Gaara's Jutsu

Name: Sand Armor
Type: No rank, Defensive, Short range (0-5m)
Using this jutsu, Gaara can cover himself in a compacted layer of sand, providing an additional defense should his Shield of Sand fail. Though quite effective, maintaining the armor requires a large amount of chakra and stamina. Furthermore, it is nowhere as resilient as the Shield of Sand, since it easily breaks away upon impact, meaning that the sole purpose of the armor is to absorb impact channeled unto Gaara's body during battle.

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Name: Desert Suspension
Type: No rank, Supplementary
Using his sand as a platform, Gaara is able to float in the air.

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Name: Feigning Sleep Technique
Type: No rank, Supplementary
Hand Seal: Ram
This Ninjutsu forces the user to fall asleep. Gaara has only used this jutsu when trying to bring out Shukaku.

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Name: Prison Sand Burial
Type: No rank, Offensive, Short to mid-range (0-10m)
Using his ability to manipulate sand, Gaara will loosen the ground below his targets and cause them to sink two hundred meters into the earth. By being imprisoned at this depth, the pressure will completely nullify their ability to move. Also, the pressure resulting from being buried at such an extreme depth would surely kill any normal human, if not from suffocation, although Kimimaro did survive the experience because of his bone strength.

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Name: Sand Tsunami
Type: No rank, Offensive, All ranges
Hand Seals: (Clap), Boar, Monkey, Rat, Horse, Monkey, Horse, Ram, Horse, (Clap)
This jutsu sends a massive amount of sand towards an opponent in the form of a wave, covering and "drowning" them in an ocean of sand. In addition to the wave effect of the jutsu, Gaara can control the sand, allowing him to attack his opponent while they attempt to outrun the wave. This appears to be the only one of Gaara's moves that requires hand seals, and in practice is virtually unavoidable. It is usually followed by an area crushing technique to kill the opponent.

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Name: Sand Coffin
Type: No rank, Offensive, Short to mid-range (0-10m)
With his ability to control sand, Gaara encases his opponents in a large amount of the special chakra-infused sand kept inside his gourd, immobilizing them. It can be used to suffocate an opponent or in preparation for a deadlier technique, the Sand Funeral.

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Name: Sand Prison
Type: B-rank, Defensive, All ranges
Gaara uses an enormous quantity of sand to completely envelop the target from every direction and capture them. The speed, hardness, and scope of the sand depend on the amount of chakra poured into it. This allows Gaara to fine-tune the sand's properties to the size and characteristics of the target.
No matter if the target is on the ground or flying in the air, it is almost impossible to escape from this technique. However, even if someone successfully escapes from it, Gaara can easily use one of his offensive techniques, like the Sand Coffin, to immediately attack the target.

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Name: Sand Clone Technique
Type: No rank, Supplementary
Gaara creates a copy of himself out of sand, though it lacks color and is immediately recognizable as sand. This means that it is almost useless as a decoy. Unlike most bunshinjutsu, the clone still retains its shape after it's struck, and can even ensnare whatever comes into contact with it. In the anime, Sasori uses a Sand Clone as a body replacement to avoid Kankuro's Black Secret Technique Machine One Shot, though it dissolves once injured.

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Name: Sand Shower
Type: No rank, Offensive, All ranges
An alternative to Sand Coffin, Gaara simply gathers sand from the earth and makes it come down like a rain, targeting his opponents from above. To make sure the rain hits its mark, it can be combined with Sand Coffin to immobilize the target. A variant of this technique, called Thunder God of Sand, is seen in Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel.

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Name: Sand Shuriken
Type: No rank, Offensive, Short to mid-range (0-10m)
Once Gaara begins transforming into Shukaku, he can throw shuriken made from sand. Unlike regular shuriken, these are merely fast-moving balls of sand that cause blunt trauma, not actual wounds. They are thrown much faster than regular shuriken; therefore, the pain caused can be considerable.

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Name: Sand Burial
Type: No rank, Offensive, Short to mid-range (0-10m)
After wrapping an opponent with sand, Gaara will cause the sand to implode and crush whatever is within. When used to kill a person, the death is so quick that there isn't even time to feel pain. The pressure also produces a sizable fountain of blood. Gaara can control the pressure used in the attack, which allows him to either break bones or completely liquefy an opponent.

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Name: Giant Sand Burial
Type: No rank, Offensive, All rangesFollowing the sand tsunami, Gaara slams both hands palm down into the sand, creating powerful shock waves that compress the sand. Anything buried in the sand is subsequently crushed. The compressions also creates massive earthquakes.

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Name: Sand Shield
Type: No rank, Defensive, Short range (0-5m)
Whenever Gaara is about to come to harm, a shield of sand will automatically surround and protect him. The sand will react regardless of Gaara's will, even protecting him from self-inflicted injuries. The shield is capable of withstanding considerably strong attacks and projectiles, and can be hardened to a point where it's stronger than steel. It can be defeated by avoiding it completely with extremely high-speed attacks, or merely overcoming the shield with incredible brute force.

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Name: Sky Sand Protective Wall
Type: No rank, Defensive, Mid to long range (5m+)
This air defense technique creates a giant shield, suspended in mid-air, by raising a great amount of sand from the ground. By gathering the best possible mineral-rich sand, the hardness of the shield is very high. Furthermore, the sand had its defensive strength raised by flowing chakra through it. It was strong enough to protect Sunagakure from Deidara's C3.

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Name: Sphere of Sand
Type: No rank, Supplementary
Gaara surrounds himself with his Shield of Sand to guard against attacks. He then uses the Third Eye to watch his opponents' movements and control sand as necessary to battle them. In addition to being extremely dense, this sand-sphere can form spikes from its surface to spear any would-be attacker. Gaara can also use this technique to shield himself from his opponent long enough to perform his transformation into the One-Tailed Shukaku. With sufficient force, such as the Chidori, this defense can be broken through.

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Name: Third Eye
Type: No rank, Supplementary
Hand Seals: Snake, Monkey, Rat, Monkey, Bird, Monkey, Dragon, Monkey, Rat, Monkey
This jutsu creates a floating eyeball out of sand that is connected to Gaara's optic nerves. Gaara can control the size of the eye depending on its use. Its main purpose is spying, since it can form anddisperse in any location on command. He also uses it while within his Sphere of Sand so he can see what's happening outside.

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Name: Ultimate Attack: Shukaku's Spear
Type: No rank, Offensive, Short range (0-5m)
The Shukaku's Halberd is the attack variant of the Shield of Shukaku. Like the shield, Gaara crushes the hardest materials from the ground, this time in the form of a Halberd, in the shape of the Shukaku's arm. Just like the shield which has yet to find anything that could break its defense, the halberd has yet to find a defense that it can't break through.

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Name: Ultimate Defense: Shukaku's Shield
Type: No rank, Defensive, Short range (0-5m)
This defensive technique is formed by Gaara to create a toy-like replica of the Shukaku that is roughly twice the size of himself. Because the replica is
formed under extreme pressure and is built of the strongest minerals it is virtually indestructible, having yet to be penetrated by any force. The attack variant of the Ultimate Absolute Defense is the Ultimate Absolute Attack: Shukaku's Halberd.

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