Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:12 am

wouldn't you literally have to make Base Goku a 1, SS Goku a 1.1, and SSG Goku a 1.2?
Pretty much but that's how the Battle of Gods movie seemed to present it anyway. So it'd be the same.

Of course you also had Base Goku in the anime make Hit bleed aswell who also previously defeated SSJB Vegeta and again there was no mention of his power being any different between fights so all three versions match up just fine.

That's how it should be and that is how it's indicated in this chapter. Him fluctuating is just speculation and Beerus and Whis' conversation about how Vegeta failed but SSJG Goku was stronger than Hit's current level implies that he was just at one constant suppressed level the entire time.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 25, 2016 11:20 am

Bullza wrote:
wouldn't you literally have to make Base Goku a 1, SS Goku a 1.1, and SSG Goku a 1.2?
Pretty much but that's how the Battle of Gods movie seemed to present it anyway. So it'd be the same.

Of course you also had Base Goku in the anime make Hit bleed aswell who also previously defeated SSJB Vegeta and again there was no mention of his power being any different between fights so all three versions match up just fine.

That's how it should be and that is how it's indicated in this chapter. Him fluctuating is just speculation and Beerus and Whis' conversation about how Vegeta failed but SSJG Goku was stronger than Hit's current level implies that he was just at one constant suppressed level the entire time.
Once again, you're smashing the movies together with something that goes against them by virtue of having a distinctly different starting point from the films. It also ignores the other fact that Hit's later power up is shown to be a considerably great one, one so stressful he can't use it for more than a minute.

So, going by the movie logic, Hit can use 98% of his power fine but its that extra 2% that's too stressful for his body to take? Given how shocked everyone is and how Vados & Whis go out of their way to tout it as an impressive boost alone should be a knock against the idea that Base/SS/SSG/SSB are all virtually the same strength like the movies.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:02 pm

I'm just talking about the power levels matching and the ideas that were thought up by Toriyama.

The movies or at least Battle of Gods had it as SSJG > SSJ > Base though only with small gaps between them. The manga shows something very similar.

The anime also has SSJ > Base though SSJG hasn't reappeared there's no reason why it couldn't be the same as the others.

Hits full power can be considerable. It was shown to be stronger than SSJG but weaker than SSJB and that's ok because that doesn't contradict anything not knowing the gap between SSJG and SSJB.

Them being at regular levels in the manga is as far fetched as the two base theory.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:05 pm

Bullza wrote:I'm just talking about the power levels matching and the ideas that were thought up by Toriyama.

The movies or at least Battle of Gods had it as SSJG > SSJ > Base though only with small gaps between them. The manga shows something very similar.

The anime also has SSJ > Base though SSJG hasn't reappeared there's no reason why it couldn't be the same as the others.

Hits full power can be considerable. It was shown to be stronger than SSJG but weaker than SSJB and that's ok because that doesn't contradict anything not knowing the gap between SSJG and SSJB.

Them being at regular levels in the manga is as far fetched as the two base theory.
Eh, I think it can work if you raise their Super Saiyan to SSJ3 levels. With a form like that which gives them great power and efficiency, they can stay late Namek/early Android Saga levels of base strength and still curb stomp almost everyone up until Vegetto with just Super Saiyan.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by buutenks » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:06 pm

So in conclusion..there is no conclusion ^^.

Two base theory still being used?
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Bullza wrote:I'm just talking about the power levels matching and the ideas that were thought up by Toriyama.

The movies or at least Battle of Gods had it as SSJG > SSJ > Base though only with small gaps between them. The manga shows something very similar.

The anime also has SSJ > Base though SSJG hasn't reappeared there's no reason why it couldn't be the same as the others.

Hits full power can be considerable. It was shown to be stronger than SSJG but weaker than SSJB and that's ok because that doesn't contradict anything not knowing the gap between SSJG and SSJB.

Them being at regular levels in the manga is as far fetched as the two base theory.
Eh, I think it can work if you raise their Super Saiyan to SSJ3 levels. With a form like that which gives them great power and efficiency, they can stay late Namek/early Android Saga levels of base strength and still curb stomp almost everyone up until Vegetto with just Super Saiyan.
Problem with that is that base goku is shown to be far stronger than that.

I still think

Base=buuhan/super buu level/raging vegeta
ssj=ssj vegetto lvl
ssj blue=much stronger than max vegetto.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:12 pm

buutenks wrote:So in conclusion..there is no conclusion ^^.

Two base theory still being used?
ekrolo2 wrote:
Bullza wrote:I'm just talking about the power levels matching and the ideas that were thought up by Toriyama.

The movies or at least Battle of Gods had it as SSJG > SSJ > Base though only with small gaps between them. The manga shows something very similar.

The anime also has SSJ > Base though SSJG hasn't reappeared there's no reason why it couldn't be the same as the others.

Hits full power can be considerable. It was shown to be stronger than SSJG but weaker than SSJB and that's ok because that doesn't contradict anything not knowing the gap between SSJG and SSJB.

Them being at regular levels in the manga is as far fetched as the two base theory.
Eh, I think it can work if you raise their Super Saiyan to SSJ3 levels. With a form like that which gives them great power and efficiency, they can stay late Namek/early Android Saga levels of base strength and still curb stomp almost everyone up until Vegetto with just Super Saiyan.
Problem with that is that base goku is shown to be far stronger than that.

I still think

Base=buuhan/super buu level/raging vegeta
ssj=ssj vegetto lvl
ssj blue=much stronger than max vegetto.
I'm talking about the manga where Piccolo, who's a worthless shit fodder can take on Frost (with no training indication whatsoever) when Goku and Vegeta needed Super Saiyan to fight him. If the manga even gave an inkling of clue that Piccolo got any significantly stronger, I'd have an easier time buying their bases being this powerful. But there isn't, not without trying to cram in the anime into the manga which doesn't work at all.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by buutenks » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:16 pm

ekrolo2 wrote:
I'm talking about the manga where Piccolo, who's a worthless shit fodder can take on Frost (with no training indication whatsoever) when Goku and Vegeta needed Super Saiyan to fight him. If the manga even gave an inkling of clue that Piccolo got any significantly stronger, I'd have an easier time buying their bases being this powerful. But there isn't, not without trying to cram in the anime into the manga which doesn't work at all.
Well if we follow the manga only, then ye, base saiyans arent at that level, and only their mastered ssj state seem to boost them to high levels of power.

Since ROf was never shown in the manga.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:24 pm

Bullza wrote:Yeah and Hit's level of Ki initially was at a level high enough to have little trouble against SSJB Vegeta and have a more even fight with SSJ Goku and then started to lose the upper hand when Goku turned into a SSJG. That level that he was at allowed him to withstand punches from SSJG Goku but it was also at a level that Base Goku could hurt him as well. Then he powered up.

If Hit at his supressed level was still enough for him to take those attacks and still keep going then it should be a level vastly above the likes that Base Goku should ever be to be able to hurt him if he's just at regular levels.
SSG Goku was most likely holding back against the suppressed Hit, since Goku knew that Hit was holding back & wouldn't want to beat him before he showed his true power. He even gave up the match because he realized that Hit couldn't use his true power due to the tournament rules.
He may have changed his mind. He may just be Toyotaro's inclusion but the interview where Toriyama said that was for the Battle of Gods movie which did have Goku needing to become SSJG again to stop his earth blowing up.
That's what I'm saying. He changed his mind & retconned Goku from absorbing the power of SSG, so SSG is now useful once again. Goku didn't really need SSG, since it didn't change his power drastically. The reason Goku stopped it was because he gave his all, and the reason he transformed was to show us that Goku no longer needs the ritual to go SSG. Toriyama confirmed in his interview that Goku doesn't need SSG anymore because he absorbed the power of SSG. But the manga shows that Goku didn't absorb the power of SSG, and that Goku does need SSG now.
Yeah but even though those two might be weaker than Frost perhaps they could have made him more tired than what Piccolo did and without having to fight defensively.
That's my point. If base Goku & Vegeta are stronger than Piccolo, they have to at least be close to him in power.
Oh right I see what you mean and that's a good point but that 6/10/15 scale is going by movie information
Now you are just picking what you like. You can't say "this is from the movies, nothing contradicts it but it may not be true" (about 6/10/15 numbers), and then say "this is from the movies, it is contradicted by the manga but it has to be true somehow because it's in the movies" (about Goku absorbing the SSG power).
Toriyama's recent comment might mean that he's just retconned Beerus' power anyway if he wants to keep him above them while still making Goku and Vegeta stronger.
Goku & Vegeta no longer grow monstrously stronger through their training, it's been shown in the original manga, and it was even referenced in the Super anime.
Well that has at least been clarified by several other things from the movies to the anime to promotional material to games etc.
But not in the Super manga, which has its own separate continuity.
The two base theory is just that, a theory.
It's officially a thing. It's just not a hard fact, due to it being a video-game only thing so far.

But it doesn't seem to be a thing in either the manga, the anime, or the movies so far. But if you want to smash the movies & the manga together, the 2 base theory is the only explanation that I can think of to make them fit.
And that's because there isn't an enormous gap between the two forms. Which is what was established in Battle of Gods and then makes it sync up just fine with what happened in the Resurrection F movie and also with the Super anime which is exactly what it should be doing.
The movie shows that there is an insignificant difference between base, SS, and SSG. The manga shows that there is a significant difference between base, SS, and SSG. That's a fact, so we have a contradiction.
ekrolo2 wrote:Is there anything supporting the existence of Chou Super Saiyan? The hypothetical Super Saiyan form that's been so mastered that it gives you a bigger boost than Super Saiyan 3?
No, it's a misinterpretation of Toriyama's comment about Goku abandoning SS2 & SS3. What he meant was that by training in base & SS, he can have greater training gains because he doesn't have his stamina drained in these forms, while SS2 & SS3 drain his stamina and hold him back. Furthermore, in the manga continuity, Goku has even more powerful transformations now (SSG & SSB) that don't drain his stamina (SSB only drains it if you transform multiple times), so SS2 & SS3 are now useless. In the movie continuity, Goku has the SSG power in his base form, and his SSB form, which is an upgraded form of regular SS, gives him a less than x2 boost. So, transforming into SS2 & SS3 on top of that would also give him less than x2 boost + ki drain, which would eventually make him weaker than his SSB form (like what happened with Golden Freeza).
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RandomGuy96 wrote:Because that's where he is at the EOZ
Going exclusively by the original manga, there is no indication of such a thing.
RandomGuy96 wrote:All of them are the closest to Toriyama's vision, they should be decently consistent with each other.
But they are not consistent with each other. The movies show that base Goku absorbed the power of SSG & made it his own, which turned SS & SSG useless, and with SSB, he became stronger, but less than x2 stronger. The manga makes no mention of Goku absorbing any power, still has Piccolo between base & SS Goku like he was since the Cell Games (though we can assume that base Goku & Vegeta may be a little stronger than Piccolo, the manga doesn't give any indication to assume such a thing), has SSB Goku over x10 stronger than SS Goku, and has SSG useful once again. It also skipped the FnF arc, so base Goku's feats from the movie are not in the manga.
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Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by HeroR » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:27 pm

buutenks wrote:So in conclusion..there is no conclusion ^^.

Two base theory still being used?
ekrolo2 wrote:
Bullza wrote:I'm just talking about the power levels matching and the ideas that were thought up by Toriyama.

The movies or at least Battle of Gods had it as SSJG > SSJ > Base though only with small gaps between them. The manga shows something very similar.

The anime also has SSJ > Base though SSJG hasn't reappeared there's no reason why it couldn't be the same as the others.

Hits full power can be considerable. It was shown to be stronger than SSJG but weaker than SSJB and that's ok because that doesn't contradict anything not knowing the gap between SSJG and SSJB.

Them being at regular levels in the manga is as far fetched as the two base theory.
Eh, I think it can work if you raise their Super Saiyan to SSJ3 levels. With a form like that which gives them great power and efficiency, they can stay late Namek/early Android Saga levels of base strength and still curb stomp almost everyone up until Vegetto with just Super Saiyan.
Problem with that is that base goku is shown to be far stronger than that.

I still think

Base=buuhan/super buu level/raging vegeta
ssj=ssj vegetto lvl
ssj blue=much stronger than max vegetto.
In the anime, their base is way higher than Super Buu or Raging Vegeta. Copy-Vegeta, who is as strong as Vegeta's base, tanks hits from Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks and knocked his fusion out with a couple of hits. Raging Vegeta also got slapped out of Super Saiyan form by Beerus and didn't even harm him in the Super version, while Goku fought Beerus in his base form and did harm to him.

And honestly, I think some of you really overpowered Vegetto way too much. At best, the Vegetto we saw in the manga is as strong as Goku and Vegeta's base at his absolute best, and that is pushing it.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:30 pm

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ekrolo2 wrote:Is there anything supporting the existence of Chou Super Saiyan? The hypothetical Super Saiyan form that's been so mastered that it gives you a bigger boost than Super Saiyan 3?
No, it's a misinterpretation of Toriyama's comment about Goku abandoning SS2 & SS3. What he meant was that by training in base & SS, he can have greater training gains because he doesn't have his stamina drained in these forms, while SS2 & SS3 drain his stamina and hold him back. Furthermore, in the manga continuity, Goku has even more powerful transformations now (SSG & SSB) that don't drain his stamina (SSB only drains it if you transform multiple times), so SS2 & SS3 are now useless. In the movie continuity, Goku has the SSG power in his base form, and his SSB form, which is an upgraded form of regular SS, gives him a less than x2 boost. So, transforming into SS2 & SS3 on top of that would also give him less than x2 boost + ki drain, which would eventually make him weaker than his SSB form (like what happened with Golden Freeza).
Obviously it doesn't exist for the movies but I wonder if it can work in the manga. Since Goku & Vegeta are still under Piccolo, giving Super Saiyan a higher multiplier would allow you to keep the efficiency of 1 and create less of a gap between the two God forms.

Given how Goku plays his battle against Hit where he intentionally uses inferior forms to test out the limits of Hit's power, I think the would've taken out 2 and 3 if he still could. Not much evidence I know but I think its possible.
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:38 pm

ekrolo2 wrote: Since Goku & Vegeta are still under Piccolo, giving Super Saiyan a higher multiplier would allow you to keep the efficiency of 1 and create less of a gap between the two God forms.
You can assume whatever you want, but there is no indication for such a thing
Given how Goku plays his battle against Hit where he intentionally uses inferior forms to test out the limits of Hit's power, I think the would've taken out 2 and 3 if he still could. Not much evidence I know but I think its possible.
He wanted to save stamina, which SS2 & SS3 drain. Also, SS2 & SS3 would be most likely inferior to 1/10th SSB Vegeta, which didn't do well against Hit's Tokitobashi.
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Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.

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Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 25, 2016 1:02 pm

SSG Goku was most likely holding back against the suppressed Hit, since Goku knew that Hit was holding back & wouldn't want to beat him before he showed his true power.
There's a lot of "mights" involved that don't need to be there though. Hit might have been pulling his punches, Hit might have been fluctuating his power, Hit might not be confident about not killing Goku, SSJG Goku might have been holding back etc.

It's though people are trying to make them not fit together when the simple presentation is that they do.
He changed his mind & retconned Goku from absorbing the power of SSG, so SSG is now useful once again.
There's no need for there to be any retcon. In Battle of Gods he absorbed it but still turned into it afterward anyway. It's just the same thing. Toriyama wouldn't have changed his mind like that, he wouldn't go backward on something that was just recently established in two movies he wrote without their being any mention of it.
That's my point. If base Goku & Vegeta are stronger than Piccolo, they have to at least be close to him in power
Why? Base Goku could be 80% as strong as Frost and Piccolo could be like 10% as strong or something.
Now you are just picking what you like.
That's what you just did. You said that SSJG is a 6 and Beerus is a 10, SSJB Vegeta would be less than a 10 and 1/10th is stronger than SSJ. Of which first of all what suggests that it is stronger than SSJ?

And secondly this 6 and 10 stuff was said in the exact same interview where Toriyama said he'd made that power his own and was for an interview for the movie where they were near enough the same in power.

So why are you using the 6/10/15 scale to argue that SSJ is at regular level when this information came from the same interview that said SSJ is not at regular level?
But not in the Super manga, which has its own separate continuity
It has it's own alternate take on the BoG arc which was largely similar to the anime and then the Champa arc and the Trunks arc are based on Toriyama's outline which is a part of the same continuity as Resurrection F.

Goku and Vegeta aren't at regular levels in the outline so they won't be in the manga.
It's officially a thing.
Them having a before and after base form is a thing but them being able to switch it on and off has never been shown or even implied in the movies, anime or manga.
The movie shows that there is an insignificant difference between base, SS, and SSG. The manga shows that there is a significant difference between base, SS, and SSG. That's a fact, so we have a contradiction.
It wasn't that insignificant. He was able to stop an attack as a SSJG that Base form was overwhelmed by. The manga's gaps aren't that significant either, Base Goku makes Hit bleed and SSJG Goku makes Hit bleed.

There's difference of Base Goku being a match for a suppressed Hit not fighting seriously to SSJG Goku being stronger (not hugely) than a suppressed Hit that is fighting seriously.

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Post by Hugo Boss » Sat Jun 25, 2016 4:19 pm

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:SS2 & SS3 would be most likely inferior to 1/10th SSB Vegeta, which didn't do well against Hit's Tokitobashi.
Really? SS Goku was fighting fairly well against Hit. SS2 or SS3 would drain stamina faster but they would probably surpass the level where Hit can handle Goku or Vegeta with the entire time-skip length.

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Post by Chiki » Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:24 pm

OMG, Future Trunks went SSJ2 and Goku went SSJ2 and then SSJ3 to defeat Trunks.

TWO BASE THEORY CONFIRMED

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Post by ZombieVito » Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:27 pm

I love this. Sure Trunks got a BS power up but it's at least explained, same as Piccolo.

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Post by Chiki » Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:29 pm

ZombieVito wrote:I love this. Sure Trunks got a BS power up but it's at least explained, same as Piccolo.
No it's not. Trunks is SSJ2 level, like SSJ2 Kid Gohan level. He struggled with Dabura.

I also don't really like these turn of events. Judging from the next ep preview, Goku uses normal Super Saiyan for Black. So Goku isn't going to use SSG power or tap into SSB or something for this arc? That would be ridiculous.

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Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:31 pm

Ahhh the confusement level is over 9000!

So what we got in this episode is

- Trunks trained with Kaioshin, got stronger and was able to beat Dabura. Don't know if he was just an ordinary Super Saiyan in that fight though or a SSJ2.

- He can become a Super Saiyan 2.

- Goku can also apparently still go Super Saiyan 2 and 3 and nothing said that he couldn't but Toriyama said he probably wouldn't.

- Apparently SSJ2 Goku and Trunks could be roughly level.

- Preview for the next episode showed Goku turning SSJ (2?) against Black Goku. Seemingly loses the fight.

No idea what to make of all that. That makes no sense whatsorever to me.

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Post by Lord Beerus » Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:34 pm

According to Herms:
Trunks says Black is at least as strong as Goku. This makes Goku happy.
Make that of what you will.

Unless you want to believe that in Future Trunks' timeline, Dabra is as strong as a Super Saiyan God, it really does looks like the two base theory is now really a thing.

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Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:58 pm

Alright I just re-watched a couple of scenes and it looks as though Trunks beat Dabura as a regular Super Saiyan and then sometime in the years that followed he became a Super Saiyan 2.

Goku also went Super Saiyan 2, they fought that briefly that you couldn't say for sure they were equal. He had no problem blocking Trunks attacks and stopped his fists before turning into a Super Saiyan 3 and one shotting him.

In the preview Goku appears to just use ordinary Super Saiyan unless those gold sparks meant SSJ2 but who knows. Why he's fighting Black as a SSJ even though he was just told he's at least as strong as his SSJ3 form...we'll see, maybe he'll transform further.

This definitely set it apart from the movie and the manga now though. That is unless he does something similar in the manga.

What if this was in Toriyama's plot outline and Base Goku being above SSJ3 Gotenks was just Toei filler, that'd complicate things.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by dbzfan7 » Sat Jun 25, 2016 9:03 pm

Bullza wrote:Alright I just re-watched a couple of scenes and it looks as though Trunks beat Dabura as a regular Super Saiyan and then sometime in the years that followed he became a Super Saiyan 2.

Goku also went Super Saiyan 2, they fought that briefly that you couldn't say for sure they were equal. He had no problem blocking Trunks attacks and stopped his fists before turning into a Super Saiyan 3 and one shotting him.

In the preview Goku appears to just use ordinary Super Saiyan unless those gold sparks meant SSJ2 but who knows. Why he's fighting Black as a SSJ even though he was just told he's at least as strong as his SSJ3 form...we'll see, maybe he'll transform further.

This definitely set it apart from the movie and the manga now though. That is unless he does something similar in the manga.

What if this was in Toriyama's plot outline and Base Goku being above SSJ3 Gotenks was just Toei filler, that'd complicate things.
That's basically my answer. That filler garbage with Googeta never happened. Trunks didn't stomp Dabura, so he's at least on his level or above. Which would put him above Boo arc Gohan at the very least I think.

Goku looked to have to go SSJ3 to one shot, so SSJ2 Goku is above Trunks likely, but not enough to one shot.

If we take that filler as a note, then Dabura is somehow God tier in the future. Or perhaps Trunks just got that much stronger before Black showed up? Depends when he showed up after Dabura and Babidi.
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