Dragon Ball

This content was only temporarily available during Dragon Bash.

Dragon Ball Arena

Type

Instance

Within 

Lion's Arch

Dragon Ball is an activity released as part of the Dragon Bash and reintroduced during Lunar New Year. Players can talk to Finolla in the Crown Pavilion to gain access to the arena.

Mechanics

Players are placed on a team of five with the objective to kill the opposing team. Players spawn with only the Dragon Sphere skill and 100 health. Throughout the arena are blue health orbs to restore health and power-ups to improve the player's offensive and defensive options. Upon dying, all power-ups are lost and the player will respawn in their team's base. Each player kill is worth 20 points, and the team to reach 500 points wins.

The arena itself features jump and zip pads. Jump pads launch the player up, allowing them to reach higher ground. Zip pads launch the player forward much like leap skills.

Effects

•  Dragon Speed — effect given to all players that increases movement speed
•  Dragon Damage — power-up effect that increases damage dealt by 4 times
•  Invisible — power-up effect that grants stealth
•  Heal 10 / 25 / 50 — restores health

Skills

Upon spawning, players only have the Dragon Sphere skill. Power-ups in the arena unlock further skills but are lost upon death.

	Умение				Описание
	Throw Dragon Sphere				Описание умения не найдено.
	Super Dragon Sphere				Описание умения не найдено.
	Dragon Bomb				Описание умения не найдено.
	Icy Dragon Trap				Описание умения не найдено.
	Dragon Kick				Описание умения не найдено.
	Dragon Stomp				Описание умения не найдено.

Rewards

Rewards are no longer given directly from completion of the event, but is obtained by doing the repeatable Dragon Ball Champion achievement.

Historical rewards

•  Dragon Coffer for winning
•  Piece of Zhaitaffy for losing

Achievements

48px Достижение	0  0
Dragon's Shadow	20px Seasonal Activities	6
Gain 5 invisibility power-ups in the Dragon Ball arena. Reward: 3  Little Lucky Envelope	1 Invisibility Power-ups Gained in the Dragon Ball Arena	1
	5 Invisibility Power-ups Gained in the Dragon Ball Arena	5
Dragon's Heart	20px Seasonal Activities	6
Gain health while in the Dragon Ball arena. Reward: 3  Little Lucky Envelope	88 Health Healed in the Dragon Ball Arena	1
	8,888 Health Healed in the Dragon Ball Arena	5
Dragon's Breath	20px Seasonal Activities	6
Gain 4 Dragon Damage power-ups in the Dragon Ball arena. Reward: 3  Little Lucky Envelope	1 Dragon Damage Power-ups Gained in the Dragon Ball Arena	1
	4 Dragon Damage Power-ups Gained in the Dragon Ball Arena	5
This achievement is repeatable. Dragon Ball Champion	20px Seasonal Activities	1
Win 10 games of Dragon Ball.Count yourself among the elite of the Dragon Ball. Reward:  Coffer of the Dragon Ball Champion	1/1 Dragon Ball Arena Game Won	0
	2/2 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won	0
	3/3 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won	0
	4/4 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won	0
	Show more tiers 5/5 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won 0  6/6 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won 0  7/7 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won 0  8/8 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won 0  9/9 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won 0  10/10 Dragon Ball Arena Games Won 1
Dragon's Gaze	20px Seasonal Activities	6
Interrupt 1 skill in the Dragon Ball arena. Reward: 3  Little Lucky Envelope	1 Skills Interrupted in the Dragon Ball Arena	1
	100 Skills Interrupted in the Dragon Ball Arena	5

Достижение	0  0
Dragon Ball Boss (Босс Драгонболла)	Lunar New Year Dailies	1
Выиграть 5 матчей в Dragon Ball.Впишите себя в список элиты Dragon Ball. Reward: 5  Little Lucky Envelope	5/5 матчей в драгонболл выиграно	1
Dragon Ball Participant (Участник игры в драгонболл)	Lunar New Year Dailies	1
Сыграть 2 раунда в Dragon Ball. Reward: 2  Little Lucky Envelope	2/2 раундов в драгонболл сыграно сегодня	1

Historical achievements

[[|48px]] Достижение	0  0

Strategy

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Location of powerups

• Ctrl-right click the Dragon Sphere skill when the match starts. This will allow it to auto-attack with minimal cooldown.
• All power-ups spawn in the same locations. Learn where they are so that you can quickly pick up the ones you want. The Super Dragon Sphere should be a priority. You lose all power-ups upon death.
• Use pads, dodging, and terrain to evade enemies.
• There are small health restores (20 points), large health restores (50 points) and full health restores. Grab them before your opponents do, but note that you may only pick up health restores, when you are not at full health.
• There are two special power-ups which only last for a short amount of time. Both spawn in the middle of the area. The first one is a perfect cloak, which makes it impossible for you opponents to spot you and spawns at the wooden platform. The second one grants quadruple damage and spawns on the crate on the bottom of the central room when the timer reaches about 27:20. While affected by the quadruple damage power-up you glow yellow and can easily turn a close match.
• Call Targets to focus on one opponent at a time when multiple targets are present.
• You cannot fire the Dragon Sphere skill backward. This puts running at a huge disadvantage if you can't escape quickly. Dodging through an opponent can put you behind them, giving you a slight break from their attacks if they don't respond quickly.

Dialogue

Talking to Finolla

Hello. Are you here to take part in Dragon Ball? It's the most amazing sport you'll ever try.

I'm ready to play.

Tell me about Dragon Ball.

It's a wondrous, fast-paced game. No weapons or magic allowed. Just your wits and the Dragon Balls inside the arena. A bit of advice though - keep moving, no matter what.

I'm in. Let's go.

You own Dragon Ball?

I researched the design and raised gold to build the arena. With Volak's help, I designed the venue and sold it to Lion's Arch. My first arena, and I sold it! Amazing!

Who's Volak?

I needed an announcer for my arena, and he has such a magical growly voice. Now he works for me. Oh, my first employee! Not that I would boss him around. He's such a wonderful friend.

Enough talking. I want to play Dragon Ball.

Good-bye.

Congratulations.

Maybe later.

Not today.

Talking to Volak Ironsnout

Hey, you going to try Dragon Ball? Most don't have the guts. I tell ya, kids these days. Too soft, don't know the rigors of battle. Dragon Ball would straighten them right up.

And you are?

Volak Ironsnout. Used to be a soldier in the Iron Legion. Now I'm a duffer who announces Dragon Ball matches. It's a good life. Far better than growing fat and old alone.

Alone?

My warband's all gone. Family's gone. Friends, too. Finolla, she's been good to me. Sweet kid, taking me on like this.

How'd you get involved with Dragon Ball?

Met Finolla at the Bane. She'd been watching fighters and taking notes for weeks. I think even she slept there. We watched the fights together, talked about combat. We got on good together, you know?

Why was she taking notes?

She was making a combat arena, to sell! Can you believe that? Tiny, sweet thing like her? I said, if you ever sell it, I'll be your announcer. Now, here I am. That kid, I'm proud of her.

I'll try Dragon Ball.

That's the spirit! Talk to Finolla. She's the happy, perky face of the operation and she'll get you started. See ya inside, recruit.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

Sound nice, but I have to go.

Yeah, I suppose so.

Good-bye.

Not right now.

Random dialogue from the two promoters

Finolla: Play Dragon Ball. It's the sport of Dragon Bash!

Finolla: Step right up and play Dragon Ball!

Finolla: Curious about Dragon Ball? Talk to me.

Volak Ironsnout: Dragon Ball separates the strong from the weak!

Volak Ironsnout: You got the guts? Then play Dragon Ball.

Volak Ironsnout: Hey, weakling. You try Dragon Ball yet?

Notes

• The Dragon Ball achievements do not count towards The Dragon Bash Experience.

Trivia

• This game format was first developed by players of the original Guild Wars as a "dodgeball" style Guild versus Guild match.
  • All players agreed to use the same build, e.g. using Lightning Orb (a high-damage projectile), Shock (a touch-range knockdown), and Windborne Speed (a single-target movement speed increase).
  • The format caught the attention of ArenaNet, who further developed the idea into the special-purpose Dragon Arena PvP format, used during festival events.