Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-36394790-20180824122210/@comment-26636534-20180903150754

@Atruria

I stand by my earlier statement. Shape and nature manipulation is an elite jonin skill. Deidara lost his cool in that fight, he thought about what happened with Itachi and his battle strategy went out of the window. Sasuke's genjutsu was not OP, it was just refined. If I recall correctly, Kakashi's Raikiri is superior to chidori.

To be honest, CS level 2 isn't all that impressive, sure the added maneuverability and durability is great, but that isn't enough for kage level. Kirin is definitely S rank, but setting it up is the problem. Kakashi could warp it away with Kamui, but again setting up the battle to end with Kirin is not really practical.