Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30355627-20170312130432/@comment-734582-20170312223520

Kakashisologod wrote: What about absorbtion ability?He took the hits witch he nearly died from and didnt fight naruto and sasuke making him look weak. He nevertheless survived: he took no hit he couldn't survive, not even against Eight gates. Looking weak is an opinion: Madara nevertheless was winning.

We don't really know the limitations of Madara's dojutsu. We know from Pain (and Sasuke) that certain abilities have cooldowns that scale with their power. It's possible Madara couldn't absorb lava Rasenshuriken because he just sent out his Limbo.