Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26889573-20150820075134/@comment-3568954-20150831104651

Thekillman

i know but like i was saying adding an element release to the actual gentle fist as in using it in the same manner would be overkill and would stifle his growth in the gentle fist as it likely requires a crap tonne of chakra control to simply use the gentle fist effectively adding a nature would require 3 times as much and as such make it a less effective technique. the gentle fists strength lay with in its simplicity its easy to use and people will underestimate the byakugan user as they are not fighting with the strong fist and as such they will think the byakugan user is weak when a simple touch is enough to kill its redundant to add something like lightning release

now the only thing i could see it being a benefit is with rotation

if Boruto combined lightning release with his rotation any enemy who gets touched by it would be blown back and at the same time be stunned by the lightning slowing there reaction time allowing for boruto to get up close and personal and go for the kill or he might even be able to use the speed of the rotation to create like a shock wave of lightning or if he was combining it with wind release he could create a tornado or water release he could create a hurricane etc etc but thats the only real time it would't be redundant