Fake Death

is a deceptive counterattack used by Yamcha in the Xenoverse series.
==Overview==
The user collapses to the ground in a pose identical to the death pose Yamcha took after he was killed by the Saibaman Bomb, to deceive the opponent that they have been knocked out or killed. If the opponent is close enough the user can then launch a counterattack where the push themself off the ground with their hands to launch a surprise kick attack with both feet.
==Video Game Appearances==
*Dragon Ball Xenoverse
*Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
*Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
In Xenoverse, it is named Fake Death as one of Yamcha's Super Skills. In the game, when performing the technique, the user is surrounded by a green ring of energy that appears as a visual effect to make the user appear as if they have been KO'd (in Xenoverse KO'd characters have a similar ring around them as a visual indicator they are in the Knocked-Out state). As part of the GT Pack 1 DLC, it can be learned by the Future Warrior during Yamcha's training. The technique's death pose also appears as one of the Future Warrior's Emote Actions under Emotes Option 26: "Play dead".
In Xenoverse 2, it returns as one of Yamcha's Super Skills which the Future Warrior can learn by completing Student Quest: Yamcha's Initiation Test. As part of the Ultra Pack 2 DLC, in New Parallel Quest 140: "Spirit Bomb Away!", Clone Yamchas utilizes Fake Death as one of their Super Skills, apparently inheriting the technique due to being cloned from Yamcha's DNA.
In Kakarot, during the Sub Story: "One Cool Dude", Yamcha briefly uses the technique after he gets caught off guard by one of the Skull Robo Type 3s which grabs him from behind and self-destructs, causing him to take on the Fake Death pose making Pearl, Sapphire, Gohan, and Puar think he was killed. Pearl and Sapphire do not mourn his potential demise and finding the death pose to be lame, leave to go have some ice cream together. Puar arrives and together with Gohan assumes he was killed again via Self Destruct, but Yamcha reveals he is still alive and reminds them that he trained under King Kai. However, Gohan notes that when compared to the "Saibaman Incident" it looked lame by comparison agreeing with Pearl and Sapphire.
==References==
Category:Techniques
Category:Offensive techniques
Category:Supportive techniques
Category:Video game techniques
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