Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-32617252-20180624185603/@comment-30323490-20180624212207

If almost dying is playing for Orochimaru, then yes, sure, he player with Naruto.It doesn’t change the fact that he couldn’t do jack against him while he almost died.And considering the jutsu Orochimaru used even when he had his hands, he still wouldn’t have been able to even decently injure Naruto.

Minato will have a hard time pushing Orochimaru to his limit, and Orochimaru himself insn’t slow or without reaction timing. It depends whenever Minato would slip and get cought by Orochimaru when ge tries to strike him down.