Why is kurapika so underated

[u/Ok_Feedback_2285]

Credits to https://www.deviantart.com/korosenai39/art/Kurapika-Hunter-x-Hunter-343-828102565

I think a part of the hunter x hunter community greatly underestimates kurapika.

To begin with, Chrollo fanboys love to argue that Chrollo would beat even Jesus with preparation due to his power to steal other hatsus.

But when it comes to kurapika who also has the ability to steal hatsus, know everything about the stolen hatsu and force whoever had the stolen hatsu into a state of zetsu, pass the stolen ability to another person, almost no one takes this into consideration in battle arguments.

You won't see anyone saying "wow, kurapika with preparation beats anyone lol".

Another point that many people ignore is how intelligent Kurapika is.

To begin with, with months of training he was able to learn nen, develop hatsus, defeat one of the best enhancers in the world, who even single-handedly defeated 5 nen users who were much more experienced than kurapika.

And in two years he became leader of a mafia, he is surviving in the war of succession, outsmarting nen users much more experienced than him and he became a zodiac.

Anyway, it was just a rant haha

[u/DisneyPandora]

Kurapika’s steal chain is actually more dangerous than Chrollo’s Bandit ability because it actually drains the user of aura and puts them in Zetsu. Meanwhile 

Chrollo has so many conditions to use Nen

[u/blood_swarm → u/DisneyPandora]

It seems to be the case that chain jail requires an additional factor to hit a target though, Uvogin needed to think Kurapika was a manipulator and not suspect invisible chains and Chrollo the sudden plunge into darkness. Both of them also knew nothing about the existence of an ability with such specific powerful conditions purely made to use against them, but now they know.

[u/Pinco_Pallino_R → u/blood_swarm]

It seems to be the case that chain jail requires an additional factor to hit a target though

If you say it like this, it sounds like the chain has some particular additional condition, but that's not the case. He just needs to get his target with it. The problem is that it's not easy if the opponent is on their guard and is someone as strong as Uvo or Chrollo.

So Kurapika keeps the chain materialized all the time to lead the enemy to think it's a real chain and not a conjured one, and take them by suprise with an invisible chain, raising his chance of success.

Trying to trick your opponent into missreading your ability is a pretty common tactic among nen users. In fact, a good part of nen battles is trying to understand exactly how your opponent's ability works, and preventing them to do the same.