Does teleportation use (any / a lot of) ki?

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Does teleportation use (any / a lot of) ki?

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:45 pm

If Goku was severely injured, would he still be able to teleport? Kibitoshin's version seems to be unable to be used if he is low on ki, but is Goku ever shown to be unable to teleport due to being weakened?
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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by Draken » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:33 pm

Kamiccolo9 wrote:If Goku was severely injured, would he still be able to teleport? Kibitoshin's version seems to be unable to be used if he is low on ki, but is Goku ever shown to be unable to teleport due to being weakened?
Only if you take GT into account.

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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:51 pm

Draken wrote:
Kamiccolo9 wrote:If Goku was severely injured, would he still be able to teleport? Kibitoshin's version seems to be unable to be used if he is low on ki, but is Goku ever shown to be unable to teleport due to being weakened?
Only if you take GT into account.
I thought in GT it was due to his younger body not being able to utilize his ki as well as his older one? Admittedly, I haven't seen GT in years, and didn't really pay much attention to it when I did watch it :lol:
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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by Draken » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:53 pm

Kamiccolo9 wrote:
Draken wrote:
Kamiccolo9 wrote:If Goku was severely injured, would he still be able to teleport? Kibitoshin's version seems to be unable to be used if he is low on ki, but is Goku ever shown to be unable to teleport due to being weakened?
Only if you take GT into account.
I thought in GT it was due to his younger body not being able to utilize his ki as well as his older one? Admittedly, I haven't seen GT in years, and didn't really pay much attention to it when I did watch it :lol:
No I think he was just out of energy, he was a SSJ4 at the time after all, then dropped back down to base due to being out of energy and being unable to use IT.

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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:57 pm

Oh ok. Like I said, it's been a really long time :lol:
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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by Draken » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:58 pm

Kamiccolo9 wrote:Oh ok. Like I said, it's been a really long time :lol:
Same here... actually wait can someone who's recently watched that episode confirm? LOL.

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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by MajinVegetaPD » Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:58 pm

Draken wrote:
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Oh ok. Like I said, it's been a really long time :lol:
Same here... actually wait can someone who's recently watched that episode confirm? LOL.
I actually went over GT again a few weeks ago. Yeah, the episode where Goku was teleporting everyone to the new Planet Vegeta, he ran out of power. He was a SSJ4 and reverted to his base kid state cause he was tapped out. If Piccolo didn't "loan" Goku some energy, he would have been stuck on Earth when it exploded.

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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by Darkprince410 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:28 am

Though it's not the same technique (thus it may not follow the same rules as far as ki requirements), Kaioushin's Kai Kai requires ki, since he wasn't able to bring Dende to Kaioushin's planet to restore Goku's strength after donating Genki to the Genki Dama.
Chapter: 516 (DBZ 322), P9.1
Context: Dende asks Kaioshin to teleport him to go heal Goku
Kaioshin: “So-sorry…I used up my stamina just now [when he contributed to the Genki-Dama]…Until I recover, I can’t teleport…”

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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by TheMightyOzaru » Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:24 am

Why wouldn't it? Every technique uses Ki unless it's a magic technique.
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Re: Does Instant Transmission Use Ki?

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:44 pm

TheMightyOzaru wrote:Why wouldn't it? Every technique uses Ki unless it's a magic technique.
Well, the title is kind of misleading I guess. What I was thinking when I made the thread is "does it use much ki?"
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