With Dragon Ball resurgent again, thanks to the latest announcement that came in conjunction with the series' 40th anniversary, fans are incredibly excited to see their favorite characters reach new levels of power soon enough. When it comes to Vegeta, who is known to be one of the most popular characters in the whole Dragon Ball franchise, fans know very well that one transformation everyone wants to see debut in the anime is Ultra Ego. Most readers of the Dragon Ball Super manga already know that Ultra Ego is a rather overpowered transformation that Vegeta acquires later; However, anime-only fans have yet to see this transformation, as in this particular medium, Vegeta is still stuck in his Super Saiyan Blue form, while Goku has come a long way by gaining Ultra Instinct.
All that will change with the new Dragon Ball Super anime, which Vegeta will get his own counterpart to Ultra Instinctjust something that works quite differently. The powers and abilities of Ultra Ego make Vegeta a worthy rival to Goku once againand quite easily a contender to be the strongest in the universe.
What is Vegeta's Ultra Ego Transformation?
A force linked to the Gods of Destruction
To understand the power of Ultra Ego, one must first understand its foundation. The Ultra Ego was originally created by none other than Toyotarothe main writer of the Dragon Ball Super manga. Of course, this idea was put to Toriyama, who approved it, and then this form entered the story. Why Ultra Ego was required, the reason is quite simple. Goku had his Ultra Instinct transformation, which he went on to master as the story continued. Of course, there are still ways in which Goku can take his power level even further, but the same was not true for Vegeta. With Goku mastering godlike techniques, Vegeta was left in the dust, and the story isn't fun when both Saiyans aren't progressing at the same rate, maintaining their fierce rivalry with each other. As such, Vegeta developing something like Ultra Ego was absolutely necessary to the plot. It also sets him apart from Goku, as the basis of the two techniques are completely different.
Simply put, Ultra Ego is a technique that works based on a Saiyan's true fighting instinct. As fans know, Saiyans are a powerful race that continues to grow stronger through battle. The more they fight and the more they get hurt, the stronger they become when they are fully restored in a way often referred to as Zenkai among fans. This concept was quite prevalent at the beginning of Dragon Ball Z, and Ultra Ego symbolizes this power.
However, in order to use the power of Ultra Ego, one must first learn the Ultra Ego technique, which can only come by undergoing God of Destruction training. Vegeta's training with Beerus proves fruitful enough for him to use Ultra Ego, but to access it he must first have the right mindset as a Destroyer. After all, if one is not in the right mindset, then Ultra Ego cannot work, and this part of the ability is quite similar to Ultra Instinct, which requires the user to be in a very calm and relaxed state.
The powers of Vegeta's Ultra Ego
Vegeta's Ultra Ego allows him to use the power of destruction
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Vegeta grows stronger with battle damage
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His overall power and effectiveness continues to grow
The powers of Ultra Ego are quite simple. The more the user takes damage in battle and enjoys the thrill of it, the stronger they become. Vegeta's fight against Granola was the perfect example of how Ultra Ego really worked. As he took more damage, he continued to grow stronger. Theoretically, there is no limit to how much strength he can reach in battle with this transformation. Of course, that would make this transformation seem way too broken for Dragon Ball Super; however, the key lies in how much damage a user's body can handle. While the Ultra Ego technically has no roof, the fact is that the user's body does.
Vegeta can only take so much damage before his body is on its last legs, and even if he sometimes doesn't realize it, the damage has already been done. As such, maintaining peak fitness and gaining the ability to withstand serious injury is imperative for this form to work.
In addition to this massive weakness, Vegeta can gradually raise his power throughout the battle and produce even more of his strength through Ultra Ego. Vegeta can also use the power of the Gods of Destruction in this state. As is quite clear, Ultra Ego is a transformation that uses divine ki, and its power itself appears as a flame-like aura that can destroy enemy attacks on contact. This is quite similar to Hakai, which fans have seen the Gods of Destruction use in the Dragon Ball Super series.
Of course, given that this is the power that the Gods of Destruction harness in the Dragon Ball Super world, Vegeta can also use abilities like Hakai and probably many others that fans haven't even seen yet. In the middle of a battle, Ultra Ego can prove to be quite deadly when the user counterattacks, as Vegeta enjoys the blows he receives from his enemies. He grows stronger and his senses become sharper. This allows him to hit the right counterattacks and deal deadly blows to the enemies, easily overwhelming them as long as his body hasn't accumulated too much damage.
In fact, over time, Vegeta will only grow stronger, and Ultra Ego will then be taken to a whole new levelbecause with each battle that he recovers from, his threshold for reaching exhaustion and damage accumulation will only grow. As such, this form has a very high ceiling, and when a Saiyan uses it, it probably has no limits either.
How strong is Ultra Ego Vegeta?
A perfect rival for Ultra Instinct Goku
With the power of Ultra Ego, Vegeta is clearly one of the strongest in the entire seriesand that goes without saying. In a way, the Dragon Ball Super manga is similar Vegeta's Ultra Ego transformation into Goku's Ultra Instinct. They are both very different and essentially the polar opposites of each other, but their power level should be comparable. Vegeta was able to hold his own against Granola, who at the time was the strongest in the universe, showing that his overall fighting ability was incredibly high while harnessing this power.
However, Vegeta is clearly not the strongest with Ultra Ego. There are many individuals who have a chance to defeat him in battle, and fans already saw that in the Granola arc and what came next. Black Frieza, for example, was strong enough to easily overwhelm Vegeta. Even Ultra Instinct Goku has a chance to defeat Vegeta in battle, given that he has much more experience harnessing the power of Ultra Instinct than Vegeta does with Ultra Ego.
In fact, Vegeta's weaknesses of losing his senses in the excitement of battle and forgetting his own body can easily be used against him by his enemies. Even though he's not the strongest, Vegeta finally has something that he can build on and reach high levels as the story goes on, and that really excites the fans.
