Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30323490-20180607192958/@comment-34194151-20180826223801

Never made any assumptions, only hypothetical scenarios, obviously we can't make a complete simulation because experience and intelligence are intangibles. Minato can hypothetically counter all of nagato's moves, and so can Nagato. So the battle comes down to skill/intelligence/experience. Never said anything about nagato being bird-brained, I simply said minato is smarter based on feats. So he would make the more calculated maneuvers, and his speed advantage would be hard for nagato to deal with. And mind you, I'm fully aware of his elemental jutsu, and took that into account. But how often does he use that in character? This isn't some out of character battle. Even if does use the elemental jutsu, it doesn't make a difference, because those would be countered by the FTG barrier if necessary/appropriate, or shunshin. Every battle in this manga has been influenced by experience/intelligence/skill. Differences in those categories have determined victories. If you give nagato out of character intelligence feats that trump Minato's then yeah he wins, but this isn't the case. Just because someone is smarter than you doesn't make you stupid.