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#54: Tri-Beam / Kikoho
Nominator: @ZenOfThunder (0/1 remaining)
Character: Tien Shinhan
Source Material: Dragonball Z

Scores:
Aesthetics: 4
Dominance: 4
Damn: 4
Total Score: 12/30

Sadly, the original link to this move got copyright claimed, and I can't find another one in an expedient manner. Still, it's DBZ. You probably know Tien. You probably know what the Tri-Beam is.

I do remember this getting ranked higher than I'd anticipated since the video sold the move far better than I'd seen before. It's from the Cell saga where Tien is using the Tri-Beam to blow a hole in the ground and keep blasting non-perfect Cell back into it whenever Cell tries to fly out. It works for a while, buying his friends time they need. (I hope I'm remembering this right from three years ago, anyway.)

The trouble is just that, though: When has the Tri-Beam ever worked to finish off someone, let alone someone that matters the modern fighting game notwithstanding? It's always been something the enemy either shrugs off to Worf the poor guy, or it simply harasses well enough for the aliens of the show to do the real heavy lifting. Furthermore, I think this is effectively a "cast from HP" move? That's a bonus if it's something that can finish people off, but a bane if it's simply for a support role, so to speak.

Poor Tien. He's a proper badass, but the series in which he finds himself is full of cheaters.

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