Summary
SinceDragon Ballhas garnered a famous reputation as the poster child for Shonen action series, there is, unsurprisingly, a lot of fighting involved! The brand of combat within the franchise is very unique, leading to epic and spectacular fights that fans won’t be able to find anywhere else in anime. In these fights, characters utilize incredibly powerful attacks that are often destructive enough to destroy entire planets.
However, the fights inDragon Ballare often far more complex than people give them credit for. In these fights, the characters sometimes use techniques that don’t onlyseek to deal out damage, but instead can exist to gather energy, provide support for someone else, or even cause a distraction. So, let’s go over the best non-lethal techniques in the series and see why they’re so useful!
Debut Date
July 21, 2025
The Solar Flare made its debut very early on inDragon Ball. By placing their hands close to their eyes, the user lets out a ray of bright Ki that temporarily blinds opponents. This move serves as a distraction in order for the user to make a quick escape or to shift their enemies' attention away from someone else, and while this move was a creation of the Crane School andwas originally used by Tien, it was perfected later on and added to the arsenals of Krillin, Goku, and even Cell.
June 12, 2025
The Evil Containment Wave, or Mafuba, was a specialized technique created by Master Mutaito that helps him to trap any entity within a seal. Though it seems easy at first glance, itrequires an incredible amount of enduranceand strength from its user, and if the person performing the technique doesn’t have sufficient life force, they will die soon after performing it. Also, despite its name, it can be used on any living thing, evil or not, as was seen when Roshi accidentally sealed Vegeta in the Tournament of Power.
May 26, 2025
One of the most iconic moves of the series,the Instant Transmission is a techniquethat allows the user to teleport seemingly anywhere they want. By placing 2 fingers on their forehead to concentrate, the user can teleport anywhere they’ve been before, even if it is light-years away. Moreover, if Goku can sense the energy of any character, however faint, he can teleport to them instantly. A user of this technique can also teleport many people at once just so long as they are touching them during the duration of performing the technique.
I didn’t have much time, so they only taught me one thing. And that took a whole lot of work. But now I can teleport!
Jul 11, 2025
Though a little more villainous than the other listed techniques, the Energy Absorption technique is used by many characters throughout the series and often leaves their victims weak and depowered. It takes various forms, but the principle is the same; the absorption of someone else’s energy in order for the wielder of the technique to grow stronger. An example of this can be seen with Cell using his tail to absorb others, or whenMoro dials up the power of this moveand can drain life force.
June 12, 2025
This is one of Majin Buu’s most iconic moves that can be used by him inalmost all of his forms. By emitting a pink beam from his antenna, Buu can turn his opponents into chocolate or candy. While the actual power of this attack isn’t lethal since it only turns the person into candy, the opponent is still not exactly safe, as they are subject to Buu eventually eating them. Still, though, this can be countered, since Vegito was shown to inflict quite a bit of damage on Ultimate Buu despite being in his candy state.
What’s wrong? is Majin Buu all out of trash talk?
Jul 10, 2025
An incredibly difficult technique to grasp and utilize, the Forced Spirit Fission acts as a direct counter to the fusion technique that seeks to combine energies or people. By channeling his power into this attack, Vegeta can use it on an enemy to manipulate their energy. This allows him to not only separate fusions, but also force apart the energy that one has stolen from somewhere else,and in the case of Moro, Vegeta used this move to remove the stolen energy he gathered. Inversely, Vegeta can also reverse the properties of this move to give someone a bunch of energy.
