Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28869806-20150525191639/@comment-5273810-20150531140215

Thekillman wrote: BlueLantern1995 wrote: That may have been true during the war but after that(The Last) he easily is Jonin level. He got where he is by pure, brute force alone. Brute force granted to him by Kurama. Without it, even Sage Mode would be off-limits. He adapted wonderfully and developed into a true Kage, sure. But without Kurama he would probably still be at the Academy trying to produce a (regular!) bunshin. Seriously? Naruto(again in the Last) during the entire rescue Hinata while in the village scene was entirely base mode. No 9 tails chakra involved whatsoever. He also(as noted on page 11 of chapter 315) has twice the amount of chakra that Kakashi possesses and that was when he was during his wind training when his chakra was suppressing that of the 9 tails. And Kakashi is a Kage level shinobi. By the time of the Last his taijutsu was on the level of someone like Kakashi able to take down a opponent with one kick(again without Kurama's help). He could throw Windstyle: Rasenshuriken in base mode(something he couldn't do during the war) and was a master of 3 elemental natures knowing the the basics of the other 2. Again this was all base mode.

So my point is even if his fighting style hinges around Kurama and Sage Mode(which since they are at his disposal he should make use of as it only makes sense), he still has the power of at least a Jonin as in a lot of ways he even surpasses Kakashi in base mode.