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In Dragon Ball Z ep.54, (this is during the Namek Saga), the Elder Guru
unlocks Krillin's sleeping potential, and so Krillin reaches his full
potential, at a power level of 14,000. By the time Krillin fights Goku who was
being possessed by Captain Ginyu (ep.71 I believe), he has a power level of
22,000, and by the time the Z fighters fight Android 18 (ep. 135 I believe),
Krillin has a power level of 450,000!

If Krillin's true potential was really unlocked way back in the Namek Saga,
then how could it have risen, wouldn't that mean that his true potential
wasn't really unlocked? His power should have either been as high as it became
at the start, or it shouldn't have been able to rise. Is there an in-universe
explanation for this?


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How Did Krillin Get Stronger After Potential Unlock in DBZ?


Well the same could be said about _Ultimate Gohan_. The Elder Kai basically
brought out Gohan's untapped potential. However, the Ultimate Gohan in the
Universal Survival arc is a lot stronger compared to the Ultimate Gohan in the
Buu Saga. Even during the course of training, Picollo stated himself that
Gohan could get a lot stronger.

I believe a good explanation or the way to look at it would be this way.
Fighter A is only using 75% of his power X when there is 25% of untapped
power. However, the X can be modified by training. A good analogy would be
comparing it Cell vs Gohan. Gohan's wasn't using all of his true power while
fighting Cell in the start until he tapped into SSJ2. However, SSJ2 wasn't
obviously the maximum level of strength Gohan could attain as he grew a lot
stronger.


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There is no official power level for Krilin when the z fighters fought 18. The
power level of 450,000 is fan speculation, the last power level given by
Krilin was 75,000 in the V-Jump magazine which I doubt is a canon power level,
and the last confirmed canon is 13,000 in the Daizenshuu 7 which has listed
Toriyama as author.

However we can assume Krilin raised his power level by the time the z fighters
fought 18. Krilin raised his power level from 206 to 1,770 by training one
year, so having 3 years of training for the android arrivals, we can safely
assume he increased several times his power level


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