Death Wave
大地裂斬 Daichiretsuzan[1]
Alternate names	Great Earth Cutting Row Death Slicer Energy Cutter Explosive Breaker[2] Fissure Slash Flex Laser Frieza Cutter
Debut	Manga: "Kaiō-ken times 20!!!" Anime: "Embodiment of Fire"
Inventor	Frieza
Users	Frieza Ghost Raichi Frieza's race Hero
Class	Ki Slash
Color	&       or       &
Similar techniques	Death Razor Energy Blade Slicing Attack

Directory: Techniques → Offensive techniques → Energy waves

Death Wave (大地裂斬; lit. "Great/Grand Earth Cutting Row") is a powerful arcing blade-like energy wave technique used by Frieza in his final form.

OverviewEdit

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.

Frieza uses this attack during his battle against Goku on Namek. Frieza is beating Goku around and Goku soon lands on a cliff. Frieza then charges and fires his Death Wave at Goku and it appears that Goku is killed. However, when Goku opens his eyes, it is revealed that Frieza aimed the attack away to carve a fissure going across the entire circumference of the planet.

In the fourth promotional trailer for Dragon Ball Heroes, after interfering with Wings' slaughter of various Toadmen and doing battle with Wings, the Frieza's race Hero Froze uses a Death Wave to attack Lord Slug.

Appearances in Video GamesEdit

This technique is called Frieza Cutter (フリーザカッター) in Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan, and it is also a technique used by Ghost Raichi in the Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans video game under the same name.

In the Butōden series, Frieza can use a more powerful version in addition to the regular one. It is called Explosive Breaker in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22. Frieza also uses the technique in Dragon Ball Z: The Legend and Super Dragon Ball Z (called Flex Laser).

It is called Death Wave (デスウェーブ) in the Budokai series and the Supersonic Warriors series; in the later installments of the Budokai series, the attack is a close range move where pillars of decreasing size appear.

Its name was Energy Cutter in the first Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, but it was changed to Fissure Slash in Budokai Tenkaichi 2 and Budokai Tenkaichi 3. It is named Death Slicer (デススライサー) in Dragon Ball Heroes.

GalleryEdit

The effect of a Death Wave

The effect of a Death Wave

Frieza charges a Death Wave

The effect of Death Waves

Death Wave in Budokai 2

Death Wave in Budokai 2

The Frieza's race Hero fires his Death Wave

Nail is hit by Frieza's Death Wave in Dragon Ball Heroes

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