Five-Way Fusion

The Ginyu Force developed Five-Way Fusion as an evolution of the traditional Metamoran technique, expanding the concept from two participants to five. In Dragon Ball Fusions, they teach the method to Tekka's team as a reward for helping them break through a barrier surrounding Frieza's spaceship. In return, Trunks and Goten teach the Ginyu Force the standard two-person Fusion Dance, creating an exchange of knowledge between heroes and unwitting villains.

The dance follows similar principles to the standard Fusion Dance but with five people converging toward a central point rather than two. The choreography must be synchronized across all five participants, making coordination significantly more challenging. Captain Ginyu, impressed by the technique's results, personally chose the name "Ultra Fusion" for the resulting warrior.

The Ultra Fusion's physical form is determined by whoever initiates the dance. If a female Saiyan starts the sequence, the Ultra Fusion will be a female Saiyan. If a male Namekian leads, the result will be a male Namekian. This gives the initiator a degree of control over the fusion's final form, and strategic teams can choose their leader based on which racial traits would be most advantageous.

The primary drawback of Five-Way Fusion is its extraordinarily short duration, lasting only several seconds before the participants separate. This positions it as an all-or-nothing burst of power rather than a sustained combat tool. In the Dragon Ball Fusions game, this translates to a mechanic where the player has limited time to deal maximum damage through melee attacks and ki blasts before unleashing a final devastating attack just before defusion.

One particularly useful property of the technique is its ability to revive fallen teammates. When Five-Way Fusion is activated, any party members who were knocked out are restored to participate in the dance and remain active after defusing. This makes it both an offensive weapon and a survival tool, turning a losing situation into a chance to recover and counterattack simultaneously.

The villain Pinich used Five-Way Fusion with Cell, Frieza, and two other allies to create Ultra Pinich, an antagonistic counterpart to Tekka's Ultra Fusion. The Ginyu Force had taught the technique to Frieza, who in turn used it to manipulate Pinich into forming this villainous merger, demonstrating that the technique can be weaponized by anyone with enough allies to fill the five-person requirement.