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Preface: I hope that this thread makes everyone who commented on this
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feel better. Shame on that OP for making such misleading thread title. This isn't really an analysis of his abilities, just a relatively brief overview and discussion on them.Overlooked abilities and feats
Temporary Curse Mark Binding - I'm not talking about the cursed seal of heaven or earth that Sasuke and Kimimaro had. I'm talking about
Five Pronged Seal - A speacial type of fūinjutsu that, once placed on a shinobi's skin, disturbs their chakra flow and significantly inhibits their ability to mould and flow chakra [
Sword of Kusanagi: Longsword of the Sky - Orochimaru can actually levitate Kusanagi in the air and control it with his finger movements [
Slithering snake mode - Increases his footspeed significantly by turning his two legs into a snake's tail [
Shunshin speed - I see posters in the VS section underrate Orochimaru's speed surprisingly often. He doesn't have a 4.5 in speed in the databook for nothing. I know that the databook doesn't account for shunshin speed, but, shunshin speed is derived from a shinobi's natural speed. Here are some of his most impressive feats:
> This is impressive because the very last time we saw him was in one of the
> This is probably his most impressive feat until I see another one that I have yet to see. From one side of that bridge going into the forest, which is
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. Orochimaru can render you immobile for a short period of time just by extending his neck and biting you, during which time you'll be at his mercy and discretion. Very nifty if you ask me.Five Pronged Seal - A speacial type of fūinjutsu that, once placed on a shinobi's skin, disturbs their chakra flow and significantly inhibits their ability to mould and flow chakra [
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]. Needs to come in contact with a shinobi's skin, but the "flames" at the tips of Orochimaru's fingers look to be able to make holes on non armoured clothing. It actually doesn't need to be placed on the stomach, since Orochimaru deliberately placed the seal over Minato's four symbols seal, which just happened to be placed on Naruto's stomach, to disturb the latter's ability to control the Kyuubi's chakra. Sword of Kusanagi: Longsword of the Sky - Orochimaru can actually levitate Kusanagi in the air and control it with his finger movements [
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]. I assume that the range of this technique is limited to where he is, but it's very useful, especially if he makes use of the sword's extension in conjunction with this technique.
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The most overlooked of Orochimaru's abilities in my opinion. He has actually utilized this ability in the manga before, but not many readers noticed [
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]. My guess is that Orochimaru can passively communicate with the snakes, and said snakes relay the positions of his opponents back to him. Slithering snake mode - Increases his footspeed significantly by turning his two legs into a snake's tail [
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]. Good for evading attacks or blitzing. For a measure of the speed boost granted to him in this form, Orochimaru was initially
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far away from Kyuubi Naruto. He then hopped even farther away from him several times in order to evade some chakra arms [
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]. From the position he stopped evading the chakra arms, which was even further away than the distance between them at the beginning of the battle,
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in slithering snake mode, which is only a matter of 2 or 3 seconds. Shunshin speed - I see posters in the VS section underrate Orochimaru's speed surprisingly often. He doesn't have a 4.5 in speed in the databook for nothing. I know that the databook doesn't account for shunshin speed, but, shunshin speed is derived from a shinobi's natural speed. Here are some of his most impressive feats:
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> This is impressive because the very last time we saw him was in one of the
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of his secret base, and he said that he was going to the room where he put Sai, which was in another underground tunnel further away than the tunnel he engaged the Konoha nin. However, he covered at least a decent amount of distance and made it outside to intercept Sasuke. It should be noted that the tunnel Yamato, Naruto, and Sakura were in was closer to the spot where they saw Sasuke than the other tunnel Orochimaru went to presumably kill Sai.
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> This is probably his most impressive feat until I see another one that I have yet to see. From one side of that bridge going into the forest, which is
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he made it to the center point (where Yamato disguised as Sasori and Kabuto were) before Yamasori could pull out his kunai and strike Kabuto. Yamato also didn't even notice Orochimaru until he made it, despite the fact that Yamato and his backup behind him (Sai, Naruto, Sakura) were all facing [
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] towards the direction that Orochimaru came from... yet none of them noticed until it was too late. He is that fast.Sword of Kusanagi
Extremely hard and durable sword. Enma noted that
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. Can extend to long distances very quickly [
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]. Orochimaru has very good skill with it since he was
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with said blade. Can also levitate, as I pointed out earlier.Summoning Techniques
Sen'eijashu/Sen'eitajashu/Jagei Jubaku - Orochimaru can summon snakes on a whim from all parts of his body [
Formation of 10,000 snakes - Orochimaru can quite casually
Boss snake summons - Orochimaru is so skilled with the summoning technique that he can summon up to
All of these snakes listed above, by virtue of being snakes, are fast swimmers, can shed their skin, and can burrow underground.
Kuchiyose: Rashoumon/Sanjuu Rashoumon - Orochimaru's next best form of defense after the Power of the White Snake. He can summon the
Another thing to note about the Rashoumon gates is that the databook says that
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]-[
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]. These snakes are strong (
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, and Enma is an OP asf monkey), fast, and obviously have poisonous fangs. Decent techniques to use at short range, or Orochimaru can summon them to gain access to their heat sensing abilities.Formation of 10,000 snakes - Orochimaru can quite casually
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at any given time. Covers a very wide range, considering that Kyuubi Naruto is larger than human sized, yet the 10,000 snakes
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. They can also pull swords out of their mouths, making the attack even more deadly. This is also a relatively fast attack as well. If we use the
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that I noted earlier in my post as a point of reference, these snakes reached KN4's position in just several panels, which is just a matter of seconds. Pretty impressive when we consider the volume of snakes coming out from a relatively small opening (Orochimaru's mouth). Boss snake summons - Orochimaru is so skilled with the summoning technique that he can summon up to
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, and has summoned
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on another occasion. His signature summon is the notoriously volatile Manda. One thing that should also be noted is that a healthy Orochimaru at full power can control Manda as Kabuto implied
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, despite the fact that some VS section peeps have claimed that Manda will never fight for Orochimaru due to the latter's lack of control over the former... which I now believe is wrong. I used to think the same thing until I looked at that scan again.All of these snakes listed above, by virtue of being snakes, are fast swimmers, can shed their skin, and can burrow underground.
Kuchiyose: Rashoumon/Sanjuu Rashoumon - Orochimaru's next best form of defense after the Power of the White Snake. He can summon the
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and
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gated variant without the need of hand seals [
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]. These gates are a bit underrated and are actually very strong, considering that they managed to
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. I know that the bijuudama that was used on it wasn't as strong as bijuudamas that we see actual bijuus use, but it's still extremely strong, and they allowed Orochimaru to survive it though he had to tank a bit of damage, but that's no biggie since he can tank most physical attacks. Another thing to note about the Rashoumon gates is that the databook says that
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. An early Part 2 Orochimaru who was still weakened from Sarutobi's Reaper Death Seal summoned three of them along with using Formation of 10,000 snakes and using Oral Rebirth three times, and both jutsus take a considerable amount of chakra, especially Oral Rebirth. Imagine what a healthy Orochimaru, let alone Orochimaru with a Zetsu body and all of his techniques back can do can do.Immortality
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Orochimaru's True Form
After many years of executing countless experiments to alter the makeup and structure of his own body, Orochimaru eventually turned himself into
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. He normally uses it to carry out the Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique, but it has good utility in battle. For starters, Orochimaru can just
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similar to how he's able to "shed" his body via Oral Rebirth. This snake is made up of a bunch of smaller snakes that can
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. If Orochimaru's blood makes contact with the air, said blood evaporates into a paralyzing airborne gas that means an insta GG if inhaled by the opponent [
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]. What's more is that the snake can reform itself even if it has been sliced into several parts [
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].Other Techniques
Soft Phisique Modification - Most people know that this technique lets Orochimaru extend his tongue, neck, and transform his legs into a snake's tail, but he can actually use this technique to extend his limbs as well. Yoroi used it in his fight against Shino, but clearly Orochimaru's usage should be on a high level. Not anything special, but could prove useful in certain circumstances.
Wind Release: Great Breakthrough - Simple C-Rank technique, but naruto wiki noted
Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole - Very useful for a C-Rank technique. Doesn't need hand seals, and can be executed very quickly. Orochimaru was shown to use it in conjunction with Kusanagi during his clash with Kyuubi Naruto.
Shadow Clone Technique - Very standard ability among shinobi. Orochimaru can use shadow clones but I can't remember where or when in the manga he used it. If someone could provide that scan to me, I'd be grateful.
Wind Release: Great Breakthrough - Simple C-Rank technique, but naruto wiki noted
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that the technique becomes more powerful depending on how powerful the shinobi who utilizes it is. Part 1 Orochimaru's usage is
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, so Zetsu Orochimaru's usage should be more powerful due to his enhanced physical energy. It is a good counter to raiton techniques and fog based techniques like Kirigakure no Jutsu. Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole - Very useful for a C-Rank technique. Doesn't need hand seals, and can be executed very quickly. Orochimaru was shown to use it in conjunction with Kusanagi during his clash with Kyuubi Naruto.
Shadow Clone Technique - Very standard ability among shinobi. Orochimaru can use shadow clones but I can't remember where or when in the manga he used it. If someone could provide that scan to me, I'd be grateful.
Zetsu Abilities
Mayfly - Basically a faster version of Leech All Creation. Orochimaru merges with the ground and can travel very quickly to any area he desires.
Parasitic Clones - He can create full copies of himself that can utilize the Zetsu abilities. They cannot, however, utilize all of Orochimaru's ninjutsu. The narutowiki description of this jutsu says that parasite clones can use all of the abilities of the original. However, this is misleading since the original post only refered to the original White Zetsu. Orochimaru's ninjutsu is obviously on a higher level to WZ's abilities, so it's very doubtful that they can use Oro's ninjutsu. They are still useful nonetheless though, with the ability to use Mayfly and attach spores. Also, they take less chakra than kage bunshins, so it's more practical for employing clone feints.
Spores - Orochimaru and/or his parasite clones can plant chakra absorbing spores on opponents just by being close to them. These spores are nearly undetectable, since not even a
Healing Power/Senju DNA - Gives Orochimaru the added ability to regenerate from most injuries without the need for hand seals on top of the Power of the White Snake. Hashirama's cells increase his physical energy.
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.Parasitic Clones - He can create full copies of himself that can utilize the Zetsu abilities. They cannot, however, utilize all of Orochimaru's ninjutsu. The narutowiki description of this jutsu says that parasite clones can use all of the abilities of the original. However, this is misleading since the original post only refered to the original White Zetsu. Orochimaru's ninjutsu is obviously on a higher level to WZ's abilities, so it's very doubtful that they can use Oro's ninjutsu. They are still useful nonetheless though, with the ability to use Mayfly and attach spores. Also, they take less chakra than kage bunshins, so it's more practical for employing clone feints.
Spores - Orochimaru and/or his parasite clones can plant chakra absorbing spores on opponents just by being close to them. These spores are nearly undetectable, since not even a
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, nor sensor types
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were able to detect them. These spores can be activated at any time and grow as they absorb the victim's chakra. They can also take the chakra that they have absorbed and transfer it back to the original or allies [
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].Healing Power/Senju DNA - Gives Orochimaru the added ability to regenerate from most injuries without the need for hand seals on top of the Power of the White Snake. Hashirama's cells increase his physical energy.
...And last but not least, the 8 headed snake/dragon/monster/hydra
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Enough said.
Ty and Lord Jiraiya solos.
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