Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20151016181609/@comment-1872728-20151022143743

Curse of Hatred wrote: In which case I would disagree with you. A signature technique is one that's used so much that it becomes associated with that person. For Naruto that would be the shadow clone jutsu, since he's consistently spammed that throughout the series. There's also the fact that a lot of the time he needs shadow clones in order to perform a rasengan or rasenshuriken.

Other examples of signature techniques not being the strongest: Minato known for FTG, Shisui known for Body Flicker, Tobi for Kamui, Pain (specifically Deva Path) for Shinra Tensei, Gaara for Sand Burial, Choji for Expansion Jutsu, and that's all I can think of at the moment. But Shadow Clone, Flying Thunder God, Body Flicker, and Expansion Jutsu are not offensive/defensive only techniques though. I would say that Minato = Rasengan, Shisui = Kotoamatsukami, Choji = Bullet Tank. If that's the case, then "Strongest technique = most famous/signature technique". Alright, maybe not the strongest, but they're at least one of the strongest. According to what I've seen, most of them have at least one offensive/defensive only signature, and one utility signature. And my "Strongest technique = most famous/signature technique" only applies to the offensive/defensive only signature, not the utility signature.