User blog comment:Patrick x hunter/some nen ability's do not work/@comment-1843762-20150915234613

Actually, I faced this predicament. Well... a different one but a similar principle. So I was like "imagine how long Shizuku would have had to use vacuum cleaners to conjure her nen one.", to which my friend said "but what about Kite's clown ability? He couldn't handle clowns? And would he have needed to be immersed with each of its weapons?".

So we came to the conclusion that obviously visualizing and training is key in developing a nen technique, but complete immersion of it isn't (kurapika feeling and eating chains training). Especially if the ability isn't a natural thing.

Poison gas and ice touch would be transmutation. As songs as you know the sensation of either/both and are trained to do basic transmutation skills (eg. Gon learning to do the 'making numbers and letters with nen' like Bisky), then it's totally possible. I'm thinking within 2 years you'll have a base for the ability?