Power awakened Piccolo is a VERY strong transformation in its own right. As it allowed Piccolo to almost be on par with Gamma 2. And the Gammas are Blue Goku/Vegeta level so that’s a big jump.
Here Piccolo is not whole since he’s not fused with Kami, so I imagine the transformation would be weaker, but still more then enough for Vegeta even in his great ape form. The only reason Goku was able to stand a chance, is because Vegeta softened him up a bit.
As for the Tail. First I imagine they still feel pain when they’re tail is touched, you can’t train away nerve endings. It’s likely they simply trained to endure the pain and not effect them. But the pain was not what effected Vegeta here. Firstly, it was a surprise and surprise attacks are generally more effective in DBZ, as seen with Cell when Vegeta attacked him during the father son kamehameha and Jiren when 17 scratched him. Or even with Goku and the rock krillin tossed or that laser.
But what really got to Vegeta was knowing that Piccolo has his tail at all, because he knew that if Piccolo pulled off his tail, his chances of winning went from slim to none.
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Kyodon on Chapter 7 Wed 03 Jan 2024 05:08AM UTC
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