Mastery of a Technique

[Jun Genshi]

Heya all, how can I know the mastery of a technique?(If I am Learned, Proficient or Master Level with it?). Also, do Zanpakuto techniques need TTP?

[Zeich Yajuu]

Unless a technique you applied with was specifically listed as you mastering it (i.e. you said "I want to start with X technique mastered) then any techniques you begin with are "proficient." This is only starting techniques, however. For later techniques that you earned and then increased in mastery, most players use a color system for their techniques. For Raion, for example, I use gray (learned), white (proficient), gold (mastered).

Now to determine the level of a technique you've learned since being accepted, it depends on how much TTP you spend on it, and your Class compared to the technique's Class. If you're a higher Class than the technique you are learning, the first time you spend TTP (see Section 1 for TTP costs per Class) then it will immediately be Proficient, skipping Learned. The second time you spend that same cost, it'll be mastered.

If you are equal or lower in Class than the technique you're trying to learn, then the first spending only puts you at Learned, second at Proficient, and third at Mastered. Additionally, in most cases you can only learn techniques up to a Class above you, though certain Types make exception to that rule.

And no, Zanpaktou techniques do not require TTP, but you cannot learn them in the same way. You have the same Zanpaktou powers you applied with at all times, or you can update them to replace old ones during Change-It-Ups (CIUs).