Yamcha

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“	I'm not gonna let pride or anything else get in my way this time! I'm taking you down with everything I've got!	„
	~ Yamcha to Nappa

Background

Yamcha is a major supporting protagonist of the Dragon Ball series, serving as the first martial artist friend and rival of Son Goku. Initially starting as a bandit alongside his shapeshifting partner, Puar, Yamcha later joined Goku's journey and reformed himself. Having trained with accomplished mentors such as Master Roshi, Kami, and King Kai, Yamcha is an accomplished martial artist and defender of Earth.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Yamcha’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Yamcha was born on March 20, Age 733. He became a bandit of the Diablo Desert, and lived off of the resources he would pillage from people passing by. Because of this, he developed very powerful fighting techniques and martial arts skill, as well as a hardened personality; curiously, though, he always dreamed of marriage, and would be paralyzed at just the sight of a woman. At the age of 14, Yamcha met his companion, the shape-shifting cat Puar, and the two would soon become lifelong friends. Puar became Yamcha’s partner in crime for the next two years, until they crossed paths with a young Saiyan named Goku, and his companions Bulma and Oolong. Although Yamcha was at first simply wanting to rob the crew, Goku’s resilience and Bulma’s appearance kept him at bay. The bandit eventually developed feelings for Bulma, as she did for him. Yamcha would go on to trail the crew, with the hopes of finally being able to steal from them and return home, although he found himself, more often than not, coming to their aid. Eventually, with how many times he fought alongside Goku’s crew, he teamed up with them, making Yamcha the first member of Goku’s Dragon Team. Yamcha would go on to participate in several World Martial Arts Tournaments, and found tutelage under the legendary Turtle Hermit, Master Roshi. Soon enough, Yamcha became a formidable opponent and one of the most powerful humans on the entire planet, with his power skyrocketing in order to keep pace with his peers. Unfortunately, however, his relationship was shaky; Bulma mistook his nervousness around women for disloyalty, and the two would eventually split up. However, despite this, Yamcha still remained a loyal, caring, and charismatic friend. He’s suffered several defeats, namely when he lost his life during the Saiyan invasion on Earth, but continued pushing forwards in his martial arts expertise. No matter how outclassed he felt himself getting, he would continue to do what he could, including joining the Cell Games. Yamcha also went on to follow his true passion, and become a worldwide professional baseball player. Although even with a career in baseball keeping him busy, he will always be there if the Earth is threatened.

General Information

Dragon BallDragon Ball Z

Key: Emperor Pilaf Saga | 21st Budokai | 22nd Budokai | 23rd Budokai

Name: Yamcha

Origin: Dragon Ball

Gender: Male

Age: 16 years old | 17 years old | 20 years old | 23 years old

Classification: Z Fighter, Martial Artist, Bandit

Species: Human

Occupation: None

Combat Style: Turtle Hermit Style (Went to train under Master Roshi and learn the turtle hermit style)

Height: 183 cm (Officially listed as 183 centimeters)

Weight: 68 kg (Officially listed as 68 kilograms)

Status: Alive

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (Yamcha has no allegiance to anybody except for himself and Puar. As a bandit, he fights for neither good nor evil, and simply pillages people indiscriminately as they pass through the Diablo Desert. Although he preforms the acts of a thief, he never stoops far enough to put his skill up for hire, or ally himself with anyone on any side of the moral compass) | Chaotic Good (Has learned to put his trust in a good number of friends, including Son Goku and Bulma, who he fights alongside. Due to Goku and Bulma fighting as forces of good, Yamcha has found himself training and fighting to protect others as well, although he still advocates for personal freedom) | Chaotic Good | Neutral Good (Having been fully ingrained into the Z Fighters as a trusted and reliable fighter and friend, Yamcha no longer seeks the stark individuality that he once did as a bandit. He now no longer trains by himself, and will always charge into battle against anyone threatening the peace)

Key: Early Saiyan Saga | Late Saiyan Saga | Frieza Saga | Cell Saga | Buu Saga Name: Yamcha Origin: Dragon Ball Gender: Male Age: 29 years old | 29 years old | 34 years old | 41 years old Classification: Human, Z Fighter, Martial Artist, Baseball Player Species: Human Occupation: Baseball Player Combat Style: Turtle Hermit Style (Went to train under Master Roshi and learn the turtle hermit style) Status: Has been both Alive and Deceased (Yamcha has died two times during the events of Dragon Ball Z, the first was a surprise explosion from a Saibamen, and the second being when Super Buu murdered everyone on Earth) Alignment: Neutral Good

Codex Statistics

Dragon BallDragon Ball Z

Key: Emperor Pilaf Saga | 21st Budokai | 22nd Budokai | 23rd Budokai

Grade: B (Even prior to training under Master Roshi, Yamcha was able to contend with a hungry Son Goku) | B | B | B | B

Tier: 9-B. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | At least 9-B. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | At least 9-A. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | At least 9-A. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Ki (All beings in Dragon Ball have ki, the very life force energy of all characters, ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even block attacks that would otherwise kill them from raising their guard, higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them)

Attack Potency: Wall level (Potency) (Fought against a very hungry to the point that he couldn't fight Son Goku. The force of Yamcha’s Wolf Fang Fist sent Goku through several pillars). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast (Charged Blast have one focus all of their energy into one single point, putting the blasts power far beyond what their peak strength is, allowing them to destroy things they couldn't prior with their regular attacks, this also allows them to use charged attacks that can stop enemies far beyond their level, such as Tien Shinhan pushing back Semi-Perfect Cell with his Neo Ki-Ko-Ho, along with stopping an attack shot from Buu absorbed Gotenks. Strongest charged blast can gather ki to shoot out blast far beyond what the character is normally capable of, with blasts capable of seriously damaging/destroying the Earth along with completely obliterating the opponent. Charged Blast also rely heavily on emotional states for example Gohan not believing in himself was having Cell overpower him in a beam clash) | At least Wall level (Potency) (Stronger than before). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast | At least Room level (Potency) (Fought evenly with a suppressed Tien Shinhan for a while, who fought 22nd Budokai Son Goku, where he is above his Red Ribbon Army Saga self who defeated General Blue, who tanked his plane crashing into a mountain at full speed, then after his training with Korin, it was noted by Korin his power increased "manyfold", making him at least two times stronger than before). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast | At least Room level (Potency) (Gotten much stronger over the training period). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast

Durability: Wall level, Higher with Guard Up (Ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even block attacks that would otherwise kill them from raising their guard) | At least Wall level, Higher with Guard Up | At least Room level, Higher with Guard Up | At least Room level, Higher with Guard Up

Striking Strength: Wall Class (Potency) | At least Wall Class | At least Room Class | At least Room Class

Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Comparable to Early Dragon Ball Son Goku who could pick up and throw Bulma’s car, lift and crush a bolder with his own hands, moved a giant boulder with a lot of effort and later could somewhat move a massive boulder with some effort, etcetera) | Superhuman | Superhuman | Superhuman

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Should be comparable to Goku, who could keep up with a pterodactyl; a pterodactyl can move at nearly 30 m/s) | Superhuman (Comparable to Son Goku, who could run 100 meters in 8.5 seconds before his training, with Master Roshi noting after their training they should easily be able to break 5 seconds) | Superhuman | Superhuman (Should be faster than before, due to training nonstop for three years)

Attack Speed: Superhuman (Should be comparable to Goku, who outspeed the perception a pterodactyl; a pterodactyl can react at speeds of nearly 30 m/s) | Superhuman | High Hypersonic (Fought evenly with Tien Shinhan for a while, who can tag 22nd Budokai Son Goku, who could dodge a mouth blast from Tambourine, which he used to tag the flying nimbus where even post King Kai training Goku used the flying nimbus to make it to the saiyans implying it is at least comparable to his flight speed by then, with Goku being capable of traveling over a million of kilometers in two days which results in these speeds. Is comparable to Mercenary Tao, who stated that a jet would take too long and used his pillar, with fighter jets reaching up to 1000 mph) | High Hypersonic

Reaction Speed: Superhuman | Superhuman | High Hypersonic | High Hypersonic

Stamina: Likely Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee, Interstellar with Ki Attacks (Ki attacks can reach out of the planet and to other planets. All ki attacks should be comparable to Goku's kamehameha, which reached all the way to the sun)

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Master level (Yamcha spent the first 16 years of his life alone in a wasteland, and yet could still adapt to school life incredibly easily. He was the one to figure out that an Oozaru’s weak point was its tail, as well as the first person to suspect that Jackie Chun was Master Roshi. He was able to perform the Kamehameha after only viewing it, despite Master Roshi claiming it takes 50 years of hard training to learn)

Key: Late Saiyan Saga | Frieza Saga | Cell Saga | Buu Saga Grade: B | B | B | B | B Tier: 7-A. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | 7-A. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | At least 7-A. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast | At least 7-A. Varies-E with Strongest Charged Blast Cardinality: Finite Dimensionality: 3-D Power Source: Ki (All beings in Dragon Ball have ki, the very life force energy of all characters, ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even block attacks that would otherwise kill them from raising their guard, higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them) Attack Potency: Metropolis level (Completely incapacitated a Saibaman, who have power that rivals Raditz, who with his blast can cause explosions dwarfing the mountains, which results in these levels of energy). Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast (Charged Blast have one focus all of their energy into one single point, putting the blasts power far beyond what their peak strength is, allowing them to destroy things they couldn't prior with their regular attacks, this also allows them to use charged attacks that can stop enemies far beyond their level, such as Tien Shinhan pushing back Semi-Perfect Cell with his Neo Ki-Ko-Ho, along with stopping an attack shot from Buu absorbed Gotenks. Strongest charged blast can gather ki to shoot out blast far beyond what the character is normally capable of, with blasts capable of seriously damaging/destroying the Earth along with completely obliterating the opponent. Charged Blast also rely heavily on emotional states for example Gohan not believing in himself was having Cell overpower him in a beam clash) | Metropolis level (Defeated Recoome, who was able to overpower Early Namek Saga Vegeta) | At least Metropolis level. Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast | At least Metropolis level. Varies: Skill with Strongest Charged Blast Durability: Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up, Lower with Ki Control (Higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them) | Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up, Lower with Ki Control | At least Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up, Lower with Ki Control | At least Metropolis level, Higher with Guard Up, Lower with Ki Control Striking Strength: Metropolis Class | Metropolis Class | At least Metropolis Class | At least Metropolis Class Lifting Strength: Class 1 (Should be comparable to Early Saiyan Saga Son Goku who is able to barely move around and jump in gravity that multiplies his weight by ten times, where he's naturally 62 kg, thus making him 620 kg on King Kai's planet) | At least Class 1 (Able to move around himself on King Kai's planet which has ten times the gravity of earth) | At least Class 1 | At least Class 1 Travel Speed: Superhuman (Should be faster than before, after training with Kami) | At least High Hypersonic (Should be faster than Saiyan Saga Son Goku, who traveled over a million of kilometers in two days which results in these speeds) | At least High Hypersonic | At least High Hypersonic Attack Speed: High Hypersonic (Far beyond 22nd Budokai Son Goku who could dodge a mouth blast from Tambourine, which he used to tag the flying nimbus where even post King Kai training Goku used the flying nimbus to make it to the saiyans implying it is at least comparable to his flight speed by then, with Goku being capable of traveling over a million of kilometers in two days which results in these speeds) | High Hypersonic (Could outpace Recoome, who should be superior to Goku’s Kaio-Ken x4) | High Hypersonic | High Hypersonic Reaction Speed: High Hypersonic (Can react to foes far beyond 22nd Budokai Son Goku who could dodge a mouth blast from Tambourine, which he used to tag the flying nimbus where even post King Kai training Goku used the flying nimbus to make it to the saiyans implying it is at least comparable to his flight speed by then, with Goku being capable of traveling over a million of kilometers in two days which results in these speeds) | High Hypersonic | High Hypersonic | High Hypersonic Stamina: Superhuman (Yamcha was able to travel across Snake Way much faster than Goku had, flying for nearly 45 days straight between his death on November 3 and arrival at King Kai’s planet on December 18; due to the speed in which he got there, it is implied that he took little to no breaks. He then trained with King Kai for 75 days straight, from December 18 until May 3; his training stated to be even more intense than that of which Goku received) Range: Standard Melee, Interstellar with Ki Attacks (Ki attacks can reach out of the planet and to other planets. All ki attacks should be comparable to Goku's Kamehameha, which reached all the way to the sun) Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence Knowledge: Master level

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Powers and Techniques

Innate AbilitiesWeapons/Items

Standard Ki AbilitiesUnique Abilities

• Chi Manipulation & Ki Manipulation (All beings in Dragon Ball have ki, the very life force energy of all characters, ki allows a fighter to extend beyond their bodies limits, allowing them to even block attacks that would otherwise kill them from raising their guard, higher level users can lower their own durability to allow people far below them to fatally wound them)
• Aura
  • Projection: A users ki aura can exert itself as a weapon to attack.
  • Explosive: Ki users through powering up can form an entire aura around themself, radiating their immense power, where depending on their immense strength, can cause them to explode their aura outwards to remove excess ki from themself.
  • Mood Reflection: Goku and Piccolo Jr. with their auras and their stern concentration on each other reflected in their electric auras, even shooting electricity at each other.
• Emotional Empowerment (It's noted that ki users can receive energy through one cheering them on. Ki users can be greatly increased by their emotions and beliefs, Son Goku explains that Son Gohan needs to remember the time he fought Cell and bring out all of the power he has, this way he can lose to no one where it's shown during the Cell beam clash that he was holding back greatly out of fear of destroying the earth but from being cheered on and using all of his power within him, he was able to overpower Cell)
• Attack Reflection (All Ki users are able to reflect attacks just by being stronger than their opponent. Examples include, Nappa deflecting a masenko from Son Gohan, Son Gohan being able to bounce back the spirit bomb, Son Goku deflecting a crusher ball from Jeice, Frieza deflecting a Final Burst Cannon from Vegeta, Son Goku reflecting multiple death beams back to back from Frieza, and Future Trunks being able to completely repel an energy blast with his hand from a Frieza Soldier just by being much stronger than them)
• Homing Attack (Ki users can create attacks that will home in and chase a target forever)
• Penetration Damage
  • Bladed Penetration: Ki users can conjure up a circle of chi that is sharp and can cut through enemies far more powerful then themselves, along with this they can conjure ki as a means to stab through an opponent.
• Weapon Creation (Ki users can create energy weapons out of their attacks)
• Power Absorption & Energy Transferal (Ki users can transfer their ki to others and absorb the ki given to them from others)
• Attack Nullification
  • Ki Energy Based: Those with ki can nullify attacks of lesser ki with their ki alone. They can also catch and nullify ki attacks around their level through focusing enough.
• Power Nullification
  • Ki Energy Based: Through having greater ki, one can nullify the powers done through ki attacks, such as Frieza being able to nullify a hakai ball, which fully destroys a target, though he is unable to resist a hakai ball from Toppo due to him being stronger, this ability however only works on ki, attacks unrelated, characters cannot resist through being stronger, such as how Vegeta, Krillin, & Son Gohan are unable to resist Guldo's psychic powers, along with even the likes of Son Goku.
• Forcefield Creation (Ki users such as Cell can generate forcefields around themselves. These forcefields can be expanded, and used to protect others and defend against attacks far higher then the user)
• Super Armor (Through releasing one's ki, they enter a state known as "Hyper Mode", in this state they do not flinch from weak melee attacks)
• Self-Destruction (Ki users in Dragon Ball are able to release all of the energy within them to cause a massive self-destruction of energy that normally kills the user and turns them into dust though one can control it to surviving but having no stamina or energy left)
• Dormant Power Reservoir (Ki users have a dormant power reservoir within them, as shown in arcs like the Buu Saga where Babidi saps this energy in order to use the energy to revive Buu and break his seal)
• Internal Destruction (Powerful ki users can overload enemies with their ki, causing them to swell up and explode from the sheer density of ki within them)
• Binding
  • Energy Binding: Ki Users can use their ki to bind targets to objects, making them unable to escape even if they're of equal power, however, those stronger than the ki user can easily break out of it.
• Dreaming Existence (Characters in Shin Budokai have shown to create physical bodies in alternate timelines through dreaming)
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Intangible Interaction: Those with ki can block intangible attacks when they focus and notices them.
  • Space-Time Interaction (3+1-D): Characters can blast space-time distortions to close them.
• Healing
  • Healing Singular Targets
    • Advanced Healing: Ki can be used to heal beings, allowing them to survive even with half their torso, it can also heal from near death.
• Resurrection
  • Resurrection of the Deceased (Limited): Ki users can resurrect ones heart from death if their ki beams hit their heart, restarting it.
  • Resurrection from Exhaustion: Can heal downed allies to give them ki back, reviving them)
• Intimidation & Spirit Manipulation (Ki is the manifestation of one’s lifeforce, along with the aura giving one the feeling of being crushed, exerting fear into the target, sometimes making them incapable of moving as their body is instinctively stuck due to the sheer difference in power)
• Link Manipulation & Mind Manipulation (Characters can link their ki together and train within each other’s mind enacting in image training)
• Vibration Manipulation
  • Seismic Vibration Manipulation: Ki users can transfer their ki into an object and cause it to vibrate and shake greatly. Powerful ki users can cause the very ground itself to shake when they power up.
• Electricity Manipulation
  • Unknown Voltage: Powerful Ki users can generate electricity around their aura that can outright electrocute their opponents, Goku and Piccolo Jr. showcased being able to utilize their aura as pure electricity during their clash.
• Weather Manipulation (Powerful Ki users can generate entire storms through merely powering up alone, Nappa used this in order to conjure the electricity from the storm. Goku showcases this when he first turns super saiyan, causing a massive lightning storm in the background)
• Energy Manipulation (Ki is the latent power in one's body, this latent power allows them to form and create energy from controlling their ki, which can be used to shoot out energy blast)
  • Energy Projection
  • Possible Delayed Effect (Ki users can have their attacks have delayed effects to them, such as when Baby felt the affects of the kamehameha delayed)
• Explosion Manipulation (Ki attacks can create massive explosions, or control the ki to set off a huge explosion under the enemy, or in front of them)
• Portal Manipulation
  • Non-combat applicable: Characters in GT can link their minds together to open a portal between the living realm and the other world.
• Heat Manipulation
  • At least 100 C: Ki user's ki attacks produce heat allowing them to cook and grill animals and raw meat, along with leaving behind steam after the attacks hit an area, showing its latent heat. Ki users electricity aura can burn objects that touch it.
• Light Manipulation (Ki can be used as a flash of light, Degisu seeing ki attacks be fired notes that the characters are "firing light from their hands").

• Limited Resistance to
  • Durability Negation (Ki users can focus their energy to localize an object to a specific spot to stop them from attempting to destroy their organs/insides)
  • Soul Manipulation (Characters with a strong enough will can keep moving after getting their soul reaped, though this requires something akin to a familial or friendship empowerment)

• Resistance to
  • Poison Manipulation (Can resist poisons through using forcefields)

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Reaction
  • Superhuman Lifting
  • Superhuman Energy Efficiency
• Human Achievements (Yamcha is a professional baseball player, he can sculpt a perfect sword out of falling rubble)
• Martial Arts
  • Striking Arts: Went to train under Master Roshi and learn the turtle hermit style, a style training one to break the wall of humanity mastering the art in both body and mind. This style requires one to train in knowledge, work on one's stamina work on their muscles and speed dodge attacks even while tied to a rope in a short range all the while wearing 20-kilo shells. The Turtle Hermit Style are incorporated within this, allowing for students that trained under this style to be capable of fighting against other martial artists without needing to be taught any real fighting along with taking no damage from attacks due to the style training their durability.
• Weapon Mastery
  • Sword Mastery: Can use a sword in combat.
  • Firearm Mastery: Used a rocket launcher to destroy part of a car and was going to use his automatic rifle afterwards.
• Acrobatics
• Flight
• Enhanced Senses
• Extrasensory Perception
• Afterimage Creation (Yamcha can use afterimages)
• Adaptation (Yamcha was able to adapt to the 10x gravity on King Kai’s planet during training)
• Accelerated Development & Reactive Power Level (Yamcha’s power level will grow at a higher rate than some humans who have trained for their entire lives, in order to keep up with the other Z Fighters)
• Mimicry
  • Power Mimicry & Technique Mimicry: Yamcha could replicate the Kamehameha after only seeing it be performed.
• Possible Statistics Amplification (Can theoretically use the Kaioken technique to amplify himself by at least 2x, due to his training with King Kai, as shown in the video games)
• Fusionism (Yamcha can perform the Fusion Dance)
• Vibration Manipulation & Limited Air Manipulation (Yamcha can make a shockwave with Heel Crash. His Wolf Fang Fist generated a wind blast that tore down a castle wall)
• Limited Illusion Manipulation (Yamcha’s Wolf Fang Fist gave the illusion of an actual wolf biting Tien)

• Healing
  • Low-Mid: Senzu Bean fulls heals the body of all health, stamina, and Ki loss, along with vital organs being damaged.
• Magic (Senzu Beans are said to be magical in properties)
• Statistics Amplification (Power Capsule will increase attack power, Guard Capsule increases defence strength, Speed Capsule increases speed and mobility, and Power Level Capsule will increase all stats)
• Explosion Manipulation (Shots from the Panzerfaust will explode on impact. Has a rocket launcher that explodes on impact)

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Equipment

EquipmentClothing

Weapons

• Azure Dragon Sword: The sword Yamcha wielded during his time as a bandit.
• Nunchucks: Yamcha owns a pair of nunchucks that he used in his youth.
• Submachine Gun: Yamcha owned a machine gun during his first meetings with Goku.
• Panzerfaust: This is Yamcha’s rocket launcher, that he was going to use against Goku.

Vehicles

• Jet Squirrel: A flying jet scooter that Yamcha used to traverse the wasteland.
• Mighty Mouse: A small little buggy that doubles as Yamcha’s favorite car, which he’s owned his entire life.
• Silverstar 4: Yamcha’s hover car.

Items

• Guard Capsule: A battle capsule that Yamcha stole during his time as a bandit, that grants him higher defensive strength.
• Power Capsule: A battle capsule that Yamcha stole during his time as a bandit, that grants him higher offensive strength.
• Speed Capsule: A battle capsule that Yamcha stole during his time as a bandit, that grants him higher speed.
• Power Level Capsule: A battle capsule that Yamcha stole during his time as a bandit, that will raise his power level an unknown amount; effectively raising all of his stats..
• Senzu Bean: A mystical bean that the Z Fighters always make sure to keep with them. It instantly eliminates fatigue, restores stamina and Ki, recovers their physical health, and is so nourishing that it keeps them full for the next ten days.

• Gi (Turtle School): The orange Gi that Yamcha usually wears, which was given to him during his time under Master Roshi’s tutelage. It has the insignia of the Turtle School on it.
• Gi (King Kai): This orange Gi is virtually the same as the one he got from the Turtle School, aside from the patch, which now sports King Kai’s insignia. He was given this after his training with King Kai.
• Bandit Garbs: The green outfits that Yamcha wore during his time as a bandit, complete with a red headband. He eventually abandoned this costume when he was taught by Master Roshi.
• Weighted Clothing: This is clothing that Yamcha wears under his usual Gi, much like Goku does. They have built-in weights, specifically made for training, so that Yamcha can move much faster when they’re removed.

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Notable Techniques

TechniquesForms and Transformations

• Flight: With a mastery of Ki control, Yamcha is able to fly at incredibly high speeds.
• Ki Blast: Using Ki, Yamcha can concentrate it into a ball that he uses as a projectile attack.
• Ki Sense: Yamcha is able to detect lifeforms and power levels from far off.
• Wolf Fang Fist: Yamcha’s most famous attack, which sees him do a barrage of claw swipes and punches, before finishing by sending the opponent hurtling with a palm strike and a howl.
  • Blinding Wolf Fang Fist: Yamcha charges at the foe and kicks them high into the air, before charging power in his palms and rushing at them and blasting right through them.
  • Neo Wolf Fang Fist: A much more powerful version of the Wolf Fang Fist, which is amplified in power by his Ki.
• Kamehameha: The iconic move coined by Master Roshi, which Yamcha has adopted for himself. This starts as a blue Ki ball, which is charged in Yamcha’s hands before releasing as an incredibly powerful beam.
  • Super Kamehameha: This is an amplified version of the Kamehameha which has a larger and more devastating beam, which Yamcha uses by first bolstering his Ki.
• Spirit Ball: One of Yamcha’s original attacks, which has him hold out his hand facing upwards and form a large yellow Ki ball within it. He then launches this at the enemy, and can control its trajectory completely with the movement of his hands.
  • Super Spirit Ball: Called an “Extra Large Spirit Ball” by Yamcha himself, this is simply a larger and more powerful version of the original, which he uses when his Ki is bolstered.
• Fusion Dance: This is a technique that Yamcha learned, which allows him to temporarily fuse bodies with another who performs the dance. Usually he does this with Tien.

• Kaio-ken: A technique that Yamcha learned on King Kai’s Planet, which he has shown to be able to do in video games. This technique surrounds him in a red aura, and lets him multiply his power by incredible amounts, at the cost of his stamina.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Originally as a bandit Yamcha favored more sly attacks such as attacking with weapons from afar and if he had to fight up close, using his wolf fang fist and sword. Currently, Yamcha will employ hand to hand combat along with ki attacks.

Weaknesses

• Standard Ki Weaknesses: Ki users that do not have sufficient training over their emotions put their power within a mental lock, thus affects to their emotions can seriously limit their powers, their emotions can also have them instinctively block using the full power of their attacks out of fear of the destruction along with lack of confidence in themselves. If a Ki user is inflicted with any kind of status, disease, or poison, powering up or transforming will put further strain on the body and can speed up the process of poison. Users of Ki Sensing cannot sense beings that invisible, even if the character is in front of them attacking them, they have a hard time countering them due to being invisible. Users of Ki Sensing also have a harder time sensing the true being using illusions, requiring them to focus in on energy fields to see who is moving and who is casting the illusion. Due to the nature of ki draining stamina and energy, Dragon Ball characters ki usage requires them to usually use their higher levels of energy in short bursts, using a large amount of ki overtime can greatly weaken them to the point that characters far lower then them can actually harm them with attacks. Taking large amounts of damage can greatly deplete a ki users attacks, making it where attacks that would otherwise kill massively weakened characters, only pushes them back. Ki users cannot put all of their ki and strength into an attack if parts of their body are broken/injured, they also lose half of their chi if something like one of their arms are badly injured or broken.Ki users that are able to ki sense cannot do it when their guard is dropped, such as when Vegeta was able to sneak attack Son Goku during the end of their fight in the Buu Saga. Despite some ki users being able to reach blasts that can destroy planets through charged attacks or techniques, they have not shown to be able to tank such blasts themselves, with attacks that have destroyed several planets in the series always killing the character. Even characters such as Majin Buu's body cannot withstand the energy of a planet exploding. Using ki volley attacks come with the caveat of their aim being rather poor, making it harder to hit moving targets. If ki users are at all possessed, even by accident, their true self will be sleeping within, with the possessor needing to awaken them. Even if awoken, they are immobilized and unable to move without the possessor giving them the ability to, even with them wanting to wake up, they cannot do it. Specific waves can can suppress a ki users power, and put their consciousness to sleep. If Ki users stamina is broken, they will unable to be able to continue fighting for a short while, this will also cancel out any ki attack they were attempting to use, including ultimate's, this also adds on that ki users guards are down while charging ultimate attacks. Their stamina can also be broken if a character moves far too fast and surprise attacks them while they're charging their ki. Ki Users can also be grabbed out of charging their attacks. When ki users radiate their Ki at its highest, their body is also freed the most, making them open to attacks and making them easy to possess.
• Turtle Hermit Style Weaknesses: As the style does not incorporate any real fighting techniques, it has a heavy reliance on durability, stamina, muscles and speed, along with agility, thus anyone with superior statistics then them can easily overpower this style, along with this any character capable of using attacks that bypass defense altogether such as pressure point strikes can easily overcome a turtle hermit style user, even if they use extra forms and techniques to heighten their defenses. Thus anyone with techniques that ignore statistics or are simply higher in statistics than a Turtle Hermit Style user can easily overcome this style.
• Unique Weaknesses: Yamcha used to have a horrible fear of women that would immediately paralyze him upon seeing, although he’s since gotten over it. However, he maintains a certain overconfidence against enemies he views as weaker, which can lead to his eventual loss.

Note

• Some clips used on the profile come from an anime or movie due to the fact that some abilities from ki use shouldn't function much differently from how they can in canon, along with this sometimes the anime version/video game version of a scene will be used for cleaner visuals. Toriyama himself directly overlooks scenes in the anime and movies and gives Toei the thumbs up.
• The speed scaling for PLs are taken with a grain of salt as there are noticeable times where someone's speed isn't equal to their power, such as Burter being faster then Recoome and Jeice, along with Super Saiyan Grade 3 Trunks having his power greatly increased but his speed decreased.

Explanations

Before discussing anything regarding planetary, cosmic tier, etcetera Dragon Ball, please do read the full explanation page.

Codex Statistics Questions

Q: What about the planetary feats in Dragon Ball?

A: Planetary feats are normally done through their strongest charged blast, where they can gather ki to shoot out blast far beyond what the character is normally capable of, with blasts capable of seriously damaging/destroying the Earth along with completely obliterating the opponent, though they themselves are never capable of leaving this unscathed.

ExamplesNon-Planetary Showings

Frieza throws a destroy the planet death ball attack but it doesn't destroy the planet. Goku then interestingly notes the reason the planet didn't blow up is because Frieza was too scared of getting caught in the blast . Vegeta's final flash is noted it's going to destroy the planet and Perfect Cell, who is beyond Vegeta, couldn't tank the blast and had to dodge it last second or it would've killed him. Goku's kamehameha was going to destroy the earth and Cell cannot tank this blast, needing to regenerate. Semi-Perfect Cell explosion was consistently noted it was going to destroy the planet and Gohan and it killed Goku. Ultimate Gohan dies to an attack that destroys the earth, his guard was up too since this was when he was fighting Super Buu. Kid Buu shoots a blast trying to destroy the planet, with Vegeta noting he's going to take himself out with it if he lets it off. In Dragon Ball GT, Great Ape Baby Vegeta shoots a super galick gun that he claims will destroy Earth, when Goku is hit by it, he is knocked out to the point that he can't move for a good while, Elder Kai and Shin later state that Baby is going to shoot another blast that will destroy the planet on, greatly injuring Baby if he's caught in the Blast and will kill everyone on the planet if done. Frieza destroyed the entire earth, killing Vegeta in the process. In the Dragon Ball Super Manga, Gohan tells Goku that he doesn't need to hold anything back and can go all out because anything that happens to the Earth can be restored with Dende and the Dragon Balls. Yet, none of Goku's all out attacks destroy the planet but just heavily causes shockwaves around it. Semi-Perfect Cell unleashes a several blast that destroys several islands Android 16 notes that the attacks are just strong enough to not kill Android 18.

In the fight of Trunks vs. Mecha Frieza, who is far stronger than his final form, Mecha Frieza immediately goes for his strongest attack, the Supernova. In the original Z anime King Kai even states this is ten times stronger than the power he used on Namek:

• DBZ Kai Version.
• Original DBZ Anime Version. The attack is directly noted that it could destroy the planet, but doesn't because Trunks catches it, when Mecha Frieza proceeds to detonate it, the explosion is massive but the planet is still intact, implying Frieza must target the core in order to destroy the planet.

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