Carmen's Skills

Skills

MASTERFUL SPIRITUAL CONTROL: Carmen takes pride in the abilities she possesses when it comes to manipulating her spiritual energy and using it both in offense and supplementary attacks. Her minute control over every aspect of her energy reserves is something she has nearly always possessed, as her soul energy has always been particularly potent. Releasing her zanpakutou's shikai is something Carmen can do with ease, and she believes awakening her bankai will be done just as effortlessly.

HIGH SPIRITUAL ENERGY: Her spiritual reserves are not particularly impressive, it is her ability to control the amount she has with such precision that makes her an opponent worth noting. Carmen does not overuse what she has to spare, instead using the exact amount of energy needed for certain attacks. Because of this, even simple techniques can prove to be deadly when used by her masterful hand.

HADOU: Carmen's primary use of her energy comes in the form of offensive hadou spells. Most spells she uses are used without the use of incantations for she has enough control where she can bypass this step altogether. The weakening of the spell normally seen when the incantation is forgotten is not apparent due to her exceptional control. The more complicated the spell, the more likely it is that Carmen will utter the required incantation when necessary. 
BAKUDOU: Although hadou spells tend to be her forte, Carmen is by no means incapable of performing defensive spells. In fact, her supplementary techniques are about as good as her offensive ones. She knows a wide range of defensive spells that she uses when working together with a comrade or simply to stave off an enemy. Due to her precise use of energy, her barriers are well-crafted and formed with just the right amount of exertion. 

EXPERT SWORDSMAN: Carmen's zanpakutou is her most prized weapon. Acting somewhat like a third limb, Carmen can utilize it to match her movements exactly. She can wield it with either hand, usually opting to wield it with both in order to inflict the most damage. 

NOVICE HAND-TO-HAND: Due to her emphasis on using weaponry or spells, she is greatly lacking in hand-to-hand combat. She is also considerably weak when it comes to strength, and can only cause a minute amount of damage when forced to apply this form of fighting to her attacks. She tries to stay away from hand-to-hand as much as possible.

EXPERT AGILITY: What Carmen lacks in physical strength, she makes up for in speed. This agility comes in both mental and physical forms, for she is able to process a great amount of information quickly enough to react to it in a short amount of time. Her lean build makes evasive techniques that require flexibility and speed much easier for her, and her strong legs make sprinting away and endurance runs more feasible. She is also incredibly gifted at launching attacks at the perfect moment and keeping herself away from harm with carefully timed evasive maneuvers. She isn't the fastest of all, but her agility is something to take not of.

EXPERT PERCEPTION: Being a part of the 12th division calls for an excellent sense of perception. Her ability to unravel giant concepts and pick out certain details is something she has since developed after coming in to her position. She sees things in an abstract way and behaves in correlation to this. Her mannerisms in combat are unconventional and hard to read. Her fighting style also varies every time she is thrown into a fray. This ability to change her attacks comes from her ability to analyze opponents and to combat their own styles with the one most effective.

GENIUS INTELLECT: Much of the reason she was chosen as the 12th Division's right hand was because of her ability to absorb knowledge like a sponge. She has always been an incredibly curious creature, and is able to make sense of things rather quickly. Her time here in Soul Society has been spent learning new things and acting upon them. Her innovativeness truly shines in her ability to create new techniques with her spirit energy and thus teach them to others. Less focused on designing machinery, she instead designs spells and things of that like.