A single Saibaman could lolstomp all of Dragon Ball. It's not "Raditz is weak", it's "Saibamen are strong". Also, I thought I remembered something about Earth's soil being good for growing Saibamen. Like, they wouldn't be as strong on other planets or something.
On a gentle environment increasing your S Cell count: I interpreted that a calm and peaceful environment without stress or pain and with ample and healthy food is good for healthy cell division. It's also rather illuminating as to what kind of people in what kind of environment can transform the easiest. Hell, maybe the entire reason Gohan was able to go Super Saiyan 2 was because of the 10 days spent outside the Time Chamber.
Setting aside the whole Saibamen thing, Raditz is still exceptionally weak for a member of Freeza's forces (which he technically is). He's massively below average (which seems to be about a couple thousand) despite being a Saiyan, which gives the benefit of Zenkai boosts and whatnot.
In addition to all that, Raditz is much much worse as an actual martial artist. His techniques are fodder and he's one of the only characters in the franchise to lose a fight despite having the highest single power level on the field - and he lost that fight outright, not via luck.
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"Because Raditz isn't a martial artist, none of Frieza's people were and neither were Nappa or Vegeta. Being a warrior and being a martial artist are not the same thing.
He also wasn't significantly weaker than most of Frieza's other low-level grunts, that and he could transform into an Oozaru. "Raditz is ridiculously weak" just isn't a position that has a lot supporting it in the context of the story that he's in, no matter how you try and spin it.
edited 30th Nov '17 7:52:54 AM by LSBK
If he isn't weak for a Saiyan then there's absolutely no way that Saiyans would become known as the universe's deadliest warrior race.*
- (Not counting Freeza's race)
edited 30th Nov '17 8:02:34 AM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"Do we have confirmation Raditz can perform the Fake Moon technique?
Because otherwise I don't really input the Oozaru Technique into how threatening he is.
edited 30th Nov '17 8:15:38 AM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"He doesn't just need a natural moon, he needs it to be nighttime. The form also has a bunch of weaknesses, including being really hard to control and the whole tail weakspot.
Also, remember that *Roshi* could destroy a moon and he was what, power level 100 at the time? Less? Anyone Raditz is going to want to use the Oozaru transformation on is going to be able to blow up the moon, so not only does he need
- a natural moon
- a specific time of day
- his tail
he also needs his enemy to not know or figure out either of his form's weaknesses, which both Yamcha *and* Roshi were able to do in a very short timeframe after seeing it, and this form is going to be an inaccurate weapon at best if he can't control it.
edited 30th Nov '17 8:20:35 AM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"

Thing is, that power level still put him far beyond anyone on earth at the time - including Goku.
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