Mercenary Tao

"Pleased to kill you."

- Mercenary Tao

Mercenary Tao is a villain from the Dragon Ball series.

Background

 * Age: 299 (Dragon Ball)
 * 5'10" (178 cm)
 * 154 lbs. (70 kg)
 * Occupation: Mercenary for hire
 * Younger brother of Master Shen
 * Former mentor to Tien and Chiaotzu
 * Usual service fee: 10 billion zeni per kill

Crane Style

 * Focuses on pressure points
 * Crane Style Assassin Strike
 * A multitude of attacks including rapid finger strikes and kneeing the stomach

Dodon Ray

 * "Boom Wave"
 * Superheated beam fired from the finger
 * Based around piercing through an opponent
 * Strong enough to kill Goku early on

Arsenal

 * Pillar
 * Used to get to his destination
 * Sword
 * Possibly not very sturdy
 * Grenade
 * His last resort

Feats

 * Killed people with just his tongue and fingers
 * Tore out a pillar, threw it to his destination, and matched its speed
 * Easily killed General Blue and Bora
 * Blocked the Kamehameha, only clothes were damaged
 * Ran up Korin's Tower vertically
 * Said Pillar throw has been calculated to be around 7000 tons

Faults

 * Extremely arrogant
 * Nearly killed by his own grenade
 * Never recovered from becoming a cyborg