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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#36401: Dec 15th 2019 at 1:13:09 PM

Apparently, it's been said right here on one of the many DB threads (most likely the anime thread). I know we've discussed it and that's where I first heard it, but I can't remember who stated it.

I'll likely have to look up the manga to see what he says about it exactly though. Maybe check out the scene in all versions of the anime as well.

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#36402: Dec 15th 2019 at 1:27:23 PM

I wonder if Hellzone Grenade being brought up like that means it's not on the list

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#36403: Dec 15th 2019 at 1:33:11 PM

I will said he was charging because it was still in transition from dragon ball, were technique take time to charge, from freezer onward this is not always the case.

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#36404: Dec 15th 2019 at 1:35:33 PM

It's too bad they don't know of the other dub names the Special Beam Cannon had.

Like Evil Ray or Magic Penetrator Beam.

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#36405: Dec 15th 2019 at 2:39:18 PM

Evil Ray isn't so far off.

The literal translation for the attack is "Demon's Penetrating Killing Light Gun".

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#36406: Dec 15th 2019 at 3:05:40 PM

[up]x4 I'm taking those comments as deconfirming both Light Grenade and Hellzone Grenade.

The mention of killing potential suggests that we definitely have a bunch of attacks with 0-1 kills.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#36407: Dec 15th 2019 at 3:47:56 PM

They mention that it's one of the few named techniques that actually managed to kill someone, so I'v been thinking back on that and I think it's true. While lots of people across the DB series have died, very few of them have died to anything resembling a signature technique (something someone has done many times before) or even a named one for that matter. Lots of characters (especially in the Red Ribbon arc) were killed by casual efforts, like Tao Pai Pai killing Blue with a tongue to the temple and then throwing Bora in the air and impaling him on his own spear. Tao himself was killed by his own grenade. but if we go in order:

  • Goku kills Tambourine (winged dude who killed Krillin) with a Kamehameha. The first time I think a specific name technique kills someone;

  • Piccolo kills Raditz and Goku with the Makankosappo / Special Beam Canon. Already mentioned here. It's named, but kinda disappears after this first use.

  • Krillin kills the Saibamen with the Scattering Bullet (although I don't think this one was ever named in the series so it may not count.

  • Vegeta kills Android 19 with the Big Bang Attack.

  • Gohan kills Perfect Cell with the Kamehameha (that's two for the Son family, the Turtle Hermit school and it's signature attack).

  • Goku kills Pure Kid Majin Buu (or whatever we're calling the little crazy Buu now) with the Spirit Bomb.

The rest of the time, attacks that either unnamed (and probably generic blasts that kill a bitch anyway) or named attacks that promptly fail to do anything.

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#36408: Dec 15th 2019 at 3:55:40 PM

You could cheat by using the names the video games give them

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#36409: Dec 15th 2019 at 4:09:16 PM

Hellzone Grenade is very cool, but it also has diminishing returns and unlike the Special Beam Demon Ray, it didn't even work the first time.

Thinking about it, maybe the energy shield will be on the list, since it only got cooler the more 17 found new uses for it.

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#36410: Dec 15th 2019 at 4:33:57 PM

[up][up][up]In Super, Goku kills Freeza with another Kamehameha and Present Zamasu dies to Hakai.... and that's it. Every other death in Super happens due to an unnamed attack.

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#36412: Dec 15th 2019 at 4:38:41 PM

I guess, if you want to count that as Fused Zamasu's body dying. Although, the Spirit Sword didn't technically have an official name in-series. Hell, its official name is Sword of Hope.

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#36413: Dec 15th 2019 at 4:41:08 PM

It is the Shining Sword.

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#36414: Dec 15th 2019 at 4:42:15 PM

If we're counting the movies, I think Dragon Fist?

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#36415: Dec 15th 2019 at 4:42:51 PM

Hmm, they're probably going to fold Spirit Sword into the Spirit Bomb entry. Also, Spirit Bomb is definitely Top-3 material.

Edited by Moth13 on Dec 15th 2019 at 7:45:01 AM

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#36416: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:07:21 PM

Maybe there's gonna be an honorable mention or an entry that talks about the other 12 entries

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#36417: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:14:37 PM

If we're counting the movies, I think Dragon Fist?

I think it has a good chance. It's extremely cool and has a pretty great track record. Out of the four times its used it's got three kills and even during its one failure Omega Shenron only survived because of OP regeneration.

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#36418: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:15:12 PM

Dragon Fist is so cool it turns Goku into a dragon.

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#36419: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:17:46 PM

[up][up]Regeneration might as well be the bane of the Z Fighters existance

I wonder if they count Regeneration as a technique, would they include it?

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#36420: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:23:07 PM

I assume the coolness factor of Regeneration is well into the negatives because of how many fans have screamed "that's bullshit he should have died" at their tvs.

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#36421: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:32:24 PM

There's at least one 0 kill technique that is almost assuredly in the top 10 (Solar Flare) and a few others that reasonably could be (Instant Transmission, Flight, Ki Sensing).

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#36422: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:51:21 PM

Special Beam Demon Ray

The what

Oh, that.

Technically that didn't even work the first time.

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#36423: Dec 15th 2019 at 5:54:05 PM

I think cell and maji boo are the only one who regenerate in a super bullshit OP way.

Also, is zamasu count? after all he show up in his wallpaper form and goku have to murder the universe to stop him.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#36424: Dec 15th 2019 at 8:07:24 PM

Cell came back from blowing himself up (and didn't even know he could).

Buu was literally turned to smoke and still came back.

Yeah, they're both pretty bullshit.

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#36425: Dec 15th 2019 at 8:34:30 PM

yeah, but cell was really close to die in that moment, something it never happen when he become perfect cell.

Now, majin boo? he is uther bullshit in that way.

I have to admit it, I LOVE majin boo as villian by how out of the ballpark was in dragon ball standars, since I feel cell is just freezer 0,2 and hell zamasu feel the same way.

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