Zabuza analysis

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I believe Zabuza is one of the most underrated ninja, but if we analyse his capacities, he was clearly elite shinobi. What people forget is that we've only seen Zabuza fighting 2times(all against Kakashi), so we can't probably define his full arsenal, but i'll try to describe what we've seen from him

Taijutsu:

Zabuza is a ken/taijutsu fighter, able to use his large sword Kubikiribôcho with relativ ease(sometimes even just with one arm), something that Suigetsu to be heavy and Sasuke was even worried if he can really manage to use it. Zabuza has shown impressiv ken/taijutsu feat when we saw he was able to pressure Kakashi and kick him away like he has show . Sasuke even he was strong in taijutsu. His water copy which only has , was even able with ease, and at once.

Ninjutsu:

Zabuza is basically a suiton user. He has shown great caliber of suiton techniques that only rare shinobi could cast even currently. For example, these are some of them:

- Water Dragon Blast no jutsu(look at the scale of the jutsu)
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It was so huge and powerful that Sakura even herself if it was ninjutsu
- Water explosion no jutsu(this time, it's even bigger)
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- Water copy
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- Multiple water copies
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- Water prison(inescapable like Zabuza says himself)
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- Kirigakure no jutsu
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Now there are people who say that Zabuza can't use suiton without water source, but they are actually wrong. The simple fact that Zabuza is able to create a clone made of water without water source, the fact that he is able to create a kirigakure no jutsu without water source(like you can see on my previous pic, they were fighting in a place where there was no water) shows that he can.

For those who don't know, this is the description of Kirigakure no jutsu:

Databook said:
This displacement jutsu is a specialty of Hidden Mist shinobi, where one causes a mist to spring forth by lifting up some water, then goes in and out of sight at will from within the pearly-white realm. The mist's thickness is controled by the amount of chakra kneaded into it. Making a liberal use of this, Zabuza carried out a great many assassinations, and was dreaded as the"Prodigy of Silent Murder".

To create the mist, the user needs to lift up some water and the thickness of the mist is controled by the amount of chakra used by the user. That means that during the fight, Zabuza is the one controlling the thickness of his Kirigakure no jutsu as will like we can see , and it can happen that even at close range, you can't see a thing like Gai noticed , or Kakashi , which gives Zabuza a great advantage to attack his ennemys willingly , and since the opponent can't locate him, he can also attack him at long range to break his guard like (notice that Zabuza was just behind him, but Kakashi could not notice him) or (like Kakashi says, not being able to see slow his reaction time)

Zabuza especially has shown to have mastered this technique in a fight to such an extent that he can fight and take down an ennemy just by his sounds. Like he says himself , he is a genius in silent kill

Portrayal:

Why was Zabuza called a Devil? It was because eventhough he was young and not even a ninja at that time, without pause or hesitation. Because of that, the hidden mist was forced to change their selection methods. that his generation of swordsmen(him included) was the strongest in all Kirigakures history. Chojuro if he can really have a chance against someone which team has beaten Zabuza. Zabuza was also a really ambitious shinobi, so ambitious that after leaving kirigakure and becoming a missin-nin, he coup d'etat and wanted to kill the Mizukage. He was so well-known as a shinobi that his story even reached the leaf village. even further implies his ambitions as a shinobi, since it states that his desired opponents were the 5kages

So eventhough there are clearly stronger ninja than him, Zabuza was still an elite shinobi and powerful ninja

I think i described all what i could concerning this shinobi. Hope you enjoyed reading:ice:
 

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If he was any good Akatsuki would have come knocking for him
 

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Pretty solid analysis right here. He does tend to be underrated but he's still fodder in my books.
 

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To me Zabuza is on the same level as darui which is just below kakashi. So like gai's level or maybe still just below that.
 

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Nice analysis but still, he got owned 3 times (first by Naruto and Sasuke, then by Kakashi then Kakashi again)...
 

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Zabuza is a thug and this kind of people shouldn't get much attention.
 

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If he was any good Akatsuki would have come knocking for him
Zabuza never likes to work under someone like he told himself when Kabuto wanted to control him. He likes to be the leader, he likes his freedom actually, he likes to do all what he wants
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To me Zabuza is on the same level as darui which is just below kakashi. So like gai's level or maybe still just below that.
Maybe not on Gais level, but sure he has a chance. Maybe he can beat Darui though, i agree
Nice analysis but still, he got owned 3 times (first by Naruto and Sasuke, then by Kakashi then Kakashi again)...
When did he get beaten by Naruto and Sasuke?
 

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Not bad, Zabuza was quite awesome to be honest.
 

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Oh yes I quite agree. What people tend to forget is that he was the first villain. If he had been a late-Shippuden villain, you can bet he'd pull off a few ridiculous Water Style Jutsu.

Just like the Hokage battle. You have to remember that the power levels increased exponentially in Shippuden.
 

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Cheers big guy, solid effort right there. Only thing I can point out is that you can't take Sakura's surprise into consideration. She was a just a genin, and she was simply shocked. Her amusement does not make the jutsu any better.
 
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