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How to make drawbacks - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Remember, anything free makes a technique broken, because even that 1.01x if it was free, that'd be broken, very lightly so, but still broken
        
        REMEMBER
        Bad biscuits made the baker broke bro
- - - - A dude with low energy control may have more drawbacks on a ki attack than a dude with high energy control. That's pretty basic and intuitive.
    - - Mainly, some techniques are supposed to be strong. Drawbacks are to balance a move, but that doesn't mean the drawback has to fully balance it, 50/50 is good for supers and maybe power ups, but a technique meant to be strong, has to be strong, even 55/45.
        So, something like an Ultimate, or also some power ups, should remain good and reliable even if the drawbacks balance them, never make it in a way it will make you say "yeah ok it's strong, but is it worth the drawback?". Doubts are fair, but if the negatives even the positives, it's only gonna be an ultimate in terms of power, and that can work, but it doesn't mean you can't have slight more positives, SLIGHT.
    - - Remember, sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.
        A technique with bad or balanced drawbacks may have them lessened as you master your technique, however it has to make sense, be a progressive development, and not be bullshit.
        
        EXAMPLE
        If you have a powerful, disintegrating energy wave with a 3x multiplier that sucks out your life-force, it cannot suddenly cost just "some ki" because you used it 10 times during combat, get me?
- - - - Yes
        
        Congratulations, you (hopefully) balanced it out, now the technique is (should) be good. If it won't, prepare for annihilation.
      - No
        
        Then either you added too many drawbacks, or your technique isn't as good as you thought. If the positives aren't as many as the negatives, the technique is technically bad. The only exception would be something so situational, even with more drawbacks than needed, in the right situation it will be worth it.
    - - Once you figure that out, you can understand what you should balance and what to do. You have options, the issue is choosing, so if your technique does something cool, figure out how that will bring in issues for you.
        
        No issues? Then either the technique isn't worth a prominent drawback, or you gotta make one yourself to balance the technique.
        
        Issues? Great, those issues can be your drawbacks. If you still feel like it's not enough, keep thinking of issues, or make your own.