( Yoton: Byako ) - Yang Release: White Tiger
Type: Supplementary
Rank: S-Rank
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 70 (-40 per turn)
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user gathers Yang energy into his arms and hands, creating pseudo sentient white tiger heads. Due to the Yang energy, the arms become incredibly hot, causing steam emanate from them. The tiger heads roar when the user attacks and releases the dense steam as a result. In spite of the menacing appearance of the tigers, the strikes do not cause bone crushing or outwardly physical harm. Each strike onto the target causes a massive release of yang chakra into the body, which causes an imbalance of Yang energy. The imbalance results in the target's inability to mold chakra sufficiently for techniques. A single strike from this technique is all that is required to imbalance one's chakra. Targets afflicted by this imbalance become incapable of using techniques unless they spend 3x the amount chakra ordinarily required. However, excessive amounts of chakra from this technique (one turn of contact or a total of 4 completed strikes) results in a more degrading consequence. The incoming chakra becomes so great that it literally begins to burn away the victim's Yin Release chakra in order to make room until the ratio of Yin is at its minimum level required for the victim to remain alive. This reduces the victim's chakra pool by 50% as well as cause their body such tremendous physical pain due to the excess physical energy in their body. Their muscles begin to tear resulting in their movement speed being reduced by 1/4th. Other Yang Release users and Yin-Yang users are capable of controlling the excess amounts of Yang release energy due to their training and thus, will not lose any speed and will only lose 25% of their chakra. Senjutsu surges of equivalent chakra or infusions of those ranks will negate the side effects of this Jutsu, allowing it to be ended prematurely. Should two or more strikes land, the amount of chakra needed to break it will increase likewise, requiring 20 more chakr.
Note: One strike prevents the use of techniques S-rank and above and requires 3x the normal cost for techniques A-rank and below. Yin-Yang Release users can use S-rank at 3x the cost due to their elevated control. The use of Yin Release and genjutsu above A-rank becomes impossible after 2 strikes. All matter of genjutsu becomes unusable after 4 strikes.
Note: The technique ends when the user calls for it or after they've made 4 successive strikes, whichever comes first. While the jutsu is active, the user cannot use Yin Release or non-elemental ninjutsu.
Note: Usable twice per battle and with a 4 turn cool down.
Sorry for the delayed response.
This technique seems quite interesting, but if I'm being honest, it seems kind of unlikely to have a huge amount of success in taking effect in most situations I can think of. Right out of the gate, the technique describes itself as the "pseudo sentient white tiger heads roaring when the user attacks," which is about as helpful in making a successful attack as the stereotypical anime move of shouting from behind when attacking someone. But while that seems like a nitpicky issue, we move on to discover it causes no physical harm, and instead is only intended to disrupt and cause imbalance in the target's chakra system, or more specifically the balance between their Yin and Yang energies, which at face value, if multiple successful hits are made, reduces their capacity to mold chakra above certain ranks so many times, cuts their chakra pool in half and reduces their movement speed by a quarter. All well and good, up until a lot of those drawbacks are immediately circumvented either entirely or by majority the moment you introduce the fact that the other person has Yang Release, if not Yin-Yang release, which is by and large a majority of the current base. If not subverting them through having Yang or Yin-Yang, then they can completely negate them with Senjutsu surges. So either have Yang or Sage Mode; both of which are wildly prominent in a large swath of the current playerbase.
Then, just to circle back around, the need for the strikes to land for this to have any effect. This is sound reasoning considering the concept of the technique itself, but ultimately most people struggle to land even a single CQC hit without blatant damage superiority to win the encounter, but even then obviously most people are going to avoid contact even once; least of all multiple times for the full potential of this technique to occur. Then on top of which, the user is locked out of Yin Release and non-elemental Ninjutsu completely while this is active, similar to Power of the Sun, so you're even limited in your arsenal of potential combinations you might be able to make in order to help increase your chances of successfully hitting your target.
I have no doubt that it is just simply my lack of experience in fights that I can't adequately imagine how to use this effectively, so if you know of how to do so, I'd very much like to hear about it. Because in summary, this just seems like a very flashy technique that comes prebuilt with a lot of easy counters and ways to negate it.
Well as I had already described, I'm not all too sure how to go about utilizing this in an effective way, but if I were to try and imagine some scenarios based on my limited understanding, it would be that pairing this ability with just about any technique/fighting style that is known for delivering multiple strikes in rapid succession would be incredibly effective, as each individual strike, regardless if it comes from a single technique, can count toward the efficacy of this ability. Nowhere in this technique does it detail that the CQC attacks that are delivered as a result of this ability must come from freeform or basic taijutsu attacks, only that the strikes from the tiger heads do not exhibit direct physical harm or bone-breaking capability, and that the user while this technique is active cannot utilize Yin Release or non-elemental ninjutsu. As an example toward this idea, if I'm not mistaken, Gentle Fist is classified as a fighting style (or a form of Taijutsu) and not necessarily Ninjutsu, so I believe it wouldn't be impeded by the "non-elemental ninjutsu" stipulation of this technique. With that in mind, given how Gentle Fist techniques by and large generally deal with multi-strike attacks bundled into a single technique usage, it would allow for numerous strikes to be delivered in an effective manner that supersedes most ordinary taijutsu. Even if Gentle Fist does classify as a Ninjutsu though, the train of thought still stands, just the example used isn't necessarily accurate.
As a separate thought, I'm not entirely sure what it means by "pseudo-sentient" when referring to the makeup of the white tiger heads. It doesn't bother to go into further detail of what that entails, which makes me feel like it is either a pointless descriptive, or it has an unbeknownst function, assuming that "pseudo-sentient" can somehow be defined as a broader application to techniques that can be referred to for functioning purposes. To assume they have any form of sentience would imply they are capable of feeling and sensation through perception, or in a more "spiritualistic" sense, have fundamental self-awareness beyond simple inanimacy, which might suggest that they could act as an extension of the user's situational awareness, possibly allowing for a means of perceiving beyond Genjutsu ensnarement on the user through the tiger heads being capable of relaying sensation information to the user that the user might be experiencing differently, maybe aiding in the explanation process toward breaking out of Genjutsu? But I feel like that's a huge leap of faith that, once again, isn't grounded in the description of the technique at all and likely has no such capability.
Pseudo sentient implies that once created they sustain themselves while draining chakra from you. This allows you to perform other techniques. Not only that, but if you hit yourself with them in some weird way you could argue that they wont hurt you knowing you are the creator.
Tbh, this technique seems most fitted to taijutsu specialists. It's something that really enhances your physical strikes to really weaken your opponent. Now you mention the ways to counter it, I think you're being short sighted there. Just because they can counter with those methods, it means they need to factor that into their counter. They have to base their move around actually undoing the damage you've done.
Factor in the fact you've managed to land this blow, you're up close and clearly applying pressure. You're in close range, delivering taijutsu strikes, which are faster than ninjutsu. At this point you're in control and just limiting them in the process. Not every Yang technique is a "one size fits all" style, same with Yin. You just need to understand where the uses lie.
This is honestly where bio choices matter, be it builds or AP. But I know you're a SB, the fact you can teleport behind someone to try and land this says it all. It can also serve as a nice basis for a lot of customs. I made some myself.
Yes, you can still use gentle fist with this technique active.
They can't be put in genjutsu, they don't have a chakra system etc to affect