On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 01:49:28 -0500, in alt.fan.dragonball,
John Lucas wrote:
> Anyway...it came to my mind that earlier before Namek became unstable due to
> Frieza planet-cidal attack that Krillin threw a Destructo Disc (Kienzan) at
> Frieza clipping a piece of his tail.
> It showed that Krillin indeed had the potential to defeat Frieza.
>
> What do you all think about this scenario? Krillin could have beaten Frieza.
> Do you agree?

This is an interesting question.

First I clearly think that the Kienzan Frieza uses against Gokuu that
kills him is the exact same technique Krillin used.
Like Vegeta against oozaru Gohan, he certainly copied it from Krillin.

So would Krillin have killed Frieza if its Kienzan would have touched
his head instead of his tail ? Would Krillin have killed Nappa if its
Kienzan would have touched is face and not his cheek ?

I think not, because in DBZ, an enemy can't be defeated without a big
amount of power equivalent to his. An enemy much stronger can't be
defeated by "ruse".

But a technique can be more useful than another. The Kienzan is
certainly one of the best techniques, because it cuts. I think in the 2
cases I've described, the attacks would have made a big cut on the
enemy body, but they would not have died.
Frieza Kienzan is certainly much more powerful than krilin's, and the
difference is like a small knife and a very big sharp knife.
The small can make you bleed, the big can cut you in half.

Plus, Frieza tail doesn't seems to be really resistant: when Frieza
takes the Genkidama in his face, he only have scratches all over the
body, but its tail is cut (the tail had healed while transforming into
final frieza)

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