universal lightning ninjutsu

Name: Electrical resistance training
marker (required for all techniques below)
Description: a technique typically taught to academy students in the cloud village in which the user has exposed themselves to electricity gradually and over long periods of time to eventually gain a resistance to electric shocks by gathering chakra to the shocked area, this is a necessary precaution to avoid being electrocuted by their own jutsu and the resistance gets better with training as the ninja moves up in rank
(this skill can also be used to apply a “counter current” against other electrical attacks using the user's own lightning ninjutsu technique)
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: E

Name: Lightning release; Electric shock jutsu
Description: A very basic lightning technique in which the user either touches the target or catalyst (piece of metal/body of water/any conductor) to discharge an electrical current, though not powerful enough to cause any real damage the pain from the shock is intense, sever and lingering and it could potently cause very light burns, not really enough to stun though most people would be momentarily unable to react from the shocks pain, the one thing it never fails to do is break the opponents concentration but the single current lasts only a second and is little more than a jolt. The jolt requires touching the target but can pass through water metal or any other conductive substance.
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: E

Name: Lightning release; Lightning fingertips
Description: A jutsu commonly used to display ones ability to control lightning chakra at the academy level, after touching the tips of their index fingers together the user slowly pulls them apart revealing a bright current of lightning passing through the air between their fingers, though it seems impractical it has a variety of uses, it can be done fairly constantly as concentration is maintained and produces a large amount of flickering light and if used creatively might be able to “catch” attacks between the fingers so that they are shocked by the current, though the shock is minimal it is rather painful.
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: E

Name: Lightning release; Transference jutsu
Description: a simple technique used during another lightning jutsu in which the user re-directs the chakra of the other technique to an existing conductor to change its direction, this technique requires the use of another lightning jutsu and a conductor connected to the target in some way. Typically accomplished with traps made of wire and kunai. This jutsu can be used to move lightning between techniques, weapons or targets to avoid waisting the high-chakra cost current, or to "hide" electricity in weapons or other objects in later jutsu.
Requires electrical current shock
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: E

Name: Lightning release; Electrical palms (minor)
Description: A simple lightning release jutsu in which the user gathers lightning chakra to the palms and pushes against a target in a forward strike, this is stronger than jutsu learned before it and typically causes burns an can stun opponents for a critical couple of seconds, the shock is also exceedingly painful and visible to the victim as the electricity passes over a small section of their body. This jutsu has no lasting effect following the first two seconds after its execution and relies on the palms being at least in inch of range between the palm and target, putting the user at a disadvantage.
Requires electric current shock
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: D

Name: Lightning release; Flash bang lightning strike
Description: The user throws down a hand seal and strikes the ground with a small, but very very bright and especially loud bolt of lightning, though it cannot actually damage anything it works as an effective flash-bang, able to distract or blind opponents for critical seconds as the user gets away, making their vision and hearing overstimulated as the user gets away or launches a counter attack.
Requires lightning fingertips
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: D

Name: Lightning release; Lightning needle jutsu
Description: pooling chakra to the fingers the user condenses the lightning itself in to what appears to be a very thin, small, strait current which acts almost as a solid object. This “needle” is however pure lightning and can pierce many materials and conductively “pass” through others such as metal. The “needle” effectively “prices” the target by conducting the lightning through to the inside, the result is a shock that can strike the nerves of a living animal, the result is that areas stuck by these “needles” tense and experience pain on contact, though this lasts only a short time (one post) it can effectively disable a lesser extremity for that period, typically this needle is used at close range as throwing it is incredibly difficult and having it pass through a catalyst would ruin the effectiveness of the technique.
Requires lightning fingertips
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: D

Name: Lightning release: Electrical beam jutsu (minor)
Description: From the palm the user unleashes a bolt of lightning about as thick as their forearms which jumps at an alarming speed toward the target delivering a shock, this jutsu is simplistic and not particularly deadly but made almost impossible to doge completely from its speed. Its damage is enough to stun someone for five seconds and could potentially singe clothing or leave minor first degree burns. It doesn’t have as long a range as one might expect but can be made to extend as the with of the current narrows and the power decreases if need be.
Requires lightining fingertips
Type: lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Paralysis strike jutsu
Description: by striking an opponents body with bare hands or a metal conductor the user is able to deliver a powerful electric shock which, while not being particularly damaging (though painful) causes every muscle in the victims body to tense up preventing them from moving and dulls their senses by stunning them, the victim will remain paralyzed for a time after the blow (three posts) and stunned for a time after (an additional post) one of the things that makes this technique popular is that chakra is not expended unless the shock is transferred
Requires minor electrical palms
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Electrical palms
Description: an advanced form of the electrical palms, the user gathers lightning chakra to the hands to the point where its visible to average eyes and delivers a surging shock to the opponent, this has a range of about eight inches and will cause first and even possibly second degree burns, it stuns the opponent for one post, the visible chakra in the hands does however make this technique very obvious as the hands emit electrical lights and sounds.
Requires minor electoral palms
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Electric weapons jutsu
Description: A simple technique that accomplishes the spirit of chakra flow with out using a raw chakra to saturate the weapon, using the metal on a weapon as a conductor the user applies a constant current to their weapon, adding the element of shocking to the weapon increasing its offensive and defensive ability, often times when an opponent parries the metal weapon with their own the current will pass through the users weapon in to theirs causing their hands to get shocked and burn them slightly each time the weapons make contact until the opponent is unable to hold their weapon properly, this can be countered by chakra flow or using lightning chakra to make a counter current
This technique can also be performed on the users limbs to add the element of lightning to taijutsu attacks, if the user has mastered electrical resistance and repel physical attacks.
(note this jutsu can be used to control “super vibrating lightning release swords”)
Requires transference jutsu
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Pure lightning kunai
Description: The user creates a condensed body of chakra controlled lightning the shape of a kunai in their hands, this can be used as an ordinary kunai but carries a stronger electric property than an electrified kunai would and can be made to explode in to a surge of electricity if desired, despite being ‘solid” the kunai are made of electricity and can pass through metal defenses and bodies of water with out any loss of momentum and tend to electrify any conductors they touch, damage from this can stun victims and cause burns but the bright kunai are exceptionally easy to spot though they fly slightly faster.
Requires lightning needles
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Lightning legs jutsu
Description: by gathering large amounts of lightning and chakra at the heel of the foot the user can push off with extreme speeds faster than the average eye can follow, though learning to maneuver at such speeds is very difficult a master of this technique is unmatched in speed for short dashes (its speed is slightly super to that of the body flicker technique but its chakra use is decidedly greater, when combined with the body flicker technique the users speed becomes greater than either technique could possibly hope to be on its own)
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Hummingbird jutsu
Description: Throwing out a Kunai attached to a wire the user performs the hand seal “bird” around the other end of the wire creating a hummingbird shaped mass of eclectic current around the kunai which the user can manipulate and do greater amounts of damage with, though the bird is smaller this technique can be performed more than one time in succession, if the wire is cut or damaged the technique instantly stops working. This technique is named hummingbird for the sound it makes and its erratic movement at fast speeds, multiple hummingbirds are difficult for even the most trained ninja eye to follow. The "birds" are extremely effective at keeping opponents at a distance, as being cut by the kunai within them would transfer the shock to the victims blood directly.
Requires transference jutsu
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Lightning whip jutsu
Description: Creates a current of lightning which stays on the ground or a metal object that the user swings around to deal damage to multiple targets by swinging it over a large area. This can also be used to throw and then “pull back” metal weapons as well as functioning like a tripwire but its best use is keeping opponents at a distance.
Requires lightning beam
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; grounding wave jutsu
Description: with a step or blow to a body of rock or water the user sends a pulse of electricity though the target and across the surface, initially it seems that the aim is to shock the opponent as they are caught by the pulse with a damaging jolt which is possible but in reality it is a technique to get the opponent in the air or on to a high tree where lightening strikes are much more effective. This technique is also very effective at disabling an earth users hold over a body of rock.
Requires transference
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Golden cord
Description: After throwing a kunai or electrically charged object the user throws a handseal and creates a thin but stunning current of electricity between themselves and the object, the bolt of energy jumps so rapidly that it appears instant to most ninja but apart from being sudden and painful theres not much damage, however the shock is enough to cause most targets to be knocked off their feet and stunned for a few moments and the unexpected nature of the jutsu coupled with the trick of the victim no longer paying attention to the dodged object make the technique very effective
Requires transference jutsu
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Flickering lightning clone jutsu
Description: considered one of the weaker cloning techniques these clones do not possess the ordinals intelligence and are incapable of speech or mental interaction apart form direct mental commands from the user, they do not share experiences or vision with the user as the “link” between them is only one way, these clones also show a particularly poor endurance and take even less damage than a typical clone, however what they lack in finesse they make up for in speed being the fastest of the clones and in the fact that they explode in to a shocking bolt of electricity once defeated, also attacks delivered by these clones carry a mild shock of their own
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Lightning burst jutsu
Description: a simple but powerful jutsu in which the user radiates lighting out from their entire body in one surging blast shocking and pushing back all around them, typically used as a defensive technique or to make more advanced lightning techniques explode in to electric energy
Requires electrical palms
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; Lightning field prison
Description: due to the volatile nature of electricity many thought it was impossible to have a lightning prison technique until this technique was discovered, by placing three conductors or lightning clones (conductors such as kunai, senbon or metal rods) in to the ground creating an electric current between them and above them which user calls up in to a dense, visible electric field that traps an opponent, anything trying to get in or out of the currents boundaries or fields walls experiences a powerfully shock and is pushed inside, this technique can be performed with only two conductors if the user or a clone stands in for a third. This technique is however easier to break as the user must constantly feed chakra in to the prison and if the ground the connectors are in is attacked or an electrified connector is moved the jutsu will cancel.
Requires transference and electrical beam
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: C

Name: Lightning release; wrath of the heavens jutsu
Description: a very famous technique in which the user actually calls down a lightening strike from atrophic discharge brought on by the users chakra shifting the balance, this is very destructive but difficult to aim at specific targets, usually metal objects or bodies of water, this technique is really most effective when the target is high in the air or in a very high place. Damage from this technique in a direct hit will with out a doubt cause ninja to lose cautiousness and it can be used effetely to demolish small defensive structures. (totally dependant on their being a cloud, perhaps made by water jutsu, storm jutsu, or even smoke from larger fire jutsu)
Requires lightning burst jutsu
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning release; Twitching body technique
Description: The user channels a very powerful shock to their extremities and after coming in contact with the user’s strike the victim suddenly loses control over all of their reflexes causing their bodies to seize up and convulse uncontrollably as if they were having a seizure, this is because the user channeled ration chakra in the victims spinal cord temporarily overloading their reflexes. This will effectively take a ninja out of commission for a single post but is dependant on hitting the victim directly on the back of the neck.
Requires paralyses
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning release; Lighting reflex movment
Description: by infusing their bodies with small amounts of electricity the users are able to overcome paralysis by forcibly moving themselves commanding their own nerves and muscles with natural impulses caused by chakra, dislocated limbs and numbing poisons mean nothing to someone who has mastered this allowing them to fight until their bodies are literally torn to pieces. This technique can also turn complex movements (which normally have to be fully processed in the brain) in to reflexes (which only need to respond to the spinal cord) so that the user can “react” faster than they can “think” though they will have to actually process a simple command such as “move” or “grab” but it does allow the user to get a jump on ninjas with slower reaction times. This jutsu however can be dangerous as if it is performed wrong the user may face nerve damage.
(if a genjutsu would paralyze the user and it is rank c or lower the paralysis can be overcome with this jutsu, however this does not account for a "god speed" effect, it cannot be used to run or jump, but merely for manipulation of paralyzed limbs and sudden, otherwise difficult movements)
Requires twitching body jutsu
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning release; Lightning wall
Description: a rare, defensive ration jutsu in which the user creates a five foot high, four foot wide, three inch thick wall of electricity to defend against oncoming jutsu lasting for a brief period once attacked (1-2 posts) but burning and shocking away at what ever hits it, catching all metal the wall requires solid ground as a base and is solid for all purposes
Requires lightning field prison
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning release; Lightning beam jutsu (major)
Description: After charging up lightning chakra in their hands (for one post, courts as your jutsu for the post but not your action) the user hurls a literal bolt of lightning forward at an opponent, this is the exact size of a lightning strike and no less powerful and has triple the range of the minor lightning beam, though as fast as the technique is the user charging chakra makes it very obvious. This technique is particularly draining on chakra but a high class of firepower.
Requires lightning beam minor
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning release; Five pillar contained explosion jutsu
Description: A very powerful offensive lightning jutsu in which five raiton chakra charged kunai are driven in to the ground in the shape of an equilateral pentagon around the target, small electrical currents run between the concoctor kunai and up out of the ends of their handles to culminate above the targets head inclosing the area in a visible electrical field, if the user tries to break the currents or the electric fields walls they are shocked and forced back in, what makes this technique different than the lightning prison technique is what follows, by discharging an additional bolt of lightning in to one of the conductors the user is able to create a concentrated explosion of electrical energy inside the enclosed space, this focuses inward and can be lethal but is usually used to counter very powerful defensive jutsu or contain very powerful attacks, it is considered only B rank because of the time and precision required to set the technique up making using it in a one on one fight nearly impossible as opponents would catch on very easily if they were watching the user, typically this technique is arranged before hand
Requires burst technique, electrical field prison and transference
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning release; Lightning senbon rain
Description: gathering a large amount of lightning chakra in the hands the user expels countless lightning senbons in a conic formation over a large area taking an entire post to do so, the wave of senbons is constant and over an increasingly large area making evading all of them almost impossible, the idea is to slow down an opponent with a few needles and catch them in to the entire stream by turning their hand half way though, the needles still paralyze effected parts and generate shocks from the increased number, the needles are still solid acting but able to pass through metal and earth based defenses.
Requires lightning needles and bust technique
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning release; Lightning sphere
Description: a variation of the lightning wall technique in which the user creates an electric field around them in the shape of a sphere able to shock and burn away attacks and reduce their power, it isn’t able to protect as large an area as the lightning wall but it allows the user to move while protected from multiple sides in order to actually run though a larger offensive jutsu and get closer to opponents to attack them in the middle of performing their technique
Requires electrical field prison
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning riding technique
Description: By channeling an electric current beneath the feet and taking to the air the user effectively "rides" a bolt of lightning to propel themselves in a chosen direction, this offers extensive tactical advantage as even mid air the user can change directions but also adds an element of lightning to the user's dash which can electrify targets, a common use for this jutsu is to ride a bolt of lightning in to or just past a target to shock and stun them, while cutting off their retreat. This jutsu is really ranked so highly however because of its speed, as the user of this technique appears to literally take off in a flash of lightning, but there in lies its flaw, the speed is so great that if the user does not calculate where they are going before hand, or use a wire to guide the lightning they can and will easily do more harm than good for themselves.
Requires lightning legs and electrical beam jutsu
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: B

Name: Lightning release; Lighting armor
Description: a powerful defensive technique in which the user creates a dense layer of raw electricity around their bodies as a defense and for use in taijutsu making unarmed blows particularly devastating, the lightning around the body can negate or at the very least reduce damage from oncoming attacks as well as sock attackers that get to close, the lightning armor also works to increase the users speed and reflexes by “jump starting” their nervous system allowing the user an increase in speed that they can easily handle making it a preferable technique to use. The lightning armor can also be “switched on and off” very simply and requires little preparation. The difficulty is in maintaining a balance in the current and keeping the lightning from dispersing as it naturally would, unlike other techniques that expend a large amount of chakra the lightning armor must be maintained through out its use rather than simply used once and can not last longer than ten posts at a time using more chakara with each post, for re-use to be practical its best to use this jutsu for one to two posts at a time.
Requires lightning reflex movement, transference and electrical palms major
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: A (if used for its full duration)

Name: Lightning release; Palm of Raijin
Description: Much like the ordinal electrical palm jutsu but modified to be an A rank jutsu, the blast generated is actually powerful enough to blow off limbs and burn skin down to ash the disadvantages however are no less great, the chakra cost needed to perform this is so much greater on both the blast and the protective chakra around the users own hand, combined with the bright light and noise the technique generates and the fact that it requires total contact and grip around the victim with the hand makes it an incredibly cumbersome jutsu
(Raijin is the Shinto god of lightning)
Requires electrical palms major and lightning beam
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: A

Name: Lightning release; Waltz of the fireflies midnight spark technique
Description: The user charges up chakra in their hands before sending out a wave of tiny electric sparks in all directions filling a radius around the user floating in the air like a field of dancing fireflies, these are totally harmless at first and can be made to hang in their air for a while if needed but when the user throws down a hand seal the sparks all discharge at once resulting in an instantaneous current of electricity running between every spark catching everything in the radius in a web of lightning electrocuting any obstacles from all sides (while the shock from one of thease bolts would be minimal the idea is to catch opponents from more than one angle), the technique is almost impossible to doge completely and the currents converge on anything they shock before exploding in to electric energy the technique does however take a while to set up and is very obvious (a full post to set up)
Requires wrath of the heavens jutsu
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: A

Name: Lightning release; Supreme heart jolt
Description: An advancement on other shocking techniques originally created to treat cardiac arrest but later modified for offensive purposes the user strikes an opponent unleashing a large amount of electricity causing severe burns stunning and paralysis in the victim (at most second degree burns, 1 post paralysis and two posts of stunning), in rare cases when the blow is delivered to the center of the chest the victims heart rate is thrown off causing very sever injury or death, this method has also been used to revive fallen friends back to a steady pulse if theirs is faint and irregular
(obviously you will need player permission to kill opponents characters this way but the non lethal damage will still be considered A rank)
Requires major electrical palms and twitching body
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: A

Name: Lightning release; Lightning dragon jutsu
Description: The user gathers a massive amount of electrical chakra in an arm creating a large body of electricity in the shape of the head and neck of a great dragon coming from the user whom is able to control the movement and power of the beast, the electricity is so intense it is considered solid and can cause third degree burns, the dragon is also capable of breathing out bolts of lightning and absorbing metal objects to project from its mouth also electrified, this attack moves at such a high speed that it is more “fired” than “summoned” and lasts only a short time (two posts)
Requires electrical beam and lighting palms major
Type: Lightning ninjutsu
Rank: A