Soaring Dragon Strike

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Soaring Dragon Strike
龍翔拳
Ryūshōken
Alternate names	Flying Dragon Punch Jetting Uppercut Super-Jet Uppercut Super Dragon Flight
Debut	Manga: "Cell vs. Gohan" Anime: "The Unstoppable Gohan"
Inventor	Gohan
Users	Gohan Future Warrior
Color	&
Class	Physical
Similar Techniques	Dragon Fist

"He only had two punches that made contact... Then why am I s-so damaged?!" — Cell during "The Unstoppable Gohan"

Soaring Dragon Strike (龍翔拳, lit. "Dragon Soaring Fist") is a rush attack used by Gohan in his Super Saiyan 2 form.

Overview

As he shouts "Hi-ya!", Gohan attacks with a sharp hook punch to the opponent's gut. Then, he follows up with a swift uppercut to the opponent's chin, knocking them away and inflicting a high amount of damage.

Gohan uses this attack during the battle against Perfect Cell in the Cell Games. Seeing as he can not defeat Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, Perfect Cell unleashes his full power in hopes of gaining a bigger advantage against the young Saiyan. However, when he punches Gohan hard in the face, Gohan is barely fazed. Just before Perfect Cell could land another blow, Gohan counterattacks with the Soaring Dragon Strike, severely injuring Perfect Cell, much to the shock of the other Z Fighters.

Appearances in games

Gohan performs the Soaring Dragon Strike in Dragon Ball Heroes

Soaring Dragon Strike was named in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3, where it appears as one of Teen Gohan's attacks in his Super Saiyan 2 form. Gohan can also use it as an adult in all of his forms in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World, and Dragon Ball Heroes. In these games, the Soaring Dragon Strike is three blows to the stomach followed by a powerful uppercut sending the opponent in the air.

A majority of the above games give it special effects akin to his father's Dragon Fist attack, in that an energy dragon accompanies Gohan's uppercut.

The technique is called Jetting Uppercut in Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3, and Super-Jet Uppercut in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22. Teen Gohan also uses the Soaring Dragon Strike in Super Dragon Ball Z.

In the Budokai Tenkaichi series, this attack is Super Saiyan 2 Teen Gohan's grapple throw.

"Attack with a Ki-clad uppercut!" — Dragon Ball: Xenoverse in-game description

In Dragon Ball: Xenoverse it appears under the name Super Dragon Flight and is one of Teen Gohan's Super Skills. It can also be obtained by the Future Warrior in Parallel Quest 19: "Let's Train".

It appears as one of Teen and Adult Gohan's Super Attacks in Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle.

Variations

• Ultimate Soaring Dragon Strike - The most powerful version of the attack, used by GT Gohan Super Saiyan 4 in Dragon Ball Heroes.

Gallery

Super-Jet Uppercut in Ultimate Battle 22 Gohan about to use the attack on Cell in Budokai 3 Gohan uses his Soaring Dragon Strike in Budokai 3 Gohan's Soaring Dragon Strike in Budokai 3 Gohan uppercuts Cell as part of the Father-Son Kamehameha rush in Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Gohan uppercuts Cell in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 Gohan uses the final punch of the attack in Infinite World Gohan uses Soaring Dragon Strike on Cooler in the intro for Raging Blast 2 Gohan prepares the attack in Dragon Ball Heroes Super Saiyan Teen Gohan prepares his Soaring Dragon Strike in Dokkan Battle Teen Gohan's Soaring Dragon Strike in Dokkan Battle Gohan prepares his Soaring Dragon Strike in Dokkan Battle