Son Goku

Summary

Son Goku is the main protagonist of Dragon Ball. Born on Planet Vegeta, he is sent to Earth for protection from the impending destruction of his home planet. After being found by an old martial artist named Son Gohan, he is trained in martial arts himself. Throughout the years, he has defended the Earth and his universe from countless threats.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-B, High 8-C as an Oozaru | 8-B, likely higher as an Oozaru | 8-B | 8-A | 7-B | Low 6-B | At least Low 5-B, 5-B with Kaioken x4 | At least 5-B, likely higher, at least 4-C in Super Saiyan | High 4-C | 4-B | 3-A | Low 2-C | Low 2-C

Name: Son Goku, Kakarot

Origin: Dragon Ball

Gender: Male

Age: 12 at the beginning of Dragon Ball, 18 by the end, mid 40s by the end of Dragon Ball Z, 46 - 49 currently in Dragon Ball Super

Classification: Alien, Saiyan

Attack Potency: Wall level (Destroyed a car with a Kamehameha), Large Building level in Oozaru form (Completely annihilated a portion of Emperor Pilaf's castle) | City Block level (Defeated Mercenary Tao, who casually defeated General Blue. General Blue survived his plane crashing into a mountain at full speed.), likely higher as an Oozaru | City Block level | Multi-City Block level (Fought evenly with Tien Shinhan, who destroyed the Budokai tournament arena) | City level (Defeated King Piccolo, who could destroy an entire city with a wave of his hand) | Small Country level (Matched Piccolo Jr., who's explosive wave affected a small continent) | At least Small Planet level (Fought Raditz with Piccolo, the latter of whom destroyed a moon with ease. Toyed with Nappa, who is far above Raditz) to Planet level with Kaioken x4 (Overpowered Vegeta's Galick Gun with a Kaioken x4 Kamehameha. The Galick Gun in question was meant to destroy Earth.) | At least Planet level (Easily overpowered the Ginyu Force while holding back. Members such as Recoome were capable of defeating Vegeta at that time.), likely higher (Overpowered Captain Ginyu, forcing him to take Goku's body ), at least Star level in Super Saiyan (Defeated Full Power Frieza, the latter of whom is far superior to his First Form who reaches this level) | Large Star level | Solar System level (Superior to SSJ2 Gohan who defeated Cell, the latter of whom stated he was going to destroy the entire Solar System) | Macrocosmic level (His fight with Beerus was going to destroy the entire universe. Universe 7 contains more than one universe sized realm.) | Macrocosmic level+ (Matched Jiren, who has been stated to be superior to all other DB antagonists many times. This includes Astral Zamasu, a being who had merged with the timeline itself and was entering other ones.) | Macrocosmic level+ (Should be no weaker than his forms from Super, with the exception of Ultra Instinct.)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Tagged a pterodactyl) | Superhuman | Hypersonic+ (Faster than Mercenary Tao who stated a jet would take too long and used his pillar, meaning it's at least Mach 21) | Hypersonic+ | At least Hypersonic+ | At least Hypersonic+ | Sub-Relativistic+, Relativistic with Kaioken | Relativistic, FTL with Super Saiyan | At least FTL+ | At least FTL+ | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+

Combat Speed: Superhuman (Tagged a pterodactyl, which can reach up to 67 miles per hour, 29.95 meters per second) | Superhuman | Hypersonic+ (Faster than Mercenary Tao) | Hypersonic+ | At least Hypersonic+ | At least Hypersonic+ | Sub-Relativistic+ (Dodged a blast from Raditz. Casually blitzed Nappa), Relativistic with Kaioken | Relativistic (Faster than his Saiyan Saga Kaioken x4 form. Casually deflected Final Form Frieza's Death Beams , which should be faster than his First Form Supernova, which moved at ¼ SoL), FTL with Super Saiyan (Faster than previously) | At least FTL+ | At least FTL+ | Massively FTL+ (Kept up with a holding back Beerus. Beerus moved to a planet at ¾  of Whis’s speed. Whis is calculated to move at 283 quadrillion c.) | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+

Reaction Speed: Superhuman | Superhuman | Hypersonic+ | Hypersonic+ | At least Hypersonic+ | At least Hypersonic+ | Sub-Relativistic+, Relativistic with Kaioken | Relativistic, FTL with Super Saiyan | At least FTL+ | At least FTL+ | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Class 100 (Moved a giant boulder), possibly Class K as an Oozaru (Great Ape transformation increases the users power tenfold) | Class 100, likely higher | Class 100, likely higher | Class 100, likely higher | Class 100, likely higher | Class K, likely higher | Class K, likely higher | Class K, likely higher | Class K, likely higher | Class K, likely higher | Class K, likely higher | Class K, likely higher

Striking Strength: Wall Class, Building Class as an Oozaru | City Block Class, likely higher as an Oozaru | City Block Class | Multi-City Block Class | City Class | Small Country Class | Small Planet Class | At least Planet Class, likely higher, at least Star Class in Super Saiyan | Large Star Class | Solar System Class | Macrocosmic | Macrocosmic+ | Macrocosmic+

Durability: Wall level, Building level as an Oozaru | City Block level, likely higher as an Oozaru | City Block level | Multi-City Block level | City level | Small Country level | Small Planet level, Planet level with Kaioken x4 | At least Planet level, likely higher, at least Star level in Super Saiyan | Large Star level | Solar System level | Macrocosmic level | Macrocosmic level+ | Macrocosmic level+

Stamina: Very High

Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with Power Pole, Tens of Meters as an Oozaru, Macrocosmic with Ki Blasts, Shockwaves, and Instant Transmission

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Skilled in Martial Arts, Afterimage Creation, Ki Manipulation, Enhanced Senses, Resistance to Electricity, Adaptation (A saiyan’s power increases if they survive from injury in battle) | All previous abilities to a greater extent | All previous abilities to a greater extent | All previous abilities to a greater extent | All previous abilities to a greater extent | All previous powers and abilities to a greater extent, Flight | All previous powers and abilities to a greater extent, Minor Light Manipulation (Solar Flare), Telepathy and Mind Reading, Healing, Telekinesis, Ki Sensing, Teleportation (Via Instant Transmission) | All previous abilities to a greater extent | All previous abilities to a greater extent, Able to block intangible attacks, Forcefield Creation, Resistance to Poison (Via Forcefield Creation), Resistance to Existence Erasure (Tanked Hakaishin Ki in his base) Time Stop (Repeatedly resisted Hit's attempts to freeze him in time until the latter powered up in SSBKKx10), Resistant to Empathic Manipulation, Regeneration (Mid-Low, as a Super Saiyan God), Summoning (Can summon Zeno with an item) | All previous abilities to a much greater extent, Limited Reactive Evolution (Goku's attacks were getting stronger, faster and sharper the longer he fights Jiren), Heat Generation, Instinctive Reaction | All previous abilities, Paralysis (Briefly paralyzed Broly in attempt to talk sense into him.)

Standard Equipment: Power Pole, Flying Nimbus (up until 23rd Martial Arts Tournament), Zeno Button (Dragon Ball Super)

Intelligence: Below Average academics wise (Raised in the mountains with his adoptive grandpa before the latter’s death, knows little to nothing about how society functions), Genius combat wise (Copies a kamehameha after seeing it once, which is supposed to take 50 years to learn according to Roshi)

Weaknesses: His durability drops when off guard. Weakened when his tail is grabbed/removed (up to Post Red Ribbon Army). Transforming into an Oozaru makes him berserk for the duration of the form.

Note: After the Tournament of Power, Goku cannot access Ultra Instinct anymore.

Key: Start of Dragon Ball | 21st Budokai | Red Ribbon Arc | 22nd Budokai | King Piccolo Arc | 23rd Budokai | Saiyan Saga | Frieza Saga | Cell Saga | Buu Saga | Base Dragon Ball Super | Ultra Instinct | Dragon Ball Super: Broly

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