Linear as in it's a straight forward attack which can be avoided, blocked and disposed of. Especially seeing as Gaara can go airborne and reign shitstorms on the Sannin.
I'm not underestimating anyone. I'm simply saying Gaara, with the geographical advantage capable of things like this [
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] holds the clear advantage. Experience means nothing when you're as overwhelmed and disadvantaged as the Sannins are. Without their summons, they simply cannot hope to match Gaara's firepower. Not even close.
- Orochimaru killing Gaara's dad was off panel. To me, it seems common sense that it was a sneak attack. The sand and sound had an alliance going on, and Orochimaru posed as Yondaime. Nothing suggests it was an all out battle.
- Orochimaru doesn't have the ability to avoid all his attacks.
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on a much larger scale would crush Orochimaru. He won't die from it, but he isn't escaping. Merging with the environment, as I've hinted at earlier, is futile due to Gaara's sand sensing. Spores absorb chakra, if I'm not mistaken? Well, good luck to Orochimaru planting spores in a desert. The spores are supposed to constantly absorb chakra, whereas Gaara can choose whether to infuse his chakra with the surrounding sand. Also, the sheer amount Gaara would have at his disposal would make Orochimaru's efforts futile. As for his Kusanagi piercing his sand, he gets disarmed easily. Watch this video to understand me [
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Tsunade will be caught, and it can hold her. Gaara can multi task [
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], and target all of them. There's no guarantee Jiraiya will be able to keep saving Tsunade, not when he has to constantly be aware himself.
Are you suggesting they use the swamp tech where they stand? Because you do know Jiraiya will drown his comrades, right? Either way, Gaara still has the option of blindsiding, or straight up overwhelming them. Lets be serious, what are the Sannin going to do when they see this? [
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]. Gaara doesn't necessarily have to manipulate sand at their feet, and the Sannin aren't going to be static throughout the entire fight. Lets be realistic, they're going to have to move around
a lot, and everywhere they step is desert. All they'll be doing is prolonging their defeat.
I don't know. I took it as Gaara with Shukaku due to him saying current Gaara (who is working in harmony with Shukaku).