I don't think I am. Anticlimactic or not, those abilities do exist and those characters are capable of doing them. If the original poster doesn't want such an ability used and wants to know who's stronger, they'll usually specify (no candy beam) or something. Additionally, characters capable of this kind of attack have been known to fail (Dabura's stone spit can be dodged, and can be 'deflected' on to other items, and Buu's candy beam has been dodged, reflected by blowing and all but no-sold, on separate occasions).supercat wrote:
You're missing the point. Let's assume half of these hypothetical fights actually came to fruition. Do you realize just how anticlimactic it would be if multiple characters were uneventfully reduced to a statue or a piece of candy on a regular basis? Resorting to such techniques once or twice keeps things interesting, but to drag them into every battle is redundant and monotonous at best. Might as well lump them into the same category as Babidi / Bibidi --a powerless wizard who only relies on magic.
When characters close in power are pitted against each other, the most practical assumption is that the original poster is seeking a strength-based discussion.
It's like...let's assume that Dabura is somehow equal to SSJ2 Goku (he isn't I know but bear with me) and their fight is all but even. You might say "Dabura would win disappointingly easily if he used his stone spit, it'd be anticlimactic!" But if Goku turned SSJ3 and took him out in one casual hit, isn't that exactly as easy? Both are techniques that enable an easy victory if properly used (hell, the stone spit is arguably less automatic since it can be avoided, whereas you can't "dodge" Goku using SSJ3 on you especially since he's now much faster). The fact that one doesn't hinge on one's ki/power level doesn't make it any less valid, and frankly all fights being determined solely on the purpose of who has the bigger number seems like the less interesting alternative to me.
(Also, Babidi/Bibidi are hardly the same, and indeed are hardly invincible. Both Buu and Piccolo took out Babidi easily enough due to how fast/powerful they were.)
