![]() ![]() ![]() It would have been amazing to not only see them used more in fights, but to have different combinations of each. There are so many situations where any of these techniques alone would have been useful. Besides that, there are energy techniques that come out of the user’s eyes and mouth. Goku learned to vary the Kamehameha by shooting it out of his feet, by bending it in any direction he wants, and by firing a beam out of each of his hands. But for some reason whoever was in charge of the fight choreography mostly kept them limited to their most basic form of the characters shooting blasts out of their hands. We know it’s not even hard to do since we saw Tien learn it just by watching Master Roshi do it.Įnergy attacks are a lot of fun in the Dragon Ball shows and they get a lot of use. The reflection technique should only have been a concern with Cell, since Piccolo is the move’s inventor and sole user. With the world at stake and characters dying in battle against the villains, it would be reasonable for someone to be willing to sacrifice their life to seal away Buu or the Androids. But these really don’t matter later in the series. The second is that there exists a technique that can cause the initial user to be trapped. The first is that it takes so much life force to execute that its users usually end up dying shortly afterwards. There are two main disadvantages to the Mafuba. The final time it’s used is when Kami tries to trap Piccolo Jr., only to have the wave deflected back at him. The technique involves writing “Mafuba” ( 魔封波) on any sealable container and trapping the target inside of it. It was the heroes’ greatest hope in defeating a young King Piccolo at a point when no one could match his power. The Mafuba was one of the most important techniques of Dragon Ball. Despite this, the only other time Tien uses the Four Witches Technique is when he becomes a farmer and needs to harvest crops. Sure, it takes a little while to execute, but so does just about every other move in the franchise. Unlike Multi-form, this move has no known disadvantages. It wasn’t strictly because of the Four Witches Technique, but it definitely helped. The only time he used it in battle was against Goku in The 22 nd World Martial Arts Tournament. This technique allows Tien to grow an extra pair of arms. Another technique that shows us Tien is a severely underused character. It’s never implied that it’s a particularly hard technique or that only a certain kind of person can do it, so why hasn’t he passed it on to anyone else? And because Dragon Ball GT ends with no one on Earth besides him knowing how to do Instant Transmission, we can assume that he will be the last Earthling to ever use it. He never even taught Gohan or Uub, despite dedicating several years to training each of them. In all the years in which Goku was alive on Earth after learning the technique, he never bothered to teach it to any of his friends. It is one of the most useful techniques in the entire series. He can travel across planets and even between planets and he’s even used it to cross in and out of the afterlife. The technique allows for Goku to instantly teleport himself and others to almost anywhere in the universe. Right behind the Kamehameha and the Spirit Bomb, Instant Transmission is one of the moves Goku is most well-known for. If more thought was put into how Multi-form could be used in fights, it could have easily been someone’s signature move. For a while Tien did a good job of overwhelming Goku by being able to attack him from all sides. While there is the glaring flaw of dividing your strength and speed by four in a fight against an opponent, this move still has a lot of untapped tactical potential. It’s even used in Dragon Ball GT when Gogeta wants to humiliate Omega Shenron. Piccolo uses it to create sparring partners and he and Krillin both use it in the fight against Nappa. The technique was used a few times after its initial appearance, but not in any significant way. ![]() This led to Goku gaining the upper hand in the match. When the user splits into four clones, each one only has one-fourth of the strength and speed as before. The biggest flaw in this technique is that it divides the user’s energy between the clones. The Multi-form technique allows its user to create tangible clones of himself to use in battle. ![]() It was first seen in the World Martial Arts Tournament match between Goku and Tien. Dragon Ball did Shadow Clone Jutsu years before anyone had ever heard of Naruto. But as much as we can praise it for its use of techniques, the series sadly forgot some of the most useful ones. The variation and creativity of these special moves set Dragon Ball apart from other Shonen series. I’d say most fans have tried to do a Kamehameha Wave once in their lives. One of the most memorable parts of the Dragon Ball franchise is its amazing collection of fighting techniques. ![]()
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