Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-36528625-20180810001142/@comment-734582-20180811192554

Not entirely sure why we're discussing Naruto versus Nagato now? Nagato was stronger than Itachi, and Itachi was primarily powerful due to his sharp intellect and instincts (Neither of which Kabuto could use). Nagato on the other hand is primarily powerful due to the vast range of powers he has. CombatIQmatters wrote: While nagato is on a completely different level than the pains, war-arc kcm naruto is on a different level compared to the naruto that fought the pains. I think you're missing an important point: Naruto defeated pain on 2 conditions. The first was that Deva was out of commission, allowing him to fight the other 5 paths first. The second is that the Paths do not share powers and so if you take them out right, they're done for. Nagato is at full power here (a being powerful enough that he sealed the Nine Tails in the Chibaku tensei -it was Naruto regaining control that truly broke the jutsu), can use all powers freely (covering the various weaknesses), and doesn't have his greatest power on cooldown.