List of techniques used by Frieza

A list of Frieza's techniques and special abilities.

Abilities[]

Physical Abilities[]

Thanks to being a mutant prodigy, Frieza has incredible physical abilities.

Superhuman Strength: Frieza possess the capability to match the likes of Goku in physical strength and easily shatter plateaus, break the ground with kicks and punches and cause shockwaves. After his four months of training, he produces shockwaves that could shatter cliffs while punching at cloud level and make a shockwave that caused the ground to break shatter and break apart, he was able to make a larger crater, and cause several massive shockwaves that broke the clouds.
Superhuman Durability: Even without ki, whilst cut in half and with half his face blasted off, Frieza was capable of surviving the destruction of a planet. After training he could withstand a massive Kamehameha and his own Death Ball exploding right next to him. He has been thrashed by characters stronger than him and recovered quickly: taking a massive Kamehameha from God-like Saiyan Goku in the manga, Energy of Destruction and later a brutal onslaught by Destroyer Form Top in the anime, taking numerous attacks from Jiren in both media and lasting an hour in combat against Super Saiyan Broly in the film, without much injury. He has also proven to remain relatively unscathed even when hit by a surprise attack - which usually give dire injuries to those hit by them - such in the manga when he easily withstood Super Saiyan Caulifla's Burst of Energy.
Superhuman Speed: Despite this ability not quite like Instant Transmission, Frieza can move so fast that he appears as if he's teleporting, even to characters like Goku, Vegeta and even King Kai, who - in the anime - can track faster than light vehicles, and in one scene Frieza runs on water and creates several sonic booms. After training, he could easily faster than Gohan as a Super Saiyan could track with his first form and keep up with Goku in his fourth form. In the anime, he has kept up with Dyspo, who was lightspeed with his technique, in his final form without going all out and trace his movements easily. In his golden form he was able to easily exceed such speeds.
Superhuman senses: Frieza seems to have enhanced senses even without ki. He hears of Ultra Instinct from the stands, despite being in the arena during the Tournament of Power, something of which only Kefla (who enhanced senses are doubled from fusion), Pirina and Saonel (both Namekian thus have incredible hearing) seem to be able to accomplish without being close to the stands. He's also shown to possess enhanced sight during the Namek saga, as he witnessed Dende heal Piccolo despite being far away. He’s seen through Dyspo's movements whom even Vados could barely notice.

Natural Abilities[]

Frieza tries to put himself back together

Survivability: Frieza has the ability to survive anywhere, in any condition without sustenance, even the most horrifying injuries, a trait which was passed onto Cell. This is shown when he manages to survive being blasted into Namek's core and then the planet exploding with him inside it, he still survives even with his lower body sliced off and half of his head blown off, while floating in the vacuum of space. His most impressive feat in this area being how he managed to stay alive and conscious even when sliced into small pieces by Future Trunks. Even when in pieces, Frieza was still able to attempt to put himself back together via telekinesis - though he fell apart very quickly.
- Oxygen Independence: Frieza can breathe without atmospheric air, enabling him to survive in space, which is why he is not afraid to attack a planet with the Death Ball, Supernova, or Earth Breaker.
Bio Suit creation: Frieza's race possess the natural ability to grow natural armor that they can shed at any time. In his true form, Frieza always wears the Z Fighting Suit. It is implied that Frieza can control the color of his Bio Suit in his Ultimate Evolution as he claims he made it gold so it would be easy to understand how strong he had become to his enemies.
Regeneration – While minor injuries seem to be of minor nuisance to him, his ability to regenerate lost body parts is not as advanced as the two other major villains of the series. In the English dub only, Frieza makes a copy of the ability on his scouter for future use when Nail regenerates his arm during their battle. During his battle against the Z Fighters on Namek, Frieza's tail stump seems to cope with the bleeding after some time and grows back to its regular stage when he transforms from his third to his final form. After gaining immortality in Supersonic Warriors, Frieza restores his body to how it was before being damaged by Super Saiyan Goku. Regeneration is also used by the Ghost Warrior Frieza through Destron Gas.
Pure Progress - Owing to his status as a mutant prodigy, Frieza is capable of growing in power at an alarming rate over a short period of time.

Mental Abilities[]

While not shown a whole lot, Frieza has a multitude of talents, like being a capable leader with a degree of cruel charisma and success in his manipulations. Combined with a newly developed tactical sense and expert hand-hand prowess has made him a deadly opponent for nearly any opponent.

Indomitable will: His most astounding ability, is his extreme willpower in the face of all adversity. Even when being dominated by a clearly superior opponent, he would continue fighting no matter the cost (rarely pleading for his life when on his knees). He was unwilling to change his ways and repent for his sins, even though he experienced living hell with the Angels of Hell and persevered through this eternal torture, demonstrating another example of his strong will. In the anime, he was brutally crushed by Top, yet got back up quickly and fought back all the while holding his ground, getting back up several times from painful beatings and fighting passionately in the face of adversity. He also was on the losing edge of a battle with Broly for around an hour and despite being beaten was still his usual self in the face of Gogeta. This trait is somewhat deconstructed, as he refused to cut his losses to admit defeat and leave, which resulted in him being injured to the point that he had to be turned into a cyborg.
Tactical Analysis: Something he has developed in his resurrection, is the ability to analyze opponents and events (although not on the same level as Piccolo or Android 17). In the anime, during his battle with Universe 9's Assassins, he took advantage of a Energy of Destruction ball and threw it at Goku to keep him contained. During that short time period, he propositioned his services to Universe 9 in order to avoid possible erasure. After that he noted that the tournament is making the gods themselves nervous and planned to use that to his advantage. During the tournament, he quickly deduced the basics of Instant Transmission and countered it easily. Tricked Frost into going into his 100% Full Power form and knocked him out of the arena. Upon seeing Jiren's power, he pragmatically gave power to Goku in the desire to avoid such an opponent at all costs (which is remarkable as before he would never consider such an opponent as a threat in the past). Easily analyzed Dyspo's Light Bullet movements and understood it's linear nature. Acknowledged Gohan strategy to knock out Dyspo and eliminated two birds with one stone by eliminating them both. After being knocked down by Top, he took advantage of him being off-guard and trapped him in paralysis, all the while using manipulated Kachi Katchin to crush him (as it is the strongest metal in the multiverse, it could have hurt the former if not for the destruction shield). In the manga, he lured Top and Dyspo to the rubble surrounding the ring so he could force them both to fall, strategized how best to hold off Jiren so as to have the timer run out, and came up with a plan with Android 17 that resulted in Universe 7's victory.
Leadership: this is a imbalanced trait as his volatile nature makes him difficult to live under or get along with, although he can be quite charismatic to those he treats well, shown through how the Ginyu Force members all admire and obey his orders very zealously. Yet he has eliminated his loyal followers without hesitation and is very hard on them for even the smallest of things. He allows imbalance in his forces in order to weed out the weak and shows mercy to those who loses in such events (something that even Beerus commends him for). In the manga, he is threatening to his followers yet tolerant of their actions and less likely to kill them for such things. In the anime however, he is very pitiless towards his minions and kills over minor things. His leadership quality after his resurrection, has declined from the sheer mental instability he developed from his losses. Insulting, threatening and killing anyone who even so as much so questions his desires, brutally torturing his training partners in order to grow stronger. Finally, slaughtering his whole army just to power up has minimized this trait considerably.
Divination – Seemingly thanks to his psychic abilities, Frieza possess a small amount of premonition powers, as on Namek he can feel that a Saiyan is developing in power somewhere, despite being unable to sense ki, and so sends for the Ginyu Force.^[1]

Energy Abilities[]

Flight – The ability of flight through the manipulation of ki.
Ki Sense – At the time of the Battle on Namek, like the rest of his minions, who use scouters as a compromise, Frieza seems to be unable to sense the ki of other people. However, he is able to have a glimpse of a "powerful Saiyan developing and heading to Namek" before the person in question (Goku) actually appeared in front of him. Also, given enough time, Frieza can lock his senses and his mind onto his opponent to read his/her position at any given moment; he demonstrates this when he begins fighting Goku with 50% of his power. Frieza was able to sense Jiren's energy during the Tournament of Power. In Shin Budokai, Frieza gains the ability to sense ki and suppress his own ki, and he also displays the ability in Dragon Ball GT.
- Godly ki sense – Frieza is able to sense godly ki after his four months of training in the Golden Frieza Saga, as he notes that he can sense Super Saiyan Blue Goku's power and feels that it is less than his.
Ki Transfer - The ability to transfer a portion of one's ki to someone else, used in the Universal Survival Saga when Frieza did this to Goku, in a twist of fate seeing as Goku did this towards Frieza on Namek.

Techniques[]

Energy Techniques[]

Offensive Techniques[]

Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy wave.

Dragonball 17548 — Frieza charging a Death Beam in *Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans*

Death Beam – To perform the technique, the user extends his right arm and fires a small, thin, very fast and concentrated laser-like beam of ki from his index finger, which barrels down and pierces through the opponent. The user is able to fire the attack very quickly, while maintaining precise aim. Frieza has also been shown firing the beam from his left hand's thumb.
- Death Bullet – The first method has the user prepare his index and middle fingers on both of his hands, and then he fires a Death Beam at the opponent at a very rapid rate, inflicting a great deal of damage. The second method has the user simply flicking his finger with deadly force.
  - Full Power Death Bullet – A powerful finger blast shot from the index finger.
  - Finger Beam – The user holds out their index finger and releases an energy beam from their fingertip.
- Barrage Death Beam – First, the user extends his index finger at the target as if he were to fire the Death Beam. Then, he fires multiple Death Beams at a very fast rate, inflicting a great deal of damage.
- Golden Death Beam – Much like its original version, Frieza fires the Golden Death Beam as a crimson beam of light, piercing his opponent.
  - Emperor's Death Beam – Golden Frieza blasts the opponent with a Chaotic Dead End, then provides to rapid fire Death Beams in a Gatling Gun fashion, inflicting massive damage.
    - Great Death Beam – This technique is fired from each finger that home in on targets, pierce through them and continue locking on to other targets. Due to True Golden Frieza's refined Ki control, he can also target his opponent's vital points with Great Death Beam to cause them to explode.
      - Cage of Light - By firing his Great Death Beams out of his ten fingers continuously in several directions, Frieza can create a "cage" with the beams functioning as its iron bars. Anyone touching the beams gets electrically shocked causing them heavy damage. Due to the great amount of energy the beams need to be fired continuously, Frieza can't hold this technique for a long time.

FriezaEyeLaser — Frieza using Eye Lasers to destroy Guru's house

Eye Laser – The user shoots laser-like beams from both eyes. The potency of the Eye Laser technique varies, but most of them are very fast and able to nullify weak attacks and small projectiles, as well as cripple opponents and damage other objects.
- Floating Attack – Eye Lasers used in the air. Named in the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
Invisible Eye Blast – A Kiai shot from the eyes.
Death Ball – Frieza lights a spark of energy on his index finger. Once enough energy is gathered, this spark may grow to the size of a small moon and is thrown towards the target. Typically, this attack is used to destroy planets or as a last-ditch effort to kill an opponent.
- Black Hole Death Ball – The basic version of the Death Ball, charged by Frieza for use against Goku on Namek, and for use against Kale and Caulifla in the Tournament of Power, but was never fired on either occasion.
- Supernova – The user raises his finger and gathers their energy in the form of a giant yellow orange, sun-like energy sphere. Once it is ready, the user launches the attack against the target. Like the normal Death Ball, it is mostly used to destroy planets, or as a last ditch-effort to kill an enemy. It can also detonate if hit with another ki blast, especially if the attack was successfully countered by a powerful enough opponent.
  - Petite Supernova - Frieza forms a much smaller version of the Supernova in the palm of his hand. Despite being so small, it is still extremely potent, as it was capable of expanding greatly in size and parting away all of the clouds that were in the way of the landing area.
  - Golden Supernova - Like with the regular Supernova, the user raises his index finger and gathers energy in the form of a giant yellow-orange, sun-looking energy sphere. Once it is ready, the user launches the attack at the target.
- Destroy The Planet! – Frieza puts the palms of his hands together in front of his chest and brings them apart as he forms a pink energy sphere. Then, he raises it upward and charges it with more power, changing it into a red and orange energy sphere and making it bigger and more powerful with additional streaks of black electricity. Finally, he fires the attack at the opponent, inflicting a massive amount of damage. When thrown into a planet, it is shown that it tunnels into the ground until it destroys the planet's core.
- Golden Death Ball – Frieza brings his hand forward to charge up a massive Death Ball before pulling his hand back and pushing the sphere forward to slam into his opponent, inflicting heavy damage to them.
Death Comet – Frieza fires several energy waves coming out of the aura around his body.
Whirlwind Blow – By lightly blowing, the user produces strong winds that formed a tornado. Then, the tornado lifts the opponent into the air and throws them a great distance away.
Death Storm – Cackling, Frieza raises his clenched hand and opens it, momentarily changing the environment to black and white before releasing a massive Exploding Wave around him and creating a pillar of large-scale planetary destruction.
Death Fork – Frieza charges at the opponent to impale them in the chest with one of his horns. Next, he shifts his head up and down, further injuring the opponent and causing more blood to leak out of them. Finally, Frieza throws the opponent off his horn down to the ground.
Featherlight Touch – Frieza touches the opponent with minimal effort, killing weaker enemies. Named in the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
Kiai – It is a technique where the user affects the air currents around him with ki to produce powerful shockwaves in order to strike the opponent.
- Shockwave from the Fingertips – Frieza flicks his fingers at his opponent, rapidly firing multiple kiais at them to inflict a great deal of damage.

Frieza Psychic Hold — Frieza using his telekinetic ability

Telekinesis – A technique that allows the user to manipulate objects and other people with the power of one's mind.
- Psycho Blast – The performer uses telekinesis to lift a medium-sized to large boulder (tiles or debris) from the ground nearby, and then throws it at the opponent, inflicting moderate damage.
- Imprisonment Ball – Frieza appears behind the opponent and holds his hand out, ensnaring them in an inescapable golden sphere of energy. He then toys around with this containment like a soccer ball. When Frieza is finished beating the victim around, he kicks the ball away, where it detonates on contact with anything other than Frieza himself. The resulting implosion is so immense it creates a vacuum that sucks in anybody nearby.
- Psychic Move – Frieza raises his hand and swipes it sideways, creating a razor-sharp storm of Ki blades that slice the opponent and create a red explosion, sending them flying back. The attack usually leaves a large crescent-shaped crater.
- Death Psycho Bomb – Frieza catches the opponent with a small, invisible energy sphere shot from his index finger in a fashion similar to his Death Beam. Then, he raises his arm upward, controlling and pulling the opponent high in the air with telekinesis. Finally, Frieza clenches his hand into a fist, detonating the opponent's ki and causing them to explode.
- Gigantic Rock Throw - The user picks up a boulder in front of them and throws it at the opponent, inflicting considerable damage.
- Death Psychokinesis - Frieza imprisons his opponent with an Imprisonment Ball and then bombards them with blocks of Kachi Katchin.
Death Wave – To use it, Frieza puts his middle and index fingers together and charges an energy sphere on the tips. He then swings the energy sphere around, creating a large Death Beam in the form of a giant, razor-sharp energy blade that can slice through anything.
- Emperor's Edge - The user fires a fiery gold and red slashing energy wave at the opponent. As soon as it hits the opponent, a large explosion in the shape of a blade appears, knocking away the opponent.
Nova Strike – Frieza charges up to his maximum before surrounding his body in a large energy sphere, before using it as a shield and ramming into his opponent with great force.

FriezaHomingDD — Frieza preparing a Death Saucer

Death Saucer – A red energy disc with a super-sharp magenta ki "edge" that can be thrown at opponents to slice them up. Frieza's use of telekinesis improves upon the original Destructo Disc by making his Death Saucers remotely controlled, allowing him to track targets through maintained concentration, while breaking concentration (such as losing eye contact) reverts the saucers back to standard Destructo Discs, leaving them flying in unprecedented directions.
- Double Death Saucer - The user creates two energy discs and fires them at the opponent one after the other to slice them up and use telekinesis to track their targets through maintained concentration, while breaking concentration (such as losing eye contact) reverts the saucers back to standard Destructo Discs, leaving them flying in unprecedented directions.
- Golden Death Slicer - Frieza launches a red energy sphere which forms into a tracking Death Saucer.

FriezaAttacksGoku — Frieza charging a Death Cannon

Death Cannon – Frieza holds one of his hands in front of him with the other hand supporting it (in a manner similar to the Explosive Demon Wave). Then, he fires a large purplish-pink energy wave or energy sphere at the opponent, inflicting a huge amount of damage. The blast creates a huge mushroom cloud explosion on impact and has an electrical aura surrounding the explosion.
- Red Energy Blast – Frieza extends his hand forward to fire a large crimson energy wave.
  - Punishing Blaster – Frieza gathers pink energy in his hand and thrusts it forward to fire a large energy wave at the opponent, inflicting a high amount of damage.
- Killer Ball – First, Frieza holds one of his hands outstretched in front of him sometimes with the other supporting it. Then, he fires many energy blasts at the opponent, inflicting a great deal of damage.
- Last Emperor – First, Frieza draws his right fist to his side and charges a purple energy sphere. Then, he brings his hand forward and fires an emanating purple energy wave at the opponent, inflicting a large amount of damage.
- Death Blaster – Frieza raises his hand upward and gathers yellow energy into his hand. He then aims his arm at the desired target and emits an energy wave at the target, inflicting a large amount of damage.
  - Golden Death Blaster - Frieza raises his hand forward, forming a large red energy sphere and emits an energy wave at the target, inflicting a large amount of damage.
Earth Breaker – Frieza presses his palms onto the surface of the planet he is on and then fires an energy blast straight at its core, causing the ground to rupture and streams of magma to erupt, soon resulting in the planet's destruction.

Support Techniques[]

Fingertip Ball – Frieza creates a small energy sphere on his finger in order to intimidate his opponent.
Roar – The user howls loudly, which magnifies the user's power, putting them straight into Max Power mode and increasing their physical attributes. However, once the power wears out, the user will have a hard time gaining back their ki, making them take a much longer amount of time to be able to use ki-based attacks.
Powering Rage – The user holds their hand forward in front of them in an attempt to block an incoming attack. To increase the potency of the block, they may also use their other hand, either to hold their other wrist or to block alongside the first hand.
Psycho Barrier - A technique used to generate an energy shield around the user to protect them from attacks.
Emperor's Sign - A Fighting Pose used to inspire one's allies.
Bad Ring Laser – Golden Frieza summons his minion Sorbet, who uses a surprise Bad Ring Laser on the opponent.

Martial Arts Techniques[]

Single Strikes[]

Tail Attack – A technique used by those who have tail in order to attack their opponents. They can use it to whip or constrict the opponent.
- Mystic Attack – A technique that allows the user to extend parts of their body to great lengths.
- Tail Whip – Using his tail, Frieza catches and throws his opponent. Used in the Butōden series.
- Tail Smash – Frieza hits his opponent with his tail. Used in the Butōden series. Named Super Tail Hit in Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout.
Ruthless Blow – The attack starts off with Frieza saying "Out of my way!", he charges towards the opponent at high speed, then he uses Rapid Movement (disappearing from the opponent's line of sight). The opponent suddenly feels a stabbing pain and discovers to their shock and horror that Frieza has thrust his hand/palm into their back. Frieza ends the attack by pulling his hand out of the opponent's back and letting them fall helplessly to the ground.
Kick Combo – Frieza attacks his opponent only with his feet. Named in Final Bout, it is also Frieza's throw move in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
Death Raid – Frieza surrounds his body with aura and dashes straight at the opponent, hitting them in the stomach with a powerful punch. Or Frieza jets into the air and fires a powerful orange ki blast at his opponent.
Palm Strike – A kick to the stomach used against Super Saiyan Goku as part of his Death Break. Named in the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
Right Cross – A powerful punch used by 100% Power Frieza against Super Saiyan Goku. Named in the Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game.
Frieza Head Smash – An aggressive and forceful thrust with the top of the user's head into the face or body of another person.
Pressure Point Attack - By touching or hitting weakly certain pressure points on an opponent's body, can incite effects such as paralysis or knock the opponent out. Enough prolonged pressure on the pressure points can also kill the opponent.
Grudgeless Strike - The user moves around rapidly before powering up and charges at the opponent full speed to punch them in the face.
Miracle of Universe 7 - Goku (who is struggling to transform from his base form to Super Saiyan) and Frieza - who have both gone well beyond their limits - utilize a powered-up Nova Strike to ram into their opponent in order to create a massive explosion.

Hold and Throws[]

Hug Maneuver – The user's arms are wrapped around the opponent, with the opponent's arms sometimes pinned to their body. The user's hands are locked around the opponent, who is held tightly to the user's chest. Although intended to be a torture hold, it can also be used as a restraining technique to pin an opponent long enough for their allies to attack.

Rush Combinations[]

Punishing Rush – Frieza shouts "Here I go!" as he elbows the opponent in the stomach and hits them on their legs with his tail, turning them around. He then double slaps the opponent on their back, knocking them away and teleporting in front to backhand punch them in the face, inflicting a high amount of damage.
It's Just Getting Exciting! – First, as he asks, "How would you like it?", Frieza knees the opponent in their stomach and kicks them up into the air. Then, he appears above the opponent to fly down and punch them down into the ground, inflicting a high amount of damage.
50% Power – First, Frieza snickers as he elbows the opponent in their face. Then, he teleports behind the opponent and knocks them up off the ground with a low roundhouse kick. Next, he catches the opponent by their neck with his tail and brings them closer to elbow them in the ribs. Finally, Frieza says "I enjoyed that" as he tosses the opponent away with his tail, inflicting a great deal of damage.
- Death Break – As he shouts, "I'll never give up!", Frieza punches his opponent in the stomach. He then attacks and knocks the opponent away up into the air with two roundhouse kicks. Finally, Frieza appears above the opponent and knocks them down into the ground with a hook kick in their stomach, inflicting a high amount of damage.
Limitbreaking Assault - Goku and Frieza let out a furious roar and charge at their opponent, delivering a barrage of blows in sync, then launching the opponent into the air and delivering a joint heavy kick from both sides.

Others[]

You Thought That Was It? – Before the opponent attacks him, Frieza says "Watch what I can really do!" and dashes across the opponent with a punch to their face. Then, he flies back and elbows the opponent in the face. Finally, he punches them down into the ground, inflicting a high amount of damage.
Punishing Counter – When the opponent attempts to attack, Frieza turns around and back kicks them in the face. He then moves behind the opponent and blasts them away with a Death Cannon, inflicting a high amount of damage.

Speed and Movement Techniques[]

Sonic Warp – Frieza uses a form of rapid movement that moves so fast it looks like he's teleporting.

Power Ups[]

Techniques[]

Frieza Stance - Frieza stands with one foot in front of the other, arms and palms outstretched.
Power Up – A process used to gather ki and increase one's power level so that a greater advantage in battle can be obtained.
Pump Up – One of his Blast 1 in his first form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
Full Power – One of his Blast 1 in his final form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
Long awaited-for 100% – Frieza powers up even further beyond his 100% power.
Dark Magic (video game only)
- Evil Energy power up (video game only)
- Villainous Mode (video game only)
- Supervillain (video game only)

Transformations[]

Transforming Ability – It allows the user to transform into a weaker state, and then transform up from it into other stronger forms.
100% Full Power - It allows the user to draw out their maximum power and bulk out their muscles. Their defense and speed increase with this power-up as well. However, it requires a tremendous amount of energy to simply maintain the form and is only used as a last resort.
Mecha Frieza - Specialized armor worn by members of Frieza's race in order to increase their power and combat capabilities. It is a special type of Bio Suit that combines Frieza Race tissue and mechanical parts.
Golden Frieza - A transformation acquired through training and used to power up.
True Golden Frieza - The mastered version of Golden Frieza.
Fury Golden Frieza - A state one can enter as a result of great distress. During which, the user's prowess in might is boosted to extreme levels.
Black Frieza - A transformation acquired through a long period of training and used to power up.
Powered Up Form - Frieza attains this form at some point during Dragon Ball GT as shown during the Dragon Ball GT live show.

Anime-only Abilities and Techniques[]

Abilities[]