5 Weakest Final Forms, Ranked

Dragon Ball is a series that is known for its many transformations as a means of empowering characters. In several arcs since the original series, the main reason the heroes were able to defeat the villains was the transformations they achieved that made them much stronger than ever before.

Although the final forms are definitely the highlights of the arc, there have been several Dragon Ball whose power was a bit low in the context of everything else. Dragon Ball many powerful characters have undergone powerful transformations, but not every final form lives up to the hype.

Granolah's second form of red eyes brought him close to death

Arc: Granolah the Survivor Saga

Although this may be a questionable choice for some as it is arguably one of the strongest transformations in the Dragon Ball Supercontext definitely matters here. Although Granolah's power increased by many degrees when he awakened his second Red Eyes and even allowed him to match Ultra Ego Vegeta, it ultimately didn't do much for the rest of his fight against the Saiyan Prince.

In practice, Granolah's evolved state damaged Vegeta quite substantially, but he knew that to actually kill the prince, he had to perform an attack that would drain every last bit of his own energy while killing himself in the process. While he was still really strong, Granolah's evolved state wasn't the arc transformation that final forms are really meant to be.

Super Perfect Cell was defeated rather quickly

Arc: Cell Saga

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After his suicidal explosion towards the end of the Cell saga, Perfect Cell regenerates with his Namekian cells and also takes over Goku's power, allowing him to greatly increase with Zenkai Boost. Because of this, he could now use Instant Transmission to return to Earth in an even stronger form than before.

Despite this increase in power, Super Perfect Cell was still defeated fairly quickly upon his arrival. He struggled even more in his Kamehameha duel against Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, who at the time was only using one arm due to his injury and his Ki reserves were significantly depleted due to his previous engagements, suggesting that Super Perfect Cell was still not up to his level.

Frieza's final form was a breeze for Goku

Arc: Namek Saga

As the Namek saga rolled around, Frieza emerged as the most powerful villain the franchise had introduced up to that point. Even using his previous transformations, Frieza's strength was greater than most of his opponents, though his final state came with his Final Form, which was able to make short work of the other Z-Fighters.

However, despite being weaker than him, Goku was still able to keep up with the Galactic Tyrant while in his base form and even damaged him substantially with the Spirit Bomb. Once Goku went Super Saiyan, the fight was completely one-sided and led to one of the most iconic defeats in anime history. Even after unleashing 100% of his full power, Frieza couldn't be touched by a Saiyan, so his final form was pretty weak in the larger context of the series.

Kid Buu wasn't even the strongest version of Buu

Arc: Buu Saga

Kid Buu becomes one of the most memorable villains in anime and is known as the true and pure form of Buu who terrorized the universe millions of years ago. However, despite his immense destructive power, Kid Buu was not even the strongest version of Buu in the arc, as Super Buu absorbed by Ultimate Gohan held that honor.

In fact, even in the final battle against Goku and Vegeta, Kid Buu was stated to be even weaker than Super Saiyan 3 Goku and the only reason the hero couldn't beat him was because of the massive stamina drain Super Saiyan 3 had on him. While not weak at all, Kid Buu was still weaker than the earlier arc version of himself.

The Super Saiyan God was quickly forgotten

Arc: Beerus the Destroyer Arc

Although the Super Saiyan God form exists as a fan-favorite addition to the franchise, it was eventually not only overpowered fairly early on, but subsequently forgotten in Dragon Ball Super. This transformation was born from the Ki Saiyan's absorption of God and was meant to be the main one Cool this allowed Goku and Vegeta to fight against the gods.

However, the main display of the Super Saiyan god was Goku's fight against Beerus, where the Destroyer manipulated the Saiyan like he was nothing. It was later revealed that Beerus was only using a fraction of a fraction of his power to do so, making this Saiyan form ultimately useless for the rest of the series, especially when Super Saiyan Blue was introduced.

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