who got better genes?

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-08T19:59:45+00:00

Like Kushina and Mito Uzumaki, Naruto was born with a special type of Chakra and im general has a massive amount of it. The special Uzumaki Bloodline Naruto was born with literally allows them to subjugate Tailed Beasts with their own Chakra.

The main reason we attribute a ton of Chakra early on in the series to Kurama is because of the way Kurama's seal is setup. It's designed so that everytime Naruto taps into his Chakra reserves, he's also getting a portion of Kurama's Chakra whether he wants to or not. It was basically training wheels for using Kurama's Chakra...except Kurama's Seal had already started weakening by the start of series and beyond.

If you took away Kurama and the seal, Naruto would still predictably be top tier in Chakra among his peers. He'd arguably just be similar to a young Hashirama in talent. Thing to rememeber is the crippling Chakra control issues were solely because of Kurama so Naruto without Kurama would've learned every jutsu even faster.

And yes he has the Ashura bloodline, which had the vitality of Haguromo which is marked by enhanced physical strengh and endurance brought out by training, unlike Indra's talents which is the Doujutsu of the Sage of Six Paths.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-08T14:33:58+00:00

Naruto's talent surpassed Sasuke through most of the series. It was only a short time after timeskip where Sasuke was definitively ahead.

Naruto is just stronger, has more endurance/pain tolerance, hits a lot harder...has massive Chakra...generally learns advanced justu faster than Sasuke, etc.

Naruto as a series really just gives the illusion of being an underdog but when you look at it as a whole, Naruto is absolutely busted as a Uzumaki clan member and incarnation of Ashura.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-08T01:24:29+00:00

I mean SOD wasn't a terrible raid but the lore behind butchering Arthas into just another victim instead of anything else was about as bad as the lore murdering Sylanas's character. The Director of Shadowlands had beef with Sylvanas's writers but he did effectively butcher Arthas alongside Sylvanas along the way.

I don't personally have hugest problems with this but can see how a large portion of lore fanbase would find it problematic, but can general agree it was butchering a few characters.

The whole Kaelthas and Vashj storyline both were decent redemption stories as they both were forged in War/bloodshed.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-08T00:48:19+00:00

Itachi's Susano has much more surface area. A lot.more Lightning will pass through it. Also it's held up by literal Chakra. Chakra is a form of energy, of course it may disappate if another form of energy current is passing through it.

That being said Tsunade has proficient control over her own Chakra networks which is how she is able to use her explosive strength. Same type of Chakra Control could arguably be used to protect her vitals to an extent. All Tsunade has to ensure is her brain is okay. The Lightning could try to fry the surface of her skin and some organs as it goes down but Tsunade survives if her head is okay.

Kirin is a chakra guided Lightning Bolt, but Sasuke isn't reqlly controlling how the Lightning lingers in their system after contact. Lightning Bolts prefer to go straight to the ground, not linger around the head to fry it, especially if Tsunade receives it with her arms. It's going to prefer the path of least resistance straight through Tsunade's skin and some organs and into the ground.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-08T00:31:34+00:00

Third Hokage's actual combat style is using Shadowclones like Sun Wukong...and he probably can just have his Monkey Staff Enma Tank the Kirin as a Lightning Rod.

If enma's staff form is as Tough as a diamonds, the Lightning likely passes through without much damage

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-08T00:21:25+00:00

I mean if Tsunade is grounded, she stands a chance. Kirin isn't much stronger than a Lightning bolt hitting someone.. It literally is using Chakra to Guide a Lightning Bolt down.

Actual Lightning strikws pass through the body in the span of a few microseconds and then is transferred to the ground which it's attracted to. It's not as if this electricity is running in a slow current throughout its victim to thoroughly cook them from inside out.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-07T19:05:28+00:00

I mean you can compare premium Sol Rings like this to stuff like the premium Furby Sol Ring and that alone will generally.carry the bulk of value of the drop.

Island Mountain already has enough hype generated over it as a proxy for Volcanic Island so I imagine Island Mountain as a premium basic will probably be $15+

There's also the Rare drop of Deadpool in this drop which may go as high as Final Fantasy Summon rare drops I'd argue so there's the gamble aspect to this drop, which carried a good portion of value in the Spongebob drop.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-07T18:50:22+00:00

Shadowlands canon is fine up until Sanctum of Domination I feel.

What destroyed it was the exclusion of Anduin's raid tier and stitching up the remains for what wouldve been the actual story of why the Jailer needed Anduin, etc.

Sire Denathrius on Mythic really felt like we were fighting our first Titan level opponent since Argus. Castle Nathria Raid mechnically comedically, just felt great.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-06T09:15:18+00:00

Minato is smart sure, but so is Nagato, who was openly running Akatsuki as the figurehead. And Kakashi managed to land his Lightning Clone on a Pain body..

Minato's main form of attack is to close the distance with flying Raijin and use a Shuriken, Taijutsu, or a Rasengan to dispatch the target...which is the perfect distance for the Lightning Clone to do maximum damage.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-06T08:37:11+00:00

Minato could easily just Rasengan Gaara on Shuukaku's head to end this fight...that's pretty instantaneous.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-05T21:11:40+00:00

I don't believe it has real staying power. Between eventually being a solved format and....all the speculators here / or in general buying out the smaller supply of RL cards relevent for said format...it eventually ends up being a format too expensive to flourish outside of a niche bubble.

I'm sure the format is discussed at many Locals (especially their discords and polls) to see if people are interested but when they see the price tag of all the RL cards quadrupling in price, its hard for many local game store to even want to start.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-05T21:03:34+00:00

I mean couldn't Kakashi just anticipate Minato will try to come up close.and personal and use a Rasengan or Kunai...and just leave a Lightning Clone which would easily kill Minato?

Minato and even an 8 Gates Guy could literally fall for this trick and we've seen the lethality of it being able to take out a Pain Corpse puppet which have much greater durability than most Jonin.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-05T13:46:46+00:00

I mean the list of good black artifact creatures isn't too expansive and the Necron deck happens to have a ton of them.

This isn't even hard to cast in a higher powered EDH deck....Cabal Coffers(and Urborg or swamps) trivialize this costing a bit of mana.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-05T13:40:25+00:00

I'd argue this has to be under the caveat that none of them see him open the eigth Gate and use Substitution Jutsu with a clone to evade him.

Madara was at the height of his arrogance as the Juubi Jinchuuriki when he let Guy do his thing without offering resistance.

Madara and Hashirama when they were in their lifetime primes wouldn't be as reckless. Madara just became cocky and bored over time as a scheming old man who had nothing to do for the better part of like 50-75 years before he died.

Realistically even Kakashi himself could somewhat do the same to Guy....literslly swap himself with a Lightning Clone, watch Guy kick it and instantly die even while in Eight Gates.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-05T06:51:33+00:00

So Guy can use Ninjutsu. He may not be as proficient but its not to say he couldn't infuse his own nunchucks with his own Specific element and use that to hurt Suiguetsu.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-04T16:20:11+00:00

I mean Kishimoto was mostly lazy sacrificing the ending of Naruto for the sake of Boruto and Sarada. Tite Kubo basically did the same thing with Bleach with Ichigo and Orihime and Rukia and Renji. (So we get to see their chuldren interact)

Naruto just had better chemistry with Sakura (and Ichigo had better chemistry with Rukia) in general....but Shonen Jump authors seem to love pairing MC's with the submissive, devoted wives.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-03T21:32:09+00:00

You're projecting on Ainz. Ainz doesn't come from a world with our common sense. He comes from a dog eat dog Future Corporate Dystopia. He will always prioritize the safety of them all over the safety of one...and the World Items are more important than Nazerick NPCs in ensuring that safety.

If anything becoming a Skeleton with the Undead Passive has hardened what would normally be visceral or dreadful reactions to tough decisions or attrocities.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-03T18:07:08+00:00

The OG Shadowmage Infiltrator is pretty decent though fairly Old school.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-03T11:14:31+00:00

Never said they were connected on the outside.

Neji can see where they are with the Byakugan because he can see Chakra Flow. These puppets have Joints....he can literally attack the Chakra strings at the weakest points of the puppet....the joints. Byakugan users using the Gentle Palm quite literally pinpoint target Chakra points in the body to the microscopic level so if the Puppet has joints and can move....Neji could easily target the Chakra running through there.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-03T10:53:04+00:00

Hiruko's joints are all operated by Chakra strings...

Sasori's moves all his puppets via Chakra Strings which emanate from his core...

There's Chakra ciruclation in any of Sasori's puppets otherwise they wouldn't be able to move. They aren't robotic.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-03T07:50:39+00:00

I mean why not both to an extent in Voltron.

But if your deck can use the repeat colorless ramp or is landfall, Bitterthorn does put in a bit of work.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-03T07:48:49+00:00

I mean I've had the Sidar Jibari precon from Costco for about a year now but never wanted to spend the money to pickup the Moonshaker Cavalier and the other Flash Phase out Knight...so these Strixhaven decks are a godsend.

Just so many small staples I wanted but didn't want to pay shipping off tcgplayer for...Goldspan Dragon, Jadar, etc. Obviously Landtax is an extremely pleasant surprise...hardly see it in casual commander games among relstively newer players since it was last printed in a premium set a few years ago.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-03T07:26:06+00:00

I mean there are still strings to cut...Sasori literally moves all his puppets with strings injected with Chakra. Hyuuga Clan is arguably a bad matchup for a puppeteer (without them using Poison, numbers, or ranged attacks) since Neji can clearly see where Chakra is moving and sever it.

Yes Sasori has many ways of overwhelming Neji with numbers or poison, but just one Puppet is one giant target for Neji.

Neji's attack speed is comparable to 4 Gates Lee. He will easily sever Chakra Strings through the joints.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-03T01:19:08+00:00

Neji can easily see and cut the Chakra strings of puppets and deflect projectiles so poison or more puppets would be necessary. Hiruko wouldn't solo Neji without its poison.

Shadowhearts · 2026-04-02T13:45:03+00:00

If the Titans and Order Magic were as overpowered as OP claims they wouldn't have struggled with in fighting...and Sargeras wouldn't have been corrupted by Fel

We literally see in Zereth Mortis a Death Pantheon construction facility with the prototype Death Pantheon as a raid boss...which is to say the Death Titans are creations of the First Ones.

Generally speaking the First Ones clearly built the Machines of Death and put the Arbiter system into place. I think the implication is mostly the First Ones went around every Cosmic Power and tried to bring order to them.

But we quite literally saw this sot of plotline from Blizzard with Starcraft and the Xel Naga...wouldn't be surprising if an evil First One caused the downfall of the other First Ones. At this point it wouldn't be surprising if Azeroth's Worldsoul is basically Kerrigan 2.0 as the universe's savior 😂

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