Thread:Njalm2/@comment-136273-20151101100839/@comment-3403804-20151114102602

Indeed, Kidou is unwieldy in comparison to blades and fist, which never really changes. You can work around the weakness to a certain extent, but it's always slower than other forms of attack, even if it's power outclasses theirs several times over. This means that the greatest weakness of Kidou is Hoho, a speed-centric assassin-type character such as my own Grimmjow or Void's Yagami no Kenshin could kill any Kido Master if they caught them by surprise, without them ever being able to retaliate. Although they need a specific combination of abilities and skills to make it work.

The only reason that regular Shinigami don't use Kido exclusively is because of all those inherrent weaknesses and drawbacks that makes it so that they well.. can't. Rukia has spent most of her time training with Kidou and she's much better than most of the Lieutenants, Momo excluded. Even so, she cannot reliably use it in battle as much as she wishes to. She always requires something else.