Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Cabba » Sun May 21, 2017 2:46 am

TheSaiyanGod wrote: Really, this is an impressive explanation, it makes sense.
I think it makes sense, that by transforming into SSB, energy begins to escape from your body in an incredible way.
Is so much energy, that to contain it inside the body is something that can cause it to break, which would already indicate why the Power Boost that gave Goku so great.
Not to mention that by sealing this energy, it can also leak, because it is extremely difficult to control within the body that amount of Ki struggling.
Basically, Vegeta has tried to minimize SSB weaknesses in a way other than Goku, a way in which he does not totally eliminate those weaknesses, even though he may be able to fight 100% for a short time.
While Goku found a way to dominate the SSB completely, without weaknesses, being able to be used constantly

I just think this would imply that the form has a much higher energy expenditure than the SSJ3, which I do not think. After all, we saw Vegeta turning into SSB against Black SSJ without hesitation, and fighting him for a long time
Thanks appreciate it, i took my time thinking to post it and even while posting i thought of new possibilities which is why that post is all over the place. I wanted to post as many possibilities (reasonable) that i could think, so many of them complement each other.
After reading the latest chapter what i think Vegeta does is release small explosive burst of energy and switch back to SSG, this is all done in a split second. The amount of energy released is small/contained enough that his body is able to quickly regenerate/recover while on SSG

Vegeta is known to take fights seriously from the get go and finish enemies fast, which is why he went SSB against SSJ2 black

I used to think of it in terms of energy expenditure (SS3, Golden Freeza) too before this chapter, in the u6 arc manga Goku comments made it appear as though SSB consumed a shit ton of energy. But now with this new chapter i think its got to do more with the type of energy blue is and how it leaks, to fully control it you have to seal it. Once you complete SSB you can fight 100% without the drawbacks of Golden Freeza/SS3 but right now it puts a tremendous strain on the body which is why Goku said it was too early to try. All this feels very reminiscent of the first time Goku used Kaioken in the U6 arc, how the strain was too hard on his body and it was a incomplete technique

The whole containing/sealing also its very similar to when they contained their energy inside them on that other dimensional place and felt the power of the Gods
TheSaiyanGod wrote: Vegeta can stay there for over two months.
Is relative to the amount of power that he can have. He aims to overcome Goku, so his training will be much more intense, based on his rival (not to mention that there is little time left for the tournament, so he has to stay longer Strong fast).
With the power gains we're having in this Saga, it would not be surprising for Vegeta to get much stronger
Yep yep, not to mention Vegeta seems to have taken note from Gokus book of relaxing/chilling when the time is due- On previous episodes he was seen casually around the house, perhaps its like whiss said what Vegeta needed is time off to relax from training and gain new perspective
wolflonnie wrote:Some interesting tidbits in this episode:
- Gohan was stated to have a power that "rivals Goku's", by the narrator. So it's more likely, to him, to be around SSG/SSB levels.
- U6 was stated to be, from the Grand Priest, a rival to U7. Not just Hit. So Cabba & co., in the U6 tournament, must have been indeed very strong.
Elder Kaioshin offering the Mystic ritual to goku was interesting as well
Well see how Gohan performs in the tournament, narrator usually makes broad statements

I'm hoping Cabba will be stronger than before
Bullza wrote:I'd like to them do something with Vegeta. In the anime it seems that no matter how strong he gets, Goku will always be stronger because of the Kaioken and the ability to increase his power multiple fold at a moment's notice.
I have no idea what they could do but it'd be nice if he had some kind of answer of his own for Kaioken.
That would be really sweet
One scenario which would be really cool is if Gokus secret transformation/trump card actually is complete SSB. Imagine Goku fighting Jiren and pulling it off then out of the blue another super powerful enemy appears and Vegeta goes ahead pulling off SSB surprising Goku saying something like, did you think you were the only one who keeps secrets kakarot?

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by dragon boss z » Sun May 21, 2017 3:22 am

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It not only makes sense since Frieza took a Spirit Bomb and severe beating, but it doesn't throw my calculations off by much at all. The same general conclusion is true. 120 mill vs 200 mill isn't a lot in the grand scheme of the argument. For those who don't know about the 200 mill thing, SeththeProgrammer and Chuck the Cyber Cuck I believe have YT videos on it, but I may be misremembering. I don't understand the sarcastic condescension, tbh. As a matter of fact, 1k times 180k is 180 mill, so it's a reasonable estimate whether or not its 120 mill or 200 mill.
I apologize, I didn't mean to come off as condescending. I have no problem with Freeza being 200m at "Max power" but I don't see why you have to make shit up for it. As far as I am aware, there is no such entry that puts Freeza above 120m and says that he lost power because of the Spirit Bomb. I don't remember Seth making a video about this, can you share the link?
No worries. Here is the video from Chuck, and I believe Seth has addressed it in his Discord chat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNbuHeRRnk&t=7s

In all honesty, it's one of the less controversial, or at least least impactful things in my scaling. My saying Dabura is 1/1000th of max Fat Buu is more hand wavy, as well as me high balling current base Gohan's ultimate multiplier.
There are too many flaws with Frieza having a power level of 200 million. For example that goes against his 50% power being 60 mil, and he wasn't injured when he went 50%.
And are you actually saying Fat Buu is 1000 times stronger than Dabura? He was maybe 10x stronger than him.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sun May 21, 2017 3:37 am

Cabba wrote:That would be really sweet
One scenario which would be really cool is if Gokus secret transformation/trump card actually is complete SSB. Imagine Goku fighting Jiren and pulling it off then out of the blue another super powerful enemy appears and Vegeta goes ahead pulling off SSB surprising Goku saying something like, did you think you were the only one who keeps secrets kakarot?
You mean the same complete Super Saiyan Blue from the manga?

I'd just like Vegeta to come out with his own unique power up gimmick. Maybe Goku will do something to boost his power with his Kaioken maybe like a Mastered Kaioken Super Saiyan Blue and then Vegeta....I don't know maybe he could come out with a Super Saiyan Blue version of Super Saiyan 3.

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Just something unique to him that matches whatever is that Goku's going to come out with.

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Post by Cabba » Sun May 21, 2017 4:25 am

Bullza wrote: You mean the same complete Super Saiyan Blue from the manga?

I'd just like Vegeta to come out with his own unique power up gimmick. Maybe Goku will do something to boost his power with his Kaioken maybe like a Mastered Kaioken Super Saiyan Blue and then Vegeta....I don't know maybe he could come out with a Super Saiyan Blue version of Super Saiyan 3.

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Just something unique to him that matches whatever is that Goku's going to come out with.
Yeah the Complete SSB from the mnaga, feels like it would be a nice tie in between manga and anime
But i do hear you, something unique would be awesome too and so much hype but idk seems unlikely he would get a special perk so dont want to set myself up for disappointment

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Post by PerhapsTheOtherOne » Sun May 21, 2017 9:56 am

According to the narrator's Crunchyroll subs, Gohan's current Ultimate power has managed to reach levels that could rival Goku's, with the footage of the previous episode where he fought against SSB Goku.

I'd say that's decent enough evidence to put Gohan's Ultimate power at least on the low-end of god-level.

I'd even go as far as saying that it makes sense it's that strong if Gohan is indeed even with Goku in base form, and the old multiplier for Ultimate remained the same as it was when it was first introduced.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by TheSaiyanGod » Sun May 21, 2017 10:10 am

The power of Gohan to rival that of Goku is very relative.

Gohan was competing with Goku SSJ2, having a similar match with his father.
If rivaling with Goku means power meets him in his strongest form, then would we consider that he would be level SSB + Kaioken?
Rivalization can be in any transformation, yet it has no proof that leaves it on the level of a God
Bullza wrote:I'd like to them do something with Vegeta. In the anime it seems that no matter how strong he gets, Goku will always be stronger because of the Kaioken and the ability to increase his power multiple fold at a moment's notice.

Seeing as it's become something of a common occurrence for Goku now too then it's pushing Vegeta aside a little and I thought they did a good job of keeping them sorta equalish for a good while too.

I have no idea what they could do but it'd be nice if he had some kind of answer of his own for Kaioken.

It's not really a problem with the manga because Vegeta can always learn this complete Blue form himself but he'll probably never learn Kaioken.
Yes, in the anime it is difficult for Vegeta to overcome Goku unless he has a new transformation. I do not believe he will want to learn Kaioken,

In the manga, if he dominates the SSB, he can stay at the le

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by LowRyder2005 » Sun May 21, 2017 10:58 am

PerhapsTheOtherOne wrote:According to the narrator's Crunchyroll subs, Gohan's current Ultimate power has managed to reach levels that could rival Goku's, with the footage of the previous episode where he fought against SSB Goku.

I'd say that's decent enough evidence to put Gohan's Ultimate power at least on the low-end of god-level.

I'd even go as far as saying that it makes sense it's that strong if Gohan is indeed even with Goku in base form, and the old multiplier for Ultimate remained the same as it was when it was first introduced.
Gohan's power already doesn't "rival" Goku's in the purest sense, since Goku's full power is enough to defeat Gohan effortlessly.

It's standard random hype talk the narration likes to indulge in; much like "the Universe 7's strongest fighters being gathered" (when you have people like Goten and Trunks who are most certainly not below Krillin, Roshi and Tien). It's only meant to remember everyone that, in very broad terms, Gohan gave Goku a fight in the last episode.

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Post by AvatarReiko » Sun May 21, 2017 1:41 pm

How does Manga Merged Zamasu compared to his anime counterpart?

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Post by Ki Breaker » Sun May 21, 2017 1:43 pm

AvatarReiko wrote:How does Manga Merged Zamasu compared to his anime counterpart?
Manga is weaker but is cooler
Anime is stonger but boring
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Post by Lord Beerus » Sun May 21, 2017 2:13 pm

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AvatarReiko wrote:How does Manga Merged Zamasu compared to his anime counterpart?
Manga is weaker but is cooler
Anime is stonger but boring
I found anime's Merged Zamasu abilities far more intriguing, to be honest. The grand, overly dramatic and amazingly unusual techniques he displays work very well in the outside-of-the-context fashion of the kind of abilities we see in Dragon Ball when the tone narrative require something specific moment fit the emphasis need for the story. Much like Gotenks being able spit out ghosts that explode and Vegetto being able to create a sword from ki.

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Post by ZombieVito » Sun May 21, 2017 4:24 pm

AvatarReiko wrote:How does Manga Merged Zamasu compared to his anime counterpart?
No comparison. Anime Zamasu is way stronger and way better.

The manga ruined him.

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Post by AvatarReiko » Sun May 21, 2017 4:26 pm

ZombieVito wrote:
AvatarReiko wrote:How does Manga Merged Zamasu compared to his anime counterpart?
No comparison. Anime Zamasu is way stronger and way better.

The manga ruined him.
The anime version doesn't have Janemba's spacial-dimensional abilities, though

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Post by Lord Beerus » Sun May 21, 2017 4:28 pm

AvatarReiko wrote:
ZombieVito wrote:
AvatarReiko wrote:How does Manga Merged Zamasu compared to his anime counterpart?
No comparison. Anime Zamasu is way stronger and way better.

The manga ruined him.
The anime version doesn't have Janemba's spacial-dimensional abilities, though
Anime Merged Zamasu doesn't need to steal techniques from other characters. He's too Godly for that. :P

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Post by ZombieVito » Sun May 21, 2017 4:29 pm

AvatarReiko wrote:
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AvatarReiko wrote:How does Manga Merged Zamasu compared to his anime counterpart?
No comparison. Anime Zamasu is way stronger and way better.

The manga ruined him.
The anime version doesn't have Janemba's spacial-dimensional abilities, though
Yes because copying attacks is more original than the new attacks he displayed in the anime.

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Post by TheSaiyanGod » Sun May 21, 2017 5:31 pm

Zamasu's only different anime technique is that '' angel '' behind him.
The other techniques are just Ki bursts with different names and shapes, without any differentiated properties, as well as almost all DB techniques.
They only have "divine" names, which does not change things very much.

And I do not see why Merged Zamasu's anime would be stronger.
Black in the first fight in the form of SSJ(manga) was already superior to Vegeta SSB. By turning into SSJ Rosé he could deal with Goku and Vegeta together (not one attacking at a time, as it was in the anime, but both attacking the same time).

Zamasu has the same level in the anime and manga, below an SSJ2. Because Zamasu's manga would be weaker?

I am not considered the scythe and those bizarre clones (which is a technique derived from a Rage Boost, not Black's raw power).

And the dimensional portals of Janemba have never been canonically used in the series so far

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Post by Cabba » Sun May 21, 2017 5:58 pm

PerhapsTheOtherOne wrote:According to the narrator's Crunchyroll subs, Gohan's current Ultimate power has managed to reach levels that could rival Goku's, with the footage of the previous episode where he fought against SSB Goku.

I'd say that's decent enough evidence to put Gohan's Ultimate power at least on the low-end of god-level.

I'd even go as far as saying that it makes sense it's that strong if Gohan is indeed even with Goku in base form, and the old multiplier for Ultimate remained the same as it was when it was first introduced.
Narrator always makes broad statements, which arent really specific. Rivals could merely mean enough power to fight 1:1. If we take it at face value might as well mean Gohan is as strong as SSB Kaioken which we all know its not the case
The previous episode was basically titled surpass Goku yet by the end of it Goku was exited about getting stronger together not Gohan alone.

Multipliers dont matter they will only serve to confuse
LowRyder2005 wrote: Gohan's power already doesn't "rival" Goku's in the purest sense, since Goku's full power is enough to defeat Gohan effortlessly.
It's standard random hype talk the narration likes to indulge in; much like "the Universe 7's strongest fighters being gathered" (when you have people like Goten and Trunks who are most certainly not below Krillin, Roshi and Tien). It's only meant to remember everyone that, in very broad terms, Gohan gave Goku a fight in the last episode.
Pretty much this
ZombieVito wrote: No comparison. Anime Zamasu is way stronger and way better.
The manga ruined him.
The manga definitely didn't capture his personality, the characterization was much better on the anime, But at the same time i feel like once Black fused with zamasu the character went down hill. Black was so much cooler
The manga's fights, encounters and continuity however are leagues ahead of the anime's

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Post by ZombieVito » Sun May 21, 2017 6:16 pm

Cabba wrote: The manga's fights, encounters and continuity however are leagues ahead of the anime's

:?

You're joking right?

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Post by Cabba » Sun May 21, 2017 6:36 pm

ZombieVito wrote:
Cabba wrote: The manga's fights, encounters and continuity however are leagues ahead of the anime's

:?

You're joking right?
Well personally i liked the way they handled power scales it was way more consistent thorough and properly explained. I also liked how Vegeta had a more active role on this arc on the manga, its cool that they gave Vegeta protagonism first becuase they knew it was going to be all about Goku later. Some good character development as well from Trunks and Vegeta

The new concepts introduced were really cool as well SSG/SSB switch and Complete SSB oh and almost forgot Trunks healing powers
I also liked how they showed in the manga SS(2) goku and vegeta being super strong like buuhan tier. Something that only now in the episode 90 of the anime happened
From a pure fights stand point i prefer manga over anime thats not to says the anime didn't have some crazy memorable scenes

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Post by RandomGuy96 » Sun May 21, 2017 7:40 pm

So what's the story these days? Ultimate Gohan ~ SSB Goku?
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Post by PerhapsTheOtherOne » Sun May 21, 2017 7:48 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:So what's the story these days? Ultimate Gohan ~ SSB Goku?
Given the narration, the previous episode's dialogue and storyboard, and the previous episode's footage of Gohan taking on SSB/KK Goku being overlayed with said narration, it's a reasonable assumption to make that Gohan is at the very least approaching SSB Goku's level.

Maybe place him a bit lower, but definitely approaching that realm.

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