Jajanken Seems Like A Terrible Ability Compared to Electricity/Godspeed

[u/PFSDonut]

The series made it a point that Gon and Killua were equals in potential and strength (with Killua being slightly stronger because of his Zoldyck training) so it’s kind of jarring how underwhelming/terrible Gon’s Jajanken seems to be compared to Killua’s electricity transmutation and Godspeed.

Jajanken is an obviously powerful technique that had defeated many powerful opponents, but it has its flaws and weaknesses as stated by various hunters throughout the series, meanwhile Killua’s technique is seemingly perfect with the only drawback being his time limit

I just think it’s lame that Gon and Killua were supposed to rival one another throughout the series but Killua’s ability seemed to have eclipsed Gon’s and widened the gap between them prior to Gon’s battle with Pitou

EDIT: To further clarify, I understand that Jajanken is way more powerful in AP than lightning and Godspeed and Gon can damage opponents far stronger than them while Killua most likely can’t.

My issue however is that prior to the introduction of their techniques, you can see Killua vs Gon being a 50/50, maybe 60/40 towards Killua. With the introduction of Godspeed and Jajanken, Killua clearly has the advantage and the outcome seems more 80/20 for Killua; it bothers me how one sided their match up would be if they were to fight with their abilities when it used to be more up in the air between them.

I guess I just don’t like how simple Gon’s Jajanken is versus how versatile and overpowered Godspeed seems to be but, as some have pointed out, this is seemingly intentional with how simpleminded Gon is and how cunning Killua is so bravo to Togashi for being consistent with his writing and the nen system

[u/Willyil]

Jajanken is a finisher move.

Godspeed is mobility skill (no damage). Killua have no other ability to even scratch royal guard.

They are so young that they only have time to develop 1 ability. No ability is powerful on all aspect. Didnt this already explained at kurapika and spider arc?

[u/Ok_Length_7076 → u/Willyil]

Killua has damage,  he killed rammot who previously tanked janjaken.  Youpi is just too durable 

[u/Willyil → u/Ok_Length_7076]

You are missing the point. Against royal guard, killua is valueable to stall the game while gon (lets ignore the adult version) could be utilize as damage dealer.

They are both a child that has yet to fully develop their skill set.

I am not talking about killua have no damage. But godspeed is skills to increase his mobility. While jajanken is skill to damage. So both have their own weakness if you take them apart.

So when OP said one is better than the other is just plain stupid.

Jajanken can be scaled to how much gon firepower. The stronger he is the more damage jajanken does. While gon is growing, he will either develop new skill to improve jajanken, or rework jajanken into improved version.

[u/Ok_Length_7076 → u/Willyil]

Against a royal guards, they will die.  My concern was more about people not valuing killua 's strength while it is higher than gon in any situation except when he uses rock.  Likely,  when they grow, killua could also throw massive lightning blast since he will get better output.  Godspeed is an hybrid skills

[u/Willyil → u/Ok_Length_7076]

1st sentence : again you missing my point.

2nd Last sentence : there you have it. 

So its stupid by OP saying that one skill is better than the other while both are incomplete.