Talk:Super Saiyan 2 (disambiguation)/@comment-31834101-20170413221130/@comment-5610300-20190127224746

Incorrect.

He didn't need babidi, he needed a reason and excuse to finally square off against Goku without things getting in the way

It's never stated or implied that he goes ssj2 because of babidi, more so of him learning it between the 7 year time gap.