Yamcha vs. Nail

Yamcha from Android saga
Nail from Frieza saga

This recently came up in another thread, but #19/#20 originally confused Yamcha's energy signature with Goku's. And given that Gero had analyzed Goku's fight during the Saiyan saga(wherein he used KKx4), it means Yamcha's PL could have been as high as 32,000:
https://i.imgur.com/HtOCIfC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FoGyJd2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Yx5CXV2.jpg
*The fact that Yamcha was also stated to be "a good source of power" for the Androids also supports his PL being in that realm.

Flip side, Nail's PL was 42,000... So unless Yamcha was capable of boosting his PL by at least an additional 10k, he doesn't have a chance here.

2 things, gero also planned for gradual growth on goku's part jus not spikes. So yamcha scanned at >32,000. And humans/earthlings fighting style means that their power level makes significant jumps when fighting and using their special moves. Geri scanned yamcha's resting powerlevel.

Originally posted by NotAllThatEvil
2 things, gero also planned for gradual growth on goku's part jus not spikes. So yamcha scanned at >32,000.

Originally posted by NotAllThatEvil
Geri scanned yamcha's resting powerlevel.

And for a human, a PL increase of 10k would have still been tremendous at that point.

That depends if the special move power boost is based on a percent of their total power level, no? When powered up in thecsaiyan saga, earth fighters sometimes doubled their power level

I mean, Yamcha also knew the Androids were somewhere in the city, which is why he was actively trying to find them.

And given that he was aware of how powerful they were thanks to Trunks' warning, it wouldn't make sense for him to have been massively suppressing his ki, imo... But then again, dumber things have happened, I suppose. /shrug

Trunks did tell them not to show up unless they could at least help against a frieza level opponent and he still showed up. If he was only 32,000, he would have stayed home with chaotzu

None of the Android saga humans were even remotely close to Freeza's PL... But at least Krillin and Tien actually have specialized attacks that could injure/kill a Freeza-level opponent if they connected.

Yamcha's only special ability is being cucked by Vegeta. 👆

Could Yamcha even suppress his chi? Is there a case of him ever doing so before the android arc?

Hmm. Now that you mention it, I don't recall him doing so off hand.

I know some of the other humans could, but I'm not sure about Yamcha specifically.

Vegeta mentions all the earthlings were suppressing their power in the saiyan saga

Vegeta said that about Krillin/Piccolo/Gohan, before Yamcha(and Tien) arrived on the field.

Yep and when Yamcha arrived, he started fighting a Saibaman almost immediately without visibly powering up. Then he was killed.

So my point is - Yamcha might not have been suppressing his chi at all in the android arc, because I don't even know if he can.

That's a sad thought, that Yamcha can't do what everyone else he has trained with can. Cause, Yamcha was trained by everyone Krillin was, and King Kai.

I would like to think Yamcha can suppress his ki down to the indistinguishable lower digits, but I just don't recall him ever doing so.

The other heroes didn't start doing that until the Namek saga, but that was more out of necessity to prevent them from being detected by scouters. Yamcha never really had the need to suppress his power prior to the Saiyan saga, and he wasn't resurrected until after the Namek saga.

Maybe he learned to do it while training with King Kai, or maybe he picked it up between the Namek and Android sagas. Dunno for sure.

Originally posted by Galan007
This recently came up in another thread, but #19/#20 originally confused Yamcha's energy signature with Goku's. And given that Gero had analyzed Goku's fight during the Saiyan saga(wherein he used KKx4), it means Yamcha's PL could have been as high as 32,000:
https://i.imgur.com/HtOCIfC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FoGyJd2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Yx5CXV2.jpg
*The fact that Yamcha was also stated to be "a good source of power" for the Androids also supports his PL being in that realm.

Flip side, Nail's PL was 42,000... So unless Yamcha was capable of boosting his PL by at least an additional 10k, he doesn't have a chance here.

Aside from his power level and regen, we don't know much about Nail and his techniques.

Originally posted by Jmanghan
I mean, Krillin had to have been stronger then Nail by that point (was stated to be 100,000 in the Android Saga) and still got destroyed by Gero.

You can't win against Super Jmango, Base Galan.

He's got like half a hundred fans on KMC and several discord channels devoted just to him.

Just give it up, already.

yamcha by android arc should be a little above 3 form frieza. so he stomp this fight