Hi,
It's your lovely author, Seigan, again. And today, we will cover the second part of the power ranking, which includes Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu.
I also wanted to cover the Sealing techniques, potions, chakra beast physiology, and much more. But who knew that just covering the Jutsu would take over 3,800 words?
Damn it. My poor fingers!!
Anyway, let's cover the others in a third and final part at a later date.
For now, let's not wait anymore and get straight down to business.
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Taijutsu Ranking:
Taijutsu may seem like something very basic and uninteresting. But it's actually one of the most important ninja arts that every qualified ninja must master.
Your Ninjutsu can be trash, and your Genjutsu talent can be nonexistent. However, without the ability to learn proper Taijutsu and close combat techniques, you will never be a qualified ninja.
When your chakra is on the verge of exhaustion, it's your Taijutsu and weapon mastery that will keep you alive until your chakra recovers.
Taijutsu generally involves controlling your body and chakra to achieve certain results. But using weaponry for close combat can also be considered a part of Taijutsu.
Tier #0: Basic Taijutsu and Close Combat Weapon Utilization Techniques
Basic Taijutsu is simply physical body control, close combat, and melee weapon techniques that do not incorporate chakra. Any systematic close combat method that relies solely on physical strength falls under this category.
Most novice ninjas, who have just begun extracting chakra, start with this stage.
Tier #1: C-rank Taijutsu Techniques
Hand-to-hand and melee weapon combat techniques that incorporate basic chakra flow and chakra manipulation for greater power, defense, strength, sharpness, and speed.
At this stage, the students and ninjas use chakra to reinforce their bodies and use the principle of chakra flow (using neutral, non-attribute chakra) to amplify the power of their melee weapons.
For example, a capable Genin can use their chakra to reinforce their physique, making it easier for them to punch through the walls, run at the speed of a speeding car (50 Km/h) without exhausting themselves, and make their bodies tough enough to survive physical and elemental damage that might cripple or kill a normal Genin with no chakra reinforcement.
It's a basic requirement that every ninja, regardless of their rank, must meet.
Without the chakra control ability and capability to perform basic chakra reinforcement passively in the middle of a battle, an individual can never become an official ninja.
Besides the basic chakra reinforcement methods, here are some basic moves that can be considered C-rank Taijutsu Techniques:
1. Leaf Whirlwind
2. Dynamic Entry
3. Fang Passing Fang (Inuzuka clan's secret Taijutsu Technique)
Tier #2: B-Rank Taijutsu Techniques
Hand-to-hand or melee weapon handling techniques that incorporate chakra in very specific ways to unleash deadly force.
B-rank Taijutsu techniques often involve using specific chakra nature transformation into hand-to-hand or weapon combat to deal greater, fatal damage to the opponents in close range.
At this level, the Taijutsu techniques stop being generic ones that every ninja can use. Many B-rank Taijutsu techniques require special methods of chakra channeling and release.
For example, the common Gentle Fist technique of the Hyuga clan or the Taijutsu techniques incorporating beasts used by the Inuzuka clan.
Sword techniques, throwing weapon manipulation techniques, and other close combat weapon techniques that use the nature transformation of chakra to deal lethal single-target damage also fall under this category.
B-rank Taijutsu techniques are usually used by Elite Chunin or higher-ranked ninjas. However, Genin-level ninjas can also use them, provided they meet the specific physical requirements and possess a special Kekkei Genkai.
Examples of B-rank Taijutsu techniques:
1. Gentle Fist (Hyuga Clan)
2. Primary Lotus (Rock Fist Technique: Eight Gate Release Formation—First Gate Open)
3. Liger Bomb
4. Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms
5. Acrobat (Killer B)
6. Leaf Strong Whirlwind (A stronger version of Leaf Whirlwind)
7. Lightning Style Nintaijutsu: Lariat
8. Fang Wolf Fang (Inuzuka Clan)
Tier #3: A-rank Taijutsu Technique
An upgrade from the previous tier, A-rank Taijutsu can do huge area damage. Its power often eclipses many lethal Ninjutsu. Getting a direct hit from one of these Taijutsu techniques often leads to sure-death situations (for ordinary ninjas, that is).
These techniques usually require an immense amount of chakra, making it difficult for ninjas below the full-fledged Jonin rank to learn and use them continuously in actual battle.
However, practicing these techniques correctly for a long time proves beneficial for the ninja's body.
For example, practicing Chakra Enhanced Strength for a year can provide a significant initial boost to chakra reserves, increased chakra recovery speed, greater stamina boost, stronger physique, higher cellular activity, and increased stamina recovery speed.
Some of the examples of A-rank Taijutsu techniques are:
1. Chakra Enhanced Strength
2. Cherry Blossom Impact
3. Heavenly Foot of Pain
4. Heavenly Spear Foot
5. Front Lotus
6. Hidden Lotus
7. Morning Peacock
8. Hell Stab
9. Lightning Oppression Horizontal
10. Gilloutine Drop
11. Lightning Straight
12. Double Lariat
13. Gentle Fist—Lion Palm
14. Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms
15. Uchiha Style: Dance of the Sun Halo
16. Uchiha Style: Phantom Sword Technique (Specialized sword moves that incorporate Genjutsu)
Rank #4: S-rank Taijutsu Technique
Dangerous Taijutsu techniques that can unlock the full potential of the human body to unleash devastating power far beyond A-rank ones. However, due to its huge strain on the body, these bodily techniques often leave the users in a weakened state.
Examples:
1. Later Stages of the Eight Gate Release Formation
2. Daytime Tiger
3. Midnight Elephant
4. Night Guy
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Ninjutsu Ranking:
Ninjutsu is a supernatural art used by shinobi, typically involving the molding of chakra—often through hand seals—to perform superhuman feats, elemental manipulation (fire, water, earth, wind, lightning), or medical ninjutsu. Unlike illusions (Genjutsu), ninjutsu produces real, physical effects.
Depending on the utility, power, chakra requirement, and learning difficulty, this ninja art can be divided into the following ranks:
Tier #1: E-Rank Ninjutsu
E-rank ninjutsu are the most basic, fundamental techniques taught to Academy students, requiring only rudimentary chakra control. They are designed for foundational skill-building, such as transformation, cloning, or evasion.
These skills are essential, often becoming second nature, and are usually mastered before becoming a Genin.
Using E-rank Ninjutsu generally requires less than 10 chakra points. However, the chakra consumption can increase slightly depending on the results the ninjas want to achieve through them.
Examples of E-rank Ninjutsu:
1. Transformation Technique
2. Substitution Technique
3. The Basic Clone Technique
Tier #2: D-Rank Ninjutsu
D-rank Ninjutsu are low-level techniques primarily designed for newly graduated genin, representing the first step in skill development after leaving the Academy.
These techniques require basic chakra control, are not typically used in life-threatening combat, and often include foundational elemental releases or specialized, practical, non-combat, or supplementary skills.
Generally, performing a D-rank Ninjutsu doesn't require more than 20 chakra points as long as the ninja possesses Genin-level chakra control capabilities.
Examples of D-rank Ninjutsu:
1. Earth Release: Practice Brick Technique: Used for training in Earth Style.
2. Earth Release: Rock Collapse: A basic earth-based attack.
3. Basic Body Flicker Technique (Shunshin no Jutsu): While sometimes higher depending on speed, basic versions for quick movement or positioning are often considered low-rank.
4. Medical Ninjutsu: Basic healing or, occasionally, offensive applications. The examples of D-rank Medical Ninjutsu are Homeostasis Technique and Wound Sealing Technique. However, the performing Medical Ninjutsu needs a thorough understanding of human anatomy and above-average chakra control.
Tier #3: C-Rank Ninjutsu
C-rank ninjutsu are techniques primarily designed for chūnin-level shinobi, representing a step up in skill from basic Genin techniques. These techniques require significant training and chakra control, marking a ninja's transition toward greater tactical proficiency, often used for offensive, defensive, or specialized utility in battle.
Key aspects of C-rank Ninjutsu include:
1. Training Intensity: Unlike D-rank techniques, C-rank techniques require significant, focused training to master.
2. Combat Application: They are often the first offensive or defensive elemental techniques a ninja learns, frequently involving nature transformation.
3. Versatility: C-rank techniques are designed for varied situations, including offense, defense, and utility, often used by shinobi on missions that may involve moderate risk.
4. Supercharging: An experienced ninja with refined chakra control can supercharge their C-rank Ninjutsu with more chakra than necessary to increase the Ninjutsu's overall power and utility. In a capable ninja's hands, the supercharged C-rank Ninjutsu can often exhibit destructive power equal to a B-rank technique.
Generally, releasing a C-rank Ninjutsu can cost anywhere between 50 and 100 chakra points, which can be reduced with better nature transformation affinity, chakra control, Jutsu proficiency, and shape transformation capability.
Common C-rank Ninjutsu Examples:
1. Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Flame Bullet, Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
2. Water Release: Water Prison Technique, Water Bullet Technique, Wild Water Wave Jutsu.
3. Lightning Release: Lightning Ball, Lightning Beast Tracking Fang, Lightning Rat Violent Quake.
4. Earth Release: Earth Flow River, Earth Dragon Bullet.
5. Other: Summoning Technique, Elemental Clone Technique, and Special Body Flicker Technique.
Tier #4: B-rank Ninjutsu
B-rank ninjutsu are advanced techniques designed for skilled jōnin or high-level chūnin, requiring significant chakra. They fall between C-rank and A-rank in difficulty, which demands high shape transformation, LV4 nature transformation affinity, and LV4 chakra control. These techniques are highly useful in combat and can be learned with proper training.
The key aspects of the B-rank Ninjutsu include:
1. Skill Requirement: These techniques are designed for shinobi who have moved beyond basic skills (C-rank) but are not yet at the master or specialized level (A-rank).
2. High Utility & Power: B-rank techniques are notably effective in combat and often serve as core, versatile abilities for a ninja's arsenal.
3. Learning Curve: While challenging, they are not impossibly difficult, often described as achievable with dedicated effort.
4. Chakra Usage: They require high levels of chakra, far exceeding the requirements of C-rank Ninjutsu. The average chakra cost to perform B-rank Ninjutsu hovers between 200 and 500 chakra points.
Examples of B-rank Ninjutsu:
1. Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique
2. Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame
3. Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique
4. Earth Release: Earth-style Wall
5. Water Release: Water Formation Wall
6. Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique
7. Lightning Release: False Darkness
8. Shadow Clone Technique
9. Lightning Release: Thunder Body Flicker
Tier #5: A-rank Ninjutsu
A-rank ninjutsu are high-level techniques intended for Elite Jonin, S-rank, or Kage-level ninjas, requiring immense skill and chakra control to master, often posing risks to the user. They are characterized by their high power, complexity, and specialized utility.
They are considered forbidden or highly advanced techniques, such as the Rasengan or Chidori, falling just below S-rank.
The key aspects of A-rank techniques are:
1. High-Level Chakra Control & Capacity: These techniques require immense, precise chakra control and a large volume of chakra (average chakra requirement: 500 - 3,000 chakra points) to execute properly.
2. Extensive Training Requirement: Unlike lower-ranked techniques, A-rank abilities are not easily learned; they demand rigorous, time-intensive training to master.
3. High Utility & Devastation: A-rank techniques are generally very powerful and versatile, often capable of turning the tide of battle. Examples include the Rasengan, which represents the pinnacle of shape transformation, and the Chidori.
4. Potential Risk to User: Due to their power, some A-rank techniques are dangerous to the user, leading to their classification as kinjutsu (forbidden techniques). Even training ordinary A-rank elemental Ninjutsu before reaching LV5 in the relevant elemental affinity can lead to either complete failure or volatile eruption.
5. Trademark Abilities: Often, these techniques are unique to specific, highly skilled individuals and act as their signature moves.Situational Use: While highly effective, they are usually reserved for critical situations, such as A-rank missions, which are extremely dangerous and involve high-stakes village interests.
Examples of A-Rank Ninjutsu:
1. Rasengan: Known for being a non-elemental, high-power, high-efficiency technique.
2. Chidori: A high-speed, piercing Lightning Release technique.
3. Shadow Clone Technique (Multiple/Advanced): While basic shadow clone is a relatively safe B-rank Ninjutsu, Multi-Shadow Clone Technique is a high-level, multi-clone variation that requires immense chakra, pushing it into higher-rank territory.
4. Summoning Technique: Powerful, large-scale summoning often requires A-rank level mastery.
Tier #6: S-rank Ninjutsu
S-rank ninjutsu are the highest-tier techniques known to most Shinobi, far exceeding A-rank, and are typically reserved for Kage-level or elite ninjas. These abilities, often unique to a single user (signature techniques) or classified as forbidden (Kinjutsu), are exceptionally dangerous and often require immense chakra, intense training, or special bloodlines to master.
To perform these techniques, the ninjas often require an immense chakra reserve, extreme shape transformation mastery, peak LV6 or LV7 chakra control, and peak LV6 or LV7 nature transformation affinity.
The key aspects of the S-rank Ninjutsu are:
1. Extreme Power and Scope: These techniques are often capable of changing the environment, destroying landscapes, or instantly killing targets. Examples include the Tailed Beast Ball and Rasen-shuriken.
2. Unique/Trademark Abilities: S-rank techniques are rarely learned by multiple people; they are typically unique to a single user, serving as their signature move.
3. High Complexity and Danger: They require immense skill, chakra control, and experience, generally intended only for Kage-level or elite Jōnin.
4. Forbidden/Kinjutsu Nature: Many S-rank techniques are also classified as forbidden (Kinjutsu) because they may cause self-harm or violate ethical boundaries. Examples include Reaper Death Seal and Living Corpse Reincarnation.
5. Space-Time Manipulation: Techniques that bend space or time, such as the Flying Thunder God Technique, are ranked at this level.
6. Extreme Utility/Forbidden Secrets: Some S-rank techniques are not purely destructive but offer game-changing utility, such as immortality (e.g., Kakuzu's technique).
Examples of S-Rank Techniques:
1. Offensive: Kirin, Atomic Dismantling Jutsu, Indra's Arrow.
2. Defensive/Utility: Flying Thunder God, Reverse Tetragram Seal.
3. Medical/Forbidden: Creation Rebirth, Living Corpse Reincarnation.
Tier #7: ???
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Genjutsu Ranking:
Genjutsu is an "illusionary technique" that manipulates an opponent's chakra flow to control their five senses and brain activity, creating false realities, sensory deception (pain, sound, sight), or mental paralysis.
Primarily a Yin Release, it acts as a mental hack rather than a physical attack, often triggered via eye contact (Sharingan), sound, smell, or hand seals.
Tier #1: E-rank Genjutsu
While rare, E-rank Genjutsu exist as foundational illusion techniques for Academy students, focusing on simple sensory manipulation like changing an object's appearance, such as the Kokohi no Jutsu (False Place Technique).
These are basic, low-chakra techniques intended to teach students fundamental chakra control before graduation.
1. Definition of E-Rank: These are the most basic techniques taught to Academy students, representing fundamental skills.
2. Examples: Examples include the Kokohi no Jutsu, which alters the appearance of surroundings to deceive the eye.
3. Context: Unlike E-rank Ninjutsu (like Substitution or Clone techniques), E-rank Genjutsu are less frequently used in real life, but they are technically part of the curriculum for teaching basic sensory manipulation.
Tier #2: D-rank Genjutsu
D-rank Genjutsu are basic, Genin-level illusionary techniques focused on disrupting an opponent's senses, often used for evasion or minor incapacitation. These low-level illusions are usually among the first techniques learned by novice ninja after leaving the Academy, relying on precise, but basic, chakra control.
These techniques are designed to disrupt a target's five senses to create simple, often unconvincing, or short-lived illusions.
The key aspects of the D-rank Genjutsu:
1. Target Limitation: These techniques generally affect only one target at a time.
2. Simple Nature: D-rank illusions are basic in nature, such as manipulating the environment slightly or spawning simple, static, non-functional objects.
Requirements & Weaknesses:
1. Distance: The target must be a short distance from the user.
2. Line of Sight: The target often needs to remain in the user's eyesight to maintain the illusion.
3. Chakra Control: While simple, they still require precise chakra control to maintain, which can hinder the user's ability to perform other techniques.
4. Easy Break: A target with higher chakra control can easily break free, and the technique is broken by any physical pain.
Examples:
1. Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique (Narakumi no Jutsu): Causes the target to see a horrifying vision, often by making a circle of leaves envelop them.
2. Vertigo Genjutsu: Causes the target to lose balance and stumble.
Tier #3: C-rank Genjutsu
C-rank Genjutsu are mid-level illusionary techniques designed for skilled genin or average chūnin, requiring moderate training and chakra control to manipulate a target's senses.
These illusions often cause mental confusion, false sensations, or, in specialized cases, binding, acting as versatile tactical tools rather than high-damage, specialized techniques.
At this stage, techniques move beyond simple, one-target distractions (D-rank) and start to impact multiple targets, alter environments with greater detail, and cause tangible, albeit fake, sensations.
The key aspects of C-rank Genjutsu are:
1. Multi-Target Capability: Unlike basic Genjutsu, C-rank techniques can typically affect at least two targets simultaneously, although they are more effective on a single target.
2. Enhanced Environmental Manipulation: Users can create, conceal, or modify detailed environmental elements, such as adding buildings, doors, furniture, or changing weather and temperature to a moderate degree.
3. Physical Sensation Simulation: These illusions can cause the target to "feel" the environment, including experiencing minor pain, such as the sensation of limbs spasming or being restrained.
4. Increased Duration: Illusions can last up to 20 seconds if the user is uninterrupted.
5. Range and Sensory Requirements: While the target must still be within short to medium distance, they do not necessarily need to be in the user's direct line of sight for the entire duration, unlike lower-ranked techniques.
6. Difficulty to Counter: Targets with lower chakra control will find it difficult to break free. However, those with higher control can still dismiss the illusion, though it may cause minor dizziness.
Examples:
1. Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings Technique (Magen: Jigoku Kōka no Jutsu): A technique that alters the target's perception of their surroundings, often used to disorient opponents by making them see a different environment.
2. Demonic Illusion: Flower Mist (Magen: Hana-giri): An illusion technique that traps the target within a flurry of flowers, clouding their senses.
3. Genjutsu: Flower Petal Escape (Genjutsu: Hanabira no Nige): A technique that allows the user to escape detection by creating an illusion of dissipating into flower petals.
4. Lightning Release: Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning (Raiton: Raigen Raikō): A technique that creates a blinding flash of light to induce an illusory state in the target.
Tier #4: B-rank Genjutsu
B-rank Genjutsu represents a significant step up from basic illusions, generally intended for skilled Chunin or Jonin-level shinobi.
These illusions, often used for interrogation or incapacitation, are more complex than basic D-rank or C-rank techniques.
B-rank illusion techniques require high levels of chakra, precise control, and are designed to affect multiple senses or multiple targets simultaneously, making them highly effective for battlefield control and misdirection.
Key aspects of B-rank Ninjutsu:
1. Advanced Sensory Manipulation: Unlike lower-ranked illusions that might only affect sight, B-rank Genjutsu can completely alter the perception of the environment (temperature, sound, smell, and sight).
2. Multiple Targets: They can affect at least three targets simultaneously, allowing them to disorient small groups rather than just single individuals.
3. High-Level Distraction: These techniques can create detailed illusions, such as complex objects, or make fake scenes so realistic that they momentarily "trap" the target.
4. Physical Immobilization: B-rank Genjutsu can be used to completely immobilize one target, or stun the limbs of up to three targets.
5. Extended Duration: These illusions can last for up to 60 seconds (or more in some interpretations) if the target is left undisturbed.
6. Complex Countermeasures: Breaking a B-rank Genjutsu requires significant chakra control and mental fortitude; often, simple pain is not enough to break it.
Examples:
1. Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique: A powerful illusion where the victim feels as though they are being bound by iron stakes, preventing physical movement.
2. Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change: A defensive Genjutsu that allows the user to turn the opponent's own illusion against them.
3. Demonic Illusion: Double False Surroundings Technique: An illusion that alters the environment, causing the target to see a different location or obstacle.
4. Water Release Genjutsu: Demonic Phantom Fog Prison: An elemental, water-based illusion that traps the target within a dense fog, obscuring their senses.
Tier #5: A-rank Genjutsu
A-rank Genjutsu refers to highly advanced, Elite Jōnin or Kage-level illusionary techniques requiring immense chakra control and precision to affect a target's five senses.
These techniques, often used for incapacitation or complex psychological manipulation, are dangerous and sometimes forbidden.
The key aspects of A-rank Genjutsu:
1. Immense Chakra Control and Refinement: A-rank techniques require precise manipulation of the target's chakra flow within their brain to affect their senses. The ability to cast these suggests a "Genjutsu type" ninja with high-level intellect.
2. Complex Mental Traps: Unlike lower-ranked illusions, A-rank Genjutsu can be highly complex, potentially making the victim feel as though an eternity has passed in just a few seconds of real-time.
3. Psychological and Physical Impact: While standard Genjutsu only affects the senses, high-level Genjutsu can induce real physical effects, such as immense pain or, in extreme cases with specialized kekkei genkai, physical harm or death.
4. High-Level Countermeasures Required: While standard Genjutsu can be broken by disrupting chakra flow, A-rank techniques are difficult to escape, often requiring advanced skill or outside assistance to break.
5. Environmental Manipulation and Sensory Control: Rather than simple visual tricks, A-rank Genjutsu often manipulate multiple senses simultaneously, creating deeply immersive environments that are hard to distinguish from reality. These techniques can completely alter a target's perception of the environment, such as creating a false, complex, or, in rare cases, deadly reality.
Examples:
1. Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique: A powerful technique that creates absolute darkness, blinding opponents and making them vulnerable to attack.
2. Kekkai (Barrier) Genjutsu: Advanced illusions that can trap victims, causing immediate unconsciousness or nightmares.
3. Temple of Nirvana Technique: A powerful AoE (Area of Effect) Genjutsu that causes victims within a wide area to fall into a deep, illusory slumber.
Tier #6: S-rank Genjutsu
S-rank Genjutsu refers to extremely high-level, secret, or forbidden illusionary techniques restricted to Kage-level ninja or elite specialists. These techniques are often unique to a single user, requiring immense chakra and mastery, causing profound, sometimes inescapable, sensory manipulation.
The key aspects of S-rank Genjutsu are:
1. Total Reality Manipulation (Tsukuyomi): The premier example, Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi, allows the user to manipulate time, space, and mass within the illusion, causing intense psychological torment over days in a fraction of a second.
2. Irresistible Force: These Genjutsu are nearly impossible to escape through conventional means, such as disrupting one's own chakra flow.
3. Extremely High Cost and Danger: Such techniques are often dangerous to the user, requiring immense chakra reserves and putting extreme strain on the body, particularly the eyes (in the case of Sharingan-based Genjutsu).
4. Instant Incapacitation: S-rank illusions are designed to render a target unconscious or completely immobilized instantly, making them "true last resort" techniques.
5. Psychological and Physical Damage: Unlike lower-level Genjutsu, S-rank illusions can cause the victim's body to suffer physical damage, such as bleeding or intense pain, despite the attack being mental.
6. Unique to the User: These techniques are rarely passed down and are generally considered forbidden or secret techniques (kinjutsu) unique to legendary figures like members of the Uchiha clan or Akatsuki.
Key Examples and Characteristics of S-Rank Genjutsu
1. Kotoamatsukami (Shisui Uchiha): Considered one of the most powerful Genjutsu, allowing the user to control a target's mind without them even realizing it.
2. Tsukuyomi (Itachi Uchiha): An extremely high-level Uchiha ability that traps victims in a torture-filled illusion world for days, while only seconds pass in reality.
3. Izanagi/Izanami (Uchiha Clan): Forbidden techniques that blur the line between reality and illusion, allowing users to rewrite fate or trap victims in a loop.
4. High-Level Sensory Distortion: Unlike standard Genjutsu, these illusions can affect the target's physical state or manipulate their perception of time and reality.
Tier #7: ???
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Well, that's it for today. I will publish part three of the power ranking at a later time.
See ya later!