-Shikai Guide-
By yours truly Troj
Anyways, Im going to do a lill guide about Shikai/Bankai and even Arrancar Release. I am going to have them the most accurate considering that I coded them. But I am not going to tell you what Shikai/Bankai you get when you make an Shinigami, of course, so don't get your hopes up

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Type List
--Melee--
Arrancar
Ichigo
Jiroubou
Kira
Renji
Ikkaku
Sado
Ichimaru
Mayuri
Zaraki
--Reiatsu--
Quincy
Byakuya
Hinamori
--Melee/Reiatsu--
Yumichika
Rukia
Hitsugaya
Inoue
--Shikai--
Ichigo-Melee
Visual Effect: Replaces your sword with a black huge one on your back.
Effect: Multiplies your attack power by two.
Secondary Effect: Give you a new move, Getsuga Tenshou. It makes a big slash a little weaker than your normal damage but is ranged and easy to hit with.
Byakuya-Reiatsu
Visual Effect: None
Effect: Creates some flower pedals that you control. If you touch someone with it it will do damage. The damage is based on your reiatsu but it doesnt pierce defence. Its one of the few reiatsu types thats affected by defence.
Secondary Effect: None
Renji-Melee
Visual Effect: None
Effect: Your normal attack now reaches out three squares.
Secondary Effect: None
Ikkaku-Melee
Visual Effect: None
Effect: Your normal attack now reaches out two squares and if you hit them with the stick part it will knock em back and itll connect to the blade doing double damage.
Secondary Effect: None
Hitsugaya-Reiatsu
Visual Effect: None
Effect: You get a new move that shoots out a pierce-through ice dragon. Everything it touches will get frozen for two seconds and get damaged alot. The damage is based on Reiatsu Power.
Secondary Effect: None
Ichimaru-Melee
Visual Effect: None.
Effect: A normal attack will stretch your sword and everything hit by it will get damaged by your attack x 1.5.
Secondary Effect: None
Zaraki-Melee
Visual Effect: Creates a large aura around you.
Effect: Your attack and defence will be increased by x1.8.
Secondary Effect: The release will push people back and you will get slower.
Arrancar-Melee
Visual Effect: Transforms your body into a demonic form.
Effect: Your attack and defence will be multiplied by two.
Secondary Effect: Your flash step will be alot better with less delay.
Kira-Melee
Visual Effect: Your blade will bend once.
Effect: When you hit attack everyone within a square will have a 50% chance to be slowed down. The slowdown stacks.
Secondary Effect: When you get slowed down even once you can't flash step until you recover.
Rukia-Melee
Visual Effect: Transform your sword into a completely white sword thats longer than your current one.
Effect: Every time you attack theres a 35% chance you freeze someone.
Secondary Effect: Create an ice trail when you move.
Hinamori-Reiatsu
Visual Effect: Spikes grow out of your sword.
Effect: Every time you attack it shoots out a small pink blast doing your reiatsu power divided by two damage.
Secondary Effect: None
Jiroubou-Melee
Visual Effect: Creates three two edged blades floating.
Effect: Same as Byakuya's except it is faster,does less damage and is based on attack.
Secondary Effect: None
Yumichika-Melee/Reiatsu
Visual Effect: Change your blade into a sickle
Effect: Every hit you make will also damage their reiatsu and half the damage will be drained to your health and reiatsu
Secondary Effect: None
--Bankai/Mastered Shikais--
Ichigo-Melee
Visual Effect: Replace your sword with a small black one. You also get a black cloak. Your Getsuga Tenshou will also be black and red.
Effect: Your normal attack will be three times faster.
Secondary Effect: You will move faster and your flash steps will be better and have less delay.
Byakuya-Reiatsu
Visual Effect: 10 blades come out of the ground and scatters into pedals
Effect: The same as the Shikai but with more pedals.
Secondary Effect: None
Renji-Melee
Visual Effect: None
Effect: You will be controlling a large snake that does heavy damage comparable to Ikkaku's bankai. You can move it 20 times before it retracts and the process starts over.
Secondary Effect: You will lose your shikai effect when in snake controlling effect.
Ikkaku-Melee
Visual Effect: You wear two huge blades with an even bigger axe on top.
Effect: Your normal attack will rise ALOT. This bankai boosts your attack so much that its normal to one hit kill a Strong Hollow. This is the Bankai with the most pure power.
Secondary Effect: You will lose your shikai effect and you will not be able to use kido or almost everything that doesnt involve attacking directly. You will also lose the ability of flash-step and move slower.
Zaraki-Melee
Visual Effect: Creates a huge aura around you.
Effect: Your attack and defence will be increased by x2.5.
Secondary Effect: The release will push people back three times and you will get slower.
Hitsugaya-Melee
Visual Effect: You will gain two huge pairs of ice wings and a ice tail and claw.
Effect: Every time you attack an ice dragon will shoot out and whoever it touches will have a 25% chance of getting frozen.
Secondary Effect: Doubles your attack
Kira-Melee
Visual Effect: Your blade will bend twice.
Effect: When you hit attack everyone within a square will have a 66% chance to be slowed down and 33% chance to be slowed down alot. The slowdown stacks.
Secondary Effect: When you get slowed down even once you can't flash step until you recover.
Rukia-Reiatsu
Visual Effect: Your sword will have a blue tint to it.
Effect: You get a new move which creates many icicles in a line. When touched it will freeze for 3.5 seconds.
Secondary Effect: Create an ice trail when you move.
Hinamori-Reiatsu
Visual Effect: Spikes grow out of your sword.
Effect: Every time you attack it shoots out a large pink blast doing damage equal to your reiatsu power.
Secondary Effect: None
Jiroubou-Melee
Visual Effect: Create six two edged blades floating.
Effect: Same as Byakuya's except it is faster,does less damage and is based on attack.
Secondary Effect: None
Ichimaru-Melee
Visual Effect: None.
Effect: Same as normal shikai but doubles the damage.
Secondary Effect: None
Yumichika-Melee/Reiatsu
Visual Effect: Spread your sickle into four
Effect: Every hit you make will also damage their reiatsu and ALL the damage will be drained to your health and reiatsu
Secondary Effect: None
Well, there we go, thats all folks.