Why was Vegeta so durable compared to other Dragon Ball villains? >Vegeta throws a ki blast at a distant Goku, only for Goku to immediately come out of right frame to kick him in the face>Vegeta literally foaming at the mouth and holding his stomach in pain>That knee to the spine >Vegeta was hit by a Kaioken X4 Kamehameha and survived>Vegeta had his tail sliced off by Yajirobe>Vegeta survived Gohan's masenko that can be spammed and seems pretty fast to use>Vegeta was hit by a smaller spirit bomb and survived>Vegeta gets crushed by Gohan Ozaru
>>286248770His popularity gives him superhuman defense
>>286248770Pathetic compared with the great lord Freeza
>>286248770He was basically supposed to be the final villain. Slurpza didn't even exist at that point and was created to be killed in his place due to Vegeta's popularity.
>>286249371This. Freeza was way more durable.
>>286248770He's the arc's villain, duh. You hear from the start that he has the biggest powerlevel compared to Nappa/Radit. Powerlevel means stronk. Then Freeza is the next villain.
because the author wrote it that way. there's no rhyme or reason to powerlevels, it's all arbitraryspecially in Dragonball
His small stature was to contrast to his power and endurance compared to Nappa. You could see him really taking a beating with the Ginyu Force yet still fighting defiantly. He peaked at Namek and once he stopped being 'small', he lost some of his appeal.
>>286248770If he could regenerate like Cell or Buu any of those attacks would have taken chunks off his body.
>>286248770>compared to other Dragon Ball villains?Are you kidding? Frieza, Cell, and Buu mog him.
>>286248770Vegeta was powerful but not at a tier where he could shrug off a number of strong hits like Frieza, so the combat was more visceral overall. Vegeta was also the main antagonist in an arc before major antagonists frequently regenerated limbs and such, so major hits in a fight couldn't regularly be ones that would take off a limb. While Piccolo could regenerate an arm, it was still grueling for him and he couldn't use that as a routine crutch in the same ways that Cell and Buu did.
