Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32617252-20180330183206/@comment-5085906-20180414170340

@Ace

I'm willing to entertain the idea that Ay with his Lightning Armor could outpace Minato when it comes to Shunshin mainly because he was shown being able to use it seamlessly in battle, which would be a huge advantage in a race. But since Lorenzo said that the Lighting Armor does not factor in this discussion, I don't see how Ay wins. And for the most part, your argument as to why he loses is mostly made up of assumptions.

First of all, Ay never said Minato was faster than him because of FTG. He simply said he was faster than him - period. Minato himself has shown plenty of speed feats without FTG to corroborate that e.g him rescuing Naruto from Tobi, arriving in the battlefield before all the other Kage (one of them an FTG user himself), stopping Kakashi from killing Obito. Yes, his speed is inconsistently depicted, but honestly that's a problem Kishimoto has faced with many speedster shinobi. Naruto's speed feats come and go, Sasuke can hit Madara three times with Amenotejikara but fails to properly use it against Shin and Momoshiki, two arguably weaker fighters. It happens.

Second of all, I'm tired of people using the fact that Minato spams FTG as something that undervalues his speed. If you had a space-time jutsu and that can essentially make you phase in and out of reality and which seemingly drains little chakra, would you use it over a jutsu that can probably drain chakra and stamina at the same time? Remember, Shunshin is just chakra-powered fast movement. It oughta get tiring eventually. That does not mean Minato is not able to use it effectively. And where did you gather that Minato couldn't track Ay's movements? If anything, he was the one in control in that confrontation. He calmly even flicked a marked kunai in the air after Ay charged at him, which was a clear indication he was able to see him.