However, there is a major control to this. The user cannot create structures that will offensively attack the opponent, such as spikes from rock, lava under his feet and so on.The terrain, is referred to as "near-total control" for a reason. Though the user can change the structure of the terrain, it's climate, humidity, weather conditions and so on, the opponent can freely use the features. However the use of this jutsu comsume a large amounts of chakra each time the terrain is change, due to this most users are only able to change the terrain once.