Vegeta

> I'm not like you! I cast aside nothing! With only this amount of power, how can you call yourself stronger? You're a loser who can't even protect his own pride! I won't lose to someone like you!
>
> Vegeta

## **Summary**

**Vegeta** is the disgraced prince of the Saiyan race, one of the few survivors of his species after Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta. Left with no choice but to follow his orders, Vegeta traveled across the galaxy and eradicated planets for sale before he was brought to Earth by Raditz's report of the Dragon Balls, a magical set of balls that could grant him immortality. Upon arriving on Earth, he ultimately comes to encounter and fights Son Goku, the man who would go on to become his greatest rival.

Originally a selfish, arrogant, and ruthless killer with no concern but himself, Vegeta slowly grows into a more heroic figure over the course of his goal to become the strongest fighter in the universe, falling in love with Bulma, having a son and a daughter, Trunks and Bulla respectively, without ever losing sight of his rivalry with Goku.

## **Powers and Stats**

**Name:** Vegeta, Vegeta IV

**Origin:** Dragon Ball

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** 48 (physically 54) as of the Broly Saga

**Classification:** Saiyan

**Lifting Strength:** At least **Class M** (Significantly above Yuzun even in his base form)

**Standard Equipment:** During the Saiyan Saga, Vegeta has a Scouter, but he discards it afterwards.

**Intelligence:** Gifted. Vegeta is a cunning and skilled warrior whose refined technique shocked Goku during their first fight, leaving such a lasting impression that Goku wished for him to stay alive so that he could surpass him. While he often relies on his sheer power and fighting ability to win his battles, his intelligence is not to be underestimated. During the events of the Namek Saga, Vegeta was able to keep a low profile and outmaneuver Frieza's forces, leaving them scrambling to find him while he gathered all of the Dragon Balls. In the Cell saga, destroying Android 19, he feigned confidence and strength to scare Gero into fleeing, which was greatly beneficial given how much energy 19 had drained. Finally, during his fight with Cell, he was able to exploit his overconfidence for a chance at a free blow with his Final Flash. He is skilled at reading his opponent's movements and constantly thinks out his strategies and motions in combat, to the point that Whis says he overthinks things. In the past, he often got drunk on his power whenever he got a substantial boost and discarded his more pragmatic tactics, but he has gotten less and less arrogant over time.

**Weaknesses:** Vegeta is arrogant and prideful, and if overpowered by someone he considers below him, he can lose his temper. He also seeks strong opponents and therefore will allow his opponents to reach their full power for the sake of a good fight. Vegeta can learn techniques quickly but he has an incomplete mastery of Instant Transmission, leading him to believe he'd be unable to perform it again. There's a limit to the amount of energy he can rip away through Forced Spirit Fission. He's unable to use the full power of Ultra Ego since it would require he fully abandon his morality. Ultra Ego allows him to grow significantly stronger just by taking damage, but at the same time makes him prone to injuries.

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* Ki Attacks
* Other Techniques
* Saiyan Physiology

**Ki:** The fighting power and life force of a martial artist, a tangible energy derived from the user's vigor, courage, and mind. It can be used in a number of ways, such as to surpass the limits of one's body to greatly increase in strength, and it can be fired as blasts and beams of energy, projecting them from the hands, fingers or even the whole body. It can also be used to create defensive barriers, aura shockwaves and explosions; Vegeta can also create a sword-like construct. Along with his Saiyan blood, Ki acts as the source of Vegeta's incredible power and abilities. Born with an abnormally high power level, even at a young age it was believed that Vegeta would certainly surpass his father, and for many years he remained as the strongest Saiyan in the universe. In combat, Vegeta often makes use of high amounts of ki blasts, firing them in large amounts and in rapid succession to overwhelm his opponents. As opposed to other *Dragon Ball* characters, Vegeta has a host of signature attacks.

* **Kienzan:** Krillin's signature technique, which Vegeta presumably copied from him. Raising his hand above his head, Vegeta creates a razor-sharp disc of ki with incredible cutting power, and then throws it at his opponent. It should be noted that the Kienzan can cut through opponents that are several times stronger and more durable.
* **Big Bang Attack:** After extending his arm and opening up his palm, Vegeta creates a massive sphere of energy, which he then fires at his opponent, causing a massive explosion.
* **Dirty Fireworks:** By pointing his index and middle fingers at his opponent, Vegeta causes them to be engulfed by a massive explosion that destroys them from the inside out, killing most opponents instantly. Vegeta can perform something similar with a simple hand gesture and causing things to explode, as seen when he destroyed some rocks thrown at him by Moro.
* **Final Explosion:** The suicidal technique that Vegeta ultimately uses in an attempt to destroy Majin Buu, converting all of his life force into energy and causing a massive explosion that levels his surroundings and reduces Vegeta to a crumbling stone statue. Vegeta can generate a similar but weaker type of explosion as a last resort, without having to consume all of his life energy.
* **Kiai:** A series of invisible ki bullets fired from the palm of Vegeta's hand.
* **Galick Gun:** Vegeta's most famous signature technique. Pulling both of his hands to his chest, he gathers ki before firing the beam straight at his opponent.
* **Final Flash:** One of Vegeta's most famous attacks. After spending some time gathering the massive amounts of energy needed for the technique, Vegeta releases it all as a massive, high-power beam of ki that can completely engulf and incinerate a foe.
* **Gamma Burst Flash:** The most powerful energy wave technique used by Vegeta. Vegeta charges ki in both of his hands like a variant of Final Flash and then releases it similar to a double Galick Gun with his hands in an inverted position, resulting in a devastating beam capable of greatly damaging even those who are stronger than Vegeta himself.