Originally posted by Damborgson
Who said we were? Gaara's ability of massive aoe attacks are severely more effective than small straightline moving bullets. He can't dodge a tsunami even if he can dodge bullets.To get in those heavy shot ironfist would need to be upclose and personal. Something gaara doesn't need to allow. He can fly pretty well with sand and all.
They dont need to be fighting in the forest.
You were with your implication that we were assuming everything that hits Danny moves faster than a bullet. Danny could get rid of large aoe much easier than he can with small bursts of sand. Did you even watch the fight? Gaara was able to use the tsunami of sand because he was taking it from the environment, iirc, he was actually making more sand while fighting Kimi. So yes, he needs to be fighting in a place where he can either gather more sand or make it, because his gourd does not hold enough sand and isn't made of enough to do any kind of large aoe attacks you are suggesting.
No, Danny does not need to be up close. Danny and Davos blew out an entire floor of a building with a clash of their respective attacks. The IF, when used like he took down the helicarrier has a large radius of effect.
Also, Danny could get close to Gaara, so that's irrelevant.