Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

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Re: Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

Post by Kataphrut » Tue Dec 26, 2017 6:11 am

Hakaishin Liquir wrote:Here's my ranking of the top 20 fighters in the TO. I'm basing this on overall strength and not just power levels since I don't see the point in looking at only power levels and ignoring techniques. I want to hear your guys' opinion on Magetta because I feel like a lot of people underestimate him.

1. Jiren- obvious
2. Goku- obvious
3. Kefla- Aniraza was strong, but I don't think that he was stronger than SSBKK x 20 Genkidama Goku like Kefla is.
4. Aniraza- was overpowering a combo attack from 5 SSB level characters
5. Hit- Confirmed to be above SSB Goku level. He dominated Dyspo, who was giving SSG/SSB Goku trouble, and he did better than SSBKKx20 Goku did against Jiren. Also, Goku said that Hit got stronger, and Goku hasn't trained since the last time they fought, so Hit is without a doubt above SSB Goku since he was = to him in their last fight.
6. Vegeta- Might be higher based on the NEP, but I'm waiting until episode 122 comes out before I move Vegeta up. If he does well against Jiren only because of a rage boost, then he will probably not move up.
7. Toppo- These next few are arguable and pretty interchangeable until they get more feats.
8. Freeza
9. Gohan
10 or 11. Android 17/Dyspo
12. Koichiarator
13 or 14. Saonel/Pirina- Each one individually could probably hold off Ulimate Gohan for a while, but individually they are still weaker than him by a fair amount
15. Maji Kayo- Restrained SSJ Goku and restrained Dyspo momentarily. You can argue that he ranges anywhere from SSJ Goku level to SSG Goku level since he doesn't have a whole lot of showings, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and put him on the higher end of this spectrum.
16. Obuni- Forced Gohan to use his Ultimate form, and he could trade a few blows with Ultimate Gohan. There's probably a good chance that Gohan was holding back, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
17. Kale- In her controlled Berserk form, she was stronger than SSJ2 Goku and should be somewhere around SSJ3 Goku
18. Bergamo- In his giant form, which he didn't use in the TOP for some reason, his Wolfgang Penetrator could push back a big Kamehameha from SSBKK Goku, which forced Goku to put more power into it, but Bergamo's speed is garbage since he couldn't hit SSJ Goku, so his god tier power level and his trash speed put him around SSJ2/SSJ3 level imo.
19. Magetta- Magetta's durability is insane. SSJ Vegeta couldn't put a dent in him in both of their fights, and he easily blocked a Big Bang Attack from SSJ Vegeta like it was nothing. His lava attacks would be pretty dangerous if they land, and his punches are capable of knocking back SSJ Vegeta. and Magetta's speed seems to have improved since the previous tournament since he was able to parry SSJ Vegeta's hits. Magetta is imo around SSJ2/SSJ3 Goku/Vegeta level since his durability would force them to use AT LEAST SSJ2 to damage him, but I'd argue that SSJ3 might be required to do meaningful damage. People tend to sleep on him for some reason and idk why.
20. Caulfila- In her current SSJ2 form, she's not too far off from SSJ2 Goku, as shown in 113 and 114.


Honorable mentions: Cabba, Monna, and Piccolo.
Good list, agreed about Magetta. He's never actually been overpowered in battle, it's always come down to his weakness to insults.

A few minor quibbles, I'd put Anizala above Kefla. With her, there's that benefit of the doubt since Goku wasn't fighting to his fullest until he got Ultra Instinct, while Anizala was doing well against Goku and several other Blue tier fighters. 17 and Freeza at least would have had no stamina loss against him. I'm not sure I'd rank Maji Kayo or Obuni above Kale based on lack of feats, but I get where you're coming from. Not to mention Kale was holding her own reasonably well when Goku powered up to SSG.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

Post by PerhapsTheOtherOne » Tue Dec 26, 2017 8:22 am

You know, I've been dabbling with the idea of creating multiple separate tier lists for different kinds of combat traits for characters in the Tournament of Power.

While pure power level lists are fine, I feel that they miss more of the nuance and variety.

For example, instead of just a Power Level List, we could have lists for Power Level, Martial Arts Skill, Ability Usage, Tactical Thinking, etc.

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Post by Bullza » Tue Dec 26, 2017 8:30 am

ZombieVito wrote:That just means Goku wasn't going all out or that Ribrianne was heavily drained.

I refuse to have 18 over Boo, Gotenks or Piccolo.
Well Goku definitely wasn't going all out when he was fighting Ribrianne. He might not have either when he was fighting Super Ribrianne but he felt he had to power up.

If Super Ribrianne has amazing power then Android 18 should have as well to a greater extent. I don't like the idea of Android 18 being above those guys either but if Android 17 can be then potentially Android 18 can as well.

She did power up at one point t when she broke of Ribrianne's grasp, whether it was at that point she severely powered up who knows.

Prior to that she seemed inferior to Katopesla who was inferior to Base Vegeta.

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Post by TheDipDap1234 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 8:35 am

ZombieVito wrote:
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ZombieVito wrote: Impossible.

Ribrianne being one shotted by 18 confirmed she is weak as hell. I wouldn't even put Giant Ribrianne over Super Perfect Cell.
Super Ribrianne had Base Goku on the run. Goku even said after she transformed that she had amazing power and that he had to use more power (in Base form). Then he dodged her attack and transformed to hit her.

I'd say Android 18 just powered up actually. I don't think she's meant too weak. Super Perfect Cell isn't really anything at this point, Basil was probably stronger than he was.
That just means Goku wasn't going all out or that Ribrianne was heavily drained.

I refuse to have 18 over Boo, Gotenks or Piccolo.
Nothing says Ribrianne was heavily drained or fatigued, and as Bullza said, Goku did not take her seriously at first, but once she transformed Goku took her much more seriously, and transformed in order to hit her.

Isn't everyone above Gotenks at this point?
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Re: Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

Post by Lord Beerus » Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:30 am

TheDipDap1234 wrote:
ZombieVito wrote:
Bullza wrote:
Super Ribrianne had Base Goku on the run. Goku even said after she transformed that she had amazing power and that he had to use more power (in Base form). Then he dodged her attack and transformed to hit her.

I'd say Android 18 just powered up actually. I don't think she's meant too weak. Super Perfect Cell isn't really anything at this point, Basil was probably stronger than he was.
That just means Goku wasn't going all out or that Ribrianne was heavily drained.

I refuse to have 18 over Boo, Gotenks or Piccolo.
Nothing says Ribrianne was heavily drained or fatigued, and as Bullza said, Goku did not take her seriously at first, but once she transformed Goku took her much more seriously, and transformed in order to hit her.

Isn't everyone above Gotenks at this point?
I'm not so sure. She went from being on par with SSJ Vegeta and being able to skirmish with #17 to being weaker than Base Vegeta later on. So I think it's safe to say that there is a strong implication that after he love-fueled power power up in Episode 109 fizzled out, she gassed out very quickly.

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Post by TheDipDap1234 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 10:34 am

Lord Beerus wrote:
TheDipDap1234 wrote:
ZombieVito wrote: That just means Goku wasn't going all out or that Ribrianne was heavily drained.

I refuse to have 18 over Boo, Gotenks or Piccolo.
Nothing says Ribrianne was heavily drained or fatigued, and as Bullza said, Goku did not take her seriously at first, but once she transformed Goku took her much more seriously, and transformed in order to hit her.

Isn't everyone above Gotenks at this point?
I'm not so sure. She went from being on par with SSJ Vegeta and being able to skirmish with #17 to being weaker than Base Vegeta later on. So I think it's safe to say that there is a strong implication that after he love-fueled power power up in Episode 109 fizzled out, she gassed out very quickly.
It wasn't said in-universe though. You made a good point with SSJ Vegeta, but 17 didn't take her seriously and acted like he's a villain for fun. I think the reason Ribrianne was able to go toe-to-toe with SSJ Vegeta was because of the attack the kamikazi fireballs did earlier in the episode. I think the people that felt in love with her, like Obuni and the already eliminated Universe 10 guys gave her more power and because of that she was able to fight against SSJ Vegeta.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

Post by Lord Beerus » Tue Dec 26, 2017 12:13 pm

TheDipDap1234 wrote:
Lord Beerus wrote:
TheDipDap1234 wrote:
Nothing says Ribrianne was heavily drained or fatigued, and as Bullza said, Goku did not take her seriously at first, but once she transformed Goku took her much more seriously, and transformed in order to hit her.

Isn't everyone above Gotenks at this point?
I'm not so sure. She went from being on par with SSJ Vegeta and being able to skirmish with #17 to being weaker than Base Vegeta later on. So I think it's safe to say that there is a strong implication that after he love-fueled power power up in Episode 109 fizzled out, she gassed out very quickly.
It wasn't said in-universe though. You made a good point with SSJ Vegeta, but 17 didn't take her seriously and acted like he's a villain for fun. I think the reason Ribrianne was able to go toe-to-toe with SSJ Vegeta was because of the attack the kamikazi fireballs did earlier in the episode. I think the people that felt in love with her, like Obuni and the already eliminated Universe 10 guys gave her more power and because of that she was able to fight against SSJ Vegeta.
It does really need to stated in-universe. We can clearly infer that to be the case by by how much her performs while the tournament progresses and the "love" that fueled her power-up fizzled out. Besides, these characters aren't bottomless pits of energy. They can tired after fighting for certain amounts of time given how powerful the opponent(s) they may be facing.

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Post by PerhapsTheOtherOne » Tue Dec 26, 2017 12:19 pm

An interesting theory I've seen thrown around with regards to Ribrianne's performance is that her own emotional makeup during any period of time affects how well she fights.

When she's not as confident in the power of her and her Universe's Love, she doesn't do as well. When she's feeling a lot of Love and excited, she does very well.

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Post by ZombieVito » Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:59 pm

I have been thinking, couldn't Piccolo be in fact current SS2 tier? We do have SS Gohan sparring with Goku evenly in 75 and the only real reason people assume Piccolo is base tier is because of Goku withstanding his shockwave in base on 90.

But couldn't Goku just maximized his defenses a great deal to do it? He can even fight a SS2 Caulifla in just base just fine for a few seconds after all.

I find it very hard to believe that Piccolo is base tier after his Makankosappo beat SSG/SSB tier fighters and he wasn't even fresh while doing it.

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Post by PerhapsTheOtherOne » Tue Dec 26, 2017 3:07 pm

ZombieVito wrote:I have been thinking, couldn't Piccolo be in fact current SS2 tier? We do have SS Gohan sparring with Goku evenly in 75 and the only real reason people assume Piccolo is base tier is because of Goku withstanding his shockwave in base on 90.

But couldn't Goku just maximized his defenses a great deal to do it? He can even fight a SS2 Caulifla in just base just fine for a few seconds after all.

I find it very hard to believe that Piccolo is base tier after his Makankosappo beat SSG/SSB tier fighters and he wasn't even fresh while doing it.
Thing is, after he beat the sh*t outta Gohan and beat the Ultimate back into him (I still love saying that :lol: ), Piccolo has only ever been portrayed as the base Saiyans' equal at the most, most prominently when him and Gohan fight together relatively evenly with Saonel and Pirina before the two of them unleash their full power.

Also, I made a comment about how the strength of certain abilities seem to have been exaggerated for the purposes of the tournament setting and allowing fights between varying power levels. For example, if an attack is noted for its ability to hit above the user's own level, than that'll probably be dramatically exaggerated to allow for certain scenarios to occur.

As well, Gohan made sure to give Piccolo enough time to properly charge up a Makankkosappo, something he couldn't do before and yet still managed to tickle Pirina, who seemed to have a little trouble preventing the attack from piercing him. In addition, Gohan told Piccolo that, because of the Namekians' absorptions, their regeneration should be much greater and thus they wouldn't have to worry about killing them, which means Piccolo doesn't have to hold back his Makankkosappo's power.

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Post by Miracles » Tue Dec 26, 2017 4:38 pm

TheSaiyanGod wrote:Goku and Dyspo had little screen time fighting, you can not say Dyspo> SSB just because Goku was supposed to be switching between God and Blue when we were not seeing.
We only saw him do it once, and even though Goku SSG had been pressed by Dyspo, he did not have any significant damage, Goku seemed to be fully capable of attacking.

In the second half of the fight, Dyspo was also only disadvantaged because Hitto countered his strategy. This is not to say that Hitto was inferior, but rather that Dyspo relied heavily on just one way to stop Time Skip. That's not to say that he could not have done the same Goku in the Champa tournament if he discovered the secret of the technique.
Incidentally, we saw that while Hitto was unable to use Time skip, he was at a distinct disadvantage, showing that in terms of power Dyspo> Hitto.

Hitto in the mini bow was inferior to SSB Goku.
After all, SSB Goku was able to level with him, even with him using his killing techniques (beyond intangibility).

Vegeta and Freeza did not show all the power even if it transformed, so there was no way Jiren knew how strong they were.
Even he only noticed Hitto because of the fight against his teammate, otherwise he would not even care
Yeah, the fact that people want Dyspo blue level even tho he hasn't traded blows with Goku while in blue isn't real.
If Dyspo fights golden Freeza head up then we can say he is blue level. However until then we have to wait.

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Post by pacz360 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 5:02 pm

here my rankings TOP TIER

1.UI goku,Jiren,Ssj2 kelfa

2.ssj1 kefla,ssjb kk goku(x20) Hit (time cage),aniraza,ssjb (kkx5-10 goku) FP Toppo?

3.ssjb goku,ssjb vegeta,golden freeza, base toppo,ultimate gohan,17,koichrator, Dyspo,saeonal, pirina, amped bergamo, Base kefla,obuni,Current ssjg goku, mastered ssj beserker kale

*4.ssj 1-3 Goku ,ssj1-2 Vegeta,ssj1-2 Gohan,casual 17,Final form freeza,ssj2 caulifla,Ssj kale,ssj2 cabba,Ultimate mode katopelsa,magetta,piccolo,monna
18,ribrianne(giant mode) many more to figure out

Any opinions?
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Post by pacz360 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 5:12 pm

PushoverMediaCritic wrote:Monna (transformed) vs Piccolo vs Magetta
piccolo only chance if he has time to charge his special beam cannon which pierced to blue level beings but magetta wont let that happen

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Post by pacz360 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 5:18 pm

TheDipDap1234 wrote:
ZombieVito wrote:
Bullza wrote:Giant Ribrianne > Super Ribrianne > Base Goku > Ribrianne
Impossible.

Ribrianne being one shotted by 18 confirmed she is weak as hell. I wouldn't even put Giant Ribrianne over Super Perfect Cell.
That would make no sense. Base Ribrianne blocked attacks from base Vegeta and Goku, her Super form made Goku transform into blue in order to defeat her, and her Giant form is stronger than her Super form. Base Vegeta easily one shotted SSJ3 Gotenks in the Potaufeu arc, and he just got stronger since then. 18 simply just got stronger.
Pretty much this 18 got a boost from toei so she defiantly around base to ssj tier saiyans

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Post by Bullza » Tue Dec 26, 2017 7:07 pm

ZombieVito wrote:I have been thinking, couldn't Piccolo be in fact current SS2 tier? We do have SS Gohan sparring with Goku evenly in 75 and the only real reason people assume Piccolo is base tier is because of Goku withstanding his shockwave in base on 90.

But couldn't Goku just maximized his defenses a great deal to do it? He can even fight a SS2 Caulifla in just base just fine for a few seconds after all.

I find it very hard to believe that Piccolo is base tier after his Makankosappo beat SSG/SSB tier fighters and he wasn't even fresh while doing it.
Piccolo definitely seemed like he was on par with Super Saiyan 2 Gohan. So either Base Goku was stronger than even that (which he should be) or Piccolo just wasn't going all out because they were sparring or some other reason.

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Post by Doctor. » Tue Dec 26, 2017 7:26 pm

ZombieVito wrote:I have been thinking, couldn't Piccolo be in fact current SS2 tier? We do have SS Gohan sparring with Goku evenly in 75 and the only real reason people assume Piccolo is base tier is because of Goku withstanding his shockwave in base on 90.

But couldn't Goku just maximized his defenses a great deal to do it? He can even fight a SS2 Caulifla in just base just fine for a few seconds after all.

I find it very hard to believe that Piccolo is base tier after his Makankosappo beat SSG/SSB tier fighters and he wasn't even fresh while doing it.
Piccolo was already implied to be stronger than the base Saiyans back in the Champa arc and he defeated SS2 Gohan, whose strength has been portrayed as relative to Goku and Vegeta's. It's very clear that he's around SS2 tier of strength.

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Post by mikey4111 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:31 pm

Now that I think about it, remember when 18 and krillin attacked imperfect Cell and couldn’t even make him flinch? 18’s punches did nothing. And I assumed she didn’t train at all over the years, there wasn’t a point to. So I’ve been very surprised on how she’s been handling herself in the tournament. I will still have Piccolo, Gotenks, and Buu above her.

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Post by TheDipDap1234 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:42 pm

mikey4111 wrote:Now that I think about it, remember when 18 and krillin attacked imperfect Cell and couldn’t even make him flinch? 18’s punches did nothing. And I assumed she didn’t train at all over the years, there wasn’t a point to. So I’ve been very surprised on how she’s been handling herself in the tournament. I will still have Piccolo, Gotenks, and Buu above her.
She was seen training in the Buu arc which is probably how she learned the destructo disc, and she was seen training before the ToP. She and Krillin even invented a combo attack for it. I have her above Gotenks and Buu, but not above Piccolo.
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Post by mikey4111 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:48 pm

TheDipDap1234 wrote:
mikey4111 wrote:Now that I think about it, remember when 18 and krillin attacked imperfect Cell and couldn’t even make him flinch? 18’s punches did nothing. And I assumed she didn’t train at all over the years, there wasn’t a point to. So I’ve been very surprised on how she’s been handling herself in the tournament. I will still have Piccolo, Gotenks, and Buu above her.
She was seen training in the Buu arc which is probably how she learned the destructo disc, and she was seen training before the ToP. She and Krillin even invented a combo attack for it. I have her above Gotenks and Buu, but not above Piccolo.
Training on her front lawn with Krillin isn’t going to put her above Buu.

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Post by TheDipDap1234 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 9:56 pm

mikey4111 wrote:
TheDipDap1234 wrote:
mikey4111 wrote:Now that I think about it, remember when 18 and krillin attacked imperfect Cell and couldn’t even make him flinch? 18’s punches did nothing. And I assumed she didn’t train at all over the years, there wasn’t a point to. So I’ve been very surprised on how she’s been handling herself in the tournament. I will still have Piccolo, Gotenks, and Buu above her.
She was seen training in the Buu arc which is probably how she learned the destructo disc, and she was seen training before the ToP. She and Krillin even invented a combo attack for it. I have her above Gotenks and Buu, but not above Piccolo.
Training on her front lawn with Krillin isn’t going to put her above Buu.
I didn't say that's the reason why I put her above Buu. I already mentioned in here that I think she got a power boost when she fought against Ribrianne, as we could see aura around 18 for the first time ever.
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