Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-25043344-20150712073834/@comment-25093611-20150715184224

Thekillman wrote: It's literally impossible for them to be equal before. If they were, the power up would've made Sasuke win. They were only equals when Sasuke absorbed the power of the beasts. no it didnt, they had been equal in overall fighting strength, afterall they clashed agaisnt each other and they had equal overall strength

(note: im saying "overall strength" because this is different than pure destructive strength, the first one can be obtained without having the need to have more chakra (sasuke), the latter can only be achieved via more destructive energy/more chakra (naruto))

than sasuke took the bijuus chakra and was able to overhelm naruto in overall strength and in destructive force they became equal (which was not sasukes forte to begin with, susanoo is like a blade while bijuus are like hammers, after absorbing the bijuus powers he was able to be temporarily a "hammer" too)...

therefore, in overall strength sasuke was clealry superior, but the last attack was narutos forte ^_^ i hope it gets clear what i want to say :)