Rocketman wrote:Li'l Lemmy wrote:A lot of the potara are somewhat ambiguous in their exact use (a la Satisfying Blow), so if there's enough interest I'll compose a list of exactly what does what.
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ask, I suppose, but . . . be enthusiastic, I guess?
POTARA EFFECTS GUIDE
Color-coded for convenience. Green entries signify potara that everyone can use, while orange and blue potara signify use by good and evil characters, respectively. Lemmy's AIM conversation font color (I know, I know-- WTF?!) designates a B1 ability, but that's only important if we decide to come up with a B1 ability guide.
Enjoy!
Attack Up #
Cost: Proportional to the effect
Effect: Boost to Attack
These potara increase the damage of both your melee and Rush Blasts. More damage is always a good thing, and while the higher levels take more space, there are no counteractive penalties for using these.
Defense Up #
Cost: Proportional to the effect
Effect: Boost to Defense
Obviously enough, you take less damage. But compared to Attack, high defense doesn't really help all that much in the long run-- especially once you get the hang of Rapid Movement. Added defense may make a needed difference for exceptionally weak characters (like Guldo), but the rest of us might be better off shopping for additional Health instead. When needed, though, these potaras are a good addition thanks to their lack of actual penalties.
Ki Up #
Cost: Proportional to the effect
Effect: Boost to Ki charging speed
These are, needless to say, exceptionally useful. On characters with particularly slow charging, Ki charge modifiers are a must if you want to stay in the game. Make room for them, and you're definitely getting a big advantage without any penalties.
Super Up #
Cost: Proportional to the effect
Effect: Boost to B2
Not quite as useful as the Ki charge modifiers, but helpful for players who count on their B2 attacks. Characters that already have a good charging speed can really benefit from this, and you aren't given any penalties for using them.
Attack +2 & Defense -1
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to attack in exchange for a small drop in defense power
Worth considering for what it costs. If you're good at beating the life out of your opponent with constant melee, you'll get a nice payoff, and the defense penalty is negligible if you know how to time counters (especially with Rapid Movement).
Defense +2 & Attack -1
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to defense in exchange for a small drop in attack power
You'll take less damage, but attacks in this game are already relatively weak compared to the previous game so you're not getting much of a benefit.
Ki Power +2 & Super -1
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to Ki charging speed in exchange for a small drop in B2 power
You're penalized with a small drop in B2 power, but as a result you're able to throw out more B2s in faster succession. It's an effective trade-off if you use a chargeable B2 (like Kamehameha
) because these attacks have naturally high power and won't lose much. A weak B2 with fixed damage may suffer a bit, though.
Super +2 & Ki Power -1
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to B2 in exchange for a small drop in Ki charging speed
Useful if your character already has a good charging speed and at least one chargeable B2, like Piccolo (End).
Attack +3 & Super -1
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Large boost to attack in exchange for a small drop in B2 power
For those who like melee combat, this is a nice addition-- you'll lose a bit of B2 power, but also max out your melee damage while saving one space for another item. That extra space could be used to either compensate for the drop in B2 power or to make your melee even more dangerous.
Defense +3 & Attack -2
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Large boost to defense in exchange for a medium drop in attack power
The penalty almost cancels out the advantage, but only if you're big on melee and combos. Use this if you plan on fighting with B2 attacks a lot instead, because the low cost will guarantee a good selection of potara for B2 enhancement.
Ki Power +3 & Defense -1
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Large boost to Ki charging speed in exchange for a small drop in defense power
You'll get a lot of extra charging speed with a small defense drop as your only penalty. If that doesn't bother you, get this over Ki Power +3 and grab a free space.
Super +3 & Ki Power -2
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Large boost to B2 in exchange for a medium drop in Ki charging speed
The damage increase is helpful, but the resulting drop in Ki charging speed is nothing to ignore. If you're good at managing your Ki, give this one a try-- it's still a large increase in B2 damage for only 1 space-- but if you aren't or like to spam, then consider another alternative.
Attack +3 & Defense -2
Cost: 1 space
Effect:
You'll take almost as much damage as you dish out, which kinda sucks. Natural "brick wall" characers are probably the only ones who benefit from this item, because they aren't stunned by melee hits and tend to have natually high health-- they'll still take damage, but they can take it offensively. For everyone else, use this boost only if you're extremely confident in you ability to counter and dodge.
Defense +3 & Ki Power -1
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Large boost to melee in exchange for a small drop in Ki charging speed
I suppose if you want to focus more on melee, you could try this so you have extra potara space for a good melee item but besides that, you're not getting much of an advantage. Though you could take this over just Defense +3 if Ki management is your forte.
Ki Power +3 & Super -2
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Large boost to Ki charging speed in exchange for a medium drop in B2 power
You're getting penalized for the only reason you would ever increase your Ki charging speed. What the fuck is this shit?! Unless you A) have a character with terrible Ki charging speed but a naturally powerful B2 or B) just like to Dragon Dash all over the place, I don't see much of a benefit to this item.
Super +3 & Attack -1
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Large boost to B2 in exchange for a small drop in Attack power
Exceptional if you don't care much for melee combat. Users of evil characters might prefer this over Super +3-- you gain powerful B2 attacks with a potentially negligible penalty, and a free space to boot.
Flight
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Gives Flight ability to characters without it
Quite obvious.
Unleash Latent Power 1/Unleash Latent Power 2/Unleash Latent Power 3
Cost: 2 spaces/3 spaces/4 spaces
Effect: Boost to base level Ki
Your base level Ki is increased by one, two or three bars. You receive a small penalty to your Ki charging speed, but keep in mind that your base Ki will recharge on its own-- the higher your base level Ki, the less Ki you have to manually recharge. Potentially useful, especially if your character has a high enough base level Ki that you don't need to use the most expensive version to get a maximum base.
Ki Control
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Boost to available Dragon Dash Ki in exchange for a small drop in defense power
If you like to fly around a lot, this could be useful-- you're getting double the Ki available for Dragon Dashing all over the place. Just make sure the defense penalty doesn't bite you in the ass.
Dragon Dash Mastery
Cost: 4 spaces
Effect: Unlimited Dragon Dash in exchange for a small defense drop and -1 effectiveness in clashes
On one hand, you can Dragon Dash to your heart's content. On the other hand, you become less effective in clashes. Considering there's a small defense penalty, you could find yourself in some difficult situations. Unless your fighting style focuses on defense, ignore this item-- it's not really suited for offense.
High Spot/Essence of Sight
Cost: 1 space/2 spaces
Effect: Lessens the amount of Ki used for Rapid Movement in exchange for a small drop in Rush Attack power (or in the case of Essence of Sight, without penalty)
High Spot decreases the amount of Ki used to combo teleport by half, but combo hits lose power to compensate the increased ease of getting behind your opponent. If manual teleports in mid-combo are part of your tactics, this item may be worth considering-- just make sure you have the damage penalty in check.
Essence of Sight is an improved version of High Spot-- for an extra space, combo teleports have no Ki cost whatsoever. Your combos still lose a bit of power, so beware.
Warrior Lineage
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Lessens the amount of Ki used for Z Burst Dash/Auto-Counter Ki without penalty
This reduces Ki consumption for both the Z Burst Dash and Auto-Counter maneuvers by half. The bonus for the Z Burst is worth considering if you rely heavily on it, but the other bonus isn't really that useful because your opponent isn't usually stupid enough to hit you after you're in the Auto-Counter stance for a prolonged period.
Halo/Demon Seal
Cost: 4 spaces
Effect: Lessens the amount of Ki used for B2 attacks in exchange for 10,000 Health
If you like to spam B2 attacks, this makes it much easier to do so. However, you lose 10,000 health in exchange-- that's an entire life bar! It's not a bad item for characters with naturally high health, but otherwise even the average character will find the loss of life a bit of a strain (to say nothing of characters with naturally low health like Goten). You also suffer a small drop in Attack power. If you don't mind losing more Potara spaces, you can compensate for the health loss with Master Roshi's training, but you'll need to be creative with your one remaining space. Use it to heal the damage to your Attack power if it bothers you.
Satisfying Blow
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Nullifies the opponent's defense modifiers in exchange for a small drop in Ki charging speed
This item makes your B2 specials deal their normal damage even if the opponent has items that increase his defense. (Your opponent's Defense +3 would be nullified if you equip this item, for example). On the other hand, your Ki charging speed takes a dive. It might be good for optimal B2 damage, but besides that? . . . just use Super +# or something else that helps your B2 attacks.
Active Heart/Indomitable Fighting spirit
Cost: 1 space/2 spaces
Effect: Increases Ki recovery during melee combos without penalty
Active Heart makes your Ki recover faster when you do melee combos, while Indomitable Fighting Spirit gives good characters an edge with better recovery for the extra cost. However, keep in mind that you'll only notice a difference if you melee your opponent mercilessly-- short combos won't make much of a difference in your Ki recovery in the long run.
Mind Breaker/Gigantic Power
Cost: 1 space/2 spaces
Effect: Increases damage to opponent's Ki during Guard Break without penalty
Mind Breaker increases the drain on your opponent's Ki when you Guard Break, and for evil characters Gigantic Power will take off even more for less cost. These items make it easier to make your opponent vulnerable by Guard Breaking them into forced Ki recovery mode where they can't do anything at all.
Rising Fighting Spirit
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Full Ki Gauge at the start of battle without penalty
This gives you your full Ki capacity at the start of each battle, so with this equipped you can use any B2 right off the bat. Great to get an early advantage, and worth considering for the low cost.
Secret Measures
Cost: 3 spaces
Effect: Full Blast Stocks at the start of battle in exchange for slow Blast Gauge recovery
Your Blast Stocks are maxed out from the start, meaning that you don't have to wait to use B1 abilities or transform, but the gauge's slow recovery will offset the advantage.
Proof of Friendship
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Full Switch Guage at the start of battle without penalty
With this, you can tag out at any time right from the start. The only potential use is to pair this potara with your partner's Savior so that someone with MAX POWER can be brought into the fight in a big hurry-- otherwise, there ain't much else to this item unless the character you equip it to tends to take a severe beating early on.
Dende's Healing Ability, Eternal Life
Cost: 2 spaces/4 spaces
Effect: Recovers Health
Dende's Healing Ability slowly recovers a character's health, but even despite the extra cost Eternal Life doesn't do much better-- you'll be forced into constant retreat if you want to make a significant recovery. Good characters should couple these items with defense enhancing potara so they at least GET the chance to recover something, but evil characters can get a definite advantage by pairing either one with Water Blessing to speed up the recovery rate.
Tension Up, High Tension
Cost: 2 spaces/3 spaces
Effect: Increase in passive Ki recovery without penalty
Tension Up will gradually recover your Ki, while High Tension is a somewhat faster version for the extra cost. These are different versions of the Unleash Latent Power potara-- they don't raise your base level Ki and have a slower automatic recovery, but unlike Unleash Latent Power there's no penalty to the speed of your manual recharge. Since both types are automatic, which one you'll use depends on what you want-- if you prefer faster active Ki recharge, then use Tension Up or High Tension, but if you prefer your passive charge to be a quick one then go for Unleash Latent Power.
Water Blessing
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Substantial health recovery while in water
An evil character's health and Ki will slowly recover on their own while underwater. The item itself is without penalty, but when deciding to equip Water Blessing make certain to remember that being underwater comes with its own penalties, like slower Ki charging and movement. Not all maps have water to begin with, besides. If water stages are frequent battle zones and you can evade your opponent effectively when submerged, then the minimal cost makes this potara worth equipping. As a bonus, you can push the recovery advantage further by pairing this item with either Dende's Recovery or Eternal Life to speed up the recovery rate.
Spiritual Control
Cost: 3 spaces
Effect: Reduces Blast Stock consumption by 1 without penalty (but cannot go below 1)
This is worth considering for characters who have useful B1 abilities (like Instant Transmission or Sleep-- or better still, Give me power!) so that you can use them even more. It's a bit pricey at 3 spaces, but it's also without penalty.
Lover of Justice/Evil Ambitions
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Reduces Blast Stock consumption by one in exchange for a small drop in Ki charging speed
This is a cheaper version of Spiritual Control-- it works the same, but you sacrifice a small amount of charging speed to offset the discount. The other penalty is that Devilman's UB will do different damage depending on your character's allegiance, but . . . whatever. It's definitely not a bad item to try for the cost, and the free space always helps.
Dragon Heart/Dragon Beat
Cost: 2 spaces/3 spaces
Effect: Free Blast Stock if you dodge a B2 or UB with Rapid Movement in exchange for slow Blast Gauge recovery
Dodging a B2 or UB with Rapid Movement gives you a Blast Stock for free! Your gauge will fill up a bit slower as a result, but it's a negligible penalty if you can exploit the potara properly-- dodge like a muthafucka and you'll regain Blast Stocks too quickly to care about the slow recharge rate. If the penalty worries you, you can upgrade to Dragon Beat for an extra space to nullify it, but it's strongly recommended that you practice your dodge with Dragon Heart instead.
Dragon Spirit/Confidence
Cost: 2 spaces/1 space
Effect: Increase in Blast Stock recovery without penalty (or in the case of Confidence, in exchange for slow Switch Gauge recovery)
Dragon Spirit increases the recharge rate of your Blast Stock guage without penalty, while the Confidence potara gives evil characters a discount at the cost of increasing the time it takes to tag out. If you're not good at deflecting Rush Blasts, these items can help compensate.
Battle Control
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Increase in Switch Gauge recovery without penalty
This is useful in team battles-- you can tag faster so that you can better manage your side of the battle. A potentially useful item if you also equip Savior to your partner.
Kibito's Secret Art
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Health, Ki and Blast Guage recovery while on stand-by without penalty
In a Team Battle, whomever you equip this potara to will recover Health, Ki and Blast Gauge while on stand-by. But only that character will benefit, despite that the in-game wording of "teammates" suggests otherwise.
Persistent Threat/Miracle Master
Cost: 1 space/2 spaces
Effect: Do an Afterimage while knocked down at the cost of slow Blast Gauge recovery (or in the case of Miracle Master, without penalty)
These are life-saving potara that function in the event that you're knocked flat on your ass with a B2 hurling towards you-- an automatic Afterimage is activated to dodge the attack and put you back on your feet, even if you're unconscious. Persistent Threat takes less space but at the cost of a slower Blast Gauge recharge, but Miracle Master nullifies that penalty for an extra space (not to mention that it's unlimited in who can use it).
Exquisite Skill
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Increase the duration your binding techniques have/decrease the duration other character's binding techniques have on you
This extends the duration of "freeze" abilities like Piccolo's Kaikosen while at the same time decreasing the duration of these effects when they're inflicted upon your character. The offensive aspect is especially useful for characters who have a chargeable B2-- the stun will render your enemy helpless for long enough to charge your Kamehameha
or Special Beam Cannon
to full power and tear him apart. A potara that's worth definite consideration for the appropriate characters.
Quick Return
Cost: 1 space
Effect:
Unleash KI/Power of Rage/Dragon Power
Cost: 1 space/2 spaces/3 spaces
Effect: Increase efficiency in struggles and clashes without penalty
These penalty-free potara will ease the burden of B2 struggles or melee clashes to varying degrees. Dragon Power especially will make you a beast in such situations-- it's a bit pricey at 3 spaces, but with that kind of clash power you can practically defend by attacking. Couple one of these with B2 damage boosting items, and your opponents will fear even risking beam struggles or melee clashes of any kind.
Latent Energy!
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Small boost to Defense for every 10,000 Health lost without penalty
Boosts your defense by +1 for each Health Bar you lose. It's not useful for everyone because the damage isn't reduced by anything worthwhile per individual bar, but it may be useful on characters with a lot of health to spare-- a +5 or +6 Defense when you're on your last bar just might save your life.
Fighting Spirit!
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Small boost to Ki charging speed for every 10,000 Health lost without penalty
Boosts your manual Ki recharge by +1 for each Health bar you lose. This can help you turn the tide with a spam advantage if you're getting shot to shit.
Indignation!
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Small boost to B2 for every 10,000 Health lost without penalty
Boosts your B2 power by +1 for each Health bar you lose. If you want a painful counter-attack, this potara is a good choice-- you can easily add a few thousand more damage to your B2s after receiving an ass-kicking.
Serious!
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Small boost to Attack for every 10,000 Health lost without penalty
Boosts your Attack power by +1 for each Health bar you lose. It's good if you're a melee nut but even after losing a lot of life, your melee won't deal that much damage.
Hatred of Saiyans
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Increase in Ki recovery without penalty
It doesn't cost much to equip this potara, but the resulting Ki regeneration is so minimal that you may as well not even bother. Its only redeeming feature is that you can stack it on top of High Tension or something similar to give your passive Ki recovery an additional boost.
Blast Attack 1/Blast Attack 2/Blast Attack 3
Cost: 1 space/ 2 spaces/3 spaces
Effect: Increase in Rush Blast capabilities without penalty
The first version of this potara increases the speed of your character's Rush Blasts, while the second one increases their damage . . . but the third variant increases both speed and damage beyond what the other two are capable of and makes the Rush Blasts cheaper to use. These potara are best used on characters like Vegeta who fire a lot of blasts before needing recovery; conversely, they're absolutely wasted on characters like (base) Goten who can fire only three Rush Blasts a a time.
Guard Master
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Immunity to Guard Crushes without penalty
You are immune to guard crushes. You'll still take some damage, mind you, but you don't even NEED to bother with aiming your guard anymore. However, it won't prevent guard breaks from B2 rushes slamming into you so be careful. Assist this item with Quick Return if you want to protect yourself against an unforeseen forced recovery.
Mirage
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Dodge the first blast of a multiple blast with Rush Movement and automatically dodge the rest without penalty
If you're facing a character who uses energy volley B2 attacks and you're good at timing your Rush Movement teleports, this will make it a little easier. If you avoid the first blast, you avoid the whole volley. Interestingly, characters with Afterimage or Wild Sense can use this potara in conjunction with those abilities so that they can dodge entire volleys without any effort whatsoever.
Warrior's Will/Evil Pride
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Reduces Guard damage by half without penalty
With one of these equipped, the strength of your guard will be improved by half. Use one if your opponent likes to use UB attacks a lot, as it will further reduce the damage that gets through.
Perfect Guard
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Nullifies Guard damage without penalty
You take no damage whatsoever when guarding. This potara doesn't prevent guard breaks, however, so couple it with Guard Master to become even more of a defensive tank.
Sparking Plus
Cost: 3 spaces
Effect: Increases the duration of MAX POWER mode without penalty
MAX POWER mode lasts longer with this. This is a good choice for players who would rather use the MAX POWER-exclusive abilities-- like longer combos, an extra Dragon Homing pursuit and more Vanishing Attacks-- to toy with their opponents rather than firing off an Ultimate Blast right away. But for the cost, you'd better like those exclusives quite a bit.
Style of the Strong/Emperor's Aura
Cost: 4 spaces
Effect: Varied
Style of the Strong is a fusion between Sparking Plus and Super +2, except that the latter function applies to your UB rather than your B2s.
Emperor's Aura enhances your ability to stun brick wall characters when you're in MAX POWER. This way, even brick wall characters that are made even more resistant while in MAX POWER can be stunned if you use this item. The best way to benefit from this potara would be to either use it on characters who can already stun brick walls or to combine it with Draconic Aura.
Miracle Sparking
Cost: 3 spaces
Effect: Automatic and unlimited Afterimages while in MAX POWER mode
With this, your character will automatically execute unlimited Afterimages while in MAX POWER. The downsides are that A) your B2 and UB attacks will weaken somewhat and B) MAX POWER won't last as long. If you choose to equip Miracle Sparking, you'll be damn near untouchable when it's activated, so be as aggressive as you can to make up for the loss in power.
Savior
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Tagged character begins the fight in MAX POWER mode without penalty
Give this to the character you're switching with so that they begin their fight in MAX POWER. A good potara for the cost, it can be exploited several times per battle.
Light Body
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Relative immunity to Rush Blasts without penalty
Your character becomes a brick wall to Rush Blasts with this equipped. For a single space, this is pretty useful because opponents can't interrupt your melee charge or Ki charging, making a powerful offense that much easier-- it's a good potara for the cost.
Power Body
Cost: 4 spaces
Effect: Relative immunity to melee combos without penalty
Your character becomes a brick wall to everything except Rush Blasts. This potara reqires a fair bit of consideration before equipping and a lot of strategy after the fact-- once opponents catch on to your defenses, they'll try to stay away from you and spam ranged attacks instead; you won't be fighting, you'll be chasing. A small penalty is applied to your defense in addition, meaning that a clever adversary can nickel-and-dim you to death. This potara can be useful if you're good at constantly pressing your melee without giving your opponent the chance to breathe, but otherwise it simply isn't worth the cost.
Ultimate Body
Cost: 5 spaces
Effect: Relative immunity to Rush Blasts and melee combos without penalty
Your character becomes a brick wall, period. Rush Blasts and melee attacks won't stun you as easily, and the damage penalty is offset by the ability to strike back in the middle of being hit. This is the most epensive of the "Body" potara, but also the best.
Draconic Aura
Cost: 3 spaces
Effect: Increase in stun power without penalty
This potara gives you the ability to stun brick wall fighters-- it will be as if you were fighting a normal character. A possible preference over the previous three potara because, while they make you a brick wall, they don't let you stun brick walls. This item does so it forces both of you on equal footing, and at a decent price.
Master Strike
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to melee damage in exchange for a small drop in B2 and UB power
This potara will boost the damage of your melee attacks. However, your penance for that increase is that your B2 and UB attacks lose power. It weakens your throws as well, so only use this if you're great at dishing out combos.
Master Blast
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to Rush Blasts in exchange for a small drop in melee attack power
Master Blast is like Blast Attack 3 except it only costs 1 space and your melee attacks become weaker. If you prefer using Ki attacks over melee combat, give this a try. The penalty isn't THAT bad but it might be annoying if you're forced into melee combat so use caution.
Master Throw
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to Throw Attacks in exchange for a small drop in Rush Blast power
Throws will do double their normal damage with this equipped, but at a price-- your Rush Blasts do less damage, expend more energy to use and become reduced by three shots. It's still a nice item to use on physically strong characters like Broli who already do good damage with their throw, and it's a tempting choice for characters like the Androids and Cell, who can absorb life and energy via throws. And even with three less shots, your Rush Blasts can still stun the opponent and create enough of an opening for throws and other melee.
Charged Attack
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to Smash Attacks in exchange for a small drop in melee power
Combos do a little less damage, but you'll make up for that by repeatedly smacking your opponents every which way. Take it if you like smash attacks.
Quick Fast Attack
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to melee attacks in exchange for a small drop in Smash Attack power
The opposite of the previous item-- Your combos will do more damage at the cost of smacking them as hard. Take it if you like combos.
Dragon Break/Dragon Crush
Cost: 2 spaces/4 spaces
Effect: Increases number of available pursuits without penalty
These will let you chase your opponents either one or two more times after you nail them with a Smash Attack. However, keep in mind that Dragon Homing uses Ki, so don't dry yourself up too quickly.
Vanishing Break/Vanishing Rush
Cost: 2 spaces/4 spaces
Effect: Increases number of available Vanishing Attacks without penalty
These give you either one or two more vanishing attacks. This one may be preferred over the previous items for the simple fact that Vanishing Attacks don't use Ki. Take one of these if you like Vanishing Attacks.
Combo Master
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Medium boost to melee combos without penalty
This makes your combos stronger, and without penalty. However, you must really be a combo master to get full benefits from this because the increase only really happens after a lot of hits. I do mean a lot of hits.
Quick Charge
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Charge time for power attacks is reduced without penalty
This is a must-have for characters with chargeable B2 attacks. Your charging time is cut in half, so setting up your attack becomes that much easier. However, it also becomes easier to overcharge, so make sure to listen for the "full power" chime-- overcharging means that you won't do optimal damage.
Super Senses
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Lock-on returns more quickly without penalty
Your lock-on will return faster if you somehow lose it. However, the fact that your opponent will usually be chasing you down after you lose your lock kinda negates the usefulness of this potara-- you regain it automatically when he comes close enough, even when from behind.
Broly's Ring
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Restricts transformations without penalty
This prevents your character from transforming. I'm not too sure why anyone would want this potara-- a far better use for it would have been to alter the effect so that Broly's Ring restricts the opponent from transforming. Now THAT would have been awesome.
Namek Power/Earth Power/Universal Power
Cost: 1 space/3 spaces/2 spaces
Effect: All abilities are increased while on a specific map
Your abilities will all increase if you're on the correct map. Namek Power and Earth Power and obvious enough, while Universal Power is most likely meant for the rest of the maps available for selection.
Aura Charge (Color)
Cost: 1 space
Effect: Changes the color of the character's aura to Blue, Purple, Yellow, Red, Green, White, Pink, Violet, SSJ, SSJ3 or SSJ4 and gives them an additional bar of Ki at the start of battle without penalty
This changes the color of your passive aura. If you charge, it'll be the character's natural color, but when standing still or Dragon Dashing it's the color of choice. As a bonus, you start the battle with an extra bar of Ki . . . but besides that, it's purely for fun.
Master Roshi's/King Kai's Training
Cost: 2 spaces/4 spaces
Effect: Receive an extra 10,000 Health without penalty (or in the case of King Kai's Training, an extra 20,000)
One gives you an extra bar of life and the other gives you two. These potara are a reasonable alternative to defense increases-- characters with high natural health could benefit more from defense, but for everyone else it's (generally) hard to go wrong with more health.
#18's Kiss
Cost: 7 spaces
Effect: Increases number of available pursuit attacks and Vanishing Attacks by 2 without penalty
This insanely pricey potara lets you chase and Vanish Attack two more times EACH after you hit them with a Smash Attack. Take this only if you really like to do those attacks, because that's all you'll have space for.
#17's Scarf (unique to PS2 Disc Fusion)
Cost: 7 spaces
Effect: Relative immunity to Rush Blasts and melee attacks and increase in stun power in exchange for a small drop in Defense power
Basically a fusion of Ultimate Body and Draconic Aura-- it would otherwise be impossible to have both items. Use this only if you're heavy on close combat and keep the defense loss in mind as you pummel the shit out of just about anybody in the field.
Medicinal Machine (unique to PS2 Disc Fusion)
Cost: 7 spaces
Effect: Health recovery and Ki recovery while fighting and while on stand-by without penalty
This potara is Eternal Life, High Tension and a restricted Kibito's Secret Art all rolled into one package. While fighting, your character will recover life and Ki. When you tag him/her/it out, those recovery effects will remain.
Launch's Support
Cost: 2 spaces
Effect: Receive more Z Points in Story Mode and a small boost to Ki charging speed without penalty
This item's only unique effect is that just unlocking it lets you earn more Z points in Dragon History than usual-- you don't even need to equip it (because of course, you can't). In-game, this will increase your KI charging speed . . . and that's pretty much it.
And that's that! If anyone has any questions regarding how specific potara work, feel free to ask and I'm sure that me or someone else will be happy to explain it further.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled
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