The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by Piccolo Daimao » Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:58 am

DBZAOTA482 wrote:
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DBZAOTA482 wrote:Chichi (violent temperment) vs Vegeta (violent... nature)
Chi-Chi wins. Duh. “Hell hath no fury like a women scorned.”
Yeah, I would have sworn there was a scene in the show where Chi-Chi did intimidate Vegeta and he did as she said.
I don't believe they ever directly communicated in the manga or the anime.
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Piccolo Daimao wrote:Future Trunks (Super Saiyan Grade III) vs. Vegeta (Super Saiyan Grade II)

I think that, since Gokuu believed that he couldn't defeat second-form Cell with SS Grade II (and the last he'd seen of Cell was his second form; he couldn't sense Perfect Cell, Vegeta or anyone else outside of the RoSaT), Trunks' speed reduction would put him at too much of a disadvantage against the faster and more skilled Vegeta.
What if we flipped this? What if Vegeta was Grade III but Trunks was Grade II? Vegeta would be far more powerful than Trunks, but he'd be slower. Would Vegeta's skill let him win?
Nope, same situation. Vegeta himself said that Trunks was almost as strong as him anyway, and no amount of skill would be able to make up for that speed drawback.
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Post by Eight-Star Dragon » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:17 pm

Fair enough. How about Grade II Trunks against Grade I Vegeta? This time it's a little more even.

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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:20 pm

Eight-Star Dragon wrote:Fair enough. How about Grade II Trunks against Grade I Vegeta? This time it's a little more even.
Trunks wins with ease. Super Saiyan Grade II still increases both power and speed, but not at the same rate, so there's an imbalance. I.e. speed doesn't increase as much as power. That's how I always saw it anyway.
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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by In Brightest Day » Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:09 am

I have two fights:

Pre-Rosat base Trunks and Goten vs. Android arc Gohan and base Future Trunks.

Olibu vs. Dabura. Olibu has full knowledge of Dabura's spit technique.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by Fox666 » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:47 am

Olibu can fight farily well with the guy who one-shoted Cell. On the other hand that guy who one-shoted Cell fought evenly with Goku before he transformed in Super Saiyan...

Maybe Goku increased his power by 50 times during the tournament.

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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:27 pm

In Brightest Day wrote:Pre-Rosat base Trunks and Goten vs. Android arc Gohan and base Future Trunks.
Goten alone could easily wipe out Gohan and future Trunks, since I believe that he's around twice the latter's power.
In Brightest Day wrote:Olibu vs. Dabura. Olibu has full knowledge of Dabura's spit technique.
Since Olivuu held his own with Paikuhan, who easily defeated super-complete Cell, I'd say that Olivuu would wreck Dabra. Even if Dabra did get a chance to spit at him, Olivuu would be more than fast enough to dodge it.
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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by dbzfan7 » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:00 pm

Tenshinhan 22nd TB vs Yajirobe(first appearance)
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!

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Post by Insertclevername » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:07 pm

dbzfan7 wrote:Tenshinhan 22nd TB vs Yajirobe(first appearance)

Tenshinhan, he has both advanced training in Ki control, can fly, is a skilled martial artist and can launch a Kikoho. Sure Yajirobe is close in power and has a katana but he just doesn't cut it when facing Tenshinhan. See what I did there...
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Post by In Brightest Day » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:38 pm

Piccolo Daimao wrote:Since Olivuu held his own with Paikuhan, who easily defeated super-complete Cell, I'd say that Olivuu would wreck Dabra. Even if Dabra did get a chance to spit at him, Olivuu would be more than fast enough to dodge it.
Paikuhan was using his Bāningu Shūto technique though, which by the look of things is basically the Kaio-Ken. Goku didn't do any training in the lead up to the tournament and aside from a close call with Arqua, he didn't even really have a serious challenge up until the final round. From what I remember, Goku kind of crapped himself when Super Perfect Cell charged at him too.

Unless I've missed something, I don't see how people could think Pikkon's base strength is >>> Cell, especially when Goku literally didn't do any training.

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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by Saiga » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:40 pm

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Piccolo Daimao wrote:Since Olivuu held his own with Paikuhan, who easily defeated super-complete Cell, I'd say that Olivuu would wreck Dabra. Even if Dabra did get a chance to spit at him, Olivuu would be more than fast enough to dodge it.
Paikuhan was using his Bāningu Shūto technique though, which by the look of things is basically the Kaio-Ken. Goku didn't do any training in the lead up to the tournament and aside from a close call with Arqua, he didn't even really have a serious challenge up until the final round. From what I remember, Goku kind of crapped himself when Super Perfect Cell charged at him too.

Unless I've missed something, I don't see how people could think Paikuhan's base strength is >>> Cell, especially when Goku literally didn't do any training.
Because Toei don't give two shits for consistency.
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Post by Fox666 » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:43 pm

Exactly. Movie 7 is entirely dedicated to show that there is virtually no difference beetween regular Saiyans and Super Saiyans expect for the looks.

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Post by In Brightest Day » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:45 pm

Of course, they never do. I'm just saying it doesn't seem inconsistent to me because Pikkon was using an uber powerful Kaio-Ken-esque attack against Cell.

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Post by PiccoloFan7289 » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:52 pm

Cell Games Goku and Piccolo vs. Cell Games Vegeta and Trunks. All are willing to kill.

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Post by Kaboom » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:59 pm

PiccoloFan7289 wrote:Cell Games Goku and Piccolo vs. Cell Games Vegeta and Trunks. All are willing to kill.
Goku stood head and shoulders above all the other good guys at the Cell Games but Gohan. He could probably take on both Vegeta and Trunks at once without needing Piccolo's help.
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Re: The All-Purpose "Versus" Thread

Post by PiccoloFan7289 » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:10 pm

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PiccoloFan7289 wrote:Cell Games Goku and Piccolo vs. Cell Games Vegeta and Trunks. All are willing to kill.
Goku stood head and shoulders above all the other good guys at the Cell Games but Gohan. He could probably take on both Vegeta and Trunks at once without needing Piccolo's help.
Alright how about Cell Games Goku vs. Cell Games Piccolo, Vegeta, and Trunks. Piccolo was close to being on par with Vegeta and Trunks at the Cell Games. Add Piccolo into the mix and I don't see Goku running away with this so easily. Goku was stronger than Vegeta and Trunks during the Cell Games but he doesn't outclass them by any means.

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Post by Saiga » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:26 pm

I don't think Piccolo is strong enough to make a difference in either battle.
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Post by Kaboom » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:32 pm

PiccoloFan7289 wrote:Alright how about Cell Games Goku vs. Cell Games Piccolo, Vegeta, and Trunks.
Hmmm... yeah, I don't think Piccolo was too far behind Trunks and Vegeta either. Him joining them and making it 3-on-one might actually tip the scales a bit in their favor.
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Post by Fox666 » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:54 am

Hmm, I think the three may have a good chance of winning. However considering the "we are doomed" tone they display towards Goku and Cell battle, this may not be the case.

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Post by Kaboom » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:15 am

I'd wager that was mostly from them being able to tell that Cell was always one step ahead of Goku. Hence they'd be boned if Goku lost.
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Post by Piccolo Daimao » Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:47 am

SS Gohan (pre-25th TB training) vs. Piccolo and SS Goten (Boo arc)

Although Gohan's pretty rusty, I think he's still too much stronger than both of them for Piccolo's knowledge of his capabilities and Goten's surprising strength to do much of any worth.

Kaioushin (no psychic powers) vs. SS Gokuu (Cell Games)

I personally think that they're dead even, but Gokuu could probably end it with a Shunkan-Idou Kamehameha.

Super Boo (only SS Vegetto absorbed) vs. SS4 Gokuu (Boo arc, via Z logic)

Boo wins with relative ease. Vegetto, being ridiculously strong by himself, just gets even stronger when he's absorbed by Boo. Even if SS4 is, at most, base x500 (Oozaru's x10 multiplied by SS's x50), I don't think Gokuu would be able to match Vegetto-Boo's much higher power.

Mr. Satan & Videl (merged with Potara) vs. King Chapa (22nd TB)

While I don't think that they're the best match (obvious difference in height, opposite genders, opposing attitudes towards martial arts) and they'd probably wind up somewhat weaker than Chapa, Videl's flight would give them the advantage to win, whether it be via a surprise attack or simply wearing Chapa out by staying out of his reach.
dbzfan7 wrote:Tenshinhan 22nd TB vs Yajirobe(first appearance)
Tenshinhan can fly, is a skilled and gifted martial artist, has had proper ki training from the Tsuru-sen School, and has an array of useful techniques, such as the Taiyouken, Shiyouken, and Kikouhou. All Yajirobe has is a katana, so he'd hold his own for a while before eventually being defeated.
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Piccolo Daimao wrote:Since Olivuu held his own with Paikuhan, who easily defeated super-complete Cell, I'd say that Olivuu would wreck Dabra. Even if Dabra did get a chance to spit at him, Olivuu would be more than fast enough to dodge it.
Paikuhan was using his Bāningu Shūto technique though, which by the look of things is basically the Kaio-Ken. Goku didn't do any training in the lead up to the tournament and aside from a close call with Arqua, he didn't even really have a serious challenge up until the final round. From what I remember, Goku kind of crapped himself when Super Perfect Cell charged at him too.

Unless I've missed something, I don't see how people could think Paikuhan's base strength is >>> Cell, especially when Goku literally didn't do any training.
Nothing to suggest that Paikuuhan's Burning Shoot is a technique like the Kaiouken. The scene was meant to show that Paikuhan was this super-strong guy who could take out Cell in one hit. And during his fight with Paikuuhan at the tournament, he was on the defensive the whole time. The only reason he "won" was because he teleported out of the way of Paikuuhan's Thunder Flash and nailed him with a Kamehameha.

Not to mention the fact that Toei just don't seem to know or care about the strength difference between base and Super Saiyan, so their power-scaling is whacked. This wasn't unique to GT; it being a completely original series not based on Toriyama's manga, Toei had free reign to do whatever the fuck they wanted. It's basically their crappy filler made into a series.
PiccoloFan7289 wrote:Cell Games Goku and Piccolo vs. Cell Games Vegeta and Trunks. All are willing to kill.
Gokuu’s a good deal stronger than all three of them anyway, so he wouldn’t even need Piccolo’s help to put the smack down on Vegeta and Trunks.
PiccoloFan7289 wrote:Cell Games Goku vs. Cell Games Piccolo, Vegeta, and Trunks
I actually believe that Piccolo was closer to Vegeta and Trunks than people give him credit for (all three of them were left standing at the end of the fight with the Cell Juniors, suggesting that Piccolo’s in the same league as them), so they have more of a chance against Gokuu here.

If they’re lucky, Piccolo and Trunks could stall Gokuu while Vegeta charges up a Final Flash. Even if it doesn’t kill him, it would still severely injure him enough for their combined efforts to overpower them.
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