Why Mei > Gaara with facts inside

[Unbiased]

Gaara is the strongest sand manipulator arguably in the series. He has shown that in a desert, it is nearly impossible for you to have the edge against him. However Mei is one of those people, that would be able to beat gaara in a fight.

Before I proceed, I would like to explain some mechanics of sand. Sand is capable of turning into glass under intense heat. We all know that Mei is capable of producing that heat, with her Lava style.

All of Gaara's techniques revolve around the usage of sand. If Mei wishes so, she can spew large amounts of lava onto the sand causing it to turn into glass. This does leave her open to attack, however she also is a skilled water user. Techniques such as Water Release: Water Encampment, have been shown to create a barrier of water around her. I do believe that she possess the perfect defense as well as offense against Gaara's sand based attacks.

Water style is also capable of weighting the sand down, thus making it much harder and chakra taxing to manipulate. I do believe Mei is the worst possible opponent for Gaara.

I will admit, until she has been seen using Water techniques on a massive scale like Tobirama's, it would be almost impossible for her to beat Gaara in a desert. However if its outside of a desert, gaara is at a disadvantage.

 

[Gèckö]

i agree + rep

 

[Chatte]

That's what Tazilla also said at the post Gaara vs. Mei&Tsunade earlier.

 

[minato23]

meh, true enough

 

[Ldude]

I think Gaara has a fair chance against her outside of a desert. His sand moves, so it won't necesarilly get hit by the lava.. Also, the sand wouldn't turn into glass instantaneously, not that this would help Gaara in any way, just wanted to point that out...

 

[Ciberr]

Ehhhh IMO Mei loses to Gaara Mid dif at the most . She can't heat up the sand of a sand coffin xd . Just because irl heating sand turns it into glass. That does not mean she can defeat gaara .

 

[Guardian of the Rain]

Gaara's smarter, so idk.

 

[AP2k]

It depends, in the desert gaara has more sand then mei has lava. Enough sand would overwhelm her.

 

[lnvalid]

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remember when Gaara made a desert when fighting kimmimaro...mhmm..your move

 

[Ninpou]

It depends, in the desert gaara has more sand then mei has lava. Enough sand would overwhelm her.

Your forgetting that she also has water.

 

[ThtOneGuy]

he can make a desert just like agasint kimimaro. if he decides to do it it would be more chakra taxing for mei to use her lava and suiton, then gaara his sand(which he can attack with in large amounts like agiasnt diedara and the edo kages). he also has ridicoulous amounts of chakra because he is a past jinjuriki(earning a 5 in that stat). i see where your coming from but gaara wins mid diff IMO. high diff for a stretch.

 

[Hamst3r]

Mei>Gaara on paper
Mei<Gaara in Naruto cuase Kishi doesn't like females

 

[Bogard]

Why not? Anyway Gaara is weak

 

[Unbiased]

Ehhhh IMO Mei loses to Gaara Mid dif at the most . She can't heat up the sand of a sand coffin xd . Just because irl heating sand turns it into glass. That does not mean she can defeat gaara .

Her water Encampment can protect her from sand coffin.

 

[Chatte]

Some counters from Mei.

Your points are invalid.
Firstly Tsunade's Endurance Levels versus Gaara. When Tsunade got to the battle field she restored Gaara's chakra and his health. She did the same with Oonoki. And Mei. And Oonoki again. Which means 4 of the kages started of at 100% but Tsunade's charka reserves went into healing the others first.
The databook has incongruent statements and featwise Tsunade has outlasted Gaara. Especially considering how Tsunade herself said healing requires a lot of chakra.

You underestimate the usages of mist. When Mei trapped Sasuke she used an acid mist technique which she absorbed as to not to harm the other kages. And logistically why she doesn't use it now. In this fight though Tsunade can heal from the damage done by the mist with Byakougou. Gaara though has not such defense against the acid mist. In effect it will either distract him, lower his resolve, lead to his eventual defeat as he'd eventually melt away or all of the above. Given how large an area Mei manage to cover with the hiding in the mist jutsu when fighting Madara she can create an expansive fog that Gaara would have trouble getting out of.

Water Dragon is not useless. The Water Dragon helped the sand get to Madara. But in this case to two jutsus would clash and given the immensity of her her water dragons, and the way it tossed Susanoo around I'm willing to bet that if the two jutsus came head to head The Water would bulldoze through the sand. It will make the sand heavier (that's kind of how sand castles are made) we know that heavier sand is harder for Gaara to manipulate which is why Oonoki lightened Gaara's Sand. Yes Gaara can still manipulate drenched sand but not to the degree to which he can manipulate dry sand.

Yes Gaara can fly but Tsunade is like a giant Energizer bunny, meaning she can power all of Mei's jutsus to entirely new levels the same we she powered up Oonoki's Jinton. A much larger water dragon jutsu for instance will be difficult for Gaara to avoid.
Not to mention Katsuyu. These two kunoichis cause enough problems. But there is nothing Gaara can do to Katsuyu whereas if he is caught of guard acid when melt him away instantly.

Gaara makes large waves of Sand I will grant you that but consider this.Tsunade is the world's best medical ninja and we know that based on what she taught Sakura the healing is the secondary function of a medical nin, and avoiding attacks is the the primary task of a medical nin because if they die there's no one to heal the team. Therefore it only stands to reason that Tsunade is one of the most evasive characters in Naruto if her primary skill is evasion when her secondary skill is unparalleled. People mistake her decision to tank as an inability to avoid. But Madara's Katon is a perfect example of how she could have done either but chose to tank the attack. My point being I don't think techniques like Sand Hail will pose much trouble for her, and based on her jumping feats, it's quite possible she can jump well over Sand Tsunami or jump out of it's range. It's also possible that Tsunade can attack Gaara while he is floating on his sand because of how high she can jump.

Do you know what turns sand to glass? Heat and pressure. Mei can try to crystalize the sand with lava and tsunade's strength. As far as what's been shown Gaara cannot manipulate Glass. Which means the can render more and more of Gaara's weapon useless and even use it against him the same way Tsunade used Madara's Susanoo swords against him.

I see people are denying Mei's prowess with doton and katon but logically if Her Kgs which use those elements are powerful it only serves to reason that the elements would be powerful when used singularly. And technically Mei should be able to first heat the sand with a Katon and then apply pressure with Doton to make Gaara's weapon unusable on a much large scale.

In addition we have seen Tsunade turn her chakra into electricity there is no reason she can't just use a higher volume of chakra and do the same thing as A during the group gokage attack.

 

[Icelerate]

Mei would put up a fight but no she can't beat Gaara inside or outside of a desert.

 

[Negative Knight]

very nice thread with extremely logical points especially the Lava + Glass combination which creates Glass which is an irreversible reaction and renders Gaara useless

+Rep for it

 

[zesto]

Gaara is the strongest sand manipulator arguably in the series. He has shown that in a desert, it is nearly impossible for you to have the edge against him. However Mei is one of those people, that would be able to beat gaara in a fight.

Before I proceed, I would like to explain some mechanics of sand. Sand is capable of turning into glass under intense heat. We all know that Mei is capable of producing that heat, with her Lava style.

All of Gaara's techniques revolve around the usage of sand. If Mei wishes so, she can spew large amounts of lava onto the sand causing it to turn into glass. This does leave her open to attack, however she also is a skilled water user. Techniques such as Water Release: Water Encampment, have been shown to create a barrier of water around her. I do believe that she possess the perfect defense as well as offense against Gaara's sand based attacks.

Water style is also capable of weighting the sand down, thus making it much harder and chakra taxing to manipulate. I do believe Mei is the worst possible opponent for Gaara.

I will admit, until she has been seen using Water techniques on a massive scale like Tobirama's, it would be almost impossible for her to beat Gaara in a desert. However if its outside of a desert, gaara is at a disadvantage.

dude you didn't had to explain this all water beats sand its as simply as that mei has proven her self has a powerful water user plus she can use both earth and fire styles separately without fusing them to be a keke genkei. the only thing gaara can do is keep up with mei for her will to break and then she will say WHAT ELSE CAN I DO HE'S TOO STRONG CAUSE BASICALLY MEI TERUMI WILL POWER IS VERY WEAK

 

[theOVOXO]

What large scale suiton did tobirama use? All he did was Water Wall Jutsu and then Water Dragon Jutsu. Mei basically did the same. She used Water Pillar Jutsu which looked stronger than water wall because it was able to not only stop Madara's katon, but also have enough water to create a massive water dragon. The biggest water dragon we've seen so far. I know Gaara can make a sea of sand but what stops Mei from creating a sea of water or better a sea of lava, since lava is bellow the ground. Like Roshi's Fruit flower Mountain jutsu came from underground lava.

 

[zesto]

what large scale suiton did tobirama use? All he did was water wall jutsu and then water dragon jutsu. Mei basically did the same. She used water pillar jutsu which looked stronger than water wall because it was able to not only stop madara's katon, but also have enough water to create a massive water dragon. The biggest water dragon we've seen so far. I know gaara can make a sea of sand but what stops mei from creating a sea of water or better a sea of lava, since lava is bellow the ground. Like roshi's fruit flower mountain jutsu came from underground lava.

yea that's what i said kazekage cant beat mizukage