How to Win Power Impacts

Both players performing a Throw at close range will trigger a Power Impact. This won’t work against larger characters like Anilaza or Giant Form Lord Slug, so I don’t recommend trying. If it’s timed right, both characters will push against each other with their hands.

A spiral gauge will display in the middle of the screen, along with a button prompt. It’s best to imagine this minigame like a pressure meter. Holding the button down will fill it up, while releasing will let it fall. Allowing it to touch the yellow line in the center will cause it to fall and momentarily disable the button. The winner is decided by who has it filled the most.

It doesn’t last that long, so the trick here is to keep it as close to the maximum without overloading it. You might find it easier to hold it near the end and then resort to tapping to keep it close by. I highly suggest practicing this repeatedly in the training mode to get the timing down.

Using the Boost will extend the length of the gauge and allow you to fill it even more. Just be sure to not use all of your Ki to boost, since the winner will deliver a heavy finish attack at the end. Although that’s not very damaging, it does stagger the opponent to leave them open to combos.