Juggling is an offensive mechanic that allows the character to continuously connect or juggle his/her basic attacks, making the opponent unable to retaliate. The opponent can still retaliate though through blocking and performing either basic attacks or a Special, albeit it is very difficult for the opponent to do so. It works best when the character has sent the opponent to the far end of battle arena.
Heavy basic attacks are more often used in juggling than light basic attacks. The best examples are Lex Luthor and Sinestro. Reverse Flash’s near-infinite basic combos are also considered juggling. Juggling is also easier against slow characters like Bane or Solomon Grundy. In addition, Killer Frost/Prime's SP1, and both specials of Killer Frost/Regime and The Flash/Earth 2 greatly slow the attack speed of their opponents. Some characters' passives can increase speed, helping juggling become easier as well.
All characters can perform it, although it takes some time of practice to make them juggle well. However, these are the following characters that after performing their basic attacks give the opponent a lesser time to recover compared to others - and therefore juggles very effectively, which is quite useful especially when facing stronger opponents:
- Light Basic Attacks (including Combo-Ender): Ares/Prime, Batgirl/Cassandra Cain, Black Adam/New 52 (can perform infinite loop, provided that his combo ender is triggered every time), Catwoman/Prime, Catwoman/Arkham Knight, Deadshot/Arkham Origins, Deathstroke (all versions), Hal Jordan/Yellow Lantern, Hawkgirl (all versions except Earth 2), Killer Croc/Arkham, Jessica Cruz/Rebirth, Martian Manhunter/Blackest Night, and Nightwing/Batman Ninja
- Light Basic Attacks (skip Combo Ender and continue to tap, some characters can also juggle by tapping light combo twice, repeatedly): Aquaman/Regime, Deadshot/Suicide Squad, Deathstroke/Flashpoint, The Flash (all versions)
- Heavy Basic Attacks (some characters can also juggle by swiping heavy combo twice, repeatedly): Ares/Prime, The Arkham Knight/Arkham Knight, Batman/Arkham Knight, Harley Quinn/Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn/Arkham Knight, Jessica Cruz/Rebirth, Killer Frost/Regime, Zod/Prime, Lex Luthor (all versions), Catwoman (all versions), Sinestro (all versions), Cyborg (all versions),Aquaman (all versions), Scorpion/Klassic, Shazam (all versions), Superman (all versions) and The Flash (all versions)
Trivia[]
- Previously, all versions of Batman were able to juggle their heavy basic attacks which only make the opponent stagger back. But after the 2.21 update, the heavy basic attacks were made to knock down the opponent, making Batman a bit difficult to juggle albeit it is still possible. Only Batman/Arkham Knight wasn’t affected by this nerf, possibly because he is the only version of Batman using batarangs in his heavy basics.