I have found lately that there still isn’t an up-to-date definitive transformation stat list for Xenoverse 2 that lists ALL benefits and drawbacks of each form. Most youtubers or forum sites just say the main benefits, but don’t cover everything. For example, I always thought that Super Saiyan forms have a stamina recovery debuff as well as a ki debuff, but apparently that’s just Super Saiyan 3. So to clear up any further confusion, I put this information together myself in the hopes that it is more accessible and more google-able in the future.
 
 
My primary source: DemonBoy (@o0DemonBoy0o on twitter)
 
(Note: this list is 95% the work of DemonBoy, who is an absolute legend in the Xenoverse community. I simply added my own notes to it and organized it for greater clarity. I also wanted to make it easier to google as I forget where to find this information every 5 months or so).
 
 
Secondary Sources: DBX2 Wiki, and the following Youtubers: Steedoj, Burcol, supersaiyancabby28. ( I used these sources just to compare what things are said about various transformation. For example, SSG was the trickiest to pinpoint exact stats for).
 
 
Transformation stats 2022 (categorized by race alphabetically)
 
Update: Now with non-CaC/cast character transformations
 
 

All Races

Kaioken
 
 
Benefits:
 
Decrease Vanish Stamina Cost | -25%
 
Increase Enemy Stamina Damage | +10%
 
Increase all Attack Damage | +2.5
 
Increase Ground Speed | +5%
 
Increase Air Speed | +5%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +5%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +2.5%
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
1 bar of ki (100 ki) required to activate
 
Activates Stamina Auto-Drain | -6%
 
Increase User Stamina Damage Taken | +5%
 
 
X3 Kaioken
 
 
Benefits:
 
Decrease Vanish Stamina Cost | -50%
 
Increase Enemy Stamina Damage | +15%
 
Increase User Stamina Damage Taken | +10%
 
Increase all Attack Damage | +7.5%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +10%
 
Increase Air Speed | +20%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +10%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +5%”
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
3 bars of ki (300 ki) required to activate
 
Activates Stamina Auto-Drain | -12%
 
Increase User Stamina Damage Taken | +5% (meaning the stamina penalty for blocking attacks is increased)
 
Increase all Damage Taken | +10%
 
 
X20 Kaioken
 
 
Benefits:
 
Decrease Vanish Stamina Cost | -100% (vanishes are free)
 
Increase Enemy Stamina Damage | +30%
 
Increase all Attack Damage | +15%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +15%
 
Increase Air Speed | +25%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +25%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +10%
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
5 bars of ki (500 ki) required to activate
 
Increase all Damage Taken | +30%
 
Activates Stamina Auto-Drain | -46% (stamina bars drain rapidly, potentially leaving the user vulnerable if stamina depletes completely)
 
Increase User Stamina Damage Taken | +25% (meaning the stamina penalty for blocking attacks is increased dramatically)
 
 
Potential Unleashed
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase all Attack Damage | +15%
 
Decrease all Damage Taken | -5%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +11%
 
Increase Air Speed | +7%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +11%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +7%
 
No Super Saiyan vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably a benefit)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
5 bars of ki (or 500 ki) required to activate
 
No Super Saiyan vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably a drawback)
 
 
 

Earthlings

Power Pole Pro
 
 
Benefits:
 
Activates Super Armor (Damage) | 5% of Max HP
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +5%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +5%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +5%
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
3 bars of ki (300 ki) to activate
 
Widely regarded as the worst awoken in the game-> It is an unconventional awoken that changes earthling combos in a manner that is unintuitive and inconsistent with regular gameplay. It is a difficult skill to extract meaningful damage from, does not utilize any of the strengths of earthling playstyles, and it is easy to get knocked out of.
 
 
 

Frieza Race

Turn Golden
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +20%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | 30%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +15%
 
Increase Air Speed | +15%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +15%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +5%
 
Changes basic ki blasts to a completely unique style (Ki blasts become straight shooting purple blasts, charged ki blast becomes a death beam)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
5 bars of ki (500 ki) to activate
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -10%
 
Increase all Damage Taken | +15% (this is especially rough as Frieza race has one of the lowest health pools in the game)
 
Charged basic ki blast no longer has paralysing ability inherent to the Frieza race
 
 
 

Majin Race

Purification
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +20%
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +20%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +15%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | +15%
 
Increase all Damage Taken | +25%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +10%
 
Increase Air Speed | +7%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +10%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +7%
 
Stamina recovery is not interrupted by user attacks (meaning your stamina is in recovery essentially at all times)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
300 ki (or 3 bars of ki) to activate
 
Increase all Damage Taken | +25%
 
Stamina breaks knock the user out of the transformation
 
User becomes locked to Kid Buu’s entire moveset while in this form (including combos, ki blast variations, and ki/strike supers). You are effectively a different colored copy of Kid Buu.
 
 
 

Namekians

Become Giant
 
 
Benefits:
 
Activates Ki Auto-Recovery | +40%
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +15%
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +10%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +15%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | +10%
 
Super Armor
 
Stamina is damaged instead of health
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
300 ki (or 3 bars of ki) to activate
 
Activates Stamina Auto-Drain | -40%
 
Decrease Stamina Restoration Rate | -50%
 
Increase User Stamina Damage taken | +35%
 
Large target (hard for opponents to miss supers and ultimate attacks when targeting you)
 
User is knocked out of transformation when stamina is drained or broken
 
 
 

Saiyans

(Note: I include the vanishing effect of Saiyan specific transformations applied to combos and charged signature supers as both a benefit and a drawback. Many players dislike the effect as it can make their combos slower/ less reliable due to the additional animation frames).
 
 
Super Saiyan
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +10%
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +5%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +10%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | +5%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +3%
 
Increase Air Speed | +1%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +3%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +1%
 
Decrease Basic Melee Damage Taken | -5%
 
Decrease Strike Skill Damage Taken | -5%
 
Vanishing effect for starting combos and for charged signature ki blast supers
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
3 bars of ki (300 ki) required to activate
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -35%
 
Some people aren’t crazy about the vanishing for starting combos or for charged signature ki blast supers, as it can be unreliable for supers and slow combos down
 
 
Super Saiyan 2
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +15%
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +7.5%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +15%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | +7.5%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +7%
 
Increase Air Speed | +5%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +7%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +5%
 
Decrease Basic Melee Damage Taken | -10%
 
Decrease Basic Ki Blast Damage Taken | -5%
 
Decrease Strike Skill Damage Taken | -10%
 
Decrease Ki Skill Damage Taken | -5%”
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
4 bars of ki (400 ki) required to activate
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -60%
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Super Saiyan 3
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +20%
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +10%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +20%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | +10%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +11%
 
Increase Air Speed | +7%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +11%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +7%
 
Increase stamina recovery while in the air | +20%
 
Decrease Basic Melee Damage Taken | -15%
 
Decrease Basic Ki Blast Damage Taken | -10%
 
Decrease Strike Skill Damage Taken | -15%
 
Decrease Ki Skill Damage Taken | -10%
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
5 bars of ki (500 ki) required to activate
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -85%
 
No benefit to stamina recovery from standing still on the ground ( a serious downside when combined with slowed ki regeneration, as general recovery becomes more challenging. Even with buffed air recovery it is still quite slow.))
 
 
Super Vegeta:
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +5%
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +10%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +5%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | +10%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +3%
 
Increase Air Speed | +1%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +3%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +1%
 
Decrease Basic Melee Damage Taken | -5%
 
Decrease Strike Skill Damage Taken | -5%
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
3 bars of ki (300 ki) required to activate
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -35%
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Super Vegeta 2
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +7.5%
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +17.5%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +7.5%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | +17.5%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +7%
 
Increase Air Speed | +5%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +7%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +5%
 
Decrease Basic Melee Damage Taken | -5%
 
Decrease Basic Ki Blast Damage Taken | -12.5%
 
Decrease Strike Skill Damage Taken | -5%
 
Decrease Ki Skill Damage Taken | -12.5%”
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
4 bars of ki (400 ki) to activate
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -50%
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Future Super Saiyan
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Stamina Restoration Rate | +15%
 
Increase Basic Melee Damage | +10%
 
Increase Basic Ki Blast Damage | +5%
 
Increase Strike Skill Damage | +10%
 
Increase Ki Skill Damage | +5%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +3%
 
Increase Air Speed | +1%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +3%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +1%
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
3 bars of ki (300 ki) to activate
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -35%
 
Inability to transform into higher tiers of super saiyan
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Super Saiyan God
 
(Note: this is sourced from the dbx2 wiki, so take with a grain of salt)
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Basic attacks | +40%
 
Increase Ki recovery | +50%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +12.5%
 
Increase Air Speed | +12.5%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +12.5%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +12.5%
 
Light combos ending with a heavy attack deal between 20% and 36% more damage on the final strike (this exact damage boost seems to be disputed). When the inputs are timed correctly, you will hear a sharp sound that confirms whether the final strike lands.
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
3 bars of ki (300 ki) to activate
 
Combo inputs need to be timed carefully in order to maximize damage output (this is barely even a downside as it’s still an excellent skill whether this mechanic is optimally utilized or not)
 
Male and female variants are different (reportedly female variant has a greater movement speed buff and combos ending with a heavy attack send opponents to the ground)
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Stamina Restoration Rate | +30%
 
Increase all Attack Damage | +25%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +11%
 
Increase Air Speed | +7%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +11%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +7%
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
500 ki (or 5 bars of ki) to activate
 
Activates Ki Auto-Drain | -20%
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -40%
 
Increase all Damage Taken | +12%
 
Stupid transformation name
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Super Saiyan God Evolution
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Stamina Restoration Rate | +40%
 
Decrease all Damage Taken | -10%
 
Increase all Attack Damage | +35%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +15%
 
Increase Air Speed | +15%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +15%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +7%
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
500 ki (or 5 bars of ki) to activate
 
Activates Ki Auto-Drain | -28% (hard to sustain without skills such as Divinity Unleashed ideally coupled with a ki regenerating super soul)
 
Decrease Ki Restoration Rate | -40%
 
Vanish effect for combos and supers (arguably)
 
 
 

Non-CaC/Cast Character Specific

SSB Kaioken (Goku)
 
 
Benefits:
 
Decrease Vanish Stamina Cost | -75%
 
Increase all Attack Damage | +15%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +12%
 
Increase Air Speed | +12%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +11%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +11%
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
Activates HP Auto-Drain | -25%
 
Increase all Damage Taken | +15%
 
 
x10 SSB Kaioken (Goku)
 
 
Benefits:
 
Decrease Vanish Stamina Cost | -100%
 
Increase all Attack Damage | +35%
 
Increase Ground Speed | +17%
 
Increase Air Speed | +17%
 
Increase Boost Speed | +15%
 
Increase Dash Speed | +15%”
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
Activates HP Auto-Drain | -46%
 
Increase all Damage Taken | +30%
 
 
Pure Progress (Hit)
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Ki Restoration Rate | +10%
 
Increase all Attack damage | +10%
 
Increase Speed | +5%”
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
Decrease Stamina Restoration Rate | -10%
 
 
Pure Progress Stage 2 (Hit)
 
 
Benefits:
 
Increase Ki Restoration Rate | +30%
 
Increase all Attack damage | +30%
 
Increase Speed | +10%”
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
Decrease Stamina Restoration Rate | -30%
 
 
Super Sonic Transformation (Dyspo)
 
Note: These are tentative stats, and needs further confirmation
 
 
Benefits:
 
No ki requirements to activate
 
Increase Basic attack Damage | +15%
 
Increase Strike attack Damage | +10%
 
Increase Ki attack Damage | +10%
 
Increase Movement Speed | Unknown percentage, but far greater than any other awoken
 
Justice Blade teleports to the opponent
 
After grabbing, you are now able to follow up with a combo or a super.
 
 
Drawbacks:
 
MASSIVE Stamina drain (rate not yet known, comparable to Kaioken x20 or SSBE ki drain)
 
No free vanishes like Kaioken, so stamina drains even quicker if vanishing
 
Heavy stamina break when stamina is depleted
 
 
 

Additional Notes/Speculations

Some cast characters seem to have different transformation rules. For example, Gohan’s version of Potential unleashed seems to be more similar to SSJ3 than the CaC version, as Gohan has the same standing posture and reduced stamina recovery. Base Gogeta (DBS) has a version of Super Saiyan that seems to boost his stats much more than regular SSJ does (closer to SSB/SSBE damage tier but with reduced stamina recovery).
 
 

 
 
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