5 Worst Super Saiyan Forms in Dragon Ball Ranked

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After revealing Goku’s backstory, Dragon Ball Z shifted its focus to the Saiyans, profoundly impacting the series. Dragon Ball pioneered many common elements found in action-packed manga and anime, and continues to influence creators today. One of its biggest contributions was the idea of characters transforming to gain power, which became a staple of the genre. Goku’s first Super Saiyan transformation was a landmark moment, changing action manga forever. While transformations had appeared in Dragon Ball before, none were as iconic or impactful as the legendary Super Saiyan form.

When Goku fought Frieza, he became the first Saiyan in a very long time to reach such incredible power, and others quickly followed. Since then, the Dragon Ball series has released many sequels, side stories, and movies, with a lot of them focusing on the Saiyans and their ability to transform. While some of these transformations were amazing, others weren’t quite as impressive and ended up being a letdown.

5) Super Saiyan 3

During the fight against Buu in Dragon Ball Z, Goku’s Super Saiyan 3 transformation was mostly used to buy time for the other Z Fighters to execute their strategy. However, this form wasn’t very practical because, despite giving the user incredible power, it quickly exhausted their energy, making it difficult to maintain or use effectively.

4) Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Kaio-ken

Combining Goku’s Kaio-Ken with his Super Saiyan Blue transformation seems powerful, but it’s actually quite risky. He tried this during his fight with Hit from Universe 6 and ended up with a condition called Delayed Onset Ki Disorder. This temporarily made it impossible for him to control his energy.

3) Super Saiyan Rage

I’ve always loved how Future Trunks can pull unexpected moves, but this new transformation just came completely out of left field when he got really mad! It seems to be something unique to the anime, but honestly, the power boost it gave him was incredible – enough to take on pretty much anyone. The only problem? Even with this form, an immortal like Zamasu was still way out of his league.

2) Pseudo Super Saiyan

This transformation appears only in the 1991 movie Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug and isn’t a fully realized form. Although the fight scene featuring it was fun to watch, the transformation itself doesn’t have a very distinct look. A Saiyan achieves this state when close to death, briefly becoming a Super Saiyan.

1) Super Saiyan Third Grade

Trading speed for raw power isn’t a good strategy against a strong opponent like Cell. While the extra muscle looks strange, it actually creates a significant weakness for any Saiyan. Future Trunks became stronger than a regular Super Saiyan through training, and he was able to fight Cell evenly for a short while. However, Cell quickly realized Trunks was slower and used that to his advantage.

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2026-02-23 05:40