I started playing the game again, and seeing that tier list. It hurts to see that tier list since majority of my sparkings were from the first batch with the exception of piccolo. Stopped when bardock banner arrived, and looking at the game now. There's alot of interesting changes and good qol fixes, looked at reddit and there's even more exciting stuff coming soon. Jumped in at the right time.
Welcome back. Yeah, they've added a ton since then. While some of the early characters have gotten stat-stomped, they've gotten massively better with balancing the game and it's characters now. Aside from a couple of OGs that haven't been buffed yet, pretty much every SP character and most EX characters have a purpose and can be viable on the right setup. Even most characters that are listed as low on most tier lists can be extremely viable. For instance, I have a truly fucking awesome Hercule team. I've also been using a lot of IT Goku lately again and been seeing him more in PvP.
Pretty much, don't worry about tier lists too much. The game is much more about team building and game play than anything. And we now have a ton of options in those regards.
I am curious as to the reason why you're keeping the regular cell around on your team instead of Android #19 (strike based)? I know he has a team heal but is there anything else I am missing?
With that particular team, I already had EX 18 covering the z-ability for Blast attack and defense. That's the same Z-A that 19# gives. The team is more strike based, so I decided I'd rather have #20 over #19 for more Strike attack and defense along with EX17, Cell, and 16. I know who my main actives will be, so it just comes down to another bench Z-A, and I would rather have the health Z-A EX Cell gives. Especially because SP Cell heals constantly so it helps him a lot. Also, #19 is not a bad character to run actively, but not really worth it unless you're gonna run #20 with him too so he can reach his full power (he gets a buff from that). I knew that was like never gonna happen because Cell's got my YEL base covered, and running YYR (Cell/20/19) isn't gonna be that great most of the time. Susceptible to counter colors.
That team was pretty prototype though. It could use some tinkering. SP 16 is still a nice tank, but replacing him for a z-a buff like 19 might not be a bad idea. Congrats on your Cell! He is a monster.
After reading how OP Cell is (people were right about something good coming after those trap banners) I decided to do one full lap of steps. Manged to get a Cell, wohoo! but nothing else of significance which was ok since Cell as the target. Used the two tickets and got a Slug and SS2 Califlower. No best Gohan for me but Cell is more useful in this game anyway, wanted gohan for nostalgia. I also got an Ultimate Gohan from that ticket pull on his banner after accumulating 10 of them again (or was it 7?). I'm now in complete hoard mode until the anniversary but man, what's with me only ever getting 2* version of my Sparking units? There's no way to upgrade that outside continuing to pull in hopes of more of them, right? Someone online said they were farming Cell's star rank but don't see how that's possible. I was hoping the Cell games gave cell souls but alas, no.
Now for the real reason I'm posting, I could use help in picking out a team. I don't have all the units to form the best teams so I'm not sure if I should go for a quasi top team with what I do have, or just combine my best units. Here are the Sparking and Extreme units I have:
Sparking:
SSJ Broly (Purple) 2*
Super Perfect Cell (Yellow) 2*
Broly Fury (Red) 1*
Super Slug (Blue) 2*
Ultimate Gohan (Green) 2*
Pan (Blue) 2*
Super Vegita (Yellow) 2*
Vegita (Purple) 3*
SSJ2 Caulifa (Purple) 2*
SSJ Gotenks (Purple) 2*
Android 18 (Yellow) 3*
SSJ Goku (Green) 2*
SSJ Goku (Red) 0 stars
Extreme:
Goku (Blue) 2*
Yamcha (Green) 2*
Android 19 (Red) 3*
Android 16 (Yellow) 1*
Krillin (Red) 1*
Trunks (Teen) (Purple) 1*
Tien (Yellow) 2*
Nappa (Red) 1*
Vegita (Green) 2*
Frieze 1st form (Blue) 1*
Frieza 3rd form (Purple) 1*
Mercenary Tao (Purple) 1*
Frost Final Form (Blue) 2*
Vegita (Red) 1*
Turles (Green) 2*
Cell 1st form (Yellow) 2*
Master Roshi (Purple) 1*
Android 18 (Green) 1*
Android 17 (Red) 2*
Radditz (Blue) 2*
Cell 2nd form (Blue) 1*
Coora (Blue) 1*
Gohan (Youth) (Red) 1*
Android 17 (Green) 1*
Vegita (Yellow) 1*
SSJ Vegita (Purple) 1*
Tora (Purple) 1*
Cabba (Green) 3*
Any help would be much appreciated! I see that Cell and Slug are good units for a Regen team but I'm lacking a third and it seems criminal to not have SSJ Broly in the lineup with how OP he is. Broly Fury has great synergy with SSJ Broly I know that much but most of my best units don't seem to synergize. Do I say screw it and go with SSJ Broly, Super Perfect Cell, Broly Fury, Slug, Ultimate Gohan and either Super Vegita or Pan?
Congrats on Cell! Slug's great too. No, there is no way to farm Cell's star rank. There are a few farmable SPs, like Red Broly, and the Legends' Road characters, but most SPs are not farmable in any way other than pulling them. There are plenty of farmable EXs though through PvP adventures, scout battles, and events. I managed to get my SP Cell to 5* after doing 2 full rounds on the step up banner, but I did drop a little cash (about 30$).
As far as your team building....Sorry on the late response but phew that's tough. So many options. You've got some great units. Generally you want to use your SPs as a base for a team, and your EXs to fill it in depending on z-abilities and/or active fighters. I would say some good team outlines to look into are Movies, (PUR Broly/RED Broly/more movie characters like Slug ect), Female warriors, (SP Pan/SP Caulifa/YEL #18, green EX 18 for the bench), and Androids (New SP Cell/EX #17 green/The EX androids and EX 1st form Cell for a mix of actives and bench units).
I might say Androids is your best bet right now, but it's hard to tell. Cell is just so strong, and EX17 green is really fucking good, although you only have him at 1* at the moment. Just keep an eye out for z-abilities and fill in your teams. Don't be afraid to mix tag and color z-as too if you think it'll make for strong active fighters and/or bench alts.