>>280287613
>he needs an imbalance to wake up his hollow?
Yes, he needs the "quincyness" to gain the upper hand significantly to make White lock the fuck in basically, so he used Yhwach's quincy power for that, it's not something Ichigo can trigger anytime. Not at the moment he fought Yhwach, at least.
>Isn't that technically a downgrade
True zanpakuto Ichigo is stronger than any masked Ichigo ever so does that even matter?