Originally posted by AuraAngel
Tell me what regeneration can do when your opponent's abilities are explicitly freezing anything it touches with Absolute Zero temps.Granted if Rukia misses with her Bankai/Shikai then Sakura could casually crush her. But Absolute Zero is above anything Sakura has faced.
Now pre-Squad Zero Rukia would lose to Sakura with laughable ease.
Sakura could simply dodge all of her slashes. She's shown speed feats that shit on anything Rukia has. Her shikai is useless when Sakura can easily dodge her and do things like summon Katsuyu to douse her in acid.
Rukia's bankai is still kind of a mystery, but we do know that it can kill her if used too abruptly. If it fails, then Sakura will pretty much get a guaranteed win.
Rukia's freezing wouldn't have that much effect on Sakura. I remember in one of the movies, Lee got hit by a jutsu that could instantly turn water into ice, and he was barely effected by the temperature of it, but was damaged by it a bit because it was a giant narwhale type thing. Also, ninja weaker than Sakura are constantly hit with fireballs and survive because they coat their skin in chakra, as explained in one of the databooks. It's like the Hyuuga clan, without being able to shoot chakra from every pore on a whim. If Sakura did get frozen, she could break out and regenerate whatever damage she sustained. Tsunade wouldn't have made that fourth rule without it being able to counter ice and frost jutsu.