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Who do YOU think would win if Krillin and Tien fought? This isn't at the beggining of db or dbz, but in the cell or buu saga.
Personally I would think it would be REALLY close. I have no idea who would win.

feon2

Tien in both.

He trained a lot more than Krillin.

Xyex

Krillin in the Android/Cell Sagas. Krillin's got the power-up he picked up on Namek giving him a major boost. Tien spent some time on King Kai's planet which would make for good compensation but I figure Krillin would still have the lead in power. But he stops training after he marries 18 so at the very least his power doesn't change much over the 7 years, at worst it goes down like Gohan's did. Meanwhile Tien kept up his training, probably not as intensely but we saw that he was still training. So by the Buu Saga he'd be stronger than Krillin.

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Mystic_Gohan

Tien, obviously.

During Cell Saga, he was able to hold back Imperfect Cell for a short period of time, while Krillin couldn't even put a dent on him.

Super Cool

Tien.

Krillin stoped training after he married 18. I don't know if this is filler but Krillin tried to fight Superbuu after he escaped from the ROSAT and Tien managed to save Gohan from Superbuu(gotenks and piccolo absorbed) so Tien would win.

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BurningVegeta

Tein's Kikoho >> Cell (second absorption) >> Tein >> Krillen

Krillen looses thanks to one blast from Tein's Kikoho. Then I'm sure Krillen would be out of there, as Cell barely stood a chance against it. Remember when Krillen attacked Cell, trying to protect Android 18, his punchs had the least effect out of Android 16's and 18's, that shows how weak Krillen is. I'm sure Tein's Tri Beam would easily take out both Androids.

Cell (second absorption) >> Android 16 >> Android 18 >> Krillen
Tein wins...

I know it don't count as crucial evidense, but Tein fought evenly with Mirai Trunks, before turning Super Saiyan, in: Dragon Ball Z Movie 9: Bojack Unbound. There is no human apart from Tein that has evenly fought a Super Saiyan, the rest of the humans are leagues below Super Saiyans.

Tein = Base Trunks >> SSj Trunks

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Majuub

Oh man no, the Kikoho just held back Cell for some time, it could have never ever killed him. He evn held back Shin Buu(Gotenks absorbed) it doesn,t mean his Kikoho was stronger than Shin Buu.

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Vizard

Tien kept training every time while and worked hard (even in buu saga we could see him training) Krillin stopped training seriously once he got married. So I'm with Tien

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sportsfreak99

Tien, He kept training forever and krillin stop training when he got married.

The Chibi Kiriyama

Kuririn in both sagas. A lot of people use the Neo Kikoho as their basis for saying that Tenshinhan had advanced alot, but what many don't bring up is that we've seen weak fighters bust out strong chi attacks before. The Neo Kikoho was so demanding that he nearly died from the strain. It was a desperation move at best.

I also don't believe that his time at the North Kaio's can attest to some massive jump in power. Tenshinhan was training at the abode of a being that admitted his limitations in aid with the Saiyan dilemma, much less the issue with Freeza. Nail mentioned that Piccolo would be easily done away with even if he was stronger than the other warriors on Namek; even as the person who advanced the most in his very limited time at Kaio's, he still wasn't anyplace ready even for a Freeza who wasn't using much of his power in his first state. If that is commentary on Piccolo as the best pupil, what does that say for Tenshinhan? I really doubt he got so much stronger than Kuririn, who had grown to be very powerful in his own right.

All we really know about Tenshinhan in the Cell Saga was that his time at Kaio's coupled with whatever he was doing in terms of training for the Android attack eventually lead to the kind of power where we visibly see a flight aura around him. This never really changes to be the fuzzy aura that we see in much stronger fighters such as Gohan and Piccolo, even in the Boo Saga. I don't see how people seem to think he reached the kind of power of those two at any point just off of the ferocity of the Neo Kikoho. Visually, there's nothing to prove it. Environmentally, the kind of power he would gain just from bouts with Chaozu would probably be marginal at best. It's not like he spent the rest of his days at Kaio's, where the gravity might at least prove to create some resistance for further advancement (which would be a waste of time by that point, since he was probably used to it by the time he left).

All in all, Kuririn has the benefit of having been involved in some hairy situations early on to make the lack of devout training a small issue. There isn't a sign that he's grown much stronger since he started a family, but there also isn't any sign that he declined in power to the point where beating Tenshinhan would be difficult.

Xyex

Every use of any form of the Tre-beam has nearly killed him. Roshi said it held that risk even back at the first use of it. And it did kill him in the fight with Nappa.

Also, don't forget that Tien spent more time on King Kai's than the others. IIRC, he was one of the last ones revived. Even completely ignoring the Tri-beam I think it's safe to assume that, between his training there and what followed with the Androids, he at least caught up to Krillin's level. And, as we know that Krillin didn't train anymore and Tien did, he passed him come the Buu saga.

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Jay

Tien

because he never stopped training, not once.

Thats why we rarely saw him in the series, because he was off training all the time, and missed out certain events.

You can clearly see how his power boosts up throughout the series when he returns.

His confrontation with Imperfect Cell
His confrontation with Super Buu W/Gotenks.

Ok so he didn't defeat Imperfect Cell, and got slaughtered by Super Buu. He had the power to take them on, Krillin did not.

Tien is the strongest human alive.

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king omega

I would also have to go with Tien because he is stronger, and is a smarter fighter, plus the Tri-Beam would help alot.

Also Tien could not damage Nappa with his Tri Beam because he only had one hand, meaning he could not us it's full power which would severly injure Nappa.

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Super Cool

Krillin's Desctructo disk seems more deadly to me. Tien wins though for reasons stated in my post above.

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Vizard

The destructo disk is more deadly but the Neo Tri-beam is way more powerful. Also Krillin stops training while Tien trains seriously all the time.

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