Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26636534-20151016181609/@comment-734582-20151022153359

Georgio722 wrote: But my point is that the reason that Rasenshuriken is one of his strongest techniques is because it is one of his signature techniques, and not that the reason that Rasenshuriken is one of his signature techniques is because it is one of his strongest techniques. Because I don't see Tailed Beast Ball being his signature technique right? This is just BS. Strong techniques are signature because they're strong. That's the point. Such a technique is often the way a character aims to defeat his opponent. Naruto uses Shadowclones to get close to his enemy while evading his attacks. Kakashi uses Raikiri as the final blow while using Sharingan to land it. Obito uses Kamui to get close to an enemy and suck them in to defeat them. Minato use Rasengan to deliver the final blow and Hiraishin to deliver Rasengan. Hashirama uses Wood Release for everything from defensive, utilitarian to offensive attacks.

A technique is signature because it's used often. Techniques are used often because they're a reliable technique. Therefore, a signature technique is often a reliable technique. It's not necessarily a raw power technique. As i mentioned, Rasengan and Rasenshuriken are fairly safe technique. Rasengan doesn't need speed (like Chidori), has no elemental weakness and Naruto can spam it with shadowclones (so it leaves no opening against the original). Rasenshuriken doesn't even need point blank contact. Bijudama is way too destructive to spam (versus the fairly target-able, limited-area effect Rasenshuriken). Shadowclone is signature because it enhances naruto's strengths (a lot of chakra to use/loads of raw power attacks) while it mitigates his weaknesses (no reliable gapcloser).

Chidori is a reliable tool for assassination (the only time it kind-of failed was versus Kakuzu, but even then technically it didn't fail). Rasengan is a reliable finisher. Dust Release has no counter whatsoever. Susanoo is both an absolute defense as offense. '''You can pick any ninja and their "signature" technique and you'll see that above all, it's reliable in it's main purpose. And reliability is always powerful. '''