SS3 Goku [Golden Fist]

Rating: S

[Golden Fist] SS3 Goku is currently the hardest hitter in the game, a powerful unit designed to burst out an incredible amount of damage consistently.

• Pros

  Best DPS in the game
  Coherent links
  Viable as a leader

• Cons

  Minor defensive liability when performing his 18+ Ki Super Attack
  Lacks Fierce Battle

Dokkan Awaken from Goku [Daily Training]

Causes colossal damage to enemy, rare chance to stun

Causes mega-colossal damage to enemy and greatly lowers DEF

Ki +4 and HP, ATK & DEF +100%
Ki +2 and HP, ATK & DEF +70%

At start of turn; DEF +120%; ATK +180% and DEF -70% when performing an Ultra Super Attack

• Super Saiyan 3

As of now SS3 Goku can be used on mainly on three teams: Super TEQ, “Rainbow Heroes” and “Super Saiyan 3”.

SS3 Goku has a lot of synergy with the other top-tier units of the element since mostly all of them share Over in a Flash, a 3 Ki link that makes the whole team very consistent. SS3 Goku is a main rotation unit on Super TEQ and he should be paired with [Astounding Transformation] Super Saiyan 3 Goku (Angel) in order to leave [Strength Surpassing God] SS God SS Vegito and Peerless Gleam Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta together on the second rotation: the main role of this unit is going to be to deal damage, being outright the strongest one on the team.

SS3 Goku heavily limits the choices for the remaining units on this team, and by choosing him you are basically cutting out the best choice for the AGL slot, [Mystery Super Technique] SS3 Goku, since they share the same name, but [Golden Fist] SS3 Goku is just that good, you want to have him on your team if you are taking an “Over in a Flash”-oriented approach. On “Rainbow Heroes”,SS3 Goku is a main rotation unit, ideally put in the middle where he can get the most amount of Ki in order to perform his 18+ Ki Super Attack more consistently.

“SS3” is the best environment for SS3 Goku, it’s the team where he is going to hit the hardest thanks to the 170% ATK boost from [Saiyans Proof of Power] SS3 Bardock ’s Leader Skill and 40% additional from his Passive. The team is filled with Over in a Flash units and nobody in particular needs to get a lot of orbs excluding the LR, so fairly easy to save up some for him to get his strongest attack. SS3 Goku should ideally be put in middle to start off at 12 Ki and he is going to be strongest unit on the team

SS3 Goku’s Super Attacks don’t really have anything special for an LR, his 12-17 Ki causes colossal damage and has a 15% chance to stun and his 18+ Ki causes mega-colossal and greatly lowers DEF.

SS3 Goku is a particular type of leader, he gives 4 Ki to all Super TEQ types and 100% to all stats, but this element is really consistent enough to not need that extra Ki, unlike Extreme INT. You can still run him as a leader for your team and even bring some Extreme TEQ units, since they are going to receive a boost too, if you are lacking options.

SS3 Goku gets a 120% DEF boost at the start of the turn, making him extremely tanky, and then a 180% ATK boost and -70% DEF when launching his 18+ Ki Super Attack. The second part of the Passive is what makes him so strong and also what makes his 12-17 Ki so underwhelming compared to his 18+ Ki: the ATK boost he receives is not applied at the start of the turn together with support Passives, it’s right after his Ki multiplier, resulting in a much higher increase, just like Beyond the Ferocious Flash Majin Vegeta, but even stronger. Support Passives are particularly important in this case, especially since SS3 Goku has only two relevant ATK links, they are going to have a huge impact on his ATK.

SS3 Goku’s links are decent, he has some really good and common ones for the teams he is on, like Over in a Flash and Super Saiyan, but he received Shattering the Limit, that basically has no purpose, instead of Fierce Battle.Experienced Fighters is not a bad link, it’s actually pretty good, but Kamehameha and Limit-Breaking Form are just flat-based links that are not that important.