Can 18 absorb energy?


In Dragon Ball Z, androids 19 and 20 can absorb energy. In the other hand, 17
and 18 had an infinite supply of energy. But according to ScrewAttack which
uses to make very detailed analysis of superheroes from cartoons, animes, sci-
fis, comics and videogames (they made a Goku vs Superman video with almost 40
million views) , 18 can absorb energy
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcNvMW4s9a8>. Did I miss something? I dont
remember anywhere in DBZ, DBS , the manga or DBGT stated that 18 can absorb
energy. Is this idea present in any videogame or something?




So let me preface this by stating that I do subscribe to screw attack and I
f******* LOVE their **death battle** series and **1 minute melee**. (Shang
Tsung vs Akuma was my first one).

With that being said, they are wrong on more than a couple occasions about
certain capabilities because they don't seperate canon/non-canon when they do
these battles.

Canonically, android 17 and 18 do not have this capability. It is a bit of
confusion regarding it because it never appeared in any of the anime (I cannot
vouch for the manga). This is because they are a fundamentally different
series of machines designed differently from the others on a core level. I
won't spoil what those are but lets just say _they are more human than you
think_.

Aside from that in Xenoverse and Xenoverse 2 they did add that skill to their
movesets for continuity of the android type characters. Personally, I hate
that decision. It was a bad design choice and only adds more to the fact that
you can't trust games as cannnon to anime and manga.

Fact of the matter is, their analysis is ok given that they did (probably, I
haven't watched the newest one yet) cite the games as a resource that they
used. But just because it's cited doesn't make it canon.

Lastly, I'd like to give a shoutout to Dbzfan's answer for bringing this
question into more visibility for me. And include some links

1)<https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/6h9hgy/android_18_can_absorb_energy_even_though_she_is_a/>

2)<http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Energy_Absorption>




So let me preface this by stating that I do subscribe to screw attack and I
f******* LOVE their **death battle** series and **1 minute melee**. (Shang
Tsung vs Akuma was my first one).

With that being said, they are wrong on more than a couple occasions about
certain capabilities because they don't seperate canon/non-canon when they do
these battles.

Canonically, android 17 and 18 do not have this capability. It is a bit of
confusion regarding it because it never appeared in any of the anime (I cannot
vouch for the manga). This is because they are a fundamentally different
series of machines designed differently from the others on a core level. I
won't spoil what those are but lets just say _they are more human than you
think_.

Aside from that in Xenoverse and Xenoverse 2 they did add that skill to their
movesets for continuity of the android type characters. Personally, I hate
that decision. It was a bad design choice and only adds more to the fact that
you can't trust games as cannnon to anime and manga.

Fact of the matter is, their analysis is ok given that they did (probably, I
haven't watched the newest one yet) cite the games as a resource that they
used. But just because it's cited doesn't make it canon.

Lastly, I'd like to give a shoutout to Dbzfan's answer for bringing this
question into more visibility for me. And include some links

1)<https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/6h9hgy/android_18_can_absorb_energy_even_though_she_is_a/>

2)<http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Energy_Absorption>

