Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by apex_pretador » Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:51 am

SSJ3 Vegeta wrote:I just noticed something while watching episode 37 again.
Context : Vegeta turns SSB and said that Cabba might be able to reach this level someday.
Cabba : "I could gain this much power ?"
Cabba's line seems to imply that he can sense God ki.Everyone in BoG including SS3 Goku can't sense god ki.So SS3 Goku < SS Cabba confirmed at least ?
a big plothole?
God ki can be just sensed by everyone now?
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Chiki » Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:55 am

Bullza wrote:
What's the problem?
Why is base Gohan several times stronger than base Goku?
He's not. This assumption only follows if you think FF Frost = FF Frieza which is completely false, since Gotenks would have gotten owned by FF Frieza, while SS3 Gotenks >>>>> Buu, and Buu would have been able to defeat Frost (according to Goku hyping Buu up for the tournament).

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:55 am

apex_pretador wrote:a big plothole?
God ki can be just sensed by everyone now?
You seem to be able sense god ki if you're strong enough.Freeza and Hit can sense SSB Goku/Vegeta ki.Base Vegeta can also sense Whis' ki.
Minute: 17
Context: Whis provides highly detailed expository dialogue.
Whis: "Those two have just barely reached the level where they can sense the ki of a god. If that castle up there were the level of the gods, then their power is only about this high. They need to raise the level of their ki without becoming Super Saiyan. Otherwise, they won't be able to grow much stronger, since they won't be able to see the realm which lies ahead. Most likely, those two realize this themselves. After all, I never once told them not to become Super Saiyans."
Oracle Fish: "Well, whatever. Just don't kill them."
Sensing God ki seems to be a level you can reach.If Whis means level as in power level.Then SS3 Goku < SS Cabba.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Chiki » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:16 am

SSJ3 Vegeta wrote:
apex_pretador wrote:a big plothole?
God ki can be just sensed by everyone now?
You seem to be able sense god ki if you're strong enough.Freeza and Hit can sense SSB Goku/Vegeta ki.Base Vegeta can also sense Whis' ki.
Minute: 17
Context: Whis provides highly detailed expository dialogue.
Whis: "Those two have just barely reached the level where they can sense the ki of a god. If that castle up there were the level of the gods, then their power is only about this high. They need to raise the level of their ki without becoming Super Saiyan. Otherwise, they won't be able to grow much stronger, since they won't be able to see the realm which lies ahead. Most likely, those two realize this themselves. After all, I never once told them not to become Super Saiyans."
Oracle Fish: "Well, whatever. Just don't kill them."
Sensing God ki seems to be a level you can reach.If Whis means level as in power level.Then SS3 Goku < SS Cabba.
Cabba isn't god level though, it's implied that Buu would beat him easily.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:18 am

Chiki wrote:Cabba isn't god level though, it's implied that Buu would beat him easily.
Being above SS3 Goku =/= God tier.And no,Boo was never strongly implied to beat Cabba easily.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by dbgtFO » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:27 am

Bullza wrote:
What's the problem?
Why is base Gohan several times stronger than base Goku?
What exactly proves base Gohan is several times stronger than base Goku?
Because he's stronger than Piccolo? Maybe Piccolo's just been nerfed like Gohan himself was.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by apex_pretador » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:41 am

SSJ3 Vegeta wrote:
apex_pretador wrote:a big plothole?
God ki can be just sensed by everyone now?
You seem to be able sense god ki if you're strong enough.Freeza and Hit can sense SSB Goku/Vegeta ki.Base Vegeta can also sense Whis' ki.
Minute: 17
Context: Whis provides highly detailed expository dialogue.
Whis: "Those two have just barely reached the level where they can sense the ki of a god. If that castle up there were the level of the gods, then their power is only about this high. They need to raise the level of their ki without becoming Super Saiyan. Otherwise, they won't be able to grow much stronger, since they won't be able to see the realm which lies ahead. Most likely, those two realize this themselves. After all, I never once told them not to become Super Saiyans."
Oracle Fish: "Well, whatever. Just don't kill them."
Sensing God ki seems to be a level you can reach.If Whis means level as in power level.Then SS3 Goku < SS Cabba.
but vegeta and goku were undergoing special training which completely changed their ki structure.

Kaio also said (Or beerus?) that only gods can sense gods.

We know freeza went through rough training, Hit we don't even know about. Cabba is plothole.

However, if it is ever confirmed / implied again, I guess that it will put the two-base theories :lol: to rest.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:44 am

apex_pretador wrote:but vegeta and goku were undergoing special training which completely changed their ki structure.
Vegeta was the only one who undergoes special training at that point.Goku just arrived at Beerus' place at that time.He trained for like 10 hours and those were just changing Beerus' bedsheet,cutting grasses,doing housework,lifting weights and such.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Chiki » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:55 am

SSJ3 Vegeta wrote:
Chiki wrote:Cabba isn't god level though, it's implied that Buu would beat him easily.
Being above SS3 Goku =/= God tier.And no,Boo was never strongly implied to beat Cabba easily.
Cabba isn't SS3 tier. He's equal to Base Vegeta w/o SSG power who is equal to Base Goku w/o SSG power who was weaker than FF Frost. So Buu > FF Frost > Base Cabba.

Why would Buu be hyped up by Goku then?

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:12 am

Chiki wrote:Cabba isn't SS3 tier. He's equal to Base Vegeta w/o SSG power who is equal to Base Goku w/o SSG power who was weaker than FF Frost. So Buu > FF Frost > Base Cabba.
There is no clear evidence for the two bases theory,i don't care if you believe it or not but the line i posted seems to imply that SS Cabba is stronger that SS3 Goku.
Why would Buu be hyped up by Goku then?
Goku never hyped Buu,he said they won't leave Buu out because of his insane durability and weird abilities,he is also one of the strongest guys barring Goku,Vegeta and Monaka.Goku had no idea whatsoever how strong the U6 guys will turn out,

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by apex_pretador » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:16 am

Chiki wrote:
SSJ3 Vegeta wrote:
Chiki wrote:Cabba isn't god level though, it's implied that Buu would beat him easily.
Being above SS3 Goku =/= God tier.And no,Boo was never strongly implied to beat Cabba easily.
Cabba isn't SS3 tier. He's equal to Base Vegeta w/o SSG power who is equal to Base Goku w/o SSG power who was weaker than FF Frost. So Buu > FF Frost > Base Cabba.

Why would Buu be hyped up by Goku then?
proof that buu > Frost?
Or any implication?
Statement?
Anything?
Hint?
except fan-theories or "Piccolo can't be that strong" because piccolo has shown the ability to jump big.
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apex_pretador wrote:but vegeta and goku were undergoing special training which completely changed their ki structure.
Vegeta was the only one who undergoes special training at that point.Goku just arrived at Beerus' place at that time.He trained for like 10 hours and those were just changing Beerus' bedsheet,cutting grasses,doing housework,lifting weights and such.
but again, goku's ki structure was already changed due to SSG power being absorbed and integrated in him?

Maybe the little training he did was able to "awake" the ability of sensing god ki?
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:19 am

dbgtFO wrote:
Bullza wrote:
What's the problem?
Why is base Gohan several times stronger than base Goku?
What exactly proves base Gohan is several times stronger than base Goku?
Because he's stronger than Piccolo? Maybe Piccolo's just been nerfed like Gohan himself was.
Piccolo is vastly stronger than Frieza so Gohan would have to be vastly more powerful than Goku.

Piccolo wasn't nerfed like Gohan at all because they never said or implied that Piccolo had gotten any weaker whatsoever unlike they did with Gohan. That'd just be an assumption based on nothing.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:21 am

I'm not sure if Base Gohan is stronger than Piccolo or not,but if he is,I'm going to assume he kept some of the ultimate boost.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Chiki » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:37 am

SSJ3 Vegeta wrote:
Chiki wrote:Cabba isn't SS3 tier. He's equal to Base Vegeta w/o SSG power who is equal to Base Goku w/o SSG power who was weaker than FF Frost. So Buu > FF Frost > Base Cabba.
There is no clear evidence for the two bases theory,i don't care if you believe it or not but the line i posted seems to imply that SS Cabba is stronger that SS3 Goku.
Why would Buu be hyped up by Goku then?
Goku never hyped Buu,he said they won't leave Buu out because of his insane durability and weird abilities,he is also one of the strongest guys barring Goku,Vegeta and Monaka.Goku had no idea whatsoever how strong the U6 guys will turn out,
If you reject the two base theory, then let me rephrase the argument for you:

Cabba isn't SS3 tier. He's equal to Base Vegeta who is equal to Base Goku who was weaker than FF Frost. So Buu > FF Frost > Base Cabba. Buu is SS2/low SS3 tier so FF Frost is weaker than that and so is Base Cabba.

If he is one of the strongest guys barring Goku, Vegeta and Monaka, then my argument is right since Piccolo did well against FF Frost.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by apex_pretador » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:41 am

Chiki wrote:
SSJ3 Vegeta wrote:
Chiki wrote:Cabba isn't SS3 tier. He's equal to Base Vegeta w/o SSG power who is equal to Base Goku w/o SSG power who was weaker than FF Frost. So Buu > FF Frost > Base Cabba.
There is no clear evidence for the two bases theory,i don't care if you believe it or not but the line i posted seems to imply that SS Cabba is stronger that SS3 Goku.
Why would Buu be hyped up by Goku then?
Goku never hyped Buu,he said they won't leave Buu out because of his insane durability and weird abilities,he is also one of the strongest guys barring Goku,Vegeta and Monaka.Goku had no idea whatsoever how strong the U6 guys will turn out,
If you reject the two base theory, then let me rephrase the argument for you:

Cabba isn't SS3 tier. He's equal to Base Vegeta who is equal to Base Goku who was weaker than FF Frost. So Buu > FF Frost > Base Cabba. Buu is SS2/low SS3 tier so FF Frost is weaker than that and so is Base Cabba.

If he is one of the strongest guys barring Goku, Vegeta and Monaka, then my argument is right since Piccolo did well against FF Frost.


proof that buu > Frost?
Or any implication?
Statement?
Anything?
Hint?
except fan-theories or "Piccolo can't be that strong" because piccolo has shown the ability to jump big.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:46 am

Chiki wrote:If you reject the two base theory, then let me rephrase the argument for you:

Cabba isn't SS3 tier. He's equal to Base Vegeta who is equal to Base Goku who was weaker than FF Frost. So Buu > FF Frost > Base Cabba. Buu is SS2/low SS3 tier so FF Frost is weaker than that and so is Base Cabba.

If he is one of the strongest guys barring Goku, Vegeta and Monaka, then my argument is right since Piccolo did well against FF Frost.
He is.Base Goku and Vegeta in RoF was more or less on par with Final Form Freeza who in his first form should be at the very very very least as strong as SS Gohan in RoF.

Being one of the strongest doesn't mean he IS the strongest.When it comes to powerscaling for Champa Arc,i follow the manga more than the anime because it's more consistent.Piccolo just got strong,that's all.When Goku said they are not going to leave Buu out,they were at Beerus' place,so they shouldn't know how strong current Piccolo is.You could say that Cabba sensing SSB Vegeta was only in the anime,but we don't know if its also going to be in the manga.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:53 am

If Base Goku is supposed to be as strong as Super Saiyan God Goku and Final Form Frost is stronger than Base Goku....then how is Buu stronger than Frost when he's not even as strong as Super Saiyan 3?

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:59 am

Bullza wrote:If Base Goku is supposed to be as strong as Super Saiyan God Goku and Final Form Frost is stronger than Base Goku....then how is Buu stronger than Frost when he's not even as strong as Super Saiyan 3?
Base Goku is not as strong as SSG Goku.That would make the powerscaling even more messy than already is.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by apex_pretador » Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:01 am

Bullza wrote:If Base Goku is supposed to be as strong as Super Saiyan God Goku and Final Form Frost is stronger than Base Goku....then how is Buu stronger than Frost when he's not even as strong as Super Saiyan 3?
SSG goku >> Base goku >> SS3 goku > Mystic gohan >> SS3 goku (buu arc) >> Fat buu >= Mr buu

1. It was never implied that base goku has achieved the power of SSG, except for the one-off instance of punching beerus ki ball

2. Base goku is equal to Freeza, who is way above SS3 goku

3. At the end of buu arc, goku said he'll train and have the power to handle anything that may happen related to buu, so he must be stronger than Super buu, and there is heavy indication that he surpassed gohan & gotenks, especially the rageta part.

4. Gohan was stronger than super buu , who is stronger than kid buu, who was stronger than goku

5. Fat buu was nothing to SS3 goku (buu arc)

6. Goku implied that fat buu (current) is slightly weaker than pre-split fat buu
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:13 am

Now the 6/10/15 scale has gone Goku could very well be as strong as Super Saiyan God in base form.

He practically said as much didn't he? When he turned into a SSJB he told Frieza he was a Saiyan with the power of a Super Saiyan God as a Super Saiyan.

So before he transformed he was a Saiyan with the power of a Super Saiyan God.

Base Goku = Super Saiyan God

Him being at the low end of God level according to Whis, him taking unrestrained attacks from Beerus, him being as strong or stronger than Final Form Frieza who would be dozens of times more powerful than First Form Frieza who was stronger than 5 Z Fighters together.

It's practically come around full circle to it seeming like Base Goku is equal to SSJG Goku which we initially believed when the movie came out.

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