Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-5085906-20180906180735/@comment-34194151-20180907004951

To be honest all Kisame has going for him here is the fact that he is a fairly experienced shinobi. However, I'm not sure how much of that experience is useful against a clever clone feinter like naruto. I recall 30 percent Kisame's chakra reserves being compared to naruto's actually. So 100 percent kisame is no joke. Naruto outclasses him no doubt, but samehada is also kisame's ultimate tool in winning the stamina game. I am fairly certain naruto will insanttly remember how samehada can absorb his chakra if he engages with it in CQC without being careful. Samehada theoretically can absorb shadow clones. too. Not to mention, if naruto tries a rasenshuriken barrage, kisame's daikodan theoretically can absorb them and one shot naruto, and I don't recall if naruto had intel on that technique. Naruto should also beat him in all physical stats. Kisame actually is a good opponent for this naruto on paper, because if we allowed naruto to use his buffs, he can easily overwhelm samehada's absorption ability, if i recall it's limit was something like 6 tails worth of hachibi chakra per swipe. so personally, I feel Hokage naruto's win condition would be to try and feint non-fused kisame early in the match and then land a precisely placed rasengan, out of samehada's reach.