Jugo's unique clan kekkei genkai grants an innate, constant absorption of natural energy, bypassing the need for traditional Sage training. This incredible gift comes with a heavy price, as the unstable energy flux risks triggering violent mental breakdowns and an uncontrollable urge to kill. The burden was so severe for Jugo that he chose a life of isolation to protect others from himself. | © VIZ Media
Fusing Water and Lightning, Storm Release shapes crackling energy into beams of focused destruction. While several ninja from Kumogakure wield it, its power was shown on a legendary scale by Madara Uchiha. As the Ten-Tails' jinchuriki, he fired a Storm Release beam so sharp it could slice clean through a nearly indestructible Truth-Seeking Ballю | © VIZ Media
Boil Release combines Fire and Water to generate intensely hot, corrosive vapors. The Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, used these acidic mists to lethal effect, especially in confined spaces. Another master, the jinchuriki Han, boiled his own chakra into a cloak of steam so potent it could melt the landscape around him. | © VIZ Media
Lava Release merges Fire and Earth to produce molten rock and corrosive chakra. Different users apply it in distinct ways, from Rōshi launching volcanic projectiles to Mei Terumi using its acidic properties to melt through a Susanoo's defenses. Its adaptability between long-range assault and close-range corrosion makes it a highly versatile and dangerous craft. | © VIZ Media
A signature ability of Sunagakure, Magnet Release, allows its users to generate and control powerful magnetic forces. This kekkei genkai famously manifests through mediums like the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand or Rasa's Gold Dust, creating versatile weapons and defenses. Beyond combat, its potent sealing properties proved vital, even used to counter threats as great as Madara Uchiha. | © VIZ Media
Hailing from Iwagakure, Explosion Release shapes chakra into volatile, detonating energy. Deidara of the Akatsuki mastered this art, infusing special clay to create explosive creations he could sculpt and control from a safe distance. This approach let him turn any battle into a long-range arena of destructive, artistic expression. | © VIZ Media
Scorch Release fuses Wind and Fire nature transformations to create a uniquely devastating effect. Its signature technique doesn't just burn a target; it violently evaporates all the moisture within their body, leaving behind a desiccated husk. While only Pakura is its true master, the sheer destructive potential of this fusion was echoed when Naruto and Sasuke combined their own wind and fire attacks. | © VIZ Media
Unique to the Chinoike Clan, the Ketsuryugan specializes in brutal manipulation through sight or touch. Its most fearsome power is the control of iron-rich fluids, allowing a user to command the very blood within an enemy's veins. This dojutsu can also extract information or place a target under complete hypnosis, making it a terrifying tool for combat. | © VIZ Media
The Kaguya clan's Shikotsumyaku gives its users direct control over their own skeletal structure. They can reshape, harden, and weaponize their bones on command, creating blades, shields, or projectiles mid-fight. While its basic form is formidable, the ability originates from Kaguya Otsutsuki herself as an even more potent Kekkei Mora. | © VIZ Media
One of the Three Great Dojutsu, Byakugan provides an unmatched view of an opponent's chakra network. This near-360-degree vision makes a skilled user almost impossible to ambush, as they can see through solid objects and spot threats from any angle. Its synergy with the clan's Gentle Fist style allows them to precisely target an enemy's internal chakra points, crippling them from within. | © VIZ Media
Only Boruto Uzumaki is known to possess the mysterious Jogan, making it the rarest of all dojutsu. It shares the Byakugan's ability to see chakra pathways, but goes further by instantly pinpointing an opponent's most critical weak point. This eye also holds the unique power to peer through the barriers between different dimensions. | © VIZ Media
Wood Release blends Earth and Water to create life, but Hashirama Senju transformed it into a weapon of legendary scale. He famously used it to battle and subdue the Nine-Tails cloaked Susanoo of Madara Uchiha. By fusing this Kekkei Genkai with his Sage Mode, Hashirama's power became the benchmark for all shinobi. | © VIZ Media
The Mangekyou Sharingan awakens when Uchiha suffers profound personal trauma, evolving their base Sharingan into something far more potent. Each user manifests unique and devastating abilities, like Itachi's Tsukuyomi or Sasuke's control over the black flames of Amaterasu. This stage also unlocks the ultimate defense and offense of the clan: the chakra-based warrior known as Susanoo. | © VIZ Media
Unlike the legendary Three Great Dojutsu, the Tenseigan is a unique ocular power reserved for Hamura Otsutsuki's descendants. Awakening it cloaks the user in a cyan chakra mode, granting them Truth-Seeking Balls and planetary-scale power. This rare ability was demonstrated when Toneri used its might to slice the moon in two. | © VIZ Media
The Rinnegan stands above all others as the strongest of the Three Great Dojutsu. It grants terrifying powers like resurrecting the dead and draining a tailed beast's chakra. However, this power comes at a great cost, placing an immense strain on the few individuals ever able to awaken it. | © VIZ Media
In the world of Naruto, raw power often runs in the blood. These inherited abilities, known as Kekkei Genkai, can define a shinobi's entire destiny. From legendary dojutsu that see all to elemental fusions that reshape battlefields, here are the fifteen strongest.
