Reply To: Character Position Combat Test – Kayrex – Kazekage/1t (RESET)

[Deathdusk]

Grades

• Clan
  • ███ BAD
    • Magnet Release: Gold Dust Fissure
      • You used this a lot and it felt like a primary source of damage, which isn’t good.
      • You should use this as a counter or bait and punish for when I get in range.
      • You should use this jutsu less offensively. If your target is playing aggressive and you time it correctly, they can be hit for double damage.
    • Magnet Release: Gold Dust Particles
      • This jutsu was very annoying to be hit by but was not effective when you used it.
      • If I am at mid-to-long-range, you can use this to stop the activation of Sharingan before I can reach you.
      • If I am trying to attack you at close-range, this is an easy way to push me away.
      • If I am using movement jutsu, you can use this as punishment.
        • This will make me waste my movement jutsu, decreasing my speed and ability to dodge future attacks.
    • Magnet Release: Gold Dust Spear
      • You used this a lot but only hit it once, which seemed like it was by luck anyway.
      • Try to angle the jutsu where I am going and account for the time it takes to charge before it launches at me.
        • If you know how long it takes to activate, you can better predict where to use it from and where I will be as it fires off.
      • You should take advantage of times where I am less mobile.
        • Try hitting me with this when I am charging chakra.
        • Try hitting me with this when I am playing evasively.
        • Try hitting me with this when I am slowed by the Sharingan activation.
        • Try hitting me with this when I am out of or am landing from movement jutsu.
        • Try placing it in my path if I am playing aggressively.
    • Magnet Release: Gold Dust Great Burial
      • You used this jutsu a lot but never dealt damage with it.
      • You would catch me on the edges, so it was very easy to escape.
        • Try to catch me in the center of the jutsu so I have less ability to walk or run out of it.
      • Again, you need to seize the opportunities where I am less mobile.
        • Try hitting me with this when I am charging chakra.
        • Try hitting me with this when I am playing evasively.
        • Try hitting me with this when I am slowed by the Sharingan activation.
        • Try hitting me with this when I am out of or am landing from movement jutsu.
        • Try placing it in my path if I am playing aggressively.
      • You may have some luck if you use this defensively. If I am attacking you, I may not have enough time to escape if you use this as response.
        • The things above still apply. You still want to make sure I don’t have movement jutsu off cooldown.
• Chakra Nature
  • ███ POOR
    • Wind Release: Swirling Vacuum
      • You were not effective with this jutsu and would sometimes, instinctively or not, chain this with other jutsu inappropriately.
      • This jutsu would be a lot more threatening if you used it to mess up my aim.
        • Make sure that you are at mid-range when trying to mess up my aim. If I am firing off any sort of projectile or ranged jutsu, this will make it harder for me to land.
        • Try not to be too close as the closer I am, the easier it is to hit some of my jutsu anyway.
    • Wind Release: Gale Palm
      • It felt like you considered the utility of this jutsu and not just damage, which is good, but you need to keep consistency with it to be effective.
        • You used this to push me away if I was being too aggressive, but also know that it lets you build distance without having to waste movement jutsu or time doing it yourself.
    • Wind Release: Whirlwind Fist
      • You would miss this at point-blank range which is surprising and not good.
        • Perhaps it would be easier if you used this as a response to me hitting you with jutsu at close-range. This may give you more ability to hit your jutsu if I am already trying to execute my own.
    • Earth Release: Dark Swamp
      • You used this a few times but it was never useful for you.
      • You should consider using this to force me into wasting my movement jutsu.
      • You could use this to punish me for playing evasively or to keep me from being evasive.
      • You could use this to seal off an area to prevent me from closing in on you.
      • You could use this as punishment for me trying to attack you.
    • Earth Release: Rising Earth Spikes
      • You used this a lot and it felt like a primary source of damage, which isn’t good.
        This is an effective damage dealer but it is also good punishment for playing aggressive.
        This is a good opener to the fight as it instantly puts me on defense.
    • Earth Release: Planet Splitter
      • You used this a lot during our test and got close to landing it, but never did.
      • You tried to use this the same way each time, praying that it would land.
        • Try to switch up when, where, and how you use it each time so that it becomes less avoidable.
      • Another way of getting more range out of the jutsu is by using it like a wall.
        • Instead of launching the jutsu toward the target, try to shoot it from another angle to form a wall.
      • Another way of hitting this is using it when I have no movement jutsu left or am landing from a movement jutsu.
      • Another way of hitting this is catching me in a corner and sealing my exit with the jutsu.
      • Another way of hitting it is using it during the period where I am slowed in my Sharingan activation.
      • Another way of hitting it is using it when I am charging my chakra.
        • Waiting until I don’t have moment jutsu still applies.
• Nature Kekkei Genkai
  • ███ BAD
    • Magnet Release: Fatal Attraction
      • This was sometimes threatening, but not always effective.
      • This is a jutsu that can force me into using my movement jutsu.
      • If centered on me, this can deal a fair bit of damage.
      • You can use this to defuse Sharingan from mid-range.
    • Magnet Release: Magnetic Prison
      • You did not use this much but you also never hit it.
      • You can jump-walk toward me to attempt to assure a hit.
        • Try to land this while you are as close to me as possible, then inch toward me to ensure a hit.
      • If you are too far away, it is really easy to escape or counter you with my own jutsu.
        • If I escape, you are a sitting duck and I will attack you while you become slowed by your own jutsu.
      • The jutsu still leaves a puddle behind even if you miss. You can bait me back into this puddle to hit it if you end up missing.
    • Magnet Release: Magnetic Wall
      • You used this a few times, only stopping me once. It was effective, but you still missed your other shots.
        • You want to keep practicing trapping your opponents inside this jutsu. It is an effective way to stop me from damaging you at close-range and it messes up my coordination as well.
• Rank
  • ███ POOR
    • Ninja Art: Kunai Barrage
      • You could use this to defuse Sharingan or to keep me distanced, but when you tried, it did not land.
      • This is a decent damage dealer if used in small quantities.
        • Obviously, do not let this become a primary damage dealer.
    • Chakra Dash, Chakra Jump & Teleportation
      • You still have a bad habit of using these jutsu to distance yourself rather than to dodge.
        • You want to use these jutsu to dodge oncoming attacks, but you want to quickly re-engage. If you are moving across the map, I punish the behavior and make it harder for you to re-engage.
• General
  • ███ FAIR
    • Green Roar
      • Used once or twice for extra damage, but its utility had less consideration.
      • You can use this to defuse Sharingan as it lifts me up out of range for its activation.
      • You can use this to punish me for playing too close, also messing up my aim in the process.
    • Ninja Art: Explosive Kunai
      • You punished me well for evading or charging chakra.
      • Posed a fair threat at distance that I had to watch out for sometimes.
• Ninja Tool
  • ███ BAD
    • Kunai/Shuriken
      • You used these a lot and it hurt your overall performance on the test.
      • You struggled to land your other jutsu and this became a primary damage dealer.
        • Try to break this bad habit. It has been a consistent issue from the time you joined the server.
• Playstyle
  • ███ BAD
    • You struggle to respond to oncoming jutsu and only have your mind focused on landing jutsu.
      • You can focus on landing jutsu, but you need to distribute that focus into how, when, and where you will use them.
      • Parrying or countering with your jutsu are important. Find an opening and take more advantage of it.
    • You don’t play too far away, but you still have an issue of moving to the other side of the field and being punished for doing so. As I said, you want to be the one distancing your target away from you rather than completely distancing yourself. You lose control over the fight when I punish you for leaving it in the first place.
• Sequence
  • ███ BAD
    • You habitually use every nature jutsu or kekkei genkai one after the other.
      • This leads to you chaining jutsu together inappropriately.
    • You need to continuously tie me down with movement restrictive jutsu.
      • When I use a movement jutsu to escape a debuff, have another planned for when I escape. This continuous cycle of punishment will make it easier for you to land jutsu when I am no longer debuffed.
    • Do not prey on substitutions to land jutsu. This does not show that you can consistently hit the jutsu by itself and was still ineffective when you tried.
• Balance
  • ███ POOR
    • You used Planet Splitter, Gold Dust Great Burial, and Gold Dust Spear a lot but never hit them consistently, some not at all.
      • You need to fit jutsu like these into your set or else you will continue to spray and pray them.
      • You need to find and mix up where, when, and how you use them.
    • Once again, you continuously cycle through your low cost jutsu to deal your primary damage and consistently miss your harder to hit, longer cooldown jutsu.
      • Put more focus into your hard hitting jutsu so that you can deal more effective damage throughout the fight.
      • You need to spread the lower cost jutsu more throughout the fight so that you don’t run out. You aren’t effective because you never hit your hard hitters.

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