Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-27521865-20190624190722/@comment-26636534-20190626131145

Actionmanrandell wrote: @Ninja Of War a broad arsenal isn't really that important in the grand scheme of things when there isn't modern weapons involved throughout history each faction of a military had specialized training. an archer wasn't super skilled with a sword. etc and the larger the arsenal the less efficiency at using said arsenal. and why would the Hyuga have any need for a large arsenal? the gentle fist and the Byakugan is enough any Hyuga born with massive amounts of chakra should be a MONSTER

Well, having a broader arsenal would naturally allow you to be more adaptable in combat. That's also not to say a shinobi would need many jutsu. If you take naruto's example, for a long time he had 3 base jutsus: shadow clone, rasengan, summoning technique. And we have seen that many combinations can be derived.

My complaint is that it seems clans of Konoha (except the Uchiha) are too focused on their specialization that they don't see the benefit of having 1 or 2 more base jutsus. Which is quite unfortunate, in the sense of limiting potential.

In your example with a Hyuga with massive chakra reserves. Great, but meh. I'd find it a lot more interesting and compelling for a Hyuga to combine their Byakugan with a genjutsu/barrier/sealing or literally any other jutsu. The same goes for the other clans.