(Doton: Iwa Bunshin) - Earth Release: Rock Clone Technique
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user creates their clone out of stone. Unlike other types of clones the rock clones don’t disappear after being defeated but rather crumble like rubble. These clones can also be used to create a clone of other people than themselves but do not take on the abilities of the copied person.
How to use this Jutsu? Can be used as a distraction or for kunai and such.
How to defend against this Jutsu? No defense as it is not an attack, just hit them with Jutsu and they are destroyed.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? Attack with kunai and such, defend with kunai and such and as a distraction.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? Weak and can not use Jutsu.
(Doton: Iwa no Hogo) - Earth Release: Earth Shelter Technique
Rank: B
Type: Defensive
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user surrounds themselves with earth, taken from the immediate vicinity, in order to fabricate a formation of rock that is capable of protecting both the user and others in close proximity, if desired. Doing so, seemingly leaves the surrounding terrain unaltered, even when the quantity of earth used is enough to form a complete dome around multiple individuals as seen when Ittan used this technique. The user can also manipulate the resulting shelter to have openings in it so as to be able to observe outside, as demonstrated when used by Kitsuchi.
How to use this Jutsu? Bring up earth around you to use as a defense.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Not an attack so no need to defend against it but destroy it with lightning.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It isn’t very versatile, only used as defense.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be easily destroyed by lightning and only be used as a defense.
(Doton: Iwa Enchou no Jutsu) - Earth Release: Earth Dome Technique
Rank: B
Type: Defensive, Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description:The user creates a dome of earth, which protects them from external attacks. The domes shape is in a similar fashion to wood release: wood locking walls. That creates a half face dome.
How to use this Jutsu? As a defense against incoming attacks.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Destroy it with lightning or go to other side.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It is not very versatile, just used for defense.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be easily destroyed by lightning and only covers one side.
(Doton: Fukusuu no Dorosandan) - Earth Release: Multiple Mudshot Technique
Rank: B
Type: Offensive
Range: Short - Long
Chakra cost: 20
Damage point: 40
Description: This jutsu is basically a widespread version of the Mudshot Technique; allowing the user to fire at multiple targets.
How to use this Jutsu? As an attack to fire multiple mudshots or as a distraction while clones or team mate attacks enemy.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Go underground or use a lightning wall.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can be used as a distraction or as an attack.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? Not very accurate as you are firing a ton of them.
(Doton: Doryūha) - Earth Release: Earth Flow Wave
Rank: B
Type: Offensive
Range: Mid - Long
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: 40
Description: After performing the required hand seal sequence Rat → Snake → Tiger the user creates and rides a wave of earth that can branch of to attack from a distance. The user can also use the technique to manipulate the terrain and trap the target by wrapping earth round their legs preventing them from moving
How to use this Jutsu? Use it as an attack or to get off the ground from water techniques and from there you can attack.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Destroy it with lightning.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can be used as a defense to get the user off the ground or to attack from a distance.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be destroyed by lightning and at close range it can’t do much.
(Doton: Doro Ookami) - Earth Release: Mud Wolves
Rank: B
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20 (+10 per reformed wolf)
Damage points: 10 damage per wolf attack
Description: A trap technique in which the user will place somewhere and is activated upon contact with the opponent's chakra. The user uses a scroll to lay the trap in which releases mud that forms into the shape of wolves that will attack the enemy target/s. Despite being damaged the wolves can reform which can keep the enemy occupied to allow the enemy make a getaway. (Can only create a maximum of 3 mud wolves)
Note: Takes one turn to set the trap up and wolves only last two turns
How to use this Jutsu? Use as a trap to keep the enemy occupied while getting away.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Stay away from the trap scroll. Or use a fire technique on the mud to turn it into stone.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can help you make a getaway or keep them distracted while you attack.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? The wolves can be dried and also you must come close to the scroll to activate it.
(Doton no Yoroi) - Earth Release Armor
Rank: B
Type: Defensive
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20 (-15 per turn to remain active)
Damage points: N/A (+10 to taijutsu moves)
Description: This Technique coats the users body with stones, making them much more resistant to attacks, at the cost of their speed. Whilst using this technique, the user can even change their appearance, but once the technique is either defeated or worn off the users original appearance is shown. The user whilst in this armor is resistant to A rank normal ninjutsu but is vulnerable to Lightning Techniques.
How to use this Jutsu? Use it as armor or to make your taijutsu stronger.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Destroy it with lightning.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It is not very versatile, just used for stronger hitting and defense.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be easily destroyed by C-Rank lightning.
(Doton Kekkai: Dorō Dōmu) - Earth Style Barrier: Earth Prison of Magnificent Nothingness
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short/Mid
Chakra Cost: 20 (+10 chakra each turn the opponent is inside the dome)
Damage Points: N/A
Description: After striking the ground with their hands, the user overturns the earth, causing it to rise up around his opponent(s). Then, by placing his/her hands against the dome, the user is able to drain out the chakra from the people trapped inside and absorb it into their own body. At the same time, the user will use their own chakra to spread throughout the dome. This allows the user to repair any damage their opponent(s) manage to inflict on the inside.
How to use this Jutsu? Raise a dome out of ground around opponent and suck out chakra.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Don’t get trapped in the first place or use the weak spot to get out.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can help you recover chakra.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It has a weak spot in the back of the dome where enemy can get out.
(Doton: Domu) – Earth Release: Earth Spear Technique
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A (+10 to physical attacks)
Description: After performing the Snake hand seal the user will channel their chakra throughout their entire body, which then hardens their skin to a steel-like quality. This increases their defensive power to the utmost limits. The user’s skin also becomes much darker, an almost black colour. The destructive power of physical attacks is increased, making this a great, all purpose technique. But this technique when activated leaves the user vulnerable to lightning based techniques.
How to use this Jutsu? Create hardened earth around entire body to make skin like steel.
How to defend against this Jutsu? No defense, because it isn’t an attack, just destroy it with Lightning.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can help with physical attacks and with defense.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? Very vulnerable to Lightning techniques.
(Doton: Iwa Keiro) – Earth Style: Rock Trail
Rank: B
Type: Attack
Range: Mid
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: 40
Description: The user slams their hands on the ground and giant rocks rise up and jag the opponent from underneath.
How to use this Jutsu? Skew the opponent with giant rocks or to defend.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Move off the ground or dodge or destroy them.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? Can be used as a distraction, or attack or as a defense.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be seen beforehand because user places hands on the ground.
(Doton: Nentsuchi Otoshi) – Earth Release: Sticky Earth Drop
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short – Mid
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user creates an opening within the sky, which drips down onto the opponent a large amount of mud, covering them. It’s normally followed up by Lightning release: sixteen pillar bind to create a giant oven around the opponent and then using Fire release: Firing biscuit technique to ignite the oven, hardening the mud and immobilizing the enemy target.
How to use this Jutsu? Drop mud on opponent to make them not be able to move and usually used in combo with Lightning Rlease: Sixteen Pillar Bind.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Move out of the way or go underground.
What makes this Jutsu’s versatile in battle? It can be used as to rise a mud dragon out of and attack or to not let enemy move.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? Can be evaded or dried.
(Doton: Otoshibuta) – Earth Release: Dropping Lid
Rank: B
Type: Attack
Range: Short-Long
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: 40
Description: The user creates a giant, boar-shaped, earthen lid high in the air that falls on the target, trapping them underneath.
How to use this Jutsu? Trap the opponent and then use spikes on them.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Move or destroy it with Lightning.
What makes this Jutsu’s versatile in battle? It can be used to trap enemy and with combo with other earth techniques to kill them inside.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be evaded or enemy can go under it and come up on other side.
(Doton: KageBunshin no Jutsu) – Earth Release: Shadow Clone Technique
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 25
Damage points: N/A
Description: This technique creates a shadow clone made of mud of the user. Since its made of mud, it can continue to reform and mould itself back to its original shape. After reverting to mud, it can hold the opponent in place. The user can create upto three clones. They can also use up to C rank earth techniques.
How to use this Jutsu? To have clones who could use Earth techs while I used another maybe as a combo Jutsu.
How to defend against this Jutsu? There is no defense as it isn’t an attack, but just hit them with a weak Jutsu and they are destroyed.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can be used as distraction, attack, defense, and combos.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? The clones can only use D and C rank Earth Jutsu, and are very weak.
(Doton: Musaborudzuchi) – Earth Release: Devouring Earth
Rank: B
Type: Offensive
Range: Short-Long
Chakra cost: 25
Damage points: 50
Description: The user performs the Ram → Horse → Tiger → Rabbit → Snake and slams their palm on the ground. Instantly, the ground to the sides of the opponent take the shape of huge jaws and attempt to crush and stab him between them.
How to use this Jutsu? To kill opponent on attack or if time right as a defense or as a distraction.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Move quickly enough to dodge or go underground or destroy jaws quickly.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can be used for attack, defense sometimes and as a distraction.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? The user can go underground quickly to avoid it pretty easily.
(Doton: Tsuchi Kairō) - Earth Release: Earth Corridor
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short/Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user will first perform the snake hand seal and then cause the earth in the surrounding area to rise up and over a target and create a cavern, imprisoning the target. The user can leave an opening to allow attacks to go in to strike down the trapped adversaries, or close it up completely to prevent escape.
How to use this Jutsu? Create a dome thing and make a cavern to trap the people inside.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Move into the walls to get out or destroy with lightning.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can trap many people.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be destroyed or moved through.
(Doton: Arijigoku no Jutsu) - Earth Release: Antlion Technique
Rank: B
Type: Offense
Range: Mid/Long
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: 40
Description: The user performs the Ram hand seal and causes causes the ground and everything on and around it to be sucked in towards the middle of a large pit, much like the method an antlion uses to catch prey. Upon being dragged to the centre, the victim will then be sucked underground. There the victim, depending on how deep the user makes them sink, will be trapped and/or suffocated. The range of the pit is determined by how much chakra is put into the technique.
How to use this Jutsu? Create a hole that sucks in sand around it so it buries people who are trapped.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Get off of the ground or harden the sand.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can trap many people or just one and kill them.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be evaded by using a water jutsu or hardening the sand or getting off the ground.
(Doton: Doryū Jōheki) - Earth Release: Earth Flow Rampart
Rank: B
Type: Defence/Supplementary
Range: Short/Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: N/A
Description: By performing the Tiger hand seal the user then makes a gigantic rampart rise up beneath the user's feet, by shaping the ground and increasing the amount of earth with chakra. Depending on what the user imagines, the shape of the rampart can be anything from level ground to a steep, needle-like mountain. If the user increases the volume of earth too much, he can be forced to keep his chakra consumption down. The user can combine this jutsu with Water Style: Waterfall Basin Technique to create a waterfall.
How to use this Jutsu? Doesn’t seem to have much use for it in battle besides to create waterfalls.
How to defend against this Jutsu? No defense as it isn’t an attack.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? Not versatile what so ever.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can’t do much in battle.
(Doton: Doryō Dango) - Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dumping
Rank: B
Type: Offense
Range: Short/Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: 40
Description: The user with chakra work and superhuman strength, lifts up the very surface of the Earth. The lump of earth is gigantic and, the destructive power is obvious, but even just the visual impact can be enough to make enemies lose their fighting spirits and run away. The ball of earth is then hurled it at his opponent, flattening everything in its path.
How to use this Jutsu? Can be used to crush many people or crate a crater for a water source.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Destroy it with lightning or evade it with speed or go underground.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can crush one or many people or change the terrain.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It is slow and takes a lot of chakra work.
(Doton: Doryuheki) - Earth Release: Earth Style Wall Jutsu
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user will first perform the Tiger → Hare → Boar → Dog and then creates a solid wall of earth as a form of defence. Chakra is either converted to earth within the body and then spat out to form the wall or the user can manipulate pre-existing earth to form the wall. The earth then instantly rises up and takes form. The barrier itself is also coated with chakra, making its strength incomparable to that of a normal mud wall. Because of the earth's special characteristics, the wall is highly resistant against, for instance, fire and water. Hizuren Sarutobi spits mud from his mouth to perform the jutsu whilst Kakashi creates a wall composed of bulldog sculptures to box-in Pain.
How to use this Jutsu? Is a stronger wall to protect the user.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Not an attack so it has no real way to defend against it, juts destroy it with lightning.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can defend against many Jutsu attack.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? Can be easily destroyed with Lightning.
(Doton: Iwagakure no Jutsu) - Earth Release: Hiding in Rock Technique
Rank: B
Type: Defence/Supplementary
Range: Long
Chakra Cost: 30
Damage Points: N/A
Description: This is a technique that allows its user to blend into rocks and then move in and out of other rocks undetected.
Note: Can only blend through on B rank and below Earth Techniques
How to use this Jutsu? Just merge with rocks or jutsus to avoid them.
How to defend against this Jutsu? No defense as it isn’t an attack, destroy rock enemy is in.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? Can be used to avoid a lot of jutsus or go into surroundings.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? Can only be done with B-rank and below Earth techniques.
(Doton: Doryūsō) - Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears
Rank: B
Type: Offense
Range: Short/Mid
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: 40
Description: The user first performs the Bird hand seal and the user condenses mud or stone, from the ground, and shape them into spikes that will protrude from the ground in order to skewer the target. The spikes cannot penetrate targets of greater density.
How to use this Jutsu? To destroy walls of lesser density or to skewer the target.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Use a jutsu with more density.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? Can be used as attack, defense or distraction.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? Can not go through target of greater density.
(Doton: Iwayado Kuzushi) - Earth Style: Rock Lodging Destruction
Rank: B
Type: Offense
Range: Short/Long
Chakra Cost: 20
Damage Points: 40
Description: The user performs the required hand seals Tiger → Rat → Snake and they then causes a cave-in by destroying the equilibrium that holds the cave together. Just removing a single vital stone throws off the balance of the cave, making it unexpectedly fragile and causing a domino effect that destroys the entire cave. The shinobi from Iwagakure use this technique in their pride tactic, luring several enemies into a cave to kill them all at once.
How to use this Jutsu? Cause a cave-in inside a cave.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Go underground or escape the cave before it caves in.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? Not very versatile as most battles are not in caves.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? Most battles are not in caves.
(Doton: Yōdo Ranfunka no Jutsu) - Earth Release: Molten Earth Wild Eruption Technique
Rank: B
Type: Offensive
Range: Short - Mid
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: 40
Description: The user will send chunks of rock at the opponent and then using a fire style technique and cause them to explode on contact with the enemy
How to use this Jutsu? Is a good close-mid range combo technique.
How to defend against this Jutsu? Use a water technique that is A rank to block it.
What makes this Jutsu versatile in battle? It can be used as good attack and can attack many enemies at once.
What restricts this Jutsu’s usage in battle? It can be dodged by going into ground or destroying the rocks with lightning.
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