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I was looking at Gaara's Sand Armor durability the other day, and noticed how weak it is compared to his standard Sand Shield
Durability:
At first, in the Chuunin Arc, it makes sense, it gets chipped by Lee, so it'd be 8-B, but as the series goes on it stays constant or some reason while his Sand Shield gets tougher and tougher... why?
Both Sand Armor and Sand Shield are composed of Chakra Infused Sand, they should honestly be around the same level, even if the Armor is weaker- it's still relevant in later arcs. Even in Shippuden, it's last notable use (that I can remember) against Deidera, it protected him from the bulk of Deidera's termite explosions from inside the Sand Shield. And that Sand Shield was visibly affected by those blasts too (it expanded when the explosion happened), the fact the Sand Armor protected Gaara's 8-B durability makes it at least somewhat as tough as the Sand Shield even if it's weaker.
Yes Deidera doesn't want to kill Gaara, but Deidera's 7-B, and he was definitely attacking Gaara to make him unconscious, there's no way he was putting like, 10% effort into that attack when he's going like "Art is an EXPLOSION HAAAAA".
So shouldn't we be scaling Sand Armor to just be weaker Sand Shield?
Durability:
City Block level (Comparable to his striking strength), City Block level+ with Sand Armor (Withstood several attacks from First Gate Lee, albeit with slight damage[11]. Somewhat withstood the Reverse Lotus, although he took significant damage and had to use his Sand Shield to protect him from hitting the ground[12]), Multi-City Block level with Sand Shield (Much stronger than the Sand Armor[11]), higher with Partial Transformation (Sasuke's attacks were ineffective against him, with the Chidori being his only option to damage him[6]) | City Block level (Comparable to his striking strength), City Block level+ with Sand Armor (At least comparable to his Sand Armor during the Chūnin Exams), Large Town level with Sand Shield (Comparable to his attack potency), Small City level with Shield of Shukaku (Withstood an attack from CS2 Kimimaro and shattered his bones in the process[13]) | At least City Block level physically (Comparable to his striking strength), Multi-City Block level with Sand Armor (Should be more durable than it was prior to the timeskip), Mountain level with Sand Shield (Blocked Deidara’s C3, which is far superior to his C2[9]) | At least City Block level physically, Multi-City Block level with Sand Armor, Large Mountain level+ with Sand Shield (Blocked V2 A's Guillotine Drop[14]. His sand shield, alongside Onoki's Stone Golem, was able to stop Madara's Yasaka Magatama[15]. He blocked several attacks from Madara's humanoid Susano'o[16]. He later blocked Sage Mode Madara's Susano'o sword, albeit barely[10]) | Unknown physically, Large Mountain level+ with Sand Shield (His sand tanked several meteors) | At least City Block level physically, Multi-City Block level with Sand Armor, Large Mountain level+ with Sand Shield
At first, in the Chuunin Arc, it makes sense, it gets chipped by Lee, so it'd be 8-B, but as the series goes on it stays constant or some reason while his Sand Shield gets tougher and tougher... why?
Both Sand Armor and Sand Shield are composed of Chakra Infused Sand, they should honestly be around the same level, even if the Armor is weaker- it's still relevant in later arcs. Even in Shippuden, it's last notable use (that I can remember) against Deidera, it protected him from the bulk of Deidera's termite explosions from inside the Sand Shield. And that Sand Shield was visibly affected by those blasts too (it expanded when the explosion happened), the fact the Sand Armor protected Gaara's 8-B durability makes it at least somewhat as tough as the Sand Shield even if it's weaker.
Yes Deidera doesn't want to kill Gaara, but Deidera's 7-B, and he was definitely attacking Gaara to make him unconscious, there's no way he was putting like, 10% effort into that attack when he's going like "Art is an EXPLOSION HAAAAA".
So shouldn't we be scaling Sand Armor to just be weaker Sand Shield?