What if: SSJ2 Goku vs Majin Vegeta

It depends on how seriously Goku is taking it. If he were being 110% serious he'd go a level beyond and go SS3 on Vegeta's ass. Not only is this a massive power increase over Vegeta (for comparison just look at how badly Vegeta fared in a measly 1 minute of combat with a SS3 tier opponent in Kid Buu) but the psychological factor would really eat at Vegeta as well. He's thrown away everything to get stronger than Goku...and it still isn't enough. Not by a long shot. That alone might shame Vegeta to the point where he just joins Goku to fight Buu.

That said he isn't going SS3 because the Buu Saga can be summed up as "Everyone is stupid. No one takes Buu seriously until the end", so now we have to compare the two SS2 forms. Goku declared he didn't want to get hurt at all and give Buu any energy and that he was "going to end it quickly, at full power". So barring SS3 that was basically Goku going all out as a SS2. The result ended up with them being about even, so we have to look at what each fighter offers beyond strength.

Vegeta:

- Majin Vegeta is more durable thanks to Majinization. As seen with Spopovich, he'll be able to take injuries that Goku simply won't be able to handle like a broken neck and get back up and into the fight. Vegeta by himself is already a pretty tough guy who can take punishment if need be (as seen against Kid Buu) and Majin Vegeta will be even tougher, especially since the power gap between him and SS2 Goku is nowhere near the gap between SS2 Vegeta and Kid Buu. There are really no downsides to this advantage.

- Vegeta overall has a better array of ki attacks than Goku does. The Kamehameha is tried and true and indeed powerful, but beyond that and generic ki blasts what does Goku have, really? (more on that down below in Goku's section). The Final Flash is also capable of taking out opponents stronger than Vegeta, which means SS2 Goku as an equal is in trouble if he gets hit by it. This advantage is mitigated by the fact that from what we see of the fight he doesn't use any of them and instead just tries to hit Goku really, really hard.

- Vegeta is more cold and ruthless at this stage. You could argue that Vegeta already won this fight thanks to an underhanded trick that caused Goku to drop his guard. Had he actually not been serious about attacking Buu and just wanted Goku dead (again) at that point he could've done it, and Goku couldn't have done a damn thing to stop it. By this logic Vegeta is already the victor. Good ol' Goku dropping his guard.

Goku:

- Goku has the advantage in terms of power management, since his dead body uses less ki than a living one. So while Vegeta is much more durable, Goku can last longer. Theoretically, since they both looked equally exhausted. Not really sure just how much advantage this is compared to Vegeta's more blatant durability one.

- Goku has a better speed factor in play thanks to IT...but he has to be able to concentrate for it to be effective. When it IS effective, it works great. Just ask Perfect Cell. But given that the fight is mostly the two just punching each other Goku's not going to have the time to concentrate to effectively use IT. We see this with both Perfect Cell and Kid Buu in play. After Cell regenerated from Goku's attack he just cranked the dial up and Goku didn't use IT again after that. With Kid Buu they were in such a rush to escape the exploding planet that Goku just couldn't concentrate on anything to escape.

The usefulness of IT is negated if the opponent doesn't stand there and let Goku do whatever he wants with it. It's entirely possible that Vegeta knows this about IT, which is why when he fought Goku he didn't do any of his fancy energy blasts that he's famous for (which Goku could just dodge at minimal energy cost compared to a Final Flash) and just engaged him in close combat, possibly even banking on the Majin's physical survival boost to help him.This advantage is mitigated by the fact that from what we see of the fight he doesn't use IT and instead just tries to hit Vegeta really, really hard.

- Goku has more varied techniques up his sleeve than Vegeta does. Vegeta's techniques all revolve around being different forms of ki attacks with the purpose of sending someone to the next dimension. Goku has some more generic techniques like the Solar Flare and Spirit Bomb up his sleeve...but a point against Goku is that he hardly ever uses them at all if they aren't the Kamehameha. Plus the SB takes forever to charge and there's no way in hell Vegeta would let Goku hit him with that attack again. These varied techniques are mitigated by the fact that from what we see of the fight he doesn't use any of them and instead just tries to hit Vegeta really, really hard.

- Goku has a senzu bean stashed away. This is a meaningless advantage since Goku wouldn't dare mess up a fair fight thanks to how stupid he is at times.

In a SS2 battle I will give it to Vegeta with a slight edge. Goku is either too stupid or incapable of using anything that could give him an additional advantage over the Prince of All Saiyans, and one of three things will happen:

1. Vegeta will defeat his hated nemesis Kakarot.

2. Vegeta will appear to be winning and force Goku to go SS3, upon which Vegeta loses. By going SS3, Goku will have acknowledged that he can't beat him as he is now, making Vegeta win the SS2 contest by default.

3. They pull a Double K.O. and make it a complete draw.



I don't see Gohan contributing much here at all. Vegeta likely knocks him out with a punch or two and then he and Goku fight in peace.



Goku's side if he goes SS3. If we're sticking with the SS2 only rule then I'd give it to Vegeta/Dabura. Vegeta isn't going to give a damn about teamwork, so this "team" fight is going to turn into Goku vs Vegeta and Round 2 of Gohan vs Dabura. Goku is likely to get distracted at some point if Gohan ever gets in trouble, while Vegeta isn't going to care about Dabura one bit.