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Something misunderstood about Battle Power?; Ki vs Brute Strength
Topic Started: Jul 7 2013, 02:26 AM (457 Views)
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Something I've been pondering lately...

Scouter readings have always been thought to simply measure the amount of ki inside someone's body, but something that I've wondered about makes this assumption seem wrong. Concentrated ki puts out a higher reading than non-concentrated ki. The point being is that concentrating ki doesn't actually add more ki, it simply makes it denser. Even if you ignore the actual PL readings from scouters, we know that concentrating ki increases power above someone's natural baseline. But where does simple brute strength factor in to that final power scale?

So to my question, what exactly are the parameters for measuring PLs?
Does brute strength have anything to do with someone's ability to concentrate ki and/or develop it over time?

The reason I mention this is because according to my logic, Trunks should be miles ahead of Goten in power considering that he's trained under enhanced gravity. But he's surprisingly not. Based on our presumed conclusions of how PLs are measured (ki only), it simply doesn't make sense.

If the theory of PL actually being physical condition and ki combined is correct, than the only conclusion I can come up with is that Goten has more ki, but Trunks is physically stronger and able to concentrate his better, therefore their PLs would even out.

This would also explain why Vegeta didn't manage to keep up with Goku, despite him training under enhanced gravity for a lot longer than Goku ever did. Vegeta had an extra year in the ROSAT, and trained for seven years under enhanced gravity, and he still wasn't able to keep up with Goku in power.
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It would only make sense that someones PL is their physical (brute) strength combined with their ki concentration.
Concentrating ki would make the level go up on a scouter because it is all being focused into one spot, and some attacks have multipliers maybe?
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It would only make sense that someones PL is their physical (brute) strength combined with their ki concentration.
Concentrating ki would make the level go up on a scouter because it is all being focused into one spot, and some attacks have multipliers maybe?
That's what I was thinking because it doesn't make sense how characters who don't always use special conditions can match or even surpass characters who consistently use gravity and condition enhancements.

If Vegeta has far less ki than Goku, but is physically much more powerful (and this strength has some influence on his ability to concentrate his ki), than it makes sense to me that they'd be roughly equal when it comes to their ki strength, or "PL".

The characters often use the terms "stronger ki" or "bigger ki" in the series. If physical condition has anything to do with the ability to concentrate ki, than "stronger" and "bigger" wouldn't necessarily mean the same thing. Goku could have bigger ki, but Vegeta's ability to concentrate his could fill the gap, despite his over-all ki being smaller.
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That makes sense to me.
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