Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-3273613-20151228121621/@comment-26636534-20151228152323

Smoke screen101 wrote: I think Naruto is at a great disadvantage. Sasuke, unlike Madara, has evolved a Rinnegan in his own body. Therefore, he should be able to do what Madara can do, like bringing down a meteorite from heaven. Madara also controlled the Nine-Tailed Fox using his eye. Naruto must not be able to use his Juubi because Sasuke would takeover it. Sasuke also has Six Paths of Pain. If you are getting me, Naruto's power set is like a tree without any branches. His abilities were just given some extensions over time, notice how it came from Sage Mode and into Six Paths Sage Mode, Sage Mode Chakra bla bla bla. Sasuke is like the Silver Surfer here, he has a wide range of skills, he's versatile. That's where he outclasses Naruto and therefore with proper telling, Sasuke should have at least won the battle against Naruto. 1. Madara had an evolved Rinnegan in his own body 2. Madara's Tengai Shinsei is his own derivation of the preta path, unclear if Sasuke can use it. 3. I don't think Sasuke even knows about using his Rinnegan for the six paths of pain, even so the six paths of pain don't fit his battle style.

I do see your point of Naruto's abilities, but the same can be said for Sasuke. He was blessed from the beginning being born into the Uchiha clan, manifested the Sharingan and then later he was given the cursed seal. Then as that was not enough, to match Naruto getting stronger through hard work and training, Sasuke got CS2 by handouts. So if you look at it critically, its Sasuke's abilities which are just extensions over time through handouts with some skill.

The fact that Sasuke was considered a genius and Naruto an complete idiot and still Naruto managed to not only keep up with Sasuke but managed to defeat him at the final battle means that Naruto is stronger. This entire series references that hard work > talent, in other words Naruto > Sasuke

P.S. Since plot armor was brought up, if Sasuke didn't have plot armor he would have lost back in part 1 when he fought Naruto at the VoTE.