Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24898250-20140730025315/@comment-3038994-20140805194541

JOA20 wrote: General Awesomo wrote: JOA20 wrote: General Awesomo wrote: What could possibly be more likely is Kakashi finally figuring out how to combine his Lightning Release and his Rasengan together. Unlikely. Even Naruto, who's got way better specs for the Rasengan, needs others' help to create the elemental versions.

Are you referring to Sage Art: Lava Release Rasenshuriken and Sage Art: Magnet Release Rasengan? Naruto wasn't used to handling any nature transformation other than Wind Release, much less advanced types. So it's understandable that he needed help. Kakashi, on the other hand, has the two for most of his lifetime. Even for Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, he needs Shadow Clones or chakra arms to perform the technique, or to be in Tailed Beast Mode. Kakashi doesn't have enough chakra to create Shadow Clones without worrying about going out of chakra, so I fail to see him mastering an elemental Rasengan. I could see it happening. Most likely, Kakashi probably doesn't need to input as much lightning chakra into the Rasengan as compared to Lightning Cutter, where the whole technique is solely nature transformation.

Not having the Sharingan anymore wouldn't increase his chakra pool, but it would free up a lot of it for other uses.

Overall, if Kakashi sans Sharingan still wants to be a contender, he's going to have to actually showcase his 1,000 jutsus.