Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-29965012-20161221055011/@comment-9782468-20161227105057

Slug Princess00 wrote: Kakashi is too reliant on his Sharingan, without it, he cannot defeat Tsunade.

Despite his strategical mind, battle footing and listed Ninjutsu; Kakashi does not possess any metaphysical attacks that'll apply lethality in support toward a win. His greatest asset during a one on one fight is definitely the way he thinks, seeing through others form of combat and using that to find openings, but with Tsunade, that won't work. She is a aggressive fighter, but experienced, and believes advantage favours those who strike first. Kakashi will be overwhelmed from the beginning of the fight, and with no Sharingan, he loses the security of addressing people in close-quarters as well as making preparations to follow through with counterattacks. But as we've seen, he doesn't have anything that could be deadly at long range. Tsunade is too much for him when she works on a collateral scale, something Kakashi can no longer accommodate. He'd lose.

With middled difficulty, I believe Tsunade would win. The odds are against Kakashi, especially as Hokage. He is too weak. Kakashi was a Jonin before the Sharingan, he isn't too reliant on it.

Purple Lightning produces just as much heat as several Great Fireballs from Sasuke (both summoned storm clouds when shot into the sky), so getting hit with one could be devastating even for Tsunade, considering it rivals the heat of powerful Fire Release techniques. And it's long-range. He also has Lightning Transmission which could behead her.

He doesn't need the Sharingan for security at close quarters, he's an expert on Taijutsu without the Sharingan. Because of her lack of variety, he just needs to avoid getting hit. With his keen battle-senses and arsenal of Ninjutsu, I don't see that as too much of an issue.

Plus, Kakashi's always level-headed. Just remembering when Kaguya teleported them to the lava dimension, Sasuke barely saved himself and Naruto. While Kakashi with his lesser abilities saved himself, Sakura, and Obito. Reacting to that situation and coming out alive is pretty impressive.

Tsunade isn't as hot-headed as Naruto, but she's pretty brash. I feel like using deception, strategy, and Ninjutsu to beat her isn't the craziest thing to expect. I mean, especially if it's a friendly bout. I wholeheartedly believe Kakashi would have a knife at Tsunade's neck before the other way around. And if it isn't a friendly bout, Purple Electricity or Lightning Transmission are pretty powerful. Even if Purple Electricity or Lightning Dog don't do any lasting damage, we've seen that it paralyzes people. Kakashi wouldn't waste any opening.

Kakashi isn't stronger than Tsunade. She has strength, healing, and probably the edge on Taijutsu. But Kakashi has way more options and he's more level-headed in general. He'd out-think her.