Location: Desert where Edo kages fought Gaara and Onoki
Starting Distance: 30 m
Intel: Manga
Establishing why doton clones can use ninjutsu
Doton clones don't have any feats in regards to using ninjutsu but that doesn't mean they aren't capable of doing so. We've only seen Onoki make doton clones once and then the rest of the fight where the doton clones were involved was off panelled so we can't conclude that doton clones can't use ninjutsu due to their limited screen time. We can, however, infer that doton clones can use ninjutsu because other elemental clones such as
The only road block that the doton clones might have is the lack of chakra to use ninjutsu but using lightened/weighted rock technique on a small scale barely requires much chakra. Proof of this is that the real Onoki can lighten massive objects like a
Establishing that the flight speed of Onoki's doton clones is on par with the original's
You might argue that Onoki's doton clones will also be much slower than the real Onoki due to having a lot less chakra than the real one but this is wrong as it doesn't require any chakra to move unlike Gaara controlling sand. As the databook entry below shows, making poses/stances is enough to allow a weightless character to fly so it has nothing to do with chakra.
Onoki doesn't need to be directly touching his target to increase/decrease their weight
Onoki made Gaara's gourd sand as well as surrounding desert sand (
Onoki's chakra reserves
Contrary to popular belief, Onoki's chakra reserves are pretty good. Onoki used
Basic sand attacks
Deidara has shown to be able to dodge Gaara's basic sand attacks (
Suna Arare
Sand Tsunamis
While sand tsunamis have a great AoE, regular sand speed is inferior to Onoki and his clones so he'll be able to outrun it by moving in the same direction as the sand tsunami. Rock clones can be sent to weigh down all that sand rendering it useless.
Desert Prison
This jutsu is much faster than basic sand attacks as it
Sandstorm
Gaara hasn't showed a jutsu
Onoki has proven to be at least as fast as most of Gaara's sand attacks and spreading out sand in all directions will obviously be much slower than single direction sand attacks considering spreading out sand over a wide AoE requires much more effort so Onoki and his clones can escape the AoE of the sandstorm. The only problem is that Onoki can't track Gaara so if Gaara surrounds himself with a sandstorm, Onoki can't do anything to Gaara. Regardless, merely flying around the battlefield doesn't require chakra whereas utilizing a sand storm will. Eventually Gaara will get outlasted if he tries to stay on the defensive like this.
How the fight will start
As soon as the fight starts, Onoki will take flight and make six doton clones. In this amount of time, Gaara will take out the sand from his gourd and also take flight. Gaara will utilize his faster gourd sand to keep himself moving fast while using the sand from the desert to pressure Onoki and his clones.
How it will progress
Onoki will send four of his rock clones towards Gaara in a bid to make contact with Gaara or his gourd sand. The other two clones will guard Onoki's blindspots. Once any of Onoki's clones are able to apply weighted rock technique, Gaara will be immobilized, which will render him unable to move and fall flat down. His body in its entirety will be too heavy for it to maintain itself and Gaara will die due to his heart not being able to pump that extremely heavy blood. Gaara knows that he mustn't let Onoki or his clones to touch Gaara or his sand so Gaara will constantly keep his distance, make Suna bunshins to confuse Onoki and a desert storm to prevent any rock clone from getting close. Suna bunshins can be sent to attack Onoki but they won't be a match for the clones who will end up blitzing them, let alone the real Onoki. Suna bunshins' ability to control sand should be far weaker than the real Gaara's so their sand will be way too slow to do anything. It is unlikely that the real Gaara can keep himself afloat, maintain a desert storm around him, focus on with his third eye and still be able to utilize worthwhile sand techs to pressure Onoki who'll counter whatever Gaara throws at him via weighted rock technique which barely requires any chakra considering even after running out of chakra to use jinton, Onoki could still lighten a massive meteor. Onoki won't be using jinton in this fight so he'll actually be able to outlast Gaara despite Gaara having much larger chakra reserves because Gaara will have to use multiple large scale sand techs while all Onoki has to do is fly around and utilize weighted rock technique when necessary.
What about a non desert location?
In a non desert location, this is a low-mid difficulty stomp in Onoki's favour considering Gaara needs to use his gourd sand to make additional sand as shown in the Jutsu tag below. Onoki will apply too much pressure on Gaara who won't have enough sand to do much of anything. Tagging one fast fighter target is already not easy especially with just gourd sand but multiple fast targets will be too much and Gaara won't even be able to go on the offensive. The only logical conclusion is that Gaara will end up getting boxed in by Onoki's four doton clones sooner than later. Only one needs to tag Gaara to defeat him. Utilising Suna bunshin feints lets the fight drag on for longer but
Starting Distance: 30 m
Intel: Manga
Establishing Onoki's clones' capabilities
Establishing why doton clones can use ninjutsu
Doton clones don't have any feats in regards to using ninjutsu but that doesn't mean they aren't capable of doing so. We've only seen Onoki make doton clones once and then the rest of the fight where the doton clones were involved was off panelled so we can't conclude that doton clones can't use ninjutsu due to their limited screen time. We can, however, infer that doton clones can use ninjutsu because other elemental clones such as
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,
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and raiton clones (
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)(
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) have been shown to use ninjutsu so it stands to reason doton clones can also use ninjutsu. The only road block that the doton clones might have is the lack of chakra to use ninjutsu but using lightened/weighted rock technique on a small scale barely requires much chakra. Proof of this is that the real Onoki can lighten massive objects like a
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or
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, both of which are much larger than
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than the
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. Doton clones may only have a fraction of the real Onoki's power/chakra but it stands to reason they can make much much smaller objects like gourd sand, Suna bunshins and the real Gaara heavy with utmost ease. Establishing that the flight speed of Onoki's doton clones is on par with the original's
You might argue that Onoki's doton clones will also be much slower than the real Onoki due to having a lot less chakra than the real one but this is wrong as it doesn't require any chakra to move unlike Gaara controlling sand. As the databook entry below shows, making poses/stances is enough to allow a weightless character to fly so it has nothing to do with chakra.
Onoki doesn't need to be directly touching his target to increase/decrease their weight
Onoki made Gaara's gourd sand as well as surrounding desert sand (
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) that Gaara is standing on heavy by touching Gaara's gourd (
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). This goes to show that Onoki can make different objects heavy by touching just one as long as they are interconnected. This means that if Onoki or his clones lay a hand on Gaara's sand that he is flying on, Gaara himself gets weighed down which spells his end considering his heart won't be able to pump that massive blood around. Not only that but Gaara can't stand upright and will fall down flat thus being unable to continue fighting.Onoki's chakra reserves
Contrary to popular belief, Onoki's chakra reserves are pretty good. Onoki used
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and then used it a few more times afterwards off panel (
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). Afterwards, Onoki used
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which
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. After running out of chakra to use jinton, Onoki used
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. Finally Onoki ended up making the first meteor Madara summoned light enough for him to carry (
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)(
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). Also it is important to note that Onoki doesn't have to maintain weighted or lightened rock technique because he can remove/increase the target's weight and
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.Countering Gaara's Moveset
Basic sand attacks
Deidara has shown to be able to dodge Gaara's basic sand attacks (
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)(
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) as well as Joki Boi.
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and has advantages over Deidara and Joki Boi in terms of being able to dodge attacks. Deidara's bird is larger than himself who is larger than Onoki so Onoki will have an easier time dodging sand because he's a smaller/less bulkier target. Joki Boi is restricted in terms of moving about the battlefield due to lacking the ability to fly which means boxing Onoki in is much harder than boxing in Joki Boi. Suna Arare
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whereas
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. This means Onoki and his clones should also be able to do the same considering they both use the same jutsu as Mu to take flight. Sand Tsunamis
While sand tsunamis have a great AoE, regular sand speed is inferior to Onoki and his clones so he'll be able to outrun it by moving in the same direction as the sand tsunami. Rock clones can be sent to weigh down all that sand rendering it useless.
Desert Prison
This jutsu is much faster than basic sand attacks as it
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whereas his basic sand attacks were dodged. As a precaution, Onoki will create two clones around him to watch his blind spot and then use those clones to weigh down any incoming sand. Sandstorm
Gaara hasn't showed a jutsu
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but this is actually a potentially dangerous strategy which is completely plausible given Gaara's ability to mould sand however he wants. Using sensor sand, Gaara actually managed to
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. This would serve to block Onoki's LoS whereas Gaara still has his sand sensing to detect targets inside and his third eye to detect Onoki outside the sandstorm. Onoki has proven to be at least as fast as most of Gaara's sand attacks and spreading out sand in all directions will obviously be much slower than single direction sand attacks considering spreading out sand over a wide AoE requires much more effort so Onoki and his clones can escape the AoE of the sandstorm. The only problem is that Onoki can't track Gaara so if Gaara surrounds himself with a sandstorm, Onoki can't do anything to Gaara. Regardless, merely flying around the battlefield doesn't require chakra whereas utilizing a sand storm will. Eventually Gaara will get outlasted if he tries to stay on the defensive like this.
How Onoki will beat Gaara
How the fight will start
As soon as the fight starts, Onoki will take flight and make six doton clones. In this amount of time, Gaara will take out the sand from his gourd and also take flight. Gaara will utilize his faster gourd sand to keep himself moving fast while using the sand from the desert to pressure Onoki and his clones.
How it will progress
Onoki will send four of his rock clones towards Gaara in a bid to make contact with Gaara or his gourd sand. The other two clones will guard Onoki's blindspots. Once any of Onoki's clones are able to apply weighted rock technique, Gaara will be immobilized, which will render him unable to move and fall flat down. His body in its entirety will be too heavy for it to maintain itself and Gaara will die due to his heart not being able to pump that extremely heavy blood. Gaara knows that he mustn't let Onoki or his clones to touch Gaara or his sand so Gaara will constantly keep his distance, make Suna bunshins to confuse Onoki and a desert storm to prevent any rock clone from getting close. Suna bunshins can be sent to attack Onoki but they won't be a match for the clones who will end up blitzing them, let alone the real Onoki. Suna bunshins' ability to control sand should be far weaker than the real Gaara's so their sand will be way too slow to do anything. It is unlikely that the real Gaara can keep himself afloat, maintain a desert storm around him, focus on with his third eye and still be able to utilize worthwhile sand techs to pressure Onoki who'll counter whatever Gaara throws at him via weighted rock technique which barely requires any chakra considering even after running out of chakra to use jinton, Onoki could still lighten a massive meteor. Onoki won't be using jinton in this fight so he'll actually be able to outlast Gaara despite Gaara having much larger chakra reserves because Gaara will have to use multiple large scale sand techs while all Onoki has to do is fly around and utilize weighted rock technique when necessary.
What about a non desert location?
In a non desert location, this is a low-mid difficulty stomp in Onoki's favour considering Gaara needs to use his gourd sand to make additional sand as shown in the Jutsu tag below. Onoki will apply too much pressure on Gaara who won't have enough sand to do much of anything. Tagging one fast fighter target is already not easy especially with just gourd sand but multiple fast targets will be too much and Gaara won't even be able to go on the offensive. The only logical conclusion is that Gaara will end up getting boxed in by Onoki's four doton clones sooner than later. Only one needs to tag Gaara to defeat him. Utilising Suna bunshin feints lets the fight drag on for longer but
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, it'll only serve to decrease the quantity of sand available for Gaara to use. Onoki's clones deal with them and then follow up on Gaara. Databook 2 - Ryuusa Bakuryuu:
NINJUTSU; Ryuusa Bakuryuu (Desert Quicksand Cascading Stream*)
User: Gaara
Offensive; Close, Medium, Long ranges; Rank: none
Main text
From the sand he is himself carrying, he grinds the rocks and minerals from underground into an homogenous sea of sand and manipulates it like a tsunami that engulfs absolutely all things in his line of sight!! This jutsu is for no one except Gaara, who lives up to his "Of the Desert*" namesake. This raging sea deals a lot of damage by itself, but one can further take advantage of the sand for a second and a third consecutive assault! That sublime succession of sand attacks has this jutsu as its starting point!!
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-Causing the atmosphere to quake and the ground to rumble, the surging sea of sand swallows everything whole.
-Raging waves, surging billows.
Picture comments
-"As long as I have sand... I can do anything." True to his word, he displays a jutsu well beyond the imaginable!!
-The billow of sand engulfs the enemy and a large portion of the landscape altogether, creating a vast sandy wasteland.
*"Ryuusa"="quicksand". Add a little pun on "sabaku", and you turn the "desert" into a "cascade of sand". So Gaara is actually "Gaara of the Desert's Cascading Sand".
NINJUTSU; Ryuusa Bakuryuu (Desert Quicksand Cascading Stream*)
User: Gaara
Offensive; Close, Medium, Long ranges; Rank: none
Main text
From the sand he is himself carrying, he grinds the rocks and minerals from underground into an homogenous sea of sand and manipulates it like a tsunami that engulfs absolutely all things in his line of sight!! This jutsu is for no one except Gaara, who lives up to his "Of the Desert*" namesake. This raging sea deals a lot of damage by itself, but one can further take advantage of the sand for a second and a third consecutive assault! That sublime succession of sand attacks has this jutsu as its starting point!!
Captions
-Causing the atmosphere to quake and the ground to rumble, the surging sea of sand swallows everything whole.
-Raging waves, surging billows.
Picture comments
-"As long as I have sand... I can do anything." True to his word, he displays a jutsu well beyond the imaginable!!
-The billow of sand engulfs the enemy and a large portion of the landscape altogether, creating a vast sandy wasteland.
*"Ryuusa"="quicksand". Add a little pun on "sabaku", and you turn the "desert" into a "cascade of sand". So Gaara is actually "Gaara of the Desert's Cascading Sand".
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