Damage3245 said:
I thought Lifting Strength =/= Striking Strength?
To an extend yes, Lifting Strength doesn't usually scale Striking Strength.
Either because Striking Strength is so far above Lifting Strength feats that scaling each other wouldn't make sense (Beerus had 4-D Striking Strength, but nothing suggest that he can move a neutron star), or because characters usually enhanced their physical strikes via a power source meaning it would be illogical to assume that their natural strength, where lifting strength come from, must be on the same level (unless proven otherwise).
Only in certain circumstances Lifting Strength feats can be used to scale Striking Strength, when the former had display more impressive feats compare with the latter (like in the case of Big Boss from Metal Gear, or Superman from the DCEU).
But again this isn't the point, the point is that the Z-Sword feat wasn't merely a display of superior lifting strength but of superior level of power as well, since Base Goku and Base Gohan having superior lifting strength show that they must have in general superior physical stats and greater Ki (since physical power is also depend by Ki) than Kibito or Shin.
That doesn't mean now Lifting Strength = Striking Strength, they still remain in two separated categories, only that:
- Goku's Lifting Strength > Kibito's Lifting Strength
and Goku's Striking Strength > Kibito's Striking Strength.
And not:
- Goku's Lifting Strength = Goku's Striking Strength > Kibito's Lifting Strength = Kibito's Striking Strength.