The strong fighters in theDragon Balluniverse became what they are today after years of training and focus , but on the Q.T. , they were all created byFrieza . Frieza is an intergalactic autocrat who ruled most of the world with an iron fist and is in person responsible for for the decimation of a number of major planet including Planet Vegeta and Planet Cereal . Frieza spawned many challengers during his conquests and in doing so accidentally create some of the most herculean fighters in the universe .

Before he was a Z Fighter , Vegeta worked for Frieza alongside other Saiyans who remained in Frieza ’s United States Army after the destruction of their menage world . During his time under Freiza ’s employ , Vegeta ascertain to be ruthless , savage , and major power thirsty just like his emperor butterfly . Though he has learned to be more of a team role player , Vegeta still carries those trait he form while working for Frieza and they have been his drive military force to be the strongest there is , pushing him all the way to his current state of power , that of the divine Ultra Ego .

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While Frieza unknowingly labor Vegeta to be the stiff version of himself by name the Saiyan Prince institutionalize a routine of intergalactic atrociousness , his influence on Goku ’s rise to power was much more straightforward . During the “ Frieza Saga ” ofDragon Ball Zby Akira Toriyama , Frieza bolt down Krillin decent in front of Goku , spark a rage inside of the Saiyan that he had never felt before . Goku ’s emotions manifested in the form of his first evertransformation into a Super Saiyan , something no one opinion was possible outside of the Legendary Super Saiyan . Frieza forced Goku to let on through a barrier of power , and because of that second , Goku know it was possible to keep breaking those roadblock until he was lastly capable to outstrip even a God of Destruction by accessing the angelic power of Ultra Instinct .

Before both Goku and Vegeta were accidentally invigorate by Frieza ’s villainy , Dragon Ball ’s newest strongest fighter was tug to achieve greatness because of Frieza . Granolah , introduced inDragon Ball Super , had his entire major planet eradicate by the tyrant years before the events ofDragon Ball Z. Granolah fall back his kinfolk and his multitude to Frieza ’s Saiyan army , a calamity that send him on the path to become an intergalactically renowned bounty hunter . Granolah ’s drive for vengeance against Friezasubsided after he heard that the emperor moth was killed on Planet Namek , but when Frieza was contribute back to aliveness inDragon Ball Super , Granolah decided he would become brawny enough to finish his life , leading him to like upon the Dragon Balls to become the strongest hero in the universe , strong , even , than Goku and Vegeta ’s godlike force .

Frieza pushed Vegeta , Goku , and Granolah to become the most powerful rendering of themselves in their own ways . Other villains that those three faced certainly made them more skilled fighters , but none of the other enemies through the class had the same impingement asFrieza , making him secretly creditworthy for creating thestrongest fighters in theDragon Balluniverse .

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Frieza secretly created Dragon Ball’s strongest fighters.

Frieza secretly created Dragon Ball’s strongest fighters.

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