Great Namekian

"Incredible, how did you make your clothes grow?" — Goku in "Junior No More"

Great Namekian
グレートナメック星人超巨身術
Gurēto Namekku-seijinChō Kyoshinjutsu
Alternate names	Giant Form Become Giant Giant Giant Body Jutsu Giantification Spell Super Giantification Spell
Debut	Manga: "The Death of Kuririn" Anime: "Enter King Piccolo"
Appears in
Inventor	Namekians
Users	King Piccolo Piccolo Lord Slug/Xeno Slug Cell Seven-Three Time Patrol Namekians Future Warrior Youth (Dragon Ball Online) Narak (apparently)
Class	Base form Transformation
Similar Techniques	Great Ape Giant Form Gigantification Electric Slime Body Build

Great Namekian (グレートナメック星人, Gurēto Namekku-seijin) is a transformation used by some Namekians, it is a power used by the Demon Clan. The transformation causes the user to grow, usually to enormous sizes - increasing their overall strength.

Overview

Piccolo as a Great Namekian

The Great Namekian form is a Demon Clan ability, by using their regenerative abilities to alter their bodies' volume and by concentrating the nerves throughout their entire body, invigorating their cells they can increase their size. The transformation is quite painful due to the excessive additions to the user's body. Lord Slug refers to it as being his "true" form. As noted by Goku during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, the user's clothes grow along with them.

The user's increase of size also equally increases the body's weight and durability, making the impact of their attacks and resistance to enemy attacks proportionally in comparison to the said size. Also, because it is an increase of their overall form, rather than simply their muscle mass, it does not impact their speed or general efficiency of movement. At the same time, as noted by both Goku and Piccolo, this form is more a bluff than a bolster to their performance, as it does not actually raise the user's power level at all.

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, the Namekian Future Warrior gains access to their Great Namekian form while fighting Nail and Piccolo. Before the quest that unlocks this ability, it is stated by Dende that the warrior must fight against their own kind to awaken this dormant power, showing that this state can be achieved through fighting other Namekians.

Usage and Power

King Piccolo as a Great Namekian

King Piccolo is unusually tall for a Namekian, suggesting that he spends most of his time in the Great Namekian state, and he can further increase his size, as displayed when becoming enraged after Goku kneed him in the face with a boost from his Power Pole. During this, King Piccolo's strength and power are increased, but he is still unable to destroy Goku. King Piccolo continues to use his Great Namekian state while fighting Goku, though he is still defeated by the young Saiyan.

Piccolo transforms like this once in the manga and twice in the anime. He transforms during his fight with Goku in the Piccolo Jr. Saga, and then grows even bigger but found this form to be ultimately ineffective against Goku (in both the manga and anime).

In the anime, Piccolo uses this technique in order to achieve the Giant Form (Serpent Demon Clan) form and battle Garlic Jr., matching the foe's hulking size while still having the edge from his greater speed.

Thanks to his cells from Piccolo, Perfect Cell uses the Namekian ability to increase in size alongside Super Saiyan Third Grade in order to take on his Power-Weighted form which acts as a hybrid of Great Namekian and Super Saiyan Third Grade. He utilized this hybrid form as a last-ditch attempt at defeating Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, although he largely failed due to the Super Saiyan Third Grade portion negatively impacting his speed.

In the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, when finding himself on the losing end of a battle with Gohan even with Piccolo's abilities, Seven-Three transforms into a Great Namekian.

In the manga version of the Dark Empire Saga, Xeno Slug uses this form to battle Xeno Gohan and Xeno Trunks before being attacked by Xeno Majin Buu and then powered up by Towa.

Grand Elder Guru in the manga/anime series and Grand Elder Moori in Dragon Ball Online also are much larger than most Namekians, but their ability to use the Great Namekian form was never confirmed.

Film appearances

In Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, Lord Slug transforms into a Great Namekian after Goku attacked him using his "Super Saiyan" power. Slug powers up to the point that he believes that with this state Goku will be unable to hurt him (even after seeing his Pseudo Super Saiyan power). Slug even goes so far as to claim that the size change is his 'true' form. However, he is defeated when Piccolo gives Goku his energy, allowing him to use the Kaio-ken x100 and then finish him with a Spirit Bomb.

Orange Piccolo vs. Cell Max

In Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, Piccolo combines his Great Namekian form with his Orange Piccolo form to temporarily contend with Cell Max after stopping him from crushing Gamma 2 with his foot and Krillin reminding him of the form. However, Piccolo also states it to be a form used as a bluff, and that his strength wasn't increased much. He ends up being overwhelmed in the end and loses an arm before being beaten to near-death. He later regenerates the arm to use Demon Hand to restrain Cell Max, allowing Gohan Beast to finish him off with a Special Beam Cannon.

Other Dragon Ball stories

In Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, this form appears in a flashback of Slug's death.

Improvement

Super Giant Form

Main article: Super Giant-Form When Piccolo reaches his largest Great Namekian size against Goku, it is referred to as the Super Giant Form. Whereas his previous giant form made him rather massive with his fist about as big as Goku, this form made titanic in scale with his fingernail alone bigger than Goku. Likewise, this form is exponentially heavier and more physically powerful than the ordinary Great Namekian.

Dark Evolution

Main article: Dark Evolution Xeno Lord Slug, after merging with the Six-Star Dark Dragon Ball, and then being amplified by Towa's magic takes on a dark evolved Super Giant form.

During the World Mission Chapter 2 Side Story: "Kagyu's Adventure", Xeno Lord Slug (Super Giant) appears due to Demon God Salsa using his magic on the SDBH game world Xeno Lord Slug as he is about to transform into his Great Namekian form.

Giant Form (Serpent Demon Clan)

Main article: Giant Form (Serpent Demon Clan) Using his ability to grow larger, Piccolo emulates and improves upon the Giant Form (Serpent Demon Clan) form. In this form Piccolo's power is said to have increased by just as much as a Makyan's would, however Piccolo also retains his speed.

Video Game Appearances

A Great Namekian in Dragon Ball Online

Piccolo takes this form in a cutscene in Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden: Kakusei-Hen.

Lord Slug is playable in this form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.

Piccolo, as well as King Piccolo, use it during one of their combos in Super Dragon Ball Z.

Namekians are able to perform this transformation in Dragon Ball Online; their giant form transformation is called Great Namek in this game. In-game this form is equivalent in power to Super Saiyan and Pure Majin.

Great Namekian size compared to the boots found at Narak's Footprints in Dragon Ball Online

The Black Namekian Narak, the founder of the Narak Demon Clan is implied to have been born a Super Giant Namekian due to the giant egg and boots found in the area known as Narak's Footprints which are larger than the Youth's Great Namekian form, which may be a reference to both to King Piccolo's large size and Lord Slug's assertion that his Giant Form actually is his "true form" (Narak like King Piccolo and Lord Slug was a pure evil Demon Clansman born from the Evil Egg born from the evil that festered in the hearts of the Namekians who settled near King Piccolo's old throne).

Render of Giant Demon King Piccolo from World Mission

In Dragon Ball Heroes, Demon King Piccolo, Piccolo Jr., and Lord Slug can utilize the Great Namekian form. Great Namekian characters are referred to with Giant before their name. The first Great Namekian to be added to the game was Lord Slug who appeared as a boss in the Lord Slug Saga added in the sixth mission of the game and was later made playable in Galaxy Mission 8 with the addition of the Giant CAA Special Ability. Piccolo Jr. gained the ability to become a Great Namekian in Jaaku Mission 6, and King Piccolo gained a card with the CAA in God Mission 4. A standalone card for Giant Lord Slug was added in SH7, where he starts in the form.

The King Piccolo Saga added in God Mission 4 contains a fight against Giant Piccolo Jr., Giant Lord Slug and Giant King Piccolo simultaneously.

In Dokkan Battle, the Great Namek form is called Giant Form. Piccolo Jr. (Giant Form), Lord Slug (Giant Form) and Piccolo (Power Awakening) have a chance of randomly transforming into their Great Namek form. The Great Namek form plays like Great Ape, Golden Great Ape, and other Giant Forms.

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse and its sequel Namekians can be customized to be far taller than the other races.

In Dragon Ball Fusions, Great Namekian King Piccolo appears as a non-playable S-Rank boss character putting his power on par with S-Rank Great Ape Broly, Baby Hirudegarn, Janemba (First form), and combined Pilaf Machine. In his base form King Piccolo is only a B-Rank, but upon becoming a Great Namekian his power rises above both B-Rank and A-Rank up to S-Rank, though his profile indicates it puts a strain upon his body despite increasing his strength and speed.

Great Namekian Future Warrior in Xenoverse 2

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, it appears as an exclusive Awoken Skill transformation for Namekian characters under the name Become Giant. To obtain this form, the Future Warrior must visit the Guru's House time rift anomaly and assist Nail in protecting the Namekian Dragon Balls from the Frieza Force. Eventually, Piccolo will appear after having sensed the Warrior's Ki and after thanking them for protecting Planet Namek, he tells them that they have untapped strength hidden deep within them and suggests speaking to Nail to learn how to unlock it. Nail reveals he was aware of Piccolo's presence and the Warrior's hidden power. He comments that with that power the warrior could easily conquer Namek, but has instead saved it from danger more than once. As a debt of gratitude, Nail decides that he will help them tap into this power and suggests the Warrior talk to Dende for advice on how to awaken their full potential. Dende reveals that in order to unlock their full potential the warrior will need to take themselves over the edge by fighting one of their own and suggests that the only Namekians who can help with that are Nail and Piccolo.

They must then return to Piccolo which will unlock Guru's House Quest: "Namekian Awakening" where they face off against Piccolo and Nail in a battle to unleash their full power and the Become Giant Awoken Skill will become available mid-battle. After defeating Piccolo and Nail using the form, Piccolo and Nail will revive and the Warrior must defeat 3 Piccolo clones and Nail using their Become Giant form complete the quest and unlock the Become Giant Awoken Skill permanently. Become Giant form is fueled by Stamina, and it puts the Future Warrior in a guard break state that makes them vulnerable when their stamina runs out. Due to the size of this transformation, it is unusable in certain stages such as Frieza's Spaceship. While in the Become Giant form, Ultimate Skills become unavailable and the Future Warrior gains access to four Super Skills. Additionally, their throw is changed to Crushing in Hands.

Great Namekians in Xenoverse 2 are shown to be around the same size as Saiyan's in their Great Ape form, thus the form is useful when combating Great Apes, enabling them to go toe-to-toe with Great Apes. Interestingly, despite the Future Warrior having access to this Awoken Skill, neither Piccolo nor Lord Slug can use this form in Xenoverse 2.

Gallery

Giant Piccolo in the manga (Full Color) Seven-Three takes on the Great Namekian form in Dragon Ball Super manga (Full Color) An oversized King Piccolo in front of the Pilaf Gang The tall King Piccolo faces Piano Perfect Cell's Great Namekian/Super Saiyan Third Grade hybrid form Lord Slug transforms into a Great Namekian in Lord Slug A kid Namekian after becoming Giant in Dragon Ball Online Great Namek Lord Slug in the M4 trailer of Dragon Ball Heroes Great Namek Piccolo Jr. in Dragon Ball Heroes Great Namek Slug in Dragon Ball Heroes Great Namek King Piccolo in Dragon Ball Heroes Threat to Peace Piccolo Jr. (Giant Form) card in Dokkan Battle Threat to Peace Piccolo Jr. (Giant Form) card after transforming in Dokkan Battle Demon King's Vengeance Piccolo Jr. (Giant Form) card in Dokkan Battle Demon King's Vengeance Piccolo Jr. card after transforming in Dokkan Battle Evil Namekian Lord Slug (Giant Form) card in Dokkan Battle Evil Namekian Lord Slug (Giant Form) card after transforming in Dokkan Battle Namekian Future Warrior becoming giant in Xenoverse 2 Namekian Future Warrior just after becoming giant in Xenoverse 2