Gains made in training do not work on universal gradient in Dragon Ball. Just because Character A became X times stronger though method Y, doesn't mean that Character B or Character C will also become X times stronger though method Y. That being said, "potential" is such a crapshoot in Dragon Ball. It's a plot device that can be handed to anyone at any given time to suit the circumstances of the narrative. It's a literal roulette wheel when it comes to how much dormant power a certain character can tap into through specific circumstances. We've had zero hints that guys like Krillin, Android 17 and Roshi could make massive gains through certain kinds of training, but if the plot needs a character to be relevant, their strength will bloat like nothing before it. Piccolo is a prime example of this in the original story. He makes monstrous jumps through mundane training, yet he hits a glass ceiling when it came to training in the ROSAT of all places.Hakaishin Liquir wrote:One of those trips was for only an hour or less. The excuse that Vegeta could get much stronger than Cabba because he has better training methods doesn't really make sense when Gohan can reach SSB level by training with Piccolo for a few hours, Freeza can keep up with SSB Goku and Vegeta by only doing image training, 17 can reach SSB level (despite not having the gravity chamber, RoSaT, Whis, or someone else to train with), and Krillin (who ever had as much potential as Base Goku) can get much stronger by lifting weights in his basement for a few weeks, and Roshi, despite being way past his prime, can somehow get thousands of times stronger by training off-screen for a year. If all of these people, some of which don't even have as much potential as Goku and Vegeta, can get much stronger despite not using high-quality training methods, then why can't Cabba even though he was shown to have more potential than Vegeta?Lord Beerus wrote:After two trips in the ROSAT, where on both occasions he trained so hard he blew up the damn place, and constantly going over to train intensely with Whis in his spare time, it's not hard at all to imagine Vegeta's strength skyrocketing. from the Champa arc to now.Doctor. wrote: Fifty times stronger seems like too big of a pill to swallow.
Not having access to facilities like the ROSAT or having the tutelage of martial artists like Whis would always give Vegeta the big advantage over Cabba in terms of building power.Hakaishin Liquir wrote: But they've been trying to establish that the U6 Saiyans have more potential than Goku and Vegeta, so base Cabba should have been able to keep up with base Vegeta as long as he's been training.
And keep in mind, characters like Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and Piccolo is only as strong as he is because of the special training some of them have received to over the years (Training with Grandpa Gohan, Kami, Popo, Korin, King Kai and Whis, the ROSAT, The Gravity Machine etc). Cabba may have potential, but what good is that if he doesn't have any of those kinds mentors or facilities at his disposal to explore and expand on that?
