Piccolo (Power Awakening)

> "*So this is my power...*"
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* Story Mode
* Game Model

**Piccolo (Power Awakening)** is the 40th DLC character added to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2*.* He is the second playable version of Piccolo and was released on May 11th, 2023 alongside Gohan (Beast) and his Orange counterpart, as part of the paid update for the ***Hero Of Justice Pack 2*** DLC.

This version of Piccolo is when he had his potential awakened by Shenron in the movie, ***Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero***. He uses this form to fight Gamma 2 with but ultimately loses to him in the end, needing the "bit extra" gifted to him by Shenron to turn the tides on the misled Android dramatically...

## In-Game Data

Piccolo (Power Awakening) has one preset. His Basic Ki Blast Type is "Homing Ki Blast" and his Limit Burst effect is "Auto Just Guard!"
* Special Beam Cannon
* Meteor Crash
* Maximum Charge
* Evil Explosion
* Light Grenade
* Evil Flight Strike
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**[Once, only when health is below 50%]**
- Activates Ki-Auto recovery mode.
- Boosts stamina recovery speed (M).

## Appearences

### Parallel Quests

* **Parallel Quest 160 -** "Pan in Peril"
* **Parallel Quest 161 -** "Scream Team vs. Dream Team"
* **Parallel Quest 162 -** "The Man, the Myth, the Yamcha"

## Combos

* **Light String (9L):** A string of variating kicks and punches that ends with a knockback that can be followed up with Evil Eyes.
* **Heavy String (5H):** A set of heavy attacks that ends with a hard knockdown. 4th can land a light break. Final hit can land the intial kick of Evil Explosion if close enough to the ground. Has Infinite Combo potential.
* **LHH:** Last hit knees the opponent, ending it with a stun and can follow up with Light Grenade, Meteor Crash & Evil Flight Strike.
* **5L3H:** 7th hit kicks the opponent into the air before knocking them down on the last. Evil Explosion or Special Beam Cannon can follow up afterwards.
* **HLHLH (Alternating String):** Varies between hits before kicking opponent away behind, leaving them stunned in the air for a moment. Can follow up with Evil Eyes, Special Beam Cannon or Evil Explosion.
* **Grab:** Stretches right arm forward and throws the opponent away a great distance with a cinematic shot.
* **Light Break:** Knee kick.
* **Heavy Break:** Slams the opponent down with his long stretchy right arm.
* **Backhit:** Slams arm down onto the opponent.

Stamina Break Combo Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNTcoiARacA

## Usage Tips

Piccolo (PA)'s Super Soul, "I'm a whole new me." activates Ki-Auto Recovery mode and boosts Stamina recovery speed by 10% but only once. So while his Super Soul does put him down, what he has to feature more than makes up for it.

Piccolo (PA)'s combos are relatively quick and smooth and allows easy follow up for any of his moves that have the range to land. He can also perform and incorporate stamina breaks into his combos much more easily than his Orange counterpart.

*Evil Eyes* has a unique addition for this variant of Piccolo. You can fire out two more additional blasts immediately after for an additional Ki bar, which can be useful during long knockback combos or when needing to hit an enemy from afar.

*Special Beam Cannon (Super)* can land after a long knockback, a reverse burst dash or any of his heavy knockback/knockdown combos like HLHLH or 5L3H. It also does quite a bit of damage for a one-bar Super.

*Evil Explosion (Ultimate)* has limited range and requires his inital kick to land in order for the rest of his move to play out, but once it does, it leaves the opponent to either let the move play out or be pressured into using an Evasive/Limit Burst. Like *Special Beam Cannon*, it can land after any of his knockback/knockdown combos so long as he's within range of the opponent. Best used for finishers.

*Light Grenade* works similarly to Big Bang Attack in that if the opponent gets too close to the blast while it's being charged, they will get sucked in and launched away. It comes out fast, which can catch the opponent offguard and forced to tank the move should you choose to use this move during the middle of your current combo. Because it comes out fast, the tradeoff for this move is it's damage.

*Evil Flight Strike* functions the same as its Super counterpart, only dealing less damage.

## Gallery

Piccolo (Power Awakening)'s in-game portrait.Artwork 427Piccolo firing Special Beam Cannon (Super). (Artwork 480)Artwork 481.