 bars)
Piccolo
Command Normals
- Demon Shocker - Down/Forward+S or Back+S
Special Moves
- Demon Elbow - QCF + L/M/H
- Demon Slicer - QCB + L/M/H
- Homing Energy Blast - QCF + S (can be charged)
Super Moves
- Special Beam Cannon - QCF + H+S
- Hellzone Grenade - QCF + L+M
- Light Grenade - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Super Saiyan Blue Goku
Special Moves
- Divine Void Strike - QCF + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Super God Shock Flash - QCB + L/M/H
- Dragon Flash Kick - QCB + L/M/H in the air
- Instant Transmission - QCF or QCB + S (can be done in the air)
Super Moves
- Extreme Speed Kamehameha - QCF + 2X (can be done in the air)
- x10 Kaioken Kamehameha - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars, hold buttons to increase damage at the cost of 2 additional bars)
Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta
Special Moves
- Super Dash Kick - QCF + L/M/H (can be done in the air, press button again for additional attacks)
- On a Scale of One to Ten, I'll Give You a Three - QCB + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Big Bang Attack - QCF + S
Super Moves
- Niagara Pummel - QCF + L+M (hold buttons to cancel after initial attack)
- Galick Gun - QCF + H+S
- Final Flash - QCB + 2X (can be done in the air, requires 3 bars, hold buttons to increase damage at the cost of 2 additional bars)
Teen Gohan
Special Moves
- Aerial Kick - QCF + L/M/H (in the air)
- Dragon Flight - QCB + L/M/H
- Five Strike Combo - QCF + L/M/H (on the ground)
Super Moves
- Father Son Kamehameha - QCB + 2X (hold buttons to increase damage at the cost of 2 additional bars)
- No Motion Kamehameha - QCF + 2X
Tien
Special Moves
- Volleyball Fist - QCF + L/M/H (can be done in the air, press buttons again for additional attacks on the ground)
- Crane Strike - QCB + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Dodon Ray - QCF + S (can be done in the air)
- Telekinesis - QCB + S
Super Moves
- Tri-Beam - QCF + 2X (can be done in the air)
- Neo Tri-Beam - QCB + L+M (can be done in the air, requires 3 bars, press L+M again to perform additional attacks)
- Farewell, Tien... - QCB + H+S (requires 3 bars)
Trunks
Special Moves
- Change the Future - QCB + S
- Cyclone Buster - QCB + L/M/H
- Masenko - QCF + S
- Shining Slash - QCF + L/M/H
Super Moves
- Burning Attack - QCF + 2X
- Heat Dome Attack - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Vegeta
Special Moves
- Crusher Knee Kick - QCB + L/M/H
- Intercept Kick - Down + L (in the air)
- Ki Blast Rush - QCF + S
- Super Dash Kick - QCF + L/M/H
Super Moves
- Big Bang Attack - QCF + 2X
- Final Flash - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Yamcha
Special Moves
- Wolf Fang Fist - QCF + L
- Pack Attack - L or M
- Flash - H (requires 1 bar)
- Finisher - L or M
- Whiskers - S
- Tail - Back + S
- Whiskers - S
- Flash - H (requires 1 bar)
- Finisher - L or M
- Whiskers - S
- Tail - Back + S
- Flash - H (requires 1 bar)
- Tail - Back + S (press Forward to dash back in)
- Finisher - L or M
- Whiskers - S
- Reverse Wolf Fang Fist - QCF + M
- Pack Attack - L or M
- Flash - H (requires 1 bar)
- Finisher - L or M
- Whiskers - S
- Tail - Back + S
- Whiskers - S
- Flash - H (requires 1 bar)
- Finisher - L or M
- Whiskers - S
- Tail - Back + S
- Flash - H (requires 1 bar)
- Tail - Back + S (press Forward to dash back in)
- Finisher - L or M
- Whiskers - S
- Wolf Fang Fist: Gale Claws - QCB + L/M/H (can be done in the air)
- Kamehameha - QCF + S
- Neo Wolf Fang Fist - QCF + H (requires 1 bar)
Super Moves
- Spirit Ball - QCF + 2X (press attack buttons again for additional attacks)
- Ultimate Wolf Fang Fist - QCB + 2X (requires 3 bars)
Once you’ve practiced each character’s moves, check out our Tier List to help decide who you want on your team.