Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-27312470-20160124013012/@comment-734582-20160126135846

Kiadony wrote: Same goes for other specialized non-combat ninja, or Anbu members. True. Well the problem is that if you're a generic Ninjutsu user, you can essentially grow infinitely (see: Naruto, Sasuke) but if you use some specific tool (insects, dogs, tools) then apparently you can't grow beyond that.

I just remembered: Sai is the other most undervalued member. Anything he draws comes to life. It's essentially the same argument as Tenten's ability: Anything you need can be drawn and obtained. Need to travel long distances? birds. Need to scout? flock of small birds. Need to restrain the enemy? snakes. Need to seal the enemy? draw a seal on an animal, animal attack enemy, seal activates and defeats opponent. Need explosive tags? quick drawing and you have more.

But there's more: some combinations would be truly, dirty powerful. Combining e.g. Sai's jutsu with Ino's jutsu allows for mind-transfer traps like we saw with the puppet, in the form of any potential ink animal. Combining Shadowbinding with any ranged, timed, or planned ability would be CRAZY strong. Imagine summoning an animal, you shadowbind the enemy. Guaranteed hit.

It seems to me that way too often, people specialize too much. Choji's expansion style is all he has, whereas Tenten could just summon a giant sword or so for him and make him a human, well, Susanoo.