Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25498052-20141004162612/@comment-25387973-20141016130947

base(no sage and bijuu mode) Naruto vs base Sasuke(no sharingan).hmm........tough battle.It balls down to Ninjutsu,taijutsu,strategy/battle intelligence,speed,weapons handling,stamina,durability.I'll go by feats in the manga. Ninjutsu/attack power - Naruto.Sasuke has awesome fire and lightning usage and has so much ease displaying it.( His strongest base tech kirin is undodgeable but takes time to prepare).Naruto has the rasenshuriken that is incredibly fast,highly destructive and has learned to throw it in base.He created cho odama size  rasengan(Madara vs alliance fight) and cho oodama rasenshuriken(on top of the God tree) even in base.Naruto to me has better summons with diverse moveset and 1000 clones Genjutsu -tie or Naruto if summons of ma and pa are included anyone(frog song). Taijutsu - tie but Naruto has the edge because of 1000 clones and special combo.Not enough feats on either of them to show very impressive HTH combat.Sasuke is without sharingan,he has no counter for 1000 clones.But Naruto kept up with deva pain in base although pain was on cool down but he still had rinnegan advantage. Battle intelligence - this is difficult becos based on showings they seem equal.Sasuke has the edge(he has copied a lot of impressive moves no doubt) but then Naruto had special training with clones,jiraiya and pa toad. Speed - Sasuke not by a large margin.Naruto can keep up Weapons handling -Definitely Sasuke.Watch Itachi vs Sasuke. Stamina - Naruto or maybe tie Durability/defence - tie but leaning towards naruto with kage bunshin defence To tell the truth the fight could go either way but I'm leaning towards Naruto.I can conclude base Sasuke is not stronger.Base Sasuke without sharingan cant do much.he cant blitz Naruto with his sword style.Naruto would counter with kage bunshin.Naruto in character might lose but a bloodlusted one will not if he uses every thing he has.