Them Skills

SPIRITUAL PRESSURE ^IMMENSE | At the power equivalent to higher tier captains Shi'Kuyo's spiritual pressure was realized after centuries of kidō studies. The constant drain of spell casting, practicing new spells until his body gave out then, perfecting those spells once he recovered made his reiryoku and reiatsu alike, rich and thick. Soon he took notice that each kidō training session he had would last a little longer or go a little harder than the last. His soul grew strong from the strain and 'stress-testing' and after long he had reiatsu equal to that of the Goteijuusantai's best Captains. What is likely most impressive, or frightening about his reiatsu is that it has reached this pedigree without the realization of bankai.

Euphoric Fissure ^PASSIVE | When unchecked Shi'Kuyo's reiatsu surfaces, leaving the closest thing to joy and happiness one can force unto another being; pleasure. His reiatsu smothers, forcing a release of endorphins and dopamine in the brains of all encompassed. Resistance is possible based on vying reiatsu but if left affected the releases of these chemicals in the brain will continue and intensify until the body begins to spasm involuntarily and the those affected are no longer able to control their motor functions let alone concentrate.

PERCEPTION ^EXPERT | So much time spent in the demon arts drew away from his abilities elsewhere. To date, Shi'Kuyo's perfection lacks and it can take time for him to properly access an opponent's attack, unlike his brother. His experience, especially the post-graduation formative years in the Nibantai, along with age has helped curb this area of lack. Still, most of his Goteijuusantai Taichō counterparts would likely out-class him in this area.

SPIRITUAL CONTROL ^PERFECTED | When it comes to the finesse and efficiency of manipulation of reiatsu and reiryoku the Commander can only be matched by a select few, a select two actually, and their kidō needs work. His suppression of his reiatsu and reiryoku was the first skill he ever honed, laying the ground work for all arts he would embrace as a shinigami and in what rank of importance he would embrace them. He is able to detect spiritual presences far and wide only those who have also perfected their spiritual control have a chance of escaping his 'sight'. Not only if he able to identify alien reiatsu but his memory for them is massive. At its limit his detection abilities allow him to ascertain whether or not a being is on the same plane (Soul Society, Mortal, Hueco Mundo) as himself. He cannot instantly pinpoint their location but chase them down starting from any distance granted they are on the same plane.

KIDŌ ^PERFECTED | Before the disappearance of his Commander Minamoto Sakura, Shi'Kuyo deemed himself the premiere kidō user of Soul Society with only one potential superior in terms of pure skill and knowledge of the art. Now, at the helm of the Kidō Corps. he has no peer, no rival, no superiors in regards to the demon arts. There is no spell he has not tempered and no casting method he has not integrated into his library.  In addition to the standard offensive hado and bakudō barriers Shi'Kuyo has perfected his dominion over their more specialized subtypes; Fū and Gisei Hadō as well as Kaidō. Even the restricted and forbidden arts have long since become fodder for him, playthings for his imagination. Now, he looks to create new applications of the demon arts beyond such direct spell-casting.

Spirit Way Resilience ^PASSIVE | Kido study at its core is nothing if not equal parts trial, error, and repetition. Having mastered every kidō known to Soul Society Shi'Kuyo has, on literally thousands of occasions injured himself with his own spells. Particularly in the form of explosions, which all kidō have the potential to do if malformed or mishandled. The result is a tried and true resilience his soul demonstrates from even the most devastating of kidō-based attacks as well as many kinds of explosive attacks  non-kidō in nature.

AGILITY ^EXPERT | While his agility was once barely less sloppy than his hakuda, his agility is now still, barely less sloppy than his hakuda. Given his hakuda is far cry from it once was, it tracks that agility improved as well. Reflexes solid, though his nautral movement speed could use some work. His precision spirit control allows him to move great distances even with a lesser understanding of hohō, granted this is done somewhat inefficiently.


ZANJUTSU ^NOVICE | To have achieved such prowess in his hakuda, spirit control, and kidō while keeping his agility and perception skills to a relative par is nothing short of astounding. However, these gifts came at a cost; the neglect of not only his zanjutsu skills, but his zanpakutō in general. To date Shi'Kuyo has not achieved the final release, nor is he aware of the name of his zanpakutō. This was a choice he made believing pursing his releases to be a wasted effort given the apparent random abilities zanpakutō develop. Instead of devoting himself to a 'wildcard' ability he chose to ignore it and hone in on kidō and the other arts he postulate and strategize with in that moment.

HAKUDA ^MASTER | If his stint in the Nibantai taught him anything, its that anyone can master anything with enough time. If you are punched int he face one thousand times, by the end of it you will know many ways to dodge, parry and counter many different punches. This is the basic mechanic of how a gifted spell-weaver became a devastating hand to hand combatant. His years losing fights in the academy and a fear of becoming too reliant on kidō spurned Shi'Kuyo to increase his skills in hand to hand combat should he ever find himself with no weapons and/or sealed reiryoku, which was more likely as a precaution with kidō skills like his. With commonplace Kickboxing and Muy Thai being the only martial arts he had formal training in Shi'Kuyo has integrated other moves from numerous other styles over the decades, forming an amalgam fighting style brawler in nature that emphasizes hard strikes backed by monstrous physical strength and using the opponents movements against them. His hakuda is one of his best kept secrets and given his outward status as an unparalleled kidō anyone who closes into his striking range thinking he cannot hold his own in close distance combat will be cause unawares.