SATON (Sand)

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Saton (Sand) is a versatile material, most often employed by the shinobi originating from Sunagakure for various purposes, including numerous supplementary functions ranging from concealment to disguise. This sand is infused with chakra, allowing all Saton users to make faster and more powerful attacks with the seemingly harmless element. Sand includes a wide variety of minerals, allowing the user to select the hardest minerals to create stronger defenses and offenses. On top of this, the element is also possesses the capability to incorporate other materials into the sand, increasing its versatility even further by introducing substances that can alter its properties to a certain degree, such as gold and hail.

When in need of more sand, the user can crush the soil, meaning nearly any kind of earth, with the sand he already has, to create more. Although this sand is more difficult to control than their specially-made sand, it provides the amount needed for large-scale techniques. Unfortunately, despite its durability and versatility, the sand could be countered by mixing other harmful things within it, such as Explosive Clay, water, oil, and the integration of substances that make the sand heavier, such as gold. With these harmful additives, it makes it bind together easier, which means that the sand crumbles very easily and thus becomes useless.


Acquiring Saton requires the users to possess Fuuton (Wind) and Doton (Earth) nature transformations, as well as Kekkei Genkai trait.

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◀ Abilities

Suna Shigure (Sand Drizzle)
Rank: D
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Cost: Sustained
Description: Using their chakra to control nearby sand, Gaara will levitate small clumps of sand high in the air above their opponent, which then falls on a target like rain. The user can control the sand lumps with their chakra, allowing them to ensure they strike their target and even guide them towards the target's blind-spots. Because this control allows the user to strike the target from multiple directions at once, the target's attention will most likely be focused upwards as they attempt to avoid it. As such, the technique is an effective distraction, allowing for the use of another source of sand to attack the target from underfoot. This ground-level sand, in addition to being useful for follow-up attacks, can also be used to immobilize the target, preventing them from escaping.



Daisan no Mei (Third Eye)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Cost: Standard
Description: Created out of sand, the eye allows the user to view an opponent when they are either encased in defensive sand technique, or when the user needs to be able to see their opponent's actions when no clear line of sight is available. With chakra, the user connects the eye to their optic nerve, which enables them to know what happens in the artificial eye's field of vision. Its main purpose is spying, since it can form and disperse in any location on command. However, the only drawback is that in order to use it, the user must keep one of their eyes closed for the duration of the technique.



Sabaku Fuyuu (Desert Suspension)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Cost: Sustained (when used on self ) / Multi (when used to lift multiple people)
Description: Using their ability to levitate sand, the user will bring together sand into cloud shape clumps, creating a platform capable of supporting his weight. These clumps are dense enough for the user or an ally to rest on, allowing them to rise above any threat from below. One of the simpler purposes for this technique is to act as a form of defense, lifting the rider out of reach of attacks. While airborne, the user can still use his other techniques for additional protection. This technique can also be used for transportation, enabling unconventional travel that can move around quickly. Platforms can also be made larger to support allies alongside the user, rather than creating separate platforms.



Suna Shuriken (Sand Shuriken)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Multi
Description: Using his chakra to control nearby sand, the user will shape the sand coating their arms or mold nearby sand into multiple shuriken that are launched rapidly and hurled like disks at their opponent. Spinning through the air, these disks are deadly in strength, inflicting large amounts of damage to his target and surrounding objects.



Suna Arare (Sand Hail)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Multi
Description: Using their chakra to control nearby sand, the user will levitate large clumps of sand above their opponents, and then release these pounding hail stones down upon their target.



Suna Raishin (Sand Lightning Needles)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Cost: Sustained
Description: This technique was designed for when a Saton user must face an enemy that wields the power of Raiton. By hurling sand into the air and towards their target, the sand soon comes down around them in the form of hardened sand pikes. The intention of this is that if the opponent utilizes lightning attacks, this technique will neutralize its usage in the target. However, strong enough Raiton jutsu may still be used.



Suna Bunshin no Jutsu (Sand Clone Technique)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Cost: Standard (per clone)
Description: With this technique, the user shapes their sand into a lookalike of themselves that fights on their behalf. Unlike other clone techniques, the sand clone's composition is usually obvious at all times, only taking the user's shape and not their exact appearance. Because of this, the clone can be reverted to sand at any time, most often when being attacked. As it is punched or kicked, the user can use the clone's sand to immediately capture the opponent's limbs. Alternatively, they can use the clone as a decoy, drawing opponents to it and once they're close enough, manipulating the clone's sand against them. Whereas other clones can only take so much damage before being destroyed, the user can reform the sand clone regardless of what happens to it.



Suna no Mayu (Cocoon of Sand)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Defensive
Cost: Sustained
Description: Considered to be the Saton user's first line of absolute defense. After forming the needed hand seals, a sphere of sand will surround the user's body, encasing them in a protective manner. This sand cocoon is made as a defensive measure, and can be paired with Daisan no Me (Third Eye) as a way to safely view their opponent and the surrounding battlefield.



Suna Juugan (Sand Bullet)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Standard
Description: A very small but effective attack, the user forms a small sphere made of sand and compresses it to increase its hardness, shaping it in the form of a bullet. The bullet sphere can strike opponents with such speed and force that has potential to knock unprotected targets unconscious. The user can also change its trajectory in to strike down multiple targets.



Gokusa Maisou (Sand Prison Burial)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Sustained
Description: Using his ability to manipulate sand, the user breaks open the earth and will loosen the ground below his target, pulling a target down and causing them to sink deep within the earth. Targets are dragged down so quickly that escape becomes a rather arduous task, especially if the victim is caught off guard. By being imprisoned at this depth, the pressure will completely limit their ability to move, rendered so powerless they may not be able to move even a single finger. With additional chakra, the user has the option to apply additional pressure to their victim with the sand, crushing them over a period of time.



Suna no Kanchi (Sand Sensing)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Supplementary
Cost: Sustained
Description: After dispersing their sand over a wide area, the user utilizes the small particles to detect enemies hidden through invisibility. When the sand comes into contact with these hidden foes, the location will be relayed back to the user. This sand can also act to outline the hidden figure, as it bounces off them from contact.



Sabaku Kyuu (Desert Coffin)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Cost: Sustained
Description: A technique meant for imprisonment, the user will cause sand to rise from the ground and wrap around the legs of their target, restraining and immobilizing them in place, effectively capturing them. The sand will then rise up to full encase the target. Because the sand is naturally malleable, most of the target's usual methods for defense or escape become ineffective once they've been encased by it. This technique alone can suffocate or crush the bones of an opponent over a period of time, but the technique is usually used to prepare the victim for the Sabaku Sousou (Desert Funeral) technique.



Sabaku Sousou (Desert Funeral)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Standard (if target is crushed at once ) / Sustained (if target is held over time)
Description: After encasing, trapping and constricting a target with sand - such as by using the Desert Coffin - the user clenches their fist to cause the sand to contract in an extreme and quick way. The sand presses in on the target from all directions with immense pressure, until they're target is pulverized, resulting in a crippling factor, or worse - death. Although some of the target's remains burst through the sand, scattering around the area similar to rain, most of their blood is absorbed by the sand itself. The user can moderate the amount of pressure used in the sand's constriction, either making death quick and painless, or by dragging it out to prolong their suffering. The user can also stop short of killing his targets, only compressing the sand enough to break their bones.



Sabaku Rou (Desert Prison)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Defensive
Description: A capturing technique that is seen as an upgrade to the Desert Coffin, a perfectly airtight space is created, in which larger targets, rather than a single person, can be captured. An enormous quantity of sand completely envelops the target from every direction and captures them. The speed, hardness, and scope of the sand depends on the amount of chakra poured into it, and ultimately, the user can fine-tune the sand's properties to match the target's size and characteristics. No matter if the target is on the ground or flying in the air, it is extremely difficult to escape from this technique.



Suna no Tate (Shield of Sand)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Defensive
Cost: Sustained
Description: Considered to be the Saton user's second line of absolute defense, this technique allows the user to user their control over sand to create an ever moving, defensive shield. By control the sand to act as a barrier, the user can defend themselves from attacks from almost any angle, as long as they are able to spot the incoming attack. The user employs their hands to move the sand about, and because of the sand's versatility, it can defend against most attacks with ease. However, because the protection is reliant upon how quickly the user can respond, it is possible a fast enough attack can bypass the sand and strike the user.



Ryuusa Bakuryuu (Quicksand Waterfall Current)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Sustained
Description: By crushing rocks, pebbles and minerals found underground along with the user's personal sand, they can create a huge volume of useable sand that is brought forth above ground. The earth shakes as the sand surfaces, which the user then manipulates like a tsunami that he crashes against his targets, a large tidal wave size amount sand covering the user's target and the surrounding area. Targets are battered multiple times by the waves of sand as it spreads throughout the area. When the sand settles, the landscape is dramatically altered, taking on the appearance of a barren desert. This provides the user ample sand to perform additional attacks.



Sabaku Taisou (Desert Imperial Funeral)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Sustained
Description: After a target has been engulfed by Quicksand Waterfall Curerent, the user slams his hands onto the sand and activates this technique, causing the sand to constrict and harden, thereby crushing everything it is covering. A very large scale technique, the sand compresses upon and grinds down the target. The large volume of sand used in the Quicksand Waterfall Current is flattened out and the target is repeatedly squeezed, preventing them from moving and ultimately crushing them to death.



Sabaku Soutaisou (Desert Layered Imperial Funeral)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Cost: Standard
Description: After a target has been engulfed by Quicksand Waterfall Curerent, the user will cause sand to rise from the ground and encase their target with several successive layers of the material, before compressing it into the form of a huge pyramid which serves to imprison the target upon its completion. The additional sand helps overcome hinderances to clumping the sand that water or oil abilities can deliver. As a bonus, the addition of sealing tags helps ensure the target will remain inside the sand prison.



Suna no Yoroi (Armor of Sand)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Defensive
Cost: Sustained
Description: Considered to be the Saton user's final line of absolute defense, with this technique, the user covers their body in an almost invisible layer of sand, wearing it like armor. Although it defends him from attacks that bypass their other defenses, maintaining it consumes a great deal of chakra. When covered by the sand, the user becomes heavier and it is more difficult for their body to maneuver. Though the sand does provide some protection, sufficient strikes will cause the struck section to crumble away, this break the armor to expose the user's natural body. Despite all this, when combining all forms of absolute defense, this makes the Saton user incredibly difficult to damage.