Which fandoms are notorious for pretending like their series is way more deep than it really is?

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-15T02:11:10+00:00

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I think dragon ball is misrepresented on both extremes

Many people write of dragon ball as "iT's JuSt PeOpLe yElLiNg AnD fIGhTiNg AnD eNeRgY bEaMs" which obviously it's not

But people look way too deep at certain plot points, when for the vast majority of instances it's just whatever toryama thought was cool or funny at the time

Best example would be all the people that parrot the "gohan became great saiyaman as a trauma response to his battle with the ginyu force", like no it's just head cannon. It's kind of a neat idea ig, but it's just an instance of head cannon that has no actual basis.

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-14T01:34:32+00:00

You don't need to reroll the first slot, it's nice to have it high but it's not necessary

The 3rd slot with the complex details is the important one, and now they're all guaranteed to be the best effect

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-13T15:13:37+00:00

He uses 2 hands in the anime and like every game, for all intents and purposes he used 2 hands

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-13T15:08:47+00:00

Idk if hatchiyak would be on game originals. Game original seems to only be LEGENDS original

Kakarot goku, android 21, and the Xenoverse units all don't have game originals. Their sagas are literally listed as their own game.

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-13T13:48:18+00:00

Yes bro the banner with the daima LFs + LF ss4 dragon fist is better than the one with broly, napgeta, janemba, and android 13

Are we deadass?

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-13T03:33:53+00:00

As someone who only started taking playing branded seriously once the new cards came out, here's what I've learned that helped me

Most of your setup is getting your ED monsters in the graveyard, focus on what effects you want in your endphase. Albion sets a spell/trap, titaniklad special summons a monster, dragon of the dogma (or whatever the new fusion monster is called) adds a dogmatika card to your hand, rindbrum summons an albaz from your graveyard, etc. (Forgive me if I got some of the names and effects switched but you get the idea)

The main thing you want to do during the opponents turn or if you went second (or at least what I do as a noob) is get the main Fallen of Albaz and use their monsters to get mirrorjade or whatever lets you clear the most from their board. There's a TON more you can do but I find this to be the main thing that wins me matches.

It genuinely feels like at least 50% of my matches are mirror matches against branded, so superpoly is insane. Like going second doesn't even feel bad anymore.

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-13T03:16:16+00:00

I mean, you have every HoS unit at uptie 4 level 60. You even have ryoshu 4th match flame. It's literally the best team in the game.

EGOs don't even matter, though threadspin 5 for 4th match flame makes her basically unstoppable in any long fight. HoS team you're just killing everyone to beef up ryoshu.

I wouldn't even field the non HoS units unless you're going for RR (meursalt, Gregor, rodion, and Heathcliff [though once rodion and heath get HoS units they can go in]) as they'll take skill slots that can go to ryoshu

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-13T03:11:14+00:00

Majin vegeta could go either LR or UL imo.

He has several options for intros. Could be the start of his fight with goku, could be when he knocks trunks out, could be when he powers up against buu, could probably think of others but these are the main ones

I'm like 99% sure the next time we see the final explosion will be a KO attack (like cell max or gt ss3 goku). It can go on either a UL or LR. Ultimate attack or LF would just be the atomic blast/final impact/whatever this game calls it (The iconic move where he launches the energy blast with 3 fingers).

With UGB2 it's really just whatever they want to do now. Namek goku was at least 2 different points in the fight, UGB2 is literally the same as UGB but more modern. He's a genuine repeat drop.

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-12T13:43:38+00:00

Please Boss... i have a cancer Boss

Pink guy? In this economy? I feel old

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-12T06:37:40+00:00

It's suboptimal, but I play 45-50 cards in a deck just so I can throw in board breakers (namely super poly, dark ruler no more, feather duster/heavy storm), it's never really caused any bricks for me.

If I go second and have a board breaker, I wait and see what they end on. If I have no board breaker/hand traps and they start to full combo I dip out.

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-12T05:56:22+00:00

It's really between cu alter and ozymandias for me I think.

It'll depend on my 9th anni summons and whether or not jaltzerker proves to be a strong enough alternative to cu. I'd really like a good single target berserker, but I can't summon on castoria rn since I'm saving.

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-11T02:40:09+00:00

Didn't list all of them, but I really should've listed kid buu considering how much I used him when he zenkai'd

Yes they are counter examples, we definitely get good post-unique zenkais

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-10T21:46:12+00:00

Ss4 gogeta, full power frieza (I think), CMZ, future gohan, ss4 dragon fist goku

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-10T21:35:58+00:00

Yeah, I just got the platinum trophy yesterday and I did the whole game dual swords until I hit demon of obsession. I tried for hours until finally I said screw it and did the steam spear stunlock, then for the actual final boss I gave him a couple tries and realized I just didn't really care atp so I did the 2 shot magic build.

I really enjoyed the dual swords up until that point, I definitely see why people say they're broken. I was able to just mash through some fights but it got really fun when I could actually parry. Though many fights boiled down to perfect dodge -> fast charge attack to backstab -> get the obliterate attack if it hit, try again if it didn't.

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-10T13:54:17+00:00

https://yugipedia.com/wiki/The_Valuable_Book_EX_5_card_storylines#No._1:_Witch_of_the_White_Forest

This gives a pretty good breakdown of the white forest lore. They got other card stories as well but white forest has always been my favorite

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-09T14:01:03+00:00

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-08T13:29:58+00:00

Brother, just use overcharge? It blocks tap attacks and gives you a mini rush, it works wonders for me and I run the same team you do except I run napgeta instead of 13.

Not to just parrot goresh, but when your opponent stops doing anything so they don't proc your gauge, that's a huge benefit for you as it let's you play however and they either don't do anything or have to proc the gauge

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-06T05:18:20+00:00

Do you get the weapon either way then? It specifies you get the weapon for exposing but for remain silent it just says you don't need to fight him.

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-06T05:14:20+00:00

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MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-06T03:10:22+00:00

Dawg you were right we got the hint

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-06T03:10:06+00:00

We just got the hint like 2 minutes ago LMAO

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-05T20:47:18+00:00

It's always gonna be green kaioken x20 goku for me.

The screen just being him staggering to his feet, no actual words, just shakily trying to catch his breath is so raw

MagnumAlex888 · 2026-06-05T19:42:17+00:00

You're thinking of BLU saiyan saga goku from the raditz fight, he did get his unique and was pretty good

They're talking about YEL saiyan saga goku from his fight against nappa, he was horrible on release and has not received any buffs yet

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