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When Frieza transformed the first time, he said his fighting power in that transformed state was one million. But when Piccolo comes to fight Frieza, after a little while, Frieza undergoes his second transformation. What was the reason?

  1. Was Frieza bluffing when he said his fighting power in that transformed state was one million?
  2. Did Piccolo become really very strong after his fusion with Neil that his fighting power reached to a level comparable to Frieza?
  3. Was Frieza afraid of losing, as a result of which he thought transforming would be a good option?

And then, after a few episodes, Frieza undergoes another transformation after seeing the amount of power Gohan had. So did Frieza start to panic out?

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Because Piccolo's power level was higher than his, as stated in the Dragon Ball Wikia -

Thanks to his fusion with Nail, his power is slightly higher than that of Frieza's.Through much of the battle, Piccolo has the upper hand, but Frieza transforms again into his third stage, earning yet another power increase.

Ero Sɘnnin
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Ankit Sharma
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Frieza is not the type of evil overlord who likes to eradicate life forms behind a desk, he's the guy who wants to watch the agony in a filthy monkey's eyes before he sucks the life from them, or to make them watch while he kills their family/species. No doubt thanks to countless years being far superior than anyone who could ever challenge him, Frieza had become comparable to a cat playing with a mouse. That said, when he goes up against an opponent, he knows they cannot beat him, and that they are determined to do anything to stop him with the same bravado as always.

He likely created all of these transformations so he could fight an opponent on equal grounds, build their confidence that they will "save their race" or "avenge their leader", blah blah blah, until he transforms into the next powerful level and drains all hope from the enemy before dropping them to their knees, thus it was not him "panicking" but just playing his little Frieza game.

This psyche control is super effective against someone like Vegeta, who can lose his temper at the slightest taunt against his pride. Without this control over Vegeta's emotions, Frieza surely would have fallen long before. Then he met Goku, the ape with the strength of a Saiyan, and the sense of humor of a human. He tried these games and after every power-up, Goku increased his strength to match. Because Goku didn't understand any of the politics or the crap around the empire of lord Frieza, he was immune to these taunts, and he has never been afraid, especially of a superior enemy. This is how Frieza's mind games played against himself and led to his own demise.

So to answer your questions:

  1. It's very unlikely that Frieza was bluffing, but I don't have a scouter so I can't say for sure.

  2. Yes, through intense training and his fusion with Neil, Piccolo was totally matched if not stronger than Frieza's current state.

  3. Not afraid, but in fact, he decided that it was about time to crush the hopes of his enemy and put an end to it.

And the overall question

Why did Frieza need the second transformation?

Because it gets boring being the evil overlord of the universe, so he created downward, not upward, all the transformations to play with his prey before biting out its throat.

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Piccolo had powered up considerably under King Kai's training, and yes, fusing with Nail did power him up a whole lot.

Piccolo/Nail was fighting on more or less equal ground with Frieza, but that was too close for Frieza, so Frieza transformed again.

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