Could Cell still reach full power?

[SSJ2]

After his fight with Goku, could Cell have still powered up to his maximum via reserves?

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

That's one of the things that bothers me especially with Freeza. If Freeza can reach his 100% actual power despite taken a lot of damage from a Spirit Bomb then why can't Cell do the same?

 

[SSJ2]

Yea I figure the same. He'd probably have the same stamina issues, however.

 

[Evil Vegeta]

I think it'd be a watered down version of the full-power we saw against Gohan.

He lost a lot of stamina, so his full-power would've naturally been less potent in comparison to what it'd be if his all of his stamina was intact.

It still would've been enough to stomp Goku, though.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Are there some examples where the stamina drops but the power remains the same and vice versa?

 

[withheldforprivacy]

Goku said to Freeza that, because of his injuries, he wouldn't be able to sustain his full power
for long. Therefore, i guess Cell could still power up and have the same power he had when he
reached his max without injuries, but there would be a time limit.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

He likely wouldn't be able to maintain his full power, put would definitely be able to push out his reserves to still have say, 80-90% left, or enough to restore the stamina of his suppressed self about 1 or 2 more times.

 

[Evil Vegeta]

Are there some examples where the stamina drops but the power remains the same and vice versa?

I don't believe so. Both seem to go hand-in-hand with each other. Once Freeza's stamina went to shit from trying to maintain his 100%, his power began to deplete.

 

[theallpowerfulpuipui]

After his fight with Goku, could Cell have still powered up to his maximum via reserves?

Fuck yeah

 

[ahill1]

I think Freeza powering up to full power was something different, like if his power up had some refreshing power, similar to the 1st SSJ transformation. Said that, I believe Cell wouldn't reach the same power he did against Gohan. Maybe 80% or so.

Do we have other examples of "beaten up" opponents trying to reach full power? I can think of Piccolo Daimao performing a full power power up after being beaten by post Water Goku, although his power wasn't noted to have gone down.

 

[Evil Vegeta]

I always thought that it might be similar to Goku's, but I'm not sure. Freeza's eye was closed after being damaged from the Genki Dama, but it gradually opened back up while he was fighting Super Saiyan Goku. 100% Freeza said if he didn't get away from the explosion, he'd lose even more power. That basically made it seems like he already lost power at some (most likely the Genki Dama) point before that.

So unlike the Super Saiyan transformation, I don't believe Freeza's 100% actually restored him.

 

[ahill1]

I think he lost some power after his "force field" attack, meaning Freeza (after explosion/hypothetical) < Freeza (after force field) < Freeza 100%.

 

[Evil Vegeta]

Freeza's comment towards everyone ("Even having taken this damage, I can still easily defeat all of you!”) strongly implies he was weaker than before. It just wasn't an issue because he was still far above them. Taking significant damage often depletes their overall power. As far as the Nova Strike draining his power, I never really got that impression.

 

[ahill1]

Yeah, but I think he kind of restored his energy when going 100%. Maybe that was something related to his power up (his physical appearence also seemed to change considerably) or because the damage he took happened when he was using a low portion of his power, 50% or so. If the latter is the case, then maybe Cell could still access the same power he did against Gohan, unless he was using something considerably above 50%, to which the damage sustained against Goku would have mattered more


Or we could assume the "even in my condition I can take you down" doesn't refer exactly to a depletion in chi, but just to Freeza's body being battered and therefore not in its best condition. I likewise always had the impression Freeza was at his absolute best when going to 100% (at least power-wise --> maybe his injuries were holding him back somehow) and couldn't be any stronger, otherwise too much things would lose effect imo.

 

[withheldforprivacy]

Maybe Freeza could go to full power despite being beaten because he was given time to focus, same
case as SSJ3 Goku stated as being able to go back to full power if he focused for one minute.

 

[Evil Vegeta]

I can understand that. I just don't see a point in mentioning damage if his power didn't take a dip. Whenever someone took significant damage (Raditz against Gohan, Gohan against Cell, Cell regenerating from the KMHMH etc), their power dropped. By Freeza's own admission, he thought the Genki Dama was going to kill him. I find it hard to believe his 50% level wouldn't have decreased from it.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Yet this is why freezamite thinks that 50% healthy Freeza > 100% damaged Freeza.

 

[Jerk Store]

All it proves is that DB was inconsistent way before Super, just not quite as often!

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Indeed but these PL Purists tends to overlooked that.