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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#14576: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:31:47 PM

I meant before merging. 'Cause you said that he told Nail that he'd gotten stronger in the Afterlife.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#14577: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:32:59 PM

Gravity.Piccolo tends to float when meditating.King Kai's planet has 10x gravity,right?

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#14578: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:33:12 PM

Simple.

  • Piccolo on Namek was 1,000,000.
  • Super Saiyan Goku was 150,000,000.
  • Super Saiyan Vegeta against the Androids was stronger than Namek Super Saiyan Goku.
  • Piccolo merged with God was stronger than Super Saiyan Vegeta.

150x would have caught Piccolo up to Namek Saga SS Goku, but Piccolo went well beyond that to the point of being equal to Androids 17 and 18.

Battle powers during the Android Saga are unclear, but Piccolo was able to surpass the Super Saiyans despite the fact that their power grows exponentially, not linearly.

edited 13th Apr '15 1:34:03 PM by TobiasDrake

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#14579: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:33:38 PM

This series makes me hate numbers.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#14580: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:36:32 PM

Numbers are pretty hateable all on their own.

edited 13th Apr '15 1:36:50 PM by LSBK

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#14581: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:40:57 PM

[up][up][up]Are you assuming that Piccolo made no gains during those three years? His power was far greater than it was on Namek even before he merged with Kami.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#14582: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:45:28 PM

Piccolo went to 50,000 when we was training with King Kai.

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#14583: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:46:48 PM

[up] Where are you getting that from?

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#14584: Apr 13th 2015 at 1:57:37 PM

I could have sworn it was on the Dragonball wiki when I last checked, but it isn't there.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#14585: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:00:33 PM

Wiki

Well there's your first problem.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#14586: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:03:04 PM

someone gather the Saiga Balls.he probably knows.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#14587: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:03:53 PM

Ha! I broke five of them! Now we have to rely on our own brains instead of his!

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#14588: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:03:57 PM

Even if it were accurate, the Fusion would still stack their powers together and then multiply them by a factor of 10 just 'cause.

Namekian Fusion is crazy broken, and allowed Piccolo to become ridiculously powerful even standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Saiyans, who have to rely on huge multipliers to even match him, after only two; compared to the many, many zenkais Goku and Vegeta needed to get to where they are, PLUS their giant multiplier forms besides.

edited 13th Apr '15 2:04:47 PM by TobiasDrake

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#14589: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:05:56 PM

Let's put it in a simpler way:

Piccolo is always at that power level. You can't knock him out of a transformation by punching him in the balls hard enough. 'Cuz he ain't got no balls.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#14590: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:08:46 PM

you can scream at him!

no wait,everyone does that.

HIS POWER IS MAXIMUM!

edited 13th Apr '15 2:09:12 PM by alekos23

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#14591: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:14:11 PM

[up][up] Exactly.

Goku and Vegeta never surpassed Frieza in Base by the end of the series, while Piccolo is as powerful as Semi-Perfect Cell without needing a multiplier.

Sure, by applying their 50x, 100x, or 400x special forms, Goku and Vegeta leave Piccolo in the dust, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a hell of a lot stronger than they are.

edited 13th Apr '15 2:15:01 PM by TobiasDrake

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#14592: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:15:00 PM

But now that Goku has the power of a God, Piccolo is once again out in the cold.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#14593: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:18:01 PM

aside the fact he's been Gohaning around.

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#14594: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:20:21 PM

Goku and Vegeta aren't a fusion of three different guys either. It's kind of a double standard of your part that you treat Super Sayian like it was somehow external from their power but Piccolo fusing with some guy he found by accident? Totally his own power!

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#14595: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:21:34 PM

That's kind of my point.

Goku and Vegeta needed countless zenkais AND huge exponential transformations to match what Namekian Fusion did in two bursts, because Namekian racial bonuses are even more ridiculous than Saiyan racial bonuses.

edited 13th Apr '15 2:21:52 PM by TobiasDrake

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#14596: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:22:25 PM

Yes. Now that he's got the vaguely-defined and inconsistently-translated god power retention thing going, he's got the impressive power to be precisely as powerful as he needs to be in order to facilitate the next conflict.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#14597: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:23:40 PM

Honestly that whole situation could probably be handwaved away by saying that Piccolo is just special. That's basically the explanation for why Goku and Vegeta are so much better than the other saiyans. Yeah, they train a lot but when you get down to it, they're just better because they are.

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#14598: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:26:45 PM

That is such a satisfying answer.

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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#14599: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:28:05 PM

Piccolo is fusing, not transforming. His power is a team effort; he just doesn't change his name post fusion, because Naiolo and Kamicolo sound stupid.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#14600: Apr 13th 2015 at 2:29:08 PM

I never said it would be satisfying but it is inline with other things in the series.

[up]Also that, fusion has always been shown better than just transforming.


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