I kinda like to think that Cooler realized how Awesome, but Impractical the golden form is and decided not to use it.
Now I'm thinking about Abridged!Perfect Cell criticizing Freeza for rushing to fight Goku before making sure there were no flaws with his new form. Bringing up that Cooler could probably reach it but realized how flawed it was.
I think you are mistaken
Shredder Cooler is Impractical, it's ultimately not that stronger than their final form. Regular Super Saiyan Goku defeated him with ease, so the transformation was useless.
The Golden form was actually stronger that Super Saiyan Blue, the Golden form is extremely useful. The problem was Freeza not mastering the form before having his rematch with Goku.
@Hobgoblin: I disagree, Shredder Cooler looks overly complicated and ultimately the boost isn't great at all.
edited 27th Jun '16 12:00:26 PM by Cortez
Speaking of Cooler, I realized how the fifth form being impractical compared to the others.
I mean, the final transformations of the villains (or the heroes) were always pretty smooth and not really menacing-looking (SSJ God, Final Form Frieza, Perfect Cell, Kid Buu, even characters like Beerus, Whis or Zen'o count) but they're often miles above the more monstrous transformations in power, kid buu aside.
Cooler's ultimate former was all big and menacing-looking but ultimately not that effective so, huh, here's that.
Now, I might just be realizing a common fact but heh.
edited 27th Jun '16 12:29:55 PM by Bolded1
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterWhat is it with Frieza's clan and messing up their golden forms?
Well that and Frieza's Ultimate Evolution didn't even start out gold; he straight up made it gold himself because he thought it was fitting. When we see Frieza exit out of the state after his pummeling from Vegeta in Resurrection F, the form actually loses its gold coloring and assumes the same color as Frieza's natural body, before he drops down to his true form.
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Do we really know Shredder Cooler is a 5th form.
I mean, what if Cooler has less forms and actually took on a second form.
Or more to the point, what if that's just what he looks like with his fully mastered power?
Eh whatever. Cool's a movie character so it feels pointless to try and figure out how powerful he really is. He's as power as he has to be to be a threat and nothing more.
....Despite how overly complicated it is, I do like Shredder Coola. I think it works for him. Frieza goes for a smooth and sleek looking form that (if you don't have a scouter or the ability to sense ki) looks less intimidating than the two forms that came before, while Coola goes for something big and imposing that leaves little doubt in the would be victims mind that getting rekt is the order of the day.
edited 27th Jun '16 3:48:11 PM by HandsomeRob
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