Onoki drew the short end of the auto barrier ninja pool. His best quality is that he has a low cost aoe mystery and his barrier buffs 3 elements opposed to 2 like the other barrier ninjas. However, he's severely underperforming compared to them.
Active barriers:
Darui'sbarrier gives him an extra standard while it's active.
Danzo's barrier gives him the ability to chaos the enemy in front of him.
Mei's barrier gives her the ability to poison two random enemies.
Gaara's barrier gives him the ability to shield two ninjas in your team.
Onoki'sbarrier doesn't give him any extra ability.
Status effects:
Darui causes paralyze on mystery and chase.
Danzo causes chaos with active barrier and immobile on chase
Mei causes immobile on chase, ignite on mystery, poison with active barrier, and accupuncture on standard
Gaaracauses immobile on chase
Onoki causes 0 status effects to anyone.
Sure, he gets a chance to cause interrupt on a standard attack, but how many people leave their nonprompt mystery users in the open for him to have a chance to interrupt someone on a standard attack? And to not forget that he breaks his back pretty often. It makes me laugh, but it is very impractical. Gaara is better for Wind and Earth teams and Danzo for Fire. And his passive to give someone a second attack c*so do more harm than good in some instances.
;P Conclusion: Oasis hates Onoki compared to the other barrier ninjas.