<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Chakra threads have a Defense equal to a Medium-size carried object, are only subject to<br/>slashing attacks that bypass chakra-based damage reduction or attacks that deal chakra<br/>damage, and are not affected by area effects. Furthermore, severing chakra threads<br/>attached to multiple objects, such as puppets, will only disconnect the user from the<br/>object that thread was controlling.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Besides, you'd need to be able to See Chakra in order to target the strings with a direct attack. I always wondered why Mari didn't just attempt to cut the strings rather than go for the source herself. Granted, most puppeteers are pretty much defenseless in melee...<br/><br/>I assume because the threads are made of chakra, attacking them with fire or some other chakra-enfused element just kind of phases through it because they're both just energy. ...If that makes any sense? It's like splashing water onto a trail of red food coloring on the ground. Bleh, nevermind, my similes are all jacked up. :P