Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-30323490-20171018203117/@comment-11830817-20171018210041

Orochimaru wins imo. He was the one who gave Danzō his arm, so he knows about the workings of izanagi. I would wager he would even win without the edo hokage. To prove my point, just consider their pure combat ability: Danzō relies on deceiving his opponents and going after their weak spots. He doesn’t get in close unless there is an opportunity for him to strike or to confuse his opponent with izanagi. On top of that his durability is also not that great, he has to activate deactivate izanagi, which takes a lot of chakra. However, Orochimaru likes to battle at mostly close range, and can walk away just fine from almost any amount of damage. (i.e. when he got pummeled by naruto in version 2 cloak and was fine). I put my money on Orochimaru.