Try jumping in your car and going at 50kmh and holding a lighter out the window. The flames wont go forward with you, they'll fly back.
Your idea about fire cancelling chidori could work with other jutsu, eg Rover shoots fireball, Lubez uses water dragon jutsu and puts it out.
While it is true,comparing the lighter with this is a bit odd...if you get hit by a large ammount of fire,no matter in what direction it moves before it makes contact with you,it will be painful,as long as it DOES make contact,and that was the case when i tested it.
My point isnt that the flames dont reach the target,my point is that they DO reach the target often,but cause no damage.
If i had to guess,id say that the area that is covered by the fire breath,is much smaller than the animation makes it look.
If this is not the case,it sounds like a bug to me
Was also testing it while standing close to the enemy,and while we both didnt move,and both aimed at each other(with full hp each),he died while i just lost around 20-30% of my hp.
By the way...the idea about fire cancelling is no from me,vreg wrote about it in the changelog:
,,While Fire Breath is not very mobile, its high damage rate makes it an excellent defensive strategy (e.g. when someone comes running at you with a Chidori, you can properly defend yourself with Fire Breath)''
The only problem with this is,that someone who is using chidori,very rarely runs at you in a straight line.
While using chidori,you are very mobile,you can change directions fast and land the attack for a good ammount of damage just a moment later.
The fire breath jutsu on the other hand,is not mobile at all.
It could cause a lot of damage to a slow/stunned/afk/distracted target,but against chidori,it doesnt seem very effective to me because you would have to change the direction quickly,to match the movements of the chidori user with your own fire breath jutsu.
While the chidori user can do that without a problem,the fire breath user will cause way less damage while using the jutsu and changing the direction fast at the same time.
As i said,the fire breath jutsu can be useful to support someone or against slow opponents,but against chidori,its at a dissadvantage unless the chidori user runs at you in a straight line.
But ofcourse,i am not as experienced here as others are.
So if you found a way around that,id like to hear it,i might learn something from it.
I've used dodge plenty, if you quickly see someone behind you and you can't change course due to them being so close dodge comes in handy. Hate to say this but once you get into "top tier" chidori fights, you end up using dodge once or twice a match, effectively.
I take your word for that.
So far,i didnt see anyone use the dodge mechanic in a fight(at least not in any really useful way),but if you say it really is so useful,i will try it out.
I use it very rarely because a simple sprint does the trick too,most of the times(since most people have a very hard time to land a hit with chidori on a fast moving target,i noticed).
also json is reading this thread prepare to be amazed. what a legend
In that case i am honored to welcome a legend in my thread.
Even if i dont know that legend yet.
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