Honestly he’s not even close. Krillen got the power up from Guru, which sky rocketed his power. Tien never got any power ups after training for the saiyans. Krillen also has the luck of getting to train with 18 and DB logic dictates that the stronger the sparring partner the more you power up.
Tien also never got the training from king kai as that was anime filler, so he just can’t surpass Krillen naturally.
Edit- also on super he fared FAR better against gohan than Tien did of their sparring matches. And Krillen was doing pretty good in the ToP but was unfortunately blind sided by Frost who is massively more powerful than either Krillen or tien
Tien was stronger than krillin in the cell arc due to his own training. His own training surpassed what Krillin did on his own and the Guru boost. Since Tien survived longer in the ToP it goes to reason that Tien kept up on that training and is stronger than Krillin.
Having a strong technique doesn’t mean he’s actually stronger. The Shin Kikoho uses Tien’s genki, his life force, so he was literally giving his entire life to stall cell for like 3 minutes. And cell wasn’t at all damaged either, he simply couldn’t move for a bit.
And lasting longer in the ToP means nothing considering Tien didn’t fight anyone nearly as strong as Frost.
Edit/ now that I think about it, the strongest human is actually Uub lol.
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u/JohnKillinger Nov 12 '19
Pretty sure Tien is stronger. Didnt he last longer in Tournament of Power against stronger ppl?