transformations/Forms History

Super Saiyan Third Grade

Other names:Sūpā Saiya-jin Dai San- dankai,超サイヤ人第３段階,Super Super Saiyan,Super Saiyan 1.5,Super Saiyan 1 Stage 3,Super Saiyan 3rd Grade,
Super Saiyan Grade III,Super Saiyan,
Ultra Super Saiyan,Power-Weighted Form,Power Stressed Super Saiyan,
Super 2,Powerhouse,Super Trunks,
Super Trunks 2,super Saiyan stage3.

Inventor:saiyans
Users:Future Trunks,Goku,Cell,Vegeta
,Broly,Caulifla

Information:is the second branch of advanced Super Saiyan forms, achieved through intense training in the Super Saiyan form. Like the Super Saiyan Second Grade stage,it is a forced increase in the power output of the initial Super Saiyan transformation. All natural inhibitions of the body are completely removed in this state,resulting in 100% utilization of strength and stamina reserves.

According to one source Super Saiyan Third Grade is weaker than Super Saiyan 2,while according to another source,Super Saiyan Third Grade is 10x stronger than the previous form, though slows the user substantially. This form draws out the power of the Super Saiyan to its limits.|Believing that he surpassed his father Vegeta in strength,Future Trunks ascended to the Super Saiyan Third Grade form to combat Perfect Cell immediately following Vegeta's defeat. Although he managed to hold his own for some time, with Cell even admitting that Trunks surpasses him in terms of pure strength,Future Trunks was also unable to defeat Cell because of his inability to maintain equality in speed. Because of his inexperience with these transformations,Future Trunks did not realize that his bulky form would be an inhibitor of his ability to battle. After Cell noticed the drawback,he told Future Trunks that Vegeta must have been aware of this disadvantage as well and it was the reason Vegeta did not use the Super Saiyan Third Grade form. During his time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber,Goku also discovered the Second and Third Grade forms, explaining to Gohan how Third Grade's excessive bulk and wasteful energy and stamina drain would be extremely detrimental to its user. Thus,the pair decided to focus on refining the normal Super Saiyan form,which possessed the best balance by adapting to the form and acting as naturally as they would without a transformation.

Likewise, Cell is capable of using a variation of the Third Grade transformation referred to as his Power Weighted form. He mocks Future Trunks by powering up in the same manner after revealing the form's dire weaknesses and during the Cell Games,mocks Gohan for seemingly not learning from Trunks' mistake when the youth begins powering up after Android 16's death. However,upon witnessing a completely different transformation and being subsequently overwhelmed by Gohan's newfound brutality,Cell loses his temper and falls to the folly of Third Grade himself,drastically bulking up in rage over being unable to defeat Gohan. This of course fails to help Cell make headway and a single Explosive Demon Impact forces Cell to regurgitate Android 18 and revert to his 2nd form.

Future Trunks uses the form again in Dragon Ball Super during his sparring match with Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta. Vegeta is disappointed to see Future Trunks still relying on such a "primitive" form but is surprised when Future Trunks ascends back to Super Saiyan 2 at the last moment, realizing Future Trunks planned to catch him off-guard with the inferior transformation and lure him in to a surprise attack. When transforming into Super Saiyan Rage,Future Trunks also temporarily bulks up in a manner reminiscent of Super Saiyan Third Grade.

Fused Zamasu's mutated form has traits resembling those of Super Saiyan Third Grade,since he is constantly using Super Saiyan Rosé. After being trounced by Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken Goku,his power-up massively increases his bulk and raw strength but as Vegito Blue later demonstrates,does not do much for his speed later into the battle, which gives the blue fusion (and later Future Trunks) the edge.|During the Tournament of Power, after learning she is far from ready to learn Super Saiyan Blue from Goku,Caulifla uses the transformation in an attempt to impress him and overwhelm him with pure strength. However due to her extreme inexperience,she fails to hit Goku due to the drastic speed loss, and cannot even stand normally due to the increased weight. Thus she reverts to Super Saiyan to continue the fight,later learning how to properly tap into the superior Super Saiyan 2 form.