[Doton] Playing with rocks with Mephistopheles

[Drackos]

Definitely an ability I could see being useful as a distraction. In a battle I'm currently in if I had this jutsu I would use it after a smoke bomb to further distract my opponent from the true attack, which was me concealed as a kunai. I will be sure to use it to taunt anyone I encounter though .

 

[Nathan]

Let's see you perform it.

 

[Drackos]

Let's see you perform it.

Of course. My apologies if I was supposed to in my previous post. I'll also include the move I was referring to, just to show you what I meant and get your opinion on it .

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Toguro begins concentrating his chakra and molding it into its earthen element. It brings back the same strong, warm feeling like before when he first channeled his chakra into the piece of paper.

"Doton: Iwa Rendan"

Rank: D
Type: Offensive
Range: Short – Mid
Chakra cost: 10
Damage points: 20
Description: The user will concentrate their chakra into their arm and then release their chakra creating a ring of rocks that are then flung at the opponent.

After releasing his chakra, a ring of multiple rocks formed around his arm. He launched them forward.

With respective to the move I made sensei my idea was to throw down a smoke bomb at my feet, concealing my location. To further distract my opponent I would use Iwa Rendan, leading them to believe that my opening attack would be the earth itself. However quickly after launching the attack I would create a clone and then transform myself into a kunai. I would then have my clone charge out at my opponent while Iwa Rendan was nearing them. I would have my clone throw the kunai to his side and then I would undo my transformation once the transformed kunai reached short range right next to him on either the left or right. After this I would withdraw another kunai and finish him off while he was still distracted with Iwa Rendan.

 

[Nathan]

Good work man.

There is one D-rank left, but I need to teach you a C-rank for you to use it.

With that, I would like you to use list some advantages and disadvantages with the performance of the techniques if you please.

(Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu) – Earth Release: Hiding like a mole technique
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Range: Long
Chakra cost: 15
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user changes earth into fine sand by channeling chakra into it, allowing the user to dig through it like a mole. While underground one can sense what is happening on the surface and use the information to launch a surprise attack on the enemy. Once can also hide deep in the ground, escaping to a depth where the enemy cant reach. It also appears that after digging, the ground can be returned to its original state, leaving no trace of where the user entered the earth. While inside the earth, the user cannot make handseals and can only use Earth techniques below C-Rank. If he tries to do a higher ranked technique, he'll disrupt the Hiding like a mole technique and be left crushed.

Fairly simple technique and a good technique to escape techniques, use your doton chakra and channel it below you into the earth, doing that will change the earth into a fine sand, which allows you to slip into the earth. Only downside with this technique is you cannot use techniques that require hand seals, but you can use earth techniques that require no seals, and are C-rank and below.

You cannot use any other elements while underground. Otherwise the earth above you will collapse and kill you.

 

[Drackos]

Of course sensei .

I'll start with advantages and disadvantages. As you said this jutsu can be used as a good escape to evade attacks, whether they are large or small in scale as long as they don't go underground themselves. The jutsu can also be used as a surprise attack. If you use a diversion, such as a flash bomb, smoke bomb, and a clone, you can sneak away and the enemy will have no idea what happened. The D-rank technique will allow you to come up and attack them. Another great feature of this technique is that you can sense the surface of the ground while below meaning you don't actually have to be a sensory type to know where your enemy or enemies are. This allows you to make very precise surprise attacks so you don't have to guess where they are. One last advantage is that this technique is very chakra efficient costing a mere 15 chakra.

The clear disadvantages are listed above: no other elements while underground other than earth and you can't use earth jutsu above C-rank or those that require hand seals. Despite this disadvantage however a well placed surprise attack will compensate for this. You need to use this technique to surprise your opponent and as such you cannot allow him to see you sink under the ground. If so he may use Swamp of the Underworld to kill you as you cannot burrow through a liquid - especially one such as that.

One major disadvantage (I may be wrong about this one) is that chakra sensors and byakugan users will be able to sense/see you under the earth (respectively with their abilities). Byakugan users can see through objects and can use their telescopic sight to see where you are under the earth - removing the element of surprise which is so key to this technique. Sharingan and Rinnegan users cannot see under the earth however they can see the chakra you use for this jutsu through a smoke bomb. So another way to compensate for this would be to use "Hiding in mist" to disable their sight. Chakra sensors will be able to sense you when you mold chakra for the technique itself or D/C-ranked doton jutsu while under them.

Jugram focuses his chakra at his feet. Suddenly, and very quickly, the ground below him turns to sand allowing him to slip under it. Once under the earth above him which had turned into sand turns back into rock. This would have allowed him to hide himself perfectly if he had used a distraction in conjunction with the technique. While below he could clearly sense his sensei's position on the surface of the earth.

 

[Nathan]

That was amazing. O_O

How would you counter it; or more so how would you detect they are now underground.

 

[Drackos]

Well. The Byakugan is the simplest answer to that. However since I do not have access to this dojutsu I will be unable to do that. Soon I will awaken my Sharingan. If the enemy hasn't blocked my sight through hiding in mist or techniques similar to that then I will be able to see their chakra slip into the ground, alerting me to their new locations. If I'm a sensory type I will be able to do the same.

To detect them without the use of dojutsu can vary in difficulty. If they don't bother to conceal their actions then I'll know in plain sight that they have hidden themselves underground. I can also deduce easily that they have used this jutsu as there are very few jutsu that allow the user to disappear. The only ones I can actually think of off the top of my head are Muu's invisibility and hiding with camouflage. So actually knowing this makes sense and would be a logical conclusion to come to. You could also simply blow up the earth as well using explosives, raiton, Swamp of the Underworld, or any other jutsu that describes that level of destructive power.

Sorry if some of these don't appear as very concrete answers. This is all I could think of for this one .

 

[Nathan]

Well done.

(Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu) - Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 10
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user, emerging from the ground below the target area, pulls down the opponent so that only their head is above ground. Unable to move, the opponent can easily be decapitated or tortured.
Note: user must already be underground through the use of (Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu) – Earth Release: Hiding like a mole technique

This is the D-rank. That you have to be underground to even think of using. It's simple, can be pretty good. If you manage to pull it off.

 

[Drackos]

Jugram emerges from the ground in order to hear his sensei's explanation. He then once again focuses his chakra in his feet and turns the ground below him into sand, slipping into it. The sand above him turns back into rock. Immediately after he uses Double Suicide Decapitation to pull his sensei's clone into the earth below him, leaving only its head. Jugram emerges once again and pokes the clone in the head

This definitely has potential to make for deadly combinations. The advantage to this is that if pulled off the opponent will be stuck in the ground and pretty much be unable to attack you and weave hand seals. However one has to be careful as they can still use abilities that don't require hand seals since this technique doesn't in any form stop their ability to mold and shape their chakra. Of course like its prerequisite jutsu any dojutsu user will be able to see this. The Byakugan can clearly pierce through the earth while the Sharingan and Rinnegan can see the chakra being molded and shaped. Sensors will also be able to tell that you are coming up. And the Rain Tiger at Will technique will be able to immediately perceive your location when you break through the surface giving your opponent a split second to defend themselves.

 

[Nathan]

Awesome moving on now!

(Doton: Ganban Kyu) - Earth Release: Bedrock Coffin
Rank: C
Type: Offense
Range: Mid/Long
Chakra Cost: 15
Damage Points: 30
Description: After performing the Rat hand seal, the user to control multiple sections of rock and move them around their opponent. The user then forms two gigantic sections that crush the opponent.

Simple enough, perform the seal. Send your chakra into the ground to take control of some rocks, then by using your chakra again merge the rocks together that form two large sections of rock, that you will crush my clone with it.

 

[Drackos]

Jugram weaves the Rat hand seal and sends his doton chakra into the earth below him. Using this he caused stones and earth to rise from the ground on both sides of his sensei's clone causing to slabs of earth to appear. Both slabs were on the left and right of the clone. With his will he released the slabs and had them slam into the clone crushing it and causing it to instantly disperse.

Well to begin with this technique is create for attacking from multiple angles. By covering the opponent's sides you only leave him or her with the choice to go up, down, forward or backward. And of course you can stop them from going forward with a simple throw of a kunai. You can also stop them from going backward with the same attack however you would want to describe it as lobbing the kunai overhead so as to fall down on them directly behind them if they were to move in that direction. That way you can easily force an opponent to go down and follow up with Swamp of the Underworld or another jutsu that can pull someone out from underground or kill them while they are under.

There is a simple downside to the technique. This is that the opponent can escape with a higher ranked raiton which a lot of raitons are released from the hand making them very quick. Additionally this jutsu requires you to have your full concentration on the forming of the slabs and the usage of them. So unless you have a clone you can't really do anything else.

I definitely like this technique for being able to block opponents' routes of escape and attacking them from multiple angles. It is a good way for an opponent to feel pressured especially if they have a lot of limited use techniques that you want to force them to use (such as Obito's Phasing).

 

[Nathan]

O_O - Nothing more can be said, well done!

(Doton: Ganchūsō) - Earth Release: Stone Spikes
Rank: C
Type: Attack
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 15
Damage Points: 30
Description: This technique lets the user create a few rock pillars that will protrude from the ground to skew the target. The rock pillars will even pass through obstacles to reach their target if these are less dense. The pillars/spikes can be done in any earthen surface, including other earth techniques of the user.

Now this technique is a winner. With this one you are able to create pillars of earth anywhere on the field up to mild range, good thing about this you don't even have to move. You can stand still, all you need to do is send your earth chakra into the ground and decide on a location.

 

[Drackos]

Seeing as his sensei had made no new clones Jugram decided to focus his earth chakra into the ground and cause the stone spikes to burst out from the slabs of rock he had made earlier to disperse his sensei's clone. He molded physical and spiritual energy together in his body and created his raw chakra. With it he hardened the chakra through nature transformation to create doton chakra. He focused the chakra into the ground and decided on the slabs as his location. Soon enough pillars protruded from the slab. If a clone had been there it would have immediately dispersed it.

Well this technique is certainly versatile. First off for advantages. As you said it is pretty much just by thinking about it that you are able to use this technique. You don't need to move or weave hand signs. The advantage to this is not only is it fast but it gives no warning time for the opponent. The opponent will only be aware that something is about to happen if they have a dojutsu or sensing powers. Another advantage is that the technique can be used anywhere as you said up to mid range. This means that it can come from beneath their feet or from a wall next to them. It can happen anywhere. Another great advantage is that since this technique is so fast you will be able to follow up with another jutsu unlike streaming techniques.

The disadvantage is that the technique is still a physical entity. So something like Rain Tiger at Will will be able to sense the technique protruding from the ground to impale the target. Rain Tiger at Will is a pretty low level suiton jutsu so a lot of opponents will be able to use that. However this can be compensated for by making it so the opponent has no where else to go to defend against this jutsu. Another disadvantage is that since the technique is low ranked an opponent can easily disperse their raiton chakra into the ground to prevent the technique from pushing through. They would have to be aware of this though.

To use this in battle I would attempt to corner my opponent against something. For example an earth wall. Using that earth wall as a medium I could have the spikes burst out and attempt to impale their back. If an opponent does manage to counter this I could follow up with a strong fuuton if they use a raiton to stop the spikes. I can also use this move to manipulate where my opponent will be moving to. I can't control their movements specifically but I can manipulate them to increase my ability to predict their next action.

 

[Nathan]

>_> Stop doing so well!

(Doton: Yochi no Douyou) - Earth Release: World Shaking
Rank: C
Type: Offensive
Range: Short - Mid
Chakra cost: 15
Damage points: N/A
Description: The user will concentrate and release their chakra into the ground to create a small tremer that can result in making the enemies lose their footing and fall to ground or miss the aim of a given technique.

Send your chakra into the earth to cause a small shake to the ground, making your target/s loose balance for a short time.

 

[Drackos]

@________@

First I'll mold spiritual and physical energy together to create raw chakra. Then I'll harden it with nature transformation to create doton chakra. So for this technique I send my doton chakra into the earth below you. With this done the earth will begin to shake and knock you off balance.

So for advantages of this technique. Well the most basic advantage is that it throws them off balance if it connects. Now that is extremely helpful in any scenario. It will delay your opponent's reaction time, confuse them/distract them, hurt their aim, etc. So this can allow for a number of actions to be taken. You can quickly follow up with a raiton to hit them while they are distracted/off balance. You could even use the previous Earth Spike jutsu to use spikes to impale them while they are off balance. Basically the potential combinations with this are almost limitless.

So for disadvantages. Sharingan/Rinnegan/high ranked byakugan users can see the technique gathering chakra below them allowing them time to move away. This can make it almost useless against them. Additionally one could just use a suiton or a fuuton to push themselves off the ground to regain their composure and shortly after balance. Or one could simply channel their raiton chakra into the earth below to stop the quake.

The combinations as I said above are almost limitless. Any jutsu that throws someone off balance can have huge advantages and can create many openings ranging from elemental ninjutsu to freeform to advanced/special techniques.

 

[Nathan]

(Doton: Dorosandan) – Earth Release: Mudshot
Rank: C
Type: Offensive
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 15
Damage points: 10
Description: The user spits a thick globule of mud at the target. If aimed correctly, it can blind the target's vision and choke them. It can also be used to create a sticky patch on the ground.

Gather your earth chakra in your mouth, then release it as a globule of mud, can be used to weigh down kunai with explosion tags on it, or the other ways the technique explains.

 

[Drackos]

Jugram molds his spiritual and physical energies together yet again and forms raw chakra. With this raw chakra he applies nature transformation to create doton chakra. Then he applies further nature transformation (its nature transformation that I think changes the release type of an element? Sorry if I'm wrong about that xD) to create mud from the earth chakra which he expels from his mouth as a globule of mud aimed straight at the clone's mouth. The mud strikes the clone in the mouth and chokes it causing it to disperse.

So on the surface this technique doesn't seem like much. However it does have some cool uses. First I'll start with advantages. So some simple and obvious advantages. The technique doesn't require hand seals so it is a simple shot from the mouth. Since it is in mud form it'll move faster than solid earth but slower than wind/fire/lightning. So this technique makes for a good quick attack at an opponent whether they are charging right at you or not. The technique itself is a projectile so once it is released it isn't connected with your body anymore. This has advantages and disadvantages tied to it so it works both ways. And of course you can choke your opponent with it if it connects with their mouth which causes a whole bunch of problems for them. The cool part about that is they can't just say "I close my mouth" or something along those lines. They have to counter with a jutsu so it forces them to use one of their three jutsu (assuming you don't use this as a second or third jutsu in which case they probably will interrupt it). Finally as the jutsu says you can use it to somewhat control where your opponent moves by creating sticky patches on the ground. However one shouldn't confuse this with something like on the level of Swamp of the Underworld that traps you if you stay in it. An opponent won't have a horribly hard time escaping this patch. And finally, you can use it to blind them by hitting their eyes. Which is always helpful in any scenario. It would make for a good attack against a sharingan user and a rinnegan user as they can't see through the mud. Byakugan users can see through the mud but one can easily freeform with the technique and say that the mud simply irritates their eyes. The byakugan gives the ability to see through objects but it doesn't protect the eyes from regular irritation due to mud and other particles.

So for disadvantages. Just using this for its raw damage won't really do much. Its mud. Not rocks or something sharp. So if you shoot it at an opponent's arm and expect the arm to break it won't really happen. So it is important to combine this technique with other techniques. However that disadvantage is also compensated through the choking and sticky effect. The technique would be pretty easy to counter if fired from afar at an opponent as it is just a single globule of mud. So an opponent just would need to spend a jutsu on it and since it is low ranked the jutsu itself can be countered with a high rank offensive jutsu that will just destroy it or absorb it. This basically means that not only can an opponent counter it with one move but they can also continue on the offensive. It is almost like them having four moves in their turn (apologies if that didn't make sense).

So for combinations. The first and most obvious one is to use some jutsu to bind or distract my opponent and then choke them with the mud. A direct shot wouldn't work all too well since it is pretty easy to counter against. My second combination would be with a katon. I could use a clone (or use myself after I release the mudshot) and combine it with a simple katon to ignite the balls of mud and send them at my opponent. Now this changes the technique a bit. So mud and fire work pretty well together. This will create flaming mud bullets basically. It changes it so the mud can't simply be tanked on the body because...well its still fire. Even D-rank fire can burn an opponent and cause them some pretty bad damage because no matter what it is still fire in nature. So this gives the fire some blunt force power (albeit still not enough to break bones or solid matter).

 

[Nathan]

God dammit, you! @_@ Trying to give me a stroke? xD

(Doton: Iwa Yado Kuzushi) - Earth Release: Stone Lodging Destruction
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Long
Chakra cost: 15
Damage Points: N/A (up to 60)
Descripton: The user will do one hand seal and cause nearby earth structures (either natural occurring ones on the field (such as cave ceilings, cliffs, etc), man made (buildings, etc) or jutsu made (up to C-Rank active structures)) to collapse and fall. This technique allows the ninja to control nearby stone and rock and dislodge any vulnerable or sensitive spots, causing the structure to collapse. This can be especially useful if in a cave or a stone lodging. The technique can loosen the rocks and cause them to come raining down on whomever is trapped inside. The damage depends on the size of the cavern or rock lodging above or nearby the target and not on the amount of chakra used which doesn't need to be high. A large cave with a thick ceiling can easily do the physical damage equivalent to an A-Rank technique but due to the damage not being focused or chakra fueled, its also easily defendable.

I will let you explain this one to me.

 

[Drackos]

So I'll pretend like I'm in a cavern. Jugram forms a single hand seal above his sensei's clone and causes a massive thick slab of earth in the cave ceiling above the clone to dislodge and fall onto the clone. The ceiling is huge in thickness and instantly crushes the clone as it comes crashing down.

So its an interesting technique that has a lot of freeform potential. First off you can use this on active earth jutsu C-rank and below which is cool. This technique can neutralize a lot of earth jutsu that are above you (from the wording it doesn't seem like it can work on things below you). Additionally you can use it on regular terrain such as caverns or man made buildings and such. So with buildings and what not since they aren't chakra infused it is easily countered however as the technique says the damage can reach up to A-rank. So a large slab of earth or a building can easily cause lethal damage. So when countering this jutsu you have to pay close attention to the size and shape of the amount of earth manipulated so you yourself aren't crushed because you didn't use a large enough defense. This can be done the other way around as well. To use a large amount of earth to manipulate what jutsu the opponent is going to use to defend themselves.

So that leads me into my next point about this technique. While the damage potential is very high the jutsu also makes a good manipulation technique to almost control what jutsu the opponent can use to block it and protect themselves. This gives an advantage in battle so you can prepare your next attack. If you dislodge a huge amount of earth logically the opponent will want to use a large scale raiton to destroy the earth to protect themselves. However this leaves them open to wind techniques (especially if you are standing opposite of them and the earth is coming from above). Wind may not be as fast as lightning but it has the elemental advantage. You may be able to even use a raiton of them if the earth is coming from above because they will have to look upward to use it. So they aren't even focused on you at all anymore. Basically the technique allows for a ton of freeform in terms of size of the earth, shape, and direction that it is going to land on them (above, behind them at an angle that drops from above, etc).

Sorry this isn't as much of a wallie as promised ;_;.

 

[Nathan]

Better then me. :|

(Doton: Doryū Taiga) - Earth Release: Earth Flow River
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 15
Damage Points: N/A
Description: After forming the needed hand seal (Tiger), the user transforms the ground underneath their opponent into a river of mud that throws them off balance and carries them away from the user. The mud created by this technique can also be used as a medium for the Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet technique.

So perform the seal, then send your doton chakra into the ground below my clone into a river of mud to throw their balance off and also carries them away from you.