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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#82826: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:03:20 PM

Frieza still uses it. [nja]

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#82827: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:05:37 PM

Telekinesis just stops being used on actual people...

Instead of Freeza controlling Karrot with his, he instead paralyzes him with a bubble of energy only he can touch.

edited 3rd Apr '18 3:07:06 PM by randomness4

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#82828: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:07:20 PM

Freeza does use it a few times (famously, he uses it to kill Krillin) but it's not a core part of his fighting style. It is a core part of Guldo's fighting style, which I forgot, but he died in about five seconds anyway despite being only one of two Ginyu members to have an ability at all.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#82829: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:20:01 PM

Freeza is the most frequent user of telekinesis. Its one of the more overlooked abilities, but he's used it fairly often, even in the Tournament of Power.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#82830: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:22:49 PM

He forgot to realize that he was in a tag in scenario

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#82831: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:31:43 PM

And of course Cell has it as well, but he mostly uses it for architecture and landscaping.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#82832: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:51:23 PM

Piccolo uses it sometimes.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#82833: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:54:23 PM

It never totally disappeared, it just wasn't a main gimmick anymore.

As far as Guldo goes, his powers did allow him to win against Gohan and Krillin, Vegeta just sneak attacked him. We have no idea whether his paralysis or telekinesis would have worked on Vegeta or not because he never got the chance to try.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#82834: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:55:48 PM

Ah, and Goku can read minds.

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#82835: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:57:03 PM

That's telepathy, not telekinesis.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#82836: Apr 3rd 2018 at 3:58:38 PM

And he only did it like once, out of nowhere. That was weird.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#82837: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:18:42 PM

I mean, if you stack up all the times Freeza's used it he has probably used it more, but he's also fought for way, way, waaay more than Blue, Guldo, and Chaotzu put together. It's not a major part of his fighting style.

edited 3rd Apr '18 4:20:10 PM 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?"
Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#82839: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:28:18 PM

And my point stands, Toriyama seems to use it as minimally as possible while somehow managing to use it enough so that we remember it's a thing.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#82840: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:29:07 PM

And that's an issue why exactly? It's not like telekinesis is somehow special.

edited 3rd Apr '18 4:30:34 PM by LSBK

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#82841: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:36:50 PM

I'm not saying it's an issue since he seems to never know what to do with it when characters are primarily TK. I'm just saying it basically vanished post-Guldo.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#82842: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:39:57 PM

Didn't Ginyu use telekinesis to hold all the balls?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#82843: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:41:03 PM

Yes he did...

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#82844: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:43:09 PM

He did.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#82845: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:43:57 PM

I guess telekinesis is something a lot of people can learn but it's remarkably less common for people to use a weaponized variant

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#82846: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:44:02 PM

He held a lot of balls.

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#82847: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:47:35 PM

If you can levitate yourself, levitating stuff seems quite doable.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#82848: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:48:03 PM

Where's Saiga been lately?

Did he finally get tired of me saying the same shit over and over again? THIS THREAD?

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#82849: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:49:33 PM

Saiga has temporarily abandoned the lofty heights of this internet thread about a children's show to spend his thriftless days indulging in wanton studying.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#82850: Apr 3rd 2018 at 4:49:57 PM

The characters mostly treat telekinesis as a supplementary skill with some tactical uses rather than something to build a fighting style around.


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