Afterimage Strike may be annoying, but it is not unbalanced.

DISCLAIMER: I don't use AIS at all. The whole point of this post is that at the higher levels of play, this ability is just straight up not effective. Please don't start commenting "found the Afterimage Strike abuser hihihihi"

I've noticed the majority of people in this sub complain about AIS the most out of all the mechanics in the game.

I'm here to tell you that Insta-Spark is by far a bigger problem for the game. Not only does it counter AIS completely, there is also no real counter against it except the "elevator" tactic (going up and down until Sparking runs out).

At Z rank, no one uses AIS anymore. Hell, most players there don't even power down from Full Power Roshi (the only popular character who COULD use AIS).

In the Bandai Tournament that's happening these days, all the AIS users got eliminated very early on. Insta-spark on the other hand reigns supreme.

In DP, low tier characters NEED Afterimage Strike to be viable and even then, they're not.

In Singles, Super Vegito gets destroyed by Insta-Spark spammers, especially Jiren and Broly.

How to counter AIS:

• Use perception.
• Spam Ki Blasts
• Grab
• Insta Sparking