The fact that matoro had the power of resurrection is painfully ironic because of his sacrifice.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Definitely. It's also interesting because both of his masks as a Toa were related to the idea of death, and foreshadowed his own sacrifice. His mask as a Toa Inika essentially allowed him to release his spirit from his body and travel as a ghost, though his body was left vulnerable. All foreshadows that he was going to die

I find it funny how the Avsa’s main ability is basically to induce crippling depression in its target.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Invincible power

@aratay3117

Жыл бұрын

Oh so it would do nothing to me ha

I just realized the often clowned on mask of water breathing is actually super useful on a toa of WATER, for the simple fact of drowning your enemy with a lot of water while keeping yourself alive in the process. Sure Toa aren't supposed to kill, which makes it near useless, but any other water element user could hold their enemy down, surround them both in high pressure water, and drown them easily.

@sandspada

Жыл бұрын

It's probably easier to just create a sphere of water around the enemy's head, so it's not like you need the Kaukau for killing people either

@kafelkan2884

6 ай бұрын

A Kaukau Nuva could possibly, and only possibly, be used to force your opponents to suffocate on air. Because the mask makes you breathe water specifically and not make you just breathe underwater. And since Nuva can share their powers...

The Zatth has some cool synergies with the Faxon, as it would allow Hahli to use the abilities of any real rahi it summons...

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! And I think they even do that at one point! Honestly great combo of masks just for someone who wants to study Rahi. I can imagine Whenua getting a big kick out of those

@kafelkan2884

Жыл бұрын

​@@heroranuva8295Feels like a mask built for the Makuta specifically, given they already have the power of Rahi Control/Insect Control/Plant Control in their Power Set.

@thanoseid2883

11 ай бұрын

@@kafelkan2884 makes sense.

The Aki Nuva and Rua Nuva also deserve honorable mentions, as they are each essentially half a gold mask, with three Kanohi powers, but augmented with Nuva strength and the ability to share their powers with allies.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

True yeah, I think I'd group them in the same category as the Golden Masks

Just the fact that the Mask of Gravity can be applied to small areas makes me realize that, if Hewkii wanted to, he could very easily tin-can someone. Or pull a Jojo and use gravity to make body parts collapse and fold inside out for maximum agony.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Ooo true, that'd be horrible tho. But you see what I mean about super OP

@CoolVictor2002

Жыл бұрын

do you believe in gravity? act 3 freeze!

@fluffywolfo3663

2 ай бұрын

It's very funny to me that essentially this gives Hewkii _two_ elements lol

Literally the entire video I was hoping and waiting for the mask of dimensional gates; by the time you were wrapping up honorable mentions I was chanting out loud “dimensional gates! dimensional gates!” I am very happy with your picks 🤩🤩

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

LMAO! Glad you liked it 😄

@joelhemphill8005

6 ай бұрын

To be honest, the Ulmak is basically right on the edge between Great Kanohi, and Legendary Kanohi. It's arguably the most powerful of the Great Kanohi - but if it *was* a Legendary Kanohi, then it'd probably be the weakest of the four. Sure, alternate dimensions are reality-shaping... but even so, no where near as impactful as the mask of life, or the mask of creation. One could *maybe* argue it can have more impact on the plot than the Vahi, but I'd argue that's just a matter of writing, and that the Vahi is still more powerful. It's pretty tough competition at the top.

My personal headcanon is that the Olmak is a failed Legendary Mask of Space. It can only poke holes in spacetime but not directly manipulate it and that’s why it was considered a failure. Now imagine what it would look like if a true Mask of Space existed. It would basically be the Olmak combined with all the powers of a Toa Nuva of Gravity and possibly a bunch of other minor powers I can’t even think of.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Oooh that's really interesting!

@carlborneke8641

Жыл бұрын

@@heroranuva8295 Glad you like it. 😃

I like how over half of these were either worn by Makutas (understandably) or by the Toa Mahri... really shows how the whole Mahri saga went much darker and 9-year-old me positively loved it!

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it really does! There was a real power escalation, in addition to an escalation in stakes

Okay the idea of Karzahni using his mask to figure out how to "repair" Matoran since he's able to see the visions he projects is an interesting theory. Also wow, really haven't realised just how OP some of these masks are. Like, the Mohtrek basically having potential to create a time paradox is something not even the Vahi can do. I also always found it curious Hewkii basically got a secondary element with his mask too. The stuff about the Kakama is unreal too, no wonder it inspired this video. The Olmak of course is self explanatory. Also side note since it's not quite related to power, but I wonder if the Tryna was used by any Makuta? Since it was considered a mask that was immoral by toa, it makes me wonder if any Makuta decided to own one. There's some canon Makuta like Kojol and Tridax I don't think have canon masks anyway (though Tridax I like to headcanon as having an Avsa cuz the other Phantoka had Makuta in major story roles that shared masks with them, plus it symbolically works with his role in creating the shadow leeches).

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, kinda adds some spice to Karzahni's methods. Yeah, some of these masks really ending up being insane in terms of power! Like, supposedly all Great Masks are at the level of power 8 disks, but these seem so far beyond its almost halfway to legendary. Though considering the difference between great and legendary is 1 power level, perhaps there's way more wiggle room there than we thought And yeah, the Tryna totally seems like the kinda thing a Makuta would wear

.....You know whats funny? The entire journey of Takua and Jaller in Mask of Light would probably not even have bein half an hour if Pohatu just grabed the two and carried them XD ....How long WAS there journey? A Day? A Week?

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Lmao, yeah! But then again, the true journey was internal for Takua, and trying to point him towards being a hero. I can just imaging Pohatu speeding past, and then the glow of the mask changing direction, so they keep going back and forth at super speed XD

@sandspada

Жыл бұрын

​@@heroranuva8295Pohatu would have been the perfect help during the search regardless. Besides the Kakama, Pohatu is shown to be the friendly guy who even Kopaka considered his best friend. When confronted with his shadow self that represented all of his self doubts, he saw it as a learning opportunity and easily dispelled the shadow Toa. And he was also the only Toa Mata to reject Tuyet's Toa Kingdom. He would have been the perfect friend to help Takua understand his own self worth and accept his destiny as Takanuva.

I really do like how many of these are from the inika and mahri teams, really made their battles more interesting when the masks had such varying abilities (whereas most masks by previous toa teams give more standard abilities, like making shields, or creating small scale illusions), helped the battles avoid being the elemental blast affair that battles in a series where most characters can manipulate elements tend to be

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, the Inika/Mahri masks were super cool and unique! And they played such a pivotal role in their battles, it seems like in-universe they were super rare too, because the Piraka seemed surprised by them. I wonder if its because the Inika masks were given to them by Karzahni, and as such were incredibly ancient and out of popular use by the time of the main story

@Matoro2002

Жыл бұрын

I hadn't thought of that but it would make sense. The Inika used masks found in the ancient tunnels or gifted by karzahni, the replication of which could've long since been halted in metru nui (definitely makes sense with masks like the Iden or Kadin, which are presumably risky for the user to use compared to say, a Hau or Rau) seems fitting since some of the masks used by the Toa Mahri are stated to have been forbidden (especially the Tryna), could've been similar with the Inika masks, and the toa simply didn't know since they're not all mask experts

Just gonna say this . . . Bitil's mask power sounds like something a certain anime villain would like to use. . .

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Oh which villain from which anime?

Honestly I would've ranked the Calix above the Zatth. Yeah, the positive attributes of the Zatth are arguably better, but the drawbacks are also so much more impactful.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

That's fair! I mainly put the Calix lower, because while I agree its much more consistent and useful, the Zatth has much higher capacity to change the course of a battle and wields so much power, even with the drawbacks. I judged this one primarily on sheer power alone. In a "most useful" Kanohi list, it would be much higher, and honestly a lot of these masks wouldn't make that list.

So Jaller had Ultra Instinct

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, he straight up does!

I'd add the Kualsi to the list. It allows its user to travel vast distances, instantly escape dangerous situations and teleport out of traps and prisons. It could even be used in combat to attack from various angles, or be used to set up an ambush. Its mobility is not limited by terrain (such as large bodies of water) like the Kakama, and does not have the slow start up of Olmak, making it a better escape option. Its only limitations are confined spaces, energy barriers and being blinded. With regards to the Tryna, since MU beings are teleported to the Red Star after death, wouldn't that mean the population of corpses in the MU is fairly low? That would make the Tryna fairly ineffective as there aren't many bodies to reanimate, outside of maybe dead Rahi. Obviously the Red Star thing was made up by Greg and probably introduced a bunch of inconsistencies within the main story. Still its a funny if unintentional stealth nerf for the mask. I also want to bring up the Mask of Adaptation and Psionics. Depending on how adaptation works, this mask could have both the Kaukau and Ruru and potentially more built into it. This is several extremely situational masks in one. The mask of Psionics also covers several mask powers. It has the powers of telekinesis, mind control, illusions and telepathy. You can probably make the case for Rahi control and invisibility too. Elemental masks are extremely power in general, but Psionics is just a different level of broken.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

The Kualsi is very powerful and I'd definitely include it close to the top of any list of most useful masks, though personally I wouldn't consider it overpowered in the way that I'm considering. Its still a singular distinct ability with limitations, and one that can be adapted to if an opponent had prior knowledge. For me, to be overpowered means it's gotta be a power that completely beyond the typical scope, something mindblowing in terms of feats or totally game changing. With the Tryna and Red Star, its funny, because the Tryna's abilities were made well before the Red Star stuff was written. In the main story, we still do often see corpses around, even in the Matoran Universe, so I'd say its still very possible to get a lot of zombies to use. Though it would be kinda hilarious if it was an unintentional nerf. Though that also might make the mask all the more terrifying, because MU inhabitants wouldn't be used to seeing dead bodies at all to begin with, so to see them walking around would be even worse A Mask of Adaptation would be super useful, and maybe even be a substitute for some of those others, but I'm not sure if its overpowered. I can't see it completely changing the game in a battle or being mindblowing. But you're right, a full psionics mask would be completely broken. That's part of why I stuck to masks we see used, there are tons of theoretical canonized masks that are crazy powerful.

Funny that you mentioned the idea of Karzahni most likely watching visions where he was able to fix the Matoran when talking about the Olisi: I remember discussing w at least one of my mutuals/friends of the possibility of the reason Karzahni went insane being because he stayed in his illusions where he was the one who won the Mask of Creation over Artakha and that eventually drove him into madness. I doubt it's the *only* reason he went insane, but it's certainly an interesting theory to think about and could see it being a factor in why he ended up being the way he ended up. Overall great list and I mostly agree with. There are a few masks I'd put higher or lower (surprised Gorast's mask isn't higher, and Bitils mask would be lower for me mainly because it's user is...well Bitil) and there are a few masks that I would've put on the list but are absent. That said most of the masks are ones we never see in the story and the only masks we see in the story I would've put on the list are Komau (I'm legit surprised of it's absence considering how it essentially lets you command others to do your bidding) and *maybe* Jutilin, but the other masks are ones we hear of or know of via Word of Greg but never see in the story proper (with Aging, Conjuring and Fusion being the big ones. Incomprehension too to a much lesser extent. Heck this is why Scavenger is possibly absent from the story and I won't list Mutation beyond HM, since we don't see either mask used in the story, not even in the flashback). Also something funny I found was how half of the list consists of Immoral masks or masks that aren't used by toa because of their rarity. Makes sense too, as Toa have standards on what types of masks to use, and view some masks too dangerous or immoral to be used. Heck pretty much all masks I wish were in the list were Immoral masks haha.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Ooo that’s a fascinating interpretation of Karzahni, I’ll have to think about that! And yeah I can totally see arguments for changing some of the orders. Honestly yeah it makes sense that the immoral masks would make up a lot of it, a lot of these powers aren’t exactly heroic! Also at least 3 of the Mahri masks too. I’m guessing when the Ignika gave them new powers it wanted to make sure they were well equiped!

DND skill: Random summon, Summon random creature to “potentially aid” you….

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Lmao yeah basically! I actually made a Bionicle themed D&D game for my friends, and I made it so every time they used this mask, they had to roll for what type of creature they got. Sometimes an insect, some times a kaiju XD

Very good video, thank you for making this and keepimg Bionicle alive!

@heroranuva8295

11 ай бұрын

Doin my part! There's been a real surge of fandom activity as of the last few years, and its clear we aren't going anywhere :D

Great video! Your channel only haves exelent videos about Bionicle.

Another great video

Have you heard about Amaja Nui channel discussing the lore of Bionicle?

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I have! Really like their videos

This is my first time watching your channel and I gotta say I'm thankful that KZread recommended this to me. You've got a new sub, dude. Keep up the great work!

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Welcome aboard!

Some of my favorite masks, based solely on powers are: Huna, Calix, Miru, Kaukau, Kakama, Hau, Akaku, Pakari, Kadin, Kualsi, Faxon, the Mask of Emulation, and the Mask of Conjuring.

This would explain why Karzani failed at the thing he was meant too do. Repair Matorans. I always found it rather weird how ewrything in Mata Nui SEEMED too function as intended EXCEPT fore him

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Well, if you think about it, almost everything malfunctioned to some degree. The Matoran were meant to be just workers, but they developed their own culture and have even rebelled and had a Civil War in the distant past of Metru Nui. The League of Six Kingdoms, the Makuta, the Dark Hunters, all massive organizations that threatened the universe and weren't acting as intended. The Toa Mata's canisters malfunctioned and left them in the ocean for 1000 years. A lot of stuff went wrong, definitely not just him

I literally have no idea what this guy is talking about, but it's very interesting

I just want to point out that Keetongu is a Rahi so in theory Hahli could’ve copied his powers.

I like how you did this video

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

My personal funny headcanon for the Kanohi Olici is that Karzahni used it somewhat like a KZread tutorial, just imagine Karzahni just looking looking back and forth from an imaginary screen where Velika is explaining how to fix a Ga-Matoran. This gave me a REALLY funny joke fan-game where Karzahni would be taking orders from Matoran that needed fixing but it would have the same gameplay loop as a Papa-Louie ___eria game. Apologies if i misspelled any Bionicle terms/things, im not the best heh.

You know a mask can seem as someone personalities

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@jennieesaltzgiver2925

Жыл бұрын

I mean that tahu's mask is can seem as he saving others

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

@@jennieesaltzgiver2925 Oh yeah true! There's a lot of character that goes into the mask a person uses. Like Nuparu's mask of flight showing how willing he is to try new things, or Kopaka's mask of x-ray vision showing how curious and a mystery solver he is

@Arcanist_The

Жыл бұрын

​@@heroranuva8295 From a Doylistic perspective I feel that the masks were designed with one specific wielder in mind especially later on, as the masks became less and less collectable items and more associated with one particular character. Sure, some masks were used for multiple characters (cough Volitak cough, though I feel Volitak fits all it's main users save from Chiara maybe), but overall as the series progressed, the masks almost always were associated with one character. And I feel that association is why the masks abilities often matched to the wielders personality. Sure in universe multiple Calixes or Gaarans existed for instance, but we mainly associate those masks with Jaller and Hewiki respectively, because they were the main users of that mask and thus we associated them with those masks.

Deserved first place The olmak even used to be my Profile Pictures xD

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

The Olmak is fantastic!

What about the mask that copies powers from the Toa Haragh? The wearer tried to copy all 42 Makuta powers! It just took too long to copy all at once. But he was gonna succeed which is impressive in itself.

I was born in 2002, so I was too young to get into Bionicle. Thanks for the lore.

Karzani's mask reminds me of Aizen's ability from Bleach , but slightly weaker .

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Huh, cool!

*bitil is dead* What are you doing? You’ve changed the future! You’ve created a time paradox!

@heroranuva8295

11 ай бұрын

Lmao!

fun thought i once had, the olmak allows the matoran universe to literally gray-goo across the entire multiverse

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

What's gray-goo mean?

@NeonRahkshi

Жыл бұрын

@@heroranuva8295 something that turns anything and everything it touches into more of itself, eventually absorbing the entire planet, and everything else it can reach makuta can absorb nearly anything, turning it into energy and antidermis toa can absorb their elements turning them into elemental power toa can create their elements using elemental power six or more toa can combine their elemental powers to create protodermis, which in theory, they could turn into workable protodermis metal matoran are made of protodermis, with turaga having been mentioned using machines to build more matoran (originally what naming days were for, introducing the new matoran, and giving them names) toa can make matoran into more toa, who can then make even more matoran into toa, in theory masks of fusion can be made from protodermis, and can allow toa kaita to fuse with makuta, along with other toa kaita of the same elements, meaning if you keep shoving in more toa, makuta, matoran, turaga, masks of fusion, skakdi, etc... then give it the three legendary masks, the olisi and olmak, watch it absorb literally every bit of energy in it's origin universe (including the horrified great beings themselves), and then unleash this thing on another universe, where it gets so much more energy, and three more legendary masks... 8)

@thunderspark1536

Жыл бұрын

@@NeonRahkshi Truly terrifying. Honestly that dimension gate thing is so broken it probably should not have been added. But we got white teridax so I'm not complaining.

Imagine Konguu yoses his mask....aaand then just a small bunny jumps onto his head excitingleu hoping on it while he just...slumbs his shoulders down and sighs XD

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

LMAO

Calix the mask of ego

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Lol!

Avsa, Calix, Faxon, Feldnas, Garai, Kakama, Mohtrek, Olisi, Olmak, Tryna, Zath Vamprah, Jaller, Hahli, Gorast, Hewkii, Pohatu, Bitil, Karzahni, Brutaka, Matoro, Kongu

Interesting how with minor tweaking most of these masks fit DnD spells.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

They absolutely do! One time I actually tried to make a Bionicle themed one-shot, and made the mask powers like spells. Plus there's also the fan group Red Star Games, that made several entire Bionicle Tabletop RPGs, that work a lot like D&D and look amazing. If you like that sort of thing you should check them out!

Bitil's mask is the piggies episode from invader Zim

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

LMAO YOU'RE RIGHT XD

Also a side note for the name "Mask of Fate" that the Calix got? This is not official information but I heard that i'd might've been a typo and it was supposed to be called the "Mask of FEAT(s)" instead.

Would Tahu's golden hau from the golden armor count as its own thing? It is decently powerful given that it absorbed all 42 kraata powers which essentially gave him Makuta's powers.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

I kinda count it as its own thing, at least as far as the powers of the Golden Armor, since you need the whole set to use the full powers. The armor is definitely one of the most OP power-ups in the series, only thing I can think of that could match it would be Tuyet's Nui Stone. I remember correctly, the Golden Armor was directly compared to the Golden Kanohi, saying the gold masks were like " a candle next to a bonfire". That comparison always made me wonder if the golden hau from the armor was a proper golden kanohi, with all the combined powers. Would fit with how insanely powerful the armor is

Here's some caveats for the Faxon; it can't copy physical feats like the punches of Tarakava or speed of fish Rahi and it can not copy Rhotuka powers... That list got a whole lot smaller, at _least_ from the official Rahi, I would like to see a list of purely Rahi "powers" (no physical feats/features and no Rhotuka) to really see how versatile it even is.

I always feel betrayed when a Top 10 video starts with the least popular/powerful/etc. It's like forcing me to watch the whole video, not because it's good, but just because I want to see the first place. If it's from good to bad, I can always stop and it is as if I have watched the best parts of the video.

I haven't touched bionicle in years and years. Idk why I'm here, maybe nostalgia, and never understanding the lore of what I was playing with

TheShadowedOne1: The Kanohi Zatth is useless HeroraNuva: The Kanohi Zatth is overpowered Time to battle over the fate of Bara Magna

Balta, Velika, Garan, Piruk, Dalu, Kazi

Ok so i dont know if someone else already said it but the calix is actually called the mask of feats like feats of strength or feats of agility

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

That would make sense if it was, but consistently in every piece of media that came out, it was referred to as the mask of fate. Like all the blurbs, all the websites, and all the guidebooks. Maybe it was a typo, but when it’s so consistent across the board, I think it has ti be considered canon

@obsidiancakes634

Жыл бұрын

I think it was originally a typo and nobody ever caught it before printing started

After learning about the olmak's powers in the writen story (from what happened to vezon and takanuva), those mask should all be destroyed. They could literally tear apart the very fabric of reality or even all of exsistence.

I think Karzahni using the Olisi to make Teridax scream should have put it higher on the list. O_O

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Honestly not a bad argument! Tho then again, immediately afterward Teridax proceeded to psychically beat the snot out of Karzahni 😆

2:39 4:13 5:11

It’s interesting how many Mahri masks are here. Do you think that’s bias on your part, or some intentional or unintentional element of the Bionicle writing?

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Good question. Well I think in general mask powers (and other powers and stakes in general) got higher later on in the series, and the Mahri were the last Toa team to get brand new mask powers, so they saw a lot of the increase. In fact, aside form the Mask of Speed, every other mask on the proper list is from Voya Nui onwards.

@empatheticrambo4890

Жыл бұрын

@@heroranuva8295 good points! I came to the same conclusion a few years ago when I realized how generic powers were common early but got more and more creative and wild! They were definitely increasing power and creativity

7:01 8:37 9:32

13:40 10:36 14:21

what about kraahkan and avohkii?

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

While those two are certainly very powerful, and have legends about them, from what we've seen of their powers I wouldn't classify them as overpowered. Their abilities are strong and useful, just not anything mindblowing to me

@GrizbyK72

Жыл бұрын

A little specific, but is it the Kraahkan that allows Makuta to project his presence and spy through shadows? Or is that a perk from his innate shadow element?

Jallers kanohi works as follows, you wear it, it turns you into the best athlere in the world. You become the most skilled fighter in the world, along with you learning every way of fighting ever. So congratulations bruce lee II you won.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Lmao yeah basically.

@birthdefectthehedgehog3461

Жыл бұрын

@@heroranuva8295 It turns you into a jojo character

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

@@birthdefectthehedgehog3461 HA!

Have yet to see nr 1, but I guess it will be one certain mask of one particular, very overpowered character with several identity crises throughout the later arcs. Edit: yep, indeed it is.

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

Haha, yup, looks like you guessed it!

@Arcanist_The

Жыл бұрын

Brutaka best boi fr.

Can you fusion masks

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

I think so! You can fuse disks together, the different combinations are how you get new mask powers. Plus, when two characters fuse, their masks fuse along with them, like the Toa Kaita had masks that combined the powers of their three component Toa

@jennieesaltzgiver2925

Жыл бұрын

Imagine all the possibilities

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

@@jennieesaltzgiver2925 endless possibilities

@jennieesaltzgiver2925

Жыл бұрын

If legendary masks fusion together that will be one powerful mask

15:21 20:13

the mask bitil wears has a huge flaw, kill the past version, no more current one

The Calix isnt the mask of Fate, it's the mask of Feat. That's a typo i see everywhere

@heroranuva8295

Жыл бұрын

It would make sense if it’s a typo but weirdly it’s not. It was consistently listed as the Mask of Fate in all the official Lego material at the time, including the blurbs in the comic. If it was originally a typo, it’s become official