Alrighty. What's the difference between water and rain? Discuss this.
Well Wind basically said it, Also, Water can be created without any water source sometimes, but with Rain i believe you would need pre-existing clouds, or to make your own clouds first. But yea, Wind basically got what i was going to say lolWell I guess I will talk about it in terms of the Narutoverse and real life.
Real Life: Well Rain is Water, it is just the process of water in clouds changing from the gas state to liquid state which is called condensation and makes droplets of water that we call rain. So technically Rain is Water but Water is not always Rain. Oh and of course water is just H2O or 2 Hydrogen atoms attached to one Oxygen atom.
Narutoverse: The Water Element is either the creation of Water using Chakra or the manipulation of Water using Chakra. Rain is performed by either manipulating clouds or creating them and causing them to condensate and rain which allows the user to infuse their Chakra into the droplets and then freely manipulate the droplets of water called Rain.
That is all I can think of. I hope it is enough.
Right. The earth element is, as its name implies, usually restricted to the ground. Very few earth-element techniques protect their user from above. Rain, on the other hand, almost always attacks from above.Well just like any other element or type of technique that is weak to multiple elements, you must pick and choose the timing. You must work your opponent and force them into situations where Wind and Earth is not optimal so that in that moment you can use your Rain. If you do this, they will have a difficult time being able to counter the Rain because you have forced him into a situation where Earth and Wind are bad choices to make to counter the rest of your move and will either put him at a disadvantage because he used Earth/Wind to counter your rain and allowed the rest of your move to take advantage of that, or he used other Jutsu to counter the rest of your move and allowed you to setup rain which gives you a lot of control over the fight.
Right, you got the point: rain's water. Rain comes from the clouds. Rain is limited because you need clouds with rain to use it. You can't even use your opponent's rain, because if he's used the Rain Tiger at Will technique, the rain has his chakra in it.
If you're aiming to become 'Rain Masters'; take my advice and find some way to get clouds and rain on the field quickly and permanently.
Now, besides being weak to Earth, like normal Water, Rain has the extra handicap of being weak to Wind, too.
That doesn't sound like much of a badass element, does it? How are you guys going to use it?
Well just like any other element or type of technique that is weak to multiple elements, you must pick and choose the timing. You must work your opponent and force them into situations where Wind and Earth is not optimal so that in that moment you can use your Rain. If you do this, they will have a difficult time being able to counter the Rain because you have forced him into a situation where Earth and Wind are bad choices to make to counter the rest of your move and will either put him at a disadvantage because he used Earth/Wind to counter your rain and allowed the rest of your move to take advantage of that, or he used other Jutsu to counter the rest of your move and allowed you to setup rain which gives you a lot of control over the fight.
Sorry, i don't usually reply to my own trainings w/o replying to my students, but since this is joint i guess i have to lolRight. The earth element is, as its name implies, usually restricted to the ground. Very few earth-element techniques protect their user from above. Rain, on the other hand, almost always attacks from above.
What's more: an attack from above means that unless your opponent is really crafty, the technique that destroys your rain technique won't continue towards you. These facts establishes rain as an exceptional distraction-element.
Now, tell me how you'd provide yourself with a constant source of rain. Find rain techniques that'd help and tell me in which environments rain's almost impossible to use.
Until I use a seal to cancel it or someone uses the technique, Stop Rain, or a Suna Ninja uses the village CJ to stop the rain then, or the clouds are blown away, it will continue to rain on the battlefield.(Suiton: Ukojizai no Jutsu) - Water Style: Rain Tiger at Will Technique
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Long
Chakra cost: 15
Damage Points: N/A
Description: A perception ninjutsu, allowing one to freely manipulate rain infused with the user's own chakra after waving the Bird → Rat → Ox → Monkey → Rat → Snake hand seals. The rain falls from rain clouds, formed with the users own chakra. During this technique, the falling raindrops are closely linked to the users senses. When the rain is obstructed by a chakra belonging to someone the existence of the target can be detected. The rain will keep on falling until the user uses the seal to cancel it.
This is another helpful technique when you have a water source around to replenish the clouds and help them continue to rain.(Suiton: Kouu no Fukkou) - Water Style: Rain's Renaissance
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 30
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user slams his hand on the ground and sends a large wave of chakra into the ground. This wave of chakra causes all small, nearby sources of water to fly back into the clouds to replenish them. This has little effect on natural storms but on artificial ones it can be used multiple times to lengthen it almost indefinitely.
This technique that I know already also is used to create Rain though it is for a very short period of time.(Suiton: Uramiame no Jutsu) - Water Release: Grudge Rain Technique
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Range: Long
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: N/A (-15 per turn the target remains in the water)
Description: The user will first perform Dog hand seal and then the user create a large storm cloud, which in turn produces rain. The large amount of rain then turns into a large wave of water and sweeps the enemy off their feet. While the targets are trapped in the water, their chakra will slowly be drained away. Chakra draining properties last for two turns.
This is also another way to create rain though it is not normal rain.(Ensan no Kouu) - Acid Rain
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary/Attack
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 40(-5 per turn to keep active)
Damage Points: -10 each turn or as long as the user has this jutsu in effect
Description: A powerful ninjutsu that laces the clouds with a large amount of poison elemental chakra to change the structure of the rain. The end result is a storm that does not rain water, but instead rains a powerful acid that can eat through most materials. Unfortunately, skin is not one of those materials. Instead of instantly eating through, it causes skin to instantly blister and slowly dissolve in a most painful way.
(Suiton: Kouu no Fukkou) - Water Style: Rain's Renaissance
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 30
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user slams his hand on the ground and sends a large wave of chakra into the ground. This wave of chakra causes all small, nearby sources of water to fly back into the clouds to replenish them. This has little effect on natural storms but on artificial ones it can be used multiple times to lengthen it almost indefinitely.
I do not see any S-Rank techniques that would help keep the battlefield rainy, the only one that would keep the battlefield continuously rainy would be this A-Rank technique.
Come now, children. If all I need to do to remove your chances of using rain is use a big wind technique to blow the clouds away; what do you need to do to keep the clouds on the fields?I think the black rain jutsu
(Kuro Ame no Jutsu) - Dark Rain Technique
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 40(-5 each turn after 3 turns have passed)
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user forms the necessary handseals and the all the rain drops in the area becomes pitch black, they can be felt pouring down but would not be seen, and they would still be transparent. This is a very strong technique because as soon as this is done every technique the user create using this will be pitch black and the enemy will not see them coming
As the rain keeps pouring, it'll turn to black rain, which will allow the rain to keep pouring.
meh idk, this is just a guess lol
This technique seems as though if someone tries to get rid of the rain, you could temporarily store a large amount in these spears so that somewhat helps.(Rasen Yari no Kirinonai Kouu) - Endless Rain of the Spiral Spears
Rank: S
Type: Attack
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 40
Damage Points: 80
Description: An advanced form of the Rain Spear that uses chakra to condense a large amount of rain water into one place to form spears of water in the clouds. The spears can at any time be called down to strike an opponent with only one hand-seal. Unlike its predecessor, these spears are made of constantly moving water that can actually cut an opponent. They also move in a corkscrew pattern that can be slightly manipulated. By widening or sharpening the turns, you can change where the spear will hit mid-technique. The water will stay in the form of spears for a short amount of time (2 turns). Any spears that are not used by that time it will fall uselessly as rain.
This, you can use so if they try to blow away the clouds, you bring down the clouds around you and the opponent instead of in the air.(Kadou Boufuu no Jutsu) - Vortex Storm Technique
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 40
Damage Points: 80
Description: A powerful high level jutsu that uses a great deal of chakra to pull down the storm clouds from the sky and place them around the user and enemy. The chakra that pulled down the clouds keeps them moving at high speeds so that neither the user nor enemy can escape. This jutsu in effect doubles the damage done by rain jutsu attacks and makes them more difficult to dodge. When this technique is used, the rain that comes from the clouds falls sideways, down, up, and near every direction, keeping enemies off balance.
And this one also has the same effect as the last one but on a smaller scale.(Boufuu Kumo Kaigara) - Storm Cloud Shell
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra cost: 40
Damage Points: N/A
Description: A powerful technique that draws down a small portion of rain clouds and places them over the user like a full body shell. The clouds continue to produce rain, which allow the user to send out rain jutsu like the Rain spear from their body. This shell also defends against lightening jutsu, cutting their damage in half.