Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Build Tier List

A tier list for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 must account for more than raw damage numbers. Race passives, awoken skill access, stamina economy, guard pressure, and how builds perform under netcode all matter. This ranking reflects the full game as of July 2026, including Legendary Pack 2 content such as Beast and Ultra Instinct Sign, plus years of community PvP and Expert Mission data. Builds are evaluated at level 99 with a sensible attribute cap spread, a mixed Super and Ultimate loadout, one Super Soul, and a QQ Bang that supports the intended playstyle rather than min-maxing a single stat into absurd territory. Solo Parallel Quest farming, online ranked play, and Expert Mission co-op are weighed separately where races diverge sharply. Remember that mentor skills and height or body type still modify combo routes, so two characters with identical numbers can feel different in practice.

S Tier — Custom Saiyan: Saiyans remain the most flexible race thanks to Super Saiyan 1, 2, and 3, Potential Unleashed, Ultra Instinct Sign, and Beast. Their damage boosts stack cleanly with Ki supers and melee strings, and they access the broadest mentor pool for strike or Ki hybrids. A Tier — Frieza Race and Earthling: Golden Frieza Race forms offer excellent Ki damage and mobility with strong stamina break tools once Ki is invested. Earthlings punch above their weight in PvP due to Power Pole Pro at low health, solid basic attack scaling, and access to Transforming Drain Charge for attrition builds. B Tier — Namekian: Giant Form and health regeneration make Namekians exceptional PvE tanks and stall tools online, but slower pressure and weaker burst damage keep them below the top races in ranked. B Tier — Majin: Purification and damage reduction while low on health create terrifying comebacks, yet inconsistent opening pressure and form dependency place Majin slightly behind Namekian for general use. Tier shifts happen when Bandai Namco adjusts patch notes, but these ranks have remained stable through recent DLC cycles.

Beast (S Tier, Saiyan only): The highest burst damage transformation in the game for strike and Ki hybrid builds, with a manageable drain if you kill quickly. Super Saiyan Blue / Super Saiyan God (A Tier): Reliable damage and speed for Ki supers; Blue is easier to maintain in PvE. Golden Frieza (A Tier): Massive Ki boost for Frieza Race with a timed window that rewards aggressive play. Potential Unleashed (A Tier): Balanced boost without the heavy drain of SSJ3; excellent for Earthlings and Saiyans in long fights. Ultra Instinct Sign (A Tier in PvP, B in PvE): Auto-dodge properties dominate skilled PvP but require high stamina investment and practice. Super Saiyan 3 (B Tier): Huge damage at the cost of Ki drain and long startup; strong in PQs, risky online. Purification (B Tier): Unique for Majin; good damage reduction and stat lift but loses the Majin passive at low health. Giant Form and Kaioken variants occupy niche tiers depending on match length and whether you can cancel stamina drain with supers.

Ki Blast builds: 125 Ki, 125 Ki Blast Supers, 125 Health or Stamina depending on race; dump remaining into Basic Attacks or Strike Supers if hybrid. Strike builds: 125 Basic Attacks, 125 Strike Supers, 125 Stamina for vanish loops; Earthlings and Saiyans benefit most. Balanced PvE: 125 in Health, Basic Attacks, and Ki Blast Supers with a QQ Bang that adds two levels to your focus stats. Never neglect Stamina entirely — 40 to 80 points prevents you from being locked out of vanish and evasive exchanges. QQ Bang mixing should target plus-five in two stats you actually use; mixing only Health and Defense feels safe but slows clear times. For ranked PvP, many top players run 125 Basic Attacks, 125 Strike or Ki Blast Supers, and 125 Stamina with a Super Soul that fixes Ki or stamina recovery rather than raw damage.

PvP rewards races and forms that win neutral — Ultra Instinct Sign, Golden Frieza openers, and Earthling Power Pole Pro reversals dominate short matches. Saiyan Beast is banned in some community rooms but legal in official ranked, so know your lobby rules. PvE rewards sustained damage and survivability: Namekian regen, Potential Unleashed, and Ki spam with Super Souls like "I'm the strongest!" clear Expert Missions safely. Parallel Quest Z-rank runs favor wide-area ultimates and teleport supers regardless of race. If you only play one mode, build for that mode first and keep a second loadout preset for the other. The tier list above blends both contexts in the race rankings, but transformation tiers call out mode-specific strengths where they matter.