Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-34656247-20180726110937/@comment-34194151-20180729055201

I think Hiruzen can use FTG and the other Hiden tehcniques. When you have an arsenal that big, it's not likely we will get to see him use them all when he has limited screentime. We know FTG requires a ton of chakra/aptitude. Tobirama mastered it, while Minato perfected it. Hiruzen wouldn't be able to use it as effectively as they would because he is a mega generalist, not a specialist. but i'm sure he is capable of his own mark and can teleport, but in his old age it wasn't practical, he was having a hard time using shadow clones as it is, and we have seen FTG is pretty taxing, difficult to use, and required like 3-4 jonin to use. Given that splitting his chakra was enough to risk death, I'm sure that teleporation could have some risk too lol. Perhaps even at age 56, he probably couldn't use the technique effectively. Even as an edo tensei, Hiruzen doesn't have increased chakra reserves, so he could split his chakra without worrying about dying, and could not worry about stamina in a sense, but at the same time he can only mould so much chakra, so he wouldn't be able to use highly chakra taxing techniques. Like if FTG requires 1000 joules of chakra minimum moulded, and old Hiruzen has only 500, then it won't cut it.

Also, I find Hiruzen being the strongest of the 5 kages of his time plausible, as he voiced knowledge on Ohnoki's jinton, implying they have fought before. However, there is no way he is better than Hashirama or Tobirama though, mostly because of experience.

That said, he should be able to take on Bee in theory.