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Old 2012-06-21, 06:35   Link #45
Knjaz
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Originally Posted by sayde View Post
The blast radius of her bankai is so huge, that there's hardly ever going to be an ideal situation to use it in. It'd be one thing if they could take the battle high into the sky, like they could in Karakura Town, but within soul society, they're more or less limited to fighting on the ground. So if she uses it within the seireitei, she going to cause further destruction to the place they're trying to protect alongside with possibly wiping out other shinigami/allies in the process. So if she uses it from long range, its a dangerous move, and if she uses it from close range, its still a dangerous move. Its just an all around awful weapon on its own. Without a skilled Kido user to back her up, there's no way to effectively control the blast.
Well, judging from the losses they're suffering since the beginning of the invasion and the power of those SternRitters, it wouldn't be unimaginable to use it even within Seiretei, at some point.

The blast strength would prevent enemy from evading damage. A captain of SpecOps like Soifon should have some basic understanding on the strategy and possible uses for that kind of weapon in the situation they found themselves in (oh, who am I kidding here....)

Kinda stupid to lose the only bankai (that we know about) that can be used outside of enemy reach, with emphasis on one hit kill out.
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