Vegeta (Raider)

## Overview

The Saiyan Prince, Vegeta, was originally introduced to the Dragon Ball Z Series as a villain. He and his general Nappa traveled to earth in search of one of the few remaining Saiyans, Kakarot also known as Goku. After Goku defeated Vegeta, Vegeta became a part of the Earth Realm team and assisted with oncoming threats. Vegeta has continued to hold a rivalry with Goku throughout the series and pushes to be the strongest Saiyan alive.

This raider is specifically Vegeta and Nappa, with Saibamen, when they first arrived on earth determined to destroy all life there.

The basic gimmick of this raider is rewarding aggressiveness: he evolves faster by damaging survivors and has a safety net that he doesn't lose the game if his first two forms run out of hp. This eventually culminates in a fourth form that is all about damage and can dominate the field.

## 1st Stage - Saibaman

This is the first level of the raiders form, and has no evolution animation.

### Overview

The Saibaman form is quite weak, capable of being killed from a single super spirit bomb. However, losing all its HP causes it to evolve to the next stage anyway without certain benefits. It also maxes its evolution gauge if it finishes off a survivor or lands a melee attack on one. Hence its emphasis is on quick evolution to get to the next forms.

The Saibaman cannot fly, open crates or pick up radars or dragon balls.

### Basic Attack:

* Ki Blast - A single yellow ki blast.
* Melee - A leap that causes the Saibaman to self destruct if it hits.

### Passive Abilities

* Wall Kick - Allows the character to jump off walls. Works similarly to the survivor ability of the same name, but the jumps are faster.
* Shared intel - See where survivors approached buried Saibaman. In each zone a buried Saibaman will spawn, triggering a notification if a survivor gets too close.

### Active Abilities

1) Regrowth: Replaces the player's Saibman with a buried Saibaman. If a survivor has recently been spotted via Shared intel, will replace with the saibaman that spotted the survivor. In other words, teleports the player to the location of the chosen buried saibaman. Can't be used if there's no buried Saibaman left.

4) Acid: Spews acid from the head, restricting movement of those it hits. Fires a ball of acid that immobilizes survivors that it hits. Survivors cannot use a lot of mobility skills when under this effect.

### Evolution

If the raider's health reaches zero in this form, they will still evolve without certain benefits. This also occurs if three minutes elapse without evolving.

If the raider finishes off a survivor or successively lands a melee attack they will self destruct, maxing out the evolution energy gauge and evolving.

Each civilian finished off increases evolution by roughly a quarter of the gauge.

### Finishers

* Civilian: The Saibaman fires a blob of acid at the civilian, before cackling to itself.
* Survivor: The Saibaman roars before leaping on the survivor, clamping its limbs around them and self destructing. This is a reference to Yamcha's death.

## 2nd Stage - Nappa

If the raider filled the evolution gauge, Nappa will teleport in declaring that "It looks like you and me are thinking the same thing, Vegeta."

If the raider spent took too long to evolve, Vegeta will blow up the Saibaman and Nappa will take the stage.

Uniquely, Nappa will spawn in a different area from where the Saibaman was. He seems to spawn in the same area the raider started the game in.

### Overview

Nappa is a bit more sturdy than the Saibaman, and his access to super attacks and a scouter makes him more of a threat. He earns evolution energy just from damaging survivors and also from finishing them off, rewarding an aggressive play style.

### **Basic Attack:**

* Ki Blast - Slow tap: single, large ki blast. Rapid tapping: A series of fast lasers.
* Melee - A charge ending with a heavy punch. This attack is very fast and isn't a barrage, meaning it can safely be used in situations where a barrage would lock the raider into an animation. This is the attack Nappa used to remove Tien's arm.

### **Super Attacks:**

* Murder Grenade: an explosive ki blast that can hit through terrain. It can only travel a medium distance before exploding in the air.
* Break Cannon: Nappa's signature attack. A long range ki beam fired from his mouth. Has a long wind-up. He uses it in his fight against Goku.

### Active Skills

1. Scouter: Switches to first person perspective and lets you see survivors, allies or civilians in a certain range.
2. Plant Saibaman: Plant a Saibaman in the ground that ambushes nearby survivors. If used in the air, Nappa lands first. No cooldown but can only be done five times.
3. Call Saibaman: Only usable if the raider maxed out their evolution energy in the first form. Calls a Saibaman to search for and attack enemies. The Saibaman shoots an acid projectile that functions identically to the Saibaman's active skill.
4. Ki explosion: (Can be used when being damaged). A damaging explosion centered on the raider.

### Passive Skills

* The soil here looks perfect for growin' some Saibamen [sic]: Nappa gains more energy from finishing off survivors and can use "Call Saibaman" if the raider maxed out the evolution of the Saibaman form.
* You better make this fun for me: Increases evolution energy when damaging a survivor.
* I have no use for a Sayain who can't move: if Nappa runs out of HP, Vegeta defeats him and the raider evolves to level 3.

### Area Destruction

Nappa rolls his shoulder, before gathering power as his body crackles with energy. He then performs Giant Storm, lifting his fingers and blowing up the area. This is the attack he used to wipe out a city when he landed on Earth.

### Evolution

Nappa earns energy by damaging survivors, and if he runs out of HP he still evolves to the next stage without certain benefits. It's worth noting the third form, Vegeta, receives no benefit from the Saibaman stage having max evolution energy other than Nappa being able to evolve quicker.

### Finishers:

* Civilian/1st Down Survivor: Nappa fires a ki blast from his palm, before grinning.
* 2nd Down survivor: Nappa yells "Say your prayers!" before obliterating the survivor with a ki blast.

## Vegeta

If the raider maxed out their evolution energy as Nappa, Vegeta will teleport behind Nappa and announce "That's enough." Nappa will glance backwards, grin and teleport out.

If Nappa's health was reduced to 0, he will fall through the air and collapse on the ground (if he's too far off the ground he will stop after some distance.) He begs Vegeta to help him, and Vegeta grabs his hand before throwing him into the air and destroying Nappa with an energy blast.

### Overview

Vegeta is unique in that he doesn't evolve by gaining evolution energy: rather he must activate a skill that starts on a long cooldown: "Power Ball." The cooldown decreases each time he damages a survivor, doubly so against Dragon Change transformations. Interestingly he doesn't decrease the cooldown by finishing off survivors or civilians, however his finishing animations are quite fast except for finishing a survivor who's been downed before. He can also choose when to evolve since he can choose when he activates Power Ball once its cooldown is over. As such Vegeta rewards an aggressive playstyle, but he can also stall and simply wait out the timer. This puts the survivors in an awkward spot as they either rush to finish quickly but potentially give Vegeta cooldown reduction when he damages them, or play it safe and have the cooldown tick down anyway.

### Basic Attack:

Melee: A barrage of punches, ending with Vegeta teleporting behind the survivor and knocking them away. Uniquely, this will deal damage to the survivor's shield or knock them down if they run out of DC during the barrage.

Vanish Attack: A kick from behind the survivor, which Vegeta will follow up with a second teleport hit. It's possible to miss the first attack but hit the second. If the first connects the second will as well.

Ki blast: slow tap: a single fast ki blast. Fast tapping: Vegeta pauses in the air, and fires a barrage of ki blasts.

### Super Attacks:

* Galick Gun: A long range energy blast. Takes 10 seconds off power ball.
* Finish Breaker: A barrage of ki blasts that explodes with small area of effect. Each ki blast has tracking. A signature move of Vegeta.

### Active Skills:

1. Scouter: Switches to first person perspective and lets you see survivors, allies or civilians in a certain range.
2. Power Ball: Progresses Raider to stage 4. Starts on a default cooldown of 740 seconds. The cooldown decreases each time an attack hits a survivor, halving the time gained if the survivor isn't in Dragon Change form.
3. Call Nappa: Only if Nappa survived with max evolution energy. Summons Nappa to hunt for and attack survivors. Nappa attacks with Giant Storm, a huge area of effect attack.
4. Explosive Wave: A damaging ki blast centered on the raider. Can be used while taking damage.

### Passive Skills:

1. Nothing could possibly stand in our way!: Reduces the initial cooldown of "Power Ball" skill and allows the "Call Nappa" skill to be used if Nappa maxed out his evolution gauge.
2. Burst open and mix!: creates a small moon like object and triggers the Great Ape transformation when "Power Ball" is used.
3. Power of a super elite: decreases the cooldown on "Power Ball" when damaging a survivor. Cooldown granted is halved if the survivor isn't in Dragon Change form.
4. There's no moon!: Changes the "Give me even further power!" Shenron wish to "Show me the full moon!" which restores some health and triggers the Great Ape transformation to level 4

### Area Destruction

Vegeta says "Prepare yourself" as he focuses, then strikes the galick gun pose as he gathers energy. After a few seconds he yells "Galick gun!" and fires, destroying the area.

### Evolution

Vegeta does not evolve traditionally: his second skill Power Ball controls when he evolves. He can also evolve by making a wish with the dragon balls, and this also recovers some of his health.

### Finishers:

* Civilian/1st Down Survivor: Vegeta fires a ki-blast with a bored expression.
* 2nd Down survivor: Vegeta picks up the survivor by their neck. He sets them down, then punches them, saying "Stop making trouble!". As they fly away, he suddenly points at them causing them to explodes. This is a reference to the "Dirty Fireworks" attack he used to kill Cui.

## Vegeta (Great Ape)

The transformation to this form triggers a cutscene that pauses gameplay for each player until it is finished.

If the "Power Ball" active skill is used, Vegeta manifests a power ball and throws it into the air. He says "Burst open and mix!" as the ball forms into a moon.

Vegeta than stares at the moon, a heartbeat heard as his teeth lengthen and he grows in size, finally finishing with Vegeta transformed into a Great Ape. If the wish "Show me the full moon!" was used, only this part of the cutscene plays as Vegeta is transforming from looking at the full moon.

### Overview

A very dangerous form, hard for survivors to even damage as he is immune to any damage that doesn't hit his tail. Vegeta physically grows larger, and he can cross the entire map very quickly. Both his super attacks have huge area of effect, and while he loses his scouter his stomp can often root out survivors if he has the vaguest idea they are nearby.

In this form Vegeta is also immune to a lot of stuns and when damaging the STM, he physically picks it up and crushes it with his hands. As such its difficult to make him drop it, although one can always focus on attacking his tail. His main weakness is he lacks his scouter and can't enter smaller areas, making it hard to look for survivors. That being said, once he finds them he is well equipped to destroy them.

### Basic Attack:

* Melee: a single, slow and powerful punch. If he is on the ground and the survivor is near the ground he will instead try to stomp on them.
* Ki-blast: a single, huge explosive ki blast fired from the mouth. Explodes on contact.

### Great Ape Mechanics

Great Ape Vegeta is massive, and the gameplay changes to accommodate for this. Here are some highlights:

* The raider can only be injured if an attack hits their tail. This does not includes piercing attacks like "Special Beam Cannon": it must first hit his tail to damage him.
* Vegeta can damage survivors or even kill civilians by landing on them.
* Most of Vegeta's attacks can kill civilians if they are hit.
* Instead of dodging, Vegeta will hop in the air quickly. This quickly changes where his tail is, making it an effective dodge. It's a reference to Vegeta dodging Krillin's Destructo Disc. If airborne, he will instead start falling.
* Vegeta can still fly, and due to his huge size he moves quickly across the map. It can be difficult to make out survivors due to their sheer small size.
* Vegeta cannot pick up dragon balls in this form, but will not drop them if he was carrying them when transforming. He also cannot open crates or pick up or use radars.

### Super Attacks:

* Super Mouth Cannon: A massive ki beam shot from his mouth. This is Vegeta's ultimate attack. After roaring, a red line indicates where the attack will go. Since the attack goes through terrain and Vegeta only moves a bit upwards when using this attack, and his body will block any survivors so its effective to use against survivors hiding in caves.
* Running Won't Save You!: An area of effect stomp that goes through terrain and can even hit survivors in the air. Vegeta roars, and stomps sending anyone caught in the radius flying and stunning them for some time. It deals enough damage to deplete 3/4 of the charge of a level 4 DC survivor.

### Passive Skills:

Here's the finisher!: Nullifies all damage except to the tail. This means Vegeta can only be damaged from behind.

### Finishers:

* All: Vegeta stomps on the unfortunate soul. He can also finish off civilians with any attack.

## Trivia

* Vegeta was the first raider that had separate health bars for certain evolution forms, and the first that could evolve by running out of hp.
* Vegeta was the second raider made out of multiple people, after Majin Buu.
* Vegeta's attacks are mostly what he uses during the Sayain saga, with some from the Frieza saga as well.