Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36394790-20180824122210/@comment-34194151-20180826203457

Well actually the 5 kage would beat the pains. Even pain's most powerful shinra tensei couldn't beat katsuyu. V2 raikage speed blitzes once Deva is on cool down. Ohnoki can destroy chibaku tensei with particle style. Preta path is beaten by tsunade. summons vaporized by particle style. And the other paths aren't even worth discussing after that. The 5 kages as a group are too experienced, intelligent, and versatile for the pains.

Sage naruto would beat EMS sasuke depending on the variant though. Sage naruto should be fast enough to avoid amaterasu and susano'o blades, so it won't work without a diversion. he is faster than sasuke's fastest ninjutsu. Literally the only problem is sasuke's durability via susano'o. but pein arc naruto has shown off insane intelligence feats, like transforming clones into rubble. Naruto could bypass legless susano'o easily by luring sasuke to a position where he has transformed clones. With legs it becomes more complicated. But see if the base stats are equalized, naruto's sage mode buffs to his strongest technique should be able to overpower sasuke's ultimate defense.