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If two techniques of the same nature and the same level are used against each other, they will cancel each other out, as when Lightning Release: False Darkness is deflected with Lightning Cutter. For example, fire can overpower a water technique if it is first strengthened by a wind technique.Ī similar principle applies in how technique of the same element interact, what is called counterbalancing. However, a technique with a weaker nature can overpower a technique with a stronger nature if the former is of a higher level.