Top 5 Strongest Characters in Granolah the Survivor Arc, Ranked

The Dragon Ball the franchise is currently in a very interesting place when it comes to scaling performance. Since the Tournament of Power, the main characters of the series are now more powerful than ever before thanks to their incredible transformations that take full advantage of their individual strengths.

Notably, power scaling actually increased during the Granolah arc, where the heroes and villains of the franchise achieved astronomical power growth. Even better was the fact that the power hierarchy of Dragon Ball was set up very straight towards the end, so in this article we'll go over the 5 strongest characters in the Granolah arc.

Vegeta realized his own god transformation with ultra ego

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• Vegeta realized the power of the Gods of Destruction.

In terms of offensive output, perhaps the Prince of Saiyans tops the list. Despite trying and failing to unlock Ultra Instinct, Vegeta realized that his power lay in a different path to power, leading him to train under Beerus to achieve Ultra Ego, a form that allows him to absorb the power of the Destroyers.

In the arc, Ultra Ego proved to be an incredible foe for Granolah and was even stronger than Mastered Ultra Instinct Goku in the early parts of the arc, despite being an incomplete transformation with glaring flaws. However, this also proved to be his downfall, as Vegeta's lack of experience with the form led to him taking too much damage and being defeated.

Granolah was an incredible villain and a force to be reckoned with

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• Went through several power ups.

Granolah was a character who harbored a lot of animosity towards the Saiyans due to his troubled past with them. Because of this, he eventually made a wish through the Cereal Dragon Balls to become Universe 7's most powerful mortal warrior in exchange for the remaining years of his life.

At the beginning of the arc, this power was immense as he was able to surpass speed and defeat Ultra Instinct with a single hit, showing how great it truly is. Although he later began to be overcome by Vegeta's Ultra Ego, he eventually caught up and unlocked an even stronger state that allowed him to overcome Vegeta. At the end, Granolah's final attack was supposed to kill both Vegeta and himself.

Goku was able to unlock the ideal version of Ultra Instinct

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• Angel technique with Saiyan powers.

When Goku achieved Ultra Instinct in the Tournament of Power, it was made very clear that it was unlike any of his previous enhancements, as it required him to discard all of his emotions in order to gain a calm heart and mind. As powerful as this form was, Goku realized in the Granolah arc that he needed his Saiyan powers to continue growing.

At the beginning of the arc, Ultra Instinct underperformed even Vegeta's incomplete Ultra Ego, and was easily defeated by Granolah. However, towards the end of the arc, Goku realized his True Ultra Instinct form, which made full use of both his technique and his emotion-based Saiyan powers, allowing him to be briefly stronger than even Gas.

Gas created the same wish as granolah, but even bigger

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Many fans were unhappy with how easy it was for Granolah to gain so much power, but wanting to become stronger at the cost of his own life was a central aspect of the arc. Gas made the same wish and eventually became the single most powerful mortal in the whole Dragon Ball multiverse.

He was weaker than the Saiyans and Granolah for a while, but when he realized this, he unleashed all of his power and grew in strength exponentially, which happened so quickly that his own body began to decay and disintegrate. Although he was stronger than his enemies for a while, the cost of becoming one was too great.

Black Frieza is the most powerful mortal in the entire series

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• The strongest in the universe.

Frieza's disappearance from the main timeline since his return in the Tournament of Power has been incredibly suspicious, so fans have always expected him to return to the series sooner or later. However, no one could have expected it to happen the way it did when Frieza returns at the end of the Granolah arc with a brand new transformation.

Black Frieza was the culmination of the galactic tyrant's unrivaled potential. By undergoing 10 years of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber he found, he was able to unlock a transformation so powerful that he was able to defeat Gas, Goku, and Vegeta in one hit, despite all of them being in their strongest states at the time. As it stands, Black Frieza is the strongest mortal in the franchise, possibly even on the level of the Destroyer Gods.

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