Not an update. I'm just a sucker for the Vritra Sacred Gears. Regular Balance Breaker for Absorption Line is Houki Minami's original idea.

Genshirou's notes on Sacred Gears (TOP SECRET!)

Sacred Gears work with the user's willpower, and adapt to them through a lot of things which are too complicated to write down. Azazel-sensei seems keen on explaining, but I'm not following at all. So let's just say imagination and willpower are key, plus the understanding and "stamina" to use their powers.

Note: Stamina would work similar to demonic power (I think). Have enough of it, and you can use the Sacred Gear for longer and in more powerful ways. Think a MP bar just for them (Azazel-sensei's words).

Note2: Sacred Gears that interact with other power sources (MP bars) are weird because they don't translate 1-1 when it comes to power levels. So if a user is considered strong, it's not the same kind of strong as someone with a different power.

Note of note2: Azazel-sensei says it's the ability to handle the other MP bars which makes the user strong. So if the comparison WAS 1-1 it'd mean the user is stronger. Probably.

Vritra's set

Vritra, the Prison Dragon, the Evil Dragon King, the black snake; used to be a powerful dragon. The only dragon to be both an evil dragon and a dragon king (there's more with different powers? Their special abilities make them king candidates?). He did something pretty nasty so a god had to ban him from the server. Died so hard his soul split.

-Known for his abilities and techniques. Which transferred over to the multiple Sacred Gears that host his soul (Azazel-sensei's words, more or less)

-Known for minding his own business most of the time (Yuzu-san's words, more or less)

-Pretty nasty to fight against

-Big snake

Absorption Line

"If we put the four Vritra Sacred Gears on a tier list, Absorption Line would be the one at the top." -Azazel-sensei.

-Absorbs and transfers power, can also do the same for different things. But it's easier for power.

Note: Diodora-san thought that the easiest way to grow in strength was to absorb and keep the power while training.

-Can be used for whip cracking. Absorbing power on impact vs continuous absorption pros and cons need to be weighed. Most practical option NOT ALWAYS EVIDENT

-Keeping power feels weird

-Keeping Diodora-san's power after Kuroka came with him was painful

-Helped a lot to visualize and employ senjutsu. Helped understand the "feeling" of different power sources (MP bars)

-Absorbing holy power hurts

Note: It hurts nowhere as much as being in contact with it physically. Avoid physical contact with holy power AT ALL COST.

Note2: Don't try to absorb lightning, too fast for that.

Balance Breaker

Soul Eater: The "normal" Balance Breaker according to Azazel-sensei. The lines become astral snake-like constructs that absorb power a lot faster and can be controlled independently.

-Seems to approach Vritra's original shape

Yao-san's Balance Breaker

"The Moon Man's Balance Breaker is a suit that keeps him alive in space and lets him absorb lunar energy to keep himself alive. I call it "Absorption Drive Year Luna", for simplicity's sake." -Azazel-sensei.

Note: -Absorption Drive Lunar Year- Absorption Drive Year Luna is NOT simpler than just calling it Yao-san's Balance Breaker.

Note2: Moon Man-san's name is Yao-san.

Note3: Yao-san's Balance Breaker came to be due to environmental stressors. In such a case, can I get a Balance Breaker that absorbs negative effects? Maybe a way to take abilities like Abhor the Witch off the field?

Blaze Black Flare

-Black flames

-Cursed flames

-Sister Belen and Alemayehu (Ash Beast) have this Sacred Gear

-Sister Belen is capable of separating the curses from the fire. Uses it to smoke (don't do this)

-Difficult to use when teamwork is involved. Affects allies and enemies alike until properly tamed (don't use around peerage until Azazel-sensei gives the green light)

-Most straightforward out of the four Sacred Gears

-Would be B-tier if Absorption Line is A-tier, along Delete Field (Azazel-sensei)

-User is mostly immune to the curses naturally (but not the flames!). Can improve with training

Balance Breaker

Decaying Hell Dracul: Regular Balance Breaker. Creates a construct made out of the flames which resembles either a devil or a dragon that acts independently from the user.

-Another approximation to Vritra's original self?

-Consumes a lot of stamina (Azazel-sensei)

-Alemayehu-san surrounds himself with this Balance Breaker, which got him his nickname

Sister Belen's Balance Breaker

-Marks things with a sigil

-Enchants things with the black flames, allowing Sister Belen to manipulate them like puppets

Note: No one wanted to tell me if it can be used on living beings. Probably can and has been used this way

-Has no name, probably due to Sister Belen's speech impairment

-Due to the way it works, it's easy to forget that it is still cursed fire. A lot of fights end up sooner than expected because the contamination has spread too much to defend (Lint, Sister Belen's protegée. Cute girl)

Past user's Balance Breaker

"The guy channeled the curse of vampirism through it, which in turn infected people with all the weaknesses of vampires without the immortality and all the other powers." -Azazel-sensei

-Ouch

Shadow Prison

Uses shadows to bind and restrain targets. Can be used through one's shadow, or channeling it through other sources with proper training (or adding some demonic power, hehe).

-Weakest of the bunch, C-tier

-More useful, and easiest to, mixing it up with the other Sacred Gears: Gives Absorption Line more freedom of form, adds curse of slowness and "stuck" to Blaze Black Flare

Note: Haven't been able to fuse it with Delete Field

-Easy to overlook. Gives strategic advantage?

-Can be "softened" or "hardened" depending on input. Can be used like quicksand?

-Has to stay connected from the origin point (fixed with BB)

-Might be useful for softening blows

Balance Breaker

Blooming Miasma Burst: Regular Balance Breaker. Allows Shadow Prison to work like missiles, the affected splash zone has all the properties of the standard Shadow Prison and can be modified independently.

"Since you're a reincarnated devil, I'd suggest the most to try to develop a sub-species for this one. Your demonic power can probably help achieve the same results as Blooming Miasma Burst." -Azazel-sensei

"Don't listen to him. Sometimes simple is better. There's nothing wrong with sticking to tried and true things." -Yuzu-san

Past user's Balance Breaker: Heavy Object

-Allowed to shape Shadow Prison into tools, weapons, etc.

-Made use of projection magic or angelic light powers

-Weapons were able to unravel and behave like Blooming Miasma Burst "bombs"

-Yuzu-san said I could get something like this due to demonic power if I ought to

Delete Field

-Suppresses the target's powers with a wave or field. Very straightforward approach to a complicated ability (Azazel-sensei)

-Elijah-san SUCKS

-Basically Yuzu-san's Privilege Magic without having to understand the powers targeted

-Might still be beneficial to study the way magic powers work (Yuzu-san)

-I'm really bad at studying magic

-I might be too dumb to use the Sacred Gear to its maximum potential

-Can probably strongarm it into working with enough training and power stockpiling though

-Doesn't get along as well with the other Sacred Gears as the rest

-ABSORPTION LINE AND DELETE FIELD ARE BUSTED THOUGH. When they mix

-Can target Evil Piece abilities!

Update: I might not be too dumb for this

-Suppression works with input. Simply weakening effects might be better

Update2: Nvm I'm still dumb

Note: Don't try to suppress lightning, same problem as with Absorption Line.

-Logic behind it might be similar to Absorption Line?

WHY CAN'T I SUPPRESS SENJUTSU?!

-Can miracles be suppressed?

-Gaps in power (me vs target) matter a lot in this. Need to get stronger, maybe bridge the gap with Absorption Line first?

-Continuous suppression vs sudden burst of weakness make for different strategies

-Works on Sacred Gears?

Balance Breaker

World Rejector: Regular Balance Breaker. Suppression of all abilities works in an area. Think Abhor the Witch but BETTER.

Abhor the Witch

-Worse World Rejector. Exempts holy and light abilities

-Initial activation hurts a lot. Continued exposure also hurts but less

-Also doesn't work with senjutsu (like regular Delete Field or am I just dumb?)

-Exempts other non-devil sources?

-Elijah-san is dead, no further characteristics can be studied

Strausman-san's Balance Breaker

Hysteria Stinger Null: Stings enemies with a power-suppressing parasite. It restrains their usage of their abilities using their own power (MP bar) as fuel.

-Might stay in place even if Strausman-san dies

-Strausman-san is fond of bugs (Azazel-sensei)

-Strausman-san is a bit creepy