All 7 Dragon Ball Villains With the Strongest Absorption Powers, Ranked

In Dragon Ball, training for a new transformation is one way to get stronger. Stealing somebody else’s power is the much nastier alternative. From androids that drain ki through their palms to monsters that devour entire populations, the franchise’s most dangerous villains have turned absorption into a weapon of mass destruction.

But not every energy thief deserves the same ranking. This list considers the scale of absorption, the power gained, the abilities acquired, and how effectively each villain can exploit the technique in battle. The result? Seven terrifying predators ranked by how much stronger their stolen power makes them, with one ancient sorcerer claiming the throne.

7 Android 19 Siphons Fighter Energy to Fuel Pure Destruction

Created by Dr. Gero to eradicate Goku, the pale-faced Android 19 relies on built-in palm-mounted energy absorption spheres to devour ki. When fighting Super Saiyan Goku during the Androids Saga, 19 locked his hands onto a fatigued Goku’s shoulders, physically draining his ki dry until Goku collapsed from exhaustion and heart disease complications.

While brutally effective against raw energy blasts and standard combatants, 19’s system has a fatal flaw: it cannot process physical attacks or absorb kinetic force, leaving him vulnerable to Vegeta’s ruthless physical onslaught. Sitting at seventh place, 19 lacks versatility and cannot retain drained energy permanently, relying entirely on immediate consumption during combat.

6 Android 20 Drains Enemy Ki Dry With Lethal Palm Grips

Dr. Gero himself (rebuilt as the mechanical Android 20) refined the energy-siphoning technology found in his predecessor. Utilizing identical palm-absorption devices, 20 famously drained Piccolo during their desert skirmish, leaving the Namekian warrior incapacitated and gasping for air.

Unlike 19, 20 possesses superior intelligence, has tactical cunning, and has the ability to absorb energy from any ki-based attack fired his way. However, his siphon mechanism is still strictly mechanical and localized; he must physically grab an opponent or catch a targeted ki blast. Because he cannot grow infinitely stronger or absorb living biomass, 20 remains lower on the ladder.

5 Naturon Shenron Steals Innocent Host Bodies for Massive Size

Representing the negative energy of the Dragon Balls, Naturon Shenron (the Seven-Star Shadow Dragon) introduces biological annexation to the list. During the climax of Dragon Ball GT, Naturon initially appeared as a diminutive mole-like creature before tricking Pan into serving as a living host shield.

By absorbing Pan, Naturon physically mutated into a towering, hulking monster capable of manipulating earth and stone while effectively holding an innocent life hostage to deter Goku’s attacks. While this biological hijacking grants an immediate physical overhaul and psychological leverage, it is entirely dependent on having a viable living vessel nearby and leaves him vulnerable if the host is extracted.

4 Super 17 Feeds on Pure Energy Attacks to Become Unstoppable

Born from the fusion of Android 17 and Hell Fighter 17, Super 17 takes energy absorption to a specialized, defensive extreme. During his rampage, he faced Earth’s mightiest heroes and completely neutralized every incoming energy attack (including Super Saiyan 4 Goku’s 10x Kamehameha) by absorbing the incoming ki directly into his chest core.

Every blast absorbed exponentially multiplied his raw combat power and speed, rendering energy projection entirely useless against him. His ranking at fourth is justified by his unmatched ability to turn the enemy’s own strongest offensive strategies into fuel, though his vulnerability while opening his barrier to absorb massive attacks ultimately proved to be his undoing.

3 Cell Drains Millions of Lives to Unlock Ultimate Perfection

Dr. Gero’s ultimate bio-android creation takes a multidisciplinary approach to absorption. Before reaching his iconic perfect form, Imperfect Cell sustained himself by fluidly draining the life force and physical biomass of entire human populations through his tail stinger, leaving behind empty clothes across cities.

Upon absorbing Androids 17 and 18, Cell unlocked Semi-Perfect and Perfect states, inheriting their infinite energy supplies and otherworldly strength. The sheer scale of his biological consumption, combined with permanent transformations and a genetic toolkit featuring Saiyan, Namekian, Human, and Frieza cells, solidifies Cell firmly in the top three.

2 Majin Buu Devours Legendary Heroes to Steal Their Might

The ancient pink terror Majin Buu redefines absorption through total physical assimilation. Buu liquefies parts of his rubbery body to engulf opponents; most famously absorbing Gotenks, Piccolo, and Ultimate Gohan during the Buu Saga. This grotesque consumption does not merely grant a power boost.

It permanently transfers the victim’s intellect, unique techniques, and distinct combat wardrobe to Buu, radically shifting his personality and tactics (such as gaining Piccolo’s tactical brilliance or Gohan’s sheer martial arts dominance). Operating on a magical and biological level with virtually no permanent upper limit, Buu sits comfortably at second place as history’s ultimate body snatcher.

1 Moro Drains Entire Galaxies and God Ki for Godlike Power

The ancient wizard Moro, the Planet-Eater, claims the top spot for sheer scale and divine theft. Unlike biological assimilation or mechanical siphoning, Moro consumes the literal life energy (ki) of entire planets on a cosmic scale, reducing lush worlds to barren, dead husks in minutes.

During the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, Moro absorbed the planet New Namek and later consumed Seven-Three to copy stolen abilities. Most dangerously, Moro absorbed angelic God Ki from Merus, pushing his body to near-divine levels that required Ultra Instinct intervention to stop. Because his jurisdiction spans galaxies and drains the lifeblood of entire ecosystems, Moro reigns supreme as Dragon Ball’s most devastating absorption threat.

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