During the first few exchanges of the anime fight, Cell seems to be as strong as Vegeta expected: strong enough to give him a challenge, but still weaker than him.
Perfect Cell (initial)- 95
Vegeta- 100
Then Cell raises his effort. He's visibly stronger than Vegeta, but Vegeta can still put up a good fight.
Vegeta- 100
Perfect Cell (second level)- 110
Vegeta has started losing his cool and gets outraged when Cell reveals he's still warming up. He provokes him to fight seriously, and Cell speedblitzes him and tanks his kick like nothing.
Vegeta- 100
Perfect Cell (third level)- 200
Trunks powers up to match Cell's third level. The fight is even, though Trunks is not focused enough, because he's waiting for Krillin to move Vegeta away.
Trunks- 100
Buff Trunks (initial)- 200
Perfect Cell (third level)- 200
Then Trunks does another power up. In the anime filler, Cell does a power up too to match that power, since for the first time he emits a golden aura. Trunks has a slight advantage until Cell reveals the speed issues of the buff form.
Buff Trunks (full power)- 300
Perfect Cell (fourth level)- 280
Now which of those levels did Cell use at the start of his fight against Goku? I think the second one, since in both cases he said he was warming up.
Perfect Cell (initial)- 95
Vegeta- 100
Then Cell raises his effort. He's visibly stronger than Vegeta, but Vegeta can still put up a good fight.
Vegeta- 100
Perfect Cell (second level)- 110
Vegeta has started losing his cool and gets outraged when Cell reveals he's still warming up. He provokes him to fight seriously, and Cell speedblitzes him and tanks his kick like nothing.
Vegeta- 100
Perfect Cell (third level)- 200
Trunks powers up to match Cell's third level. The fight is even, though Trunks is not focused enough, because he's waiting for Krillin to move Vegeta away.
Trunks- 100
Buff Trunks (initial)- 200
Perfect Cell (third level)- 200
Then Trunks does another power up. In the anime filler, Cell does a power up too to match that power, since for the first time he emits a golden aura. Trunks has a slight advantage until Cell reveals the speed issues of the buff form.
Buff Trunks (full power)- 300
Perfect Cell (fourth level)- 280
Now which of those levels did Cell use at the start of his fight against Goku? I think the second one, since in both cases he said he was warming up.
