
Dragon Ball FighterZ Update 1.40 Now Available For Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Bandai Namco this week proclaimed Dragon Ball FighterZ would receive a fresh balance modification update.
It has now revealed the official patch notes for Version 1.40 on its website. The update encompasses modifications to each character, including their moveset. Bandai Namco also emphasized how “correctly timing a Z-Reflect can shift the momentum of combat”.
Character
Move Name
Description
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System Mechanics
Ki Charge
– Accelerated timing when executing Dragon Rush and Super Dash.”
Dragon Rush
Z Reflect
– If the aforementioned screen freeze is activated, Vanish can be executed.”
Vanish
Sparking Blast
High Jump
Z Assist (A-Type, B-Type)
Z Change
Guard Cancel Change
Limit-Breaking Power
Boot Camp Mode
Goku (Super Saiyan)
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 1
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Standing Medium Attack
Crouching Medium Attack
Standing Heavy Attack
– Holding the button now alters the timing of the strike.”
Dragon Flash Fist
Dragon Flash Fist (Light)
Dragon Flash Fist (Medium, Heavy)
Kamehameha
– Increased hitstop upon guard.
– Reduced wait time except for the diagonal ground variant.”
Super Kamehameha
– Adjusted knockback upon hit for the sideways variant.
– Extended stun time for the sideways variant.
– Enhanced damage for the diagonal ground variant.
– Extended stun time for the diagonal mid-air variant.”
Warp Kamehameha
– Accelerated the start-up of the strike when the opponent is in hitstun.
– Adjusted the appearance point for the mid-air variant.
– Expanded the hit spacing of the attack to simplify hitting opponents behind you.”
Z Assist (A-Type)
– Increased hitstop upon guard.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
– Adjusted movement distance to enhance the likelihood of the attack hitting multiple times.”
Vegeta (Super Saiyan)
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Super Dash Kick (Light)
Super Dash Kick (Medium)
– Increased stun time when not in animation.
– Modified knockback for hits during the latter half of the motion.”
Crushing Knee Kick (Light)
– Reduced landing wait time for the ground variant.
– Increased blockstun for the ground version.”
Big Bang Attack
Z Assist (A-Type)
– Inputting ← or → now moves the character.”
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Modified hitstop on strike.
– Increased stun duration.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Piccolo
Demon Shocker
– Increased wait time.”
Demon Elbow
– Modified knockback on hit when not in animation.”
Demon Slicer
Demon Slicer (Light)
Demon Slicer (Medium)
Demon Slicer (Heavy)
– Now induces a ground bounce upon hit for the ground variant.
– Accelerated the start-up of the strike when the opponent is in hitstun in the ground variant.
– Increased wait time for the ground variant.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
– Accelerated the strike’s start-up when blocking an attack.”
Gohan (Teen)
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 1
5-Hit Combo (Light)
Super Dragon Flight (Light)
– Increased blockstun.
– Increased stun duration.
– Reduced landing wait time.”
Super Dragon Flight (Medium)
Super
Dragon Flight (Heavy)
– Enhanced opponent’s hitstop when the strike is blocked.
– Decreased delay on miss and block.
– Decreased hitstun when not in animation.”
Father-Son Kamehameha (Full Power)
– Modified knockback on hit.”
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Modified distance traveled.
– Adjusted knockback.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Frieza
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
– Amplified opponent’s hitstop on a long-range block.”
Standing Medium Attack
– Reduced delay.
– Modified distance traveled during the attack.
– Inputting ← now alters attack timing.
– The attack’s behavior now changes when the initiation is delayed.”
Standing Unique Attack
– Inputting ← or → now alters blast speed.”
Crouching Unique Attack
– Enhanced distance traveled with → input.”
Jumping Medium Attack
Jumping Unique Attack
Captain Ginyu
Standing Heavy Attack
Special Attack (Guldo)
Special Attack (Jeice)
Strong Jersey (Light)
– Enhanced opponent’s hitstop when struck during a Super Combo.
– Increased stun duration during a Super Combo.”
Strong Jersey (Heavy)
– Enhanced opponent’s hitstop when the strike is blocked.”
“We are the Ginyu Force!” (Recoome)
“We are the Ginyu Force!” (Jeice)
Z Assist (A-Type)
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Enhanced opponent’s hitstop when Purple Comet Crush is blocked.
– Resolved an issue where only one member of the Ginyu Force would appear under certain conditions.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Trunks
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 1
Crouching Medium Attack
Standing Unique Attack
– Increased delay.”
Shining Slash (Heavy)
– Adjusted damage for the ground variant.”
Heat Dome Attack (Light + Medium)
Z Assist (C-Type)
Cell
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 1
Standing Medium Attack
Crouching Medium Attack
– Enhanced attack duration.”
Crouching Heavy Attack
– Increased stun duration when not in animation.”
Hell Strike (Light)
– Decreased landing delay.”
Psycho Crash
– Increased stun duration.
– Modified knockback on hit.
– Decreased hitstun.”
Kamehameha
Z Assist (A-Type)
– Decreased delay.
– Enhanced hitstop.
– Amplified blockstun.”
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Increased attack duration.
– Enhanced hitstop.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Android 18
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Crouching Light Attack
– Decreased knockback.”
Standing Medium Attack
Back Grapple (Medium / Heavy)
Support Attack (Light)
– Increased stun duration during a Super Combo.”
Z Assist (A-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
Gotenks
Standing Light Attack
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
– Decreased delay on whiff.
– Accelerated timing on whiff.”
Standing Unique Attack
Great Special Rolling Kick (Light)
– Increased stun duration during a Super Combo.”
Great Special Rolling Kick (Medium)
– Increased clash level.”
Galactic Donuts
DIE DIE Missile Barrage
– Modified knockback on hit.”
Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack (Heavy + Special)
Z Assist (A-Type)
Krillin
Standing Unique Attack
– → input will only change the trajectory of the first Ki Blast with subsequent input.”
Crouching Unique Attack
– Can now execute a jumping heavy attack, jumping ↓ heavy attack, jumping unique attack, or jumping ↓ unique attack in a Z Combo.”
Jumping Unique Attack
– Can now alter blast speed with → input.
– Can
now utilize → or ← controls to direct the paths of Ki Blasts individually with extra input.
Jumping ↓ Distinct Attack
Solar Flare
– Modified the attack’s hit effect during a Super Combo.”
Destructo-Disc
Z Assist (C-Type)
Kid Buu
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
– Enhanced movement distance.”
Standing Medium Attack
– Shortened attack duration.”
Standing Heavy Attack
– Decreased delay.
– Enhanced movement distance.”
Crouching Medium Attack
– Decreased delay.”
Crouching Unique Attack
– Reduced landing delay.”
Jumping Medium Attack
– Shortened attack duration.”
Jumping ↓ Heavy Attack
– Decreased delay.”
Jumping Unique Attack
Jumping ↓ Unique Attack
Mystic Ball Attack (Medium)
Mystic Arm Swing
Arm Ball
– Decreased delay.”
Candy Beam
Human Extinction Attack
Pearl Flash
Majin Buu
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 1
Standing Medium Attack
Standing Unique Attack
Cartwheel
– Accelerated timing for executing a different Special Move during Sparking Blast.”
Cartwheel (Heavy)
Now Buu truly…detests you!
– Adjusted stun duration and hitstop.”
Turn into candy!
– Adjusted the character’s appearance location during Ultimate Z Change.”
Nappa
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Standing Heavy Attack
Standing Unique Attack
– Increased stun duration on initial strike.”
Jumping ↓ Heavy Attack
Z Assist (B-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
– Increased opponent’s hitstop when the attack is guarded.”
Android 16
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Standing Heavy Attack
Jumping Heavy Attack
Standing Unique Attack
– Enhanced tracking ability of projectiles.”
Jumping Unique Attack
– Enhanced tracking ability of projectiles.”
Dynamite Driver (Medium)
Hell Flash
– Extended stun duration.”
Z Assist (A-Type)
– Heightened opponent’s hitstop on guard.”
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Enhanced tracking ability of projectiles.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Yamcha
Standing Light Attack
Crouching Light Attack
Crouching Medium Attack
Reverse Wolf Fang Fist
– Will no longer shift behind the opponent if the button is held.”
Wolf Fang Fist: Pack Attack
Wolf Fang Fist: Pack Attack (Medium)
– Amplified knockback.”
Wolf Fang Fist: Finisher (Light)
Wolf Fang Fist: Finisher (Medium)
– Adjusted knockback on hit when not in animation.”
Gale Claws Maniac
Neo Wolf Fang Fist
Tien
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Jumping Unique Attack
Crane Strike
Volleyball Fist (Light)
Volleyball Fist (Heavy)
Telekinesis
– Decreased delay.”
Tri-Beam
Farewell, Tien…
Z Assist (B-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
Gohan (Adult)
Standing Unique Attack
Jumping Heavy…
Assault
– Modified distance traveled when executing from a crouching unique assault in a Z Combo.”
Machine Gun Kick (Heavy)
Ultimate Back Strike
Potential Released
Potential Released (Light + Medium)
Strike
Standing Light Assault: Follow-up 2
Standing Unique Assault
– Automatically initiates an attack when the adversary is in hitstun.
– Increased clash level.”
Jumping Unique Assault
Instant Hit
Guard Breaker
Icy Stare
– Now invulnerable to projectiles midway through the motion.
– Holding the button amplifies damage.”
Deadly Ambition
Mark of the Assassin
Z Assist (B-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
– Invincibility continues until after the attack’s initiation.”
Goku (SSGSS)
Standing Light Assault: Follow-up 2
Crouching Unique Assault
Jumping Unique Assault
Divine Void Impact (Light, Medium)
Dragon Flash Kick (Light, Medium)
Instant Relocation
Z Assist (A-Type)
– Extended stun duration.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Vegeta (SSGSS)
Standing Light Assault: Follow-up 2
Super Dash Kick
Niagara Pummel
– Increased knockback on block.
– Elevated damage during animation.
– When not utilizing additional strikes while holding the button, you can now execute Galick Gun on hit.”
Final Flash
– No longer adjusts when pressing the “”Heavy”” and “”Unique”” buttons.”
Beerus
Sphere of Annihilation (All Types)
Standing Heavy Assault
Jumping Light Assault
God of Destruction’s Fury
– Decreased hitstun.”
Spheres of Annihilation
Goku Black
Crouching Medium Assault
God Slicer
– Can now adjust the trajectory with ↑ or ↓ input.”
God Slicer (Heavy)
Fierce God Kick (Medium)
Fierce God Kick (Heavy)
– Adjusted stun duration on center-screen impacts when not in animation.
– Adjusted stun duration on corner impacts.
– Adjusted distance shifted on corner impacts.”
Holy Light Bomb
Z Assist (C-Type)
Android 21
Crouching Medium Assault
Standing Unique Assault
– Adjusted knockback on long-range impacts.”
Crouching Unique Assault
– Can now modify the trajectory with → input.
– Jumping heavy attack, jumping ↓ heavy attack, and jumping unique assault can now be executed in a Z Combo.”
Hors d’Oeuvre Stab (Heavy)
Consecutive Energy Blast
Homing Energy Blast
Sonic Shift
Solar Flare
Sticky Energy Blast
Explosive Energy Blast
Barrier Sphere
Sweet Tooth
– Enhanced health recovery during animation.”
Impending Catastrophe
– Enhanced health recovery.”
Bardock
Standing Medium Assault
Crouching Medium Assault
Rebellion Spear (Light)
– Heightened stun duration on mid-air impacts.”
Rebellion Spear (Heavy)
– Enhanced stun duration on impact with the second strike.”
Raging Meteor
– Increased chip damage while guarding.”
Raging Meteor (Light)
Raging Meteor (Medium)
– Adjusted knockback on impact.”
Raging Meteor (Heavy)
Tyrant Lancer
– …
Enhanced the quantity the Ki Gauge is filled.
Riot Javelin
– Extended stun duration for mid-air variant.”
Saiyan Spirit
Z Assist (B-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
Broly
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Standing Medium Attack
– Extended attack duration.
– Lowered delay.
– Modified damage scaling on hit with the initial attack.”
Crouching Medium Attack
Standing Heavy Attack
– Shortened time for maximum charge.
– Altered properties of maximum charge.”
Lariat Express
Powered Shell
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Can now modify the attack’s initiation and height with ← input.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Vegito (SSGSS)
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Crouching Heavy Attack
Standing Unique Attack
Standing Unique Attack (→ Input)
– Modified damage scaling on hit with the initial attack.
– Extended delay.”
Spiral Heel Shot
Atomic Buster (Heavy)
Zamasu (Fused)
Standing Medium Attack
Crouching Medium Attack
Standing Heavy Attack
Standing Unique Attack
– Standing unique attack can now be executed in a Z Combo.
– Can now be executed up to 3 times per Z Combo.”
Eternal Justice (Light)
Eternal Justice (Medium)
Wall of Light
Heaven’s Flash
– Can now quick dash while activated by pressing → Heavy + Unique.
– Can quick dash again even during quick dashing motion.”
Z Assist (A-Type)
Z Assist (B-Type)
Goku
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
Crouching Medium Attack
Standing Heavy Attack
– Lowered delay.”
Crouching Unique Attack
– If the blast appears near the opponent, it will now materialize in the opponent’s position.”
Heavy Elbow (Medium, Heavy)
– Shortened knockback.
– Extended invincibility.”
Kamehameha
x3 Kaioken Kamehameha
– Can now execute a Super Dash if it lands.
– Can now perform x20 Kaioken and Super Spirit Bomb during Limit-Breaking Power.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Vegeta
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
– Elevated the base damage of the attack.”
Standing Unique Attack
– Increased damage.
– Adjusted knockback on final hit.
– Can now be executed twice per Z Combo.”
Crouching Unique Attack
Super Dash Kick (Light, Medium)
Deadly Knee Drop
Deadly Knee Drop (Medium)
Energy Cutter
I have no need for Saiyans that can’t move
Z Assist (A-Type)
Z Assist (B-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
– Elevated the base damage of the attack.”
Cooler
Standing Unique Attack
– Adjusted knockback on mid-air hit.”
Jumping Unique Attack
Genocidal Uppercut
Death Chaser (Light)
– Increased knockback on block.”
Death Chaser (Medium)
Death Chaser (Heavy)
Death Breaker (Light)
Death Breaker (Heavy)
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Extended distance traveled.”
Android 17
Top Gear (Light)
Second Gear (Light)
Fake Out (Heavy)
Z Assist (C-Type)
Jiren
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 1
Standing Light Attack: Follow-up 2
– Elevated the base damage of the attack.”
Standing Medium Attack
Standing
Distinct Assault
Infinity Surge
Shock Cyclone (Medium)
Ultimate Charge
Counter Strike
– Can now initiate an attack while maintaining button press.
– Will now automatically attack when the foe is in hitstun.”
Z Assist (C-Type)
Videl
Z Reflect
Upright Unique Assault
Crouching Unique Assault
Jumping Heavy Assault
Jumping ↓ Heavy Assault
Jumping Unique Assault
– Inputting ↑ now modifies the strike’s behavior.”
Jumping ↓ Unique Assault
Videl Rush (Medium, Heavy)
Moonsault Kick
– No longer invincible to anti-air strikes midway through the movement.
– Accelerated the initiation of the strike for the ground variant.”
Defender of Love & Justice, Great Saiyaman!
Z Assist (C-Type)
Goku (GT)
Upright Light Assault: Follow-up 1
Upright Light Assault: Follow-up 2
Upright Heavy Assault
– Diminished delay.”
Crouching Heavy Assault
– Distance traversed now increased with → input.”
Upright Unique Assault
– Upright unique assault can now be executed in a Z Combo.
– Can now be performed up to 3 times per Z Combo.”
Crouching Unique Assault
Jumping Unique Assault
Kamehameha
– Will now pivot when attacking for the ground variant.
– Lengthened stun duration for the aerial version.”
Dragon Flurry Fist
Dragon Flurry Fist (Medium)
Super Ultra Spirit Bomb
Z Assist (A-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
– Now deflects Ki Blasts mid-motion.
– Adjusted where the character materializes.”
Janemba
Upright Light Assault: Follow-up 2
Dimensional Rift
Rakshasa’s Claw
Fierce Skewer
– Amplified opponent’s hitstop when the strike is guarded.
– Enhanced blockstun.
– Increased knockback.”
Z Assist (A-Type)
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Adjusted distance traversed.”
Gogeta (SSGSS)
Jumping ↓ Heavy Assault
Ascending Vortex (Light)
Stardust Descend
Z Assist (C-Type)
Broly (DBS)
Upright Light Assault
Upright Medium Assault
– Diminished delay.”
Crouching Medium Assault
Upright Heavy Assault
– Increased knockback when holding down button completely.
– Enhanced blockstun when holding down button fully.”
Upright Unique Assault
– Adjusted knockback on final hit.
– Enhanced stun duration on the final strike.”
Crouching Unique Assault
– Diminished delay.”
Jumping Unique Assault
Headbutt
– Increased attack duration.
– Diminished delay on whiff.
– Delayed the initiation of the strike at long-range.
– Amplified stagger duration on hit while on the ground.”
Gigantic Fury (Light)
Gigantic Fury (Heavy)
– Enhanced attack duration when the adversary is grounded.”
Z Assist (A-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
Kefla
Super Cannonball (Medium)
Gigantic Breaker
Gigantic Burst
Z Assist (C-Type)
Goku (Ultra Instinct)
Upright Light Assault
Upright Medium Assault
Crouching Medium Assault
Upright Unique Assault
Secret Sensation
Unfettered Mind
Unfettered Mind (Heavy)
Divine Strike
Independent Fist
– Increased the hitstop for the opponent when the attack is blocked.”
Ascending Blaze
– Reduced latency.
– Augmented blockstun on the second strike.
– Enhanced opponent’s hitstop when the second strike is blocked.”
Unconstrained Will
– Holding the unique attack button modifies the character’s appearance.
– Accelerated the attack’s initiation when the opponent is in hitstun.”
Divine Presentation
Divine Presentation (Heavy)
Z Assist (A-Type)
Z Assist (B-Type)
Z Assist (C-Type)
Master Roshi
Standing Light Assault: Follow-up 1
– Can now execute various normal attacks or Masterful Leap on a miss.”
Standing Light Assault: Follow-up 2
Standing Medium Assault
→ Medium Assault
Standing Heavy Assault
Crouching Heavy Assault
– Now counters Ki Blasts during the move.”
Jumping Heavy Assault
Rising Phoenix
Thunder Shock Surprise
Lullaby Fist
Turtle Drop (Medium)
Z Assist (C-Type)
Super Baby 2
Crouching Medium Assault
Interceptor Kick
Revenge Death Sphere
Great Ape Onslaught
Gogeta (SS4)
Standing Heavy Assault
Lightning Hammer (Light)
– Modified knockback during a Super Combo.”
Meteor Strike
Plus Energy of Justice
Ultimate Impact
– Increased the base damage of the mid-air version.”
Android 21 (Lab Coat)
Ki Gauge
Standing Light Assault: Follow-up 1
– Can no longer strike crouching adversaries with → input.”
Standing Medium Assault
Crouching Medium Assault
Jumping Medium Assault
Z Assist (B-Type)
– Blocking an attack now fills the Ki Gauge.”
In addition to this, Bandai Namco will also unveil Super Saiyan 4 Goku (Daima) in Spring 2026. More details can be found in our prior announcement:
Will you be exploring this latest game update? Share your thoughts in the comments.