Chaozu's selfdestruct PL (Saiyans Saga)

[withheldforprivacy]

I'm not sure whether to place it above or below Gohan's massenko. Remember that Piccolo was WTFed at Nappa's
power, which means he expected Nappa to be hugely above whatever PL you give Piccolo. Later, he treated
Chaozu's selfdestruct as strong enough to kill Nappa. So, if Piccolo's PL is 2000 (this is where I have him), that
attack must be at least 3000. What do you think?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

More or less around the level of Gohan's Masenko. Piccolo believing it could take down a casual Nappa places it solidly above Piccolo, but what actually happened and Nappa's reaction show it was nowhere near as powerful as the explosion lead Piccolo to believe. I'd say the attack would fall slightly below Gohan's Masenko, given that was strong enough to get some reaction from Vegeta and the superficial damage it dealt to Nappa's hand, as well as his annoyance, was more than Chaozu giving up his life accomplished.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Less than 4000 of course.

 

[SSJ2]

In between the Kikoho and Masenko. I think in the heat of the moment Piccolo and co. simply thought a self destruction would be enough... I don’t think they were focusing on the power Chaozu was outputting. Nappa’s reaction to the attack vs his reaction to the Masenko is all we need here.

 

[GSM123]

Definitely weaker than Gohan’s Masenko. Nappa had to put some real effort to counter the Masenko.

It could be weaker than Piccolo as well for the reasons SSJ2 said. Ki sensing relies on focus, and there are several situations where a characters fail to sense Ki because they’re too emotionally overwhelmed to focus.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

I don't think Toriyama would put those statement if they were false and left uncontradicted.

 

[sei'taer]

Pretty weak actually, the masenko made his hand sting, the kikoho damaged his battle armor and the self destruct did nothing. I'd put the self destruct easily weaker than both of those attacks.