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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kaboom » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:38 pm

A theory of mine compiled together from a few different things.
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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:54 pm

Kaboom wrote:I'm about to blow y'all's minds with a novel idea here. Ready?

"Pure-blooded Saiyans are a lot more physically strong and durable than humans or half-breeds at equivalent or even inferior power levels."

Let that sink in and anticipate how I might use it when I post some lists soon.
I go with that. Personally, I think that's why the Earthlings never did gravity training. I don't think they could survive it.
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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by RandomGuy96 » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:56 pm

I've always wondered how physical attributes factor into these fights. For example, if Krillin and Nappa both had a power level of 10,000, would Nappa just beat the shit out of Krillin due to being 7 feet tall and made of pure muscle?
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
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Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kamiccolo9 » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:58 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:I've always wondered how physical attributes factor into these fights. For example, if Krillin and Nappa both had a power level of 10,000, would Nappa just beat the shit out of Krillin due to being 7 feet tall and made of pure muscle?
I'd imagine so. Unless Krillin cut him in half or something.
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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kaboom » Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:52 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:I've always wondered how physical attributes factor into these fights. For example, if Krillin and Nappa both had a power level of 10,000, would Nappa just beat the shit out of Krillin due to being 7 feet tall and made of pure muscle?
Possibly. Kuririn could likewise be a lot quicker and more nimble due to his small size, and be able to jump circles around Nappa and take repeated potshots at his head. The possibilities are endless.
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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kakashi » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:13 am

RandomGuy96 wrote:No, it said it was because he wasn't able to draw power from his anger AND he never trained. When taken with that other comment I posted, which rather explicitly states that his power didn't change, it probably meant "he couldn't draw power from his rage, and he hadn't been training to make up for this defect".
This is pretty much Anime wise. Gogan is said to get weaker regardless

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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by RandomGuy96 » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:17 am

Who's Gogan?
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
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Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kakashi » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:21 am

Bardock's crew battle powers

Bardock (Pre Zenkai) : 7,500
Bardock ( Post Zenkai) : 10,000
Toma : 3,000
Totapo : 2,250
Pumbkin : 2,000
Selypa : 1,800

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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kakashi » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:22 am

RandomGuy96 wrote:Who's Gogan?
Gohan

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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by RandomGuy96 » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:26 am

Kakashi wrote:
RandomGuy96 wrote:Who's Gogan?
Gohan
He's said to get weaker due to losing his rage boost, and another entry specifies his actual base strength didn't change. Pretty cut and dry.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kakashi » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:37 am

RandomGuy96 wrote:
Kakashi wrote:
RandomGuy96 wrote:Who's Gogan?
Gohan
He's said to get weaker due to losing his rage boost, and another entry specifies his actual base strength didn't change. Pretty cut and dry.
His rage boost is his SSjin 2 and he is said to be weaker because he never trained as well. Kid Gohan > Teen Gohan in all forms

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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by RandomGuy96 » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:40 am

No, his SS2 isn't his rage boost. That's never stated anywhere. What is stated is that:

A. he's not as strong due to not training and not getting a rage boost

B. his actual base strength didn't change

Which just leaves us with "he lost his rage boost, and unlike the others he didn't train, so he didn't make up for this defect". I don't know how many times I have to repost this:
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Many years after the battle with Cell, Gohan had become a high school student. Due to either Chi Chi's influence or him neglecting to train, his strength hadn't changed since he was a boy.
Notice how this entry also cites his lack of training. Yet here, it says it's the reason his strength DIDN'T change, not the reason he got weaker. It goes fine with the other entry.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: The Official Unofficial Power Levels Thread

Post by Kakashi » Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:00 am

RandomGuy96 wrote:No, his SS2 isn't his rage boost. That's never stated anywhere. What is stated is that:

A. he's not as strong due to not training and not getting a rage boost

B. his actual base strength didn't change

Which just leaves us with "he lost his rage boost, and unlike the others he didn't train, so he didn't make up for this defect". I don't know how many times I have to repost this:
Daizenshuu 2 wrote:
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
First Appears: Vol. 36-42
Many years after the battle with Cell, Gohan had become a high school student. Due to either Chi Chi's influence or him neglecting to train, his strength hadn't changed since he was a boy.
Notice how this entry also cites his lack of training. Yet here, it says it's the reason his strength DIDN'T change, not the reason he got weaker. It goes fine with the other entry.
How do you know it means his base form? I guess SSjin Gohan is also lack of rage thus he is weaker because he is never mentioned

This I just a contradiction of the Daizenshuu like when it says Gohan was a SSjin 2 vs Dabura but other guide says he was a SSjin

Vegeta also said Gohan is weaker because he had not trained. Kid Gohan > Teen Gohan in all forms

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Post by RandomGuy96 » Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:07 am

It says his strength didn't change, yet he was functionally weaker due to not being able to draw power from rage. He only was enraged in SS2.

Too bad the Daizenshuu never says he was a SS2. It lightly implied it at one point, which is very different from outright stating it, but considering that it also didn't put the + for Vegeta's SS2 form, it probably doesn't mean much.

Vegeta never says that. Not that it'd matter if he did.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Wed Dec 25, 2013 5:10 am

RandomGuy96 wrote:Vegeta never says that. Not that it'd matter if he did.
Vegeta said in the tournament about SS2 Gohan that he isn't as strong as he was against Cell (obviously because he wasn't enraged), and then he said that Gohan was strongest as a kid, when he was fighting Dabra. However, in the very same scene, Goku called Dabra stronger than they thought because of his magical abilities, and Vegeta gets impatient because the fight is taking too long, while SS Gohan & Dabra fought evenly without managing to hurt each other, which implies that Gohan is strong enough to beat Dabra, but because he didn't train much, his skills have gotten bad.
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Post by ZombieVito » Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:04 am

Merry X-mas to all. This is the first time I have done DB power levels and will appreciate your assistance.

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Post by RandomGuy96 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:12 am

Don't you have a problem with Ten being weaker than King Piccolo at the 23rd Budokai?
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:17 am

@Zombie, why do you have Giant Piccolo that high? I feel that if that form gave that much of a boost, he would have used it more often.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:19 am

I don't think it should raise his power at all. It seemed like a purely physical thing.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Post by Kamiccolo9 » Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:20 am

RandomGuy96 wrote:I don't think it should raise his power at all. It seemed like a purely physical thing.
That's what I've always assumed. I think it's just a more extreme version of his arm-stretching attack thing.
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