Super Dragon Ball Z/Controls

Notation

Arcade button layout. PS2 pads will use the face buttons in the same layout.

The default control layout for Super DBZ is as follows:

7    8    9
             
4   (5)   6        L H
                   G J
1    2    3

The four buttons are [L]ight Attack, [H]eavy Attack, [G]uard and [J]ump respectively.

Basic Movement

Walk: Push the joystick in any direction. Characters in SDBZ are capable of walking in all eight cardinal directions around the arena.

Dash: Double tap a direction, or press G+J while holding a direction. You can dash up, down, left or right, but not in the diagonals. Dashing uses a portion of the Action Gauge.

Jump: Press the J button, along with a direction to jump in the specified direction. Press Jump along with an upward direction to perform a High Jump.

Flight: Press G or J while airborne. Flying essentially treats your character as in a grounded state, as far as movement goes. Pressing Jump while flying will end flight, returning you to a normal jumping state. Flying continually drains the Action Gauge.

Universal Commands

Throw: Performed by pressing L+H. Throws have a visible startup animation, but cannot be broken or softened in any way.

Dashing Attack: All characters are able to perform attacks out of their dashes by pressing an attack button. Dash L is a universal launcher, while Dash H is a universal ground bounce. Each move can only be used once per combo.

Homing Attack: Performs an attack while dashing directly towards the opponent. All characters in SDBZ have access to two homing attacks -- Light Homing with L+G, and Heavy Homing with H+G. Light Homing can be cancelled into special moves, while Heavy Homing cannot. Any normal attack that can be special cancelled can also cancel into a Homing Attack. Homing Attacks can also be cancelled before making contact by tapping G.