With Vegeta serving as the final boss of the Saiyan Saga, Nappa pretty much serves as a mini-boss in a way. As Goku goes after him later, Gohan and company have to fight him before that, twice in fact. Both of these fights can be a little tricky in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, so we've created a guide with some helpful strategies.
How to beat Nappa as Gohan
For Gohan's first fight with Nappa in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, he has Krillin and Tien as supporting characters to help out. At this point, Gohan still only has three super attacks at his disposal, with Masenko definitely being your best option.
Nappa is definitely a bruiser who can deal a lot of damage quickly, so you should try to shield yourself from his big attacks and use Vanish Attack to get behind him if you can.
Nappa has some super attacks that he'll use against you for sure, the most common being Arm Break. This is his most basic attack where he lunges at you and deals a lot of damage to Gohan. The move you really need to watch out for is Giant Storm, which it will activate with a short cutscene and you need to get out of the attack radius as quickly as possible. You can take massive damage here if you're not careful.
Using your support characters can be very useful here, especially with Krillin's Solar Flare as a stun technique to attack or charge your ki. You'll remove Nappa before too long, resulting in cutscenes before round two begins, this time with Piccolo replacing Tien as one of your two support characters.
Nappa's second part for Gohan is much more difficult. He seems to mix in a lot more super attacks this time around, which makes him even more dangerous. In addition to Arm Break and Giant Storm, it starts casting Sonic Storm when it's on top of you, Blazing Storm as another arena covering attack, and Bomber DX which is its strongest projectile by sending two ki blasts after you.
Nappa's super attacks can really start to take a toll on your health, especially when he starts using them one after the other. That's why it's important to grab healing items like Vitadrink from the front store and be ready to heal throughout the match if needed.
Eventually, you'll take out Nappa in combat, though that results in some not-so-great moments for Gohan and Piccolo after the fact that ends this chapter.
