From what I understand about meteor hammers they fit a midrange role best due to the fact they work off of momentum. They could be used short range if needed, but I don't know if they would create less damage or more.<br/><br/>With the Chi manipulation I was thinking along the line is it would be used to charge up the hammer to give it more umph when needed. Though she could also use it to bolster her offence and defence if need be. To a lesser extent Lihua would be able to fire of blasts of chi, but it would take concentration to charge up an attack. The quicker blasts would probably do some damage to monsters, but she would not do anything like say Vegeta's Final Flash because it would take to long to charge up the energy needed.<br/><br/>That and she probably wouldn't have the patience needed to complete the attack or the monsters wouldn't give her the time. There would be the question if her body could handle the gathered energy as well....<br/><br/>I like the idea of her weapon becoming a spirit animal... I think that would work great. I'm thinking fox at the moment....