Krillin (Dragon Ball)

• Dragon Ball ▾
• Dragon Ball Z ▾

• Kid Krillin
• Teen Krillin
• 23rd Budōkai

“	I heard Master Roshi's training was difficult, but I haven't even broken a sweat yet.	„
	~ Krillin when Roshi's training starts in "Milk Delivery"

• Saiyan Arc
• Frieza Arc
• Cell Arc
• Majin Buu Arc
• Peaceful World Arc

“	Poor Tien! He gave... everything! Everything he had to help us! Goku! Why aren't you here?! We need you!	„
	~ Krillin after Tien's death

“	I'm sorry but if we go down there, we'll end up just like him.	„
	~ "The Hunted"

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"B-Bulma... I was just thinking... A-All of us here used to be enemies... I hated Goku in the beginning too... ...But when there was a common enemy we started to team up because we HAD to and before we knew it, we became friends..."

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“	"Talk about a bad situation... Goku, Gohan and Vegeta couldn't even beat this monster, so what chance do I have against him? But if I don't try... then there's no one left to protect my friends! 18... I'm going to charge Majin Buu. And when I do, I want you to try to get everyone else inside. You understand? And don't worry about me... I'll see you later... I hope."	„
	~ Krillin to Android 18

Summary

Krillin or Kuririn (クリリン, Kuririn) is a former monk of the Orin Temple who ran away to train under Master Roshi, eventually doing so alongside Son Goku, who would grow to become his best friend.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 8-C | 5-C, Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha | At least 5-C, Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha | 5-B, Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha, even higher with Destructo Disc | 5-B, Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha, Low 4-C with Destructo Disc | 5-B, Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha, Low 4-C with Destructo Disc

Key: 21st Budōkai | 22nd Budōkai | 23rd Budōkai | Saiyan Arc | Potential Unlocked by Guru | Cell Arc

Name: Krillin/Kuririn

Origin: Dragon Ball

Age: 13 | 16 | 19 | 25-26 | 42, 48 at the end of Dragon Ball Z

Gender: Male

Classification: Human

Powers and Abilities:

• Dragon Ball
• Dragon Ball Z

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Limited Body Control (With the Balloon Technique, which slows Krillin's descent in the air)
  • Enhanced Senses (Vision; Learning to evade bees in close proximity is designed to sharpen the eyes and the reflexes, developing one's dynamic vision)
• Master Martial Artist (The fundamentals of the Turtle School are basic, yet rigorous exercises to instill heightened abilities within its students, mastering and shaping the body and the mind through concentration, cardiovascular fitness, reflex training, and repetitive, drill-like disciplines wearing 20kg and 40kg weights, daily for eight months from as early as 4:30 AM, strengthening the back and legs, the hands and waist, and the entire body beyond the limits of normal humans, thus allowing its students to effortlessly dominate even the finest of martial artists, including the likes of Nam, even without proper combat training)
  • Afterimage Creation (Able to perform the Zanzouken and used it against General Blue)
  • Acrobatics (By strengthening the waist and legs jogging, delivering milk to areas only accessible by helicopter, including across trees, quicksand, and rivers and away from tyrannosaurus rexes, and engaging in civil engineering, whilst wearing 20kg and 40kg weights, students of the Turtle School develop the strength and agility required to leap "higher than the clouds" with minimal effort, move around opponents with superhuman dexterity, instantly springing into action, easily regain balance and freely manipulate mid-air positioning, and maintain altitude mid-combat within the blink of an eye)
• Ki Manipulation (Basic to Advanced Level; Basic Level in the 21st Budokai, and Advanced Level by the 22nd Budokai)
  • Flight
  • Shockwaves Generation
  • Ki Sensing (Can locate others by reading their ki)
  • Damage Boost (The Kamehameha is the Turtle School's greatest technique that condenses the body's inner energy into a single point to amplify the power for "tremendous damage" making it a "super dangerous" technique that can dish out "tremendous power". The power of the technique naturally varies depending on the amount of energy condensed, with experienced users being able to fully control how powerful it is, at its strongest, it can scare, severely harm and even completely annihilate opponents who were comparable, or far superior, to the user prior or in stronger forms)
• Accelerated Development (Training; Physical Stats & Abilities)
• Resistance to Fragrance Manipulation (Doesn't have a nose, which was shown to make him unaffected by the stench of Bacterian)

All previous abilities enhanced, plus:

• Enhanced Ki Manipulation (Advanced to Master Level; Master Level by the Namek Saga)
• Light Manipulation (Can create flashes of light to blind opponents)
  • Status Effect Inducement (Blindness; Solar Flare a technique that cause blindness with flashes of light)

Attack Potency: Building level+ (Should be somewhat comparable to Goku at the time) | Moon level (Should be superior to Tao Pai Pai, and managed to put up a fight against Goku. About as good as Yamcha), Varies (The Kamehameha works by condensing one's Ki into a single point, the power of the move proportionally varying depending on how much power is condensed), up to far higher with Kamehameha (The Kamehameha can get strong enough to completely annihilate beings far superior to the user) | At least Moon level (Superior to Yamcha and not far behind Tien Shinhan, Stated by Master Roshi to have surpassed him), Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha | Planet level (Superior to the likes of Raditz), Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha (One-shot four Saibamen with a Scatter Kamehameha), even higher with Destructo Disc (Would've cut Nappa in half had it landed) | Planet level (After having his potential unlocked, he was approaching Saiyan Arc Vegeta's power level and he only got stronger over the course of the fights on Namek. Fought on par with Ginyu in Goku's body), Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha, Small Star level with Destructo Disc (Cut off second form Frieza's tail) | Planet level, , Varies, up to far higher with Kamehameha, Small Star level with Destructo Disc (Stronger than before)

Speed: Superhuman with Supersonic+ combat speed (Comparable to Goku) | Sub-Relativistic+ combat speed (Able to keep up in speed with Goku for most of their battle, but was blitzed by him once Goku got serious) | At least Relativistic combat speed (Master Roshi claimed that all of his students, including Krillin, had surpassed him) | Relativistic+ combat speed (Faster than Raditz, and managed to dodge casual attacks from Nappa) | Supersonic flight speed (After having his potential unlocked by Guru, Krillin could fly as this fast), FTL+ combat speed (Fought evenly with Captain Ginyu while he was possessing Goku's body) | Hypersonic+ flight speed (Kept up with Bulma's plane), FTL+ combat speed (Should be faster than before)

Lifting Strength: Class K (Pushed the same boulder as Goku, but required more effort) | At least Class M, likely higher (Should be comparable to Goku) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown

Striking Strength: Building level+ | Moon level | At least Moon level | Planet level | Planet level | Planet level

Durability: Building level+ | Moon level (Goku needed several hits to knock him out of the ring) | At least Moon level | Planet level (Survived many blows from a casual Nappa) | Planet level | Planet level

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters with ki blasts and attacks | Standard Melee Range, Hundreds of Meters with ki blasts and attacks | Standard Melee Range, Planetary with ki blasts and attacks | Standard Melee Range, Planetary with ki blasts and attacks | Standard Melee Range, Planetary with ki blasts and attacks | Standard Melee Range, Planetary with ki blasts and attacks

Standard Equipment: None notable

• Optional Equipment: Dragon Balls (Item)

Intelligence: Gifted (Having been trained in the Turtle School alongside Goku by Master Roshi from an early age, Krillin is an exceptionally skilled martial artist with decades of combat experience. Lacking the Saiyan blood, sheer strength, and genius of Goku, Krillin instead depends on his tactical smarts, intelligently and practically putting his skills to use to survive against much stronger opponents. He has developed a number of techniques for this purpose)

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks and Techniques:

Ki: The fighting power and life force of a martial artist, a tangible energy derived from the user's vigor, courage, and mind. It can be used in a number of ways, such as to surpass the limits of one's body to greatly increase in strength, and it can be fired as blasts of energy or used to create defensive barriers. Learning how to use ki at an early age, Krillin is now very skilled in its use, and has been called the strongest human on Earth, something that doubtlessly stems from his training under many martial artists and the potential he had unlocked by Grand Elder Guru.

• Double Tsuibikidan (ダブル追つい尾び気き弾だん, Daburu Tsuibikidan): Krillin fires two reddish-orange waves of ki from his hands, which can follow his opponent like homing missiles, making them difficult to evade, especially when Krillin attacks alongside them.
• Kamehameha (かめはめ波は, Kamehameha): The signature technique of the Turtle School, which Krillin learned from Master Roshi. Charged and fired with both hands, it is a simple but powerful technique.
• Destructo Disc (気き円えん斬ざん, Kienzan): Krillin's signature technique, a razor sharp blade of ki that he creates by holding his hand above his head. Possessing incredible cutting power, it's even powerful enough to cut cleanly through Frieza's tail in his second form.
• Scattering Bullet (拡かく散さん弾だん, Kakusandan): Krillin charges up and fires a small large energy sphere that slowly flies into the air, where it explodes, splitting into many smaller, faster ki blasts that rain down upon his foe.
• Solar Flare (太たい陽よう拳けん, Taiyoken): One of Tien Shinhan's signature techniques, which Krillin copied from him at some point. Bringing his hands up to his face, Krillin can create a bright flash of light that can blind opponents.

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Losses:

Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Caesar's Profile (22nd Budokai Krillin and Post-Training Caesar were used, Speed was equalized)

Inconclusive:

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