Energy Bending

Energy Bending is one of the two forms of Seiryoku control in Endless Utopia Online. It involves changing the form and movement of Ki, determining the size, range and purpose of a technique.

Overview
Energy Bending is one of two necessary components for creating or modifying a technique, the other component being Elemental Bending. While Energy Bending changes the form and movement of Ki, Elemental Bending changes it's actual nature, altering its properties, abilities and characteristics.

Inside this category are included any techniques that do not include Elemental Bending, since they simply usage Ki with no elemental infusion. However, there are techniques that share many aspects. For instance, one can heal using Energy Bending's Restoration or using Water or Light.

Classification
Energy Bending techniques are classified by their effects. However, there may be some that can be classified in two or more of these categories.

Illusion
Illusion techniques are skills which manipulate the flow of Ki in the victim's brain, thus causing a disruption in their all their senses. This is frequently used to create false images or to cause pain from trauma (because the body of the player is forced to believe the pain is real). However, there are plenty of other uses depending on the situation. The strongest abilities allow players to control the minds of players or beings in the game.

Alteration
Alteration techniques are skills which manipulate the user's own body, a specific object, a technique or their surroundings. The strongest type of techniques allow players to are teleport or manipulate, or even create, space–time continuum.

Destruction
Destruction techniques gather offensive skills which are ment to attack and defeat the opponent. They serve as the main type attacks as it has a significant majority of the Energy Bending techniques that cause direct damage. They range from simple Ki Blasts to powerful energy waves. Depending on the usage and the ability and power of the user, these discharges can be destructive and can even cause incredible damage. This techniques include many similar to.

Restoration
Restoration techniques gather all defensive skills which protect the user from any attack or action that may harm them. This also includes medical techniques or barriers. To use medical techniquesm the user needs holds his/her hands above the patient's wounds, his/her palms glow with energy to facilitate healing. On the other hand, barriers are Seiryoku formed into a solid form of energy. Barriers can be used for containment, and some can even be used offensively.

Conjuration
Conjuration techniques are all skills which are able to summon creatures or things. It also includes skills which are used to seal creatures, living beings, Ki, along with a wide variety of other things within another object/being. Sealing can also be used to restrict movement or unseal objects either from within something or someone.

Trivia

 * The classification of techniques was taken from the game Skyrim.