Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-28731007-20160612171155/@comment-25122992-20160612201715

Yeah, I'd also give this rather to Deidara. I don't actually underrestimate Kakashi, but he's mostly a close-middle range fighter, and Deidara having a complete long-range battle style already puts him at seriour disadvantage. Yeah, he has his own advantage of Lightning Release being superior to Deidara's clay, but still Sasuke had a lot of versatility in it's use, unlike Kakashi, whose arsenal is limited by the Ligtning Cutter and some derivatives of it, which aren't suitable for long-range fights, only mid-range at best (by this I meant the Lighning Beast Jutsu). I have no doubts that Kakashi can avoid and protect himself from a lot of Deidara's bombs, but I see no jutsu in his arsenal that would be able to reach Deidara after he flies up far in the sky on his clay bird, while all what's left for Deidara is to continue bombing Kakashi from above.