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In this thread you will find abilities for Zanpaku-tos. If you are having trouble with coming up with abilities then look no further, Shugo is here to help!

Note: If you choose a specific element please stick with that element. We don't need someones RPC marching around with a Flame/Water Zanpaku-to. Also listed are some non-elemental abilities for those who don't want to use the elements.

2nd Note: This thread is for ALL who are a part of the Guild. So new and old members can take these abilities.

Final Note: Some of these powers could be taken to the level of "God Modding". Do not by any means do so! It would kill the rp and ruin the will to continue. So don't do it!

So far I have come up with abilities for these elements (Water, Fire, Air, Earth, Ice, and Lightning) so updates are bound to happen.

Water and Ice are merely two forms of the same thing. Ice can be used to protect, freeze, or impale targets while water can drown, bash, or heal targets.

Basic ice attacks, while in Shikai, range from a barrage of small spikes or creating a wall of ice to protect the user and/or others. Freezing on the other hand is an ability used to cause a targets limbs to become immobile or to completely stop the target in it's tracks. The freezing ability can also be used to freeze the surrounding area causing things to become brittle or cut off exits.

Basic water attacks, while in shikai, can start at creating the water from the surrounding area (moisture, mist, or steam) and using it to cause the target to be tripped, ensnare the target and using the water to crush the target while ensnared (like the shadow possession jutsu from Naruto but also allowing you to crush the target while immobilizing it), and completely encasing the target in water thusly drowning them. Water healing abilities are common and range from moderate to excellent.

It is not a good idea for a Water based Zan to go up against an Ice based Zan because the two can easily cancel each other out.

Lightning, like fire, is destructive but it is precise instead of wild like fire. Lightning is a point and shoot kind of attack, so it's only common to see a Shikai's initial attack by summoning lighting from the blade and letting it fly from the tip of the blade. Also lightning can be called from the heavens as well. Plus each slash from the blade can summon a wave of lightning that splashes on the target. Another ability lightning can allow is a concentrated blast of lightning, or a Ball of Lightning. Yet another ability could be Chain Lightning (Lightning striking and leaping to another target after the initial strike). Any metals lightning strikes can severely shock the bearer, so caution against lightning users is highly recommended

Miscellaneous abilities could range from:
-Paralyzation/ Certain Limbs or Entire body upon strike.
-Doppelgangers/ Multiple copies of self
-Increased speed
-Time control/ Short moments or Prolonged amounts of Time
-Illusions/ One person or a large amount of people
-Weight increase upon strike
-Energy Draining
-Improved combat abilities
-Concentrated Energy Waves
-Puppetry/ Control ones limb or entire body
-Poison Secretion/ Neuron Toxins or Life Stealing
-Weapon Lengthening and Shortening
-Striking through walls and barriers
-Precognition/ Limited
-Ivisibility/ Visible only when striking
-Acid like abilities
-Increased Kidou Power/ Increases damage or duration of a number of Kidou
-Increased Physical Power/ Strength
-Warp Striking/ Strike from afar and attack as if you were colse to your opponent
-Sleeping Mist/ Zanpaku-to releases a mist affecting target or targets in range but not user
-Exploding Ability/ Make objects explode, but cannot be used on the opponent directly (i.e. cannot blow him up)