Hero wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:24 am
Haven't watched Super yet, but I was thinking about the SSJG vs SSJ4 debates from back in 2013/2014. I actually like both, but the more I think about it, the more it seems that SSJG is the most absurdly powerful powerup the series has ever done. Super just seems absurd with its power levels, even compared to GT.
In the dubbed BoG release at least, Goku comments on how fusion might not be enough. And that was against a Beerus who wasn't even trying yet. We don't know how suppressed Beerus was, only that it was less than 70% of his max. You can argue that Beerus only needs to be above SSJ Vegito, but that makes Goku look stupid. Because why wouldn't Vegito just go SSJ2 then? The only way this line makes sense to me is that Beerus is above a hypothetical BoG SSJ3 Vegito. And SSJG brings Goku to 60% of that godly level. Jesus Christ haha.
It gets even crazier when you factor in Beerus' line about Base Goku still being below Frieza's max. So SSJG brought Goku up from
below 100% Frieza to above a SSJ3 Vegito.
As for SSJ4...
GT Goku seems to be around Buu-level just in base. I mean, he easily reverses Cell's Kamehameha in base. Yet apparently Super Vegito was "perhaps even stronger than SSJ4!" Meaning SSJ3 Vegito is far above SSJ4 Goku, whose
base was Buu level. Compare that to SSJG which brought BoG Goku
above SSJ3 Vegito despite having a base
WEAKER than Frieza. It's just absurd. To show this:
SSJG Goku > SSJ3 Vegito > SSJ2 Vegito > SSJ Vegito > SSJ4 Goku (GT) > SSJ3 Goku (GT) > SSJ2 Goku (GT) > SSJ Goku (GT) > Base Goku (GT) = SSJ3 Goku (BoG) > SSJ2 Goku (BoG) > SSJ Goku (BoG) >>> 100% Frieza > Base Goku (BoG)
I put Base Goku (GT) and SSJ3 Goku (BoG) as equals because BoG didn't imply Goku got a lot stronger since the Buu saga. And then there is Beerus in Super, who somehow still hasn't been surpassed. So now you have:
Beerus > UI Goku (Granola)> hypothetical SSJB KKx20 Goku (Granola) > SSJB KKx10 Goku >> SSJB Goku > SSJG Goku >> SSJ3 Vegito
I actually believe SSJ4 Gogeta was stronger than Beerus in BoG. Now, however, SSJ4 Gogeta seems like an ant compared to Super. I mean, if SSJG was kinda like SSJ4, then SSJB was kinda like a SSJ5, right? So UI is basically a SSJ6, just in much more clever and creative way. So after the Buu saga, which had a SSJ3 level villain, we got Beerus, an antagonist who is far above SSJ6 level haha. And then there is Whis, who is surely higher than SSJB Gogeta in the Broly movie. So Whis, who also appeared in the arc right after Buu, was above a much stronger version of basically a SSJ5 Gogeta. That right there makes me realize that SSJ4 Gogeta just dies in Super haha. And I wouldn't be surprised if he's stronger than UI Gogeta somehow.
Like, imagine going back to 2012 and telling people that the new movie/arc will have a character who's probably stronger than what is essentially a SSJ6 Gogeta (and a far stronger base Gogeta too).
Edit: And I almost forgot that base Gogeta was doing better against Broly than SSJB Goku. And then
that Gogeta going SSJB is still somehow below Whis haha. So in DBZ terms, you have a character whose base is SSJ5-level going SSJ5... so SSJ10?... and it's still below Whis haha. At least 2012 fans would be happy knowing LSSJ Broly went from SSJ/SSJ2 level to basically SSJ10 level.
First of all, I encourage you to watch the show and read the manga.
Yes, you're pretty much right, though the SS4 and Super Vegito comparison isn't about Z Vegito, it's a hypothetical GT Vegito. GT SS4 Goku is much stronger than Z Super Vegito, due to his base form being around Z SS3 Goku or so, which is where Z Vegito's base form probably was in the manga. A regular SS Goku would already be equal to SS Vegito, although in GT, Goku's multiplier for SS seems to be much lower than in Z, probably due to being a kid.
Meaning SS4 provides the same boost as a SS fusion, so a Z SS4 would be like Super Vegito, and a GT Super Vegito would be like SS4 Goku(this is kind of a mess, because it would be a Vegito that doesn't have a fusee that can access SS4, if that makes sense). That's greatly inferior to SSG, that, like you said, takes a below Freeza character above SS fusion.
However, the power level of both shows balance each other out because while DBS has much stronger forms, the base level of the characters are not that great. The movies do have that godly base thing, the anime goes back and forth with it, while the manga doesn't even have the SSG absorption in base. In the manga, Goku is just a little stronger than in Z, now stronger than Namek Freeza, but will still need the blonde forms to fight below-SSG level characters. He does get significantly stronger as the story progresses, though.
SSB and SS4 are considered equals in SDBH(where you have a post GT Goku) but that's mostly because post-GT base Goku is much stronger than mid-DBS base Goku, so the power inflation makes those characters even in power. But the DBS forms themselves are all above SS4. Of course, other videogames use SS4 and SSB as equals due to marketing.
About SS4 Gogeta, with power inflation and all, I think he is eclipsed at the final stages of the Zamasu arc, where Blue Fusion happens for the first time. Others believe KKx10 already is on SS4 Gogeta's realm.