Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30168130-20161011015658/@comment-28300173-20161020023233

Gaara would be amazing here.

For typical shinobi, senjutsu can only be attained through standing still; ideally, much of his combat style operates this way. As he wields and maneuvers his sand, he can remain still and knead senjutsu.

Sage Mode Gaara would be a juggernaut. Imagine the speed and overall strength of Gaara's jutsu while in Sage Mode. And defense; as seen with Naruto as he initially learned the form, Sage Mode boosts a shinobi's ability to take punishment. Gaara already has perhaps the most versatile defense in the world, with his sand as a first resort and the layer covering his body as a second resort. Sage Mood would boost these defenses considerably.

He is already most likely the second most powerful kage in the world behind Naruto himself. Learning to use senjutsu would easily cement this position for him.

(And as a postscript, imagine also that Shukaku was resealed into Gaara after the war was over; with Naruto's help, he learns to enter Shukaku Mode, just as Naruto enters Kyuubi Mode. Gaara using both Sage Mode and Shukaku Mode simultaneously would make him enormously powerful)