He must have been surely, no one rises to such power without first having talent. It may be because his old, but his talent in his youth probably equalled that of Gon and Killua.
I am not saying that Hisoka can't be that talented. I am saying that overall the stats are not reliable.
I was referring to Netero.
My bad, no I don't think Netero was that talented. His backstory shows that his strength is mainly due to his dedication and it's very unlikely that he was a Nen user or had an ability back then. Hyakushiki Kannon is a good ability but Netero's greatest strength is the speed of his prayers, which is something he acquired because of his intensive training in the mountains, this is not something he got with talent. It's not been implied that Netero was particularly talented. He just trained hard and became that strong.
I am not sure we can say kannon is something he acquired with work either though. As far as we saw netero wasn't even actually training, he was simply grateful to martial arts and decided to pray-punch in appreciation. Kannon as far as we know is not something he actually worked for intentionally, it is just something that happened, a random aspect of nen even. That does not necessarily imply talent either but if its random I wouldn't call it hard work either.
About netero not being talented to begin with. By whatever metric what would make sense is that netero would be insanely talented to begin with.
And why? It's been clearly established that his greatest strength, his incredible hand motions, are the result of his intensive and abnormal dedication to his 10000 punches and prayers. You don't have to be talented to do that, what you need is to be extremely dedicated. Meruem even qualified his training of crazy. Netero's hand motions when he is praying to activate HK are the only moves outspeeding by far even Meruem and his Royal Guards.
I reread the chapters and I was wrong, he was a Nen user, you can clearly see Aura surrounding him during his training.
It's not 10 years, it's 4. Netero started this at 46, when he descended he was 50, and he died at the age of 110. And he went to the DC at 50 too, two other pics confirm that, because of what Mizai said and the picture when he looks exactly like his 50 years old self.
I would not say it's just that, but nothing implies that Netero is talented as well, it's his dedication which is praised, not his talent, he became that strong because of that. He was simply throwing punches and praying, but he did it to an extent no one else could. It's different from the training methods of Gon and Killua. It leads me to think that he was an average person who reached that level through his insane hard work, and it's much better like that IMO.
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No one had a training regimen as hard and insane as Netero's though. At least no one we know so far. Disregarding his talent, Netero's strength is the result of his hard work. Gon and Killua are more talented than Zushi but none of the three have reached their limits, last time we saw him he had not even developed his Nen ability. It's not like he is unable to catch up to them.
Ok, it was 4 years then... But wouldn't that add to him somehow being a genius? I am not questioning netero being dedicated. But so are gon and killua even with all their talent and whatnot. Overall the most likely scenario is that the most powerful nen around would be the one who had the greatest aptitude for it (talent) and worked insanely hard at it as well.
Yes, Netero is a genius of hard work
. Gon and Killua are dedicated but their training is nowhere close to the level of what Netero did. I have practiced martial arts before, and I can't imagine anyone doing nothing but punching 10000 rimes and praying for hours every day like a machine. That's insane.
I am not confusing the nen types. The amount of aura someone can project being limited to the max aura someone can project at a time is a fact. So how exactly does it make sense that netero would be able to conjure that without it being so vulnerable to attack? Realistically speaking the royals or the king should more than be able to attack with enough power to target a normal nen construct and as far as we know there isn't anything that makes kannon invulnerable like knuckle's nen. It would be more like the nen devils or the gorillas.... Something which the royals or the king should be more than able to destroy. Factor in netero potentially being an enhancer and the whole thing makes even less sense as every nen involved in making that thing is unrelated to enhancement altogether. Ultimately kannon does not behave like any specific nen category. Considering its origins, it makes way more sense that it is an specialization than any one nen category (even ignoring netero being an enhancer).Yes, Netero is a genius of hard work
Disregarding efficiency in combat, after learning the four principles, you just need to repeat the basics every day to strengthen your Aura. Even without an ability you'll get better, that's why Tsezguerra was not doing too well in the dodge ball game compared to Gon and Killua even though he was stronger, he neglected the basics. Gon getting better because of his attention to the basics was pointed out by Biscuit once or twice during some of their training sessions as well.In terms of pure talent, from what we know, Gon, Killua and Ging are the most gifted, but it's no one can match Ging, because other variables exist.
Has Emission be described like that? They are pure Aura so the power depends of your own Aura, and they shape it for their ability. Taking Razor as an example, his internal Aura is weaker when he is projecting his Devils. It would be the same for Netero, it'd mean that when he is projecting Kannon his body has no Aura protecting him. When he is using Zero, where he concentrates absolutely all his Aura into a beam, there is no Aura surrounding his body, everything comes outs from Kannon.
You are confusing Emission with Conjuration, Emitted things are pure Aura while conjured things become real hence can be seen even by normal people.If someone breaks a conjured item, the item will stay broken forever no matter how the user materializes and dematerializes it. But something emitted, even if it's broken can be emitted again in perfect condition as long as the Emitter has enough mental strength. That's why Goreinu was unable to emit his Nen gorillas after being afraid by Razor. But a veteraan top fighter like Netero would have no problem with it. Everyone don't learn Nen at the same age, Biscuit started at 17 and older characters like Hanzo started to learn it after the exam.Netero must have learned Nen at an advanced age and created Kannon at the conclusion of his mountain training because 5 or 6 seconds for a palm attack would be too inefficient in combat.
The statue isn't immune to attack. The second time Netero tried to use it you see the statue try to squash Meruem with two hands and Meruem simply ripped it apart to counter the attack. In the actual fight, Meruem chose not to destroy the object because he wanted to make Netero submit so he can't just use brute force to beat the technique. I mean, Netero wasn't exactly shocked that Zero Hand effectively did no damage to Meruem. He knows there's a huge physical difference between the two and so does Meruem. So if Meruem countered his technique with brute force, that's not enough to get him to submit. He has to counter Netero's technique with another technique because it's a given that he's more than strong enough to counter the move by brute force. That's why Meruem talks about how making him submit is like playing without Shogi while down 3 pieces, because he can't just beat him using his normal method (overwhelmingly brute strength) that he'd use if this was a fight to the death.