By JOSEPH ESKANDER

“Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle” is a free to play strategy mobile game that has been out for nearly nine years. Some players might not know that there are two different versions of the game, the Japanese version and the Global version. “Dokkan Battle” released in Japan on January 15, 2015 and has earned immense popularity. As of right now according to “Dokkan,” the game has over 350 million active players. Both versions have already come out of the “WorldWide Celebration” and have moved on to their next DokkanFest characters.

Part 1 Predictions:

Many players have been wondering who the new characters will be for the anniversary. But some have already got their guesses set for who they think will appear. One of the most popular predictions amongst players has been Ultra Instinct Goku and Super Saiyan Blue Evolved Vegeta. These two last appeared (got a unit) during the 6th anniversary and haven’t gotten a new unit since. “Dokkan” might even be hinting that UI Goku and SSBE Vegeta will be the summonable LR’s with the recent release of DokkanFest Android 17 and Android 18 (with Goku). Even further making it a possibility is the release of a new character tag called “Tournament Participants” which gathers all the units in the game that are from tournament arcs in the “Dragon Ball” series. A possible option over SSBE Vegeta would be a new Golden Frieza since the last stand alone “Tournament of Power” Frieza was released on October 5, 2020 (not counting the SSR and TUR of LR Golden Frieza and Android 17) .

Anniversaries also come with new free to play units that any player can get and there hasn’t been many predictions to whom it may be, especially the LR. I will personally throw my own ideas into the predictions and say that “Dokkan” should add a new Frost and Hit character to help the Universe 6 tag. For the F2P LR that awakens in Part 2, it can be a new Super Saiyan 2 Kefla because the Universe 6 saiyan units that come out usually don’t last long. Usually with anniversaries, the new summonable units come out first with the F2P units, and there are two DokkanFest TUR’s that Extreme Z-Awaken around 10-12 days later. So now for EZA predictions, if the central theme of the anniversary for Part 1 is the “Tournament Participants” tag more around “Universal Survival Saga,” than possibly the two best choices on which unit will EZA would be DokkanFest Transforming Final Form Frieza and DokkanFest Transforming Kefla. Both of these units came out during 2020 and as of October 2023. They are unrunnable on any team and end up being the main reason for a losing run in any difficult event. Both unit kits are outdated more than you can imagine but do carry some good utility. Frieza can stack Defense,  seal enemy super attacks and lower attack and defense from his passive and when he transforms, he has a great chance to stun the enemy. Kefla on the other hand has a little bit less, but can be very good with an EZA. Firstly, she is very Ki Sphere reliant and in her base and Super Saiyan form require 6 Ki Spheres to gain ATK 50% and a high chance to dodge.

Once she gets into Super Saiyan 2, she will then gain a high chance to dodge by default but require 6 Ki Spheres to launch an additional super attack. For events to come to the anniversary, more than likely there will be a link level stage, an hidden potential orb stage, and a ton of missions to gain the 77 summon tickets. Also, “Dokkan” will be adding the 9th anniversary tokens like they do every anniversary to get more rewards in the baba shop. Most content comes in Part 1 but a lot more comes later on so let’s talk about Part 2 predictions.

Part 2 Predictions:

For the summonable units to come out around 2 weeks later, it can be the “Super Hero” tag. Many fans want a playable Beast Gohan as a large majority of players were disappointed with the Christmas LR Ultimate Gohan who only had Beast Gohan as an Active Skill. For the anniversary, a stand-alone Beast Gohan with a 200% leader skill for “Super Heros” seems like a good choice. To accompany Beast Gohan, “Dokkan” can make the first playable Cell Max with a 200% leader skill for either Androids or Planetary Destruction. Villain teams need help and can’t compete with the new Super Class units. Extreme Class is in desperate need of defensive units like LR Corrupted Zamasu that appeared during Part 1 of the World Wide Celebration. For Cell Maxes kit, he can have crazy damage reduction to mimic how hard it was to damage him in the “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” movie. During the 2022 Christmas Celebration, players received 2 F2P units being SSR Gamma 1 and SSR Gamma 2. A possibility is that these units can Dokkan Awaken into a TUR version and both units can have similar kits. For Extreme Z-Awakenings, usually happening around 10 days after the first Extreme Z-Awakenings, LR Ultra Instinct Sign Goku and DokkanFest Android 13 can possibly be the picks. It does seem a little bit weird, but to be reasonable, Android 13 is on the “Movie Bosses” tag and Cell Max is a movie villain. Same with UIS Goku being on the “Super Hero” tag like Beast Gohan is. For events, it would be a continuation of Part 1 missions to gain more of the 77 summon tickets. There should also be some sort of new difficult events to be added as well, and possibly a new red zone.

Part 3 Predictions:

For Part 3, it’s usually a cooldown compared to Part 1 and 2, but there are still a good amount of events. For starters, an EZA Area will be added for the F2P characters that appeared during the celebration and possibly the F2P Gamma 1 and 2 received during the Christmas celebration. To match what happened last anniversary, the 6th anniversary MUI Goku and SSBE Vegeta can EZA, and there can be Burst Mode challenges for both MUI Goku and SSBE Vegeta. Last year, there was the 46th World Tournament that introduced LR Jackie Chun and there might not be one this anniversary. I say this because a World Tournament is about to happen on the Japanese version of “Dokkan” that will add LR Pilaf so it is unlikely that a “World Tournament” will come for the 9th anniversary.

Anniversary ending:

All the events and summonable characters will all end at the beginning of March and introduce a new DokkanFest character like usual. For a prediction on who it will be is out of my range, but “Dokkan” can be known to throw out random characters. Good luck to all the players on the Japanese servers and hopefully you all get the new characters that may come.