DBZ LF2 Game Guide

The Character Grid on the bottom is for visual purposes only. You can only press Left and Right to move. Pressing Down doesn't do anything and pressing Up button will take you back to Random.

After picking all the human players, you will be given the option to pick the number of COM players.

Stats

You can see the stats of each character. To get more details on each stat check HERE.

Team

Here you can select the team the character is on. There are 4 different teams and also independent if you want to play by yourself.

HUD

HP Gauge

HP

This is the characters current HP. This HP naturally regenerates over time till it reaches the Dark HP.

Dark HP

This is the characters max HP that they can heal to. Most characters cannot regenerate Dark HP; however, some characters like Majin Buu can also regenerate Dark HP.

Ki Gauge

The colour of the ki bar is dependent on the colour of the characters ki; however 30+ bars are always a light blue colour. Characters with natural ki regeneration will only automatically regenerate to 10 ki bars. You can overcharge your ki as much as you want, but visually you will only see up to 50 bars of ki

Power Level

This is the characters power level which is based on the characters stats. The higher the power level the stronger the character.

Scouter

Glass

The colour of the glass on the scouter is based on the character and if they wear scouters. Default colour is green (for characters that don't wear scouters).

Button

The button of the scouter on the side is used to indicate the team of the character. Grey is for independent (no team).

Time

Used to determine how much time has elapsed in the battle. You can hide it by clicking on it.

Game Mode

This is the current game mode being played.

Difficulty

This is the current game difficulty, in general the AI/com player differently depending on the difficulty selected. To unlock CRAZY! difficulty type in "lf2.net" in the character select screen.

Game Modes

VS Mode

This is the main fighting mode. You can have up to 8 fighters. (minimum 1 player, maximum 4 players, minimum 1 COM and maximum 7 COMs). Each fighter can be either independent, or in 1 of 4 teams.

Training Mode

Training mode can be selected in VS mode. To enter training mode you can use either player or COM enemies and pick the "TRAINING MODE" background. In Training mode attacks do 0 damage and the only way to end is by pressing F4 special function key. If you are fighting COM enemies then you can make them stop fighting with the Stay! command and you can also make them come to your location with the Come! command. To make them start fighting again you just use the Move! command. To see how to use special commands, check HERE.

Stage Mode

This mode you advance through different phases fighting weak enemies. There are several phases per sub-stage. Occasionally you will come across some boss fights. If there are any minions with the boss they generally will continually respawn till the boss has been defeated. In Easy difficulty, the enemies have 25% less HP and in CRAZY! difficulty the enemies have 50% more HP. After completion of a sub-stage, HP is healed and you get bonus health depending on difficulty. Easy: 200, Normal: 150, Difficult: 100 and CRAZY!: 50.

1 on 1 Championship

Fight in 1 on 1 battles to determine who is the World Champion! There are a total of 7 matches. 4 quarter-final matches, 2 semi-final matches and 1 final match. You always start every match with a full HP bar, however your Max HP is based on your Dark HP from the previous match. The default background is the World Tournament Stage (Ringout) however you can change it to any other background.

2 on 2 Championship

Fight in 2 on 2 battles to determine who are the Tag-team World Champions! There are a total of 3 matches. 2 semi-final matches and 1 final match. You always start every match with a full HP bar, however your Max HP is based on your Dark HP from the previous match. The default background is the World Tournament Stage (Ringout) however you can change it to any other background.

Battle Mode

Battle mode is currently not available and will cause the game to crash.

Gameplay Mechanics

Stats

Each character has their own unique stats which are determined by their power and abilities based on the manga and anime

Attack (ATK): This increases the damage output of all attacks.
Defense (DEF): This increases the defense allowing the character to take less damage.
HP Regeneration (HP-R): This increases the speed HP regenerates gradually over time. Dark HP can't be regenerated over time except by some characters like Majin Buu.
Ki Regeneration (KI-R): This increases the speed Ki regenerates gradually over time. Some characters don't have any Ki Regeneration so the only way to increase Ki is to Charge Ki. Some characters have negative Ki Regeneration so they gradually lose Ki over time, to compensate, they have higher Ki Charge Speed.
Ki Charge Speed (KI-C): This increases the speed Ki Charges when using the DJA A input.

Normal Attack

Press the Attack button.

Heavy Attack (Super Punch)

Pressing the Attack button near an enemy that is staggered or has their Defense Broken will result in a Heavy Attack.

Stagger (Dance of Pain)

Generally it takes about 3 uninterrupted consective Normal Attacks to cause an enemy to be Staggered and enter into a dance of pain leaving them wide open to attacks for about 1 second.

Grab (Catching)

To grab an enemy simply press the Direction key to Walk into them when they are Staggered.

Counter Attack

To perform a Counter Attack you must press the Attack button when Defending an attack that doesn't break your guard. Counter attacks can only land on an enemy if you are close to them, however, characters with Teleportation techniques such as the Instant Transmission can Counter Attack no matter how far the enemy is.

Air Recover

When the character is Falling and they are in a horizontal position parallel to the ground you can press the Jump button to do an Air Recovery which costs 3 bars of ki. You are vulnerable after the rolling frames are over so be careful when you use it. If you are in the middle of being comboed and attempt to break free, it is possible to end up back inside the enemy's combo. It is also very dangerous to use when being attacked by a continous Ki Beam attack as it will continue to hit unless you also move Up or Down on the z-axis to dodge.

Air Recover Dash

After performing an Air Recovery hold the Left or Right directional keys to perform a dash in mid-air. You can also hold the Up or Down directional keys to move on the z-axis. This is particularly very useful in the World Tournament Stage (Ringout) battle stage to avoid being knocked out of bounds.

Basic Combo

After performing a Heavy Attack press the Jump button to initiate a basic combo. Some characters can continue to combo further by pressing the Attack or Jump button. To see a complete combo list for each character check the characters page HERE

Ki Charge

You can charge your Ki bar by pressing DJA A and holding A. The higher your Ki Charge Speed the faster you will charge.

Ki Blast

Can be performed with the key inputs Defend Forwards Attack and keep pressing Attack button to continuously shoot ki blasts.

Special Moves

Can be performed by pressing the Defend button followed by any Directional key and then by either pressing the Attack or Jump button.

The list of potential moves are:

D > A --- D > AJ --- D > AD
D > J --- D > JA
D ^ A
D ^ J
D v A
D v J

NOTE: Not all moves are available to all characters. To see a complete movelist for each character check the characters page HERE

Multiplayer (Online)

There are a few ways to play Little Fighter 2 online such as Parsec, LF2 Lobby, Hamachi, etc. We will only be focusing on Parsec and LF2 Lobby in this guide.

Parsec

Parsec is a proprietary remote desktop application primarily used for playing games through video streaming. Using Parsec, a user can stream video game footage through an Internet connection, allowing one to run a game on one computer but play it remotely through another device. You can download Parsec HERE.

Maximum: 4 players (since you are remote connecting into someone's computer)

Pros

Normal gameplay speed (30fps) (THIS IS A HUGE PRO)

Cons

Because you are remote connecting into someone else's computer, you can't have controls that overlap with each other.
Depending on latency, there can be some input delay

LF2 Lobby

LF2 Lobby comes prepackaged with the game. To learn more about LF2 Lobby and the development you can check the website HERE and join the Discord Server to get all the latest and greatest updates!

Maximum: 4 players (Special Mode: 8 players (check website))

IMPORTANT: Pick the server where the ping is low for all players that are playing online.

Pros

You can use whatever controls you want.
No input delay.

Cons

Depending on each persons connection to the server, the frame rate can be abysmal (as low as 5 fps) (THIS IS A HUGE CON)