The Dragon Ball franchise is perhaps the most popular anime in the entire world. Fans all across the globe love the series for its compelling characters, dynamic action, and over-the-top storylines. Despite first premiering more than thirty years ago, the series is still going strong with the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Broly film being one of the most anticipated events in the history🦩 of the franchise. Literally millions of people cannot wait to see Broly, Goku, and Vegeta duke it out while also exploring each of the three’s origins.
Despite Goku being the main character of the long-running franchise, the Saiyan Prince Vegeta became a fan favorite character as soon as he first appeared towards the beginning of Dragon Ball Z. The Prince packs a lot of personality into his small stature and manages to have one of the most emotional character arcs in the entire series. He manages to go from a totally self-interested villain to reluctant father, to beloved family man over the course of his time in the series. Of course, his almost unmatched power and devastating techniques also help to make Vegeta one of the best characters in Dragon Ball.
Whether it be his monstrous physical strength, an array of energy attacks, or staggering level of endurance; Vegeta is ridiculously powerful. By the end of Dragon Ball Super, only a few characters can hope to best the Saiyan Prince in a fight, and even then ♔Vegeta would make it a close match. These 25 features make Vegeta one of the most powerful warriors in any universe.
25 ܫ Gets Stronger After Every Defeat ♑
One of the most powerful aspects of Saiyan biology is their ability to grow remarkably stronger every time they recover from a near-perished state. This means that every time Vegeta loses or nearly loses a fight, he only gains more combat ability. He exploits thi🧸s ability numerous times throughout the series, like when he tries to quickly power up to fight Frieza or when he spars nonstop with Future Trunks to become stronger than the Androids. This handy ability almost guarantees that Vegeta will not lose to the same opponent twice.
24 🅘 Oozaru𓃲 Transformation
Before he loses his tail, Vegeta is able to transform into the gargantuan Oozaru, or Great Ape depending on which version of the anime a person is watching. This form lets Vegeta literally crush entire cities and armies under his feet as he stomps around and fires energy blasts from his mouth. Even if this form does prevent him from using the majority of his other techniques, the sheer size and strength of the Oozaru transformation lets Vegeta defea🦩t nearly any foe that crosses his path.
23 Artificial Moon Technique ꦗ
The only weakness to Vegeta’s Oozaru transformation is that it requires the light of the full moon to trigger his shift into the form. This means that it is totally unusable during the dayti🐭me or on planets that don’t have such a large satellite in their orbit. Vegeta, however, possesses a technique that lets him temporarily create an artificial moon out of energy. This lets him trigger the powerful transformation whenever he wants and unleash the devaꦦstating power whenever he wants.
22 The💫🍃 Galik Gun Attack
The Galik Gun is one of Vegeta’s signature attacks and one half of perhaps the most iconic beam struggle in all of Dragon Ball. This technique has the prince gather energy in his palms while bringing both hands towards one shoulder, and then firing the energy in a beam from his fully outstretched arms and open palms. The blast isღ roughly equal in strength to Goku’s Kamehameha Wave and the Prince’s go to attack for much of the series. This signature move is definitely one of Vegeta’s most memorable and powerful 💖attacks.
21 Abilit✅y To Sense Energy 🃏
While on Earth, Vegeta somehow manages to learn how to sense energy, which proves vital during the Namek Saga. He’s able to avoid Frieza’s forces and hunt down the dragon balls by sensing peoplꦺe’s natural energy, which members of th꧅e Frieza Force cannot do without scouters. This turns the majority of this portion of the story into a thrilling game of cat and mouse, where stealth and tactics mean far more than power. This ability is not a directly offensive one, but sensing energy is still a useful skill that makes Vegeta all the more capable and powerful.
20 🅺 Incredible Durability
A lifetime of combat ma🦄kes the Saiyan Prince very experienced in dishing out and taking beatings. Vegeta posses an incredible level of endurance and durability, to the point where he can withstand blows that would certainly end nearly any other fighter. He’s withstood punches from foes many times stronger than him, withstands powerful energy blasts with only superficial damage, and can even survive in the vacuum of space for some time. Vegeta is one of the tankiest fighters in the whole series and can take more damage than just about anyone else.
19 🌌 𝔍 Gravity Training
After learning tha🌠t Goku became stronger than him thanks to rigorous training at 100 times Earth’s gravity, Vegeta dedicates himself to the method of training. He is now able tꦕo withstand up to 500 times Earth’s gravity rather easily and is totally unaffected by smaller gravity alterations, as seen during his fight with Pui Pui. This unusual method of training proves to be extremely beneficial to the fighter, as it helps Vegeta quickly gain more physical prowess and helps close the gap between him and Goku.
18 🐼 Super Saiyan Transformation𒆙
After rigorous training in space and quite a bit of soul-searching, Vegeta is able to transform into a Super Saiyan. Not only does this transformation give the Prince a free hair dye, but it also lets him easily best foes that were previously out of his league. After reaching this state, Vegeta can easily destroy Android 19 and make Dr. Gero flee for his life.ꦓ This transformation gives Vegeta access to a level of power foretold in ancient Saiyan prophecy and is the beginning of him become much more powerful than most other major characters.
17 The Big Bang Attack 🎉
Another one of Vegeta’s signature attacks, the Big Bang Attack involves Vegeta compressing his energy into a dense orb at the end of his outstretched arm. Release the orb sends it hurtling through the air at an amazing speed without losing any energy over the distance. Once it makes contact with something, the orb explodes and creates a massive c𒆙rater in its wake. It’s appropriate that this attack shares its name with the event that birthed the universe because the amount of power involved in the technique is practically on an immeasurable scale.
16 The Final Flash Attack 𒁏 ꧟
One of Vegeta’s finishing moves, the Final Flash, contains enough power to destroy a planet if he fires the attack towards its core. Upon outstretching his arms, focusing his energy, and blasting almost all of it in a single attack, this technique is by far one of his most powerful. First used in a desperate attempt to defeat Perfect Cell, this technique would appear again throughout Dragon Ball Z and Super whenever the Prince feels like 𝄹he’s getting backed into a corner.