Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26998824-20150919013222/@comment-26773508-20150919122403

Shadowflame55555 wrote: BakumatsuWarrior wrote: The OP says that Nagato has full mobility in this battle. So FTG+Rasengan/Kunai Slash isn't going to work on an expert sensor like Nagato, who is also now fully mobile. The moment Minato appears behind/above/below him, Nagato would simply use Shinra Tensei or Chakra absorption or his mechanised arms against Minato. He doesn't need shared vision with his summons for that, although they would be of tremendous help too.

I get what you're saying, and I agree that Nagato would likely win. But one thing is that Minato's FTG combo was fast enough to get Obito, who we have been shown to be damn hard to hit due to his speed with intangibility, yet Minato was fast enough to catch him (technically twice as Minato tagged him again 10 seconds later). I would think that Nagato's shinra tensei would be slower than this, however if Minato started the combo with a kunai Nagato could always knock it away earlier. Minato has good chances of catching Nagato off guard, but only once, or at most twice. He'll have to finish Nagato in that move. A mere Rasengan/Kunai Slash isn't going to finish of someone like Nagato. Once he's seen through Minato's tactics, it's gonna be much harder for Minato to hit him again. Minato's Flying Thundergod Level 2 (where he throws his special kunai and teleports above it in a surprise attack, as he used against Obito) won't be a very effective tactic, since Nagato will simply use Shinra Tensei against it. However, Minato will quickly figure out Shinra Tensei's charging time (5 secs). He'll have to use that small window of opportunity to blitz Nagato. He can do that with relative ease. But I'm afraid a rasengan or a simple kunai stab won't be enough to kill Nagato.

But once Nagato's been hit, he'd have already been tagged by Minato. This gives Minato a second small chance. If he doesn't finish off Nagato in the second move, then Minato is dead. And I think that's exactly how Minato's gonna end up in this battle. Nagato has wayyy too many OP tricks up his sleeves. Minato can strike him with his speed, but his jutsus aren't powerful enough to finish Nagato in one go. Minato will only have one another shot at Nagato, after he's been marked. But I seriously doubt someone who defeated Hanzo is going to fall for a cheap FTG trick.