Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25516007-20141008201906/@comment-26302001-20141020111016

Orochimaru can absorb and undo sage mode from people. So Sage Mode won't help against him. jiraiya had sage mode since he was a teen and he still got beat by orochimaru when orochimaru left the village and he tried to stop him, just like sasuke vs naruto